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The point difference began to gradually make the Spurs players despair, this feeling, they are all too familiar, when they encounter a team that they can't beat, the feeling that they really can't play, is the mood they will have every other year except for the Lakers' three-game championship period.
Last year, I met the Lakers, and then this year, for the second year in a row, I was in this mood.
At halftime, the Hawks had a 14-point lead at 58-44!
If it hadn't been for Horry's three-pointer before the end of the first half, the margin would have been stretched to more than 15 points by the Hawks at halftime!
During the break, Popovich spent the entire 20 minutes in the visiting locker room without stopping, learning defense from Larry Brown and offense from Nelson Sr., but it seems that temper tantrums have also learned, or a combination of the two.
It's not Larry Brown's vulgar swear words that don't look like a college teacher at all, but Nelson's swearing-free type, which combines Nelson's sarcastic eloquence with Larry Brown's penchant for swearing.
In the future, Popovich, who may be the strongest head coach in NBA history when the Spurs system is completed, is so powerful in all aspects......
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The Spurs' breath was completely discharged.
Just like in the sixth game of the 12-13 season finals in the original time and space, Kawhi Leonard lost two free throws to Ray Allen's key three-point opportunity to drag it into overtime, and after losing in overtime because of the veterans' physical exhaustion, the whole game lost energy and Popovich couldn't think of a solution, Popovich only cared about scolding at halftime and didn't think of any good way.
At the start of the second half, the Hawks took advantage of the victory, and although the Spurs players fought hard after the start of the second half because of Popovich's scolding, the Hawks still held on to the lead.
By the time of the official timeout in the third quarter, the Hawks had a 15-point lead at 74-59!
The Spurs scored 15 points in the first half of the third quarter, but the Hawks scored 16 points in the first half!
After the official timeout returned, the Hawks brought on the lineup of Liu Mang, Maddy, Prince, Josh Smith, and Rasheed Wallace.
The Spurs are still a combination of Ginobili, Barry, Horry, Bunch-Wells, and Duncan.
The Spurs attacked, Bunch Wells rarely stuck the flexible Josh Smith behind him in the low post, Ginobili passed the ball to Bunch Wells single, Liu Mang let go of Barry to wrap Bunch Wells, Bunch Wells gave it to Barry, Barry's three-point shot was iron, Maddie grabbed the defensive rebound and handed it to Liu Mang.
Liu Mang advanced to the front court, Liu Mang went outside the three-point line, was tightly held by Ginobili and constantly applied physical confrontation, the referee did not blow the whistle this time, Liu Mang immediately passed it to Maddie.
Maddie received the ball and now feels good, receiving the ball and hitting Horry for a three-point shot!
It's really hilarious!
Maddie's three-pointer is in!
77-59, the Hawks lead by 18 points!
When it came to the Spurs' offense, Ginobili burst inside, missed the shot under the defense of a bunch of people around him, and the ball was touched by Duncan out of the line.
The Eagles played the ball in the backcourt, Maddie sent the ball to Liu Mang and ran to the frontcourt, and the tacit understanding between the two made Liu Mang understand the next tactics.
After Liu Mang advanced to the front court, more than a meter away from Ginobili, slapped the ball hard with his right hand, and at the same time looked at Maddie, who was squeezing Horry outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the right side, and made a right slap when the ball bounced up.
Ginobili immediately lunged at Maddie, ready to wrap up Maddie.
However, Liu Mang's right hand slapped into the air! With his left hand, he shot the bouncing ball forward, a breakthrough in the middle!
Duncan under the basket moved a step towards the right side of the three-second zone, ready to prevent Maddie from breaking through, but he didn't expect Liu Mang to play a feint!
The nervous Ginobili was tricked by Liu Mang!
Liu Mang rushed to the basket too fast, Duncan turned around and wanted to stop Liu Mang from making a layup, he could take care of Kwame Brown and prepare to make up for Maddie's is already the limit, the movement is in place, but there is no time and space to jump, can only hit Liu Mang, Liu Mang threw the ball to the basket, unfortunately did not throw, but the referee's whistle sounded, Duncan's shooting foul!
Duncan couldn't help it, he had done the best he could, he could only pick up the ball and hand it to the referee.
But Popovich, who kept roaring on the sidelines throughout the second half, squirted!
This is Duncan's fourth foul!
Duncan each had one foul in the first and second quarters, and in the third minute of the third quarter, when Rasheed Wallace didn't care whether he could grab the rebound or not to stop Duncan from grabbing the rebound, Duncan pushed people to foul, plus now this pulling foul, Duncan has committed 4 fouls!
"Is this a foul? This kind of ball blows fouls? Are you blowing a women's basketball game? This is a men's game, not a woman's game......" Popovich yelled at the referee's nose.
Popovich only complained about Duncan's fouls before, Duncan's defense in this game was more active than the first five games, but the whistle made him foul more, and the Hawks' Kwame Brown committed three fouls in the half, but the Hawks had a lot of inside! Popovich pointed at Duncan to defend.
Popovich has now exploded in mentality, yelling at people before just yelling at his own players, and now spraying referees.
