Chapter 1188 1187. McGrady Wants to Make Trouble

McDiego is mainly responsible for scoring, with his inside and outside shots.

McGrady has a dream for the playoffs this year. Although the chances are slim, he should always have a dream.

Of course, winning is the first priority, but at the same time, McGrady also wants to make trouble!

McGrady didn't say it, but what he meant was that he wanted Liu Mang to have more rest, because the regular season was too tiring.

Then in the third game of the series, McGrady scored 17 points in the first quarter, 15 points in the second quarter, and 9 points in the third quarter. He played 31 minutes in the first three quarters, made 13 of 27 shots, 5 of 11 three-pointers, and 10 of 14 free throws, scoring 41 points in three quarters!

Liu Mang didn't expect that he would play soy sauce in two consecutive games one day...

In the second and third quarters of the last game, McGrady and Jason Terry showed their strength and completely widened the score gap.

Today, McGrady came directly in the first three quarters, scoring 41 points and 4 assists in three quarters, helping the Hawks to lead by 26 points with a score of 77 to 51 in three quarters.

Liu Mang played 24 minutes in three quarters and scored 17 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

McGrady scored more than half of the team's points by himself!

Liu Mang was very happy to clock out after three quarters. It was rare for him to have a break. In the playoffs, except for the finals, people don't pay much attention to the data. Of course, it's only when the team wins. The fans of the losing star need to find reasons to prove that the team lost and the star didn't lose.

But after winning, Liu Mang doesn't care so much about the data of the first game. People often discuss the average data of so-and-so, but most of them are regular season data, and playoff data are rarely discussed in this way.

After all, some stars have very few samples in the playoffs, except for the first round... or the first round...

Liu Mang feels that McGrady is weird. He played very differently in the playoffs this year.

He was the first to start playing, and he is still the most focused now. He tried his best to defend Artest in the last game, and he tried his best to score today.

It's hard to say what's strange about McGrady. Fans all praised McGrady's fighting spirit in this year's playoffs, but Liu Mang just felt it was strange!

The Hawks easily changed the score back to 2:1. Without much effort, they defeated the Pacers again with a score difference of 106:79, 27 points, and regained the home advantage.

The Pacers gave up resistance after one quarter and played their own game, returning to the feeling of the regular season.

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On April 28, the fourth game between the Hawks and the Pacers was not suspenseful. The Hawks led by a large score from the beginning.

The episode of this game was that Artest and McGrady had a conflict. Artest crushed McGrady to break through. After McGrady accurately predicted the timing of his shot, McGrady gave Artest a big block. After being blocked, Artest pushed McGrady. The two entangled with each other. McGrady secretly elbowed Artest. Artest wanted to fight, and Kwame Brown came up to take the blame and pushed Artest together.

The Pacers were very united in the fight last year, but no one helped this year. Artest was surrounded by five Hawks players... Artest felt like "I'm Pan Dafu" and was disappointed...

It wasn't a big problem. The referee reacted in time, McGrady escaped insidiously, and Artest and Kwame Brown were sent off.

Without Artest, the only player with fighting spirit, Stephen Jackson was restrained by Liu Mang. O'Neal Jr. never had the heart of a strong man. Falling behind 1 to 2 was like the sky falling. His mentality exploded, and he couldn't even beat Rasheed Wallace and Mourning.

93 to 78, the Hawks won three consecutive games and won both away games.

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"Hiss..." Liu Mang looked at the video of McGrady's elbow being discovered on the NBA official website. He didn't expect McGrady to be so insidious!

He has learned bad things!

It was all Jason Terry and Rasheed Wallace, these villains, who taught him bad things!

McGrady was such a good kid back then, but now he is like this.

McGrady was given a technical foul. Kwame Brown and Artest continued to push each other after the referee surrounded them. They were suspended for one game each.

Liu Mang expressed sympathy for Artest. This guy was stubborn. Liu Mang remembered that he was elbowed by Kobe Bryant and was suspended for six games in the playoffs after being provoked by Harden. Even in the Auburn Hills Palace incident, when the Pistons were beaten by the Pacers by more than 20 points, Ben Wallace pushed people out of shame and anger...

This honest kid was tricked by McGrady this time...

Liu Mang felt... it was great to have such a sinister person around him.

After playing two away games, on the afternoon of April 29, Liu Mang returned to Atlanta with the team. He rested today and had training tomorrow afternoon. He would play the fifth game against the Pacers the day after tomorrow.

The Hawks were ready to solve this series at home and didn't want to drag it on.

Artest was suspended for one game, which sounded the death knell for the Pacers. Although Kwame Brown was also suspended, the Hawks had a greater advantage in strength.

The only pillar of the Pacers is Artest.

