In the visiting team's locker room, the San Antonio Spurs, who have won two key games on the opponent's home court in a row, are naturally overjoyed and waiting for the game to return to their home stadium.

The old man Popovich also gave an order to the players, try to sweep the Suns 4-0 after returning to the home court, and prepare for the finals in advance.

Obviously, the Spurs from top to bottom have a little contempt for the Suns, believing that a point guard like Nash can't play a tough game in the playoffs, and no matter how good the regular season record is, it is in vain.

The Spurs' last championship was a victory over Jason Kidd's Nets in the '03 Finals.

In fact, it is difficult for a team led by a point guard to make a big difference in the playoffs, although Kidd has led the team to the Finals twice, but the overall competition in the East in the post-Bulls era is relatively weak.

This is also the main reason why the NBA championships in the last 6 years have all come from the West since Jordan led the Bulls to win the championship in 98 (3 times for the Lakers, 2 times for the Spurs, and 1 time for the Timberwolves).

And it is often the case from the beginning of the OK combination, every year's playoffs, the most fierce is often the Western Conference Finals, as long as the team that crosses the Western Conference Finals, it can easily win the championship.

In the '03 Western Conference Finals, the Spurs played the Mavericks equally hard, and finally easily defeated the Nets in the Finals.

And the 02 Western Conference Finals are even more so, the Lakers and Kings fought seven games, the Lakers narrowly won, and the finals swept the Nets 4:0.

This year has been very different, and with the rapid rise of the Heat, competition has become fierce in the East.

In the latest championship probability list, the Heat are still in first place, the Spurs are in second place, and the chances of the Pistons and Suns are becoming more and more slim.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Spurs' coaching staff and main players, only by eliminating Nash's Suns as soon as possible can they have more energy and time to prepare for the next Finals.

Although the Spurs defeated the Heat twice in the regular season this year and achieved a double kill, the growth of the Heat team is obvious to all, especially in the second half of the season and during the playoffs, the strength of the Heat can be described as leaps and bounds.

"Dwayne's breakthrough is really getting more and more fierce, he plays point guard, and the person who can prevent him can't be found in the league now!"

Tony Parker is very self-aware, and in terms of height and weight, he is completely an order of magnitude behind Wade.

"Lin's defense is getting better and better, and it is not the same level as meeting him at last year's Olympics, and he is probably more difficult than Kobe!"

Ginobili also began to plan for the finals, and he always paid attention to Lin Fei's movements after the game.

Since the beginning of the regular season, Mr. Popovich has arranged for Bruce Bowen to defend Lin Fei, but Ginobili will inevitably have to defend Lin Fei on the offensive end.

This is Ginobili's third season in the NBA, and he has quickly secured the start from the bench, and has an average output of about 20 points per game in the playoffs, which has surpassed Parker and become the best helper next to Duncan.

Ginobili was actually the starting team of the Spurs for the next two seasons, and it was not until the 06-07 season that Mr. Bobo put Ginobili in the position of best sixth man.

Duncan, as the backbone of the team, naturally still wants to encourage everyone's momentum:

"The Big Three of the Heat are really strong, they were selected to the best team of the season together, and the same team has three players in the first team of the season, which is probably very rare in the history of the NBA, right?"

"But basketball is a five-person sport, and I believe we will be more united than the Heat, and we will definitely be able to find their weaknesses in the game!"

The exchange between the Spurs' GDP has apparently seen the Heat as a potential Finals opponent.

And for the elimination of the Suns, the Spurs are also determined to win.

In the latest Finals MVP list officially announced by the NBA, Dwayne Wade successfully soared to the first place with his two-game performance in the East Finals.

In second place is the Spurs' Tim Duncan, who is undoubtedly a true superstar when it comes to the playoffs, with Duncan's overall performance being a lot better than the regular season.

Lin Fei dropped to third place, Manu Ginobili in fourth place, and Shaquille O'Neal in fifth place.

The top five stars no longer have Pistons and Suns players, which also shows that the mainstream media is very optimistic that these two teams can counterattack and reach the Finals.

The Heat and Spurs will meet in the 04-05 season Finals, which seems to have become a foregone conclusion in the hearts of fans.

And these two teams do have a lot of topics and similarities, and they are both teams supported by the framework of three cores.

However, in terms of stardom and influence alone, the Heat triumvirate has completely killed the Spurs' GDP.

It's fast forward to match day for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Detroit, Auburn Hills Palace Arena.

