Chapter 537: 536. Changes in the Nets
New Jersey, the Eagles and the Nets are actively preparing for the game. The second round is over, and the major awards have been announced one after another during the second round.
The best defensive player was won by Ben Wallace of the Pistons. Although he was out after the first round, it did not affect the outstanding performance of Ben Wallace in the regular season. Ben Wallace's vote rate Only Artest, Ratliff, and Garnett received more than half of the votes. None of the three combined had more votes than Ben Wallace.
In terms of the best rookie, Yao Ming won the best rookie with 41% of the votes, beating Stoudemire with 39% of the votes.
Yao Ming had 15.1 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Stoudemire had 13.5 points, 8.9 rebounds and 2 assists.
Yao Ming is better than Stoudemire in record data, and the final vote rate is only two percentage points behind, which is really not easy.
But history was made!
This is the first time in NBA history that overseas players have won the best rookie for two consecutive years, and it is the first time in NBA history!
On the domestic side, although Yao Ming was eliminated in the first round, he is his own son after all, much more popular than Liu Mang's publicity at that time, and he is a center forward. Not long after the heyday of the four major centers, a domestic center became a Nominated for the best rookie, which is much more sensational than the outside line.
The main reason is that there was an outside core before, and now there is an inside core. After the domestic football fans experienced the tragic World Cup trip last summer, the expectations for the men's basketball team were overwhelmed. The combination of Liu Mang + Yao Ming has become New hope for Chinese sports!
Most Improved Award, Arenas beat Reid to win this season's Most Improved Award.
For the best sixth man, the votes are the same as the Most Improved Award, MVP, and Best Defensive Player. There are three types of votes. The first vote is 5 points, the second vote is 3 points, and the third vote is 1 point. Liu Mang got it With 46 first ballots, 40 second ballots, and 8 third ballots, he beat Bobby Jackson of the Kings with 327 points with 358 points, and won the best sixth man again!
In terms of the best rookie lineup, Yao Ming and Stoudemire were unanimously selected for the first team. The Hawks' backup power forward Boozer, the Heat's main small forward Caron Butler, and the Magic's center Drew Gooden were selected together. for a while.
The rookie second team led by Nene, Croatian guard Gordon Kirisek, Argentine demon knife Manu Ginobili, Eagles swingman Prince, and Cavaliers point guard Dajuan Wagner were selected together.
The Eagles selected three rookies ranked after the 20th pick, and two of them were selected to the All-Rookie Team. In addition, Liu Mang was selected in 2001, and the word of mouth has been rising. Many teams have sent scouts to prepare to go The Eagles have started their trial training. The lottery will be held on the 29th. The non-playoff teams and some teams that have been eliminated have already started the draft trial training, especially the Cavaliers, Raptors, and Nuggets. Teams with the worst records, the Heat, and the inexplicably emerging Pistons have already invited James, Anthony, and Bosh, the top three favorites, to try out.
In terms of the best lineup, the OK combination and the two No. 21s continue to occupy the position of the first team. Although the scoring champion McGrady did not make the playoffs, he is the only superstar with an efficiency value of over 30 this season, with 67 first votes Jason Kidd, who had overwhelmed 50 first-place votes, was selected for the first team of the best team.
Ben Wallace, Nowitzki, Webber, Kidd, and Iverson were selected to the second team of the best team.
In terms of three teams, Francis, who made it to the playoffs, beat Marbury and was selected to the third team of the best team for the first time in his career. The other four were Raheem, Nash, Kenyon Martin and Peja.
Raheem honored the Eagles, and at least one player was selected to the best team.
The best defensive lineup, Ben Wallace, O'Neal, and Ratliff at the center position have almost the same votes. Ben Wallace leads the two behind with 140 points, and the two behind each have 122 points. The three got the center position with more than 98 percent of all votes cast.
The first round was led by the best defensive player Ben Wallace, but Ben Wallace did not get the most votes in the first defense because it was voted by the head coaches. Duncan and Garnett continued to win all the first votes. With 260 points and 130 first votes to dominate the forward position, Kobe and Kidd, the two best defensive outsiders in the West and East, were selected for the first defense together.
