As long as his desires are not satisfied, he will always try to win.

"But I haven't had enough wins either, what should I do?"

In the Spurs' paint, watching Qin Yue make an extra free throw, Duncan put away his smile.

Then, on offense, he switched Brown to be in front of him, and hand-taught Qin Yue beside him a textbook-style post-up play.

Lower center of gravity, lean in, turn around, bank shot.

The Champion Scholar was once again defeated by the Old Champion Scholar.

Not a single extra move.

This set of moves is far from elegant, but it perfectly showcases Duncan's fundamentals.

In the NBA, not everyone has the opportunity to showcase their fundamentals.

Because no matter how excellent the fundamentals are, you still need the corresponding talent to present it to the world.

The Spurs can't expect to restrain Qin Yue tonight with tough defense.

So Duncan decisively focused the rest of his game on offense.

Parker in favorable situations, the Buddha in adversity.

Seeing this, Spurs' assistant coach Mike Budenholzer quickly reminded Popovich, who was still troubled by the referee's calls: "Pop, stop thinking about how the refs blow this game! We need to adjust our tactics now!"

Upon hearing this, Popovich immediately displayed one of his few, but very critical, strengths.

Turning to Budenholzer, who already had the tactics board out, Popovich said, "Mike, how do you think we should adjust?"

Budenholzer suggested, "Let's switch our defense to a zone."

Popovich asked, "1-3-1 or 2-3?"

Budenholzer replied, "2-3, we can't let Tim expend too much energy on defense tonight."

Popovich followed up, "Alternate between 2-3 and man-to-man?"

Budenholzer nodded, saying, "Also, we need to sub Michael (Finley) in for Manu right away."

Popovich stroked his chin and said, "You're hoping to stagger the main players' time on the court to maintain our lineup's intensity?"

Budenholzer said, "Manu needs to rest, and... next, we need to play at a faster pace."

Popovich was surprised, "A faster pace? But that's the Warriors' preferred rhythm."

Budenholzer insisted, "Listen, Pop, tonight's refereeing is not conducive to defense. We have to play run-and-gun to have a chance to win this game. We can't let that number 30 from the Warriors keep getting free throws, understand?"

Adept at taking advice.

That is undoubtedly one of Popovich's major strengths.

End of the first quarter, 35 to 34.

Although there were still quite a few fans at ATT Center complaining about Crawford giving Qin Yue too many "star calls," as the Spurs switched to trading blows with the Warriors...

This arena, which was like a "giant coffin," was gradually awakened, gaining vitality.

If even the Spurs fans started finding the shootout more entertaining, what about the neutral fans watching the live broadcast on TV?

In the second quarter, the Spurs had Ginobili, who was subbed out early in the first quarter, back on the court.

On the sidelines, Brown, who suffered at least two kicks from Ginobili tonight, couldn't help but complain, "Doesn't the Spurs team have a single good guy besides Tim Duncan?"

Good guy?

Brown clearly overthought it.

Because isn't it obvious that this Spurs team is full of villains?

Moreover, who told Brown that the Warriors represent "justice" tonight?

On the court, facing Ginobili's extremely erratic pace...

Knowing he'd be forced to switch onto this Pampas Vulture sooner or later and couldn't stop him, Murphy outright hugged Ginobili, slamming him to the floor.

Since the Spurs hoped Ginobili, who often cuts through chaos like a blade, would help the team survive the first half of the second quarter...

The Warriors, naturally, had to apply enough pressure, even risking fouls, to intensify his energy consumption when attacking.

Murphy's foul just now was decisive.

And when it was the Warriors' turn to attack, seeing Ginobili proactively defending him, Little Deng Liwei ran all around the court as if he'd gone mad.

From the Spurs' bench, seeing Little Deng Liwei's runs, which weren't even to score, Popovich was furious, stomping his feet, "Why doesn't he just switch to running marathons?"

Fortunately, in the next Warriors' offensive possession, a learned Ginobili left defending Little Deng Liwei to his teammates.

But before Ginobili could catch his breath, Jack, facing him, gave a slight smile and... started running crazily at full speed.

Ginobili, for this defensive possession, chose not to chase after Jack.

Then...

"Magic Jarrett," after receiving a pass from Qin Yue, hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc with his postseason 25% success rate for the Warriors.

On the sidelines, Popovich angrily shouted at Ginobili, "Why the hell didn't you follow him?"

Ignoring Popovich, Ginobili immediately performed a step-back three-pointer in the Spurs' offensive round, almost causing Popovich's heart rate to go off-balance.

The three-pointer went straight through the hoop.

And when retreating on defense, Ginobili deliberately shrugged at Popovich.

He said nothing, but Ginobili's expression and demeanor at the time clearly meant, "Shut up and stop bossing me around when I'm playing."

It must be said, Ginobili is certainly a double-edged sword.

"Don't stop me. Tomorrow I'm trading him away! This Argentine idiot who only knows barbecues and mate all day! I don't want to see him anymore!" On the Spurs' bench, Popovich, broken by Ginobili's antics, roared.

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