Troy. Murphy may never have imagined that his hottest moment in the playoffs was because of his injury. If it weren't for this damn concussion, Murphy would never have made headlines in Dallas. While Murphy isn't a strong player, the loss of him means the Mavericks now have only one center available on their roster.

For the first time in his career, Murphy has been in the spotlight in the playoffs. However, Murphy now prefers not to have this useless heat, and also hopes that he has never been injured. His playoff journey has ended early, and all this guy can do now is pray that the Mavericks' playoff journey continues.

Once the game returned to Dallas, things didn't get much easier. Although the Mavericks only won a hearty victory in the last game, the 1-1 total score at most brought the two sides back to the same running line, and did not allow the Mavericks to gain any substantial advantage.

And Carlisle knew that Popovich guy would certainly not be indifferent to the news of Murphy's injury. In the first two games, the Spurs focused on the outside. In the next game, Popovich is likely to put the key to the decisive game inside.

What makes Carlisle feel helpless now is that while he can guess what Popovich is going to do, there is nothing he can do about it. Kaman, Nowitzki, Brand and Yi Jianlian, when you only have these four interior players at your disposal, it's really hard to do anything.

How to defend Tim. Duncan? It's a question that countless coaches have racked their brains for over the past 15 seasons to figure out.

Chris. Webb, Shaquille. O'Neal, Pistons' duo Wallace, Kevin. Garnett is even Yao Ming of the Rockets...... These brilliant names, without exception, were once defeated by Duncan's men. And now, Carlisle is holding Carman and the others to try to contain Duncan, as if he were holding a hundred dollars to buy a villa.

Although the game was transferred, the NBA officially gave the players of both teams three days of rest during this period. But in those three days, Carlisle did not have a single minute of comfort. He spent his days and nights studying the Spurs' game footage and Duncan's playing habits. The final conclusion is that there is no way, with the current lineup, he has no way to curb Duncan's play, at most, he can only do not let Duncan explode.

This feeling of knowing what the other side was going to play and not being able to do anything about it made Carlisle spend three more sleepless nights.

What about Yiyang? On his first day back in Dallas, he had dinner with Stevens, Hayward, and Vignali, and then spent his days and nights in the gym again.

The biggest characteristic of Yiyang is that the better he performs, the more he wants to strengthen his training. Because, Yiyang is afraid that his excellent state will pass away due to neglect of training.

If O.J. Mayo had scored 30+10 in the playoffs, he would have been singing all night for three days. After all, I'm already so good, is there any need for training?

But Yiyang is different, he is not thinking about himself who has been beepping last night, but thinking about how to continue the state of this cow beep. This may be the biggest difference between him and others.

According to Carlisle's explanation, the Mavericks' chief team doctor, Fleming, made a comprehensive assessment of Yiyang's physical condition after returning to Dallas. Surprisingly, although Yiyang has played almost all of the games so far on his own with the Mavericks this season, he is in very good physical condition.

The news also made Carlisle breathe a sigh of relief, at least for the rest of the season, he didn't have to worry about Yiyang's health.

As matchday approaches, Carlisle and Yiyang aren't the only ones who are anxious. O'Neal, who lost to Barkley in the gambling game, has been equally sad these days.

On the show, he has to accept Barkley's cynicism with no room to talk back. And in the third game of the series, he also had to take off his suit and shirt and drape the Chinese flag to explain the entire 12-minute game!

Even O'Neill, who is very playful, thinks it all is crazy. Presumably, the picture of himself draped in the Chinese flag to explain the game will definitely become popular all over the world.

"What's the matter, Shaq? Why are you so sad? Could it be that your tom cat is messing around with you outside again? "Barkley, this guy can't open any pot, and you'd better not lose a bet with this kind of person. Because once you lose, he can tease you for the rest of your life.

"I don't want to talk to you Charles, I don't even know why I took that stupid gamble in the first place. But don't worry, I will do what I say, and I am willing to lose. Although the Mavericks won the last game beautifully, I would say that the Spurs still have the advantage when looking at the series as a whole. O'Neal hurriedly shifted the subject and returned all his attention to the series they were talking about.

"You mean Troy. Murphy's injury? I'll admit he's a player to be respected, but to be honest, Murphy really doesn't mean that much to the Mavericks. His injury did not affect the Mavericks' performance. ”

"Are you sure, Charles? So who will the Mavericks use to defend Duncan and Dio in the next game? Yi? Or is it Brand, who is too old to walk? Murphy still has 2.11m tall there, and his threat from beyond the three-point line can also help him win space for breakthroughs. Although Murphy may be just a small screw in the Mavericks' precision instrument, sometimes, a slight glitch can cause a major accident. ”

After losing the gamble, O'Neill was surprisingly serious on the show today, and every word he said now was said after careful consideration.

Barkley moved his lips, as if trying to retort. But in the end, he didn't say anything. yes, the Spurs' advantage is just too obvious. No matter how good Yiyang is, as a point guard, he can't even defend the penalty area.

The Mavericks' run-down roster has struggled to get to this point, and they still want them to reach the Finals to compete with the Miami for the O'Brien Cup? It is indeed difficult for some strong people.

How long can Yiyang's miracle light continue to shine? Barkley shook his head, and Mark. Kuban ah Mark. Cuban, hopefully you'll be able to sign some players this summer who will really help the team......

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The three-day truce passed in the blink of an eye, and on May 25, the playoffs were finally rekindled at the Center Arena in the United States. Since the Mavericks swept the Thunder 4-0 in the last round of the playoffs, this is the first time fans have watched the Mavericks play at home.

