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On June 6, the Eagles and the Suns played their third game at the American West Arena.

This is the first finals game in the American West Arena in more than ten years. The fans know very well that this is a life-and-death battle for the Suns. If they win this game, there may be a possibility of a comeback. Three home courts, making good use of the home court advantage, can turn the big score over; and if the score is extended to 3:0, then you can directly surrender!

In the G3 game, neither side made any adjustments to the lineup. At this point, no one has any cards. What is being compared is the performance of the players and the on-the-spot scheduling of the head coach, and this is precisely Ke Yan's advantage.

In the past two games, especially G2, the Eagles won because Ke Yan was much better than D'Antoni in scheduling, especially the substitute players have always been able to stand up.In comparison, the Suns are far behind.

Both sides were regular starters, and as Stoudemire won the jump ball to help the Suns grab the ball, the game officially began.

Nash pushed forward with the ball, Richardson received the ball on the right side, and passed the ball to Marion, who was at the bull's horns. Demire, the latter hadn't finished his offensive jump, Garnett slapped him to the floor.

The arrogance of the Suns today is very fanatical. Garnett did not hesitate to get a foul at the beginning of the game, but he also wanted to push it back.

The referee whistled and Garnett fouled.

Stoudemire, who failed to win a free throw, was very upset and pushed Garnett with his hand when he returned to the court.

Garnett immediately blew his hair, rushed to Stoudemire, pressed his forehead, and spat trash.

The three referees rushed over and whistled to warn the two.

"This is the NBA Finals! Don't try to challenge my whistleblowing standards!"

Subsequently, the Suns continued to attack, and Stoudemire took a step beyond the free throw line to make a mid-range shot and hit it accurately.

The American West Arena was full of enthusiasm and cheered for the team. The atmosphere on the scene made Paul a little depressed. After halftime, he directly handed the ball to Joe Johnson.

Joe Johnson made a successful breakthrough from the side, faked off Marion who was defending, and scored a layup.

Nash walked to the right, and after attracting double-teams, he distributed the ball to Bell, who was running up the line. The latter caught the ball with a 70-degree open jumper and shot a three-pointer, and went into the net hollowly. 5:2.

Looking back, the Eagles still relied on Joe Johnson to attack Bell. In the singles, Joe singled Bell with his back and missed a jumper, but succeeded in fouling Bell and made two free throws.

Just like the opening of the previous two games, both sides fought back and forth, and neither of them established an advantage.

The turning point occurred in the 5th minute of the game. Garnett was blown for his second personal foul of the game in a defense, which made the Eagles mess up.

For the sake of stabilizing the situation, Keyan did not replace Garnett immediately, and planned to wait until the official timeout before taking Garnett.

However, during this period, Garnett was whistled for a third foul for a small action, and the balance on the field was immediately broken!

To be reasonable, in this game, the referee's whistle-blowing scale is slightly biased towards the Suns. Garnett's last two fouls are usually "can be blown or not". Considering that Garnett is a big name, how many referees At least I will give some face, and at most I will brag about it. I didn't expect this time to be "stern and selfless".

If the series is scored 3:0, there will be little suspense in the following games, and the attention will be greatly reduced.Therefore, the referee is slightly biased towards the Suns in terms of whistle-blowing scale, which Ke Yan can understand.The Suns itself is a team of the same level as the Eagles. In the case of a back-to-back fight, they are full of fighting spirit, and they are blessed by the referee's tendency to whistle. This time, the advantage is great.

Without Garnett, the Eagles couldn't hold Stoudemire inside, and they trailed the Suns by 25 points at 35:10 in the first quarter.

"While you are sick, I will kill you" In the second quarter, the Suns dispatched all their main players to strongly suppress the Eagles' bench lineup.D'Antoni was "all in one basket", the Eagles' rotation could not match the opponent's strength, and the point difference continued to widen.

Halfway through the second quarter, the Suns led the Eagles by 58 points at 35:23, and the situation was very good.Under the crisis, Ke Yan replaced Garnett, who had committed three fouls, and launched a counterattack.

