Chapter 1423 1422. This Feeling Is Very Special (Two Updates, 11000 Yuan, Please Give Me Monthly Votes)

Indeed, Liu Mang's "Details - Dallas Special" gave some help to the crazy scientist Nelson.

But Nelson himself was the head coach of the Mavericks. The Mavericks' defensive system was created by him. In addition, his understanding of the core players of the Mavericks was the key to Nelson's victory over General Johnson.

But General Johnson's angry words made the Hawks, who were preparing for the second round, angry...

In the 2VP press conference, there were no hot topics. At that time, everyone's attention was attracted by whether the Mavericks could turn the tide.

Now the Mavericks were caught in the black eight, and Liu Mang's side returned to the media's attention.

On April 30, the Mavericks were eliminated and the Warriors entered the second round.

In addition to this round of series, some other series have gradually been decided.

The Suns eliminated the Spurs 4-1 and entered the second round despite being not optimistic at the beginning.

This is the first time in the Nash era that the Spurs were defeated in the playoffs.

The Lakers are still much stronger than the Rockets, much stronger. After being chased to 2-3, they stopped fooling around in the sixth game, winning 130-85 by 45 points...

Yao Ming scored 24 points, 22 rebounds and 5 blocks, dominated the inside, and beat the Little Shark. Kobe and Claxton both scored 20 points, Gasol scored 11 points, 12 assists and 4 rebounds, and Fisher scored 17 points, which abused the Rockets...

The Lakers advanced to the second round and will play the most interesting series of the second round with the Suns.

The Lakers and the Suns advanced together, and the happiest people are the league officials and broadcasters.

Yao and Shark fought again, the best point guard and the best shooting guard of the 96 generation faced off, and Gasol and Josh Smith, two power forwards with completely different styles, faced off...

The Lakers were star-studded, and the Suns were also star-studded. The confrontation between the two strongest teams in the Western Conference raised the fans' expectations to a boiling point.

On the Nuggets and Jazz side, the experienced Iverson is still better. Deron is too young. After six games, Iverson got 78 assists. Iverson had more than 10 assists in five of the six games. He averaged 19.5 points, 13 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals per game. Iverson beat Deron Williams, who averaged 13+8, and led the Denver Athletics to eliminate the Salt Lake City Five Stars 4-2.

The Jazz are miserable this year. They are strong enough, but the top four teams in the West are very strong this year. The weakest Nuggets have Iverson who has changed his style of play and a group of stars led by Anthony. Anthony's rookie contract played a crucial role in the Nuggets' formation of the league's deepest bench.

At the beginning, the Jazz and the Suns tried their best to fight for the fifth place, but they didn't expect that the weakest of the top four teams in the West was the first...

The mainstream view of the fans on the Mavericks' black eight was that they were restrained by the Warriors. Of course, this is the key, but the Mavericks are in a very bad state in the playoffs, and other teams can see it clearly. The Jazz also had confidence in black eight after seeing the Mavericks like that, but this is just hindsight...

In the East, the Bulls eliminated the Nets 4-1. After five games, only one game scored more than 90 points...

The Warriors, Lakers, Suns, Nuggets; Cavaliers, Bulls, and Hawks have advanced to the second round. Only the Magic and Raptors are tied at 3-3 and will play a tiebreaker on the evening of May 1.

The first game of the series between the Warriors and the Nuggets will also start on the evening of May 1.

The first game between the Lakers and the Suns will start on May 2, and the series between the Hawks and the Bulls will start on May 3.

The winner between the Magic and the Raptors will play the first game of the second round against the Cavaliers on May 4.

There are more highlights in the second round. Can the Warriors continue to upset? Who will win the super popular match between the Suns and the Lakers? Who will win the match between Howard and Milicic, the top centers of the new generation of similar age?

There are many highlights in each series of the second round.

But...

On May 1st, there were two games, but the most attention was paid to Atlanta...

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Given the strong calls for interviews from the media, the Hawks had to hold another press conference on May 1st.

The topic was still the controversy about this year's regular season MVP.

"Ace, what do you think of Johnson's statement that Nowitzki deserves the MVP more?"

