roccoschili Chapter 1438 1437. The 4 Unpredictable Favorites to Win the Championship (Monthly Pass Required)
Chapter 1438 1437. The 4 Unpredictable Favorites to Win the Championship (Monthly Pass Required)
Chapter 1438 1437. The Four Unpredictable Favorites to Win the Championship (Monthly Pass Required)
The second round of the playoffs is in full swing.
After the first two games of each round of the series, the tone of the second round has basically been established. Today, there are two groups of completely unpredictable second rounds.
It's really hard to say something like a game.
The Bulls won the first home game very steadily. Before the second home game, everyone thought that the Bulls would secure a 2-0 lead. The Eagles could only find a way to drag the game into the Tianwangshan battle when they returned home.
But I didn't expect the Bulls to be scored 65 points by Liu Mang, allowing the Eagles to set a new high for the Bulls in the playoffs this season.
After the dance, amidst the unstoppable shouts of the fans, the referee silently urged the players of the two teams to play quickly.
McGrady, who was still a little bit reluctant, took off the outer dance clothes under Coach Kruger's dark expression, and went to the court to shoot hot hands.
At 07:30, the Bulls players who were already furious to the extreme, and the Eagles players who were trying to adjust their emotions back to the game state, started the third game of the series.
When people thought that the Eagles, who had already won 1 to 1, would take advantage of the victory when they returned to the home court, the Eagles spit back the home court advantage with 82 to 91.
Back at home, the Eagles had a rough start. They only scored 9 points in the first quarter. The Eagles tried to use Liu Mang's inside singles as their opening tactic.
Another crucial point is that Liu Mang's pre-match dance gave McGrady the title of "Latin Dance King" and became the fourth best dance king in the NBA after Liu Mang, Prince, and James. However, the Bulls played the craziest defense in this year's playoffs.
Trailing 9-20 in the first quarter by 11 points, the Eagles were in a passive state. Although Liu Mang scored 11 points in a single quarter in the third quarter and Jason Terry and Tracy McGrady scored 20 points in the fourth quarter, they could not save the defeat.
18分11板6助攻，刘莽全场比赛只有24投6中，这场比赛输掉的关键原因就是刘莽这一点。
Of course, Liu Mang also took the initiative to take responsibility after the game.
"It would be nice if you cast a few more..."
Liu Mang's remarks should have made the headlines. Even if Liu Mang didn't make the headlines, it should be the Bulls' away game.
But this time, it was the "Latin Dance King" incident that hit the headlines...
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On the Nuggets side, they easily defeated the Warriors 3-0 away 121-111.
The Eagles lost at home and gave away their home court advantage. On May 5th, Liu Mang began to practice low positions.
In the last game, he still wanted to play in the low post, but his reaction and movement were far behind the previous game. Although he practiced hard the previous day, he was still not as good as Kobe, but he was too confident.
At least it is necessary to maintain a certain low shooting rate, and it is necessary to find a better solution to the defensive strategy displayed by the Bulls in the third game. Liu Mang was studying these things on the rest day on the 9th.
On the night of the 9th, the third game of the Cavaliers-Magic, Lakers-Sun series started.
Back home, the Magic did not give the Cavaliers a chance. This time, even James was only 25 of 7, with a shooting percentage of less than 30.00%. He only scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.
76 to 95, the Cavaliers lost to the Magic away by 19 points.
The Lakers, on the other hand, played more aggressively in the away game. Gasol was not soft today. He was not afraid of the physical confrontation between O'Neal and Josh Smith as before, and only drifted outside to shoot and pass the ball.
Pau Gasol, who scored a new series high of 18 points, Yao Ming, who scored 33 points, and Kobe, who caused 6 fouls on the inside of the Suns and scored 14 free throws in the game, plus Odom, who averaged 15 rebounds per game in this round of the series, cooperated with Wang Zhizhi, Radmanovich, Fisher and other pitchers with good outside shots.
The Eagles' defeat was unexpected, and the Cavaliers fell behind 1-2 after three games. Before the start of the second round, not many people thought that the Lakers played better away games after losing at home, which was also unexpected.
And the Nuggets have entered the division finals 3-0, and no one wants to get it...
Iverson just went to the Nuggets, and he helped the Nuggets reach this point. It is basically certain that they will tie the team history record created by Alex English and Kelvin Knight in the 84-85 season to reach the conference finals.
