Chapter 721: 720. The Opening Game of the Playoffs! (Seeking Subscription and Monthly Ticket)
On the streets of Atlanta, billboards can be seen everywhere, most of which are promoting the Eagles' playoffs.
Since a few days ago, Atlanta seems to have become a Chinatown, and Chinese tourists can be seen everywhere.
The difference between Chinese tourists and tourists from other yellow race countries in Asia is that Chinese tourists like to buy, buy, buy... Those who can travel abroad these days are not short of money.
The influence brought by Liu Mang is greater than the influence brought by Yao Ming in Houston in the original time and space. Firstly, it is because Atlanta is more suitable for tourism than Houston, and then because of Liu Mang’s achievements in the past three seasons, Yao Ming It's unattainable to finish your career.
A figure wearing a mask, a hoodie and a hat on his head walked through the streets of Atlanta. Such a figure did not attract much attention. There are many mavericks in the United States.
Walking and walking, this tightly wrapped figure came to a large shopping mall less than one kilometer away from the Phillips Arena, and it is also one of the largest shopping malls in Atlanta - Phillips Shopping Center.
The large LED screen at the entrance of the shopping mall is showing the news interview of the Eagles this morning. Phillips Group, which owns LED equipment, home electronics products, large supermarket chains and other industries, is the largest sponsor of the Eagles. The arena is built At the time, half of the money and the money for subsequent equipment updates and maintenance were in charge of the Phillips Group. Therefore, promoting the Eagles was also a means of self-promotion in turn.
In recent years, relying on the soaring record of the Eagles and growing influence, Phillips Mall has become Atlanta's leading large shopping mall.
What is being shown on the TV screen is an interview with Liu Mang, No. 1 player of the Eagles.
The reporter asked Liu Mang: "Ace, every time you meet the Knicks, you play very well. Do you have any hatred for the Knicks?"
Liu Mang replied arrogantly: "What hatred do you have for the Knicks? No, it just happened that we played well that day and scored 150 points. They didn't make a goal and only scored 80 points. We are against any team. The same style of play, not targeting them, being weak is the original sin, they are just too weak, so all the misfortunes will happen to them, it just happens that we appear on the same court."
Seeing the disgusting face on the TV screen, speaking disgusting words, the man in the sweater took off his mask, revealing a face full of surly words, and spit on the ground.
Stephon Marbury!
Yesterday, the Knicks came to Atlanta, but no one noticed them. Tomorrow is the day of the playoffs. Marbury saw the predictions of the major media, and the Hawks have a 100% chance of advancing to the first round. , almost all predictions are sweeping and advancing.
This upset Marbury, who violated the team's strictest team rules established by Pat Riley that year - the team rules that he was not allowed to leave the hotel to act privately during away games in the playoffs, and went out to go shopping and relax. The more you walk, the more uncomfortable you get.
Now seeing this interview video, Marbury is even more upset.
The interview on the TV screen continued, and the reporter continued to ask: "Ace, you said that the biggest difference between the Knicks and your Eagles is the point guard. What do you think is better than Marbury?"
Liu Mang replied: "In fact, Marbury is better than me, but he can't play. The NBA is not suitable for him. He may try our country's CBA league, which is more suitable for his style of play. He is estimated to be in the NBA. He will be laid off like Ewing and Houston, and if he goes to the CBA, he may be able to play for a few more years."
Overseas league!
Marbury really wanted to find a brick to smash this big screen!
How contemptuous of people!
Marbury swears: I, Stephen Marbury, even if one day I can't play, go bankrupt, starve to death, I won't go to CBA to make a living!
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The three most authoritative sports media ESPN,
T.N.T
, Sports Illustrated's playoff strength rankings came out, and most fans agreed with them. Most of the rankings of the three authoritative media are very consistent.
The Lakers are ranked first in the strength rankings. In view of the performance of the Lakers in the past four years, the current lineup is stronger, and most fans still recognize this ranking.
The Eagles ranked second, beating the defending champion Spurs, the third was the Spurs, the fourth was the Nets, which was the runner-up last season and reached the finals for two consecutive years, the fifth was the Timberwolves, the sixth was the Pacers, and the seventh was the Pacers. It's the Mavericks, the eighth is the Kings, the ninth is the Rockets, the tenth is the Pistons, the eleventh is the Grizzlies, the twelfth is the Nuggets, the thirteenth is the Hornets, the fourteenth is the Heat, and the fifteenth is the Bucks , The sixteenth is the Knicks.
Although the Rockets and the Pistons rank ninth and tenth in the power rankings, they rank among the bottom of the 16 teams in terms of probability of winning, especially the Rockets, which rank second from the bottom, only higher than the Knicks. Although the Rockets won 50 wins and can rank fourth in the East, they will meet the Lakers in the first round.
