Chapter 432: Stadamire's Decision

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The players who lost two games in a row to the Eagles were under a lot of pressure, but after chasing two games in a row, the generals were somewhat relieved. At least after the training, the atmosphere is not so dull.

Teague and Smith also had a three-point game, Teague finished Smith, but their three-point shot in this series, that is, half a pound against eight two, Josh Smith is a high shot but low shot, although Teague has a relatively high shooting rate, but averages less than 3 three-pointers per game.

The fifth game is the "Battle of Tianwang Mountain", but the Eagles have not been good at playing away. Since moving to Atalanta in 1968, they have a 21-84 record on the road in the playoffs, and from 1968 to 2013... In nearly 50 years, they've played just 105 playoff games, and they've only made it past the first round twice in those years without home-court advantage. In the last 20 years, the Hawks have won only twice on the road in the playoffs.

'I'm happy for what we did at home and now we have to do the same away from home,'

Hawks coach Larry Drew said in an interview with reporters before leaving Atalanta.

It's easy to say, but it's hard to do, and to describe this manager in simple and easy-to-understand words, that is, "floating!" Although he gave the Pacers a humiliation and didn't know it, the main team still stayed on the court with a big lead, which is simply a rhythm that intends to die and never get along, of course, it is impossible to say that the two teams are really not in contact, at least there should be no communication before Larry Deru is out next season.

The two teams played hard in the first quarter, and the biggest gap in the quarter was only 3 points. The Pacers were whistled for illegal defense in the first round, giving the Hawks a one-point run, and Teague then drove to the basket to give the Hawks a 3-0 lead. West and Hibbert shot back-to-back and colored, and the two teams engaged in a tug-of-war. Halfway through the quarter, the Pacers led 17-14, but they missed a shot in the final six minutes of the quarter, with Korver hitting a three-pointer and Smith hitting a dunk in the air to put the Hawks up 22-21 after the first quarter.

With 4:33 left in the second quarter, Johnson hit two free throws to put the Hawks up 35-38. Horford then defended illegally, and the Pacers seized the opportunity to score five straight points to finally open up the gap at 43-35. The Hawks suddenly lost their senses, hitting just one shot in 7:40 to trail by as many as nine points, and before halftime, Harris hit a mid-range shot that left the Hawks still trailing 43-50.

West scored 16 points in the first half, Hibbert exploded with 14 and George had nine. Smith scored 11 points for the Eagles.

The Pacers were in complete control of the rebounds and dominated the basket. Shortly after the start of the third quarter, George hit two dunks and the Pacers went on a 7-1 run to take a 13-point advantage at 57-44. Seven minutes into the quarter, the Hawks hit just one shot, while the Pacers blossomed inside and out, George hit a three-pointer after that, and Hill hit a shot midway through the quarter to give the Pacers a 20-point advantage at 68-48. Korver hit three free throws in a row to score five straight points before the Hawks went on a 7-0 run to close the deficit slightly, giving them a 65-81 deficit after three quarters.

Three minutes were played in the fourth quarter, and both teams failed to make a shot. The Pacers were the first to regain their groove and start the quarter on a 15-5 run, and with 4:33 left in the game, Hibbert hit two free throws to give them a 24-point lead at 96-72. After nearly eight minutes played in the quarter, the Eagles only hit two shots. Tolivier made a three-pointer, but 19 seconds later, Augustin immediately returned from beyond the three-point line, and with 2:52 left in the quarter, Augustin scored another three-pointer to give the Pacers a 102-77 lead.

The Pacers removed the main team, and the Hawks had to give up, believing that if they continued to keep the main team on the court, the Pacers would not mind creating a tragedy of more than 40 points! Help this big-mouthed coach get out of class early!

In this game, the Hawks' shooting percentage plummeted, and even Korver, who performed well in the first two games, shot 2 of 5, Josh Smith, Teague and Horford shot a total of 44 times, you must know that the Hawks only shot 75 times in this game, and the shooting rate of the three people was miserable, Josh and Horford were a little better, somewhat 30%, and Teague shot 3 of 16 shots only 18.8%.

And in terms of rebounds, the Hawks also lost the momentum of the Pacers in the first two games of hand-to-hand combat on the inside, with only 28 rebounds in the whole game, and they were overwhelmed by the Pacers' 51!