If the point difference continues to widen, it will not make much sense to keep Garnett's "innocence". Or if Garnett continues to be plagued by fouls, the game will soon lose its suspense. At that time, Ke Yan will choose to give up G3 early, and the main players will leave the field early to prepare for G4.

TNT's guest commentators Kenny Smith and Barkley both agreed with Ke Yan's adjustment.Indeed, the current situation is extremely disadvantageous for the Eagles, and it is indeed a more ideal operation to start the decisive battle in advance.

In this season's playoffs, Ke Yan maximized Garnett's advantage as an insider in front of the fans.Top-level movement speed and coverage, super defensive ability, comprehensive offensive skills and precise mid-range killing ability; the relatively challenging two-round series in the Eagles' playoff journey, the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Pistons , Facing the Suns in the finals, Garnett is the team's "Mr. Key".In the case of being ordered in a critical situation, Garnett continued to show his regular season MVP strength, and his influence covered every inch of the court.

Under the leadership of Garnett, the Eagles quickly recovered some points.

After the first half, the two teams fought 69:52, with the Suns leading by 17 points.

When Garnett was on the court, the Eagles were not afraid of the Suns and even slightly suppressed the Suns. The key problem was that once Garnett was off the court, no one else in the Eagles could withstand Stoudemire's indiscriminate bombardment. fry!Once Standemeier was "released", Nash's scoring pressure was greatly reduced, and the Suns' offense immediately showed a "mass galloping" posture.

Regardless of whether there is a comeback or not, the Eagles must pay attention to the "protection" of Garnett in the next series. As long as the Wolf King stays on the court, the team can suppress the Suns, and vice versa.

During the halftime break, Ke Yan made adjustments to the lineup. He replaced Diaw with Stevens, sacrificed Garnett to stand alone on the outside, and added an outside 3D player to improve the mobility of the team. At the same time speed up the pace of the game.

Ke Yan's change of move disrupted D'Antoni's original deployment. Marion faced Battier and was limited to the bottom corner. Garnett could either eat Stoudemire alone or play a pick-and-roll with Paul to stabilize the Hawks. top score.

On the defensive end, Garnett was in charge of protecting the basket, and Battier "played" the role of Garnett in the pinch, cooperating with Paul and Stevens to put pressure on the Suns' outside ball holders, betting that Bell There is no way to punish the Eagles for failing to score with Marion.

The Eagles continued to chase points and once narrowed the point difference to 11 points.

Later, the Suns' home court advantage also appeared at this time. The referee suddenly tightened the scale, and the penalty for body contact became very strict. Battier was called for two fouls in a row. The action had to be a lot more cautious.

The league really didn't want a 3-0 finals. The whistleblowing scale in this game was obviously biased towards the Suns. The Eagles suffered several losses, and the situation gradually got out of Ke Yan's control.

In the last quarter of the game, Ke Yan calmed down the players' emotions and led the Eagles to counterattack in two consecutive waves, but the Suns pushed them past.

With 2 minutes and 23 seconds left in the game, Garnett got his sixth foul of the game and left the field with full fouls.Ke Yan stopped doing useless work and directly replaced the main force.

The final score was fixed at 121:107, and the Suns recovered one city to rewrite the big score to 1:2.

The best player in the game was Amare Stoudemire of the Suns. In the whole game, the Bully made 18 of 10 shots and 14 of 12 free throws. He scored 32 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, making his personal best in the finals. good performance.

小斯火力全开，纳什也得到了解放。本场比赛他效率极高，14投7中，三分5中2，罚球9中9，砍下25分4篮板9助攻2抢断。

In the post-match interview session, the reporters asked Ke Yan for his opinion on the referee's whistleblowing. From their perspective, they all felt that Garnett's three fouls in the first quarter were too much!

"There are always some games where the referee will become the focus of the field, such as this one. From the perspective of basketball rules itself, KG's action can call a foul, but when other players complete the same violation action, it seems that the referee is using Another standard is used to call the penalty. I don’t know if it’s my illusion.” The referee is very particular about the “art of language”, and the reporter has already drawn up the title in his heart. He finally added a sentence, “I’m not sure if it’s mine. Illusion", leaving some leeway.

