Although Wu Feng and Cork Hinrich were both given by the "French Sports Car", fortunately, other Hawks players have a good awareness of resilience.

At this time, the one who made up for Tony Parker was Marvin Williams, the defensive champion on the Hawks' forward line.

Marvin Williams has excellent explosive power, but his speed is not his strength compared to Tony Parker. A defender with sharp breakthroughs and flexible footsteps like Tony Parker is his natural enemy.

Marvin Williams got rid of Stephen Jackson and quickly made up for it.

Cork Hinrich also knew his defense, but he was also very smart. He did not rashly go forward to defend, but instead judged Tony Parker's forward route and tried to push him to the bottom line. As long as he could slightly block Tony Parker's pace, Marvin Williams could quickly double-team up.

Tony Parker did not forcefully squeeze into the basket. At the moment when the two bodies were about to come into contact, Tony Parker's body quickly tilted to the right side, rotated in place with his right toe as the axis, and quickly rebounded and jumped up. The whole person jumped obliquely at the bottom line, and the whole body tilted at a forty-five degrees in the air.

Cork Hinrich also quickly put it on and used his body to block Tony Parker's attack space. What made him even more reassuring was that Marvin Williams also arrived in time. Tony Parker's choice was undoubtedly stupid.

Tony Parker, who was leaning back in the air, threw his right hand hard, and the ball flew through most of the court and fell into Stephen Jackson on the left wing.

At this time, there was no one in front of Stephen Jackson. With no defense, Stephen Jackson calmly adjusted the basketball in his hand and easily took off and shot from the three-point line.

"Swish" amid the crisp sound of the net, the basketball sounded into the net.

56:45, the Spurs narrowed the gap to 11 points.

Tony Parker's breakthrough just now has attracted most of the Hawks' attention, and the ball passes are very timely, allowing Stephen Jackson to get such a good shooting opportunity.

In less than half a minute, Tony Parker was almost in the same position, in the same way, and once again sent the ball to Manu Ginobili, who made the second three-pointer.

56:48, the Spurs finally narrowed the gap to single digits, and now they are only 8 points away.

The two consecutive three-pointers made the atmosphere on the Spurs' bench rekindled. The player who seemed a little frustrated just now was excited and full of energy.

Coach Larry Drew also anxiously commanded on the sidelines, and returned to the bench under the warning of the referee. At least under the current circumstances, the Spurs have an advantage in the field.

In the next game of the second quarter, both teams entered a stalemate. The Spurs players were very active in defense and never allowed their opponents to take the opportunity to expand their advantage. The Eagles finally ended the first half with an advantage of 8 points leading by 58:50.

Spurs players can still accept such a result. After all, the 8-point difference can easily catch up in one half.

"This guy..." Tony Parker looked at Wu Feng's back with a serious expression, and he was panting on the bench.

In the past few minutes, his exercise volume was too great, and the Spurs' scoring opportunities were mostly obtained by relying on Tony Parker's breakthrough and passing. The Hawks' defense against him is getting stronger and stronger.

At the end of the first half, the Hawks led the Spurs by 8 points 58:50. Although the Hawks still led by 8 points, compared to their huge lead in the middle of the second quarter, these 8 points are not an advantage.

Especially the morale, which was originally strong, was slightly depressed at the end of the second quarter.

After the Spurs resisted the Hawks' attacks, their players gradually regained their confidence under the leadership of Tony Parker, especially Manu Ginobili, who hit two consecutive three-pointers at the last moment.

The morale of the Spurs rose, and the morale of the Eagles naturally dropped.

However, despite this, Larry Drew did not criticize his disciples. He believed them and believed that they could get out of this period of dilemma, especially with Wu Feng.

Although the Hawks did not perform well at the end of the second quarter, they still controlled the initiative on the court. Wu Feng did not perform well in the last two minutes of the second quarter, but TNT's column reporter still chose Wu Feng as the interview target.

It was Wu Feng who revitalized the entire team's offense in the middle of the second quarter that made the Hawks revitalize. And it was obvious that victory was very close to the Hawks, as long as Wu Feng could perform normally.

Moreover, the Spurs sacrifice most of their physical strength to defend the Hawks and always play fast breaks, so their physical strength will definitely be problematic.

In the second half of the life-and-death battle, physical strength will become a fatal factor for the Spurs.

