It's another opening three-point, and Horry's side is ready to prevent the opening three-point shooting rate of Maddie, who has the highest three-point shooting percentage on the Hawks' side in this Finals. Maddie averaged 3.2 three-pointers per game in the finals, averaging 17.2 points, 4 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, the data is not particularly good, the assists are more than half less than the regular season, and the average of 8.3 assists per game in the Eastern Conference playoffs is much less, but the 44 percent three-point shooting rate is the most stable outside pitcher for the Hawks, much higher than Liu Mang's 38 percent and Jason Terry's 39 percent three-point shooting rate.

In contrast, Maddy's overall shooting percentage is only 43 percent, but this makes Maddy's three-point threat more prominent.

However, this time, Liu Mang came up first and threw a three-pointer very unsteadily, which is really different from the first four games, which mainly focused on attacking the inside line!

Liu Mang confidently shot a three-point shot, blew his palm, and was a little excited at the beginning, but fortunately he threw it in, and it was a good ball when he entered, and he immediately retreated when he saw the ball fall into the basket.

The Spurs, for their part, seemed to see a microcosm of the first two games of the Finals, when the Hawks relied on three-point advantage from the beginning.

Fortunately, Duncan clapped his hands and ran to the front court with a blank face, which stabilized the mentality of the Spurs players.

They have Duncan!

The hopes of the Spurs players are pinned on Duncan.

However, Duncan's first singles after coming over was unsuccessful! Rasheed Wallace successfully withstood Duncan's strong play, Nesterovic was on the other side of the basket, Kwame Brown was under the basket, he would rather let Nesterovic go than give Duncan a chance to turn around and attack the basket, Duncan really didn't want to pass to Nesterovic, Nesterovic played an average of 13 minutes per game in the finals this time, only 2.3 points and 3.9 boards, and the shooting rate was 30 percent, which was too miserable.

Duncan's turnaround jumper was interfered with by Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown squeezed Nesterovich, knowing what he was doing and knowing that someone was going to steal his job......

Duncan's rebounding in the finals is too strong, in the original time and space, Ben Wallace, the multi-time rebounding king, was able to be grabbed by Duncan averaged 14 rebounds per game, while Ben Wallace himself only averaged 10 rebounds per game.

Kwame Brown only averaged 6.4 rebounds per game in the first five games of the Finals, and Liu Mang averaged 7.6 per game, of course, this is based on Rasheed Wallace's more center in this series, Mourning's Finals playing time increased, and Kwame Brown faced Duncan's poor performance and only played 22 minutes per game, Liu Mang became the Hawks' most rebounds, and in terms of overall rebounding, the Hawks averaged 43 rebounds per game in the first five games of the Finals. With the Spurs averaging 46 rebounds per game, it's not a huge disadvantage, and the Hawks can grab the whole game.

As the finals deepened, Kwame Brown found some ways to fight Duncan - to help the card position, with Liu Mang's strange and positive teammates, what Kwame Brown has to do is to prevent the opponent from grabbing rebounds inside, which can be regarded as a kind of protection for rebounds, which is what he learned by watching the video of Yao Ming against Duncan.

Sure enough, Liu Mang floated in the first time Duncan threw the ball, jumped high, and closed the rebound.

Liu Mang advanced quickly, and the other four members of the Hawks collectively went down, but the Spurs retreated quickly and did not give the Hawks a chance to counterattack easily.

Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, and this time Ginobili didn't dare to take a step back, so he immediately posted it.

Liu Mang didn't choose to break through directly, it was stupid to see that the opponent had Nesterovic guarding the basket, and Duncan helped defend and break through, although Nesterovic had poor data, Popovich used it well, and the defensive end played a great role.

Liu Mang beckoned to block and dismantle in the top arc, although there was no effect of Nash's star card Wind Child, but the feeling of that style of play Liu Mang was still there, and the training was especially for this tactic that can be used to score on the Spurs, Rasheed Wallace as the first block, helping Liu Mang block Ginobili.

With the help of Rashid Wallace's blocking, Liu Mang moved to the left 45-degree angle, and sure enough, at this time, Ginobili squeezed up to defend the three points, and Kwame Brown, as the second block, had already expected this and continued to come up to block Ginobili.

