On May 22, the Hawks defeated the Celtics again on the road, and they will fly back to Atlanta overnight to wait for the G3 game against the Celtics two days later. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Prior to this, on May 23, United States time, the G2 battle between the Los Angeles Lakers VS San Antonio Spurs will also start in Los Angeles.

The G1 battle in the Western Conference finals ended with the Lakers narrowly winning by 4 points, and compared with the disparity between the Hawks and the Celtics, the game between the Lakers and the Spurs has been relatively normal so far.

In the G2 game, Kobe Bryant still maintained his good form, and he scored 8 points in the first quarter of the game, leading the Lakers to a 16-21 lead to end the first quarter.

In the second quarter of the game, the two teams were in a stalemate, Tony Parker scored 9 points in a single quarter and was the brightest player on the court, but the Lakers also had role players like Sasa Vujacic who stepped up and scored 7 points in a single quarter, becoming the X-factor of the team. At 21:25, the Lakers still took a four-point lead in the second quarter.

At 37:46, the halftime ended, and the Lakers led by nine points into the second half.

The third quarter was the focus of the game, and it was the Spurs' best chance to turn the game around, after a stalemate at the beginning of the second half, Manu Ginobili stepped up and scored back-to-back points for the Spurs.

It was at this time that Lamar Odom suddenly focused!

Once this guy gets into the groove, he can definitely live up to his nickname of "left-handed magician". Odom, who scored 11 points and 5 rebounds in a single quarter, helped the Lakers seal the win.

At 20:28, the Lakers once again took an eight-point lead in a single quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the score of the two teams came to 57:74, and the Lakers had won the game.

Faced with a huge disadvantage of 17 points, Popovich took the lead in choosing a strategic abandonment, replacing all the main forces, including GDP, at the beginning of the final quarter of the G2 game, so that the game completely went into garbage time.

At 14:27, even in garbage time, the Spurs bench did not take advantage of the slightest, and they lost by 13 points in a single quarter to continue to stretch the score of the two teams apart.

At 71:101, the Lakers defeated their opponents in G2, and they will travel to San Antonio with a total score of 2:0 for the G3 game of the Western Conference Finals.

If the Hawks take out the Celtics, and there are still people who are optimistic about the Celtics turning the tables, then the Lakers and Spurs have played so far, and no one thinks that this season's Western Conference championship trophy will settle in San Antonio.

The Hawks are a young team, and no one can guess how they will be in shape in their next game, while the Spurs and Lakers are two relatively mature teams that know each other well.

If nothing else, there won't be much of an up-and-down run for the two teams, which means that time is running out for the Spurs to come up with unexpected countermeasures, or the defending champions' playoff journey will be over.

At this moment, in an Hilton hotel in Atlanta, NBA league official Tan Huimin (Mark Tatum) hosted league chairman David Stern, who flew from Los Angeles to Atlanta.

The two of them had dinner together after watching the Lakers and Spurs match G2, and since Los Angeles and Atlanta have a three-hour time difference, the two have plenty of evening time to discuss after the game.

Stern casually ate a little vegetables and fruits to eat, and he smiled and said, "It seems that there is no big problem on the Lakers' side." ”

Tan Huimin hurriedly said on the side: "That's right, there is basically no suspense about the Western Championship. However, in the east, there has been too much deviation from our previous expectations. The Celtics still lost to the Hawks by a large margin when the penalty was in their favor. ”

Stern sneered, "God only helps those who know how to help themselves." ”

Tan Huimin secretly received a sentence in Chinese in his heart: "The Celts can't support the wall with mud!"

Thinking so in his heart, he still said to the president: "So in the G3 battle, should the referee's scale continue to be biased in favor of the Celtics?"

Stern didn't answer this question directly, but held his chin and said to Tan Huimin: "Do you know why I came to Atlanta?"

Tan Huimin replied: "I guess in addition to observing the Finals candidates, do you also want to talk to a certain star, like you did with Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles?"

Stern nodded, "You guessed it, but you haven't told me yet, who I want to talk to in Atlanta?"

Tan Huimin shook his head and said, "I can't guess this!"

David Stern laughed: "It's not that you can't guess, but you don't want to guess, Mark, you Asians sometimes have this problem, if it was Adam, he would tell me the answer plainly, and he wouldn't worry about anything else." ”

After a pause, Stern said: "Contact the Atlanta Hawks, after G3, arrange for Kraft Nguyen to come and meet me, he should have had this right a long time ago!"

Tan Huimin immediately asked, "Is there any change in the plan of the G3 battle?"

Stern waved his hand and said, "The league needs the series to become a little more competitive, assuming the Celtics don't give up on the game, of course." ”

Tan Huimin said with a smile: "Of course they won't give up, this is the Eastern Conference Finals, and it's better to be suspended than to go directly to the electric chair!"

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On May 24, American time, the Atlanta Hawks welcomed the challenge of the Celtics at the Philips Arena.

The game was full of gunpowder from the start, and the Celtics, who had lost two games in a row, really couldn't afford to lose, and they couldn't accept being swept out by the Hawks.

From the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the game was constantly interrupted by the referee's whistle, and the number of fouls by the two teams skyrocketed, and Ruan Er Niu only played 5 minutes in the first quarter of the game, and had to rest early because of two fouls.

Then, the hottest side of the entire series was born.

Zaza Pachulia and Garnett were scrambling for a rebound under their own basket, and when the referee blew for a foul on Pachulia and signaled to the scoreboard, Garnett's elbow swung into Pachuria's throat.

"I really felt scorned, violated. Pachulia said later.

Pachulia fired back at Garnett, who was provoked head-on by the villain grandmaster, but he didn't forget the "courtesy" because, at the same time, his head was pushed up without flinching.

"It all happened naturally, and for a moment we forgot we were playing basketball. We thought it was on the streets, and thank God no one was evicted or banned. Pachulia said.

Then the situation between the two sides became more tense. The Georgian was still chattering with Garnett until he returned to his bench and waved his hands to cheer the crowd on, and the Atlanta crowd was boiling.

"The crowd was ignited, but I think the emotions could have been even hotter!" said Ruan Er Niu after the match.

Well, even Erniu is a little afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

But unfortunately, the Hawks lost the game in the end! Their Hawks raiders almost didn't have a chance to show it, and Ruan Erniu encountered a foul trap in this game, and left the game with 6 fouls in the last 8 minutes of the fourth quarter.

In this game, Ruan Erniu's statistics were only 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 2 assists, which was far lower than his average.

The final result was 88-86, and the Celtics won the game by a narrow margin of 2 points, and the number of fouls between the two teams was 22:35, while the number of free throws in a game was 3 for the two bulls who were repeatedly violated.

Even the neutral fans blew up, and the league fought hard in order to sell one more ticket!