The Eagles were ranked second, pressing against the defending champion Spurs. Some fans were dissatisfied with this matter, but some fans also gave support.
The Eagles averaged 106 points per game this season, second only to the Mavericks' 107.5 points per game, and ranked first in the league with 51 rebounds per game, which was higher than the Mavericks and Spurs who averaged 46 rebounds per game in second and third. A total of 5, with an average of 22.3 assists per game ranked sixth in the league, and an average of 89.7 points per game ranked eighth in the league, but the average net win of 16.3 points ranked first in the league. It is the only team other than the Timberwolves and Mavericks. For teams with a net difference of more than 5 points, the Timberwolves averaged 5.7 points per game, and the Mavericks averaged 5.1 points per game, which is completely crushing performance.
And the Eagles players scored very averagely. Except for one player who averaged 33.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game, Raheem averaged 11 points and 13.9 rebounds per game in 74 games, and Jason Terry averaged 18 points and 4 assists per game in 82 games. Rasheed Wallace averaged 12 points and 7 rebounds in 61 games, Stockton averaged 6.1 points, 5.5 assists and 1.6 rebounds in 60 games, Boozer averaged 9.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in 80 games, Tliff averaged 6.7 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3 blocks in 70 games, Kwame Brown averaged 7.6 points and 7.9 rebounds in 82 games, and Muhammad averaged 4.6 points and 5.5 rebounds in 82 games...
The combined stats of the players are often higher than the team's season average because one player plays while another plays.
Some fans pointed out: The Eagles have average statistics, good record, and good overall statistics. If it weren't for the impression that the Lakers are the champions, the Eagles would not be too much to rank first.
Originally, it was just the Eagles fans and Spurs fans arguing, but the Lakers were also dragged into it...
A certain No. 1 in Atlanta, who did not want to be named, built several trumpets before going to bed, and left messages under various posts: The most handsome Ace Liu's team is the first in the playoffs...
The predictions for the major awards have also come out. The probability of winning the best coach, Grizzlies head coach Hubie Brown ranked first, Timberwolves head coach Philip Sanders ranked second, Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle Ranked third, the Eagles coach Kruger only ranked fourth.
In all MVP lists, Liu Mang is ranked first, followed by Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, and Peja Stowe Djakovic, sixth is Tim Duncan, seventh is Shaq O'Neal, eighth is Shareef Raheem, ninth is Jason Kidd, and tenth is Ben Wallace.
Except for Liu Mang who ranked first and Garnett who ranked second, the rankings of the next few people have changed somewhat, but the top six are all these people.
Those who enter the top ten of the MVP list are either contenders for the scoring title, contenders for the top rebounding title, favorites for the best defensive player, or contenders for the first defense.
Best Defensive Player Artest’s dominance is the same as Liu Mang’s. Artest ranks first in all lists, because it is very difficult for an outsider to get the best defensive player. When an outside line becomes the favorite of the best defensive player, it is definitely because he has played a strong enough defensive dominance, and even crushed the defensive performance of the inside line. The outside line has always suffered a disadvantage in connecting the team's defense.
The best rookie, some lists Carmelo Anthony ranked first, LeBron James ranked second, and some lists are the other way around, James lost Boozer because of the influence of Liu Mang This teammate averages a little more points per game than Anthony, and the data is still 21.9+6+5.6. In NBA history, apart from Oscar Robertson and Michael Jordan, another rookie who averaged 20+5+5 per game in his rookie year, On the other hand, Anthony's record has improved significantly. He led the team to the playoffs in his rookie year, and the competition between the two is evenly matched.
The best sixth man, Jason - Terry ranked first, Antawn - Jamison came in second, Bobby - Jackson came in third, Manu - Ginobili came in fourth.
The previous predictions for these awards are quite normal. Some rankings have caused controversy. For example, the rankings of Duncan and O'Neal are generally low, but they are all reasonable.
When Liu Mang saw these rankings, he also felt that they were right and fair, and there were no particularly drooling rankings.
However, when Liu Mang saw the prediction of the Most Improved Award, he was speechless...
The fastest progress award is ranked first, named Ace Liu...
Every ranking in every list has a reason behind it. For example, Liu Mang's MVP ranking is the first in all major lists. The reasons given by the major lists are scoring champion and 70 wins. Rough reason.
For the fastest progress award, Liu Mang ranked first, and the reason was very simple and rude.
19.3 points per game -- 33.1 points per game, 2.9 rebounds per game -- 3.8 rebounds per game, 4.4 assists per game -- 6.6 assists per game.
This is a comparison of Liu Mang's data from last season and this season's regular season, completely ignoring the fact that Liu Mang averaged only 11 points per game in the first 30 games of last season, and has already averaged 25 points per game in the second half.
However, it looks plausible and convincing!
Just like Liu Mang was speechless, after the list came out, the fans were in an uproar...
