Chapter 725 724. Advent to Madison
April 21st is the fourth game day of this season's playoffs.
Seeing that Chris Webber scored 17 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists to defeat Dirk Nowitzki with 31 points and 10 rebounds, the Kings beat the Mavericks 93-81 cleanly.
Seeing Duncan's evil smile appear in the game, he even got a technical foul. He gave his sister-in-law five blocks in a single game, and the entire Grizzlies only scored 70 points. The Spurs crushed the Grizzlies 92-70.
Seeing that the Pistons scored 112 points in a single game, Bosh, Hamilton, Stephen Jackson and Billups combined to score 90 points, beating the Hornets led by Baron Davis 112 to 81. Live, the Hornets, who were able to compete with the Pistons in the first game, pushed the Hornets down after Larry Brown strengthened his defense.
Seven rounds of the series, all 2-0!
The entire first round was completely crushing!
After watching the first seven games, the fans saw that the last game was the Eagles playing against the Knicks. The Eagles won twice as fast as the Knicks.
The league is also frustrated, working hard to adjust the schedule, helping many teams that do not have their own arena to rent other arenas to discuss with the owner of the arena to adjust the lease contract, communicate with the team's local government department about security, season tickets The pre-sale and so on... Adjusting the schedule has never been a word, just a notice. It involves all aspects. The change of the schedule has a great impact on the entire American sports world. It affects the whole body. Every time the league adjusts The schedule is a big deal.
But in such a busy way, the result was a collective 2-0 in the first round of this year...
It seems that a 4-2 is at most possible, and there is a high probability that many series will only be 4-1 or even swept...
At 8:30 in the evening, there are two national live broadcasts today, and the poor Spurs and Pistons have been ignored again. The first game is the national live broadcast of the Kings and Mavericks, and the second game is the last game of the day. Eagles and Knicks team game.
In view of the fact that Mutombo basically did not contribute in the last game, he scored 3 points and 3 rebounds. The only goal was Anfernee Hardaway's assist at the beginning. He grabbed an offensive rebound and caused a foul and only made two free throws. He didn't make any contribution, and he played 24 minutes. Mutombo is really old, and his combat effectiveness can't be activated in the playoffs, and he still has a one-year contract.
Coach Wilkens re-assigned Vin Baker to the starting lineup today, and Marbury, Anfernee Hardaway, Shandon Anderson, and Kurt Thomas started together.
The Eagles still have the full lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff.
The ratings of the Eagles game were good. Many people pre-ordered all the live broadcasts of the Eagles playoffs in advance. Since the money was spent, it would be a waste if they didn’t watch it.
The fans didn't have much hope. The ESPN commentators who broadcast the game live were teasing whether there would be a sweep in the first round of this year, and that would really make history.
Who knew, the Knicks exploded at the start of today's game!
Kurt Thomas beats Rasheed Wallace for the jump ball!
Liu Mang didn't expect Rasheed Wallace to lose the jump ball, and immediately went up to defend Marbury. Marbury faced Liu Mang's defense and hit a three-pointer at the beginning!
The Knicks, who were beaten psychologically in the last game, are broken today!
Marbury and Anfernee - Hardaway, the two started with 4 three-pointers in a row! The Eagles beat the Eagles 12 to 4 in the opening game!
Even Liu Mang was stunned!
Who knew that these two guys would explode when they came up!
Seeing that the Knicks' backcourt combination was unstoppable, after playing for a few minutes, Coach Kruger simply sent Jason Terry and Liu Mang to play together in the backcourt.
However, Liu Mang and Jason Terry's regular wave-by-ball style of play failed to match the peerless wave-by-ball style of Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway in the first quarter. The more throws the merrier!
Throughout the first quarter, Liu Mang, Prince, and Jason Terry were cast face-to-face by Anfernee Hardaway and Marbury in turn. Don't care so much about whether your data is solid or not, just have fun. The two led the Knicks to lead the Hawks by 9 points 34 to 25 in the first quarter! The Hawks scored 25 points in a single quarter, which is not too bad, but the Knicks actually scored 34 points!
