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The first time, the second time.

On time, Sun Zhengping's voice came out from the small TV.

Although the NBA has begun to be broadcast in China, for 99% of Chinese families, having a small color TV at home is already a good condition. As for the color TV that can see every player's face clearly, it is really only available to the rich and powerful.

Therefore, for this group of first-generation NBA fans in China, it is better to use Sun Zhengping's clear broadcasting voice to get to know these players rather than remembering the faces of these NBA players with their eyes.

After Sun Zhengping introduced the players' height, weight, age, position and other data information, Zhang Weiping talked about the life stories of these players. He said a lot of things, which were quite exciting. But don't go into the details. In that era of information blockade, rumors were spread, which was a basic operation. No wonder Coach Zhang said that.

At the same time, the starting lineups of both sides in the first game of the finals have been shown on TV!

Starting lineups of both sides:

San Antonio Spurs:

PG: Avery Johnson, SG: Mario Elie, SF: Sean Elliott, PF: David Robinson, C: Tim Duncan!

Boston Celtics:

PG: Joe Dumars, SG: Stephen Jackson, SF: Tracy McGrady, PF: Han Yi, C: Ben Wallace!

The starting lineup that the Spurs brought out was their usual starting lineup throughout the Western Conference playoffs, while the Celtics made adjustments to the starting No. 2 position.

Dell Curry, who has better shooting but slow defensive pace, was put on the bench, and Stephen Jackson, who has average shooting but tougher defense, was moved into the starting lineup.

This defensive adjustment was very targeted. The Celtics sacrificed offensive space to make it difficult for the Spurs at the beginning of this series.

Although many people say that the Spurs' games are very ugly, this does not mean that the Spurs' offense is bad. On the contrary, while the Spurs have greatly made the opponent's offense worse, their own offense, although not explosive, has always maintained a fairly high level.

Throughout the Western Conference playoffs, the three starting outside players of the Spurs: Avery Johnson, Mario Eli, and Sean Elliott's hit rate was not less than 45%!

Steve Kerr, Mario Elie, and Sean Elliott's three-point shooting percentages are even more than 35%, which is considered to be an absolutely elite three-point shooter in this era.

With top inside players like Duncan and David Robinson, and a group of experienced three-point shooters outside, although the Spurs are rookies in the finals like the Celtics, these three-point shooters were also shining when they were young.

Steve Kerr needs no further explanation, and even role players like Mario Elie, who are completely forgotten by the younger generation of fans, have influenced the final ownership of a season's championship.

In the 1994-1995 Western Conference semifinals between the Houston Rockets and the Phoenix Suns, in the final moments, with 7 seconds left in the game, the Suns led by 2 points and the Rockets had the ball.

Mario Elie, a Rockets player who had not made a single three-pointer in the entire game, received a pass from Horry in the last two seconds and shot a three-pointer to kill the Suns.

If that were all, it would not be considered a classic, at least not in the top 20 of the NBA's historical buzzer beater list, but after scoring this three-pointer, Mario Elie blew a kiss directly to the desperate Suns bench, creating a famous scene in the history of NBA buzzer beaters: the kiss of death!

At the beginning of today's game, Mario Elie, the fifth scoring point in the Spurs' starting lineup, made another great contribution!

When Han Yi easily penetrated David Robinson, who was defending him alone, and let him take whatever he wanted under the basket, the Celtics' perimeter defense was already very good. Every time they rotated and switched positions, they missed the weakest offensive player, Mario Elie, whose average score had degenerated to only 7 points.

But what was unexpected was that after letting Mario Elie go three times, Mario Elie actually made three three-pointers in a row!

The score was 9:6 at the start!

Han Yi scored three goals in a row with a 100% hit rate, and then he looked back and realized that he was still three points behind.

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Popovich was grinning from ear to ear. Although David Robinson was bullied by Han Yi, it was expected. Mario Elie was able to hit three-pointers in a row, which was a real surprise!

Han Yi: 6 points!

Mario Elie 9 points!

In the first game of the finals, an expected big man and an unexpected little man both went crazy at the same time. For the Spurs, Mario Elie's 9 points were like picking up for free!

"Damn it!" Rick Pidino yelled at Stephen Jackson:

"You just watched him shoot? You just watched him shoot without any reaction? Is your hand broken?"

Stephen Jackson wanted to explain that this was because he had to defend Sean Elliott for McGrady who had gone to help defend Duncan, but Rick Pidino didn't want to listen to his explanation at all. The fact is that the role player you were supposed to be against was attacking crazily, but you couldn't do anything!

As for the reason? Who cares?

Han Yi didn't care about it, and even comforted Stephen Jackson: "Hey, cheer up, man, although he scolded you fiercely, he actually put you in the starting lineup of the finals. You have to understand how high his expectations of you are!"

Then Han Yi chose to pass the ball back to Stephen Jackson who was cutting in when he had bullied David Robinson to the point where he could no longer support it.

After Stephen Jackson got the ball, he did not do anything extra, but just threw it!

With Han Yi as a shield, he threw the ball high into the basket!

9:8!

And looking back, Mario Eli, who was in hot form tonight, still shot a three-pointer without getting rid of Stephen Jackson's defense. Without any surprise, the basketball did not even touch the basket, but went straight to the basket!

The haze on Stephen Jackson's face was swept away, and he was ready to high-five Han Yi, but the situation under the basket had suddenly changed!

Originally, Ben had already got the best rebound position under the basket, but this three-pointer was too far off, and it unreasonably fell directly into Duncan's hands!

Duncan grabbed the ball with one hand and swung it!

"Bang!" It went into the basket! Dunked over Ben Wallace!

The Spurs' big boss finally made a shot!