The Lakers and the Suns, the Heat and the Nets, the emotions of the two teams off the court are tense.

However, the Mavericks, who played the most fiercely, and the two biggest superstars of the Spurs, Nowitzki and Duncan, seemed very calm.

Duncan didn't make the first team for the first time in his career, but he went to the award press conference like a nobody, wearing shorts and slippers; Nowitzki's side, he hadn't been selected for a while, and the second team was not bad, better than Garnett, and Duncan was not selected for a team, Nowitzki's heart was balanced.

The Hawks began to prepare for the Heat, and the Hawks, whether they were players or coaches, were very optimistic about the Heat's advance to the Eastern Conference finals, so the focus of the training arranged by the coaching staff and the research of the coaching staff was for the Heat, and the Nets should pay relatively little attention.

And now the Hawks are no longer afraid of the Nets, and after beating them, the knot has been untied and there is a huge amount of confidence.

It's Wade and O'Neal in the playoffs, who each played a series, with the top two scoring guards in the league and the top two centers in the league, which made the Hawks pay more attention.

A sweep of the Heat in the regular season does not mean that the playoffs can have that advantage, and there were two times in the regular season that they were very anxious.

While the Hawks prepare for the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals, the other three series continue to be in full swing.

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On May 16, the Lakers returned to their home court for Game 5 of the series against the Suns.

The Lakers, who returned to their home court, did not have an easy time, trailing by 11 points in the first quarter, and until the third quarter, the Suns maintained a 10-point lead and entered the fourth quarter with a score of 79-69.

However, the Lakers team has a more balanced lineup after all, with strong points inside and outside, relying on Yao Ming's strong play in the fourth quarter, the Lakers set off a wave of 15-8 offensive in the last four minutes of the final quarter, and in the end, Kobe Bryant hit a whistle in regular time to help the Lakers drag into overtime with a score of 101 draws.

In overtime, Kobe Bryant had no solution, scored 6 points on 3 shots and 3 shots, and also sent an assist to Wang Zhizhi and Odom each, the most important thing is that Kobe Bryant finally had two left in overtime, 109 draws, received a pass from Fisher to press the whistle and kill, helping the Lakers to 111-109, not being dragged into the second overtime by the Suns, and then dragging an overtime, Yao Ming's role on the defensive end is estimated to be unable to play.

4-1, the Lakers relied on Yao Ming's 10-point score in 4 minutes in the last quarter, and Kobe Bryant's double kill, and entered the Western Conference Finals again after a year.

The series between the Spurs and the Mavericks continued to be anxious, and Nowitzki was finally able to play with Duncan in Duncan's weakest year.

The difference between the Spurs and the Mavericks is very small, both teams have a superstar, the Spurs have more Ginobili as a top star, and Parker as a first-class star, and in terms of absolute strength, the Spurs are stronger.

But the Mavericks have a group of quasi-first-class stars, all of whom have a very complete tactical system, and the style is completely different.

Home court advantage and away disadvantage have little effect in this kind of series of similar strength, the first two games of the Spurs are at home, the Spurs and Mavericks win one game each, and the third and fourth games of the Mavericks are at home, and both teams also win one game each.

In the fifth game of the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Spurs defeated the Mavericks at home, 88-87, and the Spurs played the best defense of this round of the series, relying on Ginobili to make a rebound and win the match point.

Seeing that the Spurs have played their senses, on May 18, the Spurs came to Dallas to prepare to take out the Mavericks.

In the sixth game of the two teams, the Spurs defense still played very well, limiting the Mavericks to only 81 points when there were only 11 seconds left, and the Spurs led the Mavericks by two points 83-81, seeing that the Spurs were about to eliminate the Mavericks 4-2, but when the Mavericks attacked the last offense, the ball passed to Devin Harris, who had average three-point ability, Ginobili's head twitched, and when there were 3 seconds left in the time, Harris had to shoot a three-point shot, he fouled Harris who shot and gave Harris three free throws......