Lin Fei is no stranger to the city and this stadium, after all, in last year's finals, he once stayed here for a week and played three finals in a row.

And the three away finals in Detroit are also the three games in which Lin Fei's state has been up and down the most and has been the most controversial by fans.

G3 and G4 were almost abandoned, and G5 Tianwang Mountain returned to help the Timberwolves come back to life with a lore.

After the Auburn Hills Palace incident, security lapses at the Pistons' home court quickly escalated, and fans entered with tighter security.

After last year's Finals loss, the Pistons' market value has fluctuated somewhat, and ticket revenue for the regular season and playoffs has also declined slightly this year.

But at the level of the Eastern Conference Finals, Detroit's fans are still enthusiastic, and the home arena is not only full of fans, but also many fanatical fans gathered outside the stadium.

For Pistons fans, the biggest enemy of the Heat team is undoubtedly Lin Fei.

These fans are paranoid that without Lin Fei, last year's championship would have been the Detroit Pistons.

"Lin, you're going to die tonight!"

"Forgot last year's G3 and G4 finals? Detroit is this guy's eternal nightmare! ”

"Guys who can only shoot three-pointers, the basket at Auburn Hills Palace will always welcome you!"

Slogans provocative and sarcastic about Lin Fei emerged one after another, filling the audience on all sides, and some fans even rose to attack the country and race.

Lin Fei had long been ready to be ridiculed by the Pistons away, but he still didn't expect these fans to be so ruthless.

Sure enough, it is not for nothing that Artai hits Pistons fans, and flies do not bite seamless eggs.

In this case, Lin Fei can only use the actual actions on the game to slap these arrogant Pistons.

In order to express his anger, Lin Fei also canceled the three-point warm-up performance before the game.

The arrogance of the Pistons fans not only angered Lin Fei, but also angered the other players of the Heat team, Wade and O'Neal, Williams and Battier and others, all ready,

Waiting to show his full strength in the game and stand up for his teammate Lin Fei.

On the side of the Celestial Empire, the fans waiting to watch the game were even more excited, scolding these unqualified Pistons fans.

"them, what's wrong with the yellow people? Is the yellow race your father? A bunch of fools, no wonder the Pistons fans were beaten, they deserved it! ”

"Lao Tzu originally had a good impression of several players of the Detroit Pistons, but now they are ruined by these disgusting fans!"

"The series is down 0-2, and Pistons fans are jumping off the wall in a hurry, right? My Phineas will shoot at least 10 three-pointers tonight to blow up the basket at Auburn Hills Palace! ”

"I feel that Fei Ge is angry, the consequences must be very serious, Hamilton may not be able to get a point tonight, haha!"

"After the Pistons were eliminated this season, they simply disbanded it in the offseason, the big contract expired, Prince also wanted a big contract, and the Pistons management has begun to go crazy!"

"The Pistons' tradition is a bunch of bad boys, I really don't know how they got two consecutive championships in the 90s, and Jordan was bullied like that?"

"Are these fans who have beaten the chicken blood buy the Pistons again tonight to win, then wait and see that they don't have any pants to lose, haha!"

Eyes return to the Auburn Hills Palace Arena, where the game has begun.

The Pistons Five Tigers who returned to their home court were indeed full of spirit, and their state at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends had improved significantly.

But the Heat's starters also quickly got into the groove and quickly matched the offensive and defensive intensity given by the Pistons.

Lin Fei chased Hamilton inseparable on the defensive end, and always went around the defense as soon as he faced the cover and block, not giving Hamilton the slightest chance to receive the ball.

Wade is getting better and better, and he is more confident in the face of Billups, O'Neal guards the penalty area, and Haslem is responsible for cleaning up O'Neal's perimeter.

Battier is also entangled with Tyshawn Prince all the time, not giving the opponent a chance to shoot an open three-point shot in the bottom corner.

On the offensive end, Lin Fei and O'Neill continued to contain one outside and one inside in the positional battle, and Wade's sharp breakthrough was invincible.

With Wade averaging 40+ points per game in the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals, Larry Brown's defense had to lean appropriately towards Wade's side and began to pack.

But Wade's lost step is a sharp knife to break the defense, even in the face of the bag, he can always create a kill, or score the ball with difficulty.

The Pistons Five Tigers never found a way to defend Wade, and because of this, they stole chickens and rice, not only allowing Wade to score in all six breakthroughs in the first quarter.

