Chapter 1420 1419. Retribution for Sweeping the Eagles (Asking for Monthly Votes)

117 to 95, the Hawks beat the Pistons by 22 points and won their first victory in the series.

Compared with the two upsets in the West, the Eastern Conference's game situation met people's expectations.

Both the Hawks and the Cavaliers were stable opponents. Although the Bulls were chased in the final quarter, they also won. The Magic and the Raptors were originally regarded as opponents of equal strength. After Turkoglu started and became the tactical core, the Magic's strength also improved to the second tier in the East, and they and the Raptors occupied the second tier together. The second tier teams in the East are these two teams.

What makes Eastern fans most happy is that there are teams in the East that have scored more than 100 points in a single game in this year's playoffs...

The style of the Hawks' game is completely different from the other three series in the East. Although the Cavaliers crushed the Wizards, they did not score more than 100 points.

In the West, even if there were no three overtimes, the Nuggets and the Jazz scored more than 100 points, the Spurs and the Suns also scored more than 100 points, the Lakers and the Rockets also scored more than 100 points, and even the Warriors who abused the Mavericks scored more than 100 points.

In the East, in terms of scoring, the Hawks are the only team to save some dignity.

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The first win in a series is very important for winning the series, especially for the first round.

Throughout the history of the NBA playoffs, after winning the first win in all series, the probability of winning the series is 66.7%.

The probability of advancing to the next round after winning the first win is 79.4%, and since the new century, this probability is 83%.

The first game was won easily, and the Hawks' worries about the Pistons' possible upset were completely gone.

The opponent has definitely collapsed, so there is no need to worry.

The first games of all eight series have been played, and the media and fans have a clear judgment on the first round of the playoffs.

The Cavaliers, Hawks, and Lakers have a crushing advantage in the first round.

Although the Bulls have won very few games, their defense is very stable. In the playoffs, their defensive advantage has become even greater. Carter has played such an outstanding performance, and Kidd has also led the Nets' defense to play far beyond their normal level. The Nets still lost, and the Bulls have a very high probability of advancing.

The Magic and Raptors, Nuggets and Jazz, the two series are of similar strength, and they may play at least six games.

It is hard to say about the Spurs and Suns series. The Suns may be upset all the way. Judging from the strength shown, the Suns are not as completely defeated by the Spurs as in the past. Instead, the reasonable switching of the two systems makes the Suns look better than the Spurs.

Popovich does not pay much attention to Artest. The local media in San Antonio have a lot of negative comments on Artest's regular season offense, which is far less than in the past few seasons. They say that Artest did not play the role he should have. Three people make a tiger. The Spurs have few national live broadcasts and low game ratings. Fans who have not watched the Spurs games believe it. Many other media also forwarded such arguments. On the contrary, no one said much about Ginobili, who was defended badly by Raja Bell.

Of course, many people think that the Spurs' loss in the first game was an accident.

However, it is an indisputable fact that the Spurs and Suns series was classified as a 50-50 situation like the two series between the Magic and Raptors and the Nuggets and the Jazz.

On the Mavericks side... people have already started chanting "black eight".

Following the Nuggets in 1994, the Knicks in 1999, and the Hawks in 2003, fans seem to have seen another black eight team.

After the second day of the playoffs, the calls for black eight continued to rise.

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There are all kinds of topics in the playoffs every year, and there are especially many topics this year.

With the fans' heated discussions, Liu Mang and his teammates began to enjoy the easy first round of the playoffs.

On April 21, the Hawks beat the Pistons 110-91, 19 points away, and made the score 2-0. Liu Mang performed well in this game, scoring 15 points, 14 rebounds, and 14 assists, getting his first triple-double in the playoffs this season.

Liu Mang's assists increased because of the adjustments made by the Hawks coaching staff after the first game. Since Rondo didn't care about the data and devoted himself to defending Billups, Liu Mang had to take more responsibility for organizing the offense, while McGrady took more shots.

Mainly, it was the judgment of the opponent's defensive tendency. The Hawks coaching staff felt that the Pistons would definitely defend Liu Mang desperately, so they took advantage of this.

Then Coach Kruger made a correct judgment that the Pistons had no hope of winning, so they targeted Liu Mang. In the second game, Liu Mang only made 5 of 15 shots, but in addition to 15 points, Liu Mang also had 14 rebounds and 14 assists. If the Pistons had not replaced the main players early in the fourth quarter, Liu Mang might have gotten 3 times 15.

The Hawks easily won two consecutive games, making their series with the Pistons completely suspenseful.

Although the Hawks won at home, with the Hawks' dominance over the Pistons in the playoffs, fans felt that there was not much difference between home and away games.

