Chapter 1446 1445. The Little Emperor Facing Difficulties

Which star would use data to comment on another star?

Liu Mang did just that.

Liu Mang's reputation has always been that no matter what he does, as long as it does not violate moral issues, all those who know him or even sports fans who only know that there is such a person think it is normal, because he is just that kind of person.

People's logic always has many paradoxes.

Just like Liu Mang himself knows, winning is the kingly way, shooting percentage and so on, most of the time it has nothing to do with winning or losing, just like James's average shooting percentage in the first four games of the second round is actually more than 50%. Among the players who averaged 20+ in the second round, there were only five players with a shooting percentage of more than 50%, and James was one of them. The other four were all inside players. Liu Mang's shooting percentage was only 41%, but no one on Liu Mang's side thought he played badly, and it can be seen from James's first four games that his best breakthrough and passing the ball was restricted to the extreme.

As for Kobe, his average field goal percentage in the entire playoffs this season was 46%, and his average field goal percentage in the regular season this season was 46.9%, which was almost the same. This has always been his most praised point. No matter how the opponent's defense is, no matter how reckless he is, he will shoot even if there is no difficulty or he creates difficulties, his field goal percentage has always been so stable, and his career so far is just a little over 45%.

But after being compared with Liu Mang... people found that this guy is so iron!

There are not many free throws, because Kobe's playing style has always been very tough, and he disdains to commit fouls, especially with Liu Mang as his mortal enemy, he is unwilling to play a similar style of play, and Liu Mang's playing style cannot be learned easily, unless you have such talent.

Last season, Kobe averaged 36 points per game, but he only averaged 10.2 free throws per game. His free throw shooting rate was 85%, and he made 8.7 free throws per game, which means he averaged 27.0 points per game. Liu Mang and Wade, who also averaged 10+ free throws per game last season, averaged less than 30 points per game...

With such a style of play and such scoring performance, Kobe certainly missed many shots.

Moreover, Liu Mang compared Yao Ming, who had a hit rate of more than 70% in the first game of the Western Conference Finals, with Anthony, who had a hit rate of exactly 70% and scored more than Kobe, and compared the number of assists with Iverson...

Liu Mang didn't say it clearly, but the fans and the media understood what Liu Mang meant.

"If this guy shoots less and misses less, and lets Yao Ming, who has a super high hit rate, shoot more, he will win long ago..."

This is what the media interpreted.

That night, after the first game of the Western Conference Finals, Iverson was depressed in his hotel room in Los Angeles. After seeing the news about this incident on TV, he excitedly called the hotel front desk and asked them to open a bottle of wine worth hundreds of thousands of dollars...

"Ace, this kid, is really likable!" Iverson shouted and raised his glass to celebrate.

His playing style has changed, and his attitude of not liking to train has also changed a lot, which is the key to Iverson's rebirth.

However, the problem of greed for alcohol and lack of restraint in money... The situation remains.

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Making Kobe unhappy may affect Kobe's mood in the next series of games and cause trouble for the Lakers, which is what Liu Mang wants.

Although the probability is not high, it would be better for Liu Mang if the relationship of the "Doujia Pills" four-man team could be affected by the number of shots.

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The comments of the media and fans are mainly ridiculed. Of course, the media will definitely "guess" the situation of the Lakers' internal shooting problems with malicious intent to guide public opinion.

The fact that three people make a tiger is very scary. If the Lakers players really believe it and think that they have such thoughts, it will suit Liu Mang's wishes.

Moreover, even if nothing happened and Kobe was just unhappy, Liu Mang would still think it was good...

Although Liu Mang's hit rate in the last round was worse than Kobe's, Kobe had a hit rate of 44% in the last round, while Liu Mang only had 41%. The average points per game of the two in the second round were actually similar. Kobe averaged 30.5 points per game, while Liu Mang was one point closer, but Liu Mang was obviously much more iron-willed.

But... Kobe couldn't bring himself to make the same response.

This is where Liu Mang is fearless, he knows that this guy is too proud to save face.

However, Liu Mang's next round opponent, LeBron James, is also in the storm of public opinion.

On May 21, the Cavaliers rested for a day and will usher in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Hawks.

This is the first time the Cavaliers have reached the Eastern Conference Finals again after 15 years since they played the Eastern Conference Finals with Jordan's Bulls in the 1990s. It is also the third time in their team history that they have reached the Eastern Conference Finals.

