In the first game of the 2005-2006 NBA Western Conference semifinals, the Mavericks lost to the Spurs 85-87, and the Spurs took away the game only by relying on Duncan's outstanding performance.

In the second game, Johnson boldly changed the lineup, the starting guard in the first game, Adrian Griffin, the defender who was not good on the offensive end but had excellent defense, was almost abandoned in the second game, only played 4 minutes, and the treatment was a cliff-like decline, and Johnson's player was Devin Harris, a second-year guard who only played 4 starts in the regular season, with Jason Terry, the junior general Johnson put on a two-guard combination, one is good at shooting, and the other is good at bursting.

I have to admire the little general's employment skills, daring to boldly enable newcomers is a double-edged sword, newcomers are young and aggressive, with strong impact, but lack of experience and imperfect technology, and the understanding of team tactics is not in place, and it is easy to be blinded at critical moments of hot-headedness, such as those old coaches who have been famous for a long time in the NBA, it is okay to practice newcomers in the regular season, if it comes to the playoffs, newcomers can only sit on the bench until death, the old coach would rather use the kind of veteran who is on the verge of retirement than use newcomers, Devin Harris This is also to meet the young general, If this were under Brown Sr. and Adelman, he wouldn't have thought of being a starter in such an important game.

However, this time the change of formation has achieved miraculous results, Harris performed well, scoring 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in 7 of 12 did not live up to the expectations of the little general, and the Mavericks also defeated the Spurs 113:91, but the key to the Mavericks' victory is not Harris, but Stark House, who scored 9 points in a single quarter in the second quarter, leading the Mavericks to play a wave of 32:16 attack, and opened the score in one fell swoop, Duncan scored 28 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks on 8 of 10 shots, which is decent, Nowitzki and Josh Howard combined for 48 points and 18 rebounds.

Back to the Mavericks' home court in the third game, Johnson still used the starting lineup of the second game, Harris's performance was more vigorous, as soon as he came up in the first quarter, he scored 9 points on 4 shots, whether it was facing Brent Barry or Bruce Bowen, Harris showed the advantage of speed, and played a wave of 27:18 offensive with Nowitzki, but after that, Duncan played, and singled Dampier and Diop several times in a row, but Nowitzki was not dry!

Nowitzki changed his normal behavior, rushed inside with the ball, and caused Duncan to foul several times, and with the strong attack of Nowitzki in the last minute of the fourth quarter, Duncan fouled, and Duncan was fouled six times! The final data was fixed in 23 shots of 15 to score 35 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks, in the last 30 seconds of the game, it was still Stackhouse, receiving an assist from Nowitzki, scoring two points on a layup, helping the Mavericks lead by 1 point, but Ginobili scored two points on a pull-up jumper, the Mavericks instantly fell behind by 1 point, and there were 21 seconds left in the clock, Nowitzki attacked the inside, Brent Barry fouled, Nowitzki hit both free throws, at the critical moment, Ginobili made a mistake to give a big gift, and finally the Mavericks won by 1 point. Harris once again had a good performance, scoring 24 points in the game, and Nowitzki was 3-of-9 from the field, scoring 27 points and 15 rebounds, yes, you read that right, he only scored 3 field goals in the game, but made 24 free throws, and made 21 shots!

In the fourth game, not to mention the rest, in the last 15 seconds of the game, Mavericks veteran Michael Finley hit a desperate three-pointer, and the Mavericks trailed by two points! Every time Finley was a guest at the American Airlines Arena before, the fans and Kuban gave the former Mavericks the former boss a warm applause, but as Finley played better and better, the applause became smaller and smaller, until Finley hit this fateful three-pointer, and the American Airlines Arena actually remembered a burst of boos!

After Finley made this three-pointer, it was Nowitzki who saved Dallas, forcing Bowen to foul and make two free throws to go into overtime!

Since then, the Dallas people's feelings towards Finley have completely changed, and the owner of the Mavericks, Mark Kuban, was standing behind Finley when he made that three-pointer, and he even encouraged the fans to cheer for Finley! Whenever Finley misses a shot or misses, there is always a cheer in the huge American Airlines Center! This kind of treatment made Finley unexpected, and his state plummeted in overtime, missing two key shots, and finally the Mavericks defeated the Spurs in three consecutive games 123-118, and the promotion was in sight!

The Spurs' troika played well throughout the game, Parker scored 33 points on 12-of-23 shooting, Duncan scored 31 points on 12-of-23 shooting, pulled boards, 6 assists and 3 blocks, Ginobili scored 26 points on 8-of-11 shooting, but the top performance of other players was Finley, who scored 14 points and 6 rebounds on 5-of-10 shooting, and the Mavericks' team-high performance was Terry and Starkerhouse, the former scored 32 points and 5 assists, the latter scored 26 points, Nowitzki scored 28 points and 9 rebounds on 7-of-12 shooting, and Harris scored 18 points.

