Chapter 83 G3
"At the end of the game, the Mavericks won the game at home with a score of 88:99, making a good start.

今天两支球队的主力球员表现都非常不错，火箭队这边特雷西.麦克格雷迪全场27投14中，砍下36分5篮板6助攻，同时上场了43分钟。

If we ignore the last four minutes, he played almost the entire game today.

The team's center Yao Ming made 10 of 4 shots and scored 13 points and 8 rebounds.

而小牛队这边郑阳20投12中，砍下28分8篮板2助攻，另外还有1盖帽跟1抢断。

诺维茨基19投5中砍下18分7篮板，约什.霍华德跟杰森.特里得分都有17分。

This was a great team win for the Mavericks.”

In the CCTV studio, Teacher Yu Jia was chatting with everyone about the post-match summary.

Coach Zhang on the side immediately took over the conversation after Jia finished speaking.

"The Mavericks played really beautifully in today's game. Even people who don't watch basketball were attracted by them.

Especially Zheng Yang, he played the ball so beautifully. This is what art is.

In my opinion, the Mavericks will definitely win the championship this year."

"Teacher Zhang, this is only the first game of the first round of the playoffs. It's too early to talk about the championship."

"It's getting late. I can see that this year's Mavericks team really has the potential to win the championship!"

……

The day after G1, G2 will continue, still at the Mavericks' home court.

This game can be described as an offensive contest. Throughout the game, five players on the Rockets scored in double digits, while six players on the Mavericks scored in double digits.

Although the Rockets had a good shooting percentage today, they were completely defeated by the Mavericks on the rebounds.

Throughout the game, the Mavericks grabbed 12 more rebounds than them, including 8 offensive rebounds.

This means the Mavericks have 8 more second-chance opportunities!

The Mavericks also performed well and scored a lot of points through second offense. At the end of the game, the Mavericks won again 112:123.

Next, the game will move to the Toyota Center, the home court of the Rockets.

Houston fans can't wait to cheer for their home team. They hope that the Rockets can tie the score at home and eventually win the series.

While boarding the plane to Houston, Zheng Yang was also paying attention to the situation of other Western teams.

As mentioned before, the game between the Mavericks and the Rockets is the most interesting one in this series, because the other teams either have a huge gap in strength or their stars are not that famous.

The disparity in strength of course refers to the Suns and Grizzlies, and the Spurs and Nuggets.

There is not much suspense in these two rounds of series, and they will most likely be ended in 5 games.

In reality, the Suns have already won two games, and the pick-and-roll between Stoudemire and Nash made the Grizzlies suffer.

Especially in G2, Nash made 15 assists, while Stoudemire scored 34 points and 10 rebounds, helping the team win the game.

The Spurs are currently tied at 1-1. They lost to the Nuggets in the first game. The biggest contributor to the Nuggets' victory was not Anthony, but Andre Miller who scored 31 points.

His outburst helped the team get off to a good start.

However, in the second game, after the Spurs adjusted their condition, the game lost suspense early. In the end, the Spurs defeated their opponents by 28 points and tied the score to 1-1.

The Nuggets team performed poorly in this game. The top five players on the team scored 12 points, 11 points, 10 points, 9 points and 8 points respectively!
It just forms an arithmetic progression!

Let’s take a look at the series between the Supersonics and the Kings. In the final moments of the regular season, under the deliberate control of the Kings, they successfully reached the sixth place and faced the coveted Supersonics team.

They thought that this young team that had suddenly risen this season would lose its standard in the playoffs and be defeated by them.

But the truth is not that simple!
G1: 82:87, the Supersonics narrowly defeated the Kings. Ray Allen scored a game-high 28 points, proving with his own strength: If you treat this team as a soft persimmon, you will definitely pay the price for it!
G2: 93:105, the Supersonics won again at home. In this game, Ray Allen made 15 of 8 shots and scored 26 points again efficiently, helping the team win.

This season's Kings no longer have the competitiveness they had last season. Fans of the Sacramento Kings vaguely feel that their era has slipped away from them before it has fully arrived.

How long will they stay in the dark?
no one knows!

Maybe one or two years, maybe many years!
……

On the evening of April 4, the Toyota Center was filled with fans, all wearing the same jerseys that had been placed on the chairs in the arena before the game.