Then the Spurs were dragged into a tiebreaker by the Mavericks.

On May 19, the day after the Mavericks and Spurs dragged into the tiebreaker, the series between the Heat and the Nets was decided.

After being tied 2-2 by the Nets in the first four games, on May 17, the Heat did not give the Nets another chance in the third game, winning the battle of Tianwang Mountain 110-95 at home, Wade scored 37 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists, and beat Kidd.

On May 19, the sixth series between the Heat and the Nets, both teams played very good offensive performances.

Carter scored 43 points, Kidd 22 points, 12 assists and 7 rebounds, Ratliffe 20 points and 8 rebounds, the Nets' strongest trio all scored more than 20 points, even Ratliff scored 20 points, Kidd made 6 three-pointers and scored 22 points, and the Nets scored 110 points as a team.

But the Heat were superior, with Wade, O'Neal, Payton, and Walker all scoring 20 points.

Although Carter hit a three-pointer with 11 seconds left to narrow the gap to one point, after a tactical foul, Carter missed another three-pointer and the Heat defeated the Nets 112-110 to enter the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Nets lost their fourth meeting with the Hawks in the Eastern Conference in six games, which in the eyes of people is a sign of the complete end of an era, and for the first time in five seasons, the Nets and Pistons have not made the playoffs, becoming an old chapter turned over by the Hawks.

Liu Mang also entered the NBA for the first time in the playoffs at the same time could not meet the Nets and Pistons, the previous four seasons, three of which were playoffs in two rounds of opponents will meet the Nets and Pistons, although they did not meet the Nets last season, but also met the Pistons in the East finals.

After watching the wonderful sixth battle between the Heat and the Nets, Liu Mang saw Carter's lonely back, and unfortunately, he had not played Carter in the playoffs.

In this playoffs, Carter played very hard, averaging 33 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game in the six-game series, seeing the performance of Maddy, Kobe, Iverson, and the performance of young players like Wade and James, Carter also played a very different feeling than before.

The combination of Carter and Kidd is indeed powerful, but when the best teammate is the aging Ratliffe, the pair of guards, who are regarded as the second in the league, are also unable to go further.

Liu Mang sighed about a passing era, although the Pistons are an unpleasant team, they do represent the last afterglow of the iron-blooded era, and the Nets also carry a memory of Liu Mang.

But the past is gone, and Liu Mang is looking forward to the next showdown with Wade.

With Wade, O'Neal, Antoine Walker, Payton, Jason Williams, Mark Jackson, Posey, Haslem, ...... The Heat, especially Payton, Jason Williams, and Antoine Walker, are all here for the championship, representing the championship aspirations of a group of veterans in the '90s, and may also be their last chance to win a championship as the team's main team......

Playing against such an opponent, Liu Mang feels that it becomes more meaningful for him to hit the triple championship!

Kill them!

Go to his X's basketball dreams!

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The Lakers, Heat, and Hawks have been confirmed to enter the division finals.

The series between the Hawks and the Heat will start on May 22, leaving the Spurs and Mavericks to fight for the seven-tiebreaker on May 20.

The Lakers are anxiously waiting for who their next opponent will be, the Hawks are entering the final two days of preparation, and the Heat have also begun preparations for the Eastern Conference Finals with the Hawks in Miami.

All eyes are on the Spurs and Mavericks in the final tie-breaker.

The five teams that remain in the playoffs are the five strongest teams in the minds of fans.

On the evening of May 20, Liu Mang held his daughter to watch the game at home.

Originally, Liu Mang thought that like the fifth and sixth games, the Mavericks and Spurs would play an ugly and anxious game, at least it should be a close game.

But......

Nowitzki went on a rampage at the start of the game!

Nowitzki scored 41 points in the third quarter!

Ginobili was super god in the fifth game and super ghost in the sixth game, which seemed to break the neck of the Spurs, and the last game collapsed!