Before the game began, reporters bluntly asked Popovich: "Coach, will the Mavericks' interior be your target today?" ”

Popovich looked at the camera in a serious manner, then brought his mouth closer to the microphone. "You don't want to hear anything about tactics from me before the game starts."

Although Popovich didn't say it, everyone knew it. Unless the old man who likes to make jokes in front of reporters suffers from Alzheimer's, he can't turn a blind eye to such an obvious inside advantage.

Nowitzki and Kaman are also mentally prepared for what awaits them tonight will be a raging storm.

In fact, Popovich didn't intend to hide it, and from the first second of the game, he was trying to establish an advantage on the inside.

Today, Popovich came to make a temporary change. Instead of continuing to start with Brazilian centre-forward Split, he used Duncan as the number five and Frenchman Christian Christian Dior as the starting number four.

It's an aggressive interior pairing, with both Duncan and Christian Dior scoring prowess. And Diona's range that can extend beyond the three-point line can help Duncan get more offensive space.

The effect of this change of formation was highlighted in the first round, when Parker passed the ball to Duncan, who was in the position, and Duncan singled out Kaman in the low post. Nowitzki had no choice and stepped forward to wrap the clip. "Stone Buddha" calmly divided the ball, Dior shot in the middle of the range, and the basketball hollowed into the net.

The Spurs' tactics were simple and unpretentious. But the efficiency is very high. That's the Spurs' basketball, and that's the inside advantage that Popovich has.

Although just 15 seconds later, Yiyang blasted a big hole in the Spurs' aging lineup with his explosive breakaway, scoring layups in the gap between Duncan and Dior, and also made a foul to get a three-point opportunity. But Popovich is not worried, the last game is already the ultimate embodiment of Yiyang's personal ability. Today, with a huge advantage in hand, even if Yiyang has great skills, there is no way to rewrite the results.

In the following games, the Spurs made many contributions on the inside. It's not just Duncan and Dio, but even Parker, Ginobili and Leonard are playing with the Mavericks' interior line.

The German national team-level interior duo of Kaman and Nowitzki is exhausted, and as soon as they are tired, Carlisle will have to use Yi Jianlian and Brand on top. As a result, the Mavericks' interior defense has become a big colander.

It's not that Yi Jianlian and Brand don't work hard enough, but in this alliance of the jungle, there are some things that you can't do with hard work. Limited by their own abilities, Yi Jianlian and Brand were a little powerless in the face of the Spurs' concentrated firepower.

Duncan is a solid machine on the inside, and his mediocre first two games have reminded everyone that he is a historic power forward.

Yiyang is still tirelessly impacting, and he knows very well that if he wants to bite the score, all he can do is to break through. If you shoot from the outside, efficiency can't compete with the Spurs' steady interior offense.

At the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks still clung to the score with Yiyang's efforts and did not let the Spurs widen the difference to double digits. But with the massive consumption of Yiyang's physical energy, his breakthrough is no longer so sharp, and his shooting has also begun to hit the iron.

Seeing that Yiyang was about to collapse, Nowitzki, the old leader of the Mavericks, stepped forward in time. He hit three shots in a row over Duncan's head, and it looked like he wanted to fight Duncan of the century.

However, Nowitzki's play only delayed the Mavericks' demise. Ginobili, the Argentine demon knife, played a convulsive play in the fourth quarter of the game, allowing the Spurs to completely end the game.

Ginoby used a variety of unreasonable postures and shot choices to magically score the ball again and again. One of the most typical shots was that Ginobili wanted to play an open tie with Duncan, but the Argentine threw the ball directly into the basket from outside the three-point line.

Seeing that this kind of pass can be turned into a three-point hit, even Popovich on the sidelines widened his eyes. When a team has the upper hand in terms of strength and luck, it is difficult for the underdog to turn the tables around.

In the end, the Spurs took a big lead again with a 104-95 lead on the road under the condition of "rejuvenation" of 69 points in the GDP trio combined. Popovich's three old guys are showing their edge again, they are not old, they can continue to dominate the league!

Exhausted, Yiyang sat down on the floor the moment the game ended, as if he had been playing particularly hard in every playoff game since last year. But if you don't support it, who can help you support this team?

Yiyang looked at O'Neill, who was shirtless and draped in the Chinese flag on the commentary platform, but he couldn't laugh at all. What else is there to say about this game? Everyone played at their level, but the difference in strength was there.

"It seems that my Chinese flag didn't bring good luck to the Mavericks and Yi." O'Neill was finally relieved after 12 minutes of torment. He was in no hurry to take off the Chinese flag, anyway, now he had a sad face on Barkley.

Barkley didn't laugh at O'Neal, he couldn't laugh. With 28 points, 12 assists and 3 steals, Yiyang played an MVP-level performance. But without victory, all this seemed meaningless.

Seeing Yiyang sitting on the floor, he must have been very unwilling. Barkley likes Yiyang from the bottom of his heart, this guy works hard enough, doesn't talk much, and dares to challenge authority as much as himself.

Seeing that Yiyang had to accept defeat after doing his best, Barkley felt uncomfortable.

2-1, Spurs took another step ahead. But after that, the Mavericks still want to fight back, and I'm afraid it will be very difficult.

From the pre-season prediction of barely eighth in the West to the current Western Conference finals, Yiyang has actually done well enough. It's just that a player like him has nothing to satisfy except for the O'Brien Cup.

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