The Pacers came out on top to win 106-83 at home against the Hawks, leading 3-2.

In the next game, the two teams will return to Atlanta, back to the home court of the Hawks, whether they can drag the game into a tie-break, the Hawks coach who was not confident before the fifth game did not answer positively.

The head coach of the Hawks believes that the pressure on the players is greater, and they will be out of the game if they lose one game, and the Pacers can still play a tie-break even if they lose this time, so in order to relieve the pressure on the players, he did not arrange training or study the game video after returning to Atlanta, but disbanded after a few short words, he chose to let the players adjust themselves, obviously he thinks that rest is a good choice.

Although the Hawks ate three technical fouls in the fifth game, the team's youth is the main reason, there is no veteran who can stabilize the field, and the general team has unreasonable penalties.

No one in the current Hawks lineup can say that he is the boss, although it is said that Josh is the king of the Hawks, but now the contradiction between the king of the Hawks and the team is very serious, Horford and Teague have become the new cornerstone of the team, but at present, Horford has little chance, but Teague has more chances.

'On their home turf, treat them like a whole new team. They're very, very strong at home and we've made some adjustments and hopefully that helps. ”

For the first time in this series, the head coach of the Pacers expressed his affirmation of the Hawks' ability to fight at home, but no matter how you look at it, it is a mockery, and when the Hawks return to their home court, Larry Drew Hawks head coach also said, and then beat the Pacers in two consecutive games, I don't know if this is a sign of anything.

However, after the opening, the Pacers, who had fine-tuned the lineup, came fiercely, of course, they looked more ferocious, and the rhythm of the game became more dull, and the Pacers adjusted not offense but defense!

After the Pacers strengthened their defense, the Hawks' pitcher group was completely unable to perform, and the Pacers scored 16 rebounds in the first quarter, 14 of which were backcourt rebounds, while the Hawks only had 9, and the Hawks had more defensive fouls, reaching 4 in the first quarter! The Pacers, on the other hand, had four turnovers, which shows how unsmooth the pace of the game was.

Stern watched the game in front of the computer and almost didn't get sick, today is the end of the first round! But with the two most dreary games!

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The Pacers strengthened their defense before the game, and may have lost the offense, and the Hawks made a total of 15 shots in the second quarter, hitting only 1 ball, but the Pacers failed to take the opportunity, scoring only 16 points, and 8 fouls and 3 turnovers, allowing Hawks fans to find a way to vent, and a large number of fouls also made the Hawks not too far behind, but it didn't work.

When it comes to the lowest score in a single quarter of the playoffs, the Hawks are definitely the lucky ones! It's not terrible to score only 9 points in a single quarter, and the 8 foul free throws sent by the Pacers are simply a relief in the snow, otherwise it is likely that the Hawks will be the absolute king on the list of the lowest scores in a single quarter hundreds of years later, but now there are 8 points in a single quarter of the Celtics a few days ago, and the Hawks players feel that their 9 points are not unacceptable, and the self-regulation ability of young people is good.

The boss of the Hawks has no face to look at, and directly chose to leave the box, the owner of the Pacers did not come today, but the general manager's smiling eyes simply made him crazy, if it wasn't for the final victory of reason over him, maybe tomorrow the news that the Atlanta Hawks lost and lost is definitely the headline, and he will be fined a lot of money, after all, it is impossible to spare him by beating the opposing manager's league.

In the third quarter, although the Hawks regained a lot of form, the Pacers kept suppressing them, and the Hawks were never able to narrow the gap to 10 points, but in the last 1 minute and 25 seconds, the Pacers played a wave of 5-0 to expand the difference to 15 points.

The Hawks didn't intend to give up in the face of a 15-point difference, they frequently attacked the basket in the fourth quarter, and finally narrowed the score to 73-76 with 2 minutes and 47 seconds left in the game.

The coach of the Pacers was speechless, and the Pacers' 17-point advantage in the fourth quarter was eaten away by the Hawks little by little, not only did there be problems with the shooting percentage, but more mistakes than many parties were also the key, and the more annoying free throws were 4 of 8, and everyone was 1 of 1.

