Chapter 968 967. The Eagles Representing Justice

The Finals are finally coming!

Fans are the most enthusiastic about the NBA in a year.

The Spurs and the Suns played a really good series, much better than the Eastern Conference Finals.

However, the Eastern Conference Finals were slowed down by the Pistons, and the Hawks' games were very good until the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Spurs and the Suns played such a good series, which gave fans a lot of expectations.

However... based on the fans' impression of the Hawks, the fans are not sure what the finals will be like. Last season's game against the Lakers was a defensive battle...

The Spurs and the Hawks performed so perfectly in the playoffs in their respective divisions. The fans are not worried about the intensity of the game, but they are worried about the two teams playing a defensive battle... That scene would be terrible.

Although the Hawks played so fast in the regular season, they played slowly in the Eastern Conference Finals. What will happen when they meet the Spurs? Fans are looking forward to it and a little sad...

The schedule of the finals was announced at 12 o'clock on the night when the Spurs and the Suns finished their games.

Two days of rest time, the first game of the finals will be played in Atlanta on May 28, and the second game will be played on May 31. After the Hawks finish their two home games, they will go to San Antonio for the third game on June 3, the fourth game on June 6, and the fifth game on June 9. If there are sixth and seventh games, they will return to Atlanta again and be played on the 12th and 15th.

The schedule of the finals is up to 17 days, which is the longest finals in recent years.

But the Hawks were very dissatisfied after knowing such a schedule.

There are two days of rest time between each game in the finals, which is quite disadvantageous for the Hawks!

Doesn't this give the Spurs' group of players who cling to their thighs time to rest? The Spurs have a rotation of 11 players, Bowen, Glenn Robinson, Brent Barry, and Tony Massenborg are all veterans and need rest.

The Spurs played so well this season, and it has a lot to do with the players they signed last summer with the space freed up by Ginobili's cheap contract extension and Parker's rookie contract.

Moreover, the Spurs' ability to use their rest days to adjust tactics is one of the best in the league.

With this schedule, the Hawks' advantage of having four more days of rest than the Spurs has been reduced by more than half.

However, once the schedule is determined, the live broadcast arrangements of the finals by several major TV stations in the United States, China, other parts of Asia, Europe, South America and more than 100 countries and regions have begun to prepare immediately. Things have become a foregone conclusion, and the Hawks can only make the best preparations during the last two days of rest.

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The Hawks are preparing intensively. After the Spurs players played the Suns away and advanced to the finals, they flew to Atlanta the next day, at noon on the 26th, and rented the Georgia Institute of Technology's arena to start preparing for the finals.

But would the people of Atlanta be so kind-hearted as to lend the arena without saying anything?

They are so kind-hearted.

In the afternoon, the Spurs coaching staff and staff took the players to the Georgia Institute of Technology's stadium to adapt. They had never trained in this legendary university stadium that was no worse than the Phillips Arena.

Then, they felt the various ups and downs that Liu Mang had hated.

Accompanied by the wind from the foothills of Appalachia, basking in the scorching sun at the end of May, ups and downs and ups... After going back and forth, the Spurs players arrived at the much-criticized Yellow Jackets Arena.

Georgia Tech is a strong team in basketball, football, and baseball, and their names are all Jackets. The uniform fans are yellow jackets, but baseball and football are okay. The stadiums are outside the school, and the required venue is too large, while the basketball team's Yellow Jackets Arena is on campus, and it is at the innermost part of the school, leaning against a hillside.

That is, you can only walk from the school parking lot, or ride a bicycle, which has always been complained by Georgia Tech students.

The Spurs players began to complain, walking for half an hour!

In addition, Atlanta is a place with a slow pace of life and people love art and sports. When the Spurs players arrived at the stadium, a student concert was being held inside the department, and most of the 8,000 seats were occupied...

"Sorry, Mr. Popovich, the students are very happy to know that your team came to our school for training, and they specially held a singing performance for you. They are so enthusiastic and love basketball so much..." The manager of the Jackets, who is also a junior student and the president of the school's basketball club, came up to explain to Popovich.

