The San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks are in the Western Conference, Texas, and the Southwest Division, and they are both super powerhouses in the West.

The Mavericks' Dirk and the Spurs' Duncan are both super big fronts in the league, the Mavericks once had a trident, and the Spurs had GDP.

The two sides met several times during the regular season, and the two sides have also met frequently in playoff history.

And now, both teams have entered a period of replacement between the old and the new. The current Mavericks are already a team that completely belongs to Yiyang. And the San Antonio Spurs have also bred super newcomers like Leonard.

The two old enemies will meet again, and it will be on the battlefield of the Western Conference Finals. Texas fans must be quite excited at the moment, who would have thought that the Western Conference Finals match would turn into a Texas Civil War?

The whole of Texas was infected by the atmosphere of the Western Conference Finals, but it was a pity that the Houston people could only watch the other two teams in Texas stand on the top of the West, and they did not even make the playoffs.

San Antonio and Dallas are just over 300 kilometers apart, and it doesn't take more than a few hours to drive. What's more, the Mavericks players also have a special plane to pick them up.

Meeting the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals means the Mavericks players no longer have to spend a lot of energy on long journeys. The bad thing is that the San Antonio Spurs are definitely one of the worst opponents in the playoffs!

In the past few days, there have been many reporters squatting at the gate of the ATT center. Everybody is eager to see what Popovich thinks of the Mavericks as an opponent. However, Popovich either perfunctory with a bad joke or simply did not speak. It was clear that the old man was not going to give any comments to his teammates before the game. In his opinion, these are meaningless things.

On the Mavericks' side, Carlisle also led the players to actively prepare for the game. The San Antonio Spurs are a tough team, they are united, defensively balanced, and the offense is solid, and it doesn't seem like there's much of a difference, but this team doesn't have any big shortcomings.

Don't think that the Spurs advocate team basketball because their stars are not good. Duncan, Parker, Ginobili and young Leonard, these guys are not ordinary people. It could even be said that they are all future Hall of Famers of the NBA!

On paper, the Mavericks are a big cut behind the Spurs. But basketball games are never won or lost by the strength of the lineup on paper. The final result has to be fought to know!

As the time for the Western Conference Finals to start is getting closer, the players seem to be getting more and more anxious. This season, the Mavericks and Spurs have been on a five-to-five basis in the regular season. The two sides have won and lost each other, and there is no side that has an absolute overwhelming advantage, and there is no side that loses completely.

That's why the Mavericks feel anxious. They know very well how tough the Spurs are as a team, and the Spurs in the playoffs and the Spurs in the regular season are simply two teams. This Western Conference Finals is destined to be quite tough.

The fatalistic entanglement between the Spurs and the Mavericks, like a bloody eight-o'clock TV series, has been hyped so that few people don't know about it.

Since Yiyang is the new MVP, the Mavericks miraculously reached the Western Conference Finals this year. So, the heat of this team is even higher than in previous years.

At the end of practice, the Spurs players walked from the practice court to the locker room, with reporters coming up to ask them questions about the Mavericks along the way.

Most of them are asking, "What do you think of the Mavericks?" How likely are they to make it to the finals? ”

Some of the Spurs' players were able to politely answer this question, which had little to do with them. However, there are also those who have the same eccentricity as Popovich, such as Leonard, who always looks at the reporters who put the microphone in front of his mouth with very indifferent eyes, and when the other party is full of anticipation, he looks away and leaves without saying a word.

In fact, at the beginning, Leonard would also stop to answer questions from reporters. But if the people around you always open their mouths and close their mouths, come to "how is the Mavericks" and "how is Yiyang". When people ask such questions too much, there is always a feeling of being underestimated. Make no mistake, we're the team with a higher regular season standings and a stronger roster on paper!

Seeing the distress of the players, Popovich also shook his head helplessly. There is no way, the Chinese in the Mavericks team is too eye-catching. Everyone was watching him and seeing which superstar he would take down next. But if the mentality of the players is affected by the stalking of reporters, Popovich can't accept it.

Popovich himself doesn't hate Mavericks, nor does he hate Yiyang. After all, Yiyang also came to the Spurs for a tryout back then, and he admired that guy's talent very much. But in order to calm his ears and the players' ears, Mr. Popovich took the initiative to rush to the reporter today and pointed in the direction of the gate of the ATT center.

"If you want to keep an eye on the Mavericks, please go to Dallas. This is San Antonio, not the U.S. Route Center. Here, we only accept questions related to the Spurs. Dallas? I'm sorry, but my team and I won't be being interviewed by any kind of media related to the Mavericks. ”

Popovich tried his best to protect his players from reporters, and it can be seen that the old man is also very jealous of the Mavericks.

Spurs and Mavericks, neither of these two teams wants to meet each other. But there is no way, and now there are only these two teams left in the West. met on a narrow road, and in the end it was inevitable to fight!

Duncan and Dirk, Carlisle and Popovich, and, Yiyang and Leonard. It's a series full of highlights, and at the same time, the most brutal series.

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At 3 p.m. on May 19, U.S. time, it rained lightly. San Antonio's Riverwalk isn't as lively as usual due to the weather, but the sparse pedestrians and wet cobblestone paths make the riverwalk a special experience.

Yiyang remembered that almost half a year ago, on Christmas Eve, he also came here with the team to play away. Originally, the San Antonio people gave that game to themselves as a Christmas gift, but unexpectedly, the Mavericks led by Yiyang took away the victory very shamelessly, ruining the Christmas atmosphere of San Antonio fans.

Since that time, Yiyang has been added to the "blacklist" by Spurs fans. This point has been reflected since Yiyang got off the bus.

"I'm at the ATT Center right now! Although it was raining lightly, it did not dampen the enthusiasm of the fans. Due to the proximity of San Antonio and Dallas, many Mavericks fans were also on the road today, ready to cheer on their teams. See the long queue at the ticket gate? Today is a great holiday for the people of San Antonio! "ESPN's beautiful reporter was doing live coverage in the crowd in a raincoat, and suddenly, the fan crowd erupted in violent boos.

Photographers and female reporters cut through the crowd and rushed to the place where the boos were most intense. Only then did I find out that it was Yiyang who appeared!

Yiyang turned a deaf ear to the invective of Spurs fans. Being hated away from home is actually a very successful thing. They're afraid of you winning, that's why they hate you!

"Looks like I'm an old acquaintance of San Antonio." Seeing that Yiyang was booed so badly by the fans when he got off the car, Stevens, who ran to San Antonio to watch Yiyang's game, couldn't help but take out his mobile phone to record it.

Usually, only phenomenal players cause such a big stir. Hayward next to him stood with Spurs fans, and at most a few people would come up and ask for autographs. If Yiyang stands with the Spurs fans, Stevens believes that Yiyang may not survive more than ten minutes.

"The Spurs didn't take much advantage of the Mavericks in the regular season this year, and I think this series is going to be a tough one." Looking at the surging crowd, Hayward is also full of yearning for the stage of the playoffs.

"It's going to be a really tough series, and no matter what the outcome is, to play the Spurs in the playoffs. After this series, it will definitely be very different. Because, only by fighting stronger enemies can you become stronger. ”

People are concerned about the Mavericks and Spurs winning or losing, and Stevens is thinking about what kind of improvement Yiyang can make.

The result is important, but the process of this series is more worth savoring.

Enjoy this formidable opponent, too. San Antonio has more to offer than just boos.