The third game started at 6 p.m. on June 3.

As in the second game, the two teams fought a defensive battle from the start.

Purely relying on individual ability to score, playing tactics such a reasonable style of play, encountering the most reasonable Spurs, completely unable to perform.

On the Spurs' side, in the face of the Hawks' outside Liu Mang, Maddy, and Prince, and the interior of Rashid Wallace, Kwame Brown, and Mourning, as well as Korver, a good outside defense player, and Josh Smith, a young player with strong inside defense, the Spurs basically rely on three stars.

On the Hawks' side, Liu Mang, Maddie, and Jason Terry scored in the most effective way they played in this Finals.

In terms of talent, this Spurs team obviously can't be compared with last year's Lakers, but in terms of the strength of the game, the Spurs are even stronger!

After returning to the home court, the Spurs, who got the advantage on the whistle, took the initiative in turn!

The Spurs' defensive moves are bigger, and Liu Mang is not easy to cause fouls when he bursts to the basket.

Back in the first game at home, the Spurs were completely dead, and Ginobili dared to use his head to stick Liu Mang's arm to cheat the offensive foul.

In this game, Ginobili got 13 points, 7 boards and 4 assists, Duncan got 14 points and 10 boards, Bunch Wells got 17 points and 11 boards, Robert Horry made 3 of 3 three-pointers, but only 1 of 3 free throws and scored 10 points, Parker scored 7 points, Nestrovic scored 6 points, Bowen and Brent Barry, and Udri scored a total of 18 points, and the 9 people who played on the Spurs all scored, all of which were scored with their lives.

The Spurs scored 85 points in the game!

On the Hawks' side, only Liu Mang scored 21 points, Maddy's 14 points, Jason Terry's 13 points, and Kwame Brown's 10 points, a total of four people scored double-doubles, and the role players scored pitifully, just like those shooters on the Suns, they were locked up, and the Hawks only scored 79 points on the team.

The overall score was tied 1-2 by the Spurs, and the Hawks were unable to directly lock up the championship 3-0.

In this game, the Hawks can only avoid its edge, and the Spurs play too hard, because as long as the Spurs lose one more game, they can directly declare the championship and win, and if they want to win four times in a row, the Hawks are not so confident that Popovich and Duncan and Ginobili are so confident, so the Spurs' style of play is all fighting, and even the desperate style of playing with injuries for injuries.

The Hawks didn't fight hard with the Spurs and locked up the championship 3-0...... The Hawks players and coaching staff were not so big, trying their best to win and the Spurs grinding their defense to the end, but unfortunately lost the third Finals game by only 6 points.

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The first away loss was within acceptable limits for the Hawks, and there were two more on the road, and the Hawks didn't think about a 4-0 sweep of the Spurs in the first place.

If you can win one game away from home, it is a guarantee task, if you can ...... 4-1 There's hope anyway!

Losing the first game, Liu Mang regretted that he couldn't go directly to 3-0, but this is also something that can't be helped.

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

Liu Mang, Maddy, Prince, Jason Terry, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown, Mourning, these seven guys who can be called stars, plus Iguodala who rubbed the meeting, had a small player meeting together.

After some discussion, the reasons for the loss of this game were summarized.

First of all, the main thing is that the Hawks had 20 free throws in the last game, and only 11 in this game, and the whistle was the biggest problem.

The referee didn't blow the whistle, which was fine, and the Spurs only made 13 free throws.

The main reason is that the referee's blowing scale is more inclined to the rhythm of the Spurs, and the tolerance for physical confrontation is very high, which is the most crucial.

Although the referee did not favor the Spurs, and gave the same whistle to the Hawks at the Spurs' home court, the Hawks didn't blow too many fouls when they made big defensive moves, and the Spurs fouled more, with 18 fouls in the whole game, and the Hawks only had 15 times, but in some cases where Liu Mang could get the whistle in the last game, many of them didn't get a chance to get to the free throw line.

The bigger problem is that the Hawks' side isn't as used to it as the Spurs are used to when the Spurs are desperately defending and the referees are blowing penalties bigger.

In addition, in terms of outside three-pointers, the Spurs made 9 three-pointers, and the Hawks only hit 5 three-pointers, two of which were Liu Mang's strong shots on the outside......

Each of the eight people in the room asked some questions, most of them saying that they were not playing well, and took the initiative to take the blame, and after a rather careful analysis, several players listed them one by one on the record board borrowed from the coaching staff.

The players on the Eagles' side are very calm, they are so eloquent, they are so steady and delicate, and they analyze them one by one.

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

The reason for the loss has been analyzed, but can you make up for the weaknesses when you lose? It's a very hurtful topic.

The weaknesses that the players have seen have long been seen by the coaching staff, but there is no way!

Just like the first two games, Popovich saw in the second game what the Eagles wanted to do, but he just couldn't break the obstacles set by the Eagles.

