Chapter 754 753. The Man Who Went to the Court

Kobe, O'Neal, and Malone scored 79 points together, including Kobe's 37 points, O'Neal's 27 points, and Malone's 15 points. In addition, no one else on the Lakers scored in double figures. The highest was Wang Zhizhi's 6 points, Payton's 5 points and Fisher's 3 points, others did not score.

In addition to Kobe, O'Neal, and Malone, the other players of the Lakers combined made 5 of 24 shots. Under such circumstances, the Lakers can still play halfway through the third quarter, and there is still the possibility of a comeback in the third quarter. The combination of Kobe, O'Neal, and Malone is indeed a match made in heaven, but Malone is indeed old. When O'Neal is resting, Malone has been unable to support the inside line in the playoffs.

When seeing the performance of the Lakers, the fans all lamented that if Malone was three or four years younger...then it is unlikely that he would come to the Lakers. Four years ago, Malone was just 36 years old in the 98-99 season. Get the regular season MVP...

In addition to the amazing performance of the Lakers, the Eagles won their first victory in the finals. Liu Mang scored 36 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists on 13 of 29 shots, which is even more impressive!

Playing for the first time in the finals without stage fright, throwing the ball as needed, and passing the ball unambiguously!

After the game, Liu Mang's dunk against O'Neal was widely circulated on the Internet, and it was undoubtedly selected as the top ten goals in the first game of the finals.

There is also Liu Mang's long-range pass to Stockton from the backcourt, and Stockton's long-distance guidance to the cutting Boozer, which was also selected as the top ten goals.

Not only scoring, but also passing the ball is amazing.

For the first time in the finals, Liu Mang had such a performance, and was evaluated by the media as a big-time player!

Moreover, the perimeter core, who is 21 years old and almost 22 years old, reached the finals for the first time. Liu Mang was compared with Kobe in the 1999-2000 season.

I don’t know what I don’t know. Kobe played in the finals for the first time. In the first game, he only had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. The entire series was only 15+4+4, which is incomparable to his performance in the Western Conference playoffs. .

Although Kobe encountered the Pacers' team defense that time, he performed so well throughout the playoffs in the Western Conference that the Pacers could only defend Kobe with all their strength when they couldn't defend O'Neal. With an average of 38 points per game, the Pacers barely reached the sixth game with the Lakers by locking up Kobe. Kobe faced a very strong defense that year.

However, the defense Liu Mang encountered was not bad. The one defending him was the defensive giant Kobe who defended Reggie Miller in the 2000 Finals with a shooting percentage of just 40%!

In comparison, Liu Mang's performance is amazing!

It's like Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan playing in the Finals for the first time!

In an interview after the game, Liu Mang was asked about his performance in the finals for the first time. Liu Mang’s other questions were very official, but he became interested in this question and replied: “Originally, I was the first player in the finals. The one with the highest score, but a certain person is still scoring points during garbage time, and I am also scoring points during garbage time, but it is a pity that I can’t get past it.”

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Hilton International Atlanta.

"Bastard!" Kobe stood up and punched the table, causing the entire table to shake a few times.

The rich and powerful Lakers have booked the entire hotel. From the time they arrived in Atlanta five days ago, it has been booked until the end of the first two finals, and they have also booked the sixth and seventh games that may appear. If they can’t come, they need to pay liquidated damages, which is nothing to them. When they return to Los Angeles, they will make a net profit of 60 to 7 million for a home game. In addition to taxes and arena commission profits, their average ticket price is higher than The Eagles are half as expensive, with an average price of more than $500, and the side tickets are more than $20,000. The price of the side tickets is more than double the price of the Eagles' side tickets, which is $10,000.

Los Angeles is Los Angeles. Except for the Knicks who reached the finals, other teams, even in Jordan's 72-win season, the price of tickets to the finals is far from the price of tickets for the Lakers to reach the finals.

After returning to the hotel, the Lakers held a team meeting. On the big screen, Zen master specially released the Eagles' post-game interview. Seeing Liu Mang's playful expression and saying something that made people angry, Kobe immediately exploded.

