Before the second game of the finals, Kirilenko passed the hospital examination and obtained an appearance permit.

After being injured against the Knicks in the semi-finals, Kirilenko missed for more than half a month and now he is recovering from health, which is a major benefit for him.

The one who is going to be troubled by this is Rick Claire.

How to arrange for Kirilenko's comeback? His importance to the team is self-evident. The team is entirely supported by Xie Hou's offense when he is not here.

Xie Hou must be praised, as he has always brought efficient offense and undertaken a considerable number of tasks belonging to Kirilenko on the defensive end.

Without Xie Hou's support, they would not have been able to get here at all.

If Kirilenko can come back, their defensive problems will be solved, but the Russians have been on the verge of half a month.

His condition is unavailable.

Generally, people who return from injury have to undergo a period of training and can only make a formal comeback after the team confirms that the player's status has returned.

But there are only a few games in the finals. If Kirirenko slowly recovers according to normal procedures, he probably won't be able to play a single game.

"Coach, don't worry about me. My offense may disappoint you, but my defense is still reliable." Kirilenko's words dispelled some of Claire's doubts.

Claire is not the type of head coach who can make up his mind with just a slap in his thigh.

Kirirenko's words just made him decide to play a confrontation to test Kirirenko's state.

The result was unexpected. Kirilenko had not played systematically and trained for a while, but he played well in the confrontation.

Two three-pointers and four hard hats made people feel confident in him.

"Defense is indeed the most difficult ability to lose players." Bain Ruth said in surprise. "Andre can play at any time, and his talent is enough to support his defensive performance!"

Claire nodded, and he agreed with Ruth's point of view.

These players who can become first-class defenders by relying solely on talent are really surprising. They seem to have some kind of energy that can burst out at any time.

Kirilenko's performance on the defensive end completely surprised Xie Hou.

Pipen once said that defense is the only thing that will not betray players.

There are times when the touch is bad, but the defense will never be.

Defence, rebounds, confrontation, what is required is attitude and experience, skills and determination, and a certain talent.

Kirilenko has skills, attitudes and experiences. His absence for most of the month will not make him a useless person who is incompetent in offense and defense.

The team competition was wonderful, and he was very happy and sang a Russian song "Родитамать" (Translation: For you, Motherland).

After all, it was from the Central Army, and it had a strong momentum when singing any song.

The news of Kirirenko's resumption of training was blocked by the Pacers, and no reporter knew about this. Even the news of Kirirenko's official comeback was not known until June 10, before the second game of the finals started, when the official announcement that Kirirenko was on the activation list, the outside world learned about it.

The walkers did their confidentiality work to the extreme, and there was no sound of the wind outside.

On game night, when he heard that Kirilenko was going to make a comeback, Leonard smiled and said, "This is a huge surprise for the Spurs."

McGuinness said in a strange tone: "I think it's a frightened one?"

The Spurs have problems with the Spurs, and Xie Hou's subsequent impact on Bowen's clothesline foul was not great for him. Bowen, as the victim of the conflict, was a little uncomfortable and was not put on the starting list by Popovich.

He was on the scene, but he didn't mean to be on the stage.

Bowen couldn't play, Ginobili was on the starting lineup, and the Spurs' three-horse starter has been in a long time.

It’s like a few old friends who haven’t seen each other for a long time, either they are not affected, they still have a tacit understanding, or they will be a little awkward. After all, they haven’t contacted each other for a long time, and they don’t know what the other party’s recent situation is, so they need to know more about it.

The game is different from the old friends' reminiscence. Ginobili only played the sixth man, not that he was not on the same game as Duncan and Parker. Popovich asked him to bring vitality to the second team, so he had to split a lot of time with the second team as a dance. It has been a long time since he opened the game with Brothers and others.

The feeling of unfamiliarity is visible, and the Spurs showed bad omen at the beginning.

Ginobili wanted to show off his passing skills. He had wild imagination and pinnacle passing skills. No one should underestimate the Demon Sword's ability to break defense.

However, Kirilenko's comeback did bring something different.

Before November 19, 2004, AK47 was one of the few all-round defenders in NBA history. She averaged 2 goals per game and was selected as the season blocker as a swinger of the third and fourth positions.

In the first goal after his comeback, he cut off Ginobili's wonderful pass and sent Xie Hou to push a beautiful counterattack. The San Antonio people felt the danger, and the flames in the Banker Life Stadium ignited with Xie Hou's counterattack.

This is Ginobili's prediction of super ghost status all night, and his incredible performance laid a deep foreshadowing here.

Players like Ginobili can easily affect teammates.

The impact was Duncan, who wanted to break the Pacers' defense.

At this time two years ago, he was able to fight against the Pistons' Double Wallace with his own strength.

