Chapter 302: The opponents in the finals are...

Amidst the cheers of San Antonio fans, the G6 of the Great War officially kicked off.
The game showed and played at the beginning. No, it should be a completely different rhythm from the past five games.
First, Popovich put Jackson back in.
And the Spurs, like the Nets, are starting to play a very aggressive defense.
The disastrous defeat of the last game made Popovich realize one thing: playing against the Mavericks, the Spurs are more likely to lose than to win.
After all, attacking this thing is the housekeeper of the Mavericks!
It was a fluke to win a match with one's own strengths over the enemy's shortcomings.
So the two sides will fight the "contradictory" battle they have been fighting until the end.
Moreover, it is not difficult to understand why Popovich realized this at this time.
Because in the East, the Nets rely on this method to get an advantage with the Wizards who are stronger on paper than themselves.
So, this can even be understood as something completely expected.
But the result of doing this is... the smell of gunpowder on the court is particularly strong.
David Stern also came to the scene tonight.
Seeing the situation on the court, his brows furrowed.
He probably didn't expect the battle between the horse and the bull to move closer to the way the Eastern Wizards and the Nets play.
This also made him more and more determined to relax the defense in the future.
The game played half a quarter, and the score between the two sides was 10 to 8...
At this time, the hand-hek rule has to be mentioned again.
The so-called hand-hek, the standard definition is: when defending, the defending player is allowed to touch the opponent's body with his hands to track the opponent's position.
This is what the fans have been saying "you can put your hand on the offensive player's hand when defending."
Although the hand-hek rule also stipulates that defensive players can only follow with their hands, they cannot exert force on their hands and are not allowed to obstruct the opponent's sight.
But in fact, this kind of thing is difficult to define.
Unless there are obvious actions, the final decision depends on the referee's whistles.
In the playoffs of this era, the scale of punishment...
So it’s not surprising that the game is finalized.
In a wave of offense by the Mavericks, Nowitzki was knocked to the ground by Bowen on his side.
Sun Hao was the first to rush up, and the others followed.
The players on both sides confronted each other, and the atmosphere on the court was tense.
The game entered a technical timeout.
When the timeout came back, Bowen and Bell were both called a technical foul.
In the final stage of the last game, the two sides almost had a fight, and the referee was already relatively tight in whistling the scale.
That is, when the technical timeout came back, the sharp-eyed fans found that the Mavericks had replaced two insiders at once.
Lafrenz replaced Dampier and Barkley replaced Nowitzki!
Although Nowitzki still has the ball to be penalized, Barkley has walked to the technical table and waited.
"He's coming! He's coming!"
In the commentary booth, Kenny Smith almost jumped from the commentary booth excitedly.
His former partner, the object of the commentary, and of course the former NBA 50 superstars, stepped onto the stage of the NBA playoffs when he was 40 years old!
Many people may not know that Barkley is actually only 3 days younger than Jordan!
In peacetime in the commentary, even if the team has a different image of laughing and joking, Barkley's expression looks very serious after he actually played.
"Relax, Charles, you just came up to gather the number of people."
Kenny Smith joked after getting excited.
Although the two are now in the commentary booth and the other in the arena, the atmosphere of this "stunned" is indispensable.
"I think Charles will help the Mavericks when he is on the court."
Cole on the side said different opinions.
"Don't do that, Steve, I know you have a good relationship, but this 40-year-old uncle can no longer fly."
Kenny Smith continued.
"He will."
Cole didn't explain, just nodded.
Perhaps it is for the effect of the show, or perhaps the two really think so.
Either way, the appetites of the viewers who watched the live broadcast before TV are completely puffed up.
Nowitzki made a free throw first, fouls and technical fouls, and he scored 3 points in one go.
A free throw was made and Barkley officially played.
With the Spurs' possession of the ball, Duncan held the ball from the free throw line and Barkley was defending him.
Barkley's defense is completely different from Dampier, all kinds of active confrontation, adrenaline surge in people watching.
In fact, this is also the characteristic of playing in the last century.