Seeing Kobe's angry expression, this is what Zen Master wanted.

Seeing his teammates who were still far away from him, Kobe thought of what Zen Master said to him when the game was suspended tonight, calmed down a little, and put away his angry expression.

"I failed to take care of Liu Fang in this game. The problem lies with me." Kobe said and sat back on the stool.

Although he still didn't say much, and still had the indifferent look of rejecting others thousands of miles away, this has already surprised his teammates, including O'Neill.

Kobe took the initiative to take responsibility?

rarely seen! After losing to the Spurs last year, Kobe put all the blame on O'Neal, who was blown up by Duncan. Of course, O'Neal didn't sit still, and quarreled with Kobe.

If the Lakers hadn't quickly acquired Payton and Malone in the summer, Kobe would have had to apply for a trade last summer, and it had reached the point where there was an O and no K, and the contradictions were suppressed by the great possibility of the Big Four winning the championship.

However, Kobe took the initiative to take the responsibility, not because he wanted to act like the boss, not because he wanted to show his "mature" deliberately, but because he was really satisfied with O'Neal's performance today.

O'Neal worked hard to defend and attack hard, and he played even harder than in the 2000 Finals before winning the championship. From this kind of hard work, Kobe couldn't blame O'Neal. such a side.

In this regard, Kobe now has some admiration for O'Neal.

After the superstars won the championship, they immediately began to enjoy life. It is very common in the NBA. Among Kobe’s idols, there are many, such as Moses Malone. After the 76ers won the championship in 1982-83, the 76ers Just the lottery, getting the No. 5 pick and picking Barkley, which was an impressive situation for him on the team that made Kobe Bryant pay attention as a child as a hometown team.

When a player struggles in the playoffs for many years and finally wins the championship, he may still be at the peak of fighting spirit in the last game before winning the championship, but after winning the championship, he may immediately plummet.

But although O'Neal started to be lazy in the regular season after winning the championship, he still worked very hard in the playoffs. In today's game, O'Neal also worked very hard, and he worked as hard as he did in the 2000 finals.

It’s just that old is old. Although the average career of inside players is longer than that of outside players, and the age of inside superstars is usually longer than that of outside superstars, outside superstars can still be a key point when they are older, while inside superstars are very difficult. The Eagles couldn't play after consumption, and Kobe couldn't blame O'Neal.

In general, Kobe, O'Neal, and even Malone, the three of them have a very high evaluation in this game, whether it is the fans, the media or their own people in the team.

Kobe gave kindness, this kind of kindness can't be understood by others, and others can't feel it is kindness, but O'Neill watched Kobe grow up, he is the person who hates Kobe the most but also knows Kobe best, he obviously feels To the kindness Kobe showed him because of this game.

Just a little moved, O'Neill suddenly caught a glimpse of the smile on the corner of Zen Master's mouth, and his mood was a little bad again.

Zen master is using his psychological control ability to manipulate them again!

The effect of the alienation card made O'Neill full of prejudice against the Zen master, and O'Neill did not have the psychological adjustment ability of the Zen master to suppress his inner likes and dislikes. Anything related to the Zen master in his cognition made him feel uncomfortable.

O'Neal guessed that Zen Master must have promised Kobe something, and then wanted to use this to stimulate Kobe's strength and improve the cohesion of the entire team.

O'Neal also knows that this is a good thing for the entire team, and O'Neal also thinks it is a good thing, but he is just unhappy with Zen Master.

Moreover, O'Neill doesn't think that Kobe's head full of basketballs can realize that he is being manipulated. He feels now that he, like Kobe, is a puppet played by the Zen master in the applause.

O'Neill even had some sympathy for Kobe. He now feels that he is going to be abandoned, and he seems to have seen that when Kobe gets old, there will be such a day, and he still has a feeling of sympathy.

This made O'Neal even more unhappy with Zen Master, and also made O'Neal unhappy with Zen Master's girlfriend, Jenny Buss, the daughter of the Lakers owner, and Jerry Buss also made him feel uncomfortable.

