"We lost the first two games, but we never wanted to give up on the finals, every team that goes to the finals, has only one goal, and that is to win the championship, and we do the same."

"0-2 down? It's not a big problem because the next game is in Dallas and we're going to have three home games and as long as we win those three home games then the balance of victory will be tilted on our side. ”

"Are you confident in this game? Of course, we've always been confident in the game and it's still our home stadium so we'll find the rhythm we are familiar with here. ”

On the afternoon of June 13, 2006, at the pre-game press conference of Game 3 of the Pacers and Mavericks Finals, Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson was communicating with the reporters who participated in the press conference as if he was in control, and the reporters in the audience completely ignored Rick Carlisle, who was sitting next to Avery Johnson.

It's no wonder Avery Johnson is high-profile, as a team that has lost two games in a row, the Mavericks really can't lose anymore now, if there is still hope of a comeback after falling behind 0-2, then falling behind 0-3 can prepare a vacation ticket in advance, and as the head coach of this team, Avery Johnson naturally has to show a confident look, otherwise the head coach is not confident, how can you let the players below raise their fighting spirit to make the last fight.

Facing Avery Johnson, who is in the limelight, Rick Carlisle, who is sitting next to him, looks at all this very calmly, as a new generation of coaches who have won two best coaches and won a championship, Rick Carlisle's limelight is completely inferior to Avery Johnson sitting next to him, if you only look at the resume, Avery Johnson is more exaggerated than Rick Carlisle, he won the best head coach in his rookie season, led the team to the finals in the second season, and has been coaching so far, with a regular season win rate of nearly 80%, The NBA's fastest head coach with 100 wins, coaching the Mavericks for two seasons, Avery Johnson has achieved a string of records, and even the media has publicly touted Avery Johnson, calling him the future NBA's No. 1 head coach, under such a dazzling name, even if Rick Carlisle's team has won two consecutive games in the Finals, the focus will not be on Rick Carlisle.

In front of Avery Johnson, who was out of the limelight, Rick Carlisle chose to keep a low profile, because he didn't know what would happen in today's game, in the last Pacers and Mavericks Finals, the home whistle of the American Airlines Center had already reached the point of blatantness, and before today, Maverick Carlisle owner Mark Cuban put pressure on the league and the referees again, so Rick Carlisle was also very worried about the repeat of the 03-04 season Finals process.

Mark Cuban has not put pressure on the referee once or twice, in the 03-04 season of the finals, Mark Cuban put pressure on the league when the Mavericks were behind, and as a result, at the Mavericks' home court, the Mavericks were obviously favored, and Mark Cuban, who tasted the sweetness, sprayed the referees in the playoffs last season, thinking that they took too much care of Yao Ming, and after Mark Cuban sprayed the referees, he lost two home games in a row, and the Mavericks who fell behind 0-2 to the Rockets came back to life, In the end, the Rockets were reversed with a total score of 4-3, and the turning point of that series also happened to be after Mark Cuban sprayed referees.

And now, when Mark Cuban did the same, with the Mavericks trailing in the score, began to spray the referees again, considering what happened in the previous two seasons, Rick Carlisle had to worry about what the league would do on the Mavericks' home court, and the one-sided Finals were clearly not in the interests of the league and the sponsors, for these vampires, they would love to play seven games in every series, because only then could they get more benefits.

Rick Carlisle's worries have obviously become a reality, after the start of the third game of the finals, the Pacers were blown 11 fouls by the referee on duty in the first quarter alone, Jermaine O'Neal, James Posey, and Tony Allen all had to sit and rest on the court because of the accumulation of two fouls, especially James Posey, who was responsible for defending Dirk Nowitzki, only played 3 minutes on the court, and was replaced by Rick Carlisle after accumulating two fouls.

The loss of James Posey's defense system to the Pacers' defensive system is huge, because among so many players in the Pacers, James Posey is the most effective in defending Dirk Nowitzki, because Dirk Nowitzki's attack range is out-of-the-box, and he will often pull beyond the three-point line to shoot three-pointers, so Jermaine O'Neal and Nn Hilario often can't keep up when defending Dirk Nowitzki.

And James Posey, although he does not have an advantage in height, but compared to Dirk Nowitzki, James Posey has excellent movement ability, and is not weak in strength at all, in addition to James Posey's kraft candy defense, resulting in every time he meets James Posey, Dirk Nowitzki will play very uncomfortable, in the first two games of the finals, under James Posey's defense, Dirk Nowitzki's shooting rate is only in his early 40s, and it is not only Dirk Nowitzki, in all games, As long as the opponent has a projection-type interior line, Rick Carlisle will send James Posey to "take care" of him, and his long-term defensive experience has made James Posey have figured out a set of experience against those big men who like to float outside.

Without James Posey's non-stop harassment, Dirk Nowitzki quickly regained his touch, scoring 27 points on 11-of-16 shooting in the first half alone, and Tony Allen's downfall also completely released Jason Terry, a guard nicknamed the Jets, who finally ushered in his first outburst in the Finals, scoring 19 points and seven assists in the first half.

With the excellent performance of Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry, the Mavericks led the Pacers by 11 points at the end of the first half, and after entering the third quarter, Rick Carlisle was also ready to use full-court pressing to get back on the court, but 4 defensive fouls in three minutes made Rick Carlisle completely give up this idea, in order to express his protest, in the third quarter played less than 4 minutes, Rick Carlisle replaced all the main players and sent a group of substitutes to play this game.

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