Chapter five hundred and ninety-six: retreat and practice, create history
The lead of 3:0 was unexpected for everyone. Indeed, the Pacers were well-deserved first in the league in the regular season, completing a dominant performance in the East this year, but before the finals started, the number of people supporting the Warriors and Pacers was still open 73.
Even in the roundtable at TNT's beginning, more than half of the 10 people had clear-cut Earthling Warriors, and only O'Neal and Barkley believed that the Pacers would win the final victory, but in their minds, the Pacers might win in the end, but the process would be very difficult. It would be normal to resolve the battle between 6 and 7 games.
But they seemed to have forgotten that at this time last year, there were more people supporting the Warriors. Almost 90% of the fans believed that the Pacers would not be the Warriors' opponents. They were just the experience babies on the road to winning the championship. Even before the finals last year, many people were discussing the Warriors' feat of winning 16 consecutive games in the playoffs.
But everyone knows the story that the Pacers won the final championship, Lin Sen became the final MVP, and he dominated the finals.
Now it seems that the team that is about to win the championship with 16 consecutive victories has become the Pacers, and for the Warriors, they have only had the last chance to play back.
After the game, the Warriors players left quickly. Even Curry, who was most enthusiastic and friendly to the media, left the venue directly. Curry's performance was not bad tonight. He made 11 of 19 shots in the game, made 7 of 11 of 3-pointers and scored 34 points, 6 assists and 3 steals. The defensive end, which has been criticized, was also very good. But he still didn't win, so it's no wonder that Curry was in no good mood when he was facing the media.
So when the media interviewed, Cole was left alone on the Warriors' side. There was no way. As a head coach, he was still the head coach of the full-level team and was beaten 0:3 by the opponent in the finals. He should bear a lot of responsibilities.
"I admit that there are big problems in the tactical settings and many places of the entire game this year. We are now behind 0:3, which makes it particularly difficult for us in the next few games, but we have no intention of giving up. If we are in this situation, it seems like we fell into the sea on a boat. But falling in the water will not die, only staying in the water will make you live. Then you will have the chance to swim hard. Now the 0:3 is not despair, but the beginning of our chance to turn the tables."
"Every time God has given us is meaningful. The next game is still our home court. I hope our fans can support us as always and we will surprise them."
"In the previous games, we had physical strength problems. The 7 games against the Rockets were very difficult. We won very hard. They had the best backcourt in the league, and the Magic Ball tactics were also very interesting. We were once behind 2:3, which made us use a lot of ways to win the Western Conference Finals. There were many problems in the previous games, but physical strength was also the key factor in our loss."
Cole was serious about sprinkling chicken soup during the post-match interview. There was no way. Now it is unlikely that he would irritate the opponent. Therefore, using chicken soup to bring their hearts that were about to collapse together is a very important step.
"I have to say that after playing a few games with us, I don't know how much Steve's coaching skills have improved? But I think I can do it when he is making chicken soup." After returning to the hotel, Lin Sen lay on the bed and watched Cole's interview after the game. He didn't expect that the head coach who looked calm on the field would make the chicken soup so well at this time.
And inside the Pacers, at the same time, they are also considering why they should always lag behind at the beginning of each game, why they are always slow to warm up, and why they always rely on Lin Sen to help the team maintain the score at the beginning.
So after this game just ended, they felt that they were not performing well at the end of the game and felt hot? The Warriors were stunned by the entire overtime game, so if they want to ensure their condition and then be in full shape from the beginning of the next game, for them, the best way is to immediately devote themselves to training after performing very smoothly in the last game to maintain their condition.
The media really wanted to interview the Pacers about their views on the first time that the NBA swept across the battle, but the Pacers did not give them a chance at all. They had been engaged in training for two consecutive days, but such high-intensity training seemed to give the media more explanations.
"The Pacers' Secret Special Training is strengthened, aiming to complete the sweep!"
"The first team to win the playoffs - Pacers? Hell Special Training is just to win the last game."
Judging from the previous few games, including the key third game, one thing can be seen, that is, the Pacers are not very advantageous when facing the Warriors. The points won in the three games will not exceed 20 points. If the third game does not include the scores won in overtime, it may only win about 10 points in three games. This is completely different from one team playing 3:0 for another team.
After Cole interviewed a lot of chicken soup after the game, the Warriors' double MVP was the first to respond on their social platform. Similarly, the Warriors have been completely closed for training in the past two days. The purpose is very simple. Starting from winning the fourth game, it will complete the damn comeback, and make three and four. Not to mention the finals, I have never seen it even in the playoffs.
Whether it is ESPN or Sports Illustrated, no one can meet the players of the two teams in these two days. Not only these media, I am afraid that even the families of the two teams have never seen them.
The Pacers wanted to create history, and the Warriors wanted to avoid history creating it in them. This game was popular among the media, forums, and fans without interviewing them.
Chapter completed!