Chapter 1212 1211. Equaling Chamberlain
After Liu Mang finished the second game, he did not accept an interview. He did not accept an interview even though he scored 53 points. The press officer had a headache again. He could only take another superstar Tracy McGrady, who played well in the final quarter of the Hawks today, to accept an interview. Although McGrady only took two shots in the final quarter, only 3 points and 5 assists, if it were not for him, Liu Mang would not be able to play his strongest power even if he ran well.
Liu Mang was able to score 22 points in the final quarter, 60% of which was due to his teammates' good timing of passing the ball, and these opportunities were grasped under the guidance of McGrady.
Just like in the original time and space, Ray Allen was in his prime with the Supersonics, but he scored a career-high 51 points in a single game in the 2009 playoffs. Ray Allen has Rondo, and Liu Mang has McGrady!
Liu Mang found a video editor and asked him to get the running videos of Reggie Miller and Ray Allen. Then he studied them for two hours. After watching for a while, he put a few chairs on the court and practiced around them to keep as much of the running feeling as possible. After the game, the image in Liu Mang's mind that he knew how to run by seeing the positions of other people on the court had disappeared, but Liu Mang still had some impressions. He wanted to remember as much as possible.
After practicing for two hours, Liu Mang was driven away by Coach Kruger after the coaching meeting. Liu Mang did not rest for a second in the 48 minutes of the game and continued to practice after the game. Although he was very pleased, Coach Kruger wanted to kick Liu Mang. He was going to die!
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The second game of the Eastern Conference Finals caused a sensation!
The Heat led for seven-eighths of the game, but in the last half of the quarter, they were overtaken by the Hawks and never caught up. The Hawks led the Heat 2-0 and defended the two lead singers.
Liu Mang scored 40+ in the playoffs for the tenth time in his career!
Liu Mang's playoff 40+ record is second only to Olajuwon's 11 times, O'Neal's 12 times, and Jordan's 38 times.
And it is the fourth playoff 50+!
Liu Mang tied the basketball emperor Wilt Chamberlain's record of 4 playoff 50+, second only to Michael Jordan's 8 playoff 50+ records who calls himself "mentor" all day long!
Nowitzki's 50 points in this season's playoffs single-game personal scoring record was broken by Liu Mang less than a week later!
5 three-pointers in the last quarter, the kind of fast and good grasp of all running opportunities made fans and the media marvel at Liu Mang's running!
Improved again!
And improved in the game!
Liu Mang's running position in the fourth quarter is very different from the first three quarters! And the running position in the first half of the fourth quarter is somewhat different from the second half!
In the first half, Liu Mang looked for opportunities to run by himself, but in the second half, the tacit understanding between Liu Mang and his teammates made their running coordination better and better, and Liu Mang also got more opportunities. He scored 10 points in the first half, and the opponent's defense was tighter in the second half. Liu Mang scored 12 points instead, because Liu Mang combined Ray Allen's running with his team's running tactics and achieved the best effect!
Liu Mang's progress shocked the world-famous dance king who did not leave Atlanta after the second round and secretly hid in the corner of the Phillips Arena to watch the game in a hoodie.
He made progress when he encountered oppression and crisis. This big liar, with such a speed of progress, how could others have a future!
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"Mom and Dad, you stay here with them, I'll go back to the hotel to study the game with my teammates..."
Liu Mang sent his parents, three girls, bodyguards, servants and others to the rented seaside hotel, and then hurried back to the hotel.
The little girl was very obedient at this time and did not pester Liu Mang. She was becoming more and more sensible and knew that Liu Mang was busy now.
The Hawks were invincible after defending the first two home games.
However, the Hawks rushed to Miami the next morning after the second game.
The league's schedule is always unpredictable. There are two days of rest between the first and second games, but there is only one day of rest between the second and third games, and between the third and fourth games. May 27 and May 29 are the start time of the Heat's two home games in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The same is true in the West. May 28 and May 30 are the start time of the Mavericks' two home games.
The Hawks rested and adjusted their status in the sea breeze of Miami. On the evening of the 26th, the second game of the series between the Lakers and the Mavericks began.
In the first game of the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers played against the Mavericks. Just when people thought the Mavericks were going to fall under Kobe's butcher knife, the situation suddenly changed in the second game...
This time it was the Mavericks' turn to go crazy, and they made 15 three-pointers in a single game!
The Mavericks beat the Lakers 122-105 in the second away game, tying the score to 1-1!
The Mavericks broke out as soon as they said they would, and they made a fool of themselves!
The fourth quarter became garbage time again.
Compared to the East's life-and-death struggle, the West played unrestrainedly.
When Liu Mang and McGrady watched the game together, they really couldn't tell what the two teams were doing. Nowitzki shot against Yao Ming at the edge of the three-second zone and made it. Kobe's three-pointer with a twisted body could also make it. It was hard to see any tactics. Both teams were playing superstar basketball.
It's just that the Mavericks had a better touch today and shot the Lakers to death.
Moreover, even though the Lakers lost a home game, Liu Mang didn't feel that the Lakers were at a disadvantage. This feeling was just like the 2000 Western Conference Finals. As the regular season champion with 67 wins, the Lakers lost to the Trail Blazers by 29 points in the second game of the Western Conference Finals. People still felt that the Lakers could win because the Lakers played very stably. Kobe, the king of the Western Conference Finals, still scored 33 points. Yao Ming also scored 25 points and 8 rebounds against Dampier. However, the Mavericks were incredibly accurate. The team's hit rate was as high as 55%, especially three-pointers. They made 15 of 25 shots, a hit rate of 60%. Crawford made 7 three-pointers by himself, which was impossible to defend.
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The Hawks didn't have much rest time. The day after the second game of the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Mavericks, the Hawks challenged the Heat away for the third game of the Eastern Conference Finals.
"This is normal, Ace, look at the 2002 playoffs, isn't the schedule the same? It's more compact than the 2003, 2004, and 2005 playoffs. The World Cup will start in a dozen days, and the NBA needs a more compact schedule to attract fans."
Schwartz came today to tell Liu Mang that Disney has agreed to Liu Mang's request to decide whether to shoot the movie after the playoffs. Hearing Liu Mang complain about the schedule, he explained.
Liu Mang felt very annoyed, but as a basketball player, he had a sense of mission... At least in China and the United States, he had to grab the attention of the World Cup...