Although this situation is a bit weird, Popovich has been through a lot. It's not the first time that fans from other playoff opponents' cities deliberately make trouble to affect their mood. It's just that he rented the stadium so easily and then encountered such a weird thing.

Keeping his mind steady, Popovich nodded and said, "I understand, I feel your enthusiasm."

Popovich knew that it was not such a good thing! When he contacted the president of Georgia Institute of Technology before, the other party agreed immediately without saying a word, and he expected that it would be no good at the time!

Not only is the big-headed coach of the opponent in this finals shameless, not only is the Eagles shameless, but even this city is shameless!

These are students who have gathered the best of the world! They actually played such a dirty trick!

What happened to the top civilized cities in the United States?

You bought the ranking with money, right?

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The fans in Atlanta were tormented by the fans in Los Angeles when the finals came last year. They found that they were too polite. They hadn’t played in the finals for a long time and had no experience at all. Not only the players, but also the fans had no experience. After the Hawks moved to Atlanta, it was the first time to play in the finals last season, so they failed to organize effective interference against the Lakers, or the strength was not enough. The rich and powerful directly booked the hotel and brought their own security. Last year, the Hawks fans had no way to deal with it.

This year, the Hawks fans are fully prepared.

Of course, this kind of thing will only make the Spurs unhappy for a while, but if it can make them unhappy, why not do it?

Of course, when the Atlanta fans’ behavior spread to San Antonio, the other side would not be soft-hearted... but the other side didn’t intend to be soft-hearted, so... hurt each other!

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On May 27, the last day of preparation, both teams were actively preparing for the last day, and major TV stations and major sports media began various news reports.

There were news such as spitting, predictions, and analysis.

This is even more true in China. At this stage, the majority of domestic fans support Liu Mang, and those black fans can no longer make waves. Liu Mang performed too well in the playoffs this year.

Xinhua News Agency gave a rational analysis. Generally speaking, domestic media will not take the initiative to criticize, even if it is the opponent, the analysis is very positive... This is the rule of the Bareback Bureau, which may have a tendency to overcorrect, but it is very helpful for neutral fans, allowing them to freely choose their favorite team.

Of course, it is the TV station's own business to broadcast more games of which team.

According to the data analysis listed by Xinhua News Agency, fans have a clearer understanding of the current status of the players of the two teams.

On the Hawks side, Liu Mang is undoubtedly the best performer. So far in the playoffs, he averaged 27.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game, and has scored 60 points. As a result, he was double-teamed more, shot less, and had more assists. He played a similar performance to last season's playoffs, scoring relatively less and having more teammates who can score.

McGrady averaged 22 points, 4.6 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, which was very stable. His scoring performance was improved. In terms of passing, because Liu Mang was double-teamed and needed to hold the ball to assist, McGrady's assists became less and his playing style became more balanced.

Jason Terry averaged 16 points per game, which was super god or super ghost. He could score more than 30 points per game or 6 points per game.

Kwame Brown averaged 10.6 points and 11.9 rebounds per game, which was the key pillar of the Hawks.

The Hawks averaged very high points in the first two rounds, averaging 116 points per game in the first two rounds, but the average points per game in the Eastern Conference Finals were lowered a lot, so Rasheed Wallace, who originally averaged 11 points per game, was pulled down.

In general, except for Liu Mang and McGrady, the Hawks scored more evenly. There were many outside shooters and physical players. In addition to being young, all aspects were very balanced.

On the Spurs side, Duncan averaged 21 points and 15.1 rebounds in the Western Conference Finals, and was in a stable state. Bonzi Wells performed mediocrely in the first two rounds, but when it came to the Suns, he was amazingly strong, averaging 23.1 points and 7.9 rebounds.

Ginobili averaged 26 points in the Western Conference Finals, and these three players played like the Big Three.

Parker was a little worse, averaging 11 points in the Western Conference Finals. He couldn't defend against Nash, and he didn't play very well on the offensive end, mainly because he was too young.

From the perspective of the lineup structure, both teams have three main scorers and good substitutes. Relatively speaking, the Spurs players are more experienced, and the Hawks are more impactful.