What's more, the Spurs are originally a team with a serious aging age, and two of their three troikas are already in their late careers.

Manu Ginobili is thirty-five years old this year, and Tim Duncan is older and thirty-six years old.

So for the Spurs, a protracted battle is the most difficult. Especially because they are still on the back side, the Spurs, which consumed a lot of physical strength in the first half, will face a very big challenge in the second half when they are more intense, physically intensive and more frequent.

In the first half, nine players of the Hawks got the chance to play, and even Wu Feng, the player who played the longest, took a lot of rest on the bench.

On the Spurs side, many players have played for a long time, especially the "French Sports Car" Parker.

However, after Wu Feng finished the first half, he also consumed a lot of physical strength. After all, it was very difficult to defend Parker, and he also used 100% of his skills to fight Parker.

At this moment, Greg Po Povich was a little worried. Although the score difference was narrowed to single digits at the end of the second quarter, their main players were all troubled by the physical strength.

At least a few starters need to get enough rest time, otherwise the game will be exhausted before the end of the game.

Now Greg Po Povich is the most troublesome, how to arrange players to rest. It is so difficult for the Spurs now. Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker are the most difficult to arrange. The game is inseparable from them now. Manu Ginobili is the surprise attacker on the outside. His role in the outside is no longer available to replace the team.

At the end of the second quarter, it was his outstanding performance on the outside that allowed the Spurs to narrow the gap to single digits. Tony Parker was the team's offensive engine. Without Tony Parker, the Spurs were like a sports car without an engine.

But the two are the players that the team needs the most to rest. Once the game enters the final victory or defeat, they are the players that the team needs the most urgently.

Although Duncan played amazingly well in both the regular season and the playoffs this season, it was also on the premise that his physical strength was guaranteed.

Therefore, the strange old man in San Antonio was studying how to arrange the players' rest time.

After the third quarter, the Hawks' outside feel suddenly cold. Only Wu Feng made a three-pointer at the beginning of the game. Several other players failed to score in the next few outside long shots.

Moreover, the Spurs did a good job in defense at the basket and used their most confident defense. The No. 21 rookie transformed into an Optimus Prime at the basket and gave Hawks players two blocks in a row.

The Spurs' defense is a headache for the Hawks. Whether it is the inside or outside, it seems to be in a deadlock.

However, despite this, the Hawks still took advantage of a nearly double-digit lead in the first half and never allowed the Spurs to overtake the score.

Under the nearly meticulous defense of the Spurs players, the Eagles' offense began to appear more impatient. Wu Feng's pass was still so sharp, but he could not help his teammates. He made several hastily shots in a row, and the ball hit the basket. De Juan Blair's backcourt rebound was well controlled.

When the Hawks suffered repeated setbacks in offense, the Spurs played more solidly. Tony Parker always controlled the rhythm of the game. It doesn't matter if the fast attack was not done. He immediately entered the positional battle. It doesn't matter if the pass was not in place once. The ball was passed back to the outside line. As the ball was constantly running, the Spurs were cautiously looking for opportunities to take action. Such a sports battle was originally the way the Eagles were good at, but now the Eagles' offense was in a mess, and the Spurs played with a solid and eye-catching way.

After Jason Klins grabbed a backcourt rebound and Wu Feng dribbled the ball through half the game, Larry Drew decisively called a timeout.

In the more than four minutes after the timeout, the Eagles only made two goals in the sports game, scoring 6 points with free throws. Although the Spurs did not make a relatively beautiful attack, they also scored 9 points.

The score of the two teams at this time is 73:66, and the Spurs are only 7 points behind the Hawks.

The Hawks attacked, Wu Feng passed the ball through the half and handed the ball to Cork Hinrich. Cork Hinrich broke through with the ball, facing Manu Ginobili's defense, and made a quick stop and jump shot. With a "clang", it was iron.

Tony Parker picked up a floor ball, avoided Cork Hinrich's steal, and passed it to Manu Ginobili.

Ginobili quickly led the ball through halftime, and after halftime, he passed the ball back to Tony Parker.

Tony Parker broke through with the ball, attracting the players to make up for defense, and quickly handed the ball to Tim Duncan.

At this time, Duncan was in an open position. However, his shot failed to hit, and Wu Feng fought for the defensive rebound.