For the second team, Ratliff and O'Neal scored the same score and were selected for the second defense at the same time. Bowen of the Spurs, Christie of the Kings, Artest of the Pacers, and Larry Hughes of the Wizards occupied the other four positions.
One third team, one second defense, two best rookie teams, and one best sixth man, the Eagles have at least left their names on this year's honor roll.
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"Oh oh oh oh……"
Liu Mang saw that the talent and skill fragments in the system panel had changed to (3), and he couldn't help but be excited. What about the 5,000 superstar value for advancing to the Eastern Finals, the 10,000 superstar value for the best sixth man, and the best sixth man in Lianzhuang? 20,000 superstar value, he is not there at all...but he still cares a lot.
Sure enough, the record is king! Honor is king!
Forty-five thousand superstar points, plus three level 1 missions and one level 3 mission in the past 4 games against the Pistons, a total of 6,000 superstar points, and 4,000 superstar points for the 4 level 1 missions against the 76ers, Liu Mang All of a sudden, the poor peasants became well-off, and all of a sudden, they got 45,000 superstars! Adding the 15,000 superstar points left before, there are 60,000 superstar points!
Liu Mang took a look at the system, and there are Madman's 98-99 season star card, Jordan's rookie season star card, Reggie Miller's peak star card, and the obvious role of Atlanta's fury, very beautiful, Liu Mang Mang is more confident about the next series with the Nets.
Fighting Kidd, Liu Mang's fighting spirit burned to the peak!
If playing the Pistons is to prove that their team is still one of the two best teams in the Eastern Conference and a real strong team that should win the Eastern Conference Championship in the regular season, they met the 76ers with real superstars in the second round but felt When it comes to Iverson's helplessness, then playing Kidd, Kidd is at his peak, and his teammates are also the most suitable teammates for him, and the Nets are at their peak. Liu Mang is so excited to challenge the Nets!
This excitement was also transmitted to the teammates. If the Pistons and the 76ers were to be played, the Eagles could easily win, and the Nets... the more difficult the game, the greater the pressure, but this group of young people were very excited!
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At 5:30 in the afternoon, the Nets are at home, the players of the two teams have already entered the field, and the game is about to start.
The Eagles and the Nets will be the first to start the divisional finals. During the pre-match interviews, the two teams chose to keep a low profile. The Eagles did not want to make the Eastern Conference finals more difficult, including Liu Mang. , high-profile play, because the Nets are not at the same level as other teams in the Eastern Conference, and they are not at the same level at all. The Eagles can sweep the Pistons. In the original history, the Nets can sweep the Eastern Conference Finals. The other teams in the East are not opponents at the same level at all.
The Nets chose to keep a low profile in order to give the Eagles a face. The Eagles gave them face before and believed that they could reach the Eastern Conference Finals and go directly to New Jersey to prepare for the game. Although Kidd still hates Liu Mang, this time he feels that Liu Mang Mang respects him very much.
It is true that Liu Mang has always been full of respect for his opponents... The kind of malicious hurt is not counted. The only thing Kidd has a good impression of Liu Mang is Liu Mang's respect for his opponents.
It's just that more than one-tenth of the fan area at home is occupied by fans of the visiting team, and most of them are in the front row, which makes the players of the Nets very upset. Eagles fans and Liu Mang fans flocked to the Nets The team's home court occupies a lot of positions.
And compared to the Spurs playing the Mavericks in the West, the Eastern Conference Finals has fans looking forward to it.
The main reason is that the popularity of the Spurs is low, and the popularity of the Mavericks is also very low. They even have a lower sense of existence than the Spurs. The Spurs still have Duncan, an All-Star starter who was born out of strength. The Mavericks have never had an All-Star in team history. starter.
Many celebrities came to the scene of the Eastern Conference finals, the Nets star Bernard King, the Eagles star Dominique Wilkins, the eliminated 76ers center and former Nets player Derek Coleman... ...A lot of the Hawks and Nets legends came to watch the game.
In the final preparation stage before the game, after Liu Mang entered the field, he was not surprised by those Nets and Eagles legends, because they also came to the Harbor Center Hotel contracted by the Eagles to rent a suite, and the Eagles also warmly entertained them.
