Chapter 959 958. People Oppressed by Gangsters

Is it so difficult to beat the Pistons?

Didn't you see that I robbed their Tianzun and Little Prince?

Didn't you see that the Pistons have changed a lot?

Although they seem to have become more powerful, why not just continue to beat them? It's true that they are playing well under coach Philip Saunders. Coach Philip Saunders has adjusted the offense and defense of the Pistons very well, which is quite similar to the Timberwolves last season. Because they are in the East, their record is better than that of the Timberwolves. However, they have beaten the Pistons for three consecutive years. Everyone else is very calm, except McGrady who is so excited. Liu Mang can't help but tease McGrady.

Seeing McGrady's stunned face, Liu Mang stepped on the accelerator and blasted out...

Every time McGrady saw Liu Mang's arrogance and confidence, he would be shocked. No matter how many times he had seen it, every time Liu Mang showed this confidence, McGrady would be shocked.

The self-confidence is too strong!

McGrady admired this self-confidence very much, and then... he wanted to poke this bastard to death with the pen in his hand.

There was no way to get any answers from this guy. McGrady ignored Liu Mang and sent a message to Stockton on his phone, asking him to have a good chat tomorrow morning.

Last season, Stockton had the highest assists per game in the Hawks, except for Liu Mang.

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The Hawks began to conduct tactical training for the Eastern Conference Finals with the Pistons. There were not many training sessions a day, only two to three training sessions, but there were many team meetings, using the performance of the Pistons in each playoff game this season and the performance of the classic battles in the regular season as teaching materials to analyze tactics.

On May 10, the fifth game between the Magic and the Pistons started. The Magic actually persisted in one game, and the score was 2 to 3. It was not until May 11 that they lost to the Pistons in the sixth game. The Pistons advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals with a score of 4 to 2, giving the Hawks plenty of time to prepare.

The more opponents are defeated countless times by their own team, the easier it is to become indifferent to the opponent, just like Liu Mang. What Coach Kruger needs to do is to lead the coaching staff to study the weaknesses of the Pistons more seriously, and then carry out more targeted tactics and stricter tactical training.

You can enter the Eastern Conference Finals with an arrogant attitude, but you must be fully prepared to defeat your opponents.

When the Magic tied the score to 2-3, they forced to win a national live broadcast for the series. Fans watched whether they could create a miracle. Liu Mang also watched the game at home. Unfortunately, the Magic team was already at the end of their strength when they returned to their home court. They were beaten by the Pistons 112-71 by 41 points and were unfortunately eliminated.

Rahim wanted to go out and make a name for himself, but he tasted the bitterness of fighting alone.

Liu Mang felt very uncomfortable. If he could stand on the Eastern Conference Finals stage with Rahim, it would be a good thing to think about it. However, the Magic team has done a good job and has reached the second round, which is beyond Liu Mang's expectations.

Liu Mang was concerned about Rahim's Eastern Conference Finals, but he did not comfort him.

After all, he is already a member of two teams.

In the West, the Mavericks also lost to the Suns 2-4. Nash averaged 31 points, 13 assists, and 7 rebounds in this series, with 3 triple-doubles in 6 games, all of which were big triple-doubles, and beat the Mavericks badly.

Cuban insisted on letting Nash leave the Mavericks to save face and liberate him.

When Liu Mang saw Cuban's statement in the news, he was very curious whether Cuban would regret firing Nelson and letting Nash go, not letting this head coach who systematized the concept of run-and-gun into a tactic and the most suitable point guard in history to go, otherwise Nowitzki would play center as a shooter and be the key scorer to solve problems at critical moments...

It's a pity to think that I didn't see this scene.

But the Suns got the first place in the West and entered the Western Conference Finals just after they were formed, which also made Liu Mang very excited. It would be great if they could play against the Suns in the finals.

It's just that, after looking at the Spurs' battle report, Duncan averaged 36 points in the first round, 27 points in the second round, Ginobili averaged 22 points, Parker averaged 17 points...

And they defended the Sonics, who ranked third in the regular season, to an average of 91 points...

The Suns are a bit in jeopardy... No, Liu Mang thinks it's very jeopardy. The Spurs themselves averaged 102 points, but they defended the Sonics to an average of 91 points. It's amazing!

The matchup table for the Eastern and Western Conference Finals is out. The Hawks will take the lead in welcoming the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals on May 14th, welcoming the Pistons at home.

In the West, on May 15th, the Suns will play against the Spurs at home.

The specific schedule of the Hawks is that the first four games will be played on the 14th, 16th, 19th, and 21st, and the fifth game will be on the 24th. From the fourth to the fifth game, there are two rest days between each game.

