Chapter 965 964. Worthy of Being the God of Basketball
(Sorry, I misremembered the rules at the end of the last game. A flagrant foul that is valid for a goal is one free throw and one throw. A foul foul that fails to score is two free throws and one throw. However, it doesn’t have much impact. In the end, Liu Mang still scored over 60 points. It’s exactly 60 points.)
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21 of 39 shots, 6 of 14 three-pointers, 12 of 15 free throws, Liu Mang scored 60 points in a single game!
"...60 points? I just found out that I already had 60 points, which is great, but it doesn't mean anything, I just played my normal performance. The Pistons played great, they almost won, but We were the strongest, my teammates and I worked hard, persisted until the end and won the game, that’s all.
MVP? Hmm...can the MVP be replaced by a champion? I have an MVP trophy at home, help me change it to a championship! "
After the game, the Eagles opened a locker room interview. After Liu Mang finished the last interview, he turned around gracefully, picked up a bath towel and a change of clothes and walked into the bathroom.
Watching Liu Mang finish his last paragraph in a pretentious manner, the reporters got used to it and then went on to interview other members of the Eagles.
Liu Mang scored 60 points in a single game in the playoffs, breaking the world.
Even if Elgin Baylor, who scored 61 points in the Finals, is included, only three people in NBA history have scored 60 points in the playoffs. If we count modern basketball, only Liu Mang and Jordan have done it!
Lower the standard to 50+ points in the playoffs. Apart from Liu Mang, only Iverson and Carter have done this among active players. Among them, Iverson has scored 50+ points in the playoffs three times, and Liu Mang has only played four. Season, already completed twice!
With Liu Mang's style of play, he will break Iverson's record of 50+ games in the playoffs in the future. Judging from Liu Mang's current game, there won't be much of a problem.
As the saying goes, one person can ascend to heaven. Players, coaches, trainers, etc. on the Eagles team have become the targets of reporters competing for interviews. The Pistons team, which lost, was also surrounded by reporters, mainly the Eagles. The team was crowded with reporters, and the Pistons players were asked about Liu Mang.
Not many people remember the wonderful performance of Billups, the key player who scored 45 points in a single game and scored 19 points in the final quarter...
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"Who is the MVP?"
ESPN quickly released such a piece of news after the game between the Eagles and Pistons.
As we enter the Eastern Conference finals, awards have begun to be announced one after another.
The Defensive Player of the Year was won by Ben Wallace, and the Rookie of the Year was won by Emeka Okafor. The Hawks had no one in the rookie first team, and Iguodala was selected in the second team as a rookie. The quality of the 2004 draft. Ordinarily, the best coach went to Mike D'Antoni of the Suns, the best manager went to SuperSonics general manager Creed Jeffery, and the best sixth man went to Ben Gordon.
Ben Wallace was at his peak, Okafor was unbeatable in his rookie season of 2004, D'Antoni helped the Suns win 35 more games, the Sonics used Radmanovic and a first-round pick to get Francis and Ben took off. -It is reasonable for Gordon to win the Sixth Man of the Year over Jason Terry. Rookie performance will be rewarded. These awards are expected at the end of the season.
All that remains is the All-NBA and All-Defensive teams to be announced on May 17.
Voting will take place on May 16, the day after the first game of the Eastern and Western Conference finals. The media and head coaches of each team will vote for the best team and best defensive team respectively.
Generally speaking, the MVP is guaranteed to be the first team, but of course there are exceptions. Russell once had the second team MVP, but that was already in the ancient times of the NBA.
Since the regular season MVP has become a media vote, the MVP is always a team and the one with the most votes in a team. After all, the MVP and team are chosen by them, and they cannot slap themselves in the face.
But this year is a little different. The Eagles have a scoring leader and an assists leader, both of whom are defenders.
There is no problem that Nash performs better than Tracy McGrady. Nash is fine for the first time, but will Nash be embarrassed to become another MVP player since Karl Malone in the 1996-1997 season who does not rank first in scoring in the All-NBA Team? ?
Although these awards are regular season awards, it is hard to say whether performance in the playoffs will affect the voting of the media and coaches.