I looked at Zach Randolph, who ranked second in the Most Improved Award. From averaging 8 points and 5 rebounds to 20 points and 10 rebounds per game, he has improved a lot, but the Most Improved Award mainly depends on the increase in points. Randolph's scoring increase is not as high as Liu Mang's. Even if the average rebounds are increased to 10, if both competitors are players on bad teams, Randolph's double rebounds will also be considered for improvement, but if the competition The opponent is Liu Mang, so record improvement will be taken into consideration. Even if we consider the record of more than 60 wins two years ago, the improvement of the Eagles is much greater than that of the Blazers. The record of the Blazers is a negative improvement. .
The fans have a very strange feeling, this feeling is very subtle, there is no rule, the MVP can not get the Most Improved Award, the fans have weird ideas, this year's MVP should easily get the Most Improved Award ?
The Most Improved Award is voted by the media. The predictions this time are so highly consistent that Liu Mang is ranked first. If it is said that Liu Mang and Randolph are evenly matched, it is not too bad whoever gets the award. It's a big problem, but Liu Mang ranks first in all the major lists. The fans feel that this is obvious!
Liu Mang's idea is that the media is doing something!
These guys just want to get something eye-catching!
But...Liu Mang thinks that winning an award seems to be a good idea. The impact of this incident on public opinion seems to be able to cause a lot of topics... As for the limelight, the scoring champion has won, is there anything more limelight? ?
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"...Dinah, what are you dressed up for?" Liu Mang saw that little Lolita was wearing a headband with the Chinese character "champion" written on it, and wearing a big red rogue league Eagles Chinese fan version. The team's t-shirt looked like it had been spattered with chicken blood, and I was a little stunned.
"I bought this when Dinah went shopping with her mother yesterday, isn't it great!" Little Lolita twisted her buttocks and showed Liu Mang the number 1 on her back as if offering a treasure.
"..." Not to mention, the soil is a bit dirty, but the main thing is to look at the face, the little Lolita is too cute, seeing the expression of the little Lolita like offering a treasure, Liu Mang couldn't help but grab the little Lolita...
"Ah...uncle!"
"Dinah is so cute!"
"Uncle took advantage of Dinah! Dinah's face is going to be crushed!"
"When Dinah grows up, you can't take advantage of it. Let's take advantage of it before Dinah grows up... You are not from South Korea, so you can't be hurt."
Dinah managed to break free from Liu Mang's clutches, hid behind Levia who had just come downstairs, made a face at Liu Mang and said, "Mom, uncle is too good! You bullied Dinah again!"
"Okay, okay, let's go quickly, Aida, come down quickly, there will be a traffic jam again." Levia gave Liu Mang a helpless look, and shouted upstairs.
Levia is considering whether to have another daughter. Ordinary women hook up with NBA stars, especially Liu Mang, who earns tens of millions of dollars a year. They wish to have several children immediately, but there is no shortage of Levia Money, I don't think about it at all, I finally got a man, and I still fall in love, so I naturally want to have a few more years of fun. Anyway, she is only 30 years old, so she can wait for two or three years.
But now that the eldest daughter is so big, Liu Mang has mentioned many times that she wants to have a bunch of daughters, and she has beaten Liu Mang many times, but now, it seems that it is really time to have another one, Alexia I want to have a boy... Levia, who already knows Chinese culture very well, knows the thoughts of Alexia who also understands Chinese culture. The key point is that Dinah will be ten years old at the end of the year... Levia wants a daughter to come Divert Liu Mang's excessive love for Dinah...
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The first round match on the first day yesterday was... not intense at all. The Timberwolves crushed the Nuggets. Garnett was listed as the second MVP. His anger made the Nuggets cry. The super data of 33 points, 21 rebounds, 8 assists and 6 blocks was given to the Nuggets, leading the Timberwolves to slaughter the Nuggets 116 to 92.
Under Garnett's single defense, Anthony scored 3 of 17 and scored 11 points, but had 5 offensive rebounds! The data of 11 points and 10 rebounds is also acceptable, after all, he is a rookie.
There is no suspense in the next series between the Nets and the Bucks, the Pacers and the Heat. There is a bigger gap in strength than the Timberwolves and the Nuggets. 38 wins, 37 wins for the Heat, under the hammer, the Nets beat the Bucks by 23 points 92 to 69, and the Pacers 86 to 58, preventing the Heat from scoring 60 points.
There is no suspense in the game between the Lakers and the Rockets. Yao Ming played against the Lakers this year. He did not play as well as his rookie year last year. The main reason is because of veteran Malone. Miserable, Malone had 19 points and 17 rebounds in this game, old and strong! To defend Yao Ming to only get 10 points and 5 rebounds, he is too strong and has great mobility! It doesn't look like someone in their 40s at all.