The first round was too easy for Liu Mang, and the Hawks, so Liu Mang, who felt a little idle, and the coaching staff conducted an in-depth study on the performance of the Lakers, Spurs, Bulls, and Mavericks in the playoffs.

From the offense to the defense of the four teams, a systematic and comprehensive "snake science" analysis was conducted.

It has to be said that the concept of "Snake Science" and the in-depth analysis of "Snake Science" by experts, media, and professional basketball players have brought great help to Liu Mang!

It's not that Liu Mang's brain is not good enough, but that some things, before they appear, are really equivalent to nothing.

After the emergence of the Snake Science theory, Liu Mang, the "pioneer", benefited the most. He immediately began to work with the coaching staff to turn this theory into an important way for the team to study opponents.

The Hawks coaching staff formed a new way of studying opponents by using the analytical thinking used by Liu Mang when recording the program and the scientific analysis methods that Liu Mang had not thought of after the in-depth analysis of this theory by various basketball people.

On April 22, the day after the Hawks finished the second game of the series, they did not go to Detroit as early as they did in the series with the Pistons. Instead, they planned to wait until the 23rd, the day before the third game, to go to Detroit. There were two days of rest between the second and third games of the series between the Hawks and the Pistons. Next, they would go to Detroit to play two games in a row, and they would go there at that time.

On the morning of the 22nd, Liu Mang came to the ESPN branch in Atlanta with the analytical data of the Lakers, Spurs, Bulls and Mavericks that he had studied in the past few days, and recorded a program for most of the day...

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While the Hawks were "enjoying" the first round, the playoffs of other teams were also in progress.

The Cavaliers led 2-0, and James scored 33 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists in the second game, which made people with obsessive-compulsive disorder very uncomfortable.

Just a little bit, just one rebound, James could get a 30+ triple-double like Baron Davis.

The Suns really won two games in a row, and the second game narrowly defeated the Spurs 92-87 away.

It has to be said that Bowen was useless and Horry was used by the Spurs to exchange for Muhammad. Although the latter greatly improved the Spurs' inside strength, an inside player who is at his peak with double-double ability and leadership ability is very important to the Spurs.

But the Spurs' front line is not dirty enough.

This year, it is the Suns who are very dirty!

The Suns' double Thomas substitute inside combination, among which Kurt Thomas is nicknamed "Crazy Eyes" and "Dirty Kurt", created huge troubles for the Spurs' outside breakthrough when he appeared on the court with O'Neal. O'Neal is not a good person either, and the inside defense of the two is very dirty.

On the Spurs side, Artest is indeed a thorn, but except for Auburn Hills... he has never fought much. Although he is the best defensive player, his defense... is really not dirty. He is the cleanest defense among the best outside defensive players. Jordan's defense is not clean, and Payton...

Artest's defense lies in hardness, and his power forward body has the flexibility of a point guard. The nickname of James without ball control is not something that anyone can get, only Josh Smith and Artest.

Artest's defensive ability is excellent. He defends all the power forwards and small forwards of the Suns. No matter who is against him, the Suns are miserable.

But he can't play the role of provocation of Bowen and Horry, and he doesn't have the behavior of Horry who will maliciously hurt his opponent for the championship.

Maliciously injuring opponents cannot be done by the coaching staff directly, but requires "talent". Otherwise, once it is exposed, the coach who arranged the injuring tactics basically has no chance of staying in the NBA. Even Popovich, even if the Spurs management trusts him very much, will be forced to fire him under pressure, just like Sam Hinkie, the meritorious general manager of the 76ers in the original time and space. In the "process" of playing badly instructed by Hinkie, the 76ers have accumulated a lot of talent over the years and successfully risen, which makes other team management very uncomfortable, because the 76ers' approach has led some teams to follow suit, which has seriously affected the overall income of the NBA.

After all, such an approach will reduce the viewing value of NBA games.

If the head coach instructs the players to maliciously commit fouls against the opponent, or the opponent's popular star, the result can be imagined after being discovered.

The truth cannot be hidden.

Horry has been a notorious villain since the 1990s. He knows this very well, so he will do that.

But Artest won't. Bowen is old and was abandoned by Liu Mang, so he doesn't dare to do it. Josh Smith on the other side is not easy to mess with.

The Spurs themselves did not properly integrate Artest into the team's offense in the regular season. In the playoffs, it is impossible to integrate temporarily. Artest still has the strength of averaging 20+ per game at this stage, but on the offensive end, he can only be a pitcher and grab rebounds for himself...

Although the Spurs played a good defense in the second game, they did not speed up and defend, and the Spurs' own offense was paralyzed.

2-0, the Suns won two consecutive away games.

On the Lakers side, they defeated the Rockets again in the second game 109-101.

