374 into a tie-break
The first four games were won by two each, and the aggregate score became 2:2, which also means that any subsequent game could determine the final winner of the entire series.
So, there is no doubt about it, both sides understand the importance of this, for the Spurs, it is somewhat regrettable that they failed to win the fourth game, but it is obvious that Popovich understands that now is not the time to regret, so overnight the Spurs returned to San Antonio from Cleveland, and the next day, all the players came to the training hall early in the morning for training.
In the training hall, Jin Feng is practicing three-point shooting, in the fourth game, he is the best performance among the Spurs' Big Three, but he only shoots 6 of 15, of which only 1 of 5 three-point shots, so he must improve his shooting touch, if he still maintains this feeling in the next game, then the Spurs may lose in the end.
'I watched the footage a couple of times last night and it was clear that a lot of our offense wasn't fluid, in other words, a lot of our shooting decisions didn't look very comfortable, so I think that's the main reason why we lost last game, and the guys' shooting touch obviously has something to do with that."
"Dude, what do you mean?"
"Personally, we should use Tony's organizational skills, Jin is not a pure point guard after all, and even if Jin can play as a point guard, then he is also that kind of offensive point guard, and obviously, we are not short of attackers, we need an organizational point guard like Tony"
"So, Danny has to go on the bench? To know that his defense is something we need so much."
"Greg, you can't have it both ways, you have to make trade-offs, I know you've always been very protective about it, but obviously, we can solve the problem with attack now, and don't forget that the defense of Jin and Kowai is enough for the opponent to be uncomfortable"
"Let me think again..."
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A day later, Game 5 of the Finals series was played at the Spurs' home court, and just before the game began, Popovich suddenly announced in the locker room that the starting lineup for this game would be changed, that is, Parker would return to the starting lineup, and Danny Green would return to the bench.
With such a lineup change, it is obvious that Popovich hopes that the team will improve on the offensive end in the next games, after all, whether it is to return Parker, who is good at organization, to the starting lineup or to return Jin Feng to his rightful position, it is an improvement in the team's offensive ability.
However, when the game started, it was discovered that not only the Spurs at home made adjustments to the starting lineup, but the Cavaliers also made changes to the starting lineup, that is, Wade replaced JR Smith, who has been in poor form recently, and became the team's starting quarterback in this game.
Both teams have chosen to adjust, so who is the more effective? Everyone ushered in the official start of the game amid various speculations.
At the beginning of the game, on the Spurs side, Parker, who returned to the starting lineup, was very active, and the ball in the first wave of offense belonged to the Cavaliers, but he quickly completed a steal from LeBron James, and then broke through the ball to assist Jin Feng to hit a three-point shot in the bottom corner.
As soon as this playoffs began, if someone carefully observed Jin Feng's offensive habits in each game, they would find that Jin Feng was always able to hit a three-pointer in the first two minutes of the first quarter of each game, which was an interesting record created unconsciously.
Therefore, in this game, when Jin Feng hit a three-pointer again at the beginning of the game, it finally ushered in a lot of discussion.
On TNT TV, which broadcast the game live, O'Neal immediately said bluntly that today's Jin Feng can definitely keep pace with the Spurs star Leonard in terms of scoring ability on the offensive end, and on the whole, Jin Feng does still have a gap with Leonard, but this gap is getting smaller and smaller, not to say that Leonard is regressing, and Jin Feng is improving and growing, and it is obvious that he is growing faster than Leonard, according to O'Neal, Jin Feng replaces Leonard, It's definitely a probable thing in the near future.
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In the fifth game between the two sides, it was clear that the Spurs, playing at home, played better, and at the end of the first quarter, they took an eight-point lead.
Entering the second quarter, the two sides once entered the scoring tug-of-war stage, the two sides scored 2 points and he scored 2 points, and the score was never continued to expand or shrink, so, overall, the two sides stood a tie in the second quarter.
Of course, for the Spurs, relying on the advantage of the first quarter, they still maintained the score suppression against the Cavaliers at the end of the first half, temporarily leading by 9 points.
After the break, at the beginning of the third quarter of the game, the Cavaliers, instigated by James, launched a crazy counterattack, once tying the point difference, but at the critical moment, Jin Feng and Leonard stood up one after another, hitting key balls in a row to help the team stabilize the corner, and then, under Popovich's improvisation, the Spurs opened the score again, and relied on a wave of outbursts to expand the difference to 13 points at the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the Spurs didn't give the Cavaliers any more chances, and in the end, 114:103! The Spurs easily defeated the Cavaliers at home, with an overall score of 3:2, and took the lead in the Cavaliers to get the match point of this series.
Therefore, for the Cavaliers who lost away from home, the next game is a fateful battle, win, they still have a chance in this series, and if they lose, they can only be out.
Three days later, the Cavaliers' home game of the Quick Loan Arena, the "Battle of Tianwang Mountain" of the finals series was officially staged, after the game officially began, in the frenzied cheers of the home fans, the Cavaliers' star James took the lead, first the beast slam dunk, and then rewarded Leonard with a chasing hat, the emperor's domineering spirit was fully released at this moment.
Maybe it was a series that went straight to the tiebreaker, because even after the first half of the game, when the Spurs had already taken a 15-point lead, they still lost the game in the second half and were forced to turn the game around by the Cavaliers.
At this point, the first six battles of this series are all over, 3:3, and people who want to witness the final championship winner can only look forward to the next tie-break.
Grab the Seven Battles!
Perhaps this series should have had a tie-break, because this is the most critical collision between the two basketball styles towards the grand battle, and it should be commemorated with the last tie-break.
When the trend of the series comes to the tie-break, the two sides will win and lose, but at this time it can only be five-five, after all, the tie-breaker, a game is life and death, anything can happen in the game, and any factor will become a fatal factor affecting the final result of the game.
Of course, even so, for the Spurs, who are known for their steadiness, the winning rate is undoubtedly slightly higher than that of the Cavaliers, and people are still more optimistic about the Spurs, after all, the home game of the tiebreaker is in San Antonio.
However, just when it seemed like a good situation for the Spurs, a bad news struck............