The Spurs' defense also gained experience, and Parker, who was defending Prince from an open three-pointer in the bottom corner, was the first to make up for it.

Liu Mang quickly passed the ball to Prince, Prince received the ball, and when Duncan moved quickly to interfere, he was not affected, and decisively received the ball and made a three-point shot......

Prince's three-point shooting can't usually be counted on, but in this kind of crucial game, when he is needed, he really stands up!

Prince makes a three-point shot from the bottom corner!

6 to 0!

The Spurs attacked, and Duncan's low-post single Rasheed Wallace was successful, half-turning and hitting a rebound and bouncing into the basket before Kwame Brown was in place.

Back to the Eagles attacking.

Liu Mang went to the frontcourt and continued to play double blocks with Rashid Wallace and Kwame Brown.

Rasheed Wallace stayed in the top arc after blocking and dismantling, Kwame Brown cut inside, Duncan retreated to defend Kwame Brown, Parker let go of Prince and was shot by Prince in the opening three points, and did not dare to make up for Liu Mang, but Nesterovic moved quickly this time, blocking Liu Mang's front, and Liu Mang immediately passed the ball to Rasheed Wallace in the top arc.

Rashid Wallace and Liu Mang stayed on the top arc after blocking and dismantling, and after receiving the ball, they lifted the ball and shot with a straight arm with an absolute height advantage under Ginobili's defense......

"Smack......

Ginobili spoiled Rashid Wallace's shot, but instead of a block, it was a thug foul!

Rasheed Wallace gets 3 free throws!

Rasheed Wallace hit two of three free throws to give the Hawks an 8-2 lead!

At the beginning of the game, the Eagles were in full swing!

At the beginning, under the leadership of Liu Mang, a ferocious offensive was launched, and the Eagles fought more passionately after winning the battle of Tianwang Mountain and returning to their home field.

What young teams want is passion, win match points and return to their home court, and the passion of the Hawks players who were suppressed by the Spurs using the advantage of their home court is back!

On the Spurs' side, in addition to stability...... It seems that there is only stability left, and in the two games back at home, they can use home advantage and tactics to defeat the Eagles, but in the fifth game, Liu Mang scored 36 points and led the team to win more than 20 points, which broke their fighting spirit that they didn't want to be 3-0.

Especially when it comes to the away side, without the Spurs' fierce actions at home, they will not be blown fouls in an extremely relaxed scale, and the Spurs players have big moves, as long as they reach the level of fouls, the referee will immediately give the whistle as long as they see it.

The referee didn't blow the whistle, and the Hawks blew fouls in the same way, but the Hawks liked this scale, and the Spurs couldn't adapt to it all of a sudden! Three games in a row were at home and they got used to that whistle, and now it's tight, and they're too uncomfortable at the start of the game.

Such a whistle makes the Spurs, who focus on interior offense, much worse than the Hawks who score mainly on the outside!

Mainly at the beginning of the game Liu Mang and Prince each three points, laid the foundation for the lead, although the Spurs as the game deepened, began to gradually adapt to the referee's tightening of the penalty scale, their inside kill is also much greater, especially after the replacement of Bunch Wells, Duncan and Bunch Wells are very lethal in singles.

But the advantage on the Hawks' side has been laid, and no matter how Popovich calls a timeout, the Hawks are holding on to a five- to eight-point lead.

After the first quarter, relying on Liu Mang's 8 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds, Rasheed Wallace 5 points, Prince 6 points, Maddy 4 points, Kwame Brown 2 points, and Jason Terry, who came up in the last three minutes of the first quarter and scored a three-pointer in the last 7 seconds, the Hawks scored 28 points in a single quarter.

The Spurs only scored 22 points in the first quarter, and the Hawks led by 6 points at 28-22 in the first quarter!

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With the lead and the home court advantage and the whistle finally in their favor, the Hawks played with a lot of momentum in the first quarter!

If it weren't for Prince, Liu Mang, Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown each giving each other two free throws, the Spurs would have made 5 of 8 free throws, and the Hawks would have been able to open up a bigger difference!

The 8 free throws in the first quarter were the highest free throws in a single quarter of the playoffs for the Spurs in more than two years since the Spurs played the Lakers in the second round of the 2002-2003 playoffs!

But all of this, they are still 6 points behind, except for Duncan, who is stuffy and mentally adjusting, the rest of the Spurs' mentality has exploded.

