The finals are finally here!

Fans have reached the most enthusiastic time of the year for the NBA.

The series between the Spurs and the Suns was really good to watch, much better than the Eastern Conference Finals.

However, the Pistons slowed down the pace in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Hawks' game was always good to watch until the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The series between the Spurs and the Suns was so exciting and gave fans a lot of expectations.

But...based on the fans' impression of the Hawks, fans can't guarantee how the finals will turn out. Last season's game against the Lakers turned into a defensive battle...

The Spurs and Hawks performed so perfectly in the playoffs of their respective divisions. The fans were not worried about the intensity of the game. What they were worried about was the defensive battle between the two teams...The scene would have been tragic.

Although the Hawks played so fast in the regular season, they were slow in the Eastern Conference Finals. What will happen when they meet the Spurs? Fans are looking forward to it and feeling a little bit sad...

The finals schedule was announced at 12 o'clock that night when the Spurs and Suns game ended.

During the two-day break, the first game of the Finals will be played in Atlanta on May 28th, and the second game will be played on May 31st. After the Hawks' two home games, they will play the third game in San Antonio on June 3rd, and the third game will be played on June 6th.

There will be four games. The fifth game will be on June 9th. If there are a sixth and seventh games, they will return to Atlanta again and be played on the 12th and 15th.

The schedule of the finals can last up to 17 days, which is the longest finals in recent years.

However, the Eagles were very dissatisfied when they found out about this schedule.

There are two days of rest between each game in the finals, which is quite disadvantageous for the Eagles!

Doesn’t this give the Spurs’ tight-knit players some time to rest? The Spurs’ rotation number is as high as 11, including Bowen, Glenn Robinson, Brent Barry, and Tony Massenberg.

You are a veteran and you need to rest.

The Spurs are playing so well this season, which has a lot to do with the players they signed last summer with the space freed up by Ginobili's cheap extension and Parker's rookie contract.

Moreover, the Spurs' ability to use off days to adjust tactics is one of the best in the league.

Such a schedule has allowed the Hawks to have more than half of their advantage over the Spurs due to four more days of rest.

However, once the schedule was confirmed, several major TV stations in the United States, TV stations in China, other parts of Asia, Europe, South America and more than 100 countries and regions immediately began to prepare for the live broadcast of the finals. The matter was a foregone conclusion.

The team can only take advantage of the last two days of rest to make the best preparations possible.

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The Hawks are preparing intensively. After the Spurs players advanced to the Finals after playing the Suns in an away game, the next day, at noon on the 26th, they flew to Atlanta and rented the Georgia Tech Arena to start.

Prepare for the finals.

But would Atlantans be so enthusiastic and willing to rent the arena without even asking a question?

Just so warm-hearted.

In the afternoon, the Spurs coaching staff and staff took the players to the Georgia Tech arena to get used to it. They had never trained in this college arena, which is said to be no worse than Phillips Arena.

Then, I felt the various ups and downs that Liu Mang once hated.

With the wind from the Appalachian foothills and the scorching sun at the end of May, they went uphill, downhill, and uphill again... After going back and forth, the Spurs players arrived at the much-complained Yellow Jackets Arena.

Georgia Tech is a strong team in basketball, football and baseball, and they are all called Jackets. The uniform fan uniform is yellow jackets, but baseball and football are fine. The stadiums are outside the school and the required venues are too big.

, and the basketball team’s Yellow Jackets Arena is on campus, and it’s at the very back of the school against a hillside.

In other words, you can only walk there from the school parking lot, or ride a bicycle, which has always been complained by Georgia Tech students.

The Spurs players started to complain, after walking for half an hour!

In addition, Atlanta is a place where the pace of life is slow and people love art and sports. When the Spurs players arrived at the arena, a student department concert was being held inside, and there were more than 8,000 seats, and most of the seats were occupied.

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"Sorry, Mr. Popovich, the students are very happy to know that your team comes to our school for training. They specially held a singing performance for you. They are so enthusiastic and love basketball so much..." The manager of the Jackets, who is

A junior student, the president of the school's basketball club, came up to explain to Popovich.

Although this situation is a little weird, Popovich has weathered the storm for a long time. It’s not just once or twice that fans from other cities whose opponents are in the playoffs deliberately cause trouble to affect their mood. It’s just that they rented it so happily.

Arena, and then such a weird thing happened. It was also the first time for him to encounter it.

After calming down, Popovich nodded and said, "I understand, I feel your enthusiasm."

Popovich knew that nothing good was going to happen! When he contacted the president of Georgia Institute of Technology before, the other party immediately agreed without saying a word. At that time, he expected that nothing good would happen!

Not only is the big-headed coach of this finals opponent shameless, not only is the Eagles shameless, but even this city is shameless!

These are the students who have gathered the essence of humanity from all over the world! They are actually doing this dirty trick!

How about the top civilized cities in the United States?

Spend money to buy the ranking!

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The fans in Atlanta were tortured by the fans there when they went to Los Angeles for the finals last year. They found that their side was too polite. They hadn't played in the finals for a long time and had no experience at all. Not only the players, but also the fans had no experience.