"He's right. I also think Dirk is an MVP-level player. He played like an MVP this year, but he should be able to play better. He has the strength to play better, but I don't know why he didn't get better. Is it the coach's fault?"

"Ace, are you saying that Johnson's statement that Nowitzki is the MVP of this season is correct?"

"MVP, it's not me who voted, nor is it him who voted. Tracy also got 3% of the votes, with two first-place votes. Two experts think Tracy is also the MVP. LeBron got 4 first-place votes, and four experts think LeBron should be the MVP. Coach Johnson thinks Dirk is the MVP. I can understand that, but he made the Mavericks lose and didn't let Dirk get the MVP. I think this should be his problem."

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Decisive counterattack. Liu Mang has been annoyed these two days. He was very happy to get the MVP, but General Johnson wanted to attack him, so of course he had to fight back.

As for whether this positive questioning will cause General Johnson to lose his job... Liu Mang doesn't care so much, who told this guy to provoke him.

The reporter asked a lot of questions, and Liu Mang tried every means to turn the answer to the topic of "Avery Johnson's coaching ability is problematic."

The reporters were all smart and soon understood Liu Mang's thoughts.

"Too petty! Johnson is right, the Eagles are too vengeful, but it seems that their head coach is not the most petty, but this guy is the most petty!"

The reporters felt creepy about Liu Mang's vengeful character. Fortunately, this guy is not in their industry, otherwise it would be too miserable to be hated.

However...

Liu Mang's response can be on the hot news!

The reporters felt that as long as Liu Mang's doubts about General Johnson's coaching ability were slightly exaggerated and guided by public opinion, it would definitely be popular!

The head coach of a team that just won 67 wins was made to have a crisis of trust in the fans and management of this team...

Such things are what reporters like to do the most.

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Chicago Beach Hotel, the hotel where the Hawks stayed.

On May 2, the day before the first game of the Hawks-Bulls series, Liu Mang and his family came to Chicago with the team.

The owner of the Hawks generously booked the hotel, and Liu Mang's family lived alone in a large suite connected to two suites.

When he arrived at the hotel, Liu Mang took a nap and got up to see the rewards he had received recently.

"Congratulations to the host for winning the 2006-2007 regular season MVP, and the reward is 50,000 superstar points."

"Congratulations to the host for winning two consecutive regular season MVP achievements, and the reward is 100,000 superstar points."

Getting 150,000 superstar points at once, plus the "Road to the King" career mission, Liu Mang got 23,000 superstar points, and some superstar points from the four games won in the first round. Liu Mang's current superstar points have reached 413,972.

"System boss, use 139 superstar value draws."

"Host uses 139 primary superstar value draws, consuming 13,900 superstar value points..."

Liu Mang replenished the reserve potion a little, and there were still 400,000 superstar value left.

"400,000, I can squander enough to play against the Bulls..." Liu Mang looked at the 400,000 superstar value, which was his last resort.

This year's playoffs are much more difficult than before. This is the first time that Liu Mang has encountered a strong opponent in the second round.

At first, Liu Mang saved superstar value in order to collect one million and then draw attribute fruits, but at this stage, it can be used in the series with the Bulls.

There are also Kobe's special star card, Deron and Kidd's optional star cards, Durant's star card...

In addition to these trump cards, Liu Mang's biggest reliance is his own strength.

The team's tactical preparation and training have been done to the best of what can be done. The coaching staff and Liu Mang have analyzed the Bulls for several days, and they have done their best.

After returning home and looking at his "trump card", Liu Mang was not too nervous.

If you stick your head out, you will get a knife. If you shrink your head, you will get a knife too. This is the first time in four years that Liu Mang has been under so much pressure. It seems that the passion he had when he first entered the NBA has returned.

Moreover... this is a rare second round without home court advantage. Except for the second year when Liu Mang played in the Eastern Conference playoffs without home court advantage, he had home court advantage throughout the other years. It feels quite amazing.

In addition, the rogue value has risen to more than 74.41 million, which is about to break 100 million. When it reaches 100 million, Liu Mang is ready to draw a big one for fun.

