After the Hawks won the away game, in the West, the Mavericks also received encouragement and worked hard. The main reason was that Michael Finley broke out when he arrived at the Spurs' home court. In this game, Finley made 12 of 20 field goals in the away game, especially the 10.

Not only did he make 9 of 14 shots from distance, but he also sent Stephen Jackson off with six fouls! Finley got 12 free throw opportunities and scored 36 points on the road without making a single three-pointer, leading the Mavericks.

Defeated the Spurs 105-90 away from home.

The Mavericks chased the big score to 2-3!

In the two conference finals of the Eastern and Western Conferences, the big score was 3-2, and both became suspenseful situations.

This situation has puzzled fans and media experts. Why, all four teams are away from home?

All four teams have won on the road, but none of them can defend their home court.

Not to mention, although the other three teams except the Eagles are not popular teams, if this rhythm continues, the suspense will skyrocket! No matter which two teams reach the finals, they are very interesting, because unlike many series

Like every game, he defended his home court and relied on home court advantage to win, including the second three consecutive championships with the Invincible Bulls. They played six games in all three finals, and the first five games relied on home court advantage to score 3-3.

2, won the sixth game.

Most teams are more stable at home, so most of the time, the team with home court advantage wins in the finals.

This makes this year's already unanticipated finals suddenly become very interesting. Many people want to know, will there be a tiebreaker in the finals this year?

From the 1994 Finals, when Olajuwon defeated Ewing 4-3 in a direct dialogue with Ewing, establishing his position as the first of the four major centers, there was no suspense in the next eight finals.

Olajuwon defeated O'Neal 4-0. Although the Rockets' regular season record that year was very poor, they were able to overcome all the way without home court advantage in the Western Conference. By the finals, not many people thought the Magic had a chance to win. After that, the Bulls

In three consecutive games, Duncan lightly abused the Knicks, and the Lakers' three consecutive games were all without any suspense.

Seriously speaking, whether the Hawks or Nets reach the finals, facing the Spurs or Mavericks, it will be the most suspenseful finals in nine years.

The Western Conference is definitely better than the Eastern Conference at this stage, but no team is as strong as the Lakers in previous years to the point of crushing the Eastern Conference teams. This season, among the Western Conference teams in the regular season, there is no one with a better record than the Eastern Conference.

The regular season champion Spurs are actually the second-place Kings in the Western Conference, but the Kings have been eliminated.

The NBA series does not mean that the Mavericks defeated the Kings and the Kings crushed the Hawks and Nets. It means that the Mavericks defeated the Hawks and Nets. This is the most interesting part of the NBA.

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"I just came back yesterday and I'm playing a game today. What's the difference between home and away?" Jason Terry, who came on as a substitute the day before yesterday and ran with Liu Mang for three and a half quarters, complained.

"Okay, okay, stop complaining. Let's kill the Nets today and let's go to the finals!" Liu Mang took a nap and felt less tired after he was mentally rested.

This is the legendary person who can stand and talk without back pain.

"Blame it all on the Mavericks. They have been dragging their feet, going to tiebreakers in every round. Do you think they will reach tiebreaks with the Spurs again this time?" Jason Terry compressed the time of the Eastern and Western Conference finals.

The blame fell on the Mavericks.

But it is true. The Mavericks are the only team to reach tiebreakers in the first two rounds of this year's playoffs. The other three teams have been waiting for the Mavericks for a long time.

"I don't know, I'm just curious. If the Western Conference reaches the tiebreaker again this time, the conference finals end on the 11th, and the finals also reach the tiebreaker, what will happen to the draft? What about the joint trials of the 29 teams?

Or should we say that the teams that play in the finals will be kicked out of the joint trial training?" Liu Mang was very interested in this question.

"I don't know, I just know that I'm very tired now, very tired." Jason Terry continued to complain.

We have reached the Eastern Conference Finals for two consecutive years. Compared with the previous times when we could not even make the playoffs, we have played more than ten games in a season. What is even worse than last year is that this year’s Eastern Conference Finals is like playing consecutive home and away games.

One game a day, five games played in the past 10 days, almost catching up with the two months with the tightest regular season schedule.

"We are tired, they must be tired too, maybe, hurry up, go warm up, be careful if you get cramps in the game later!" Liu Mang pulled Jason Terry up from the massage table in the locker room and went to the physical therapy room to do it

Massage and stretching.

For the Eagles, the biggest problem is that they have no experience in how to handle physical distribution in such a tight schedule. If it is the regular season, it is okay, but if it is not possible, they can just take a rest, but this is the Eastern Conference finals!

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While sitting for physical therapy, Liu Mang looked at the system panel and saw the superstar value. After the fifth game, he got more than 1,000 superstar points. In the last game, he only got 18 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. He did not complete the third level task and got 20.

With the data of 55, I also spent 30,000 superstar points, plus the number of lottery draws for two mission rewards, for a total of five mid-level superstar value draws to get good things. The first four times I drew useless things.

There is a legendary fruit of high-level language charm that is worth 10, but Liu Mang already has a cohesion similar to that of the head of state in his own team, so it does not have much effect.

The second one is an action package. Nate Robinson's dunk package. The jumping ability required to unlock all the actions is actually 99, which is higher than the dunk package of Carter and LaVine. For Liu Mang, unless he succeeds in a counterattack,

Several people have had the opportunity to use it, but it is basically useless. The main reason is that the movements are not that good-looking. Nate Robinson looks good when using it. The main reason is that Nate Robinson is short. As long as he dunks, he is amazing with any movement.

The thing I drew in the third lottery was a mid-level injury potion, which was good, but it seemed that it was not of much use for the time being.

