Time: May 30, 2003.

Event: The Hawks visited the Gross Athletic Center for Game 2 of the series against the Nets.

After the game started, the Nets quickly took the lead. The Nets played their strongest defense right from the start, instead of testing the offense like they did in the last game, directly attacking Kidd and Lucious Harry.

The defensive lineup of Si, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, and Jason Collins came up and defended to death.

After the Eagles were beaten unexpectedly at the beginning, they immediately fought back. Who is afraid of who? They also resorted to defense, and the situation began to become anxious.

After the first quarter, the Nets led 21 to 18 by three points. In the second quarter, after the two sides entered the rotation lineup, the Nets continued to defend and grind the field regardless, and scored 17 to 17 in a single quarter.

After halftime, the Eagles were still three points behind, with the score a brutal 35-38.

In the third quarter, the two teams played a decent offensive game, but the Eagles did not get much benefit. 27 to 28, the point difference not only did not narrow, but was even expanded by one point!

After three quarters, the Eagles trailed by four points, 62-66.

At the end of the quarter, the two teams once again entered a defensive situation. Liu Mang, Jason Terry, and Raheem all tried to open up the situation, but they were all stifled in the trying stage. The Nets are worthy of having played in the finals.

Even though he was beaten 4-0 by the Lakers, he didn't break down inside. It shows how determined he is mentally. No matter how bad the offense is, he insists on defense first. Kidd made no mistakes in the whole game and steadily delivered ammunition to his teammates.

It doesn't matter if you can't make a shot, just defend slowly and attack slowly.

The Nets cannot afford to lose. If they lose another home game, their mentality may collapse.

After the Eagles won the first series, some changes occurred in their mentality.

It cannot be said that he is arrogant, nor can he be said to underestimate his opponent.

But...satisfaction!

After the Hawks knew that their opponent was definitely the Nets, their goal for the first two games was to at least win an away game and gain the home court advantage.

In a series like the conference finals, it is too difficult to win two consecutive away games. The Eagles did not feel arrogant in the second game, but just felt satisfied.

From the first game when the two teams fought defensively, it can be seen that there is no qualitative difference in strength between the two teams, and they are just missing a person to break the deadlock. It just so happens that neither team has a star player who can overcome the opponent's current defense and break the deadlock.

By the middle of the fourth quarter, the two teams had only scored 16 points combined in half of the fourth quarter. The Eagles were still 4 points behind, 70 to 74.

Seeing that the game was about to be beaten to death by the Nets, Liu Mang tried to rush to the basket and draw a foul, but was met with a better-prepared defense from the opponent because Liu Mang was too fast and able to rush when he used the Jordan star card two days ago.

, the Nets are prepared to risk their lives even if they can't defend. The level of risk-taking is based on Liu Mang's performance in the third quarter of the last game. Even Liu Mang is risking his life, but he can't stand it without the last game today.

That ability, the counterattack failed.

The statistics of the players of both teams in this game couldn't be more ugly. The Nets relied on their home court advantage to grind their defense to death. Although the Eagles tried their best, they lacked the Nets' last-ditch attitude.

With such momentum, the Nets could no longer lose, and the Hawks' away goal had been achieved. When Liu Mang tried his best to get to the basket at the last moment, he was also beaten to the ground.

No matter how much Liu Mang complained about Kidd, no matter what exciting words he said, his defense did not even change his eyes. Although it was not as miserable as Billups, it was not much better. He made 6 of 15 shots in the game.

17 points, the shooting rate will reach 40%.

Of course, Kidd was also miserable. He made 3 of 12 shots and only scored 8 points, but he had 12 rebounds and 8 assists. The key was 0 turnovers!

Today Kidd was completely focused and worked hard to win!

In the end, the Nets relied on their ironclad defense to defend their second home game 84-79.

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With 1 win and 1 loss in the away game, the Eagles lost their second game. They were not too disappointed because their away record was leading and their team regained the home court advantage!

The day after the second game, on May 31, the Hawks took a charter flight back to Atlanta. Mr. Joe also left New Jersey with Wilkins and watched two games. As a fan, the first game

The third quarter was good, but the whole second game was ugly. The two of them made an appointment to go to the Casino on the Sea and watch the game again when the Eagles reached the finals.

That night when the Hawks returned to Atlanta, in the Western Conference, the Spurs were in their second home game. After falling behind 0-1, they were as furious as the Nets, but it wasn't the defense that was so furious, it was the offense!

Duncan scored 32 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, Parker scored 19 points and 4 assists, and Ginobili scored 24 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 4 steals. The troika ran together for the first time, scoring 75 points together.

, led the Spurs to a 120-106 victory over the Mavericks by 14 points!

Two conference finals in two consecutive days, the content of the game was completely different from what the fans imagined!

The first game of the series in the Eastern Conference was okay, but Liu Mang's rampage in the third quarter made the fans addicted.

But in the second game, fans were looking forward to a counterattack between the two teams. After all, the Nets and Hawks were the top two teams in counterattack scoring in the regular season. Who would have thought that the game would be like the 2001 Spurs and 76ers?

It's the same as everyone's regular season, you have to focus on defense throughout the game.

After watching the second game, the fans remembered one thing. If it weren't for Liu Mang's surge in the third quarter of the first game, both games would have been a grind on defense!

Now, fans finally understand that no matter how carefree the Nets and Hawks played in the first two rounds, in the Eastern Conference finals, when the two strongest teams in the Eastern Conference met, they still returned to the main theme of the Eastern Conference.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! And you can see it, it's not that the Eagles don't want to speed up, but they can't pick up the speed at all! Both teams have entered a vicious circle of stubborn defense.