He also handed out three assists for O'Neal to dunk, and Lin Fei at the top of the arc and Battier in the bottom corner each hit three-pointers.

The heat in his hand made Wade start to go into a full-fledged frenzy, hitting an outside three-point shot after being released by Billups, and the basketball bumped and fell into the net.

"Huh!"

It was Wade's first three-pointer in the Eastern Conference Finals.

After playing in a single quarter, Wade shot 6 of 7, 1 of 1 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 16 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, fully showing the style of MVP.

According to Stan Van Gundy's arrangement, the Heat also suddenly switched to no-ball tactics in the second quarter, and the first offensive core was transferred from Wade to Lin Fei.

This caught the Pistons off guard, making the defense that the Pistons were just about to adjust useless again.

Lin Fei made 6 three-pointers in the second quarter, hitting all of them, and scored 20 points in a single quarter.

Half-time played,

Heat (56) :( 40) Pistons.

He is already 16 points ahead of his opponent.

Lin Fei and Wade scored 20+ at the same time in the first half, and the Pistons who played were completely anxious.

In the third quarter, in one of Wade's directional breakaways, Ben Wallace directly hugged the Flash and threw the opponent to the ground.

This malicious action was also quickly captured by the referee, who directly whistled and gave a second-degree malicious foul penalty and was directly expelled from the game.

Big Ben's malicious foul also completely angered the whole Heat team, although Wade was taken back to the locker room by the team doctor because of a knee injury.

But under the leadership of Lin Fei and O'Neal, the Heat played a crazy scoring climax.

Without Big Ben, the Pistons' defensive strategy of double Wallace in the restricted area collapsed, and the 33-year-old "Big Shark" O'Neal once again showed his heroism as the league's No. 1 center.

Rashid Wallace and Antonio McDyce shot 4-of-6 from the field even when they were cut to the free throw line.

Lin Fei and Jason Williams hit difficult three-pointers in a row.

Whether it's a direct shot after running the ball, or a dribble shot after feintting to get rid of a defender, or a difficult step-back three-pointer, a three-point chase in a counterattack fast break,

All of them are handy, and they shoot the supreme confidence of the league's three-point king.

At the end of the third quarter, in a defensive counterattack by the Heat, Lin Fei first stole the ball passed by Billups to Hamilton.

In the counterattack, he used a smooth back turn to shake off Billups, and then jumped directly two meters outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, facing Prince's pounce, and hit a flowing and difficult three-pointer.

"Huh!"

"Beep!"

The whistle blows,

The ball was directly blown by the referee for 3+1.

Lin Fei single-handedly challenged the Pistons and the Three Tigers, and staged a classic offensive and defensive one-stop score of 4 points.

"Huh!"

Lin Fei, who walked to the free throw line to hit the free throw, also shook his fist and roared, showing his momentum in last year's finals, and shouted at the Pistons' audience:

"Go to Nima's Detroit!"

At the end of the third quarter, Lin Fei made 12 three-point shots, 5 of 5 free throws, and scored 41 points, completely breaking the mentality of the Pistons.

O'Neal also had an explosive performance of 12 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks in a single quarter in the third quarter.

Even if Wade isn't on the court, the Miami Heat can still beat the Pistons.

After three quarters, the Heat already led the Pistons by 25 points, and a big win was just around the corner.

The Pistons fans at home were completely subdued by Lin Fei's three-pointers one after another in the third quarter, and the noise and ridicule all disappeared.

In the final quarter, Wade returned from the locker room and played a few more minutes with his substitutes to seal the win.

In the end, under the leadership of Lin Fei with 41 points and 3 steals, Wade with 29 points and 7 assists, and O'Neal with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks, the Heat defeated the Pistons by 33 points on the road.

The series score is already 3:0 ahead.

Lin Fei's 12 three-pointers in a single game also set a new record for the number of three-pointers made by an NBA player in a single game in the playoffs.

After this game, the voices of the Pistons taunting and insulting Lin Fei became very few.

Never before in the history of the NBA playoffs has a team been able to come back from 3-0 down in a single-round series.

The Pistons' playoff journey this year has obviously stopped in the Eastern Conference finals......

Losing three games in a row has left the Pistons at odds with the Tigers, and there has been a clear rift between the player and head coach Larry Brown.

In the end, the Heat team won the Pistons in G4 in the Eastern Conference Finals, swept the opponent with a total score of 4:0, and successfully lifted the Eastern Conference championship trophy.

(End of chapter)