Watching the Nets or the Spurs tonight are very aggressive defensively, but that's how they played in the regular season of the last century.
Before reaching the summit, Jordan was defeated in front of the Pistons many times. It was not that his skills were not mature enough at that time, but that he was fighting hand-to-hand almost every time and was also subjected to various criminals.
Jordan's law, understand.
"I have to say that Charles played very hard."
In the stands, Kenny Smith continued to tease.
On the court, Duncan held the ball and finally couldn't stand it and turned around to attack.
Didn't he have not played against Barkley in the first two years in the league, and he is no stranger to Barkley.
He didn't get tough, but moved directly to the basket with his feet, and then hooked up close.
Barkley weighs 114 kilograms and is excellent in fighting, but he is only 1.98 meters tall after all, and when he is old, he can't keep up. When Duncan gets to the basket, he can't do much.
Duncan easily scored 2 points.
"...But it doesn't seem to work."
At the commentary, Kenny Smith couldn't help shaking his head.
This sentence is ridicule, but also a pity.
Although each other, but in fact, he and Barkley are friends for many years, he still hopes Barkley can have some play on the court.
But the facts have proved that, for example, Jordan’s performance is so dismal now at the age of 40, Barkley... or to be a beautiful man quietly on the bench, it is better to give fans more space.
However, the Mavericks bench, old Nelson's look has not changed much.
He never expected Barkley, 40, to really guard Duncan at the pinnacle. He would be a fool to think so.
What he wants is what Barkley did in the first game, to pester Duncan and consume Duncan's energy.
This is the fundamental reason why he used Barkley instead of LaFrentz to defend Duncan after the internal rotation.
The Mavericks still didn't have a wave of offense in the frontcourt. The previous technical fouls did not allow them to converge. They are still all kinds of aggressive defenses, even with a lot of small moves.
If Ferry or Bowen’s hurting actions in the past two years may have been personal actions, then the current defense must have been instructed by the coaching staff.
Looking back, the Spurs did not attack.
Although Duncan can play Barkley, he also found that strong hitting is a waste of energy, so the continuous hitting is not worth the loss.
Barkley's big, hard pressed against Duncan to protect the defensive rebound.
Speaking of short insiders, the first impression of some late fans was that Chuck Hayes was a three-stage free throw, but Barkley was the most well-known representative.
With a height of 1.98 meters and a career average of 11.7 rebounds per game, this is like playing 2K with a bit of height and a wrong inside.
"Good job, Charles!"
Kenny Smith quickly exposed his true colors and cheered Barkley for grabbing a defensive rebound.
At least this is the technical statistics of Barkley's playoffs...
Switching offense and defense, the Spurs' defensive approach remains the same.
After Sun Hao received the ball, he was not only double-teamed, but Bowen unscrupulously put his hands on him, not giving him the chance to pass the ball.
And Bowen is obviously hard.
The referee did not sound the whistle.
Sun Haoqiang created a little space for the ball by himself.
At the moment he was about to play, Bowen directly pulled Sun Hao's arm hard.
Sun Hao finally couldn't help it, and slammed Bowen with the ball.
The kind of action just now probably caused his shoulder to dislocate directly!
This is not to play, it is to fight.
When Bowen was about to respond, Buckley suddenly appeared behind him and gave a jerk.
Bowen was caught off guard and lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground by Buckley.
Just as Bowen was full of anger and was about to see who was doing him, he saw that Barkley had come to him.
He...instinctively.
He entered the league not too late, even Barkley's notoriety.
"If you are using that kind of little action, I promise you to lie down out of the arena tonight."
Buckley lowered his head, his face looked fierce.
Perhaps the fans are used to knowing that the "big mouth" who likes to joke and talks on the bench has almost forgotten the villain Barkley in the player period.
But at this moment, Barkley helped Bowen remember.
Bowen looked at Barkley's eyes and was sure that the latter was not threatening, but would really do it.
Because this is what Buckley said.
Buckley never broke his promise.
The conflict subsided and Bowen was called a foul.
Because a technical foul has already been called before, he has committed two fouls now.
