Chapter 547

After the Eagles won the game away from home, the Mavericks in the west also received encouragement and worked hard. The main reason was that Michael Finley broke out when he arrived at the Spurs home court. In this game, Finley made 12 of 20 shots in the away game, especially the Not to mention 9 of 14 shots from the distance, he also sent Stephen Jackson to a sixth foul! Finley made 12 free throws and scored 36 points on the road without making a single 3-pointer to lead the Mavericks to a 105-90 win over the Spurs.

The Mavericks chased the big score to 2 to 3!

In the two division finals of the East and West, the big score became 3 to 2, and both became suspenseful situations.

This situation makes fans and expert media very puzzled. Why, all four teams are away dragons?

All four teams have won on the road, and none of them can defend the home game.

Not to mention, although the other three teams are not popular except for the Eagles, the suspense will skyrocket if this rhythm continues! No matter which two teams reach the finals, they are very interesting, because unlike many series, they defend their own home court and then rely on home court advantage to win, including the second three-peat Invincible Bulls, the total The three finals played six games, and the first five games were tied 3 to 2 with home advantage, and the sixth game won.

Most teams have a more stable home court, so most of the time, the team with home court advantage in the finals wins.

This makes this year's already unanticipated finals suddenly very interesting. Many people want to know, will there be a tiebreaker in the finals this year?

Since Olajuwon defeated Ewing 4-3 in the 1994 finals in a direct dialogue with Ewing, and established the position of the top four center forwards, there was no suspense in the subsequent eight finals. Olajuwon beat O'Neal 4-0. Although the Rockets had a poor record in the regular season that year, they went all the way without home court advantage in the West. In the finals, not many people thought the Magic had a chance to win. After that, the Bulls Three consecutive games, Duncan abused the Knicks lightly, and the Lakers made three consecutive games, all without any suspense.

To be honest, whether it is the Hawks or the Nets who reach the finals, facing the Spurs or the Mavericks, it is the most suspenseful finals in nine years.

The West is definitely stronger than the East at this stage, but none of them can crush the Eastern teams as strong as the Lakers in previous years. This season, the western teams in the regular season really want to say that the record is crushing the Eastern, isn't it? The Spurs, the regular season champions, are the second-ranked Kings in the West, but the Kings have been killed.

The NBA series matchup does not mean that the Mavericks killed the Kings. The Kings crushed the Eagles and the Nets, which means that the Mavericks can crush the Hawks and the Nets. This is the most interesting part of the NBA.

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"I just came back yesterday, and I'm playing today. What's the difference between a home game and an away game?" Jason Terry, who came off the bench the day before yesterday and ran with Liu Mang for three and a half quarters, complained.

"Okay, okay, stop complaining, kill the Nets today, and let's go to the finals!" Liu Mang took a nap, and he was not tired after his mental rest.

This is the legendary person who doesn't hurt his back while standing and talking.

"It's all the Mavericks' fault. They have been procrastinating and making every round a tiebreaker. Do you think they will play the Spurs again this time?" Jason Terry compressed the time of the East and West finals The blame fell on the Mavericks.

But it is true, the Mavericks are the only team that reached the tiebreaker in the first two rounds of this year's playoffs, and the other three teams have waited for the Mavericks for a long time.

"I don't know, I'm just curious. If the Western Conference reaches the tiebreaker this time, the divisional finals end on the 11th, and the finals also reach the tiebreaker, what will happen to the draft? What about the joint trial training of 29 teams? Do you want to do it? Or is it that the team that played in the finals will be kicked out of the joint trial training?" Liu Wei was very interested in this question.

"I don't know, I just know I'm tired, very tired." Jason Terry continued to complain.

I have reached the Eastern Conference Finals for two consecutive years, and I have played more than a dozen games in a season than when I could not make it to the playoffs before. What is worse than last year is that this year's Eastern Conference Finals is like playing consecutive home and away games. One game a day, 5 games have been played in the previous 10 days, almost catching up with the two months with the tightest regular season schedule.

"We are tired, they must be tired too, maybe, hurry up, warm up, be careful you will get cramps later in the game!" Liu Mang pulled Jason Terry up from the massage table in the locker room, and went to the physical therapy room to do it. Massage and stretch.

