Chapter 109: Losing Suspense

"Liu, I don't think you should be angry that I replaced you early, haha, it's just one game, I don't want to delay the rest of the game because of this, back in Dallas we'll settle them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½ā€

On the plane back to Dallas, Nelson took the initiative to communicate with Liu Han, who was not very good-looking.

"Don, seriously, I rarely give up on competitions, this is the first time."

Liu Han does have some opinions about Nelson replacing him early, but it is not enough to say that he is angry.

"Liu, it's not that we give up the game, but it's an adjustment, although we encountered some small difficulties in the previous game, we won it smoothly, it was too smooth for some players to start fluttering, we now have an absolute advantage, it's really not worth getting injured for such an unnecessary game, I think you can see it."

Nelson patted Liu Han's thigh as he spoke, although Liu Han was a little unhappy in his heart, he also knew that he was actually a little impulsive, he was no longer young, and he couldn't think about things too simply.

The media's opinion of a game of the Timberwolves Jedi counterattack varies, after all, this game is not a normal game, the Timberwolves players are almost out of their minds in such a game, this is not what the league wants to see, the intensity of the game is important, but it is too intense and will also cause disgust among some fans, and the game they watch is a basketball game, not a K-1 fighting competition.

On the same day that the Mavericks lost to the Timberwolves, the Heat beat the Pacers again at home.

After the coach of the last game, the Heat team has actually found some game feeling, and at the same time has home-court advantage, the Heat team is in very good shape, and the Pacers side except for O'Neal Jr. scored a game-high 37 points, only Artest's 28 points, no one else scored double-doubles, and the old Miller only scored three points, and shot 0 of 4 three-pointers.

On the other hand, the Heat team has six players scoring double-doubles, Wade, Caron? Butler and Eddie? Jones both scored over 20, and the Heat could be said to be a team-wide blossom, 100-88, and the Heat tied the overall score at 2-2.

On May 13, the Spurs lost to the Lakers again, 98-90, O'Neal dominated the game, he scored 42 points and 15 rebounds, Popovich tried to use shark tactics on the road, but he was pitted by the referee, too many fouls made the Spurs fall into the quagmire early, the Spurs did not have any decent scores in the whole game, if it wasn't for Ginobili coming off the bench to score 22 points, maybe this game was another big loss.

On the 13th, there was only one game between the Lakers and the Spurs, and the Mavericks have been studying their tactics since returning to Dallas, and they must find a way to break through the Timberwolves' desperate defense.

On May 14, the Timberwolves returned to the American Airlines Center arena, and the Dallas cowboys greeted the Timberwolves with a shrill boo, and the Timberwolves' overly aggressive defense in the previous game made Mavericks fans disgusted with them.

After the game officially began, the Timberwolves tried to use the iron-blooded defense to limit the Mavericks' play, but the referee gave the Timberwolves a slap in the face. Johnson was ejected from the game for trying to elbow Liu Han on a layup, an unexpected reminder to everyone on the Timberwolves that this is the American Airlines Center, not Minnesota.

The Timberwolves, who suffered such an accident, did not have any restraint, after all, if they could not win, they could only be eliminated, and they had no way out.

However, the Mavericks did not play the previous offensive method in this game, but played the Princeton tactics, the two horns Nowitzki and Odom stood still, Liu Han, Josh Howard and Jamison repeatedly cut back or inside, making the Timberwolves defense a mess, they wanted to find someone to find a physical confrontation but the Timberwolves' tactics were implemented very well, and there were always players who could get to the right shot in the tactical run.

After experiencing the last game, everyone in the Mavericks felt guilty about their poor performance in the last game, they longed for the glory of the championship, but they were frightened by the opponent, this is not the temperament of a championship team, but in this game, the players of the Mavericks have adjusted, their shots are extremely resolute, and Liu Han no longer holds the ball and feels that the defensive pressure has been reduced a lot.

As soon as the Timberwolves came up, they were blinded by the Mavericks' tactical conversion, the defense failed to do it in place, and they also encountered problems in the offense, Garnett was followed by Jamison, and the Mavericks immediately wrapped up as long as Garnett held the ball, completely letting go of others, and the Mavericks used the "Jordan Rule" on Garnett.

Without Garnett's response, although Sprewell and new Olowokandi scored two goals, the overall Timberwolves' offensive efficiency dropped a lot.

In the first quarter, the Mavericks led the Timberwolves by nine points.

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Garnett was still on the court, and he took the Timberwolves' bench to play a wave of 12-2 offensive climax, overtaking the score in one fell swoop, but then Liu Han came on the court with two consecutive three-pointers to help the Mavericks pull away the score again, this unreasonable three-point shot made the Timberwolves players very depressed, they desperately led by one point, but in a blink of an eye, the Mavericks overtook by 5 points again.

In the second quarter, the Timberwolves still failed to catch up with the score, but the difference between the two teams remained in single digits.

Entering the third quarter, the Mavericks suddenly broke out collectively, Liu Han blew the horn of the Mavericks' offense with a sudden three-point shot in the transition after a steal, followed by waves of unreasonable three-point shooting by the Mavericks, and the rain-like three-point shooting made the Timberwolves completely stunned, they have seen a team that shot 20 or even 30 three-pointers in a game, but they have never seen the Mavericks shoot like this, and almost every offense is a projection outside the three-point line.

With 44 points in a single quarter, the Mavericks once again played the momentum of their regular season champion, and in the third quarter of the game, the Mavericks have made 33 shots outside the three-point line and hit 16 three-pointers, and in the third quarter alone, the Mavericks hit 10 three-pointers and made 21 three-pointers.

By the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks had extended the margin to 22 points, and the Timberwolves still had a glimmer of suspense.

However, when the Mavericks bench hit three consecutive three-pointers at the beginning of the fourth quarter to extend the margin to 26 points, the Timberwolves players finally collapsed, and they couldn't withstand the huge pressure and began to make hasty shots.

126-94, this was the final score, and the Mavericks completely lost the suspense of the game with a resolute three-pointer, and they also became the first team to advance to the Western Conference Finals.