At the press conference after the game, the atmosphere on both sides was completely different.

"I forgive him, but he's going back to practice a thousand more three-pointers."

Although Popovich is in a bad mood, he still chooses to defend his players.

"We have a 50 percent chance of winning."

And for being forced into the seventh-rob, his mentality is still relatively optimistic and positive.

On the other court, the Pelicans' postgame press conference was more relaxed.

Tang Tian set a scoring record of 27 points in a single quarter, tied Jordan's 63 points, fell behind 1-3 and now played a tie-break.

This series of things is the focus of questions from reporters.

One of the interesting things is that when asked about the tiebreaker, he and Popovich's answers somewhat coincided.

"Now we can have one game against the Spurs and we still have a 50 percent win rate."

However, the same words, the feeling that came out of the mouths of the two people was completely different.

Popovich is a joker in the face of adversity, but also a change of direction to encourage his teammates.

And the Pelicans won two games in a row, their morale was strong, and Tang Tian was even more imposing.

After the game, many of the Pelicans' players stayed to practice, including Jokic, Holiday and Ariza in the starters.

It's exciting to win, but they also know they're not playing well.

Tang Tian was very relieved when he saw this, although he played a lot in the playoffs because of his youth, but this attitude determined that this team would get better and better.

In TNT's latest episode, Barkley and Smith are frantically "attacked" by O'Neal, but they can only respond with laughter.

This time O'Neill won, they didn't have any temper at all.

In the program, they also made an analysis of the following games.

The Pelicans have won two games in a row, plus the home game, and the probability of winning the tie-break is very high.

This time Barkley and Smith joined O'Neal, both switching to support the Pelicans.

They also gave a preview of the remaining Eastern Conference Finals.

The Bulls won 4-2 against the Hawks, one of the season's three dark horses, and the Hawks were the first to go out.

The Cavaliers also eliminated the Knicks 4-2, and James once again stabbed the brothers to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.

In this way, the Bulls and Cavaliers will be the opposing teams in the Eastern Conference finals.

Rose and James met again in the playoffs, only this time he had a lot of injuries and a super teammate Butler.

It is foreseeable that the Cavaliers will encounter the most stubborn resistance in this round.

Two days later, the seven-game game between the Pelicans and Spurs officially kicked off in New Orleans.

The stadium was packed, and fans held up a number of eye-catching slogans such as "Advance to the West Finals", "1-3 Reversal", and "The Tenth Team in History".

After the Pelicans won two games in a row to drag the game into a tie-break, the emotions of fans have never been more crazy.

And at the scene, sharp-eyed fans also found an uninvited guest.

Spurs owner Holt also came to the scene to cheer on the team.

However, because it was the home court of the Pelicans, he did not get a VIP box seat, and only sat in the front row of the audience.

In the dressing room before the game, the players of both teams are making final preparations for the game.

"Guys, our small goals have all been accomplished, and now it's time to achieve our big goals!"

The morale of the team was high, and Tang Tian also gave a wave of the most positive chicken soup before the game.

The members of the Pelicans all shouted excitedly, and it felt like soldiers before going to battle.

They're just waiting to charge!

At the opening ceremony, it was like a gas canister meeting a Molotov cocktail, and the atmosphere of the entire stadium exploded instantly.

The atmosphere at the New Orleans Arena has never been more exciting.

This kind of scene shocked the TNT triumvirate in the commentary seat.

But they all had smiles on their faces that couldn't be hidden.

This time, they were all on the Pelicans' side.

After a brief pre-match warm-up, the starters from both teams came on one after another.

Neither side made any lineup changes, and Davis put the ball back in the Pelicans half, officially kicking off the Western Conference Finals.

Tang Tian ran without the ball in the front court, and the emergency stop after receiving the ball hit.

He continued his hot form in the series.

The whistle on the scene continued, and for them, it was a pity that they couldn't see Tang Tian's explosion of 63 points on the spot, and now they wish that Tang Tian would score more points in this game.

The Spurs played a hammer game in the frontcourt, and Green's outside three-pointer was deflected off the basket.

It seems that the 1,000 threes he put back to San Antonio didn't work.

Davis protects the rebound under the basket.

The Pelicans attacked the frontcourt, Tang Tian and Davis passed the ball after blocking and dismantling, Davis jumped to shake off Leonard after receiving the ball, and scored directly under the basket.

4-0, the Pelicans gave the Spurs a dismissal in the opening game.

Pau Gasol still didn't score from mid-range in the frontcourt, and Jokic protected the defensive rebound.

The Pelicans counterattacked, and Tang Tian assisted Holiday to score a layup on a fast break.

6-0, the Pelicans' opening was not just a dismount, it was really imposing.

Parker finally found an opportunity to misplace Jokic and throw a shot from close range.

The ball bounced several times around the rim of the basket before falling into the net.

Although this goal was scored, it was also a microcosm of the Spurs after the opening.

They are very average in both condition and feel.

This is also expected, the Spurs have a system and a background, but after all, the people who play are people, 3 to 1 is chased to 3 to 3, and people will have a fluctuating mentality.

And Duncan, who is the best at playing pressure balls, is about to retire, and Ginobili is sitting on the bench again.

The current situation is really normal.

Tang Tian missed a three-point shot from the outside, but Davis picked up an offensive rebound with a long arm and threw his hand to Jokic from the outside, and the latter's three-point shot went in again.

Jokic's feel is also there!

Contrary to the state of the Spurs, the Pelicans have the right time and place in this game, and the state and feel are quite hot.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans were unstoppable, leading the Spurs by as many as 12 points at 32-20.

"If the Spurs can't come out in better shape, then it's a foregone conclusion that they're going to lose the series."

When Smith saw this scene in the commentary seat, he spoke directly.

Both Barkley and O'Neal nodded.

The form of the two teams is too different, and the Spurs really have little chance of continuing to play like this.

At the beginning of the second quarter, both sides successively replaced the bench.

Ginobili continued his excellent form in the series, coming up and hitting a three-pointer.

But the Pelicans, who were in great shape, returned a three-point answer in the next round.

The starters couldn't play, the benches didn't play, and throughout the first half, the Spurs played the same game as the fifth game of the series.

By halftime, the Pelicans had a 15-point lead over the Spurs at 60-45.

The Pelicans lost seven games with the Grizzlies last year, but this year against the Spurs, they are already in sight of victory!