But Popovich didn't mean to replace him.
This also sends a signal that in order to win, the Spurs will still stick to this defensive strategy.
But when the ball came out, Bowen didn't dare to stand up when defending Sun Hao.
He can still distinguish between playing and saving lives.
Sun Hao faced Bowen and Jackson's double-team, withdrawing a difficult three-pointer.
"Uh!"
Accompanied by a crisp sound, he hit a three-pointer with a double pinch!
The scene was in an uproar.
This ball helped them remember the monkey king who shot through everything in the last game.
After Sun Hao scored, Barkley rushed to his side and shouted.
Double teaming shots, this looks a bit Mamba, but in the eyes of Barkley, Sun Hao was the right choice.
If there is no strong response to the opponent's malicious defense, it is the real soft guy.
Of course, everyone understands it differently, but at least it is in his eyes.
Sun Hao has a great appetite for him.
Duncan responded from the inside and scored the ball to Bowen in the corner.
Bowen's three-pointer was a bit outrageous, and he made a three-pointer.
The scene was in an uproar.
Bowen's corner three-pointer is one of his main scoring methods.
This kind of three non-stick shots shows that his mentality fluctuates greatly.
But this is unreasonable, because Bowen's psychological quality has always been stable.
However, there is a good saying on the court: playing basketball is afraid of dirty, but dirty is afraid of horizontal.
This can be seen from the history of the Spurs and Mavericks.
Ferry injured Nowitzki and was scrapped by Sun Hao on the spot. After that, he never dared to do anything.
Sun Hao, the "professional family of stepping feet", tried to step on his feet and his thumb was cracked. This season, he has no idea of ​​stepping on Sun Hao.
These are good examples.
When this time, Bowen was forced to use small movements again at the request of the coaching staff, Barkley appeared, brought him down and gave him a harsher sentence.
It's strange that his mentality has not fluctuated in this wave of waves.
The rebound was picked up by La Frenz and the Mavericks made a counterattack. Sun Hao rushed to the front court after receiving a long pass from Bodillo, suffocating his breath and smashing the ball into the basket with both hands.
After Bowen made a small move, he scored 5 points in a row and made a strong response!
18 to 10!
Although only one rebound in technical statistics, but after Barkley came on the court, the Mavericks played a wave of 8 to 2 offensive, widening the point difference to 8 points!
It turns out Cole knows the ball better.
Entangling Duncan, protecting defensive rebounds, and getting ahead for teammates, all of these are contributions!
Moreover, this is not all.
The Spurs attacked the frontcourt and Duncan missed the basket. He grabbed the offensive rebound and scored two dunks with one hand!
Not only is it not moving like a mountain, but it can also invade like a fire, this is the stone Buddha!
Cheers broke out at the scene, and Duncan's ball brought the Spurs back to the court.
When returning to the defensive end, although Bowen did not use small moves as before, the Spurs' defensive intensity is still very high.
Sun Hao and Nowitzki had no chance of consecutive misplaced singles attempts. In the end, Body Loga greeted Barkley to play a pick-and-roll, and after reaching the basket, he hit the earth with a ghostly behind.
The ball was sent to Barkley inside the free throw line, unguarded in front of him.
Some people may be impressed that Barkley is just a traditional power forward who plays back singles inside, but in fact his ability does not stop there.
Barkley is nicknamed "Flying Pig". The source of this nickname is that he weighs 114 kilograms, but he is a super buckler who can take off anytime, anywhere.
This is a person whose career highlights are the opposite of Curry!
More than half of his highlights are dunks, which is an important reason why he is so popular when playing.
Of course, the 40-year-old Barkley will definitely not be able to fly, and he looks a little slow.
It was originally a perfect chance ball, but when he took the ball and dribbled to the basket, Ferry on the weak side had already assisted.
Ferry was not good at blocking shots, so he reached out to pull Barkley and turned him back.
This is an obvious malicious foul.
But what is unexpected is that Barkley... hasn't been held back!
This height is the same as that of a swingman. He is 40 years old. He was in the commentary booth and Kenny Smith's fat man last year. He finished the shot with Ferry!