However, when Liu Mang saw Michael Jordan, the god of basketball who had just retired for three months, talking and laughing happily with Wilkins and Bernard King, two of the biggest celebrities who came to watch the game, it made him very excited. Surprised!
Liu Mang hurried over to ask the "Master" to say hello. If it weren't for Jordan's pretentious words before, although Liu Mang complained a lot, but if it wasn't for Jordan's words, the Eagles would have to move quickly. It's not easy to get on the right track.
"Michael..." As soon as Liu Mang called out his name, he heard Mr. Joe cough. Liu Mang was speechless, but his reaction was quick: "Teacher-Michael, wow, I didn't expect you to come here to watch the game. Why don't you come here?" Let me know in advance."
Sure enough, Jordan's face, which had grown fat all of a sudden, smiled like a chrysanthemum, and Wilkins and Bernard King who were on the side knew that this old opponent was showing off again.
How helpless and powerless! The honor and statistics of the two have been crushed, and now the disciples they accept are quite good. The two are considering whether to go to a team as the general manager. There is always a chance to win this guy in the draft.
Jordan patted Liu Mang on the shoulder, showing the appearance of being a teacher all the way: "Ace, you did a good job, and you made it to the Eastern Conference Finals again. At noon, I heard that today is the start of your Eastern Conference Finals. I came from Charlotte. Come over here and see how you can play."
"Of course, I'm definitely better than you. I made it to the Eastern Conference Finals last year. It's too easy to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals." Liu Mang was not humble at all.
What Jordan likes most about Liu Mang is Liu Mang's self-confidence. Hearing Liu Mang's words, he said with a smile: "Hey, the tone is not small, but you are right, if you can't make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, why play in the NBA? Let me see your progress!"
"Just watch..."
"I heard that the Harbor Center is booked by you? Ask your boss to give me a room."
"...You are not polite at all..."
Wilkins and Bernard King on the side looked at the two pretending to be aggressive, and really wanted to gang up on the two of them, but thinking about the fact that one of them had just retired and the other was young and strong, they might not be able to fight well, so they had to give up .
But both of them are very angry! Because none of them made it to the division finals, at most they only made it to the second round. Finally, other players also came to say hello to the celebrities. Wilkins and Bernard King could finally find an excuse to stay away from the two pretenders. Offender, take the initiative to go up and greet and hug the juniors...
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The pre-match activities were over, and the two teams came to the field as starters.
The Eagles sent Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Mohammed, and Ratliff to the starting lineup, which is still the old lineup.
The starting lineup of the Nets has changed. Kidd, Kittles, Richard Jefferson, and Kenyon Martin have not changed. field group.
The Nets used Van Horn to exchange Mutombo back last summer, mainly to deal with O'Neal of the Lakers. Who knew that the Lakers were eliminated, and it was mainly Mutombo's 11+11+ from last season. The stats of 2.5 blocks collapsed to 6+5+1.5 when it reached the Nets. The Nets were going crazy, especially Mutombo was reimbursed for the regular season after playing more than 20 games, and his state plummeted.
However, in the last round of playing against the Bucks, Mutombo showed his power at a critical moment, and he felt like he was dreaming of returning to the top, which gave the Nets confidence again. Byron Scott put him in the starting position. Anyway, Jia Sen Collins' strength is like that, no matter how badly Mutombo plays, the statistics are still better than Jason Collins.
Ratliff came to the middle circle and jumped the ball with Mutombo... The Eagles fans on the scene picked up Coke and other drinks, drank water and chatted, and Ratliff still needed to watch the jump ball? Drinking water again... Not much suspense, the referee blew the whistle and threw the ball into the air, and the old and tough Mutombo ball was allocated to Kidd.
In the first round, the Nets played Kittles' off-the-ball running tactics. Kittles, as the Nets' first outside artillery, ran up quickly and got rid of Prince's defense. It was too decisive and unexpected Oh, the Eagles thought the Nets would press the tempo, but they didn't expect it to be a three-pointer. Prince followed closely, but met Kenyon Martin's off-ball pick-and-roll, Prince and Boozer both went to chase the impact The fierce Kenyon Martin, Kittles took a step back to the three-point line, Kidd sent the ball to Kittles in time, Kittles caught the ball and made a three-pointer.