Those are two defensive players at their peak. Duncan played a not-so-good hit rate against them in the finals, but his performance is enough to be remembered. It is indeed a very dominant performance. Now facing the Pacers Black and White Double-Headed Monster 2.01, which is more than one level less defensive, it should be defeated with all its strength.

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Duncan's performance was completely different from what the Spurs expected.

His offense was wrong, just as he never felt so soft.

The ball fell to the ground before it was raised, and he took off his hand, just like Ginobili's condition. If Popovich went back to review the game, he would find that all the chaos started with the Argentine's stealing pass.

The significance of Kirilenko's interception is not only to destroy the Spurs' offense and assist Xie Hou to score 2 points, but also to start shocking the opponent, and the positive significance of "I can still defend you as a dog even if I return from the quit for more than half a month."

Ginobili's pass was cut off, and Duncan's offensive mistake made the Indiana fight back in the second wave, and their poor performance set the tone for this unpleasant night.

In the first quarter, the Pacers were on the tide and were at the best pace, with a lead of 34 to 20 and 14 points.

"Am I too inflated? Why does the Spurs give me a little...weak?" McGuinness never forgets to do his old job every night.

Not only did he feel this way, but there were all fans on the scene.

The Spurs, who fought the Pacers two days ago, suddenly became vulnerable.

Spurs fans like to say that Parker is good, Duncan is bad, and Demon Sword is bad.

This is the case tonight.

Duncan, the main attacker, did not go smoothly, turning the game into adversity.

Ginobili thought he was not doing well enough and continued to output, which was still a negative effect, so he forced the Spurs to the edge of the cliff before the half was over, which was a real desperate situation.

Parker, who was roared by Popovich once per game, carried the weight and dragged the Spurs until the end of the half.

If Parker had no 17-point output in the first half, perhaps the game would be no longer suspense.

"The Pacers are regaining their past feeling. In the first half just ended, I saw the shadow of last season." Leonard smiled, "Arthur, Theo, Ron, Jermaine, Andre, I would say, they are the five most correct people. They can always play the right game, the ultimate defense and the ultimate offense, the ultimate talent and the ultimate athletic ability. There is no second team in the league that can be as aggressive as them, as they are as strong as them, defensive strength, rotation ability, athletic talent, experience, tacit understanding and tactics."

When you are in the victory, you can do whatever you want. The neutral party has nothing to say, the opponent is holding his breath, and those who support you will only feel that you don’t have enough breasts.

Leonard is like a nurse, and he is dedicated to praise Xie Hou as the leader.

McGuinness is an Onmyoji, who will ruin his opponent every night.

In the second half, the Pacers became even worse and they played the game before the full restructuring.

The referee unilaterally indulged in his stochastic condonation, acquiesced to increase the intensity of the game, forcing the Spurs, who were unable to fight in hand-to-hand combat, to engage in a fierce hand-to-hand combat with them.

Bowen is not here, and there is no one to restrict Xie Hou on the outside. Duncan is in a bad state and Ginobili's performance makes Spurs fans want him to retire on the spot after the game.

The Pacers pressed each step at a time, making good people like Duncan angry. They made irrational actions in the chaotic confrontation and took technical fouls.

The Pacers are like attackers swinging hammers. The Spurs can't breathe. What can such a technical foul change? Nothing can be changed.

Halfway through the third quarter, the Spurs began to get tired. They couldn't keep up with the Pacers' strength. The whole team was away from the game. This was a battle that was heading for a defeat.

Duncan's fatigue was the most obvious. He grabbed 11 rebounds in the first half, 6 rebounds in the third quarter, and only 3 rebounds in the fourth quarter.

What about the Pacers? In the fourth quarter, they grabbed 11 offensive rebounds, and their ruthless physical talent completely overwhelmed the Spurs.

The second attack brought by the rotation and counterattack, together with the offensive rebound, set off a wave of offensive waves that buried the suspense of the game.

The Spurs completely lost hope of winning.

Five minutes before the final game, Xie Hou scored another jump shot, his 40th point, and he also scored 40 points in two consecutive games in the finals. If the Eastern Conference Finals were included, this was his 40 points in six consecutive games in the playoffs, which is undoubtedly another terrifying record.

After that goal, Xie Hou was replaced and rested.

Watching him walk out, the audience shouted "MVP", and the shouts lasted for five minutes.

Leonard said: "When Arthur scored 40 points in the finals became the norm, and when Arthur scored 40 points in the finals but could not attract our attention, it would be surprising, you, me, everyone in front of the TV, every witness in the world should realize how great we are witnessing!"

The battle that was so devastating that the Pacers unexpectedly broke the record.
Chapter completed!