For the Eagles, the biggest problem is that they have no experience in how to deal with physical distribution in such a tight schedule. If it is the regular season, it is okay to say, if it is not possible, just take a rotation, but this is the Eastern Conference Finals!

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While sitting in physical therapy, Liu Mang looked at the system panel. The superstar value was 37127. After the fifth game, he got more than 1,000 superstar points. In the last game, he only scored 18 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. He did not complete the third-level task. With the data of 20+5+5, it took 30,000 superstar points, plus the number of draws for two mission rewards, a total of five mid-level superstar value draws to get good things. The first four draws are useless It is a legendary high-level language charm fruit with 1 top 10, but Liu Mang already has the same cohesiveness as the head of state in his own team, so it didn't play much role.

The second one is an action pack, Nate Robinson’s dunk pack, the jumping ability required to unlock all the actions is actually 99, which is higher than the dunk packs of Carter and LaVine. Only a few people have a chance to use it. It is basically useless. The main reason is that the movements are not so good. Nate Robinson looks good in use. The main reason is that Nate Robinson is short, as long as he dunks, he is amazing.

The item drawn in the third lottery was a mid-level injury potion, which is good, but it seems that it is not very useful for the time being.

The item drawn in the fourth lottery is a special skill upgrade card, which is fine, but now Liu Mang doesn't have a level 4 skill for him to upgrade.

Finally, at the fifth time, with a one-third chance, Liu Mang used five lucky draw chances to draw a special card. The effect is very special, because it is more suitable for his teammates, not against opponents.

The effect of death is that people with poor scoring ability like Kidd will infinitely magnify their own shortcomings on the offensive end. If they are used on Kobe, O'Neal, James, Curry... these people, they will probably go berserk for an hour , abused the opponent so much that he couldn't take care of himself, as can be seen from Kidd's defense in the last game.

Liu Mang was puzzled by the fact that it is becoming more and more difficult to get good things in lottery draws, especially in primary lottery draws. High, the probability of getting something with great effect is getting lower and lower?"

"Ding...Because the host is about to leave the newcomer period, many props used to assist the host to gain a foothold in the NBA in the newcomer period will be invalid. Some items in the host's lottery have begun to be removed. When the host ends this season and officially leaves the newcomer period , the system will be upgraded, and will be upgraded to an auxiliary system that is more suitable for the host in the middle of his career."

"So that's it, that is, there are a lot of things gone now? The lottery has become uneconomical? Why didn't you say it earlier! By the way, I'm only 21 years old after finishing this year, and I'm in the middle of my career so soon?"

"Whether the lottery is worthwhile depends on the needs of the host, and the rookie period is judged according to the end of the host's rookie contract."

"That is, if I was lucky enough to be a first-round pick, the rookie period would be four years?"

"right."

"Damn it! The talent in the first round is better, but it's still the four-year rookie period? Is this the legendary child of the poor who heads home early? If a person is poor and has no background, isn't he a genius, so he has to adapt to society earlier?"

Seeing that there were more than 37,000 superstar points left, Liu Mang gritted his teeth and decided not to draw. Last time he drew five times, it was equivalent to spending 50,000 superstar points to get a special card. Three times may not be able to get good things, let’s forget it, let’s talk about it later when there is more need, the next game is home, play hard, limit Kidd’s shooting, the team will play much better , especially Kidd's shooting has collapsed in the last game, can he still find the touch this time?

Liu Mang settled down to do warm-up before the game. Tonight's game is bound to be won!

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Too many tiebreakers made this year's divisional finals schedule very tight. On June 7th, the Hawks returned to Atlanta for a night of rest. On June 8th, the Eastern Conference Finals with the Nets was immediately ushered in. Game six.

But it is still much better than the lockout season. Even the playoffs in the lockout season have back-to-back in almost every round. Accepted, but on the Hawks side, among the main players, only Ratliff made the playoffs with Iverson that season and reached the second round. If Chris Crawford is counted, the Hawks The team has two players with playoff experience in a lockout season.

