1999-05-20, By Johnny Ludden
再来一份 - 邓肯得分，湖人失误，马刺2-0领先
这场比赛并非专门为蒂姆·邓肯(Tim Duncan)设计的战术，但马里奥·埃利(Mario Elie)并不在意。落后一分？还剩18秒？
埃利知道他想要把球传给谁。
“蒂姆，”埃利说，“我在找你。”
埃利看了看。然后继续。他找到了邓肯。邓肯找到了机会。
面对J.R. 雷德(J.R. Reid)的紧逼防守，邓肯转身投出了一记柔和的勾手，球在还剩8.4秒时稳稳地落入网中。当德里克·费舍尔(Derek Fisher)接球时，球从他头上弹开，肖恩·埃利奥特(Sean Elliott)罚进两球，科比·布莱恩特(Kobe Bryant)的三分球没有命中，马刺以79-76战胜了洛杉矶湖人队。
在33293名狂热的阿拉莫圆顶球场观众面前，马刺队在第四节再次上演逆转，在西部半决赛中取得了2-0的领先优势。随着七场四胜制的系列赛移师洛杉矶，他们可以感谢邓肯帮助他们在主场保住优势。
“他是一位关键时刻的球员，”埃利说，“他打出了一记关键时刻的球。”
据洛杉矶主教练库特·兰比斯(Kurt Rambis)说，湖人犯了一个关键时刻的错误。在布莱恩特的三分球帮助湖人以76-75领先之后，马刺在还剩18.1秒时叫了暂停。
兰比斯说，湖人被指示要犯规，但他们没有执行。当格伦·莱斯(Glen Rice)赶到时，已经来不及帮助雷德了。邓肯全场最高得分21分，转身投出了这记9英尺的投篮。
“我不知道会发生什么，”邓肯说，他曾在去年的西部半决赛中对阵犹他爵士队时错失了绝杀。“我只是睁大眼睛。”
他看到了他想要看到的。马刺队叫了高位挡拆战术，埃利说他会寻找邓肯。邓肯在大部分时间里都遭到双人包夹，自首节之后，他的最后11次投篮只命中了3球，但他还是找到了足够的空间来对抗体型较小的雷德。
“蒂姆·邓肯喜欢投最后一球，”马刺主教练格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)说。“大卫·罗宾逊(David Robinson)也喜欢投最后一球。但根据场上形势，我们选择了蒂姆。
“蒂姆不会慌乱。他只是拼尽全力，然后回家。”
湖人队也要回家了。他们需要从2-0的落后中爬起来。
“我们本来有机会，但我们又倒下了，”得到16分的沙奎尔·奥尼尔(Shaquille O’Neal)说，“我们自己打败了自己。我们在最后时刻犯了太多错误。”
在邓肯投篮之后，湖人队叫了暂停，但发球时球击中了费舍尔的头部。埃利控制了球权，埃利奥特在还剩5.3秒时罚进两球。在第一场比赛中罚球表现糟糕之后，马刺队在周三的比赛中18罚仅失一球。
“它们相当重要，”埃利奥特谈到他的罚球时说。“但这只是一次罚球。没有干扰。并不是那么难的投篮。”
湖人队最后还有一次机会将比赛拖入加时赛，但布莱恩特在终场哨声响起前错失了一记跑投三分。
然而，布莱恩特在最后时刻表现活跃。当比赛时间即将耗尽时，他在右侧底角投进三分球，帮助湖人以76-75领先，还剩34.3秒。埃利奥特试图回应，但他投出了一个空气球。
“当肖恩投丢那球的时候，我告诉他，‘伙计，那是你的投篮！你在干什么？’”罗宾逊说，“没关系。他罚进了。”
然而，布莱恩特没有罚进。他在还剩18.9秒时错失了两罚，这本来可以将湖人队的领先优势扩大到3分。
“我很惊讶，”布莱恩特说。“有时会发生一些奇怪的事情。我投丢了，因为我的出手很糟糕。很奇怪。”
这场比赛很奇怪。随着三名大个子的发挥受到限制，看来埃利奥特或布莱恩特将决定比赛的胜负。
“布莱恩特得了多少分？”波波维奇问道。“65分。”
只有28分。然而，埃利奥特打出了季后赛至今最佳表现，得到19分。他和埃利轮流防守布莱恩特。
马刺队的防守再次获胜。这对他们来说是幸运的，因为他们的进攻在一段时间内陷入停滞。在首节结束时取得10分的领先优势之后，他们最后47次投篮只命中19球（命中率40.4%）。
“我们有一段时间很停滞，”罗宾逊说。“我们停止了传球。我们一直在试图把球传给蒂姆。但在最后时刻，我们打出了关键的球。”
罗宾逊也包括在内。奥尼尔在抢下里克·福克斯(Rick Fox)的投篮后将球灌篮，短暂地将比分扳平，但罗宾逊突破了湖人队的中锋，在还剩1分钟时完成灌篮，帮助马刺以75-73领先。
罗宾逊得到16分，马利克·罗斯(Malik Rose)在第二节帮助马刺队保持领先，得到13分。
“两支球队都没有比对方强，”波波维奇说。“我们只是不断地交换攻势。我们正好投进了一个球。他们没有。”
系列赛更新
第2场比赛：马刺 79，湖人 76
周三：第2场比赛 - 马刺 79，湖人 76
亮点：在蒂姆·邓肯在还剩8.4秒时投篮命中后，马刺队抢断了一个发球，肖恩·埃利奥特罚进两球。
系列赛：马刺队在七场四胜制的系列赛中以2-0领先
下一场比赛：第3场比赛 - 星期六下午4:30（电视：NBC；广播：WOAI- AM 1200，西班牙语KCOR-AM 1350）
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A second helping - Duncan hits, Lakers miss in final ticks - Spurs up 2-0
The play wasn’t specifically called for Tim Duncan, but Mario Elie didn’t care. Down by one? Eighteen seconds left?
