Four Seasons Plaza by Hilton Beverly Hills.

Liu Mang looked at the signboard of the hotel, and heard that this is a villa hotel, and the parking lot is not underground, but an open-air parking lot...... By the way, it seems that the new meaning of hotel is to live in people, which has been transmitted to China from European and American countries, and the word hotel seems to have been introduced from abroad, and the country used to be called a post station or inn, and the hotel used to be sold in China......

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Mang walked into the door of the reception of the hotel where the team could stay for up to eight days with the left and right protectors Boozer and Barnes.

Dragging a huge suitcase behind, carrying a backpack behind his back, a large duffel bag hanging around his neck, dragging a large bag in his left hand, and a small bag on his right shoulder, and by the way, the American Jay Chou, who was dragging a huge suitcase in his right hand, was as tired as a dog, and looked at the back of Liu Mang with two "bodyguards" with resentment.

In addition to the duffel bag hanging around his neck, the big bag in Korver's left hand is Boozer's, the backpack behind is Liu Mang's, the huge suitcase in the back is also Liu Mang's, and the small bag in his right hand is Barnes's.

Finally, after approaching the door of the hotel reception, the hotel concierge saw the miserable Korver and hurried up to help.

Korver now wants to collapse on the ground and sleep directly, seeing the concierge's 48-inch super huge suitcase that drags hard by himself, Korver is so sad and angry, the little boss bullies people!

But there is no way, who calls him a rookie, I can only expect the team to select a few rookies this summer, and there is also a chance for him to call rookies.

Thinking of this, Korver immediately came to the motivation, train hard, and strive to enter the rotation next season to have the power to call on the rookies.

Today is June 8th, just after noon, the Eagles arrived in Los Angeles and checked into the villa hotels in the Regal Villas area.

After beating the Lakers at home last night, the Hawks came to Los Angeles today to prepare for the next three consecutive road games, and in order to avoid disturbing the players, they stayed in Beverly Hills, where the few fans who wanted to make trouble couldn't get in.

Liu Mang got the room cards for himself and Boozer, Korver, and Barnes, and the four of them lived in the same villa.

Take the waiter's passenger battery car to the front of the villa, Liu Mang saw this villa, it is really luxurious, the whole hotel has a large wall, this single-family villa also has a small wall, there is an exclusive swimming pool and a small garden.

When Liu Mang was waiting to get the room card just now, he looked at the introduction of the hotel, which has a total of 32 villas, each villa has four bedrooms, and a room costs more than 300 US dollars...... Liu Mang felt that the boss's heart was dripping blood again.

It's just that the boss pays for it, and Liu Mang doesn't feel distressed at all.

"Mr. Liu, if you need to go out, please call the front desk, we will send someone to pick you up, there is also a battery car here, it has been fully charged, and it can be used when you go to other villas, I hope you have a pleasant stay." The waiter bowed and said.

"Thanks, sorry for the trouble." Liu Mang answered, hung his bag around Korvor's neck again, swiped the room card, opened the door of the yard, and walked in.

Barnes and Boozer were also full of bad taste, and once again hung their bags on Korver's body.

Korver looked at the backs of the three of them, and felt that his world was dim, so he could only secretly pity himself: this handsome guy is really the young master's body slave......

……

After putting down his luggage and resting for a while, Liu Mang changed into sportswear, held the ball and prepared to go to Prince to practice with him.

Although the finals are already 2-0, both games are at home, and the next is a three-game away from home, and there is a lot of pressure.

Moreover, in addition to the pressure of three consecutive home games, there is also this year's finals, which is completely different from Liu Mang's impression.

OK Combo!

O'Neal has been at a loss offensively, but this time he worked unexpectedly the defensive end, even in time for the Pacers Finals a few years ago.

The most important thing is that Kobe Bryant has more than 5 assists in the first two games! In the last game, it was 37 points and 7 assists, which is a tricky thing.

In Liu Mang's view, Prince was able to lock Kobe Bryant in the original 04 Finals, firstly, because his personal defense is good, and the league's overall defense has reached the highest peak in NBA history this season, and Prince has an advantage in this regard; second, because of the outside joint defense of the Pistons of the Five Tigers, Kobe Bryant was further suppressed; The third point is the most critical, Kobe Bryant does not pass the ball to O'Neal and Malone!

The main reason is that Kobe Bryant is willing to pass the ball, and the only game in which Kobe Bryant assists more than 5 times, that is, the second game of the Finals between the Pistons and the Lakers, Kobe Bryant got 7 assists, and O'Neal combined for 62 points and 10 assists, and that game happened to be won by the Lakers.

And Liu Mang looked at the data of the Lakers' 15-1 playoff journey in 2001, Kobe Bryant averaged 6.1 assists per game in the entire 16 games, and O'Neal averaged 3.1 assists per game, he can guess that the reason why OK was invincible in 01 was mainly because of O'Neal and Kobe, the combined assists of the two were almost the same as the playoff assists of the organizational core like Magic, Kidd, Nash, and Paul, and the combination of the two of them was more difficult to defend than concentrating the ball on an organizational core!