In the second quarter, the Hawks' lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince, Josh Smith, and Mourning came on.

On the Spurs' side, the lineup of Ginobili, Barry, Horry, Bunch-Wells, and Duncan came on, and Popovich was forced to step up his offense.

This kind of penalty scale is too bad for the Spurs' defense, and the discomfort is especially obvious after playing three home games and then coming to the Hawks' home court to play on the road, with Nesterovic committing two fouls in the first quarter and Duncan also carrying a foul.

The Spurs took the lead in the second quarter.

After a frustrated Ginobili pushed in, his flaming three-point shot missed Prince's defense.

The peak performance of the Demon Knife Finals in the original time and space was also based on the fact that the Spurs and Pistons were evenly matched, and the players in the whole court played the strongest single-handedly.

And playing the Eagles, the first few games were okay, but in the fifth game, Liu Mang scored 36 points in the face of such a defense, Ginobili's mentality was unbalanced, and he didn't use his good breakthrough, but wanted to simply throw three points, and he already had the idea of gambling, and he came up with a three-point miss!

Josh Smith grabbed a defensive rebound with Mourning and Liu Mang in position.

Liu Mang advanced quickly, the Spurs had no problem retreating, not as big as the offensive problem, Liu Mang went to the front court and handed the ball to Jason Terry, although Jason Terry made 1 of 3 three-pointers in the last three minutes of the first quarter, but he dared to throw! Moreover, he made a three-pointer at the end of the first quarter, and now the feeling is coming!

Facing Brent Barry's defense ten centimeters higher, Jason Terry received a pass from Liu Mang and shot a three-point shot......

Hit again!

From the end of the first quarter to the beginning of the second quarter, Jason Terry scored two three-pointers in a row!

31 to 22, the difference came to 9 points!

Seeing Jason Terry's three-pointer hit, Popovich began to roar on the sidelines again, his feet were on the field, and after the referee warned Popovich, Popovich returned to the bench in a rage.

The same shot, the same height difference, Ginobili didn't shoot, but Jason Terry immediately did, which caused more psychological trauma to Ginobili.

Popovich roared angrily, Ginobili played more honestly, he originally wanted to rely on himself to do something different, that is, his mentality and playing style of the "demon knife" that was systematically digitized, but after being roared by Popovich, who was also anxious, the demon knife was poured with molten steel before it came out of the sheath and couldn't be pulled out.

The Spurs' lineup has the best offensive effect, playing steadily and steadily, and the scoring continuity has improved, and after Ginobili played honestly, the Spurs' offense played well.

But this lineup, without Parker's defensive speed in the outside rotation and the height of Nestrovic under the basket, the Spurs' defense is too far behind compared with the second to fourth games of the Finals!

Liu Mang returned to the stability of the main style of play, Jason Terry outside waves, defensive end of the defensive end to defend hard, the second quarter to the official timeout, the Spurs also scored 13 points in more than half a quarter, to maintain their due performance, but the Hawks scored 17 points in more than six minutes, the Hawks have 45-35, a 10-point lead, and Popovich called a timeout in advance into the official timeout!

The Spurs, who were steady, were once again delayed by steadyness.

It's not the Spurs' fault, their stability is the foundation of their establishment, and it is also the foundation of attracting quality veterans to join in the long term.

It's just that the Eagles are stronger! Strong enough to beat the Spurs for stability!

Originally, the Spurs still had the X-factor of Ginobili, but before this X-factor was brought into play today, it was lost by the pressure brought by Liu Mang and Jason Terry, as well as Popovich's roar!

After the official timeout came back, the Hawks replaced Jason Terry, who scored 8 points in the first half of the quarter, and replaced it with a combination of Liu Mang, Maddy, Korver, Josh Smith, and Mourning.

Mourning was good enough to defend Duncan under the basket, but he finally allowed Duncan to score only 5 points in the first quarter, and Duncan only scored 5 points when Duncan threw 5 times in the half quarter, and Mourning has done a good job.

Popovich can only continue to send a combination of Ginobili, Barry, Horry, Bunch-Wells, and Duncan, they are stable in offense and defense, but they are too stable, and the Hawks, who are about to win the game, and the Spurs, who are about to win the game, are dragged down by being too steady!