In the lockout season, the Eagles also reached the second round under the leadership of Mutombo, but the players of that team at that time, now only Chris Crawford is left in the entire Eagles. Chris Crawford, who has a salary of $240,000, gives the current Spurs Steve Smith the role of handing the towel as a substitute on the bench. If you really want to say that you have experience...that's it.

Liu Mang is curious about the time of the draft after the finals. The league is also a headache. June 27th is the day of the draft. , then the earliest start of the finals is on the 13th. If the finals are delayed to the tiebreaker, even if it is the same as the division finals, the game will be played every other day, and the finals will end on the 26th, which will cause the league a headache.

If it doesn't work, the draft can only be postponed.

This will also affect many operations in the league that want to trade with chips with draft picks after the finals and before the draft.

The league did not expect that as soon as the first round of the seven-game four-win schedule came out, there would be a tiebreaker in the first round. Just this round of the series would extend the playoffs by almost a week, otherwise it would be the second round. When it's the finals, all of them will reach the tie-break, and the finals will end around June 20.

Originally, when formulating the playoff schedule, the league made it according to the expected strength. Who knew that the Mavericks could reach the tiebreaker in every round?

Just like Jason Terry's complaints, the league's schedule officials also blamed the Mavericks for the tiebreaker every round...

The league is already considering whether next season's regular season schedule can start a few days earlier, and whether the end of the regular season can end a few days earlier.

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Both sides didn't have much time to prepare. Since the first game of the Eastern Conference finals, the Hawks and Nets have had similar timelines. They arrived in Atlanta almost one after another yesterday, and then they had to hurry up to train in the afternoon. Rest for three hours, watched the Mavericks away game against the Spurs in the evening, woke up the next morning, interviewed, team meeting at noon, rest in the afternoon...

At 6 p.m., the second game within 48 hours started at the Phillips Arena, home of the Eagles!

The atmosphere in the Phillips Arena was frenzied, and all the fans were very excited for the team to regain the home court advantage again.

Today, many of the tickets for the seats on the sidelines were taken away by celebrities, Jordan, Wilkins, Lou Hudson...

The Eagles have more than a dozen team celebrities at home. A lot of celebrities from the 1960s to the 1980s have come, and they all want to see the Eagles return to the Finals after nearly 50 years.

Seeing a lot of celebrities sitting on the sidelines, the atmosphere of the fans was completely ignited.

This home atmosphere also ignites the soul of the Eagles players. If there is no rest time, there is no time for the Eagles players to feel the warmth of home, and there is no time for the Eagles players to comfortably hold their wives and children after winning. Listen. The time for encouragement from the family... Well, this one has nothing to do with Liu Mang, but if there is any advantage in the home game, it is the cheers of the fans!

The referee blows the whistle to start the game, and the final preparation time before the game ends.

The starting lineup is here!

Liu Mang and Boozer's appearances have been fixed. Boozer knows that his performance in the Eastern Conference Finals is not good, so he plays his only role as much as possible, which is to cheer for Liu Mang!

After beating his chest with fists and fists, Boozer gave Liu Mang a warm hug, which made Liu Mang push this guy away quickly, Nima is too lovable!

The Eagles continued to send Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Mohammed, and Ratliff to the starting lineup.

On the Nets side, coach Byron Scott considered again and again and gave Mutombo a chance to perform, sending Kidd, Kittles, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, Mutombo's combination.

The fans watched Ratliff lose the jump ball to Mutombo again, and really didn't know what to say, cooperating with our dignified Eastern Conference finals team, won the jump ball 20 times a year?

The N unsolved mysteries in the NBA, where did Ratliff get so many blocks with his bounce?

The other shot-blocking kings are all capable of jumping and jumping, but Ratliff gets stuck here and squeezes people there, and then caps off the opponent.

Now the network has just experienced a leapfrog development. After the start of this round of the series, many people want to analyze how Ratliff’s blocks come from. No top bounce can have so many blocks. This space is predicted , Position selection and timing of blocking shots are simply a defensive teaching template for insiders with average physical talents.

Kidd received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, but at a very slow speed, so slow that it reminded people of the second game.

Liu Mang stepped up to defend Kidd. Seeing Kidd's slow-moving style of play, he yelled inwardly. This guy wants to drag the game into a rhythm that neither side wants to enter from the very beginning - defense big fight!

