On the evening of June 2, the Eastern Conference Finals, with the score tied at 3-1, ushered in Game 5.

The Pistons, with match point in hand, faced the Heat at home.

As people expected, the Eastern Conference Finals did not end so quickly. 112 to 107, the Heat narrowly defeated the Pistons by 5 points.

Yao Ming had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Carter had 29 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Billups had 13 points and 8 assists, and Amir Johnson scored 15 points... The overall offense was very good, but the opponent went berserk.

Anthony Walker scored 18 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists, plus Wade's 37 points, O'Neal's 26 points, White Chocolate's 13 points... the whole team worked together to bring the Eastern Conference Finals back to Miami.

Liu Xiu watched the entire live broadcast, and he clearly felt that the performance of Yao Ming and O'Neal declined as their physical strength declined.

Carter and Wade have taken over the fight, and Liu Xiu can clearly see that Wade's performance is better than Carter's.

Just talking about Wade's risk-taking energy, Carter doesn't have it.

But it should be said that Liu Xiu felt that the referee really gave the whistle. This was the home court of the Pistons, and Wade's 15-for-19 free throws were a bit embarrassing.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiu's eyes suddenly widened - no way, no way, this is 1 to 3!

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Liu Xiu just thought about it. He didn't have much time to pay attention to Yao Ming. He was too busy here.

After two days of rest, at 8 pm on June 3, the Battle of Tianwangshan between the Trail Blazers and the Spurs began!

Liu Xiu continued to play hard in the first quarter, hitting three goals in a row to trigger 'Kobe Time', and then scored a pick-and-roll three-pointer. After a 10-3 run by himself, he didn't make a single successful shot for the next nine minutes.

Got 4 free throw opportunities and made them all.

In a single quarter, he made 4 of 4 shots, including 2 of 2 three-pointers, plus 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 14 points, plus 1 rebound and 4 assists, leading the Trail Blazers to 37 points in a single quarter!

With the help of his containment and passing, Ray Allen scored 8 points on 3-of-3 shooting in the first quarter, and Randolph scored 7 points on 3-of-5 shooting. Both of them were moved to tears.

After the Spurs were beaten 10 to 3 by Liu Xiu and called for a timeout, the Spurs began to adjust their style of play. They seemed to be ready. During the timeout, Popovich did not make many adjustments. He just kept

Emphasizing persistence.

In the next 9 minutes, the Spurs scored 24 points. There was no qualitative difference between the performance of the Trail Blazers, who scored 27 points in the next 10 minutes. Of course, the overall gap was still 10 points.

After the first quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Spurs 37 to 27!

In the second quarter, the offense of both teams was full.

Liu Xiu scored 8 points and 5 assists in a single quarter, and Ray Allen scored 12 points. It was the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, and the Trail Blazers' role players finally took a shot. Outlaws, Payton, McDyess and others

The CIC shot was swish.

In the entire second quarter, the Trail Blazers scored 35 points in a single quarter!

However, the highest scorer in this quarter was not Ray Allen, but Duncan... He made 4 of 6 shots, plus 5 of 7 free throws. Duncan had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter.

Including Ginobili's 6 points, Parker's 4 points, Bowen's 7 points... the Spurs also scored 35 points in a single quarter.

After halftime, the Trail Blazers were 72 to 62, still leading the Spurs by 10 points!

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When the game ended in this situation, Popovich began to panic!

He has never fought like this!

He also scored a lot of points against the Suns, but he did not plan to play offense against the Suns. He kept strengthening his defense and constantly adjusting his defense. If he plays well offensively, he will be a powerful troika.

Although they scored 62 points at halftime and survived the opening period when Liu Xiu scored 10 points, their performance was not inferior to that of the Trail Blazers, but he was still afraid.

During the halftime break, he still couldn't hold back and changed his style of play back to defense.

Spurs players are used to whatever the coach says, so they don't have any objections, they just need to adjust.

Duncan hesitated to speak. Although he felt that such a sudden change of playing style was not good, the adjustment at the beginning went smoothly. He had only played for 3 minutes and it was already past half time, but he still did not say anything.

After returning from the halftime break, the Spurs directly stretched their defense and successfully curbed the Trail Blazers' offensive momentum in the third quarter. Ray Allen scored 10 points in a single quarter, and the Trail Blazers only scored 27.

points, 8 points lower than in the second quarter.

However, the Spurs' offense did even worse. Duncan scored 7 points, Parker scored 5 points, Horry scored 5 points, and Ginobili scored 6 points, for a total of 23 points. No one else scored.

After a defensive effort, the Spurs' deficit widened by 3 points.

After three quarters, the Trail Blazers led the Spurs by 14 points 99 to 85!

At this time, Popovich knew that he had been cheated, but there was nothing he could do. If he changed the players again, the players would go crazy, and it was not easy to get back that offensive feeling. He could only go all the way.

In the final quarter, the Spurs successfully limited the Trail Blazers to 20 points. Barkley, who commented on the game, joked that both the highest and lowest points in a single quarter were scored by the Trail Blazers, and the offense fluctuated too much.

The Spurs scored 26 points in the final quarter and narrowed the 6-point gap, but it was of no avail.

Liu Xiu had 27 points, 6 rebounds, 15 assists and 3 steals, Ray Allen had 32 points, Randolph had 23 points and 9 rebounds, Outlaw had 13 points and 4 rebounds, Kwame Brown had 6 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal...

…119 to 111, the Trail Blazers defeated the Spurs by 8 points and won the battle at Tianwang Mountain!

The top scorer tonight wasn't Ray Allen...

The big screen showed the data of the player who performed the best tonight.

With 14 of 26 shots and 13 of 19 free throws, Duncan scored a career-high 41 points in the playoffs, plus 15 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks...

After the game, Liu Xiu gave a rare post-match interview and said only one sentence - "Welcome the most powerful striker in history to join the team."

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Starting from 0 to 1, they won the battle of Tianwang Mountain with a score of 3 to 2. The Blazers' performance shocked the onlookers.

The Spurs' G5 performance fluctuated greatly, and Popovich was scolded for being too good.

Everyone is saying that Popovich doesn't know how to play offense and has to change formations blindly, which ruins Duncan's good condition.

The last time Duncan played so fiercely in a series was when he won the championship in 2003.

Popovich felt extremely aggrieved after seeing these remarks. If he didn't ask for changes, if he didn't put Ginobili on the bench, and if he didn't prepare for tactical changes, how could they play against the Trail Blazers?

They made these adjustments under the pressure of losing to the Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals last year and being swept by the Trail Blazers in the regular season this year.

But let alone, although he was forced to change due to pressure, after trying it a few times, Popovich felt that it was pretty good.

However, the changes he had prepared in advance had almost been used up by G3, and there was nothing new in G4.
Chapter completed!