On April 24, 2007, three days after the end of the second game of the series between the Pacers and the Wizards, the Pacers came to Washington to prepare for the two away games with the Wizards.

After all, for the Wizards, they can't be swept by the Pacers anyway, their original plan was to try to win a home court and save the last shred of face, but Arenas's excellent performance in the last game not only gave them hope of not being swept away, but also gave them hope of a comeback, in the last game, if they could protect the backcourt rebounds a little better, then they were very likely to win that game, especially in the final moments of the game, The Wizards have overtaken the score, but Darko Milicic and Jermaine O'Neal have rebounded in succession to make rebounds in the front court, completely extinguishing the Wizards' hopes of a comeback, and the regret of that game has also made their minds come alive again.

In order to strengthen the control of rebounding, Wizards head coach Eddie Jordan also made adjustments to the team's main lineup in the third game of the series, Arenas as a playmaking guard, Caron Butler and Antoine Jamison as scoring guard and small forward respectively, as for the two interior lines, Eddie Jordan sent Brandon Haywood and Etang Thomas, who spent most of the time on the bench, in this lineup, except for Arenas, the remaining four players are all more than two meters tall, Even the shortest, Arenas, is over 1.9 meters.

Brandon Haywood and Etang Thomas are the kind of players who are not famous, but they are very good, especially in terms of rushing for frontcourt rebounds, these two guys are monsters, in the regular season this season, Brandon Haywood and Etang Thomas played about 20 minutes, but they were able to play an average of 6 rebounds per game in these 20 minutes of playing time, including 2.5 rebounds in the frontcourt, that is, more than 40% of the rebounds they grabbed It's all frontcourt rebounds.

"In today's game, I won't say much, Brandon, Etang, I have only one requirement for you, that is, rebounds, rebounds, grabbing every rebound is your task today, and you can leave everything else alone, understand?"

"Understood."

"Understood."

At 7 p.m. on April 24, just an hour before the start of Series G3, Wizards head coach Eddie Jordan was putting the finishing touches on the home team locker room at the MCI Center.

"Gilbert, Cuaron, you guys played the No. 1 and No. 2 positions today, and I want you to unleash your offensive ability as much as possible today, and be sure to keep putting pressure on the Pacers on the offensive end."

"Antoine, you have only one task today, and that is this guy." After assigning Brandon Haywood, Etang Thomas, Arenas and Caron Butler to Brandon Haywood, Etang Thomas, Arenas and Caron Butler on the court, Eddie Jordan came to Antoine Jamison's side, pointed to the circled No. 5 on the board, and said to Antoine Jamison while tapping the board heavily: "You need to reduce this guy's scoring efficiency as much as possible today, I don't need you to limit him completely, what I need is to reduce his impact on the offensive end, understand?" “

"Understood." Antoine Jamison, who felt a heavy sense of mission, nodded heavily at head coach Eddie Jordan.

"Victory." After arranging all the tactics, Eddie Jordan didn't know where the courage came from, and suddenly waved his arm and shouted a winning slogan to all the players in the locker room.

After shouting in unison one after another, the Wizards began to walk out of the locker room one after another, and the game had not yet started, and the MCI Center Arena, which could accommodate 20,670 people, was already full, and it can be seen that although the Wizards are now 0-2 behind, these fans of the Wizards have not given up hope.

Although the Wizards have been hovering on the edge of the playoffs since entering the 80s of the last century, as a team with a history of 45 years, there are still a lot of die-hard fans of the Wizards, many Wizards fans are fans of the Wizards from the generation of grandpa and father, so they are not like those fans in New York, who plays beautifully will be fans, I don't care who you are, as long as you come to the MCI Center, you will be greeted with boos.

Therefore, when the Pacers players took the lead out of the player tunnel, they felt what it was like to be booed by more than 20,000 people, and I have to say that this kind of deafening boos can indeed bring a very depressing atmosphere to people, and some players with poor psychological quality are easily disturbed.

It's just that the Pacers team is mostly old ruffians, and they have long been used to the atmosphere and rhythm of the away game, especially Meng Xu, who is even more shameless in the boos of the audience, opening his arms, looking very enjoyable, as if these fans on the scene gave him not boos but cheers.

"Erwin, the Wizards have changed lineup in today's game, do you think Eddie Jordan's move can help the Wizards turn the tide of the situation?" After the players on both sides began to warm up, Michaels in the commentary box also began to introduce the starting lineups of both sides to the audience in front of the TV, and after introducing the starting lineup of the Wizards, Michaels asked Elvin Johnson, who was sitting next to him, a question.

"Judging from the last game, the Wizards have no problem offensively, Gilbert Arenas, Antoine Jamison, Caron Butler, these three players are all All-Star level, no matter how good the Pacers' defense is, it is impossible to lock them all up, and the key to the Wizards' loss is to lose on rebounds, so Eddie Jordan's move to strengthen the rebounding ability is very wise, as for whether it can play an effective role, it depends on how the Pacers will respond."

After Magic Johnson and Michaels chatted about the Wizards' lineup, the game officially began, with Jermaine O'Neal comfortably beating Brandon Haywood on a jump ball to win the ball for the Pacers.

In the first attack, Meng Xu did not attack by himself, but after receiving a pass from Tony Allen, he handed the basketball directly to Jermaine O'Neal, and asked him to play Etang Thomas, who was 7,8 cm shorter than him.

Offense and defense switch, when it was the Wizards' turn to attack, Arenas was still as resolute on the offensive end as in the last game, after passing a few times and not finding the right opportunity, Arenas simply went two steps above the top of the arc and was two steps away from the three-point line, and shot a three-point shot from a long distance, but Arenas's seemingly X**T shot was actually hollow hit.