After the Hawks moved to Atlanta, it was the first time they played in the Finals last season, so they failed to organize effective interference against the Lakers, or the intensity was not strong enough. People with deep pockets directly hired hotels with their own security. Last year, Hawks fans

No clue at all.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This year, Eagles fans are well prepared.

Of course, this kind of thing will only make the Spurs unhappy, but if it makes them unhappy, why not do it?

Of course, when the Atlanta fans' behavior spreads to San Antonio, the other side won't be lenient... It's just that the other side doesn't intend to be merciful in the first place, so... let's hurt each other!

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On May 27th, the last day of preparation, both teams were actively preparing for the last day of competition. All major TV stations and major sports media began various news reports.

There are news such as gossip, prediction, analysis and so on.

This is especially true in China. At this stage, domestic fans who support Liu Mang account for the majority, and those anti-fans can't afford to make waves at this time. Liu Mang's performance in the playoffs this year was too good.

Xinhua News Agency gave a rational analysis. Generally speaking, domestic media will not take the initiative to criticize, even opponents, they all analyze it very positively... This is the rule of the Bureau, and there may be a tendency to overcorrect, but for neutral fans

It is very helpful for them to freely choose their favorite team.

Of course, which team's games the TV station wants to broadcast more often is up to the TV station itself.

According to the data analysis listed by Xinhua News Agency, fans have a clearer understanding of the current status of the players of the two teams.

For the Eagles, the best performer is undoubtedly Liu Mang. So far in the playoffs, he has averaged 27.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 7.9 assists per game. He has scored 60 points. As a result, he has been flanked more, shot fewer shots, and has more assists.

The performance was similar to last season's playoff performance, scoring relatively less points, and having more teammates who can score.

McGrady averaged 22 points, 4.6 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game. He has been very stable. His scoring performance has improved. In terms of passing, Liu Mang needs to hold the ball to support him after being flanked a lot. McGrady's assists have decreased, and his playing style has become more balanced.

Jason Terry averages 16 points per game. He can be either amazing or amazing. He can score more than 30 points in a game or 6 points in a game.

Kwame Brown averages 10.6 points and 11.9 rebounds per game and is a key pillar of the Eagles.

The Eagles averaged very high points per game in the first two rounds, averaging 116 points per game in the first two rounds. However, the average points per game in the Eastern Conference Finals dropped a lot, so Rasheed Wallace, who originally averaged 11 points per game, was pulled down.

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Generally speaking, except for Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady, the Hawks have relatively balanced scoring, a lot of outside shooters, and physical players. Apart from being young, they are balanced in all aspects.

On the Spurs side, Duncan averaged 21 points and 15.1 rebounds per game in the Western Conference Finals and was in stable form. Bunchy Wells' performance in the first two rounds was average, but when it came time to play against the Suns, he was amazingly strong, averaging 23.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.

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Ginobili averaged 26 points per game in the Western Conference Finals, and these three players played like a Big Three.

Parker was almost there, averaging 11 points per game in the Western Conference Finals. He couldn't guard Nash, and he didn't play very well offensively. Mainly because he was too young.

Judging from the lineup structure, both teams have three main scorers and good substitutes. Relatively speaking, the Spurs players are more experienced, and the Eagles have more impact.

Judging from the performance in the conference finals, Xinhua News Agency predicted that the Hawks' probability of winning the championship is 60%.

It’s better to look at your own family.

In the United States, general public opinion is more optimistic about the Spurs!

The main reason is because the Hawks have lost their absolute dominance in rebounding. The Hawks were so invincible last season, breaking the historical playoff winning rate with 16 wins and 1 loss in the playoffs. The main reason is because they have an absolute advantage in rebounding.

Judging from the Eastern and Western Conference finals, the Spurs' rebounding team is obviously better. With Duncan here, the Spurs' inside line is certainly stronger.

Another point is that the Eagles are the defending champions. Defending champions are always considered to have slacked off or become arrogant because of the championship.

Of course, there are media in the United States that support the Hawks, and there are quite a few of them. The Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution undoubtedly support the Hawks, and ESPN also supports the Hawks. The strange thing is that the Miami Daily in Miami, where the Heat is located, supports the Hawks...

If Duncan wins his third championship, he will catch up with O'Neal. The Heat's media decisively supports the Hawks to defeat the Spurs.

As for the fans...

This is a rare finals where the fans are one-sided.

The Spurs are so unpopular!

Even the Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated, and T.N.T., the three media outlets that have no dealings with Liu Mang, did not say good things about the Spurs or bad things about the Hawks. Instead, they attacked the Spurs for playing dirty in a neutral situation.

As for the media, naturally they write what the fans like to see. If another team plays the Hawks in the finals and they attack the Hawks, the fans will also like to see it.

But the opponent is the Spurs...even the Pistons seem to have such a sense of justice.

Popovich tacitly allowed Bowen to do all kinds of dirty tricks, which offended the entire league. If a newspaper wrote something good about the Spurs these days... the newspaper would not be sold.
To be continued...