He wants a contract of 100 million yuan. The duration is not a problem. It is the same for five years, four years, and three years. What he wants is the total salary of the last big contract of 100 million yuan. It's over, and I will be 33 years old by then. It doesn't matter whether I sign a three-year contract or a four-year or five-year contract, it's the same, but Jerry Buss is only willing to give 80 million for 4 years, and he wants a 100 million contract.

In this regard, O'Neill was silent and did not speak.

Although O'Neill is not happy with this feeling, he is just unhappy with this feeling. He knows that Zen Master's approach is beneficial to winning. If he is not a strong enough star, Zen Master can abandon it like a piece of paper. Shoes, even Pippen, will be given up by the Zen master at critical moments.

But a human is not a machine, let alone a fat man who has a lot of mind and is not arrogant. After the alienation card magnified his dissatisfaction with the Zen master, O'Neal felt uncomfortable.

Zen master saw that the expressions of the players were different, obviously because Kobe's words of taking responsibility touched the hearts of these players. This is what he wanted. Obviously, because of Kobe's changes today, the cohesion of the Lakers team has improved Quite a lot.

"Okay, the first game has already been lost, and we have also seen the strength of the Eagles. We have a chance. There are still six games, and we only need to win four games." Zen Master said in his usual calm tone, Boost the confidence of the players, "There are two days of rest in the next two days. We need to prepare well for the next second game. We need some adjustments. At nine o'clock tomorrow morning, Georgia Tech will gather..."

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In Atlanta's Chinatown, gongs, drums, and firecrackers blared, and red flags were waving, crowds of people...

Because of Liu Mang's relationship, many Chinese immigrants have immigrated to Atlanta in recent years, and Atlanta's Chinatown already has the appearance of a Chinatown.

Because of Liu Mang's play in the finals, Imperial International Channel broadcast a special program for the Eagles after the Eagles won the game, interviewing Chinese fans in Atlanta's Chinatown on Liu Mang's views on the finals. views etc.

Liu Mang came home at twelve o'clock. After taking a shower and coming out of the room, he saw that it was past 12 o'clock, that is, it was just lunch time in China. The three girls in the family left with their friends after the game. The arena, because I know that Liu Mang must have a lot of interviews after the game.

It's just that it's past 12 o'clock and I haven't slept yet, and I'm watching TV in the living room. Liu Mang went up to have a look, good guy, I went to the imperial court again.

Following the sports channel and comprehensive channel, it is now on the international channel.

It's a pity that I'm not a blacksmith who likes to join in the fun of everything. It would be great if I could watch all the channels of Chaoting TV.

Forcibly adding motivation to himself, after Kobe retired, he uploaded all the channels of the imperial court, Liu Mang was very jealous of this, full of envy, envy and jealousy made Liu Mang have more fighting spirit for killing Kobe in the finals .

It is the legend that no matter how you forcefully hate your opponent, it is right to treat your opponent as the most abominable and evil big devil, even if the opponent is hated, you don't know why.

Seeing Liu Mang coming, Alexia excitedly said to Liu Mang: "Ace, you performed really well today."

"Okay, okay, it's time to go to bed, aren't you afraid that your skin will get worse if you don't get enough sleep?" Liu Mang said, rubbing the little loli's head.

"It's almost over, uncle, you are so tired from playing, go to bed first, Dinah will go to bed after watching." Little Lolita took Liu Mang's hand from his head to his face: "Uncle, don't rub Dinah's head, you will Not tall!"

Rubbing the little girl's face, Liu Mang didn't know what kind of logic it was: "No class tomorrow?"

"Dinah is already on vacation! Uncle doesn't care about Dinah at all!" Little Lolita slapped Liu Mang's hand off, and was about to hug and kiss her.

"That's right, Dinah is on vacation, I forgot, then I'll go to bed first, Dinah will go to bed early, Aida, I'm going to sleep." Liu Mang said to Alexia Tap your own lips.