The tighter the defense, the tighter the defense, the harder the pitching, and it's an endless cycle.

And the Western Conference, which not many people paid attention to, actually played two consecutive high-quality and high-scoring offensive games against Biao. The most important thing is that Duncan scored more points than Nowitzki. Duncan scored 74 in the first two games.

Nowitzki only had 68 points in the first two games. When Duncan played against Nowitzki, he not only defended better than Nowitzki, but also outnumbered Nowitzki on the offensive end.

With a lineup that now seems to be obviously inferior to the Mavericks, they were surprised to win a victory at home.

Fans all thought that the Spurs' game was slow and ugly, but this time the Spurs encountered Nowitzki, who was difficult to defend, and Finley, who seemed half-dead in the regular season but suddenly went on a rampage in the Western Conference Finals, and was forced to score rapidly.

Unexpectedly, the fight turned out pretty good!

After comparing, the fans were surprised to find that their initial predictions about the Eastern and Western competitions seemed to have been reversed!

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After returning home, the Hawks faced off against the Nets for two consecutive home games.

After returning home, the Hawks tried to use offense to suppress the Nets, hoping to break the uncomfortable rhythm that the Nets had brought into them in the first two games.

Unexpectedly, the Nets had the same idea. The style of the game between the two teams suddenly changed, from a defensive battle to an offensive battle!

On June 2, in the third game of the series between the Hawks and the Nets, the Hawks defeated the Nets at home 119-101.

In this game, after the Eagles started the game, they found that the Nets also wanted to change their rhythm suddenly, and after changing their rhythm to attack from the beginning of the game, coach Mike Woodson quickly made defensive changes and responded to Kidd's pass.

The encirclement and suppression limited Kidd's assists to 4 in the game. Kidd only scored 13 points and 4 assists in this game. Although he grabbed 14 rebounds, the Nets' offense was poorly organized and the pace was extremely fast.

Under the circumstances, the Nets' shooting percentage was only 39%. For the Eagles, Liu Mang scored 26 points, Raheem 21 points, and Jason Terry 30 points, beating the Nets.

Beheaded under the horse.

But on June 4th, the Eagles lost their second home game!

Kidd went wild and scored 34 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists. Although there were 5 turnovers, on the offensive end, Kidd scored 30 points in the playoffs for the first time in his career!

Mainly taking advantage of the Hawks' successful defensive strategy of preventing the passing route in Game 3, Kidd shot very decisively today, making 15 of 27 shots from the field. The key was that he had a great touch and used mid-range shots to beat the Hawks.

died!

When Kidd needed double-teams to defend him, the Nets went crazy offensively and regained their home court advantage 125-110.

2 to 2, after four games, the Eagles were equalized by the Nets!

In this game, the Hawks took it too much for granted. Kidd's explosion was an accident. However, the successful defense in the third game allowed the Hawks to firmly follow the strategy of letting Kidd go. Kidd scored 34 points. After all, it was the Hawks' own carelessness.

Got it!

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Then, the series between the Mavericks and the Spurs, which followed every game between the Hawks and the Nets, seemed to have the law of conservation of iron and steel.

The fans had just transferred their desire to watch the game from the Eastern Conference Finals to the Western Conference Finals, and then the Spurs and Mavericks started to defend...

After the Spurs came to Dallas, they played two games in a row, mainly because Finley's short-lived peak performance disappeared at home. The Spurs discovered, hey, only Nowitzki is left!

Then Duncan was responsible for exchanging blows with Nowitzki. The Spurs' role players guarded others to death. In two consecutive games, the scores were 86 to 83 and 91 to 85. The Spurs played two consecutive away games to tie the big score.

3 vs!

The Spurs continued their strong dominance in this year's playoffs, taking at least a 3-1 lead in the first four games of three consecutive series! This kind of dominance has only been achieved by the Bulls and Lakers in the past 20 years.

Pass!

And the Spurs are Duncan's single core!

The playoffs are not over yet, but after four games, Duncan's rebounds, assists, blocks and even points are all ahead of Nowitzki!

This year's Western Conference playoffs can be regarded as a key matchup for power forwards. Nowitzki, Webber, Duncan, and Garnett have all made the playoffs. After the collapse of the Lakers dynasty, whoever has the last laugh will be

It was a moment of becoming a god in one fell swoop, and Duncan became the one who stood out.

Fans were really shocked by Duncan's performance in the first four games, which averaged 31 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks. They really admired Duncan when they saw Duncan beat Nowitzki to the point where he couldn't struggle like a killer with no worries inside.

The strength of the other players in the two teams was so unequal, but he led the Spurs to an absolute advantage of 3 to 1.

However, the fans are going to collapse!

After the first two games of the Eastern and Western Conference finals, fans "understood" that the East is still the iron-blooded East, and the West is still the romantic West. The East is defensive, and the West is still offensive.

The local fans of these teams in Atlanta, Dallas, San Antonio, and New Jersey must be watching their own team's games, while the fans of the other 25 teams who still want to watch the game or are fans of no home team, except for a few defensive players, most of them are

I wanted to watch exciting battles, so my attention shifted from the Eastern Conference Finals to the Western Conference Finals.

However, they found that when they watched the Western Conference finals, the Western Conference started to defend! It was still the overwhelming Spurs who defended the Mavericks to death.

But what the hell happened on the Eastern side, it actually turned into a battle, and the score was tied at 2 to 2! It looked exciting and tense!
Chapter completed!