It's another defensive battle, it's just a matter of seeing which star plays better! There is no other trick, it depends on which side of the "Big Three" of the two teams throws more accurately!

I have to say that this year's Hawks are not as strong as when they won the championship last year, and the team structure was restrained by the Spurs.

The first two games were based on the advantage of the home field, plus the opponent was caught off guard, and the two games were not won by many points.

In the fourth game of the finals, the Spurs continued to rely on defense and withstood the impact of Liu Mang and Maddy's game, Liu Mang scored 26 points, Maddie scored 24 points, and the two combined to score 50 points, but Jason Terry withered in this game and only scored 6 points.

The Hawks scored a total of 87 points as a team, while the Spurs played well in the two games back at home, Duncan had 18 points and 17 boards, making Kwame Brown only 5 points and 8 boards, Ginobili had 15 points, Brent Barry had 14 points, and Bunch Wells had a good third straight game to help the Spurs score 96 points in three consecutive games as the sixth man.

The Spurs once again held their home court, and the big score was tied 2-2 by the Spurs!

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The fans are going crazy!

The Spurs are too steady!

There is an air of pessimism among fans: Could it be that the evil Spurs are going to shroud the NBA in darkness again? The championship trophy is about to be 'tarnished' again?

Public opinion on the Internet suddenly took a sharp turn.

After the third game, when the Spurs held the first home court, the fans were still very calm, but now that they were beaten to a 2-2 draw by the Spurs, it felt wrong all of a sudden!

The battle of Tennoyama is the key!

If the Spurs hold three home games in a row, then the remaining two away games will have much less psychological pressure on the Spurs.

And the Eagles, on their side, if they lose three games in a row...... Although there is a home advantage, the psychological pressure is so great that it is going to the sea!

It's not that Coach Krueger doesn't know where the two lost games were, the key is that it's useless to know!

As strong as Popovich, in the original time and space and the Pistons to play the finals, Popovich completely understood his teacher's defense, but it does not mean that he can break this defense, and finally relied on the personal ability of Duncan and Ginobili to win in a tie-break.

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

The Spurs were playing so hard defensively that Coach Kruger could only discuss with Mike Woodson how to play the defense harder.

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

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"Don't be in a hurry, the world is so wonderful, but I'm so irritable, it's not good to ......" Liu Mang tried hard to use the lines he remembered that he didn't know which movie he watched to soothe his current frizzy mentality.

2 to 2!

When it was 2-0, I was looking forward to 3-0, and when I was 2-1, I was not in a hurry, I was looking forward to 3-1, and now it's 2-2 all of a sudden!

It's time to grab the battle of Tianwang Mountain!

On the second day after the fourth game, that is, on the 7th, Liu Mang got up and looked at the Internet, read the newspaper, and had dinner with his teammates.

On the side of the media and fans, Liu Mang couldn't control it, but although the coaching staff and teammates didn't express it, Liu Mang could obviously feel the heavy pressure on their backs!

Liu Mang himself is the heaviest pressure, the defending champion, and the task of King's Landing, and many, many things.

Mo Ning and Persson came to hug their thighs, Liu Mang had more pressure, and although Maddie's contract renewal was properly negotiated, it was another pressure that he had not renewed his contract.

In Liu Mang's opinion, Maddie may have made up her mind to stay, but there must be a reason to stay!

If Maddie comes, the Hawks don't win the championship, and Maddie doesn't have the face to stay, it's not a question of whether Maddie wants to stay, but Maddie replaces Raheem, causing the team structure to be too biased to the outside and lose the championship...... The fans' criticism can make Maddie have no choice but to leave.

Public opinion is an invisible dagger.

Liu Mang is also under a lot of pressure, but he must make a relaxed appearance when eating and chatting, he is the soul of the team, and he can't fall.

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

Liu Mang looked at the star cards, a bunch of gorgeous superstars and top star cards, but for the Spurs, except for Jordan's card, it is unlikely that anything else will have a good effect.

Wade's star card this season did not shoot from mid-range, and Nash's style of play was restrained by the Spurs......

This rhythm Liu Mang looks like he is going to grab seven! Even if he wants to fight for seven, Liu Mang is not willing to fall behind 2-3 to defend the two home courts, and the battle of Tianwang Mountain must be won!

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In the three games from the second to the fourth, Liu Mang played tactically, using the threat of basket killing to deal with the Spurs.

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

The battle of Tennoyama is about to be ushered in, June 9th......

Faced with the Spurs' near-insoluble defense in the Finals when they returned home, Liu Mang has been trying to combine his threat with the strong points of his teammates.

Now it seems that this trick will not work!

If the third away team also loses, it will be 2-3 behind, and Liu Mang can't accept it! has a home advantage and has to play with pressure when he returns to the home court, Liu Mang doesn't want this!

Since this is the case, Liu Mang thinks about it! Just do it!