Today is the opening game day of the Eagles. The two opening game days each year are the happy time for fans, because the eight opening games are broadcast live. Although the three major TV stations and American Cable TV broadcast each game separately, in order It doesn't affect the ratings, they will wait until the previous game is finished before the next one starts.
The Eagles game didn't start until nine o'clock in the evening. Liu Mang ate a nutritious meal with the team at noon, then went back and brought the three girls to the arena. It was only three o'clock when he arrived at the arena.
Today is Saturday, Liu Mang didn't want to delay things because of the traffic jam.
Come early for training!
In the past three days, apart from being interviewed, Liu Mang was training. He would occasionally pay attention to the news of those rankings, but the main thing was training.
The current basketball atmosphere in Atlanta is too strong, and Liu Mang is completely immersed in his desire for the playoffs.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, when teammates brought their families to the arena one after another, Liu Mang had already trained several groups.
The members of the Eagles took their families to try a nutritious meal in the restaurant of the arena. After eating the food with low salt and fresh water, many children vomited directly. The women swallowed it silently with tears in their hearts because of their face. He also chatted with the girlfriends or wives of other players with a smile on their faces, and they all used their own tricks to deal with their own men.
On Liu Mang's side, he was kicked by Levia who pretended to wipe the non-existent dirt from the corner of his mouth...
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At eight o'clock in the evening, one hour before the start of the game, the admission ceremony at Phillips Arena has already begun.
Because the Eagles' regular season division championship banner will be raised today!
Winning the division championship for the second time in three years, and the fourth division championship in the history of the Eagles... It was miserable, so the fans were even more excited, and once again ignored the visiting team players.
Although there are no trophies for regular season champions, the league has been prepared to be the first in the regular season from the start of the playoffs. In order to avoid the embarrassment of holding a trophy in the first round of the championship, there is no other than the championship. Regarding the trophy for the record, use the flag instead.
First, there were some pre-match entertainment activities, and some Eagles players also participated. Kevin Willis, who may not have much chance to play in the playoffs, sang a song and showed his face.
At 8:30, NBA Vice President Stu Jackson, the unlucky guy who was squeezed out by Adam Silva as the first successor to the president, came to present the Eagles with the division championship banner and the bonus check for the regular season championship.
The total prize pool of this year's NBA playoffs has reached 9.2 million dollars. The Eagles, the No. 1 regular season team, got a check of 420,000 dollars, which was distributed to the team's 30 or so players, trainers, coaching staff, and team doctors... Wait, there are more than 10,000 dollars in the hands of each person. Counting the double reward from the boss, each person has an average of 30,000 dollars in their hands, let alone those trainers with a monthly salary of several thousand dollars. It's a lot of money for a player with a basic salary.
Liu Mang watched the division champion's flag rise into the air, and always felt that something was not pleasing to the eye.
It would be great if one day all these flags were replaced with championship flags and all four division championship flags were taken down!
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In the first three games of today's playoffs, people thought that the Mavericks and the Kings would be evenly matched. The two teams were almost identical in terms of record, team lineup, strength ranking, and championship probability. In the tiebreaker, the Mavericks narrowly won. Everyone thought it was another series of fierce battles, but there was no suspense in the game!
Webber, who became a little fat, knocked Nowitzki off!
Originally, Weber's scoring ability was not as strong as Nowitzki's, but in this matchup, facing Nowitzki's clumsy one-on-one defense, and Brad Miller emptied the inside again, Weber scored 44 points in a single game!
And Weber couldn't guard Nowitzki. The two teams were attacking against Biao. It was the same in last year's playoffs. When Weber was able to suppress Nowitzki in scoring, the Kings suddenly had the absolute upper hand!
It's not that Webber's scoring ability is better than Nowitzki's, but that Webber's scoring against Nowitzki is easier than Nowitzki's scoring against Weber. It's very exciting, Fat Webb played very well against Nowitzki!
Relying on Webber's 44 points and 12 rebounds to beat Nowitzki's 34 points and 15 rebounds, the Kings beat the Mavericks 115 to 102. It seems that the score gap is not big, but the Mavericks were almost beaten by the Kings.
The Spurs beat the Grizzlies in the second game, and my sister-in-law was just abused by Rasheed Wallace. In the playoffs, she immediately met Duncan who had a better defense than Rasheed Wallace...continue to hit the street...
Afterwards, the Pistons played against the Hornets very well. Billups was blown away by Baron Davis, but the Pistons had a strong overall defense. In the end, relying on defense, they narrowly beat the Hornets 89 to 83 and won their first victory. .
Finally, at 9:15 in the evening, the Eagles' home game against the Knicks began!
There may be another chapter, write it at the risk of being struck to death by lightning, thunderstorms have been going on for two days, and the windows are still roaring, so don’t wait, maybe I’m so scared that I’m going to sleep halfway through writing, and I’ll hold on for a while.