Today, Liu Mang first prepared to practice turnaround jumpers and so on. He used the game to practice, and the efficiency was not bad. When he broke through to the middle distance and relied on Shandon-Anderson's turnaround jumper, he made 3 of 5 in a single quarter. Scoring 10 points, Jason Terry also made a mid-range shot and a three-pointer, but Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway both scored in double figures in a single quarter!
Fortunately, in the second quarter, Coach Kruger sent out Liu Mang, Stockton, and Boozer, along with Prince and Rasheed Wallace, to directly spread the attacking team's style of play. Start chasing points from the offensive end.
Since he couldn't defend against two explosive wave ratios, then use offense to confront Biao!
Liu Mang's off-the-ball running, catching and shooting is now even more powerful. After running out of position and throwing the ball, the opponent's chasing person throws it out before reaching the front. It seems that it is only one-tenth of a second faster, but the overall rhythm of the game It's all getting faster!
And Boozer's pick-and-roll cuts and mid-range shots, Prince and Rasheed Wallace's open 3s...
When the Eagles' offense became fierce, the pressure on the Knicks came.
No matter how many points the Knicks scored, no matter how badly Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway broke out today, the Eagles were holding on to the score, not allowing the score to be stretched to more than 10 points.
This is too much pressure for the Knicks players who have no confidence in their own strength!
Just like Takumi Fujiwara's opponents in Initial D, they can always see the AE86 in the rearview mirror, and that AE86 is the god-like team at this stage, as if they want to surpass themselves anytime and anywhere.
This pressure continued to spread in the hearts of Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway.
And Liu Mang, after being beaten in such a situation of being pressed and beaten by the opponent, was not in a hurry, but played steadily and slowly. Sudden points, should fall to the low post to turn over and jump shot, just turn over and jump shot. The Knicks defended one of his styles of play, and he changed his style of play.
The Knicks, who were clearly in the lead, were still leading 69 to 63 by 6 points after halftime. In the third quarter, they collapsed first!
That kind of psychological pressure is too great! Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway didn't have much time to savor the pressure in the first half without too much rest time, but during the halftime break, the two were beaten by the Eagles. The pressure of the team chasing and chasing is rolling in.
In the third quarter, the Eagles redistributed Liu Mang, Prince, Rahim, Mohamed and Kwame Brown's super mobile defensive lineup.
Coach Kruger wants to open the score in this quarter!
As soon as the third quarter came up, the Eagles relied on team defense, constantly contacting Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway, and constantly putting pressure on the two. Although they scored 44 points in the first two quarters, they still Continue to defend like this.
Finally, Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway, under pressure and the oppression of the Eagles' defense, collapsed!
The scoring continuity of the two was broken!
Liu Mang, who scored 25 points in the first half, relied on his team's defense and scored 12 points in the third quarter, leading the Eagles to a 12-2 run and overtaking the score by 4 points!
After that, the Knicks were never given a chance to overtake. After three quarters, the Hawks were 92 to 85, leading the Knicks by 7 points.
In the final quarter, Liu Mang came up as a defensive check point, and Jason Terry came up with a wave of scoring impact. After the final counterattack of Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway, he finally beat the Knicks to the ground again.
118 to 103, the Hawks only allowed the Knicks to score 34 points in the second half.
Liu Mang finally scored 40+ in the playoffs for the first time this season and the fifth time in his career. He helped the Hawks beat the Knicks by 15 points and won two consecutive victories.
Although both were 2-0, the Hawks’ game was unexpectedly good. The Knicks’ offensive explosion broke out in the first half, and the Eagles’ persistent defense in the second half finally suppressed the Knicks’ explosion and finally won the game. victory.
No one expected that the second game of a series that seemed to have the biggest gap in strength was actually the best!
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Playing against the Knicks, Liu Mang didn't expect to be so tired, so he almost won.
After returning home, he spent a whole night of tossing around. When Liu Mang woke up the next morning, he saw that Alexia was packing her luggage, and the girl next to her who was a mother was still sound asleep.