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"The Most Suspenseful Second Round of the New Century"
After playing the third game of the second round, the NBA officially gave such an evaluation.
No one can predict what will happen next. Both the Eagles and the Suns grabbed a home court advantage in the first two away games, but both the Bulls and the Lakers took the home court advantage back in the first game of the next road trip.
That is to say, at least to the fifth game, and both the Eagles and the Suns played better away games than at home. It is really uncertain which two teams can advance in these two rounds of the series.
Judging from the first three games of the second round, the four teams of the Eagles, Bulls, Suns, and Lakers are undoubtedly the biggest favorites for the championship this season.
Even if the Nuggets make it to the Western Conference Finals, there is a high probability that they will not be opponents of the Suns or the Lakers.
If the Magic kill the Cavaliers and make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, they are unlikely to be opponents of the Eagles or Bulls.
The Magic played against the two teams in the regular season, both with 1 win and 3 losses. Even if they rallied Turkoglu in the second half of the season, they would lose miserably when they encountered Laying or the Bulls.
This is the first time in the playoffs in the past 12 years that the four favorites for the championship will fail in the second round. Especially this year, the Mavericks were hacked in the first round, and the Cavaliers, the first in the division, will also be eliminated by the Orlando Magic, which is close to 20 games away. This year's playoffs are becoming more and more attractive.
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On May 5, the Eagles ushered in the fourth game of the series against the Bulls at home.
After agreeing to invest more, Liu Mang really started to make waves this time!
Not only Liu Mang, McGrady and Jason Terry also started to wave together with Liu Mang when they were on the court.
The combination of double waves has become Langbi Mitaka!
And in the fourth game, the Eagles' tactical strategy has been greatly adjusted.
During the second match in the regular season before, Liu Mang realized that the Bulls must stick to their own style of play. If the opponent wants to drag the game into a defensive battle, he cannot be brought into it. He must stick to the principle of offensive play.
The first three games of the playoffs have been playing like this.
However, the penalty scale in the playoffs is much looser than in the regular season. It is true that the Hawks have two popular superstars, but Garnett is also a popular superstar. Therefore, except for the home whistle, the penalty scale has not changed much in the two home courts. They are very loose and very conducive to defense.
The Eagles lost in the third game, which had a lot to do with the tactical mistakes they did not grasp the whistle-blowing scale, so they only scored 9 points in the first quarter.
But this time, the Eagles stopped playing tactics and started a Mavericks-style offensive tactic, and it was an offensive tactic in which the ball was absolutely concentrated on Mitaka.
On the other hand, this time the Eagles set up a defensive lineup with four strong players and five strong defensive players. That is, when Jason Terry is on the court, the best defensive players will be sent to the other four positions.
It doesn't matter if you have physical fitness or something!
Marion and Kwame Brown had almost no rest throughout the game, and the outside line has been waving!
Liu Mang played very relentlessly today, desperately rushing for offensive rebounds, not afraid of injury or death, he was slapped on the floor several times viciously by Ben Wallace, Big Z, Garnett and others.
He was really injured, but Liu Mang now has injury potion and superstar value, he was healed immediately when he was injured by the attack, and he got up to fight again.
The hit rate...is still so-so, but Liu Mang learned another No. 24's desperate style of play, and scored 15 free throws in a single game!
Made 15 of 12 free throws, 27 of 9 shots, 9 of 3 three-pointers, 33 points and 14 rebounds, including 6 offensive rebounds, plus McGrady's 21 points and Jason Terry's 18 points.
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After four games, the Eagles and Bulls drew 2-2, and did not get the feature of "Battle Cry" that was originally wanted to counter Garnett's annoying "Roar".
Liu Mang doesn't like Garnett at all, but I have to say that if the team got Garnett last summer, there would be no suspense for this season's championship. With Garnett, there will be no lack of "morale".
What's more, this is the fourth superstar among active players after Kobe, Liu Mang himself, and Duncan.
Liu Mang believes that if Garnett is replaced by any super power forward except Duncan, the original Big Three of the Celtics will have no chance of winning the championship. The 32-year-old Garnett who has won the best defensive player is the key to winning the championship.
After all, Pierce and Ray Allen are second-team players who are at the top of the sky. Compared with Garnett, who has been in the first team for many years and won the MVP, they are more than one grade behind.
After four games, Liu Mang expected that this round of the series would be difficult, but...unexpectedly, it was even more difficult than imagined!
(End of this chapter)