What's more, in the 01 Lakers' playoff journey, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal did not have a high ball possession rate, and the combined ball possession rate of the two was only 30 percent, which is not as high as the ball holding rate of one person in the playoffs that need to be concentrated in the playoffs, because the organizational core of the Lakers in 2001 was Rick Fox and Brian Shaw, the two high-level organizational cores that mobilized the triangle offense! These two play the role of Pippen.

Kobe Bryant is not holding the ball in general, and when he won three consecutive championships, he always had two or three players around him who averaged more than 3 assists per game, O'Neal was one, Fisher was one, Rick Fox, Brian Shaw, Robert Horry...... All of these guys have averaged more than three assists per game next to Kobe.

Kobe Bryant only grabbed shots, and O'Neal has been excellent in rebounding in the playoffs, averaging 14 rebounds per game in the playoffs during the three-game winning streak.

In the original 04 Finals, the OK combination added up to less than 6 assists per game, and without Kobe Bryant's lack of power, he alone had more assists, and it was not unreasonable for the Lakers Finals to collapse.

Because of the finals that year, except for the Pistons fans, almost no one thought that the Pistons could win, Kobe Bryant couldn't suppress his heart to grab the championship MVP, even if he fell behind 1-3, he was still confident that he could turn the tables.

In the case that Kobe Bryant was determined to brush up the data to grab the FMVP, the Pistons knew that he would not be able to pass, and it must be better to defend, O'Neal had no one to pass the ball to him, so he could only chisel, and O'Neal also did not put the Pistons in his eyes......

In addition, in the original Finals, Malone was in a very poor state in the Finals because of the aggravation of injuries in the regular season due to Garnett's hard beating in the Western Conference Finals.

Kobe Bryant doesn't pass the ball, O'Neal doesn't pass the ball to Kobe, and O'Neal's pass is usually for Kobe, and the connection between the two is completely broken.

In addition, the Pistons' defense that year was almost the strongest in history, and everything combined, made the Lakers bloodbathed by the Pistons.

But this time is different, Liu Mang did not feel despised from the Lakers, and the pressure brought by their Hawks to the Lakers was also very great, so that the OK combination began to work together to fight, Kobe Bryant, who was willing to pass the ball, was much more difficult to prevent, the first three quarters of the last game The OK combination was connected, and the comparison between Kobe Bryant alone in the fourth quarter can be seen as the difference between the invincible Lakers in 01 and the Lakers in the original 04 Kobe Bryant alone.

Kobe's Lakers team in these two situations can be said to be not of the same grade, and the finals in 04 were ultimately lost because of Kobe's solitary efforts.

In the first three quarters of the last game, Liu Mang had already seen the serious cooperation of the OK combination, so now there is a lot of pressure! Coupled with the fact that this is an away game, the deterrent power of the OK combo cannot be countered by Rashid Wallace.

"It's tough, but it can be used too." Liu Mang walked out of the gate of the wall, put away the scouting report, slapped the ball with his left hand, and ran towards the villa where Prince lived, who had just called.

Constantly strengthening the ball sense of the left hand dribble, similar to the right hand dribble three years ago.

Liu Mang is going to find Prince, train together, improve his personal offense as much as possible, and also exercise Prince's single defense ability, yesterday just used Kobe's star card, some high and low technology, now the memory is still fresh, Liu Mang should seize this time to recall that feeling.

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There is also a person practicing at the Toyota Center in the Lakers training hall, although a certain guy is more iron-hearted, but he has nothing to say about his training attitude, and after returning to Los Angeles in the morning, he immediately came to the training hall to train.

On the side of the court, there is also a sign with only two numbers on it.

37 and 45.

After the NBA entered the iron-blooded era pioneered by Pat Riley in the mid-90s, there were only two outside players who averaged more than 25 points per game who could shoot more than 45 percent from the field in the Finals, one was Jordan in the 96-97 season, and the other was Kobe Bryant who beat the crushed Nets in the 2001-2002 season.

In addition, ten years have passed, and the latest one to appear is the current Liu Mang.

The most important thing is that Liu Mang scored 40 points! Among the active players, only O'Neal and Iverson can score 40 points in the finals, and then Jordan.

Every time Kobe Bryant glanced at that hot 45, he felt like his head was going to explode!

Kobe Bryant only felt that he didn't shoot the ball, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his shot selection, so he continued to practice shooting......

From the 8th to the 10th, there was a three-day break when the home and away games of the Finals were switched, but the Lakers only had one day off between the two games during their three consecutive home games.

There was certainly not much training between games, so on the nineth, the Eagles' team training began right there, focusing on certain periods of time when the opponent had been suppressed in the first two games.

It always feels like too little time to prepare, and it's fast around August 11, and the third game of the finals is just around the corner.

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Today the company is a little busy, I just wrote a chapter, and I will go home immediately and continue to write, and today's update will not be less, or at least 12,000 words! Let's change the style, try the four watches, and go home on the subway immediately, everyone wait~