The ball was sent to the hoop after hitting the board, and the referee's whistle followed.
2+1!
Barkley scored on his first shot in the playoffs, and it was still a 2+1!
Ferry looked at Barkley's eyes with jealousy, and at the moment he felt Barkley's terrifying power.
If that power is concentrated on his fist, he must say goodbye to this wonderful world.
Fortunately, Barkley didn't seem to mean to trouble him.
Maybe, in the eyes of Barkley, this is just an ordinary foul...
Adjust your breathing, and Barkley's penalty also goes in!
21 to 12!
The Mavericks opened the point difference to 9 points!
The Mavericks bench, old Nelson's face is full of smiles.
He didn't expect the 40-year-old Barkley to defend Duncan, and he didn't expect Barkley to make any contribution on the offensive end.
But Barkley now surprises him!
"Well, Charles, I know you will definitely watch the replay afterwards. You must have deceived everyone. This is not like a 40-year-old guy!"
Kenny Smith also expressed amazement in his way in the commentary.
After the first quarter, the score of the two teams was 29-17.
The Mavericks ended the first quarter with a 12-point lead away.
Barkley only played 5 minutes before being replaced. He didn't even finish the first quarter. There were only 3 points and 1 board in statistics, but his effect on the Mavericks was obvious.
With Curry, another veteran of the Mavericks, he also made his own contribution.
No one in this team is here to mix the rings, but to play for the rings!
The difference between one word has two completely different meanings.
The second quarter of the game continued.
Although Ginobili was placed on the bench, Barkley’s outstanding performance helped Nowitzki win a break. By the time the second quarter came to the bench, the old Nelson used Nowitzki extremely "luxury". Lead the team on the field.
The Spurs could not approach the point difference.
Popovich sat on the bench, he neither became angry, nor did he try any tricks that would be defeated.
There is only a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart now.
He has tried everything he can think of, but the Spurs now seem to be unable to beat the Mavericks.
The configuration and strength of this Mavericks team are very close to those of the Lakers two years ago.
It is really difficult to rely on Duncan alone with a group of shrimp soldiers and crabs.
Even Popovich has this mentality. One can imagine what the Spurs players think about on and off the court.
The most direct performance is that despite the slow speed, the point difference on the court is still getting bigger.
After halftime, the Mavericks have led the Spurs 56 to 41 by 15 points.
The fans at the scene were full of anxiety, but they couldn't do anything.
Both sides entered into the intermission.
"Charles, if we win the championship, I will personally put the championship ring on you."
On the way back to the locker room, Sun Hao said to Barkley.
He knows how much Barkley can deter Spurs players.
Before and after that, the Spurs' momentum was very different.
"Then I have to get that guy Kenny to videotape, he must have hacked me tonight.
Barkley still knows his partner very well.
Moreover, he can foresee that Sun Hao will become a great star in the future, and this kind of picture will surely become a classic image in the future, and there are many benefits to retain.
"No problem, if you want to write a book in the future, remember to write this paragraph. I don't charge you royalties."
Sun Hao's words made Barkley laugh.
In the halftime with a big lead, the Mavericks team had a relaxed atmosphere.
Back in the second half, Duncan organized the free throw line and scored the ball to Jackson, who missed the shot.
When the Mavericks scored a goal, he turned back and sent a second pass again, but Parker still missed a three-pointer!
After the first half, and Popovich did not say anything in midfield, the morale of the Spurs has reached a bottom.
but! Duncan still did not give up!
After Parker missed a shot, he grabbed an offensive rebound directly over Dampier's head!
He still remembers what David Robinson said, this will be the latter's last season.
Ever since, the second half of the game looked slightly tragic.
Although the situation could not be reversed, Duncan never gave up.
Under his mental infection, the rest of the Spurs gradually recovered their fighting spirit.
However, on the one hand, the points difference was too wide, on the other hand, the Mavericks' performance tonight was not bad at all.
The final whistle sounded and the final score on the field was fixed at 106 to 93.
