The Spurs continued the starting lineup from the second round of G7, Parker, Finley, Bowen, Duncan, and Nesterovich.

Popovich played defense in the beginning, and just as people initially expected, the Spurs would not change their style of play just because they were forced to play offense in the second round and the offense was playing well.

In order to defend well, Popovich did everything possible, making 3 of 11 shots in the half, and the score was 7-8.

Moreover, the Spurs' defense is getting harder and harder every month, because the Trail Blazers' performance at the beginning was really poor!

In the entire first quarter, the Trail Blazers only scored 5 goals in 18 successful shots. Randolph made 1 of 3 shots, Ray Allen made 1 of 4 shots, and only Liu Xiu's 3 of 7 shots were considered normal.

The reason is quite simple. Liu Xiu discovered it not long after the fight - he rested for too long and was unable to enter the state.

He, the warden, uses his 'stamina' to the extreme every day and is in an online state, which greatly affects his teammates.

As for the Spurs, they only finished the second round on the 21st, so they had just two days of rest. Just in time, their physical strength was almost restored and their condition was still online.

Ginobili also came on the scene in the second half of the first quarter and made 2 of 4 shots, leading the team to a 9-5 score.

Ginobili, who came off the bench, performed extremely well. He didn't have to face off against the starting lineup directly, and he didn't have to play defense to consume his energy. He could also watch the status of his teammates and opponents on the bench tonight, and watch the actual progress of the game before considering his own move.

How to fight.

His teammates collectively cheated on him, and his opponents were all Gundams. Liu Xiu was in pain at first, but he calmed down after taking a break between sessions.

He rested for a full 10 days from the 14th to the 23rd. When he was warming up, he thought about the worst case scenario, which is the current situation.

He also has a solution - just do it!

The Trail Blazers coaching staff was also helpless. They did everything they could and focused on practicing offense in preparation for the game. The most fundamental reason was that they were worried that they would lose their offensive form after a long rest.

However, Maurice Cheeks did not mess up. He was on the same channel as Liu Xiu and went on defense, allowing Liu Xiu to activate the power of the West Coast!

After the second quarter of the game started, Liu Xiu came up and issued the command to use "Kobe Time"... but failed to activate it successfully.

But the derivative effect of 'paranoia' worked very well. He did not deliberately suppress the highly conceited mentality, jealousy and desire to take action. Instead, he actively immersed himself in it. In the second quarter, he threw 12 times and made 5 of 12 shots, including three.

0 of 2 point shots, plus 3 of 3 free throws, scored 13 points in a single quarter, leading the team to a score of 23 to 20 in a single quarter.

At halftime, the Trail Blazers tied the Spurs 36-36!

However, in the third quarter, Ginobili made 5 of 10 shots, including 3 of 4 three-pointers. He returned Liu Xiu's 13 points in a single quarter and led the team to 25 points in a single quarter.

The Spurs also gave the Trail Blazers 20 points in a single quarter on the defensive end.

After three quarters, the Spurs led the Trail Blazers by 5 points 61 to 56.

At the end of the quarter, Liu Xiu, who had not been able to truly start the 'Kobe Time' for two consecutive quarters, did not start taking action as soon as he came up. Instead, he looked for opportunities and waited for the opponent's fierce defense to pass. Then he found the right moment and sent out 'Kobe Time'.

'Use the command and finally successfully started Kobe's time in the middle of the fourth quarter.

However, at that time, the Trail Blazers were already 11 points behind the Spurs 66-77. Although the Trail Blazers hit a 19-10 climax in the remaining time, they were still short of the final goal.

By 29-26 in the final quarter, the Trail Blazers lost to the Spurs 85-87 and lost their home court advantage.

Liu Xiu scored 13 points in the second quarter and 14 points in the final quarter. In addition to 6 points in the first quarter and 8 points in the third quarter, Liu Xiu scored 41 points on 14 of 33 shots, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

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However, Duncan made 3 of 5 shots in the final quarter and scored 10 points in a single quarter with 4 of 4 free throws. He withstood Liu Xiu's impact in the final quarter. Duncan gave the best interpretation of the word "stable".

However, the best performer for the Spurs tonight was Ginobili, who made 10 of 22 shots, including 6 of 10 three-pointers, and 5 of 7 free throws. He scored 31 points and 4 assists in a single game.

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"I'm in charge of Lao Zhuang:

Goal: The host needs to lead the team to win the first game of the Western Conference Finals. (Failed)

The host has not received the reward, and the next phase of the future series of missions: Counterattack Wuzhishan will be triggered."

"Counterattack Wuzhishan:

Goal: Win the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs.

Basic reward: precise strike (talent tendency).

After 6 promotions, an additional talent fragment will be awarded. After 5 promotions, an additional high-level random attribute point will be awarded. The rewards are cumulative."

During the competition, Liu Xiu forgot about this task. When the competition was over and the system prompt came, he remembered this and his heart collapsed.

The home court advantage in the Western Conference Finals was gone at the start, and Shi Fo's talent was gone!

But a second reminder came later. He looked at it and said, "Hey guys, this reward is too generous!"

This made him curious whether the reward would be better if he won the first battle, and he got a negative answer.

If you win the first battle, you will only be rewarded with 5000 healing points from the first battle mission itself.

After thinking about it for a moment, he understood.

If you win the first game, the difficulty of completing this task will be lower. You can advance by winning 3 of the remaining 6 games.

But we have already lost the first game, and we have to win 4 of the remaining 6 games.

As an opponent of the Spurs, there is no need to increase the difficulty of the task. It is already extremely difficult!

Now Liu Xiu is even more surprised by the Suns' performance in the second round, actually being able to push the Spurs to that level.

After entering the simulation training mode at night, he analyzed the Suns' performance in the second round with a clear mind and came up with a very simple answer - the Suns could almost upset the Spurs by relying on

The most important thing is to be fearless and rush forward!

The little bully was reimbursed, Laja Bell was reimbursed for his evil deeds, the Suns were missing the team's leading scorer, the team's most accurate three-point shooter, and those who were barefoot were not afraid of wearing shoes.

This is something the Trail Blazers don't have...

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Although the game between the Trail Blazers and the Spurs was ugly, full of physical fights and fouls, the game was intense and the score difference was very close. It was so good and exciting to watch.

This made people's expectations for the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals even higher.

On the 25th, two days later, the game day of the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals arrived.

Originally there was only one day's rest between the first two games, but when it came to the conference finals, in order to achieve higher ratings, the league gave the Pistons and Heat an extra day off, staggering G2 of the Eastern Conference Finals and G1 of the Western Conference Finals.

Liu Xiu didn't want to receive outside information, but it was impossible not to watch the live broadcasts of the Pistons and Heat.

He was in front of the TV ten minutes before the live broadcast started.

It's the conference finals, and the Eastern Conference finals are about to begin. The commentators must talk about the Western Conference finals. Naturally, they have to mention that the Spurs have taken away the home court advantage and taken the initiative. In order to heat up the topic, they should step on the Trail Blazers.

Required.
Chapter completed!