Elie knew where he wanted the ball.
“Tim,” Elie said. “I’m looking for you.”
Elie looked. Then followed through. He found Duncan. Duncan found light.
With J.R. Reid on his hip and the game in his right hand, Duncan turned and lofted a soft hook that settled into the net with 8.4 seconds left. When Derek Fisher let an inbounds pass bounce off his head, Sean Elliott hit a pair of free throws and Kobe Bryant missed a three-pointer, the Spurs had their 79-76 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
In front of a delirious Alamodome crowd of 33,293 fans, the Spurs capped another fourth-quarter comeback to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals. With the best-of-seven series now moving to Los Angeles, they can thank Duncan for helping them hold serve at home.
“He’s a prime-time player,” Elie said. “He made a prime-time play.”
According to Los Angeles coach Kurt Rambis, the Lakers made a prime-time blunder. After Bryant’s three-pointer gave the Lakers a 76- 75 lead, the Spurs called timeout with 18.1 seconds left.
With a foul to give, Rambis said the Lakers were instructed to hack away. When they didn’t, Glen Rice arrived too late to help Reid. Duncan, who scored a team-high 21 points, turned and fired the 9-footer.
“I didn’t know what to expect,” said Duncan, who missed a game- winner against Utah in last season’s Western Conference semifinals. “I just kept my eyes open.”
He liked what he saw. The Spurs had called a high pick and roll and Elie said he would look for Duncan. Blanketed with double-team coverage for most of the game, Duncan - who had made only three of his last 11 shots since the first quarter - found enough room to work against the smaller Reid.
“Tim Duncan likes to take the last shot,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "David Robinson likes to take the last shot. But with the matchups, we went to Tim.
“Tim’s not going to be flustered. He just competes and goes home.”
The Lakers are headed home, too. Needing to dig themselves out of a 2-0 hole.
“We had it and we fell again,” said Shaquille O’Neal, who was held to 16 points. “We beat ourselves. We made too many mistakes down the stretch.”
After Duncan’s shot, Los Angeles called timeout, but the inbounds pass clanged off Fisher’s head. Elie corralled the loose ball and Elliott sank a pair of free throws with 5.3 seconds left. After a horrendous night at the line in Game 1, the Spurs made all but one of their 18 attempts Wednesday.
“They were pretty big,” Elliott said of his free throws. “But it was just a free throw. It’s uncontested. It’s not that hard of a shot.”
The Lakers had one last chance to send the game into overtime, but Bryant missed a running three- pointer at the buzzer.
Bryant, however, had a heavy hand in the final frantic minute. With the shot-clock buzzer just about to sound, he canned a three- pointer in the right corner for a 76- 75 lead with 34.3 seconds left. Elliott tried to answer with an open three of his own, but threw up an air ball.
“When Sean missed that, I told him, ‘Man, that was your shot! What are you doing?’” Robinson said. “That’s OK. He made his free throws.”
Bryant, however, didn’t. He missed a pair with 18.9 seconds left that would have stretched the Lakers’ lead to three.
“I was surprised,” Bryant said. “Some strange stuff happens sometimes. I missed them because my release was terrible. It was odd.”
The game was strange. With the three big men held in check, it looked like either Elliott or Bryant would decide things.
“What did Bryant have?” Popovich asked. “Sixty-five.”
Only 28. Elliott, however, had his best game of the playoffs with 19 points. He and Elie also took turns guarding Bryant.
The Spurs’ defense again won out. Which was fortunate for them, considering their offense went in the tank for a good stretch. After racing to a 10-point lead at the end of the first quarter, they made only 19 of their last 47 shots (40.4 percent).
“We were stagnant there for a while,” Robinson said. “We stopped moving the ball. We kept trying to stuff the ball inside to Tim. But down the stretch we made the key plays.”
Robinson included. O’Neal briefly tied the game when he jammed home Rick Fox’s miss, but Robinson blew by the Lakers center for a dunk to give the Spurs a 75-73 lead with 1:00 left.
Robinson finished with 16 points while Malik Rose, who kept the Spurs afloat in the second quarter, added 13.
“Neither team outdid the other,” Popovich said. “We just kept trading blows. We happened to make a shot. They didn’t.”
- For more stories on the Spurs-Lakers series from the Express-News and the Los Angeles Times, go to www.i10hoops.com
Series Update
GAME 2: SPURS 79, LAKERS 76
Wednesday: Game 2 - Spurs 79, Lakers 76
Highlights: After Tim Duncan hit with 8.4 seconds left, the Spurs stole an inbounds pass and Sean Elliott made two free throws.
Series: Spurs lead best-of-seven series 2-0
Next game: Game 3 - 4:30 p.m. Saturday (TV: NBC; Radio: WOAI- AM 1200, in Spanish KCOR-AM 1350)
By Johnny Ludden, via San Antonio Express-News