The referee blew the whistle in succession, made two consecutive T gestures to Popovich, and then confirmed the blow to the technical desk.
After the league official of the technical station confirmed that the blowing penalty was confirmed, he informed Popovich that he was ejected from the game by the referee for two technical fouls!
The last glimmer of hope on the Spurs' side was dashed, and Popovich, the team's true core, was sent out!
This temper tantrum! Liu Mang high-fives Popovich's temper tantrum and Maddie!
Using Maddy's three-point threat to destroy the Spurs' defensive formation, the two didn't need to speak, just a simple action, not even a tactical gesture, to understand the other party's intentions, this finals, let the tacit understanding between the two reach the peak!
Mike Budenholzer, the Spurs' No. 1 assistant coach and a nine-year follower with Popovich, has been temporarily appointed head coach.
Liu Mang walked to the free throw line to make a technical foul free throw, at which time the referee motioned for him to go away.
Because this technical foul is not blown on Popovich, it is not a technical foul caused by the player's defense or offense, provocation and other actions, it is not the Hawks who decide who will make free throws, but the Spurs can designate the opposing player to make free throws.
Spurs interim head coach Mike Budenholzer specified the ...... Kwame Brown makes free throws.
When Coach Kruger asked him if he was replaced by Kwame Brown, Coach Kruger decisively refused, why! Let a guy with a free throw shooting rate of more than 50 percent go to the free throw, and take the initiative to replace it for others?
Budenholzer's plan to upset the Hawks didn't work out and redesignated Josh Smith for the free throws.
Josh Smith was surprised and stepped onto the free-throw line.
The Hawks already have an 18-point lead at 77-59, and they want to keep the margin within 20 points, leaving a little hope that the Hawks can only hope that the Hawks will miss at least three of those four free throws.
However, to the cheers of the fans in the audience, Josh Smith, a guy with a free throw shooting rate of more than 60 percent, hit both free throws!
Immediately afterwards, Liu Mang went up to make a free throw for a shooting foul, and he also hit both free throws!
81-59, the Hawks extended the margin to 22 points!
Locked the win!
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22 points, Popovich was ejected, and the Spurs collapsed!
At the end of the third quarter, relying on Liu Mang's 21 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in the third quarter, relying on Maddie's two three-pointers to score a total of 14 points, as well as Jason Terry's 13 points and Rasheed Wallace's 9 points, the Hawks led by 24 points 91-67 in the third quarter.
In the final quarter, Mike Budenholzer replaced all the main forces and announced his surrender.
Popovich has no choice, his method of providing tactical assistants is not available to Popovich to use, and he has nothing to do, the 24-point difference is completely out of suspense.
Coach Kruger, for his part, played more than two minutes in the fourth quarter, and also replaced the main man, letting Jason Terry take Iguodala, Korver, Josh Smith, and Mourning up to the court, and use Jason Terry and Mourning to play the field.
Coach Kruger is a little regretful that Calderon, a sophomore, was not put into the activation list and failed to give him the opportunity to play in the finals, as well as Persson and McCarty, and in the end this game was not put into the activation list, especially McCarty, who did not play in the entire playoffs, and Coach Kruger felt a little sorry for this veteran.
However, McCarty played more than a dozen games in the regular season, playing a few minutes in each game, and could get a championship ring, and the veteran did not have the luxury of playing in the playoffs, and he was very passionate about cheering for his teammates in suits.
The Spurs didn't do anything in the final quarter, and in the end, the Hawks defeated the Spurs by 116-90, 26 points, and won the championship 4-2!
The Eagles successfully defend their title! It has become the sixth team to win two consecutive championships after the Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Bulls, and Rockets!
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The moment the whistle blew at the end of the game, it was already ready, the ribbons hanging over the stadium to celebrate the championship exploded, and the fans on the scene held hoarse voices and cheered wildly.
The "win" marked behind the Eagles' logo on the big screen represents that the Eagles have won the championship again!
is different from winning the away championship last year, the feeling of winning the championship at home makes Liu Mang feel so cool!
Liu Mang didn't even care about the system's continuous prompts, and said to the system in his heart not to disturb him now, and began to cheer and celebrate with his teammates.
Liu Mang, who was cheering, thought of a picture, and couldn't help jumping on the technical platform and frantically waving his fists at the fans to drive the atmosphere of the scene.
Driven by Liu Mang, the fans who were ready to rest after the first wave of cheers began to contribute to the cause of laryngeal medicine in Atlanta, and continued to destroy their throats.
Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Vallejo, three rookies, won the championship in their rookie season, and their hearts were very touched, and this feeling is 90% of rookies can't understand, just like Calderon and Korver felt after winning the championship last year.
It's a wonderful feeling, and it's like you've reached the pinnacle of team glory when you enter the NBA.
Maddie held the ball, saw Liu Mang go to the limelight, smiled, and went to chat with Coach Kruger.
Jason Terry, Rashid Wallace, Mohammed, Kwame Brown and others celebrated and cheered together.