Cork Hinrich's mid-range shot missed, and the ball rights returned to the Spurs again, and "Stone Buddha" took the backcourt rebound.

In both attacks, both sides had bad mid-range shooting percentages, but both sides were able to protect their respective rebounds.

The "Demon Sword" is worthy of being the "Demon Sword". Faced with the defense of Cork Hinrich, Ginobili made a sneak attack from outside the three-point line. The Spurs finally broke the deadlock of no-scoring and narrowed the gap between the two sides to 4 points.

Marvin Williams stood up at a critical moment and made a simple gap with Wu Feng, and made a three-pointer from the bottom line.

Manu Ginobili dribbled the ball through the half, without too much sticking the ball, and quickly handed the ball to Tony Parker.

At this time, Tony Parker was only Wu Feng. Although there were other Hawks players staring at him not far away, the situation was much better than the previous double-team.

A step back opened the distance between the two. Tony Parker hung high, and the ball quickly passed over Wu Feng's head. Kawhi Leonard turned around and made a jump shot.

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With less than forty seconds left in the third quarter, Wu Feng accelerated the pace and tried to get another offensive opportunity after the end of this offense.

Wu Feng cleverly dribbled the ball and used his super explosive power to squeeze through Tony Parker. At the same time, the ball was quickly passed and accurately handed to the bottom line Marvin Williams. The latter easily shot the ball, and he rarely missed such a shot.

Thirty-two seconds left before the end of the third quarter, the Spurs' offense.

Tony Parker broke through with the ball, using Gary Neal's pick-and-roll and shot in the middle distance. Unfortunately, the ball was short and hit the front of the ring and bounced back. The rebound was snatched by Wu Feng.

Wu Feng protected the ball and then slowly headed towards the Spurs half. There were twenty-one seconds left, and Wu Feng must have spent the last twenty-one seconds.

Time passed by seconds, and sweat beads of water oozed out of Wu Feng's forehead, but he didn't care about this. At this moment, Tony Parker was standing in front of him with great confidence, trying his best to defend the last ball.

Suddenly, Wu Feng moved, because there were only eight seconds left before the end of the third quarter.

Wu Feng broke through with the ball, then passed it back to Cork Hinrich. After receiving the ball from the bottom line, a fake move deceived the young Bradley. Then dribbled towards the basket.

Seeing this, Boyce Dior immediately made up.

At this time, the Hawks' Zaza Pachulia naturally came out.

Cork Hinrich flipped his hand and the ball had reached Zaza Pachulia's hand. The latter shouted loudly and then poured the ball into the basket with both hands.

Zaza Pachulia grabbed the frame with both hands, and the basket was shaking.

The fans of the at&t Center Arena couldn't help but boo when they saw Zaza Pachulia's arrogant actions.

Zaza Pachulia doesn't care about this either.

With Zaza Pachulia's successful slam dunk, the third quarter ended like this.

At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks led the Spurs to enter the fourth quarter with 9 points with 85:76.

Previously, the Eagles had been forced into extremely dangerous adversity by the Spurs, and the score difference was once narrowed to 2 points.

But at the critical moment, the Hawks strengthened their defense. Al Horford in the inside, Marvin Williams on the front line and Wu Feng on the back line, formed a strong defensive gate, defending the Spurs' counterattack in one fell swoop.

Then, Marvin Williams made a three-pointer from the outside, and Al Horford at the basket also began to score, slowly widening the gap. Until the end of the third quarter, the Hawks finally widened the gap to 9 points.

Although it is only 9 points ahead of the opponent, it can be said that the current situation on the field is already on the Hawks. It is not easy for the Spurs to start another chasing battle.

"After the three-quarter game, the Hawks and the Spurs played 85:76. The Spurs' defense today was not very successful, which allowed the Hawks to score 85 points in three quarters. You know, in the Western Conference Finals, even the Thunder, who is good at attacking, had only one game in one game and three quarters, and scored more than 85 points in one game in three quarters," Yang Yi explained.

"Haha, but on the other hand, this is enough to show that the Hawks' offense is very good. Although their offense is not very smooth in the first half of the third quarter, they quickly changed and played the offense they are good at. During this period, whether it is offense or defense, the Hawks play very beautifully." Ke Fan said with a smile.

Not long after, the fourth quarter began.

However, in the first half of the fourth quarter, both sides sent substitutes.
To be continued...