The third game will start on time at 6pm on June 3rd.

Just like the second game, the two teams started a defensive battle from the beginning.

A rational style of play that relies purely on personal ability to score points and play tactics cannot be used at all when encountering the most reasonable Spurs.

On the Spurs' side, facing the Hawks, they have Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, and Prince on the outside, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown, Mourning on the inside, and Korver as an outside assistant.

With good defense and Josh Smith, a young player who is great at assisting in interior defense, the Spurs basically rely solely on three stars.

For the Hawks, Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, and Jason Terry used their most effective methods in the finals to score.

In terms of talent, this Spurs team obviously cannot compare with last year's Lakers team, but judging from the strength of the team, the Spurs team is even stronger!

After returning home, the Spurs, who had the advantage on the whistle, in turn took the initiative!

The Spurs' defensive moves were even bigger, and it was not easy for Liu Mang to get to the basket and cause a foul.

In the first game back at home, the Spurs were desperate. Ginobili dared to put his head against Liu Mang's arm to get an offensive foul when guarding Liu Mang.

In this game, Ginobili scored 13 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Duncan scored 14 points and 10 rebounds, Bunch Wells scored 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Robert Horry made 3 of 3 three-pointers.

Only 1 of 3 free throws were scored, and he scored 10 points. Parker scored 7 points, Nesterovich scored 6 points, Bowen, Brent Barry, and Udrih scored a total of 18 points. The Spurs came out.

All nine of the players scored, and they were all scores that cost people their lives.

The Spurs scored 85 points!

As for the Hawks, only Liu Mang scored 21 points, Tracy McGrady's 14 points, Jason Terry's 13 points, and Kwame Brown's 10 points. A total of four people scored in double figures, and the role players also scored.

It was so pitiful, just like the Suns' pitchers, they were locked up. The Eagles only scored 79 points.

The total score was tied 1-2 by the Spurs, and the Eagles failed to directly secure the championship 3-0.

In this game, the Eagles can only avoid the sharp edge. The Spurs played too hard, because as long as the Spurs lose one more game, they can directly declare that the championship is guaranteed. If the Eagles want to win four times in a row, Rao Shibo

Povich, Duncan, and Ginobili don't have that much confidence, so the Spurs play in a desperate style, even exchanging injuries for injuries.

The Eagles did not fight the Spurs head-on, and directly locked up the championship 3-0... The Eagles players and coaching staff were not that big-hearted. They tried their best to win and struggled with the Spurs' defense until the end, but unfortunately lost by only 6 points.

Lost the third finals game.

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They lost the first away game, and the Eagles were within an acceptable range. There were still two away games, and the Eagles never thought about sweeping the Spurs 4-0 from the beginning.

Winning an away game is a guaranteed mission. If we can win 4-1... there is still hope anyway!

After losing the first game, Liu Mang regretted not being able to score 3-0 directly, but there was nothing he could do about it.

After returning to the hotel, several core players did not go back to their villas to sleep immediately. Instead, they came to the living room of Liu Mang's villa to hold a small team meeting.

Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Prince, Jason Terry, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown, and Mourning are seven guys who can be called stars, plus Iguodala who is messing with the meeting.

, we held a small player meeting together.

After some discussion, we summarized the reasons for losing this game.

First of all, the most important thing is that the Eagles had 20 free throws in the last game and only 11 free throws in this game. The whistle is the biggest problem.

The referee did not blow the whistle, which is not a problem. The Spurs only made 13 free throws.

The main reason is that the referee's scale of whistleblowing is more in line with the Spurs' rhythm and he has a high tolerance for physical confrontation. This is the most critical thing.

Although the referee did not favor the Spurs, he gave the same whistle to the Hawks at the Spurs' home court. The Hawks made great defensive moves and did not call too many fouls. The Spurs committed more fouls, 18 fouls in the game, while the Hawks only had 15.

, but in many situations where Liu Mang could get the whistle in the last game, he didn't get the chance to get to the free throw line.

The bigger problem is that the Hawks are not as used to it as the Spurs when the Spurs defend desperately and the referees' penalties become larger.

Also, in terms of outside three-pointers, the Spurs made 9 three-pointers, while the Eagles only made 5 three-pointers, two of which were made by Liu Mang from outside...

Each of the eight people present asked some questions. Most of them said that they were not playing well and took the initiative to take over the blame. They conducted a very careful analysis. Several players listed them one by one on the record board borrowed from the coaching staff.

superior.

The players on the Eagles are very calm, they have such a strong tone, they are so steady and thoughtful, and each analysis is clear and logical.

Then, on June 6, the fourth game of the finals came.

It's easy to talk on paper and analyze the reasons for the loss, but can we make up for the weaknesses when we lost? This is a very hurtful topic.

The coaching staff has long seen the weaknesses seen by the players, but there is nothing they can do!

Just like the first two games, Popovich saw what the Hawks wanted to do in the second game, but was unable to break through the obstacles set by the Hawks.

It's another defensive battle, just to see which star player plays better! There is no other trick, just to see which of the "Big Three" of the two teams shoots more accurately!