The Lakers' game was interesting. They played very "conscientiously" and played a comeback. They lost 15 points in the first three quarters, trailing 70-85. In the fourth quarter, they beat the Rockets 39-16.

The Lakers forced a wave of suspense.

The Bulls lost 86-72, another extremely difficult game, all defense.

The Nuggets won two home games in a row, beating the Jazz 89-81. This time, both teams played defense. Iverson only had 13 points and 11 assists, while JR Smith and Anthony both scored 20 points. The Nuggets won the second game at home.

The Magic tied the Raptors 1-1, losing 92-97. After taking away the home advantage, they had to return to Orlando to play against the Raptors again.

The Mavericks took a breather in the second game, 115 to 110. Although Nowitzki only had a poor performance of 4-for-15 in the previous game, at the critical moment of the fourth quarter, he scored two three-pointers to help the Mavericks in the anxious score. It’s time to establish an advantage.

But the key to winning this game was the explosion of Crawford and Harris.

There is an advantage to having a player like Crawford. His performance has little to do with the opponent's defense. If he is in good condition, he will be accurate. If he is in poor condition, he will be trapped. In the second game, Crawford made 14 of 26 shots from the field and won. to 44 points, setting a new scoring record in a single game in the playoffs this season.

Harris made 8 of 12 shots and scored 22 points, which was the key for the Mavericks to hold off the score even as Nowitzki's performance continued to be sluggish.

However, after the second game between the Mavericks and the Warriors, the call for Black Eight became even stronger...

The Mavericks need Crawford to perform far beyond his normal level in order to drag the game into a critical moment. If Crawford returns to his half-dead state like the first game...

Even the Mavericks' own players who won the game couldn't be happy. The media had been hounding them for the past few days and all kinds of questions about the bad guys had made them mentally and physically exhausted.

When losing, in addition to factors such as strength and tactics, off-field factors are also important, and the players' psychological state is also important.

However, this is not the only thing that makes Mavericks fans and the entire Mavericks team sad. At 4:30 pm on April 22, the Spurs, who have no love for their parents, played the second game and only had one day of rest before going to Phoenix to play the Suns. During the intermission of Game 3 of the series, ESPN began to broadcast the "Details" Mavericks-themed program...

This is a temporary program. Because there are only two games on the fifth game day of the playoffs, the Spurs and Suns, and the Magic and Raptors. ESPN’s live broadcast of the Magic and Raptors game is not like the previous four days. The games were so packed that there was no time to broadcast them, so this time they were specially broadcast.

The reason, of course, is to take advantage of the popularity. To take advantage of the popularity of the topic "The Mavericks were hacked", Liu Mang recorded it this morning after he and the coaching staff analyzed the "details" of the Mavericks. He did not cut a single cut. There were 4 issues in total. The program, from Nowitzki personally, to Crawford, to young general Johnson, to the four points of team offense, will last four days from the 22nd to the 25th, with one episode every day...

In addition, more in-depth analysis of the Lakers and Bulls, focused analysis of the Spurs, and analysis of the Cavaliers will all be broadcast in the next few days.

Basketball season is here. The NBA playoffs are here on ESPN Sports, and there are basketball programs almost all day long. Liu Mang is willing to record, and several major tactical libraries of the Eagles coaching staff are willing to provide "technical support." Naturally, ESPN will not give up to increase its popularity. Ratings opportunities.

Liu Mang did not analyze the Mavericks' defense. It is different from the Bulls, who relied on Garnett, Ben Wallace and Big Z to improve their high-speed rotation defense. It is much better than the Hawks. The Mavericks' defensive strategy is very similar to the Hawks. , after all, the defensive assistant coaches were brought out by Larry Brown.

The Mavericks feel the ill will from the Hawks...

The retribution for sweeping the Eagles in the regular season has come...

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Publishing his analysis of his opponents was not because Liu Mang was "selfless", but because there was no need to hide it.

Publicizing the opponent's weaknesses and methods of dealing with the opponent may indeed allow the opponent to make improvements in advance.

However, if some flaws can be improved so easily, why bring in stars?

Flaws are things that are difficult to improve and must be changed from the hardware.

Maybe Liu Mang's program will force some teams to improve, but at this juncture of the playoffs, it is impossible to change easily. Even if there is a way to avoid one flaw, it may lead to more flaws being exposed.

Moreover, the opponents Liu Mang analyzed were all teams that would pose a greater threat to the Eagles, theoretically speaking, and were considered to be helping this opponent.

Liu Mang felt it was natural to cause trouble for his potential opponents.

Some freelance writers and fans on the Internet have criticized Liu Mang as "despicable", but Liu Mang doesn't care at all.

This is basketball, this is his basketball philosophy, as long as it does not violate morality and is despicable...

That's despicable!