For Finley, this must be a game that he will never forget for the rest of his life, he dedicated the best eight years of his career to Dallas, only to be swept away by the Dallas people in a way that is not dignified when he was old and decrepit, and finally had to accept their boos, but what Finley didn't expect was that in the fifth game between the two sides, his treatment was upgraded again!

Many fans took the sign that said "Public Enemy No. 4" on it (Finley wore the No. 4 jersey except for the last season of his career) and took it to the stadium, and the security personnel did not stop him, this former Maverick meritorious veteran has become the enemy of Dallas!

However, although Finley has an inside personality and is not good at words, he is not a weak person, in the fifth game, Finley scored 12 points on 5 of 8 shots, Duncan is still an omnipotent god, 13 of 19 bombarded 36 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks, who is Dampier, who is Diop, does not exist, led the Spurs to a 98-97 narrow victory over the Mavericks, the Mavericks' Nowitzki scored 31 points and 10 rebounds in 13 of 22, and in the last three minutes of the game, it was Nowitzki's three points that equalized the score, Harris then assisted a layup to give the Spurs a two-point lead, but then, the Mavericks suffered two minutes in black, and the Mavericks lost the game after two and a half minutes of the game.

The competition between the two teams on the court intensified, but there was one person whose mentality became more and more calm, he was the owner of the Mavericks, Mark Kuban, he reflected on his wrong attitude towards Finley, he was very annoyed, although he did not apologize at the time, but invited Finley's wife and children to watch the game in the luxurious private room of the American Airlines Arena, but was rejected by Finley, because although Kuban's attitude was soft, but the fanatical fans were still booing Finley, he didn't want his wife and children to see the audience booing himself, many years later, Kuban rarely showed his attitude, saying that letting go of Nash was the biggest mistake in his decision, and he regretted it, but in the 2006 playoffs, he instigated the fans to cheer for Finley was a mistake of his own life, and he also regretted it very much, he really shouldn't have treated a Mavericks meritorious player like that at that time, when Finley's contract with the Spurs ended, Kuban publicly expressed his hope that Finley could retire in Dallas, but was rejected by Finley, and after Finley retired, Kuban left a management position for Finley on the team, and this time Finley did not refuse, and happily went, and in the 2015 draft draw, the Mavericks were represented by Michael Finley, and by 2018, Michael Finley was already the vice president of basketball operations for the Dallas Mavericks.

Well, let's get down to business, the sixth game of the Mavericks Spurs is simply a copy of the fifth game, the last two and a half minutes of the game, Harris scored two points on a layup, helping the Mavericks only one point behind the Spurs, but the Mavericks still fell in the last two and a half minutes, the last two and a half minutes, the Mavericks only scored 2 points by Nowitzki in the last 17 seconds, the Mavericks are still 1 point behind the Spurs, 6.9 seconds before the end, the most ** thing in the game came, Nowitzki was outside the three-point line on the right side, holding the ball, and singled Michael Finley, Time seems to go back to eight years ago, when the two were one-on-one on the training court, and finally Nowitzki's three-point shot popped up, and the Mavericks lost two games in a row to the Spurs 86-91, and the big score of the two teams came to a 3-3 draw. The final tiebreaker is about to begin.

The Mavericks challenged the Spurs away, as soon as the first quarter came up, Nowitzki and Josh Howard were inside and out, the Spurs couldn't resist, the Mavericks started a strong offensive with a wave of 37:27, and in the second quarter, Terry took over the scoring responsibility, scoring 10 points in a single quarter, and at the end of the first half, the Mavericks led the Spurs by 14 points, and the situation was very good! Speaking of this Terry, he is really a demon star, his rhythm is completely different from others, you say the next hit and one fast attack, most people are impacting the basket, so the defender generally runs to the basket and waits, but Terry doesn't go to the basket, he stops running and running, and then gives you a quick stop jump shot, hit the cut, and suddenly stops while running, give you a mid-range shot, the key is that the seemingly unreliable offensive means can often be scored, and after a few times, Parker is dizzy.