The Mavericks defeated the Spurs by 13 points in the away game and won G6!
Although Sun Hao did not break out in the G6 game against the Spurs like last year, the audience "only scored" 26 points.
But the Mavericks still eliminated the Spurs with a total score of 4 to 2, taking the lead in reaching the 2002~2003 season finals!
This is also the first time in the history of the Mavericks team!
Cuban, who came to the scene with the team, covered his face with both hands at the moment the whistle of the match blew, crying with joy.
At this moment, all his efforts for the team are worth it!
They are now Western Conference champions!
At the beginning of the new season next year, they will hoist the flag of the Western Conference Champion at the National Route Center Arena!
And that's not all!
They now have the hope to hit the first championship trophy in team history!
After beating the Lakers and Spurs consecutively, they are now fearless!
The Mavericks also celebrated on the court.
At this point, everyone on the team has made their own efforts and has made contributions one after another.
This is the celebration they deserve!
...
On the other side of the court, Duncan looked at David Robinson after he was off, his face was full of self-blame.
In the end, he still failed to help David Robinson get another championship ring before retiring.
David Robinson saw Duncan's expression and went over to hug him.
"Enough, you have done enough."
Although the team lost, Duncan played the entire game in such a fierce game and finally scored 33 points, 20 rebounds and 6 blocks.
You can't ask him to do better.
"Moreover, we have won once."
Perhaps knowing that Duncan would care, Robinson continued.
In the 1998~1999 season, in the first year after Jordan retired, they had won a championship.
It is better to win the championship again, but it is not necessary.
"They will be champions."
Duncan finally turned to look at the celebrating Mavericks and spoke.
Only the opponent is the person who knows the opponent best.
In his view, this Mavericks team already has all the conditions to win.
David Robinson nodded.
They are not the future Kobe, if they lose to the final championship, there is no shame.
After the game, Sun Hao accepted the team's interview on the sidelines.
Most of the questions asked by reporters were about the game.
Barkley was naturally mentioned.
Barkley played 10 minutes in the game, with 5 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 fouls.
"His role is beyond the data, just like the three-pointer that Dell Curry made."
Sun Hao made a metaphor.
To be honest, in the 0.4-second lore of the old Curry, he even only had 3 points.
But the same is that the two veterans have brought tremendous help to the team.
"And I think he is in better shape than Michael."
After answering the questions in a serious manner, Sun Hao still didn't forget to tease.
Reporter, um, this reporter is the one who interviewed Sun Hao before the game. He now has a tingling scalp.
He didn't understand why Sun Hao suddenly wanted to madly diss old Jordan.
This, Jordan loves face!
But Sun Hao didn't seem to notice this as he did at the beginning.
This, he was hesitating whether to report truthfully after the game.
Finally, after a complicated psychological struggle, the reporter decided what Sun Hao said and what he wrote.
After all, this is his professionalism.
"The Mavericks eliminated the Spurs and advanced to the finals, creating team history."
This news not only caused heated discussion in the United States, but also caused a sensation in China.
Jordan didn't win his first championship trophy until the sixth year of his career, but now Sun Hao has a chance in the third year of his career.
Moreover, he participated in the draft at the age of 18, and he is only 21 now!
Moreover, he is completely different from the kind of holding thigh, he himself is the thigh!
Especially in the Western Conference Finals, his performance was even better than Nowitzki!
Well, there's another thing about him dissing Jordan.
This is probably the first person in history to publicly diss players during Jordan's period, and it is estimated that it will be the last.
On the second day of the Mavericks approaching the Finals, the Wizards will have a tie-breaker with the Nets at the Verizon Center Arena in Washington.
The Western Conference Finals is over, if it weren't too far away, Sun Hao would even fly to the scene to cheer for Jordan.
It's just that Jordan probably won't welcome him as before this time.
During the pre-match interview, the reporter inevitably mentioned Sun Hao.
After Sun Hao’s remarks about "Michael was forced to make a tiebreaker" and "Charles performed better than Michael" were truthfully reported by reporters, the fans have completely put this person who is the first of the five shooting guards appointed by Jordan to Jordan's. Opposite.
