Chapter 699: A Critical Battle
"Hey, hey, you're a bit too bullying, you're so strong now, and you're still going to use a magic potion, it's a bit too shameful."
On June 15, 2006, on the eve of the fourth game of the finals, under Anna's contempt, Meng Xu spent 1000 points in the system space and exchanged for a bottle of magic potion, ready to be used in today's game.
"Why am I shameless? Obviously, we were bullied or not, but now it is obviously 8 to 5, and you see that my current state is also average, if today's referee team is still as shameless as the last game, we will definitely lose today. As long as he thought of what the referees did in the last game, Meng Xu felt helpless, can the league's strategy of artificially controlling the direction of the game really get the ratings and high ticket revenue they want?
"It's a winner-takes-all alliance, the losers are quickly forgotten, and people won't remember how dirty the winners are behind the scenes, only the glory of the winners."
"And the fundamental reason why the league does this is because you played an overwhelming advantage in the first two games, and their operation just doesn't want the Mavericks to lose too ugly, after all, this is also the finals that basketball fans all over the world are paying attention to, if you win the Mavericks by more than 20 points every game, it is estimated that no one will pay attention to the next few games, anyway, it is a victory to sleep up, then it is better to take a look at the post-game highlights and the championship trophy awarding ceremony."
"It's all about money." Anna said a lot, in fact, there is only one core, that is, money, three finals, the Pacers' two home courts, the average ticket price is $440, and $580 respectively, after the Pacers won two games in a row, the average ticket price for the third game of the Finals fell directly to $310, if the Pacers win the third game, the ticket price of the fourth game will be lower, and under the operation of the league, when the Pacers lose the third game, the average ticket price of the fourth game of the Finals more than doubles compared to the third game, It skyrocketed to $720, and according to the predictions of the brick family, if the Mavericks can win one more game, then the next ticket price will continue to rise, and it is possible to even break through $1,000.
"Ding, the host uses a potion of enchantment."
"The magic potion takes effect, the host's all attributes are +10, and the current game state and physical state are enchantment."
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At around 8 p.m. on June 15, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, the visiting Pacers players began to walk out of the tunnel one after another, starting with Chris Dujon being the first to walk out of the tunnel, the Mavericks fans at the scene greeted their opponent Pacers with a burst of boos and various discordant words starting with F.
After winning the third game of the Finals, these Mavericks fans and Maverick supporters in the audience were confident again, 1-2 and 0-2 were completely different situations, not to mention the desperate 0-3, so after winning the last game, these Mavericks fans also began to look forward to winning three games in a row at home, as Avery Johnson said, so as to lead the Mavericks to beat the Pacers.
Although today's game, is not Tianwang Mountain, nor is it a tie-breaker, but the importance of this game is not weaker than these two games, after winning the last game, the Mavericks' fighting spirit and confidence are unprecedentedly high, as long as they can make persistent efforts to win the fourth game of the series, then the Mavericks will not only return to the same starting line with the Pacers, but more importantly, after two games in a row, the momentum of the Mavericks will completely suppress the Pacers.
For the Pacers, after losing an away game, they must avoid losing another game, and if they lose this game today, and the Mavericks move the big score from 2-0 to 2-2, then the momentum of the Pacers is bound to decline.
"In today's game, there were no changes to the starting line-ups of either side, does that mean that the tactics of both sides in the last game will not change?"
Whether it is from the perspective of a fan or from the perspective of a commentator, Magic Johnson has a lot of complaints about the blowing scale in the last game, so Magic Johnson also very much hopes that the referee's blowing scale today can be a little more normal, so that the players on both sides can decide the outcome of the game, rather than artificially interfering in the game process.
"Erwin, what do you think the Mavericks will arrange for Meng Xu's defense in today's game?"
From the second game of the series, the Mavericks began to implement the package tactics against Meng Xu, but after Meng Xu changed to play without the ball, the Mavericks' bag clamp actually did not have much effect, but although the Mavericks' bag and clamp tactics did not limit Meng Xu's scoring, but under their bag, the number of Meng Xu's ball organization was also greatly reduced, and in two consecutive games, Meng Xu's assists were limited to less than 5 times, if you look at it from this point of view, the Mavericks' bag and clamp tactics are not useless at all.
"If I were the head coach of the Mavericks, no matter what the outcome of the game was, I would arrange for Meng Xu to be trapped." Magic Johnson didn't want to guess Avery Johnson's mind, so he answered Michaels' question from his own point of view, in Magic Johnson's view, there is a kind of player, as long as he stands on the court, then he will pose a threat to his side, and Meng Xu is undoubtedly such a player.
While Magic Johnson and Michaels were still explaining the tactics and strategies that the Pacers and Mavericks might use to the audience in front of the TV, the Pacers and Mavericks had already finished their warm-up and were ready to play.
"In today's game, maybe we will have the same problems as in the last game, but I hope that everyone can focus on the game and no matter what happens in the next game, I believe that we will definitely be the winners." On the edge of the Pacers' bench, Rick Carlisle gathered several starters around him and used the final minutes to coach several upcoming starters.
"Victory, victoryγγγγγγ" After Rick Carlisle spoke at length, he found that the players around him were all calm, as if they had already adjusted their own mentality, and while being slightly relieved, Rick Carlisle stretched out his right hand and motioned to the surrounding Pacers players to put their palms up, and then Rick Carlisle shouted a few slogans to them to win.
"Victory! Win!...... With Rick Carlisle taking the lead, all the Pacers starters chanted in unison.