The Spurs are not soft persimmons, at halftime, Popovich got angry in the locker room, and scolded Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili Troika, this scolding had an effect, and the troika played well in the third quarter, scoring 26 points together, especially Duncan, who scored 13 points and 6 rebounds in a single quarter, and led the Spurs to chase back 8 points, Duncan is really awesome, so you may not feel it, if you are interested, you can search for the video of this year, the whole series, the Mavericks are hesitating whether to clamp Duncan, Especially when Duncan gets the ball at 45 degrees on the left side, you don't clip it, Duncan people block people and Buddha blocks**, no matter what kind of posture, you can always send the ball to the basket, you clip it outside, Finley, Bowen, Barry, Ginobili a three-point shooter waiting, and Parker and Ginobili continue to intersperse and cut, which is a point that the Mavericks can't solve for the entire series.

In the last two minutes, the Mavericks led the Spurs by 4 points at 101:97, Duncan held the ball at 45 degrees on the left side, and the Mavericks chose to wrap the clip, and as a result, they let go of Finley at the top of the arc, Duncan immediately passed the ball out, and Finley shot a three-pointer to erode the Mavericks' advantage to only 1 point! Then Terry and Nowitzki hit the iron one after another, Duncan forced the inside line to cause Daniel's foul, and one of the two free throws equalized the score, and it was Duncan again, almost in the same position, the Mavericks still wrapped Duncan, let go of Ginobili outside the left three-point line, Duncan immediately returned the ball to Ginobili, who hit the net bag with a three-point shot on the left side when there were 32 seconds left in the game, and the Mavericks instantly fell behind by 3 points! The Spurs' AT arena was suddenly full of people, but the Mavericks owner Kuban was like ashes.

At the critical moment, Noviski still relied on the ball outside the three-point line on the right side, Bowen came up to defend, Nowitzki dribbled and pressed Bowen directly into the inside, and when he was about to shoot, Ginobili came up to help defend but Nowitzki shook his wrist and threw the ball out, the basketball hesitated in front of the basket for half a second, and then fell into the basket At the same time, the whistle blew, and Ginobili fouled!

In fact, there is no need for Ginobili to help defend this ball, Nowitzki only saved 21 seconds after playing this ball, even if it is scored, the Spurs still hold the ball, and then as long as they don't make mistakes, the Spurs have a good chance of winning the game, but unfortunately, Ginobili, who has played in the NBA for four years, made a fatal mistake at a critical moment! With Nowitzki hitting a free throw, the Spurs also failed to score and the two teams went into overtime!

In overtime, the real unsung hero stepped forward, he was Diop, Diop was unintentionally elbowed by Duncan in the fourth quarter and broke the bridge of his nose, and the blood gushed out, but in overtime, because Dampier was beaten by Duncan, Diop simply dealt with the nosebleed, and decided to fight with an injury! And in overtime, Duncan's five inside attacks were unbelievably blocked! The Mavericks worked together to score 15 points in overtime, while the Spurs came to a standstill due to Duncan's weak offense, and finally the Mavericks defeated the Spurs 119-111 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals with a score of 4-3!

This tie-break is one of the most passionate tie-breaks in NBA history, Duncan dominated the regular 48 minutes, scoring 39 points on 11-of-17 shooting, but in overtime, he was sniped by the tenacious Diop, only scored 2 points on 1-of-7 shooting, and scored 41 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks on 12-of-24 shooting, while Nowitzki shot 37 points and 15 rebounds on 11-of-20 shooting!

Throughout the series, although Duncan lost power at the last moment, he averaged 32.3 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.4 front boards, 3.7 assists and 2.6 blocks per game in seven games, and the shooting rate of 55.6% was still a lingering nightmare for the Mavericks, while Nowitzki responded by averaging 27.1 points, 13.3 rebounds, 1.9 front boards, 2.7 assists and 0.4 blocks per game, shooting 52.7% from the field.

From a defensive point of view, Spurs coach Popovich has the right medicine for Nowitzki, when Nowitzki is outside the three-point line, Bowen is in charge, although Bowen is not as tall as Nowitzki, but the small movements are constant, Nowitzki looks down, and sees Bowen's big bald head with a demonic glow and has no desire to shoot, 3.3 three-point shots per game in the regular season, and Nowitzki, who has a shooting rate of 40.6% per game, averages only 1.1 three-pointers per game in this round of the series, and the shooting rate is 12.5%, in other words, it is seven games, Nowitzki made a total of 8 three-pointers, only one of them, both the number and the shooting percentage fell to the freezing point, and on the inside, Nowitzki was taken care of by Duncan himself, Nowitzki's back play ability is extremely limited, not to mention Duncan, even Robert Horry can't play, the Spurs' defensive strategy is to force Nowitzki to make a lot of mid- and long-range shots, it turns out that this defensive method is very effective, the powerful Mavericks, almost stayed in San Antonio, and after stepping on the Spurs, Their Western Conference Finals opponent is also an old friend, the Phoenix Suns, led by Steve Nash.