After looking at his things, Liu Mang came to the living room of the suite. The little loli had prepared popcorn, snacks and drinks, waiting for Liu Mang to watch the live broadcast, and also had to help take care of the two sleeping kids.

As for the two older girls, they rarely come to Chicago once a year, so they went out shopping. They are very interested in the commercial district of the third largest city in the United States every time they come.

Tonight's game is a matchup between the two Lakers and the Suns.

Yesterday, the Magic defeated the Raptors in the seventh game and became the only team in the lower half of the Eastern Conference playoffs to defeat the upper team.

Milicic, Joe Johnson and Richard Jefferson still couldn't beat the three frontcourt players of Rahim, Turkoglu and Howard. In the seventh game, the Raptors lost to the Magic by 5 points.

As for the second game yesterday, the Nuggets played against the Warriors at home...

The Warriors wilted in the second round. They were really only suitable for defeating the Mavericks. They were no match for the Nuggets. The Nuggets' two guns scored 70 points together, Iverson scored 34 points and 7 assists, and Anthony scored 36 points and 16 rebounds. The two of them blew up the Warriors' inside and outside lines, which could not be defended by any team except the Mavericks.

Tonight's game is the semifinals of the other group in the Western Conference, the Lakers and the Suns.

There were still a few minutes before the game started. Liu Mang saw the two kids sleeping on the sofa and couldn't help but pinch Becas.

Originally, Liu Mang wanted to wake up Becas, but he turned over and continued to sleep...

Liu Mang felt no sense of accomplishment. He thought that since the little girl was there, she could coax Becas back to sleep after being woken up...

Then let's watch the game!

Watching the pre-game scene with the little girl who was eating popcorn.

The Lakers playing against the Suns is really eye-catching.

The Cavaliers have confirmed that their next opponent will be the Magic. Chandler and Howard will face off, Rahim and James will face off, and Turkoglu and Peja, old teammates and enemies who once fought for each other in the team, will meet...

The series between the Cavaliers and the Magic will be very interesting.

The battle between the Hawks and the Bulls should also be very interesting.

But none of them can compare to the series between the Lakers and the Suns. Major TV stations have sent most of the resources for the second round to Los Angeles. OK and OK will gather in the playoffs, but they will be in two teams. This alone is enough to attract people, not to mention that there are so many opposing stars.

Even Liu Mang is looking forward to it...looking forward to the Suns to do something...

When he thought of the four teams in the second round of the Western Conference this year, Liu Mang felt so magical.

Except for the Warriors, the other three teams have an iconic star of the 96 generation, two of whom have won the regular season MVP...

It is always fun to watch other strong teams fight to the death. Liu Mang and Xiao Loli watched the game while complaining. The more intense the game between the two teams, the happier they were...

The Suns played really well. O'Neal may not be as strong as people expected before the playoffs, but it is enough to compete with Yao Ming for a short time.

The seamless switching of the two sets of play of the Suns also caused huge trouble for the Lakers.

However, the Lakers did not play the Suns for fun like they played against the Rockets. They went all out. The game was very exciting and intense, and there were constant conflicts.

If the two teams are clearly strong and weak, then the home advantage in the playoffs is actually useless, but when the strength of the two teams is relatively close, the role of the home advantage is very obvious.

The Lakers, who only led by two points with 86 to 84 after three quarters, relied on the rare fanatical atmosphere at home to play a wave of 14 to 5 in the fourth quarter, and opened the score difference to double digits in one fell swoop.

In the end, Kobe Bryant scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 13 assists, Yao Ming scored 29 points and 7 rebounds, Gasol scored 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and Odom scored 7 points and 19 rebounds. These four stars helped the Lakers beat the Suns 118-110 at home and defended their first home game.

Although O'Neal scored 28 points, he couldn't grab rebounds from Odom, who was as flexible as a guard but had the height of a center.

Nash's 20 points and 12 assists were also very good, and Josh Smith also scored 17 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, which was a little better than Gasol.

But Kobe did a very good job in organizing the offense with a dismal hit rate of only 7 of 19 shots.