Liu Mang watched the news and complained about McGrady for a while, then went downstairs to watch the fourth game between the Lakers and the Nuggets this afternoon with his father.

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On May 1, the Hawks beat the Pacers again at home with a score of 122 to 81.

Without Artest's defense, Liu Mang played 33 minutes in this game, 12 of 17 shots, and easily got 35 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. It was too easy.

The Pacers also fell quickly. In addition to Liu Mang's 35 points, Tracy McGrady, who played 29 minutes, also scored 30 points. Liu Mang and McGrady combined for 65 points and 10 assists, helping the Hawks easily win the fifth game.

Without Kwame Brown, the Pacers finally scored more than 80 points in a game starting from the second game.

The Eagles maintained focused defense throughout the game, and even the players who played in garbage time defended very hard.

revenge!

Red fruit fruit's revenge!

The Eagles eliminated the Pacers 4-1 and entered the second round!

Liu Mang finished the first round, averaging 23 points, 7 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game. McGrady averaged 26 points, 4 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game in the first round.

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As people expected after watching the second game of the series between the Hawks and the Pacers, there was no suspense in the series.

However, seeing the Eagles limit the Pacers to scoring more than 80 points in only one of four games, the strong revenge made some fans feel terrible.

He doesn't let his opponent go even in the garbage time, and he still beats him to death.

But the Eagles aren't the first team to advance to the second round.

The Nets defeated the team 4-0.

Liu Mang seemed to have seen the 2014 playoffs, when the Raptors, third in the Eastern Conference during the regular season, were defeated by the Nets, sixth in the Eastern Conference...

The Pistons seem to be stronger and have a better lineup, but they are being beaten by Kidd.

People call Arenas and Larry Hughes of the Wizards trash brothers, which seems a little off. The two have only been together for two years, and they only worked together for one year in the playoffs.

On the contrary, the Pistons have been eliminated by the Hawks for four consecutive years. No matter how well they perform in the regular season, they are almost always swept by the Hawks.

This is more like what trash brothers can do...

Liu Mang has some regrets. For the first time in five years, he did not meet the Pistons in the playoffs.

In addition to the Nets sweeping the Pistons, there was also a series of sweeps. The Spurs swept the Jazz 4-0.

The Jazz sent out a first-rounder, got a taste of what the playoffs were like, and then went fishing.

The Lakers led the Nuggets 3-1. After the Nuggets fell behind 0-3, they finally relied on Kenyon Martin to score 21 points and 20 rebounds at home. They won a game and regained a little dignity. Got swept across.

The day after the Hawks were promoted, the Lakers returned to their home court to play their fifth game on May 2, with promotion in sight.

The Heat defeated the Bulls 4-1, avenging last season's defeat.

The Mavericks currently lead the SuperSonics 3-1, and there is not much suspense.

Only two series were extremely tense.

In the series between the Cavaliers and the 76ers, after the Cavaliers lost their home court advantage, they went to Philadelphia to regain the home court advantage in the third game. The 76ers held on to the fourth game and are about to usher in the battle of Tianwang Mountain.

The Cavaliers and 76ers were evenly matched, which is not an accident. The records of the two teams are not much different. Iverson is more experienced, which makes up for the weakness of the team's lineup. The point difference between the two teams is four games. All within 10 points.

In the series between the Clippers and the Suns, the Clippers performed unexpectedly amazingly!

If it weren't for the Lakers getting Yao Ming to re-emerge this year, the Clippers' performance this season could be called a really strong team.

After five games between the Clippers and the Suns, the Clippers actually led 3-2!

No one in the Suns can stop the peak captain. Even if Stoudemire returns to health and plays, the Suns will probably only be able to attack the Clippers.

Brand faced the Suns' weak interior defense in this series, averaging 33 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists per game, feeling like a superstar.

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This playoff situation makes the Eagles coaching staff very melancholy.

It is too difficult to predict who will advance between the 76ers and the Cavaliers.

Neither Iverson nor James meant to play abnormally. It was impossible to predict which side would win until the last minute of each game.

Maybe it will even reach a tiebreaker!

At this time, the Eagles coaching staff felt that losing a game in the first round was not a bad thing.

The fifth game between the Cavaliers and 76ers will be played on May 2, and the winner may be determined by the tiebreaker on May 6 at the latest.

The Eagles will end the first round on May 1, which means they will have five extra days of rest, which is better than seven or eight days of rest in the first round.

During these five days, the Eagles coaching staff asked the players to conduct technical training and simple technical and tactical training. As for targeted tactical training, it can only be done when the Cavaliers and 76ers decide the winner.

After the Eagles' series ended, the voting for some of the league's awards had also ended. On May 2, when the Eagles began a relaxing training day to prepare for the game, the league began to announce some awards.