Relying on Nowitzki's 41 points in the third quarter, the Mavericks led the Spurs by 25 points 81-56 in the third quarter!

Duncan averaged 30 points and 14 boards per game in the first six games, and Nowitzki averaged 32 points and 15 boards per game in the first six games.

In the first three quarters, Nowitzki made 9 mid-range shots and killed the Spurs!

With a 25-point deficit of 56-81 in the third quarter, it was almost impossible for the Spurs to turn the game around, especially with Duncan, a superstar's rare poor play.

If you change teams, even if it is Zen Master's team, in the original time and space in the sixth game of the 2008 Finals, after trailing by 29 points in the third quarter, Zen Master also gave up the game, and finally the Lakers lost to the Celtics by 39 points in Game 6 of the Finals.

But Popovich is different!

Popovich was going to lose, he felt bad, he was uncomfortable alone, and he wanted to pull the other person into the water.

In the garbage time of the fourth quarter, Popovich was stunned not to replace the main force, and in the last quarter, the troika and the strongest lineup of Sprewell and Nesterovic continued to be sent up and continued to fight.

Just like the 2001 Western Conference Finals, the Spurs trailed by more than 20 points at halftime in the fourth game and more than 30 points in the third quarter, but Popovich let the twin towers play on the court until the last minute, although the Spurs were swept by the Lakers 82-111 in the end, but it was to consume the Lakers.

This time, it was the Mavericks' turn to be tripped up by Popovich.

In the fourth quarter, the Mavericks sent substitutes, but they were beaten 6-0, and the difference narrowed to 19 points.

Although the Mavericks have a lot of stars, Popovich's cautious eye basically can't affect the Mavericks, but Popovich just wants to make the Mavericks players and the Mavericks coaching staff unhappy.

However, this turned out to be Novitzki, who scored 9 points in the final quarter, shooting 16-of-33 from the field, 5-of-11 from three-point range, and 15-of-16 from the free-throw line, scoring 50 points!

Nowitzki has become the fourth active playoff player in a single game 50+ after Liu Mang, Iverson, and Carter!

Moreover, since Karl Malone in 2000, he is the second interior player in the new century to get 50+ in a single game in the playoffs.

In the history of the NBA, only Wilt Chamberlain, Bob McAdoo, Charles Barkley, Carl Malone, and Bob Pettit have done it for five superstars, O'Neal, Abdul-Jabbar, and Duncan, and Nowitzki have done it!

Neither O'Neal nor Duncan have come close to scoring 50 points in a single game in the playoffs.

O'Neal had two single-game 46 points, but when he wanted to brush the score to 50 points after scoring 40 points in one of them, he changed the shooting rate from a terrifying 16 of 20 to 17 of 27, although it was also terrifying, but the opponent's pinching and his physical exhaustion made him almost unable to walk after scoring 46 points.

The difficulty for interior players to score 50+ is that their offensive range is so large, and the opponent can easily destroy them to score points.

And the interior players who got 50+ in a single game, even Chamberlain is a master of mid-to-close shooting distance, and Nowitzki has become one of the six interior players in NBA history who have scored 50+ in the playoffs!

Liu Mang was glad that he didn't turn off the TV at halftime, and the Mavericks led by 19 points at halftime, according to the current characteristics of the Spurs, it is almost impossible to turn the tables, the first six games were so anxious, there was almost no point difference of more than 10 points, and the Spurs would definitely not be able to catch up with such a big difference.

Unexpectedly, Nowitzki scored 21 points in the second half and scored 50 points in the whole game.

Liu Mang was the first time to see other players score 50 points in the playoffs, and it was too shocking, every time the Spurs wanted to get up, Nowitzki made a mid-range shot to contain the opponent's momentum.

Liu Mang thought of the next Heat team, and thought that whether he met Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming or Nowitzki in the finals, he felt very excited!

The opponent of the Eastern and Western finals has been determined, and in a day's time, Liu Mang will meet Wade for the first time in the playoffs!