The league's schedule officials have a headache every year. Sometimes they encounter a situation like the 2002-03 season, where each round lasted a long time. Sometimes they encounter a situation like last season, where they freed up time for the playoffs, but the Eastern and Western Conference playoffs were over in a short time. Fortunately, the league's playoffs have a new plan this year. In the first and second rounds, except for two days of rest between the second and third games, the interval between other games is one day. The Eastern and Western Finals used the previous 1+2+1+2+2+2 rest arrangement, which finally solved this problem and also determined the rest day arrangement for this playoffs for long-term use in the future.

After the Pistons were confirmed as the Eastern Conference Finals opponent, the Hawks' team training was still going on in an orderly manner. The players felt the attention of the coaching staff and followed suit.

On May 13, the 2005 draft lottery ceremony began.

The Hawks had nothing to do with it. The Hawks only had one first-round pick, which was the 30th pick in the first round, and one second-round pick from the Jazz, which was indeed the third pick in the second round.

At 7:30 p.m. on the 13th, the draft lottery ceremony ended.

Some people were happy and some wanted to cry.

The Hornets and Bobcats, two teams produced in Charlotte, who were so bad that they didn't get the No. 1 pick, but were instead won by the Bucks, who were fourth from the bottom in the Eastern Conference and sixth from the bottom in the league with 32 wins and 50 losses!

The second pick was taken by the Charlotte Bobcats. When Boss Joe saw the second pick, he was so happy that his face was broken. He got the second pick for two consecutive years. He was excited to pick a point guard to go with Okafor and Gerald Wallace. In addition, the Bobcats also got the 13th pick in the first round of the Cavaliers. When the Cavaliers and the Bobcats traded, the additional clause was the top ten pick protection. With two lottery picks, Boss Joe felt that he had made a big profit!

Boss Joe is now mysteriously confident in his vision and feels that the team has a bright future...

The Bobcats were lucky to get the second pick. The Hornets ranked last in the league with 17 wins and 65 losses, but they only got the fourth pick.

Coach Sloan breathed a sigh of relief when he got the third pick. At least he guaranteed that Paul and Deron would definitely get one, and the Bucks would definitely choose Bogut as the core of the team.

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The second day after the draft lottery, May 14, the Hawks ushered in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Billups stepped into the Phillips Arena and made it to the conference finals for the first time. He was filled with emotion. Finally, thanks to the Hornets moving to the West and the re-planning of the division, they were no longer in the same division as the Hawks. They didn't have to drop to fourth place and play against the Hawks in the second round. They could finally play in the Eastern Conference Finals.

But... Billups didn't know what the result would be today, but he was still very motivated to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time.

How do you know if you can do it without trying?

Freed from the constraints of Larry Brown, the Pistons had a record of 63 wins and 19 losses this season, and advanced to the playoffs relatively easily. The players on the Pistons wanted to give it a try.

Although the media and fans were not optimistic about the Pistons, they decided to try hard.

After the warm-up training, Billups called his most trusted teammates Hamilton, Delfino, Bosh, and Ben Wallace together.

As the leader of the Pistons, Billups began to give some chicken soup: "We have a common goal, we are all fighting for the championship. We all come together for the championship. In the past two years, we have been blocked from the Eastern Conference Finals by the same team. This time we have made it to the Eastern Conference Finals. We need to break this fate and beat the Hawks!"

Unlike Jamison of the Wizards, who encouraged his teammates in a "weak" tone, Billups was very direct. He just wanted to beat the Hawks.

These words, even Bosh, who is in his second year, can relate to. In two years, he has never won against the Hawks once. That feeling is like the fear of being shrouded by fate.

Following Ben Wallace, Bosh's character is much tougher than that of Carter. He really wants to beat Liu Mang, but he just can't.

This time he made it to the Eastern Conference Finals, and he also wants to try to break the fate!

But the opponent is so strong... Seeing Liu Mang make trouble against the Wizards and the Bulls in the first and second rounds, Bosh felt sad again.

Ben Wallace saw what the little brother was thinking, patted Bosh on the shoulder and said, "Chris, I am your strongest back, leave the basket to me!"

"I will run them to death!" Hamilton was also full of fighting spirit.

"I will defend McGrady!" This is the 23-year-old mature rookie Delfino.

"Okay! I will use my mid-range shots and open cuts to deal with them!" Bosh's confidence also came!

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On the Hawks side, there was a tactical training class in the morning, a team meeting at noon, Liu Mang had a good nap in the afternoon, got up at three o'clock to practice shooting, and after dinner at five o'clock in the afternoon, he started warm-up training at six o'clock. He was ready at seven thirty and waited for the entrance ceremony.

At this time, the system prompt came...

Liu Mang was stunned when he heard the system prompt, and then he started laughing "hehe" continuously, which made his teammates next to him shudder.

Is the boss going to explode again?

"Ding... Avengers series mission: The struggle of the oppressed Esterli people is triggered..."