It has to be said that this Hawks team is not as strong as last year when they won the championship, and the team structure was restrained by the Spurs.

The first two games relied on the advantage of home court and catching the opponent off guard, and the points won in the two games were not many.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the fourth game of the finals, the Spurs continued to rely on defense to withstand the impact of the game between Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady. Liu Mang

After scoring 26 points, McGrady scored 24 points, and the two scored 50 points together. However, Jason Terry failed in this game and only scored 6 points.

The Hawks team scored a total of 87 points, and the Spurs played very well in the two games back at home. Duncan scored 18 points and 17 rebounds, limiting Kwame Brown to only 5 points and 8 rebounds.

Billy scored 15 points, Brent Barry scored 14 points, and Bonchy Wells moved to the sixth man position and performed well for three consecutive games, scoring 15 points, helping the Spurs score 96 points.

The Spurs once again defended their home court, and the Spurs tied the score 2-2!

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The fans are going crazy!

The Spurs are so stable!

There is a pessimistic atmosphere among fans: Are the evil Spurs trying to shroud the NBA in darkness again? Are the championship trophies going to be 'tarnished' again?

Public opinion online suddenly took a turn for the worse.

After the third game, when the Spurs defended their first home court, the fans were still very calm, but now they are tied 2-2 by the Spurs, and something suddenly feels wrong!

The battle of Tianwang Mountain is the key!

If the Spurs can defend three home games in a row, then the remaining two away games will put a lot less pressure on the Spurs.

As for the Eagles, if they lose three games in a row...although they have the home field advantage, the psychological pressure will be overwhelming!

It’s not that Coach Kruger doesn’t know where he lost the two lost games, but the key is that it’s useless to know!

As strong as Popovich, playing the Finals with the Pistons in the original time and space, Popovich completely understood his teacher's defense, but understanding it does not mean that he can break the defense. In the end, it depends on

With the personal abilities of two major players, Duncan and Ginobili, we won in a tiebreaker.

At this time, it depends on the performance of the team's star players, there is no other way.

The Spurs' defense was so ruthless that Coach Kruger could only discuss with Mike Woodson how to play defense even more ruthlessly.

The rest can only rely on the strength of the players!

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"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, the world is so wonderful, but I am so irritable, this is not good..." Liu Mang tried hard to calm his current irritable mentality with lines he had memorized from unknown movies he watched.

2 to 2!

When it was 2-0, I was looking forward to 3-0. When it was 2-1, I was not in a hurry. I was looking forward to 3-1. Now it is 2-2!

The battle for Tianwang Mountain is about to begin!

The day after the fourth game, which was the 7th, Liu Mang got up and checked the Internet, read the newspaper, and had dinner with his teammates. From the media, fans, coaching staff, and teammates, Liu Mang

All I feel are negative emotions.

Liu Mang has no control over the media and fans, but although the coaching staff and teammates didn't express it, Liu Mang could clearly feel the heavy pressure they were carrying!

Liu Mang himself is under the heaviest pressure, defending the championship, the mission of King's Landing, and many, many things.

Mourning and Persson came to support Liu Mang, and Liu Mang was under more pressure. Although McGrady's contract extension was negotiated, it has not yet been renewed, which is another pressure.

From Liu Mang's perspective, McGrady may have made up his mind to stay, but there must be a reason to stay!

If McGrady comes, the Hawks fail to win the championship, and McGrady has no face to stay, then it is not a question of whether McGrady wants to stay, but that McGrady replaced Raheem, causing the team structure to be too outside-oriented and lose the championship...

Fans' criticism can make McGrady choose to leave.

Public opinion is an invisible dagger.

Liu Mang is also under a lot of pressure, but he must look relaxed when eating and chatting. He is the soul of the team and he cannot fall.

After returning to the room, Liu Mang began to curse and then comforted himself.

Liu Mang looked at the star cards. There were a bunch of gorgeous superstar cards and star cards of top players, but against the Spurs, except for Jordan's card, none of them were likely to have a good effect.

Wade’s star card this season has no mid-range shots, and Nash’s style of play has been restrained by the Spurs...

At this pace, Liu Mang looks like he is going for a tie-break! Even if there is a tie-break, Liu Mang is not willing to be behind 2-3 and defend two home games. He must win the battle of Tianwang Mountain!

whatever!

In the three games from Game 2 to Game 4, Liu Mang played more tactically, using the threat of killing at the basket to deal with the Spurs.

But after arriving at the Spurs' home court, this style of play had an effect. Liu Mang scored 20 in both games, but the effect was not as obvious as the second game.

The Battle of Tianwang Mountain is coming soon, on June 9th...

Facing the near-unsolvable defense of the Spurs who returned home in the finals, Liu Mang has been trying to combine his threats with the strengths of his teammates.

Now it seems that this method will not work!

If we lose the third away game, we will be behind 2-3, which Liu Mang cannot accept! He has the home court advantage and has to play under pressure when he returns to the home court. Liu Mang doesn't want this!
Chapter completed!