Winning the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Grizzlies are only one victory away from advancing to the Western Finals.

At the post-game press conference, the Spurs shouted the slogan: "Go home and win the game!" Drag the game into a tie-break! ”

For the Grizzlies, a difficult victory in Game 5 meant that their battle with the Spurs was far from over, and in Game 6, the battle took place in San Antonio, where the Grizzlies played away from home and had a high chance of losing.

The battle continued, so, after the game, Qiao Hai poured cold water on the Grizzlies' players to calm them down for a while.

But after the game, in the locker room, Maddie was interviewed, and under the guidance of a certain name in ESPN, Maddie caused the biggest public opinion storm after the game.

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ESPN: "Maddie: I'm already thinking about the next round of opponents! ”

Seeing this title, Qiao Hai was shocked.

In his previous life, he was an old fan of the NBA, and Maddie was already thinking about the opponent in the next round, and he naturally knew about it, but he didn't expect that Maddie, who had been changed by his hand, was actually played by ESPN?

He hurriedly clicked in, and after reading the report, he breathed a sigh of relief.

As in the previous game, the headline is the headline party act, and Maddie's exact words are: "If the rules of the Western Conference semifinals are the same as the first round of the playoffs, we are 3:2 ahead, and at this time, I am already thinking about the opponent in the next round!" ”

Combined with the context before and after, Maddy's words are correct, with a total score of 3:2, if it is the rules of the first round of the playoffs, a best-of-five system, then the Grizzlies should indeed consider the opponent in the next round.

However, this is not the case at all, and back 800 years ago, the rule of the second round of the NBA playoffs was a best-of-seven system.

Therefore, Qiao Hai still called Maddie over, reprimanded him, and finally warned: "Don't talk nonsense in front of the media in the future, and pay attention to your words." ”

Maddie could only nod helplessly, facing Qiao Hai, he had no confidence.

And his words after the game really caused problems for the team.

The San Antonio crowd is turbulent, and some media have criticized Maddie for not knowing how to be modest, and the Grizzlies dare to speak out before they win.

Will Cain, an expert reporter for ESPN, criticized Maddie in his column: "There is still one win left for the Grizzlies to advance to the next round, but Maddy has already made a big statement, announcing that he is already thinking about the opponent in the next round, only 5 games have been played in 7 games, and the Spurs still have a chance, I firmly believe that the Spurs will win two games in a row under the stimulation of Maddy, turn over the Grizzlies, and reach the Western Conference Finals, let Tracy McGrady and his big words cry!" ”

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Just when criticism of Maddie from all walks of life in North America continued, Qiao Hai gave Maddie an account for the Hoop column.

In May, the Playoffs were played and the Hoop website opened the forum function again, and a large number of online fans poured in, and the traffic of the Hoop website was completely up, and they have become the largest online sports media in the sports industry, and the traffic even exceeds that of some portals.

Hoop is also spreading reports on football and baseball in North America.

Even, Qiao Hai is already imagining more things, for example, in two years, when Hoop makes enough money, he will find the head of the league to buy the NBA's network broadcast rights before everyone.

Now, Hoop is the largest sports network in North America, and Maddie got the account and went straight to post an op-ed to clarify the current media criticism of him.

The column was automatically redirected to the forum by the website's system, and the replies gradually filled the post.

The criticism of Maddie from all walks of life in North America gradually weakened.

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However, in the sixth game, playing away from home in San Antonio, the Grizzlies still lost.

Qiao Hai didn't use the status card, and he didn't have any backhand.

Like Game 5 in a hard-fought win, the Grizzlies continued to play the regular Princeton offense, and the Spurs were also regular twin-tower tactics.

Like Qiao Hai, Popovich has no backhand, both teams have played five games, the first five games were difficult to play 3:2, if there is any backhand, it should have been taken out a long time ago, so this game is almost a copy of the fifth game.

The difference is that Popovich was much wiser in this game than in the fifth, because through the fifth, he experimented with a lot of things.

For example, if the Grizzlies play a regular Princeton offense, then the Spurs can only play a double tower and force the interior, and only then can the Spurs have a dozen.

If the Grizzlies play fast, the Spurs will naturally follow suit.

In short, how the Grizzlies played, the Spurs also played, and, in this game, the Spurs continued to guard against Maddie and achieved good results.

Add the Spurs home stadium, the Grizzlies don't have a home whistle, while the Spurs do.

So, the Spurs won the game, 98:90, an eight-point difference, and the Grizzlies lost Game 6.

This is how the series went to a tie-break......

The tie-break is intense, and you don't need to play Qiao Hai to expect this, Qiao Hai's two-year NBA career, this is the first time he has played a tie-break, and he has little experience. The same goes for the Grizzlies, most of whom haven't even played in the playoffs, let alone stealing seven.

But it doesn't matter if you don't have experience, the playoff style of tie-breaking is the same as that of other playoff games, the difference is that the players need to work harder, whether it is the home team or the away team, the tie-break battle is their back-to-back battle.

Fortunately, the Grizzlies have the advantage of a regular season record, so, in the tie-break, the Grizzlies are at home and have a home court advantage.

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The other three groups of matchups in the second round of the playoffs.

The Lakers and the Trail Blazers also played a tie-break, the third and fourth games, the Trail Blazers lost to the Lakers twice in a row at home in a row, and the Lakers got the match point 3:1, seeing that the Lakers could advance to the Western Conference Finals by winning one more game.

That's when the Trailblazers broke out.

Win one game away from home, and then pull one back strongly, winning two games in a row, dragging the series into a tie-break.

Both groups in the west have to tie seven.

In the East, the Pacers defeated the 76ers in Game 6 with a total score of 4:2 and have entered the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Knicks and Heat also went to a tiebreaker, and the master-apprentice battle between Pat Riley and Jeff Van Gundy was so intense every time, as was last season.

Last season, the Heat entered the playoffs with the first place in the East, and the Knicks barely made the playoffs with the eighth place in the East.

This time, the two teams played to the last match.

Despite the intense play, the battle between the Heat and the Knicks was the worst-rated in the second round of the playoffs.

Among the ratings released by NBC, the best ratings are the Lakers playing the Trail Blazers, followed by the Grizzlies playing the Spurs, and then the Pacers playing the 76ers, which has ended, and the Knicks and Heat are at the bottom.

The ratings of the Grizzlies playing Spurs are not the best, and Qiao Hai is not surprised by this, even if he wants to, he should think of it.

Vancouver and San Antonio are not big ball cities, and there are not many fans.

Therefore, the Lakers who sit in Los Angeles naturally got the highest ratings, but even if Vancouver is not a big ball market, because of their offensive attributes, there are still many fans who are willing to watch them fight the Spurs.

The Knicks sit in the city of New York, but the ratings are at the bottom, I have to say that their style of play is too ugly, the slow-paced defensive battle, they and the Heat are so entangled, people can't see hope, naturally not many fans are willing to watch this group of matchups.

Now, the Lakers are going to tie seven with the Trail Blazers, the Grizzlies are going to tie seven with the Spurs, and the Knicks are going to tie seven with the Heat.

For all three tie-breaks, NBC did a national live broadcast.