The three veterans of Mourning, McCarty, and Persson were the busiest after the game, and they didn't even have a chance to celebrate, so they were surrounded by the media, mainly about whether they would continue to play after winning the championship, and how it felt to successfully hug their thighs......
The three veterans didn't care about being said to hug their thighs at this time, and they were very excited to be interviewed......
Malone saw that Mourning, a former opponent, also won the championship, and he couldn't say what it felt like in his heart, the Hawks had always left him a place before March, waiting for him to come back, but he never chose to come back, he didn't regret it, he joined the Lakers because the OK combination didn't beat him in the playoffs, and the Hawks beat him, and his self-esteem didn't allow him to join the opponent, but now at this moment, seeing the tears in Mourning's eyes when he was interviewed, Malone had mixed feelings.
Although he is a team trainer, Malone did not join the court to celebrate after winning the championship like other trainers did either for the prize money, or for the team honor, or for the curve to complete his basketball dream......
After Liu Mang was crazy for a while, he came to the sidelines and hugged and greeted the celebrities.
When Jordan and Liu Mang hugged, he said in Liu Mang's ear: "Ace, welcome to the double club......"
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After more than ten minutes of celebration, David Stern came to the scene, and the staff arranged for the players and reporters to stand in the corresponding positions.
David Stern and Bill Russell walked in front of the Hawks players, coaching staff, trainers, owners and more.
The last two games were beyond David Stern's imagination, the Hawks offense played really beautifully, David Stern sighed that it was good to live a long time, he was used to it, except that his heart was a little unbearable, after the first four games, he thought that the league was going to be shrouded in the evil shadow of the Spurs again.
David Stern took the microphone: "Ladies and gentlemen, fans and friends in front of the TV, I announce that in the 2004-2005 season, the NBA championship team is the Atlanta Hawks!" ”
David Stern received the championship trophy from the American lady in a cheongsam, Liu Mang motioned to Maddie to go up and get the trophy, Maddie did not refuse, went up to take the championship trophy, held it up and took a photo of the reporters, and then handed it to Mourning.
After Liu Mang watched Mo Ning take the trophy, the tears that were originally just swirling in his eyes came out, and the tears and snot flowed onto the trophy...... It's disgusting!
After the trophy was circulated among his teammates, coaching staff, and boss, Liu Mang carefully took the trophy and hurriedly passed it to Maddie again.
David Stern continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, the NBA2003-2004 Finals Most Valuable Player winner is...... liumang……”
"Hehe......" Liu Mang stepped forward with a smile, there was no accident in the Finals MVP, and it is unlikely that there will be an accident, he averages 28.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game, Jason Terry and Maddy are hopeful, yes, but Liu Mang's probability is 99 percent, and the odds of Jason Terry and Maddie add up to about 1 percent......
It's just that every time he hears David Stern say "hooligan", Liu Mang really wants to ask him: Since you are forced to call him by a Chinese name, why don't you practice well!
David Stern also felt good about himself, handing the trophy to Russell after receiving the Bill Russell Cup from Miss Manners.
Russell handed the trophy to Liu Mang, and then hugged Liu Mang.
Liu Mang heard that sentence again, and when Russell and Liu Mang hugged him, he said in Liu Mang's ear: "Ace, welcome to my double club......"
Double Club? It turned out to be this!
When Jordan said that sentence before, Liu Mang didn't understand it, but now he understands it.
Double Club, the club of superstars who have won FMVP repeatedly and at least twice!
Of course, for Russell, a player who has never won the FMVP, with or without FMVP, he can enter this double club that only exists in the small circle of superstars, because the FMVP trophy is named after him!
It's like Russell's "My Club"!
Liu Mang has become a superstar who has won at least two FMVPs, and the second fastest member of the double club, faster than Liu Mang, if Russell, the rookie year champion and the third year to start eight consecutive championships, only the Magic Johnson, who won the championship twice in the first three years of his career, is faster than Liu Mang!
After Liu Mang and Maddie lifted the Bill Russell Cup and O'Brien Cup together and took a photo with their teammates, it was time for Liu Mang to say his acceptance speech.
Last time he won the championship, Liu Mang's acceptance speech was very perfunctory, after all, it was an away championship, and the team's press officer did not prepare the acceptance speech at that time.
But this time, Liu Mang himself was ready.
"It's a great feeling to win two in a row, it's a great feeling to win the Bill Russell Cup, it's been a great year, we started the season with a stumble and in the end we managed to bring our talent and quality together, we deserve to win the championship, we deserve it more than anyone else......
Since it's all like this, it's been two consecutive championships, no need for you to ask, I'll just say it here, our next goal is to win three consecutive championships and build our basketball dynasty!
There is no other choice, except for three consecutive championships, and next season, except to win the championship again, any result is a failure for us! ”
When Liu Mang's words came out, everyone at the scene was stunned!
When the rest of the Eagles heard Liu Mang's previous acceptance speech, they all felt really happy, they were the ones who were most worthy of winning the championship, and they were very satisfied with this word, especially a few veterans.
But Liu Mang's later sentence scared them! The last person to say something like that...... It seems to be Pat Riley 20 years ago!
Death!