ESPN brought up the topic of who the MVP should be, reigniting the original MVP debate that had been settled by Nash after his wonderful performance against the Mavericks in the second round.
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Fans are discussing this matter, and players who are participating in the Eastern and Western Conference finals and who have gone fishing are also forced to participate in the discussion.
Some players really feel that Liu Mang is so good that they are convinced, but only a very small number of them. Most of them don't want to comment, but they can only comment when asked.
Most of the current players answer with official answers. Now the players have learned well. If they don't answer well, they will be said to be "sour grapes".
Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor and Bobcats minority owner and team executive president Michael Jordan are naturally the two people who must be interviewed.
Elgin Baylor is okay. He has retired for decades and has not won a championship. He has nothing to say. He encouraged his juniors and then expressed that Chinese fans are welcome to watch the Clippers game.
Boss Qiao said in an interview: "Ace is my most proud disciple. Of course he can do anything I can do. There is nothing surprising about this."
When this word reached Liu Mang, Stockton, and Malone, the three of them were shocked.
It’s okay to be shameless to this extent!
Liu Mang couldn't even refute what he said!
Shuang Sha secretly cursed that he was still not as good as Boss Qiao, not as shameless as he was. They were the closest, if he had known better to say this during interviews, Beier would have face.
The first person in history is indeed the first in every aspect...
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After the Eagles played their first game against the Pistons, their morale improved further!
You have won such a difficult game, what else do you have to worry about next?
Just like the unlucky version of Kobe Bryant wandering around in the Finals without shooting or calling a timeout, causing the Cavaliers to lose at the last minute and the morale of the Cosmos team to rise sharply, the Hawks feel that this series cannot be better than the first game. Even tougher.
Moreover, the Pistons have aroused the enthusiasm of the Eagles. The Eagles coaching staff saw that their players were so excited that they wanted to play the second game, and they all followed the excitement to study the wonderful things the Pistons did in the first game. Tactical changes, prepare for defeat.
In the game, on-the-spot reaction is very important, but more important is the preparation before the game. The work of the coaching staff is much more complicated than imagined.
On May 15, the day of the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Suns and the Spurs, the Hawks held a team meeting in the morning. After the coaching staff analyzed the Pistons' tactical system, they held three meetings in the afternoon. Tactical training session, and then rest begins. The second game will start tomorrow, and the Eagles mainly focus on rest.
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"Uncle, stop watching the Spurs game. It's so ugly. Let's go play games!"
"Children should do more homework! What games should they play!"
"But the teacher asked Dinah to play more. When she grows up, she has to work and take certificates. She has no time to play!"
"Then let's watch the game with uncle."
"Ah... no..."
"I'll buy you a game set tomorrow."
“Dina loves watching Spurs games the most!”
In the evening, Liu Mang returned home and watched the national live broadcast of the Suns playing the Spurs with San Niu.
Like most fans, San Niu, including a teenage girl, is not interested in Spurs games. Levia and Alexia are fine, and they are just idle. The girl directly Started complaining.
The top executives of the league and the two TV stations, American Cable TV and T.N.T., which broadcast the game, were all worried. They expected that the Spurs' game would not be good...and then, they were slapped in the face.
The Spurs actually had a high-scoring battle with the Suns!
To say that it is soaring points is not actually a big deal, the Spurs are mainly stable!
On the inside, Duncan and Bunch Wells dug through Stoudemire and Marion!
The Spurs' top outside shooters: Brent Barry, Devin Brown, Benno Udrih, Robert Holley, and Bowen, who can't play for too long but is a good spot-up three-pointer. 11 three-pointers! Coupled with Ginobili's two three-pointers, the Spurs made 13 of 26 three-pointers! Even sunnier than the Suns!
The Suns have become an inside and inside scoring team. Stoudemire scored 37 points and Nash scored 33 points and 12 assists. The two scored 70 points together, but they only shot 7 of 22 from outside three-pointers. middle!
The Spurs combined the Rockets and Hawks' methods of dealing with the Suns, as well as the Spurs' own rhythm control, to lock the Suns into a three-pointer!
The most obvious point is that Nash made 14 of 25 shots from mid-range and at the basket, and scored 33 points on 5 of 5 free throws, but did not take a single outside shot!