I thought that the Eagles wanted GG, and many Atlanta fans had already left the stadium, but the fans who remained at the scene were happy, do we still have a chance? The reason for their happiness is very simple, they have narrowed the difference to 3 points, the Pacers are still not in a hurry, although West made a layup to successfully bring the difference back to 5 points, but then the Hawks missed, George's three-point shot actually missed, and soon the Pacers made low-level mistakes when attacking, 24 seconds of violation, and very powerful to help the Hawks continue to live when there were 47.9 seconds left in the game!

But who knew that the Pacers George might be annoyed and angry, turning into a block maniac in the final period, first after a 24-second violation, the Hawks attacked, Josh Smith's shot, although Josh Smith had a very good rhythm, but George still slapped out, the ball was grabbed by Hill, passed to West, who was ready to play a fast break, but was hugged by Teague next to him and sent to the free throw line.

West's free throws were 1-of-2 again, but now there are only 31 seconds left, a difference of 6 points, and even if the Pacers make 1-of-2 free throws next, the Hawks probably don't have much of a chance.

And today's Hawks' three-point shot was completely unreliable, Korver shot a three-pointer with the hope of the whole team, but was interfered with by George and missed, the rebound was grabbed by Hibbert, and the Hawks sent it to the free throw line again, still 1 of 2 free throws, but at this time there was already a difference of 7 points, and the time was still 17 seconds.

The head coach of the Pacers saw that Korver missed the last three-pointer, so he continued to let George help defend at any time, and sure enough, the Hawks' shot was still given to Korver, although George failed to interfere this time, but Korver's own shot was not hit, and after Hibbert grabbed the rebound again, the Hawks players did not wait for the foul time to finish, ending their playoff journey.

The Pacers and Hawks battled it out for 6 games to emerge victorious, and their opponents will be the winners of the Celtics and Knicks, which should also be there in a few minutes!

The Celtics and Knicks also played Game 6 today, the Knicks led 3-2, and this game will either go into a tie-break or the Knicks will advance!

The Knicks have been strong this season and may have had their best performance in the last 10 years, second in the regular season, and this is their second playoff game against the Celtics, the last time was in 2011 when they were swept 4-0, but this time they have home-court advantage and are in good health.

Stadamire has been reimbursed for the season, can't be counted in the squad, is it, and it is not a surprise that Smalls has been reimbursed for the season, since he was stimulated by the double stimulation of the New York store sarcasm and the loss, he has entered the countdown in New York, and now this New York team is Anthony's! They don't have a t-shirt printed with a mockery of Anthony and sell it for money, otherwise what will happen if the big names are gone!

You must know that Xiao Si's punch not only put him into the countdown in New York, making New York fans hate him even more (although they themselves are annoying enough), but also unveiled the internal discord in New York.

As the core of the interior line, Xiao Si only averaged 7 shots per game, can you believe it? Only less than one-third of Anthony's, in the game of smashing the fire hydrant, Xiao Si got a total of 9 shots, hit 6 times and scored 18 points in the game, while Anthony scored 30 points in 12 of 26 shots, but obviously Xiao Si was very unhappy, he thought that as the core of the interior line, only 9 shots in such a good state is obviously unreasonable.

So although the injury was almost healed in January, but in addition to recovery training, the Knicks rarely arranged for Xiao Si to play, and after entering the playoffs, now he can't even get into the activation list, do you have a place to reason?

And Xiao Si's agent has received the news that Xiao Si will be given enough playing time next season, and he has been in the NBA for so long, of course he knows what it means, isn't it just to brush the data and get out!

Xiao Si obviously doesn't want to admit defeat, but there is no way to go up and down in his state now, and it is obviously impossible to occupy the main force in a team.

However, the agent thought of a way for him, of course, to break the bank, that is, to hug his thighs! Let's see who is the winner and second in this year's playoffs, and pick one to hug your thighs! Although he gets the basic salary of a veteran, it is easy to make up for it when he goes abroad to play after getting the championship ring, and Xiao Si is a little hesitant.

However, after the first game of the playoffs between the Knicks and the Celtics this season, Xiao Si figured out what it means to hug his thighs, what is it to lose some money, and after getting the championship ring without regrets, go to China or other countries to make money, it's a big deal to play two more seasons, they don't care about age, they only care about fame!

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