Standing pretty old

Chapter 339 For the sake of profit, fight

On May 5, US time, the Hawks once again defeated the Celtics in an away game. They will fly back to Atlanta overnight, waiting for the G22 battle with the Celtics two days later.

Prior to this, on May 5, US time, the G23 battle between the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs will also start in Los Angeles.

The G1 battle of the Western Conference Finals ended with the Lakers narrowly winning by 4 points. Compared with the disparity between the Hawks and Celtics, the game between the Lakers and the Spurs is relatively normal so far.

In the G2 game, Kobe still maintained his good condition. He scored 8 points in the first quarter and led the Lakers to a 16:21 lead to end the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the two teams were in a stalemate. Tony Parker scored 9 points in a single quarter and was the most eye-catching player on the field. However, the Lakers also had role players like Sasa Vujacic who stood up. , scored 7 points in a single quarter, becoming the team's X factor. At 21:25, the Lakers still gained a 4-point lead in the second quarter.

At 37:46, halftime ended, the Lakers led by 9 points and entered the second half.

The third quarter can be described as the focus of the whole game, which is also the best chance for the Spurs to reverse the game. After the stalemate at the beginning of the second half, Manu Ginobili stood up and scored consecutive points for the Spurs to catch up. Fraction.

At this moment, Lamar Odom suddenly focused!
Once this guy enters the state, he can definitely live up to his nickname of "left-handed magician".Odom scored 11 points and 5 rebounds in a single quarter to help the Lakers seal the victory.

At 20:28, the Lakers once again took an 8-point lead in a single quarter.At the end of the three quarters, the score of the two teams came to 57:74, and the Lakers have already won.

Faced with a huge disadvantage of 17 points, Popovich took the lead in choosing to give up strategically, and replaced all the main players including GDP at the beginning of the final quarter of the G2 game, allowing the game to completely enter garbage time.

At 14:27, even if it was garbage time, the Spurs' substitutes did not take advantage of the slightest advantage. They lost 13 points in a single quarter and continued to open the score between the two teams.

71:101，湖人在G2大比分战胜对手，他们将带着2:0的总比分前往圣安东尼奥，进行西部决赛的G3战。

If the Hawks kill the Celtics, and there are still people who are optimistic about the Celtics' comeback, then no one thinks that this season's Western Conference championship trophy will land in San Antonio after the game between the Lakers and the Spurs.

The Hawks are a young team. No one can guess how their next game will be. However, the Spurs and Lakers are two relatively mature teams. They know each other very well.

If there is no accident, the competitive state of the two teams will not fluctuate too much. That is to say, the time left for the Spurs is running out. The post-match tour will end here.

At this moment, in a Hilton Hotel in Atlanta, NBA official Tan Huimin (Mark Tatum) received the league chairman David Stern who flew from Los Angeles to Atlanta.

The two of them had dinner together after watching the G2 game between the Lakers and the Spurs. Since there was a three-hour time difference between Los Angeles and Atlanta, the two had plenty of time to discuss in the evening after the game.

Stern ate some vegetables and fruits at random, and he said with a smile: "It seems that the Lakers don't have any major problems."

Tan Huimin hurriedly said from the side: "Yes, there is basically no suspense about the Western Conference championship. However, the Eastern Conference has deviated too much from our previous predictions. The Celtics still scored a big score even though the call was favorable. Lost to the Hawks."

Stern sneered: "God only helps those who know how to help themselves."

Tan Huimin answered a sentence in Chinese secretly in his heart: "The Celtics are just mud that can't support the wall!"

Thinking this way in my heart, I still said to the president on the face: "Then in the G3 game, should the referee's scale continue to favor the Celtics?"

Stern did not directly answer this question, but held his chin and said to Tan Huimin, "Do you know why I came to Atlanta?"

Tan Huimin replied: "I guess besides observing the candidate teams for the finals, do you also want to communicate with a certain star, just like the meeting you had with Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles?"

Stern nodded and said, "That's right! But you haven't told me yet, who do I want to communicate with in Atlanta?"

Tan Huimin shook his head and said, "I can't guess that!"

David Stern smiled and said: "It's not that you can't guess, but you don't want to guess. Mark, you Asians sometimes have this problem. If it was Adam, he would tell me the answer straightforwardly instead of guessing." Worry about other things."

After a pause, Stern said again: "Contact the Atlanta Hawks. After G3, arrange for Kraft Nguyen to come to see me. He should have had this right a long time ago!"

Tan Huimin immediately asked: "Then is there any change to the plan for the G3 battle?"

Stern waved his hand and said: "No change, the league needs the series to become more competitive. Of course, the premise is that the Celtics do not voluntarily give up the game."

Tan Huimin said with a smile: "Of course they won't give up. This is the Eastern Conference Finals. Death reprieve is better than going to the electric chair!"

……

On May 5, US time, the Atlanta Hawks ushered in the Celtics' challenge at Philips Arena.

The game was full of gunpowder from the very beginning. The Celtics, who lost two games in a row, really couldn't afford to lose. They couldn't accept the situation of being swept out by the Hawks.

From the beginning of the first quarter, the game was constantly interrupted by the whistle of the referee, and the number of fouls by the two teams rose sharply. Ruan Erniu only played 5 minutes in the first quarter, but because of two fouls, he had to leave the game early to rest .

And then, the hottest aspect of the entire series was born.

Zaza Pachulia and Garnett were scrambling for a rebound under their own basket. When the referee called Pachulia for a scrimmage foul and signaled to the scorer's table, Garnett elbowed Pachulia. Throat waved.

"I really felt slighted and violated," Pachulia said later.

Pachulia fired back at Garnett, who was confronted head-on by the master villain, but not without reciprocity, because, at the same time, his head was thrown back without flinching.

"Everything happened naturally, and for a moment we forgot we were playing basketball. We thought we were on the street, and thank God, no one was expelled or suspended," Pachulia said.

Next, the situation between the two sides became more tense.The Georgian was still babbling with Garnett until he returned to his bench, waving his hands to encourage the crowd, and the crowd in Atlanta erupted.

"The audience was ignited, but I still think these emotions can be more intense!" Ruan Erniu said after the game.

Well, even Er Niu is a little afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

But unfortunately, in this game, the Eagles lost in the end!Their Eagles raid formation had almost no chance to show it. Ruan Erniu encountered a foul trap in this game. In the last 8 minutes of the fourth quarter, he left the field with 6 fouls.

In this game, Ruan Erniu's data was only 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 2 assists, far below his average.

最后的比赛结果为88:86，凯尔特人以2分的微弱优势赢下了比赛，两队的犯规次数22：35，而多次被侵犯的二牛一场比赛的罚球数最终为3次。

Even the neutral fans were blown up, and the league fought hard to sell one more ticket!

(End of this chapter)