But this time, they made it to the Eastern Conference Finals, which was different from the 75-76 season when they relied on an absolutely balanced lineup with seven players averaging double-digit points and tactics to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals; and it was different from the 91-92 season when the Big Three of Mark Price, Brad Doherty, and Larry Nance, who were selected into the first team of the 92-93 All-NBA Team with Jordan, made it to the Eastern Conference Finals by overpowering the three superstars Stockton, Tim Hardaway, and Joe Dumars.

This time, people thought that the Cavaliers should have been eliminated in the second round, and their entry into the Eastern Conference Finals was not recognized, and James was suffering from public opinion.

This kind of public opinion that was just right, which could not force James to move forward but made him have problems with his mentality, made him not know what to do, and he could only train in silence.

Yesterday, during the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Nuggets, the Cavaliers, who had only one day off, did not practice. They had to recover their physical strength after the second round, but James was still training.

Liu Mang's focus was on the Western Conference. Apart from saying that the Eastern Conference was his territory, he did not express any opinion on the Eastern Conference Finals, which made James very frustrated.

"Being looked down upon by the superstars"

This is what James thinks now.

James is a very thoughtful person, and he cares a lot about the media's opinions. This was also the case in the original time and space. In the original time and space, after losing to the Celtics twice in 2008 and 2010, he felt that he could never beat the Celtics' Big Three. In fact, if he had stayed with the Cavaliers for one more year, by the 11-12 season, the Celtics would have had conflicts, Ray Allen would have conflicts with his teammates and the coaching staff, and the Celtics would have collapsed. James could have made the Celtics old if he had stayed with them for a little longer. In that case, he wouldn't have to risk the infamy of being a clinger, nor would he lose the league's "favor" because all the public opinion attacked him. When he was at his peak, he could have played first in the East with any group of teammates, and there was a great probability that he would have won three consecutive MVPs.

But his fragile heart made him choose to escape... and also caused an indelible black spot in his career.

His fragile and delicate heart makes James feel that the whole world looks down on him now, and he also feels very innocent. He just wants to seize every opportunity to reach the Eastern Conference Finals. He didn't think he did anything wrong at the time.

But now, he has begun to doubt himself...

It is mainly because of Liu Mang's existence that he felt the unmatched fear two years in advance.

He originally had this emotion after being beaten by the Celtics in the playoffs in 2008, but now he has begun to have it.

Moreover, Liu Mang did not discuss the second round, so the public opinion storm he encountered was similar to the situation from 2008 to 2010 in the original time and space. The direction of public opinion was different, but both made him reach the point where he could not bear it but would not make him want to "break and then build".

For Liu Mang, James' psychological torture was just the right level he wanted.

On the afternoon of the 21st, at the Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena, the two teams that played tonight conducted tactical training at home and away respectively.

The Hawks had to rest for one more day, but the first day of rest was still in Chicago. They just arrived in Cleveland yesterday, so the training time for the two teams was the same, and they could only start training on the day of the game. Both teams played to the seventh game, and the next round was about to begin when they had little rest time.

"LeBron, take a break, there's a game tonight." Chandler said to James who wanted to practice more after the team's tactical training.

"I know, Tyson." James forced a smile.

What makes James happy now is that he got two teammates, Chandler and Peja.

Chandler is the kind of teammate that everyone likes, and his professionalism is admirable.

No matter what team he is in, Chandler will try his best to help the team win and make contributions.

Just like the Mavericks playing the Lakers in the 2011 playoffs in the original time and space, Chandler, as a Californian, went to high school in Los Angeles, won the California state championship, and was a die-hard fan of the Lakers since childhood. He still mercilessly defended Andrew Bynum and Gasol, helping the Mavericks defeat the strongest opponents and allowing the Mavericks to win the 2011 championship unimpeded.

Chandler was also one of the players who dissed James back then. James didn't like him at the time, but he treated Chandler with the mentality that if there were good teammates, they had to get along well, just like recruiting Garnett last summer.

But after getting along for a long time, James saw the good side of Chandler's character. He grew up on a farm and was good at milking, raising pigs, planting corn and okra... and other local farm work in California. Under the education of his mother and grandmother, he was diligent, hard-working and responsible, which made James very impressed.

Although James is very annoying at this stage due to various personal or external reasons, just like the people in James's network who actively expanded admire him, Chandler was also attracted by his maturity and hard work after partnering with James, and the two became good friends after a year.

Unlike Peja, a European with many thoughts, the two of them had similar tastes and hit it off.

Feeling Chandler's concern, James felt much better.

Thinking of the terrible big brother he would face in four hours, James was not so afraid.

"The most difficult things always need to be faced!"