It's not just that the Eagles don't want to enter the rhythm of defensive battles that are slow and uncontrollable. In fact, the Nets don't want to enter that rhythm either, but today the Nets did just that!

Liu Mang immediately stuck to Kidd, spouting trash talk, trying to provoke Kidd again, but Kidd took two steps back to protect the ball, and put his left hand in his ear, took out a sponge earplug, and pointed at Kidd. Liu Mang showed it, and then stuffed it back.

These earplugs are useful! Liu Mang was so angry that he was ridiculed instead!

However, this shows that Kidd is quite calm today. The main reason is that Kidd has become immune to the trash talking about his wife after the Eagles defeated him in the last game. The earplugs just want to stimulate Liu Mang in turn. That's all.

As for Kidd, there are not many places he can attack. It is nothing more than poor shooting, being beaten by his wife, and 3J jealousy. Now that he is immune to being beaten by his wife, Liu Mang really can't find a place to continue attacking.

Kidd ignored Liu Mang's trash talk and controlled the ball steadily. With 10 seconds left, Kidd dribbled the ball close to the three-point line. The Nets' offense began. Dikembe Mutombo and Kenyon inside -Martin goes to the two corners for pick-and-rolls for Kittles and Richard Jefferson.

The pick-and-roll cuts from the two wings, Kenyon Martin helped Kittles pick and roll, Muhammad could keep up with Kittles after switching defenses, which Boozer couldn't do, and Mutombo helped Richard After De Jefferson's pick and roll, Kidd immediately passed the ball to Richard Jefferson who had just finished the pick and roll. Seeing that Richard Jefferson was about to get rid of Ratliff in two or three steps , is about to bypass Ratliff from the top line, and Mutombo's pick-and-roll is stronger than Jason Collins or even Kenyon Martin, Raheem is clamped and can't get around it! Liu Mang decisively chose to shrink, and together with Ratliff double-teamed Richard Jefferson, Richard Jefferson passed the ball back to the top arc!

The Eagles did not expect that the Nets' tactics were actually prepared for Kidd! The last game was so bad, he made 0 three-pointers and 3 shots, and he actually gave Kidd a chance!

Kidd's open three-point shot!

Luckily, Liu Mang didn't make a hit, and Liu Mang took advantage of Ratliff to block Richard Jefferson and grabbed a defensive rebound.

Immediately after Liu Mang took the rebound, he yelled, "Counterattack!"

But Richard Jefferson squeezed past Ratliff to block Liu Mang's first attack, Mutombo also blocked Raheem on the other side, and Kidd followed the fast-moving Prince , Restricting Prince's speed, the Eagles' counterattack was blocked!

Looking at the Nets players who quickly returned to the backcourt after blocking the first attack, Liu Mang's heart trembled. The Nets were fully prepared this time! And he spared no effort to suppress the rhythm from the very beginning!

The game was forced into a slow positional battle from the very beginning!

Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, made a gesture of singles, dribbled the ball continuously, and suddenly pulled up a three-point shot!

Kidd thought that Liu Mang was going to make a breakthrough, but Liu Mang made the shot as soon as he said it, and the rest of the Eagles haven't opened up the space yet!

Liu Mang got off to a good start, and unexpectedly shot Kidd a three-pointer and made a direct hit.

3 to 0, the Eagles took the lead in scoring a three-pointer at the start.

Liu Reck wanted to raise the tempo, but the Nets were unmoved by a three-pointer. Liu Reck felt unprecedented pressure as he watched Kidd slowly push the ball over.

Kidd's calm expression made Liu Mang seem to see the Kidd from last year's Eastern Conference Finals!

Kidd made up his mind to play high-confrontation and slow-moving positional battles. After he came over, he continued to play pick-and-rolls, and his movements were very rough. It took 10 seconds to start the real action, and then when he made the final shot With another 3 seconds left, this time Richard Jefferson's air-cut big toss took advantage of the angle of the rebound to hit the basket.

It's a bit of a fairy ball, and the Nets once again blocked the Eagles' fast break after making the shot, preventing Liu Mang's idea of ​​speeding up.

The Eagles were forced into a slow-paced stalemate this time!