G2 Superstar Basketball vs. Team Basketball (4K)

May 24, 1998, Los Angeles. Lakers vs. Spurs, GAME 2.

The Great Western Forum was as packed and roaring as ever.

This was the arena's final moment of glory. Next season, it would stand empty.

After the Lakers won the first game, public opinion had become almost entirely one-sided. No one believed the Spurs could trouble the Lakers anymore.

A Twitter poll showed that 87.5% of fans believed the Lakers would crush the Spurs within five games. The Lakers' advancement had all but become a foregone conclusion.

Aside from diehard fans in Texas, who still believed their leaders, David Robinson and the Stone Buddha, could defeat these invincible Lakers, almost no one thought the Spurs could win on the Lakers' home court.

But the moment the game began, a shocking development unfolded.

"Duncan has moved out beyond the three-point line!"

"In GAME 1, Duncan operated heavily from the elbow. From there, he had a hundred ways to finish and could destroy Horry."

"And Horry couldn't even stop Duncan from establishing position. The only thing that could limit Duncan was Duncan himself! As long as he had the stamina, Duncan could make nearly every shot!"

"But at the start of G2, Duncan abandoned that one-man approach of leading the Spurs head-on against the Lakers. He's operating near the three-point line!"

"Lots of pick-and-rolls! Dribble handoffs!"

"Duncan is playing support for the Spurs guards!"

Making Duncan play a supporting role!

Even Kobe had not expected the Spurs to do this!

The key was that Duncan did it beautifully! His high-quality screens made Avery Johnson and Richmond feel like fish in water, and they buried three-pointer after three-pointer.

Richmond had caught fire!

Kobe was disrupted by Duncan's screen and gave up only a fraction of a second of an opening, but Richmond seized