Of course, Jordan himself thought so.
His emotional intelligence fluctuates up and down, and it's at a low point right now.
He didn't understand why Sun Hao, who he liked, would talk about himself like that.
Those words made him very upset.
Especially when the reporter repeats it again.
"He will soon know why people call Michael the of basketball."
Of course, if you are angry, you must pretend to be forced.
After Jordan said this, the reporter was also very excited.
Not only because this is Jordan’s promise to help the team reach the finals, but also because of this kind of war of words that started before they met, and because of the of basketball and the matchup between the of basketball and the chosen successor...
If that happens in the end, it will be full of highlights.
Of course those are the things after, and now he, like everyone else, is looking forward to the tiebreaker before him.
Since ancient times, tiebreaker has more than classics.
In fact, at the same moment, thousands of miles away in Dallas, the old Nelson was also organizing the team to watch the tie-break live.
This is directly related to their opponents in the finals.
But their mentality is more relaxed.
"Do you really think Michael can't win?"
Before the game, Nowitzki couldn't help turning his head to ask.
"No, the Wizards have a bigger win."
Sun Hao didn't hide the meaning from Nowitzki.
"Then you still..."
Nowitzki didn't finish speaking, but now the whole world knows that he is diss Jordan.
"You know that Michael is good at everything, but his heart is not big enough."
Sun Hao continued, after spending a long time with Jordan, he still feels deeply moved.
"So you said those words on purpose?"
Nowitzki realized that his double quotient was still very high.
Sun Hao smiled and nodded.
Isn't that right? If you don't excite Jordan so much, the Wizards might be fucked.
After experiencing the help of [Basketball Talent] with the Spurs series, he now has a new understanding of hidden tasks.
[God's Inheritance], it smells good to look at!
So he didn't want to sit still.
Take advantage of Jordan's weaknesses to "help", and do it yourself.
Nowitzki also nodded.
"But why do you want the Wizards to win?"
Nowitzki is indeed smart, he has already understood another meaning from Sun Hao's answer.
Sun Hao didn't seem to expect Nowitzki would ask this, but his reaction was quick.
"After the sixth game with the Spurs, do you want to do it again?"
Sun Hao asked, the Nets' defense is even more aggressive than the Spurs in Game 6.
Nowitzki shook his head after listening.
He prefers the competition of basketball skills, rather than playing hand-to-hand combat like past games.
Playing like that is not as refreshing as going to a boxing match.
"Is that all right?"
Sun Hao said with a smile, his face was not red and his heart beat.
Nowitzki also nodded in hindsight.
What Sun Hao said makes sense.
By the time the two talked about this, the Wizards and Nets' tiebreaker had already begun.
The Nets are mainly anti-visitors, taking the initiative in the opening game.
Sun Hao's previous judgment was correct. Yao Ming's touch was obviously not as good as playing.
The rest of the Wizards are also defensively in the same way as before.
After the first quarter, the score on the court was 13 to 22.
The pace of the game is no different from the Wizards losing game.
Even after halftime, the Wizards had fallen 37 to 52 by 15 points.
Jordan only scored 8 points in the half and did not show much.
Such a scene once made Sun Hao think that maybe Jordan is really old.
It is even completely understandable. After all, this has reached the conference finals. Jordan's age affects the physical fitness the most. He can't hold it anymore.
but!
Just when Sun Hao began to think like this~EbookFREE.me~ Jordan finally ushered in an explosion in the second half.
He began to frantically open the personal offensive mode.
He scored 25 points throughout the second half!
In that, it also includes a landmark back-to-back lore against Jefferson before the final!
His lore in the All-Star game was destroyed by Kobe, but on the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals, he succeeded!
It was only at this time that Sun Hao realized that the reason why Jordan didn't play much in the first half was that he knew his physical fitness was limited and was allocated to the second half!
In a thrilling reversal, Jordan finally fulfilled his promise!
What he has to do next is to tell Sun Hao on the stage of the finals why Michael is called the of basketball!
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