Based on the performance of the relative divisional finals, the prediction given by Xinhua News Agency is that the Hawks have a 60% chance of winning the championship.

It's better to look at your own people.

In the United States, the general public opinion is more optimistic about the Spurs!

The main reason is that the Hawks lost their absolute dominance in rebounding. The Hawks were so invincible last season, breaking the historical playoff winning rate with 16 wins and 1 loss in the playoffs. The main reason was that they had an absolute rebounding advantage. As for the Eastern and Western Conference Finals, the Spurs' rebounding was obviously stronger. With Duncan, the Spurs' inside line was of course stronger.

Another point is that the Hawks are the defending champions, and the defending champions are always regarded by people as being likely to slack off or become proud and careless because of winning the championship.

Of course, there are also media in the United States that support the Hawks, and there are many. The Atlanta Daily and the Atlanta Constitution undoubtedly support the Hawks, and ESPN also supports the Hawks. The strange thing is that the Miami Daily in Miami, where the Heat is located, supports the Hawks...

If Duncan wins the championship again, it will be the third championship, catching up with O'Neal. The media on the Heat side decisively support the Hawks to kill the Spurs.

As for the fans...

This is a rare finals where the fans are one-sided.

The Spurs are too unpopular!

Even the Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated, and T.N.T., three media outlets that are at odds with Liu Mang, did not say anything good about the Spurs or bad about the Hawks. Instead, they attacked the Spurs for playing dirty in a neutral situation.

As for the media, they naturally write what the fans like to see. If it was another team playing the finals against the Hawks, the fans would also like to see them attack the Hawks.

But the opponent is the Spurs... even the Pistons seem so righteous.

Popovich acquiesced to Bowen's various dirty tricks, offending the entire league. If a newspaper wrote something good about the Spurs these days... the newspaper would not sell.

The media can analyze the Spurs' advantages from the aspects of the Spurs' strong strength, the Hawks' rebounding advantage, the Hawks' defending title and the possibility of slacking off, etc., but they cannot say good things about the Spurs.

Fans are looking forward to the Hawks defeating the Spurs. This is a rare time for American fans to agree. In various online polls, the Hawks' support rate is almost over 90%...

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Liu Mang kissed Levia and Alexia on the forehead: "Let's watch the game at home today. The stadium is going crazy."

The day's rest time passed quickly, and it was the day of the first game of the finals. In the morning, there was a tactical drill class and a team meeting. We did our best to make the most thorough preparations. There was no training in the afternoon. We were arranged to rest or watch game videos, waiting for the game in the evening.

After Liu Mang's lunch break in the afternoon, when he went out of the stadium to pick up Dina from school, there were fans everywhere outside the stadium, and the surrounding shops were also very popular. Entering the finals brought too much economic benefits to Atlanta.

Mainly, many fans from China and other parts of Asia came, bringing huge tourism income.

There were many people in the square of the nearby Phillips Shopping Center. The Hawks Arena was named after the Phillips Shopping Center, so they negotiated with the Hawks and planned to use the super-large LED screen at the entrance of the mall to broadcast the live broadcast of the game during the game. The game was broadcast live for those fans who came to the arena but did not buy tickets. The Hawks got an extra income.

And those fans watching the game outside the Phillips Shopping Center, even if only 10% of the fans went in to buy something, the Phillips Shopping Center would make money.

The hotel and catering industries in Atlanta and the cities close to Atlanta in the Atlanta metropolitan area were very happy and busy.

In this situation, Liu Mang did not dare to let the three girls go to the scene to watch the game. It was too chaotic. Whether the police force in Atlanta was sufficient, the Georgia government mobilized the police force of major cities in the state to support.

Fortunately, there was a time last year, and this time with experience, everything was in order.

"Uncle, Dinah also wants..." The little Lolita jumped in front of Liu Mang.

"How old are you! You are all big kids! No!" Liu Mang knocked on the little Lolita's head, opened the car door and got in the car.

The little Lolita reluctantly followed Levia and Alexia and took a step back. Liu Mang drove to the stadium.

The most important battle of this season is about to begin!

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