"Kimi, do you mean the referee's call was biased?"

"There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. My eyes tell me the answer is yes, but I don't want to say it."

NTMD, this is called not wanting to speak out?

The interview on Ke Yan's side ended. D'Antoni, who was playing at home, was interviewed. When talking about the reasons for the victory, he emphasized the team's galloping offense.

"This is how we win. In the past two games, the Eagles contained our offense. But in this game, we got back the touch in time and won the game. I am proud of the team's performance. ’” D’Antoni said.

"The finals are just now starting, and we're going to win the finals, I promise."

After the game, there was a heated discussion on the Internet about the referee's whistle scale. It was everyone's consensus that the whistle in this game was biased toward the Suns.However, it is still worth discussing whether it has exceeded the scale of the "home whistle" and reached the level of "black whistle", and whether the two fouls after Garnett's two fouls in the first quarter have too heavy a sentence.

Just like what Ke Yan said, there are some unspoken rules in the NBA’s whistle-blowing, such as "the last 2 minutes of the game are left to the players themselves to decide", "the step of the star player breaking through with the ball is not counted as three steps", etc. wait.Similar to Garnett being whistled for two consecutive covert actions, it may be rare for an ordinary main player, let alone Garnett is the MVP of this season.If you really want to achieve "all violations must be investigated", it is best to "treat everyone equally".

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One day off, on June 6th, the finals G10 game will continue at the American West Arena.

Before the game, in the locker room, Ke Yan explained the importance of the game to the players: "The big score is 2:1, the advantage is still there, but we have no way out! If the score is tied to 2:2, the second The five games, the Battle of Tianwangshan, will start at the American West Stadium, and the situation is extremely unfavorable to us!"

"I believe that everyone chooses basketball as their lifelong career, not only because of the salary. There must also be a passion in their hearts, and they want to do something in this league and leave their own in the chapters of history. Name! When you get old and face your grandson, you can proudly say that your grandpa, I, once won a championship with the Eagles. Instead of waiting for your grandson to ask about you, just I can say with regret that in a certain season, my competitor who led the finals by 2:0 was only two games away from winning the championship!"

"Win this game, just like Eisenhower commanded the Normandy landing 63 years ago, to completely disintegrate the opponent's fighting spirit! We are not far from victory!"

The starting lineups of the two sides have not been adjusted. At this stage of the game, neither side has any hidden cards.

After the game started, the situation was completely different from the previous one.Considering the referee's whistleblowing scale, Garnett did not defend Stoudemire from the very beginning. There were a few rounds, and there was a chance to interfere with the opponent's offense. Garnett was not too "aggressive". Instead of supplementing the defense, slowly test the referee's whistle-blowing scale, so as to find the critical point between the foul and "no foul".

In this way, Stoudemire's personal offense has room to play. In the first quarter, Stoudemire made 10 of 6 shots, 4 free throws and 3 free throws. He scored 13 points and helped the Suns lead 33:25 The Eagles scored 8 points.

However, through the first quarter of the test, Garnett roughly touched the referee's whistle-blowing scale.From the second quarter of the game, he gradually increased the confrontation intensity and defensive area in an orderly manner, trying to suppress the offense of the Suns, and Milicic, who came on as a substitute for Diaw, also did a good job of "supporting" and helped Garnett defend The Eagles' basket.

The Eagles' defensive strategy in the first half was not careless, but when Stoudemire and Nash's offensive cooperation was blocked, Jason Richardson, the biggest X factor of the Suns, stood up.The two-time slam dunk king became the "three-point king" in this competition, and repeatedly fired shots from outside the three-point line to help the frustrated Suns recover blood.Richardson scored 11 points in a single quarter, including 5 of 3 three-pointers, abruptly blocking the Eagles' counterattack.

At halftime, the score came to 62:53!