The thing drawn in the fourth lottery was a special skill upgrade card, which was good, but now Liu Mang didn't have a fourth-level skill to upgrade him.

Finally, for the fifth time, with a one-third chance, Liu Mang used five lottery opportunities to draw a special card. The effect was very special, because it was more suitable to be used on his teammates rather than on his own teammates.

Deal with opponents.

The effect of desperate measures is that only a person with clumsy scoring ability like Kidd will magnify his offensive shortcomings infinitely. If it were used on Kobe, O'Neal, James, Curry... these people, they would probably go on a rampage for an hour.

, torture the opponent until he can't take care of himself, which can be seen from Kidd's defense in the last game.

Regarding the fact that it is becoming more and more difficult to get good things in lottery, especially in the junior lottery, there are basically no good things. Liu Mang was very confused and asked the system: "System boss, I want to ask, why do I feel that my ability value is getting higher and higher?"

High, the chance of drawing something with great effect is getting lower and lower?"

"Ding... because the host is about to leave the rookie stage, many props used to help the host gain a foothold in the NBA as a rookie will become invalid. Some items in the host lottery have begun to be removed. When the host ends this season and officially leaves the rookie stage,

, the system will be upgraded and will be upgraded to an auxiliary system more suitable for the host in the middle of his career."

"So that's it, that is, a lot of things are gone now? The lottery has become uneconomical? Why didn't you tell me earlier! By the way, I am only 21 years old after playing this year, so I am in the middle of my career so soon?"

"Whether the lottery is worthwhile depends on the needs of the host, and the rookie period is determined by the end of the host's rookie contract."

"That is, if I was lucky enough to be a first-round pick, my rookie period would be four years?"

"right."

"Damn! The talent in the first round is better, but it is still a four-year rookie period? Is this the legendary child of the poor who becomes a master early? If a person is poor and has no background, he is not a genius, so he has to adapt to society earlier?"

Seeing that there were still more than 37,000 superstar points left, Liu Mang gritted his teeth and decided not to draw anymore. He drew five times last time, which was equivalent to spending 50,000 superstar points to draw a special card. This time he drew

You may not be able to get good things by drawing three times, so forget it and wait until later when you need it more. The next game is at home. Play well and limit Kidd's shooting. The team will be able to play much better.

, especially Kidd’s shooting in the last game was completely broken. Can he still find his touch this time?

Liu Mang calmed down to warm up before the game. He is bound to win this game tonight!

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Too many tie-breakers made this year's conference finals schedule very compact. On June 7, the Hawks returned to Atlanta for a night's rest, and on June 8, they immediately ushered in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Nets.

Game six.

But it is still much better than the lockout season. Even the playoffs in the lockout season have back-to-back rounds in almost every round. The veterans who experienced the lockout season four years ago are pretty good at playing in a playoff with only one day of rest.

Accept it, but among the main players of the Hawks, only Ratliff made it to the playoffs with Iverson that season and reached the second round. If Chris Crawford is included, the Hawks

The team has two players with playoff experience in the lockout season.

During the lockout season, the Hawks also reached the second round under the leadership of Mutombo, but among the players from that team at that time, now only Chris Crawford is left in the entire Hawks team.

Chris Crawford, who earned a salary of US$240,000, plays the role of handing towels to Steve Smith on the bench, who is now on the Spurs. If you really say he has experience... that's it.

Liu Mang is curious that the finals may have been played longer than the draft. The league is also very worried. June 27 is the day of the draft. If the conference finals really reach the tiebreaker, it will be played on the 11th.

, then the earliest the finals can start is the 13th. If the finals are also postponed to the tiebreaker, even if it is a game every other day like the conference finals, the finals will not end until the 26th, which gives the league a headache.

If it doesn't work out, the draft will have to be postponed.

This will also have an impact on many operations in the league that want to use chips with draft picks to trade after the finals and before the draft begins.

The league also did not expect that as soon as the best-of-seven games schedule for the first round came out, there would be a tiebreaker in the first round. In this round of the series, the playoffs would be extended by almost a week. Otherwise, even if the second round

When it comes to the finals, they will all go to the tie-break, and the finals can be concluded around June 20.

Originally, when formulating the playoff schedule, the league made it based on expected strength. Who knew the Mavericks could reach tiebreakers in every round?

Just like Jason Terry's complaints, the league's schedule officials also blamed the Mavericks for playing tiebreakers in every round...

The league is already considering whether next season's regular season schedule can start a few days earlier and whether the regular season can end a few days earlier.

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Both sides didn't have much time to prepare. The Hawks and Nets had similar timelines since the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals. They arrived in Atlanta almost yesterday, and then they had to seize the time to train in the afternoon. They practiced for two days.

I rested for three hours and spent the evening watching the Mavericks' away game against the Spurs. I got up the next morning, accepted interviews, had a team meeting at noon, and rested in the afternoon...

At 6 p.m., the second game within 48 hours started at Phillips Arena, home of the Eagles!

The atmosphere in Phillips Arena was wild, and all the fans were very excited that the team had once again regained the home court advantage.

Today, many of the tickets in the courtside seats have been taken away by celebrities, including Jordan, Wilkins, Lou Hudson...

The Eagles had more than a dozen team legends at home, from the 1960s to the 1980s. They all wanted to see the Eagles return to the Finals after nearly 50 years.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Seeing a lot of celebrities sitting on the sidelines, the atmosphere of the fans was completely ignited.

This home atmosphere also ignited the matching souls of the Eagles players. If there is no rest time, there is no time for the Eagles players to feel the warmth of home, and there is no time for the Eagles players to comfortably hold their wives and children after winning.

Time for family encouragement... Well, this one has nothing to do with Liu Mang, but if there is another advantage to playing at home, it is the cheers of the fans!
To be continued...