Liu Mang saw that Alexia had taken several boxes, as if she wanted to stuff all her clothes into it, shed a drop of cold sweat and said, "Aida, I'm just going away for three or four days. Not an expedition to Antarctica."
"I don't know which one you like, just bring them all!" Alexia's reason was simple and rude.
"I like whichever one you took..." Liu Mang saw Alexia's spring-like thin skirt, and crawled over shamelessly saying nasty words.
Alexia also came to Liu Mang's side, kissed Liu Mang on the mouth and said, "Honey, what do you want to do in the morning?"
While speaking, Alexia stretched out her hand, the thumb of her right hand stuck the middle finger, and flicked on the head of little Liu Mang who raised his head early in the morning...
A shrill scream came from Liu Mang's room...
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Liu Mang dragged a big suitcase to the parking lot resentfully. After a while, he finally reduced his luggage to one suitcase, and then prepared to drive to the airport to meet the team. The plane ticket to New York at 9 am.
Going to New York is always a happy thing. It’s bustling. Although the team rules are strict and playoffs are prohibited, playing away games in places like New York and Los Angeles will be very exciting.
It was just a two-hour flight, and when we arrived at the New York hotel, it happened to be lunch time.
After lunch, Liu Mang continued to devote himself to training, practicing in the hotel's indoor court.
Use training to drive the enthusiasm of teammates. Maybe not all teammates will come to train together. Even when they first arrive in New York, most people don’t want to train long distances and take a two-hour plane. It’s quite tiring, especially for a year. For the NBA players who have taken at least one hundred flights, even the Eagles players, Raheem, Jason Terry, and Korver, the three most hard-working training monsters except Liu Mang, all chose to rest. .
But Liu Mang set an example, training at the hotel will definitely bring shocks to his teammates, especially for young players, that kind of psychological impact is even greater, Liu Mang is going to win the MVP, so he trains hard, and others don’t work hard. Excuse me.
Coach Kruger did not stop Liu Mang's training because of too much training when he saw that Liu Mang was training so much and there was no major problem.
Liu Mang always feels that he, as the youngest player on the team, has to bear the beauty and responsibility that he should not have to bear at his age. He can only sigh secretly that being handsome is a mistake. Responsibility……
Mainly because of the pressure brought by Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway!
The playoffs are the playoffs. Even if the opponent has only 36 wins, they are still a playoff team. If one is not careful and fails to suppress the opponent, it will be very dangerous.
Like the previous game, Marbury scored 38 points and Anfernee Hardaway scored 37 points. The two scored 75 points together, which shocked Liu Mang.
Liu Mang didn't dare to lose, especially in the away game against the Knicks. If he lost, one of his star cards would be randomly deducted!
On the Knicks team, the barefoot players are not afraid to wear shoes. Liu Mang was taken aback by the last game. Penny in the playoffs, even though he was 33 years old and suffered serious injuries, he was still Penny. In the peak period, they are top stars anyway, even if they are the most marginal top stars.
So don't be careless!
In this match, Liu Mang was going to suppress the opponent from the very beginning!
After Liu Mang’s training, he went back to his room and took a bath to rest. Looking at some gorgeous star cards, Kobe’s reluctance, Iverson’s reluctance, and the random star cards of the top point guards in history are also reluctant. Gino Billy's is even more reluctant. This is a star card that is more compatible than Kobe and Iverson's star cards. Liu Mang has experienced the star cards of Iverson and Ginobili. Iverson is more capable, but Ginobili's star card has a greater special effect on Liu Mang.
These star cards are all reluctant, Liu Mang can only use that one!
Francis' star card...
This card is really useless. Liu Mang has never been able to find a chance to use it. It’s not very effective against strong teams. It’s not necessary to fight against weak teams. Be more aggressive, and play more aggressively when abusing food, but when playing against weak teams, being arrogant is useless.
But this match, Liu Mang felt, might really be useful!
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If you ask for a monthly pass, the third one will be lost. . The fourth and fifth masters are single chapters every day, and they really can't bear it. Next chapter update before get off work