On the way back to the locker room, Ke Yan clapped hands with everyone one by one, gave words of encouragement to everyone, and showed a thriving attitude, as if they were the ones leading by 9 points.

This is not because of Ke Yan's doubts, but because he is really satisfied with the team's performance in the first half.

"Don't look at us trailing by 9 points, but the progress of the game is not as shown in the score. KG used the concession in the first quarter to figure out the scale of the referee's whistle. In the second quarter, Stoudemire only scored 5 In the second quarter, he had nothing to do with KG! Richardson's third three-pointer was a positive three-pointer , It's completely shit luck."

"I know D'Antoni too well. In his bones, he really doesn't trust the bench players. He pursues a rotation of 6 to 8 people. Such a small number of people can't support the entire series. On the contrary, we play more people. In the second half, our physical strength The advantages are more obvious!"

At the beginning of the third quarter, Richardson continued his good touch in the second quarter. After receiving the ball from Nash, he hit a three-pointer against Battier's defense and opened the point difference to 12 points. The maximum point difference in a game. (65:53)

But then, as Ke Yan said, the Eagles took control of the game.The team restricted Stoudemire and cut off the connection between Nash and other teammates. In three and a half minutes, the Suns only scored 2+1 with Nash, and did not score at other times; On the contrary, the Eagles frequently switched offenses after finishing their defense, and evened out the difference with a wave of 15:3 attacks.

For a while, the crowded West West Center was beaten into silence, and the team's sudden power outage made it difficult for the fans to accept.

Returning from the timeout, the Eagles continued their good momentum, while the Suns players highlighted an "impatience".

Stoudemire and Garnett had a quarrel when they were fighting for a rebound, and they almost had a big fight. They were whistled for technical regulations by the referee respectively; Stoudemire, with a resentment, was not so much playing as venting.

In just 1 minute, Stoudemire applied for two fouls and was replaced for a total of four fouls.

In the last game, the Suns took advantage of Garnett's absence and attacked the Eagles' renal reflex zone, which made the Eagles foam at the mouth; the times change, and the Eagles are not welcome, Liu Wei Di Huang Wan was added , Three whistles and six whistles are up and down, the Suns can't stand it!

At 82:91, the Eagles beat the Suns by 18 points in a single quarter. After three quarters, the lead has been completed.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Suns immediately launched a general attack. Stoudemire returned to the court. The main players did not rest. They made up their minds and must recover the point difference.

And the Eagles didn't give up a single bit. The fourth game of the finals, every 1 minute may determine the final championship. Ke Yan also vowed to win the match point today, leaving all the main players on the field, and Opponents compete.

At this time, no one will save energy.In terms of being tired, everyone is tired, everyone is exhausted, but if you want to win the championship, you have to see who can carry it better. There is plenty of time to rest in summer, and now is the time to work hard.

This is more beneficial to the Eagles. Whether it is the physical reserves before the start of the series or the rotation of the Eagles after the start of the series, they are better than the Suns. The core player of the team, although Garnett entered the league a year earlier than Nash, he is a rookie in high school and his actual age is younger than Nash.

With a 9-point lead in hand, the Eagles are more keen to play a war of attrition with the Suns. On the offensive end, Garnett has reduced the high-post face-up singles and low-post post-up singles, mainly playing pick-and-rolls with Paul or Joe Johnson. Cast; Wolf King's energy is mainly on the defensive end "strangle" Stoudemire.

The Suns lacked the most stable inside scoring points, and their offensive damage was greatly reduced. Although they set off several counterattacks in a row, they failed to tie the score or even overtake it in one go. lead until the end of the game.

In the end, the Eagles defeated the Suns 113:103, leading 3:1 in the finals and grabbing the match point.

In the whole game, Garnett made 24 of 12 shots, 7 of 5 free throws, scored 29 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, and was elected the best player without any suspense.The media's praises are also focused on him, and almost everyone knows that as long as the Eagles can win the championship smoothly, Garnett must be the MVP.

With this year's finals as the masterpiece of his career, many black Garnetts who only know about "iron-blooded jumpers" on the offensive end can shut up.