Seeing Liu Mang's hint, Alexia immediately yawned and said, "I'm sleepy too, so go to sleep first."

Liu Mang first left the living room and walked towards the passage to the bedroom. Liu Mang's room on the first floor and Dinah's room on the second floor were both at the corner of the stairs. Alexia went to drink a cup of hot milk and walked to the passage .

Little Lolita suddenly became angry, and when she saw that the two of them had left, she said to Levia, "Mom, aren't you going to sleep?"

"Ah? I'll watch TV with Dinah!" Levia was wishing that Alexia would get pregnant soon, satisfying Liu Mang's desire to have a child. Anyway, she didn't care about Liu Mang's little assets, and part of them was taken away. It doesn't matter, I was surprised to hear Dinah's words of "Hate iron but not steel".

"Mom is so stupid!" Xiao Luoli angrily turned her gaze back to the TV program...

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Winning the first game is undoubtedly a great thing for the Eagles.

The next afternoon, the Eagles came to the arena to prepare for the game after resting all morning.

Seeing his teammates gain more confidence, Liu Mang was very happy. Winning the first game greatly boosted his self-confidence. After all, in the past 20 years, after winning the first championship in the finals, he won the championship 17 times.

However, Liu Mang didn't dare to be careless. Obviously, the role of the alienation card was a bit different from what Liu Mang expected.

Of course, in the first game, due to the effect of the alienation card, O'Neal's choice of play in the correct tactical strategy had problems, and O'Neal, who was not physically fit, had problems with his choice after his physical fitness was exhausted. Let the Eagles side Zizi seized the opportunity to widen the point difference.

However, Liu Mang was a little stressed because of this.

Because the Lakers' matchup defense is very effective, the Lakers' team defense is very strong, and it is enough to have Kobe, O'Neal, and Malone as three scorers. It will become very troublesome.

Moreover, this change of O'Neal's active defense made Liu Mang feel a little bit pained. It may become easier to consume the Lakers, but it makes it easier for the Lakers to gain the upper hand when O'Neal is active and physically strong!

Moreover, the opponent may have countermeasures for the kind of counterattack that opened up the score in the fourth quarter.

Liu Mang, who was playing in the finals for the first time, felt like his head was about to explode. Both sides were trying to figure out and study the tactics to deal with it, and only played the first game. The tactical cards of the two teams have basically been exposed, and their strength is full exposed to the other party's eyes.

However, even though he realized that O'Neill's becoming more active was troublesome, Liu Mang did not regret using the alienation card. Since O'Neill's enthusiasm can be mobilized, even if the alienation card is not used, Zen Master is very likely to use O'Neal's enthusiasm. Get mobilized.

On the contrary, if you can win the first game, you will not lose anything.

It's just that Liu Mang still doesn't understand what O'Neill's thoughts were after he won the alienation card. Why did he become more active? He can only slander: The OK group is all weird!

Moreover, for Liu Mang, the team's tactical hole cards were exposed. In the first game, almost all the tactics that could be used against the Lakers were played, but he still had his own hole cards.

In the first game, Liu Mang didn't use his star card, that is to say, he still had Kobe's star card this season, Iverson's peak star card, and the random star card of the strongest point guard of each era, these three decisive star cards!

The first game was not only a battle for a good start in the finals, but also a test of the strength of the two teams, so Liu Mang never used his star card, but started to deal with the Lakers from other aspects.

After all, there are only three star cards, and even if a star card is used, victory may not be guaranteed. The other three Marbury star cards, Wen Baker star card, and the substitute version of McGrady's star card, these three can It's hard to say how much it will be improved, and it can't be treated as a guaranteed star card.

Therefore, Liu Mang wanted to test his personal ability to see if he could deal with the opponent when neither side fully understood the strength of the other.

Fortunately, he won the first game, which greatly improved Liu Mang's confidence.

But at the same time as his confidence grew, Liu Wei became more vigilant. The strength of the Lakers team is indeed terrifying, and they did not make a fuss because of the "weakness" of their opponents. Liu Wei will definitely win the series easily Ideas, so from the beginning I tried my best to deal with the Lakers.