Facing two major opponents, Nash and O'Neal, Kobe played very reasonably today, mainly because of the mid-range assists to Yao Ming in the fourth quarter and the three-point assists from Wang Zhizhi and Radmanovic on the bench.

Reasonable Kobe... can't be stopped!

In addition to his own 20 points, Yao Ming scored 12 points directly from Kobe's pass. The cooperation between the two was just like the OK combination of the year.

Seeing that the Suns were just a little bit away from winning the first game, they finally lost to Kobe's performance in the fourth quarter, which reduced wasteful shots and passed more passes, and scored 4 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists in a single quarter.

"Really, what is Raja Bell thinking? Pull his neck! Lock his throat! Fuck him!" Liu Mang saw that the Suns lost and couldn't help but spit.

"..." Little Loli looked at Liu Mang and didn't know what to say.

Too bad!

The two girls came back at around 7 o'clock, not long after the game started, and brought pizza back for Little Loli to eat. Liu Mang was here, and the team's nutritionist sent a nutritious meal. The game will be played tomorrow, and Liu Mang can't eat anything randomly.

High-calorie foods are not important, if you accidentally eat problematic food, it will be bad.

Seeing Liu Mang eagerly wanting the Lakers to lose, I was angry and funny.

Too childish.

But we are used to it. After watching the game, we are tired from shopping. Little Loli is a child who goes to bed early. Liu Mang has a game tomorrow, and the whole family is going to go to bed and get up early.

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Sitting in the bus, looking at the bronze statue of Jordan at the entrance of the United Center, and looking at a group of red fans giving their own bus the middle finger, Liu Mang is getting more and more excited.

Why is the away challenge an away challenge?

Why does the home team defend the home court when they win?

Does it mean that the away team is here to attack the city?

Anyway, this is how Liu Mang understands it now.

Except for the 03-04 season, this is the first time that Liu Mang played the first game of a series as a guest team in the playoffs. It feels very special.

After the Lakers and Suns played last night, a large number of media gathered in Chicago early this morning. Yesterday's game received a lot of attention, and today's game also received a lot of attention.

Actually, there are two games today. The second game of the series between the Nuggets and the Warriors is also played today. However, with the real strength of the Warriors, it is too difficult to continue to upset. They are really only on the edge of the playoffs, not like the Hawks in the 2003-04 season, which have the strength of the top five in the league.

Iverson has a high probability of "lying into" the Western Conference Finals, which is indeed a topic, but the battle between the Hawks and the Bulls is obviously more attractive.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Mang and his teammates came to the visiting team training ground at the United Center.

Both teams are very tacit, and both refused to accept any interviews and concentrated on preparing for the game.

The Bulls hated Liu Mang to death. They hated him to begin with. The Hawks also gave the Bulls a three-episode film analysis, which made them feel under great pressure. This feeling of being plotted against behind their backs was very uncomfortable.

In order not to offend the Hawks, the Bulls simply refused to discuss any topic about Liu Mang, so as not to be targeted and bitten to death by petty guys like the Mavericks.

The Hawks were actually under greater pressure and did not accept interviews.

In the afternoon, a tactical meeting was held, and the tactical running was simply reviewed again. At 5 pm, the Hawks began to warm up. At 7 pm, there was still half an hour before the 7:30 game, and the Hawks entered the court...

When Liu Mang, the last player to appear as the leader of the visiting team, was booed!

This was more explosive than normal boos, because... the owner of the Hawks and the owner of the Bulls came out together, and behind them there was a hostess holding the regular season MVP trophy...

Liu Mang did not expect that the owner of the Bulls would give him such face and actually took the initiative to propose to award Liu Mang the regular season MVP at the United Center!

The Hawks originally planned to return to their home court in the third game to present Liu Mang with the MVP. It was embarrassing that they didn't have the home court advantage in the second round of the MVP. But Liu Mang didn't care much. It was not as embarrassing as going fishing after presenting the trophy in the office.

But the young owner of the Bulls, Michael Reinsdorf, took the initiative to call Price and wanted to present Liu Mang with the MVP trophy at the United Center.

Liu Mang, of course, chose to accept it.

The other party's purpose was obvious, similar to the Pistons fans, this was a trick to recruit...