The two teams actually didn't take many shots, but the game was very interesting to watch. The Suns' poor defense made the Spurs look like an offensive team. The positional battle allowed the Spurs to play 57% of the team's shots. The shooting percentage was six percentage points higher than the 51% shooting percentage achieved by the Hawks a day ago. The Spurs scored 126 points!
Although the Suns also shot 48% from the field and took more shots than the Spurs, they only scored 114 points.
Although Duncan only scored 21 points and seemed to be beaten by Stoudemire, he blocked Nash's three-pointer from outside the three-point line, covered Marion's air cut, and hit Joe Johnson's back. Assisted defense played the most critical role!
The most critical thing is that the Suns' outside cuts are extremely unsuitable for the Western Conference Finals whistles, and they don't get the whistle!
Duncan's 21 points, Bunch Wells' 28 points, Ginobili's 25 points, and a group of shooters who combined to score more than 30 points, etc. In the scoring battle, the Spurs used unexpected methods. A huge point battle, 126 to 114, beating the Suns by 12 points!
Although people expected the Spurs to have an advantage against the Suns, the two teams played against each other in the regular season. Although the Spurs only tied with the Suns 2-2, the Spurs first suppressed and then improved, losing the first two games and the last two games. They won, but the score was low, and the Spurs scored just over 100 points. This time they actually scored 126 points, and they were still in the playoffs!
San Niu was originally uninterested, but as she watched, she saw that the Spurs' tactical movement led to open shooting opportunities again and again. The Suns' interspersed movement, Nash and Stoudemire used double players in the mid-range and at the basket. Together with the scoring, the game is really fun to watch!
Liu Mang was originally looking forward to whether the Suns could beat the Spurs. After all, Bowen of the Spurs was useless and replaced by Bonzi Wells, who was more offensive. But the Suns still couldn't hold on. On the contrary, the Spurs relied on Bonzi Wells and Duncan on the front line to penetrate the opponent's inside line. Ginobili continued his peak performance this season, with 25 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds, becoming the MVP of this game.
Playing against the Spurs... is also good, at least it is a bit similar to the Pistons. They are both opponents with good defense and a complete defensive system. The rhythm is slow and stable, which is relatively more accustomed to.
It's a pity for Nash. At his best time, Stoudemire was only in the third grade and had not fully grown up.
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On May 16, the head coaches of 30 teams voted by fax for the three best defensive players at the center position, the six best defensive players at the forward position, and the six best defensive players at the guard position in their minds for the best defensive lineup. The forwards and guards each received two votes for the first, second, and third teams. Of course, the final best defensive lineup only had the first and second teams. The votes for the third team were mainly to allow the head coaches of each team to have an additional candidate.
99 media and expert commentators and commentators who were invited to participate in the voting came to New York to vote by name.
The final results will be announced on the morning of the 17th.
The evening of the 16th is the second game of the series between the Hawks and the Pistons.
After a day of deliberation, the league repeatedly reviewed Delfino's flagrant foul and finally determined that Delfino's flagrant foul was a first-level flagrant foul because it did not cause a fight and Liu Mang was not injured...
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the league is doing this to "protect" the Pistons. Otherwise, how can the Pistons play against the Hawks if one of their five main players is missing?
The Pistons and the Hawks played such a game that the league was stunned. Liu Mang scored 60 points, and the Pistons also scored high. The game lasted until the end, and played the best Eastern Conference Finals in recent years. The key was that Liu Mang scored 60 points in the end, which caused heated discussions.
And the offense of the Spurs and the Suns also soared. David Stern felt like a tree blossoming. The team he hated the most and once hated was actually playing offensive basketball!
Although there was a little episode in the game between the Hawks and the Pistons, it didn't start, and no one was injured. Instead, it made this Eastern Conference Finals more interesting. David Stern finally decided to let the Eastern Conference Finals continue to be hot.
But... when it came to the evening game, the exciting battle of the Eastern Conference Finals that David Stern was looking forward to... seemed to have ended...
David Stern happily turned on the TV to watch the live broadcast at night and saw a one-sided game...
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