They called on fans to wear uniform jerseys to cheer for their home team.

If they fail to win at home, then this series will really be over.

The fans were very cooperative. They all wore the jerseys they were given. They cheered for the Rockets players when they entered the court, and booed the Mavericks players when they entered the court to put pressure on them.

At this moment, in China, countless fans who were watching the CCTV broadcast of this game in front of their TVs were very conflicted. They liked both Yao Ming and Zheng Yang, and if possible, they would rather the two teams meet in the Western Conference Finals rather than in the first round of the Western Conference.

But there is no way, this is how the game works, only one side can win, and one side will always lose.

They can only hope that the two teams can play a few more games so that the final result can come later.

But no matter who wins the game in the end, this series will leave a deep impression in their memories.

Of course, these are just the fans' own thoughts. As the two teams playing the game, they both hope to end this series as soon as possible and win the game.

The game officially starts at 7pm.

At the beginning of today's game, the Rockets played with a sense of oppression. First, McGrady made a pull-up shot in front of the ugly guy, and then Yao Ming directly blocked Zheng Yang.

From the meticulous expressions of the whole team, it can be seen that they are determined to win this game at home today.

But in terms of determination, the Mavericks are no weaker than them. They also want to win the game and help the team secure a spot in the Western Conference semifinals as soon as possible.

The enemy they will face at that time will be the Sun, and they hope to have more time to recover their strength.

That's a strong enemy, not easy to deal with at all.

Zheng Yang did not have a good touch in the first half, making only 7 of 1 shots. Instead, Nowitzki started scoring and wreaked havoc in the Rockets' interior.

Yao Ming has indeed grown a lot this season, but when Nowitzki wants to score, there are really few inside players in the world who can stop him.

Just thanks to the Rockets' unity, they actually led the Mavericks by 7 points at the end of the first half.

During the half-time break, old Nelson looked very unhappy. After glancing at everyone, he suddenly spoke coldly.

"Our offensive touch in this game was average, and there's really nothing we can do about it. After all, only God knows whether your next shot will go in. We can only keep shooting and find the feeling as soon as possible.

But our rebounding, turnovers, and defensive attitude in this game were far worse than the previous two games.

We currently have 8 fewer rebounds than the opponent, 5 of which are offensive rebounds, and 5 more turnovers.

We let them get past us easily and get into our paint at will.

These are not decisions that only God can make, they are in your hands.”

At this point, old Nelson suddenly punched the wardrobe beside him, making a loud "bang" sound.

Everyone was shocked.

“You’ve only won two games, do you think you can beat your opponent?

Do you think you are playing a best-of-three game?

Were you kidding about competing for the championship?

Whoever dares to walk around on the court again, sit on the bench. I don’t care who is missing from the team.”

……

Nelson's halftime locker room speech was very effective. Although the Mavericks' touch in the third quarter was not much better than in the first half, they tied the score at the end of the third quarter with their active rebounding and defensive attitude.

When the Mavericks players are willing to seriously check their positions and try hard to grab any rebound, the Rockets really can't beat them.

In other words, there are few teams in the entire league that can beat them.

After all, judging from the starting players alone, except for the shorter Jason Terry who is at a disadvantage in rebounding, the other four are all rebounding maniacs.

It was the fourth quarter now, and both teams were exhausted, but the Rockets had finally played such a good game, so how could they waste this opportunity?

They must try their best to play for another twelve minutes and hold the victory firmly in their hands.

The Mavericks will not let victory slip away easily either. This is a game, a battle, not a joke.

If they give the game away easily, then why are they standing here today?

"Coach, I'll just play the entire fourth quarter. I don't need to stay on the bench any longer."

Zheng Yang said seriously to old Nelson that the reason he didn't play that much time in the first two games was because they had been controlling the tempo of the game.

But the Rockets played very well today. If Zheng Yang had still rested for three or four minutes, it is very likely that the score would not be equalized later.

"Go fight, Zheng, this is your time."

Old Nelson would not refuse this offer, he knew Zheng's physical strength was enough for him to play the whole game.

Moreover, the opponent's desire to win the game makes him feel very satisfied. If you don't feel the desire to win the game, then you can forget about winning.

As players from both sides come on the court, the last quarter of the game officially begins!
　There is a chapter in the early morning, but it will probably be posted later because I am just writing it now.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)