The Nets lead the Eagles by three points at the start!
It's really getting better and better!
Liu Mang felt the strong strength of the Nets. Originally, the Nets started after defeating the Bucks in the first round, and swept the Celtics and Pistons in the next two rounds, showing their invincible dominance over the Eastern Conference.
Sure enough, they still showed super dominance this time. Liu Mang took a deep breath and slowly advanced to the frontcourt after receiving the serve.
Liu Mang pushed forward and still played inside first, but there was a change!
Liu Mang made a gesture, and Raheem took a step outside the free throw line, facing the basket. Liu Mang passed the ball to Raheem, and then cut to the inside line, leaving a circle of the baseline to the right bottom corner, Trying to open up the space... or not!
When Raheem was about to play singles, Richard Jefferson in front was on top, and Mutombo behind Richard Jefferson was guarding the three-second zone. Kidd, who was following Liu Mang, did not follow the bottom corner, but Ready to double-team Raheem at any time.
When Raheem played the 76ers, he impressed the Nets so much! Unlike the Eagles who are waiting for their opponents, the Nets have sufficient confidence in themselves. When playing the Bucks, they are still paying attention to the Eagles' games. They firmly believe that the Eagles can enter the Eastern Conference Finals, and they have already started to study the Eagles.
Seeing Kidd's defense, Rahim quickly passed to Liu Mang in the corner.
Liu Mang took the ball without hesitation, caught the ball and threw it for a three-pointer.
"Boom..."
Liu Mang missed the opening three-pointer! Leaving Ratliff to interfere with the opponent to grab a defensive rebound and counterattack, Liu Mang, Raheem, and Prince hurried back to the defense, Kidd took the defensive rebound, saw that the opponent had already returned to the defense, and did not force the speed, the Eagles The team wants to play steadily, and the Nets also pursue stability!
Kidd pushed forward again, and the Nets did not choose a three-pointer this time, but chose a low post!
Kenyon Martin sits low and leans on Muhammad for the ball!
Kenyon Martin received the ball and turned around sharply. When Ratliff and Mutombo were confronting each other, he suddenly turned around and threw a shot, which caught the Eagles by surprise. Muhammad was also surprised by Kenyon Martin's explosive power. When it arrived, Kenyon Martin scored two points with a throw.
It turned out to be playing low! The Nets' opening offensive routine was beyond the Eagles' expectations! Who didn't expect the Nets to start playing from Kittles and Kenyon Martin!
It is very different from the usual tactics of the Nets!
The Nets hit the Eagles by surprise at the beginning of the game. Liu Mang pushed forward again, and he still hit Raheem. Raheem's containment power is very strong. After being able to pass the ball, Liu Mang circled the baseline again and came to the right corner. This time, Kidd did not go to help defend Raheem. It was Kittles who helped defend Raheem, and Raheem was assigned to the left. Outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle, Prince caught the ball for a three-pointer...and missed!
This time Kidd quickly rushed back to the basket. When Ratliff and Mutomboka were in position, Kidd took the lead in picking up the rebound!
The Nets counterattacked in three lines! Kenyon Martin rushes inside, Kittles runs to the corner, draws away Prince and Raheem's defense, Kidd passes the ball to Richard Jefferson, Richard Jefferson Ferson countered and scored two points with a flying dunk!
Liu Mang caught up with Richard Jefferson, but he had already rushed up, Liu Mang had no choice!
7 to 0!
The Basket team beat the Eagles 7-0 at the start!
Bad momentum!
Liu Mang immediately called a timeout! It's only been two minutes!
So much has changed! Liu Mang felt that he had been fooled by the Nets! The Nets only played out their hidden tactics when they arrived in the Eastern Conference Finals! Even if they played against the Bucks before, the Nets didn't change so much!
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It will be updated later in the afternoon, and I am going to finish writing the game in one go. No matter how many words there are, it will be divided into two chapters at most. If it is more than 10,000 words, it will be published in one chapter. If you have more time today, write more. Yesterday, I only updated 10,000 words. Today, I will write more~