Now there are no additional means, and the only special card left is the "Rage of Atlanta" card.

"Atlanta's Fury: It can be used when the series has lost three games and is behind by a large score. In the remaining games of the series, the team's defensive awareness, defensive enthusiasm, and physical fitness will be enhanced until the end of the series. Note: No side effects."

After looking at the Rage of Atlanta, this card is indeed a god card. It is simply an enhanced version of the Rage that I have used before. It does not have the uncontrollable side effects of the ordinary Rage card, and there is no week-long after-use card. The key to the side effect of physical collapse is that the effect can last up to four games.

I originally planned to use it when I had the opportunity to play against the Nets last season, but who knew that they were leading 3 to 2, and I couldn't use it if I wanted to.

This time against the Lakers, although Liu Mang also wanted to use this card, but after winning a game first, Liu Mang didn't want to use this card at all.

If he was suppressed and lost three games first, Liu Mang would definitely use this card, but if he took the initiative to lose three games and use this card... that means his head went into the sea in Los Angeles.

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The two-day rest period passed quickly. Whether it was the Lakers or the Eagles, they all felt that the time was too hasty.

This is especially true for Liu Mang, feeling that the time is too tight. In the discussion with the coaching staff, in theory, there is a way to deal with the Lakers' matchup defense, but God knows if it will be useful in the game, it can only be in the game to see the result.

There are too many tactical masters in the NBA. In addition to being one of the best defensive assistants in the league, Mike Woodson himself is also a tactical master. The theoretical one is similar to the master Mike Brown. The theoretical offensive tactics. One set, but when it comes to coaching yourself...

But, speaking of it, Mike Woodson is the one with the most relaxed mentality on the Eagles side. The number of playoffs and finals he has played with the team is the highest among all the Eagles except Stockton. the most.

"Ace, don't be so dissatisfied. The finals are like this. It can't be solved in one or two games. This is a process of constantly studying your opponent and changing your own style of play." Mike Woodson saw Liu Mang's lunch break Still watching the video to study the Lakers, go up to remind Liu Mang to have a good rest before the game.

"Yes, Ace, you can't relax but don't be too nervous. We have already won the first game, and the next one is very good for us. The next key is this game." Stockton held the schedule , pointing to the possible fifth game series in the schedule, that is, June 15, the last game of the Lakers' three consecutive home games.

"Oh? How do you say it?" Liu Mang was very curious when he saw Stockton pointing to a game that hadn't been confirmed yet.

Liu Wei and the stars and coaches of these years have somewhat different views on the finals. It is probably because the universe team will come from time to time to easily kill the opponent 4-1 or 4-0 in the future, or it will be 3-1. It can also be overturned, so the view of the finals is very different from the current people. They think the finals are the kind of hot side push or hot reversal.

"The fifth game of the finals is very critical. We may have won three games by then, or we may only have won two games. I believe that we will win at least one of the next three games. The fifth game Whether it is the battle of Tianwangshan, or the match point has been determined 3-1, it is very important to us!" Stockton looked like I had experience.

Stockton didn't think he had a chance to sweep the Lakers. That was too difficult. In the nearly 60 years of NBA history, the number of sweeps was only seven times. Instead, the tiebreaker was close to 20 times.

Liu Mang felt that what Stockton said was very reasonable, but where did Stockton get this experience? By the way, Liu Mang remembered: "Yes, I almost forgot that Karl didn't win the championship because he didn't win the fifth game of the 1997 Finals. Spray on Carl, he's gone too far and I'm still bruised and bruised."

"..." Stockton looked at Liu Mang, wanting to beat this kid to death: At that time, your other teacher and I also lost that match, okay?

Stockton is injured...

Today... let's finish writing the second game, Xiaofeng still can't do the journal style of giving data and results, so let's come to a chapter or two! Try to finish writing this game tonight, ask for recommendation tickets, ask for monthly tickets, whatever~