After the best team and the best defensive lineup were announced, it was not Liu Mang's "accidental" selection, but Stoudemire being put in the center position.

Liu Mang was lucky to be ridiculed, but he didn't feel that there was anything wrong.

If Kobe Bryant hadn't been reimbursed this season because he couldn't keep up with the pace of weight gain and played 60 games, and Kidd hadn't played so badly in the first half, Liu Mang's selection for the second defense would definitely be inappropriate.

But in addition to Kidd, Kobe, Prince, Wade, Billups, Larry Hughes, among the guards this season, Liu Mang's defensive performance is one of the best, and after Raheem left, his outside defense and pinch shots under the basket, as well as the physical fitness that can maintain defense for a long time, play a vital role in the Hawks' defense.

Since Maddie's best team was put to the forward, the best defensive team naturally did not affect Liu Mang, although Maddie voted for the best defensive team at the forward position and scored 42 points.

Liu Mang was just considered lucky, but his defensive attitude and continuity, in the case that Kobe Bryant couldn't defend and Kidd's poor defensive performance this season failed to open up the gap with other second-defense players, Liu Mang, who was lucky to be selected for the second defense, was affirmed by the fans.

But Stoudemire was put in the center, not having to compete with Maddy, Double 21, Nowitzki or even Rahim, James, Bosh and others, clearly praising Stoudemire.

Maddie is okay, he played forward at the beginning, although he is a defender, but the style of play is still the style of play of the organization, and Prince was put on the guard line to select the best defensive lineup.

But Stoudemire was put in the center position...... He's a pure power forward......

Every year, some awards in the league are complained about, which is not a matter at all for NBA officials, but it has increased the topic.

Just like Liu Mang and Nash, who is more worthy of this year's MVP, it is estimated that not only this year, but will be discussed by fans for many years to come, as long as there is a topic, not that kind of vicious topic, it is good for the NBA.

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Got a second defense ...... Liu Mang actually has a feeling that he has no regrets in his life.

Think of Kobe Bryant's weight loss, Kidd's old age, Billups, Prince's long-term All-Defensive Team, as well as Raja Bell, Paul and Rondo who played the All-Defensive Team for a long time in a few years, Battier who was occasionally selected, and Tony Allen after 2010......

Liu Mang felt that his fate with the best defensive team came so suddenly and disappeared so quickly......

The best defensive team has not been complained about much, and in addition to Stoudemire, James has been complained about all three teams.

Bosh and Wade have a good record, James was selected for the third team and squeezed Marion out, which is surprising, or it may be that there are many popular people, fans outside the United States, seeing James's 27+7+7 data, feel that it is normal to be selected for the third team, and local fans in the United States complain more, and the record has become a powerful attack point.

In addition, Nash and Liu Mang were attacked again, MVP was not unanimous votes, MVP second Liu Mang was unanimous votes, Liu Mang and Nash were sprayed by fans of different groups.

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The conversation was brought up by the All-Star and All-Defensive Team, and the league's East-West finals continued.

Watching the next East-West finals, David Stern, who was happy for 24 hours because of the first game between the two teams, is now starting to think about the finals......

It's so heart-wrenching!

Just rejoiced that for 24 hours, the two series were one-sided!

The Suns were not the opponent of the Spurs at this time, and after the Pistons failed in the first counterattack, they were also completely depressed, and on May 19 and May 20, the first three games of the Eastern and Western Finals were played, and they were all 3-0!

On May 19th, the Hawks played the Pistons away, and the Auburn Hills Palace was terrifyingly quiet!

Detroit fans no longer had any expectations for their team to meet Liu Mang, they didn't boo their team, they didn't cheer for Liu Mang, they were just silent, and some fans wore convenience store paper bags on their heads, saying that they couldn't breathe.

Detroit fans love the Pistons, but they can't stand a game like this.

In an eerily quiet atmosphere throughout the court, the Pistons players had little motivation to return to their home court, except for defense and defense.

The Hawks played their strength steadily, Liu Mang got 27 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 5 turnovers, helping the Hawks 92-84, without much turmoil, to make the big score 3-0.

On the side of the Suns and the Spurs, on May 17, the Spurs also won the second away game smoothly, 114-111, the Suns played a crazy counterattack in this game, but Ginobili played better in the playoffs this season than in the regular season, and at the critical moment, he burst into the interior twice in a row to score 2+1 and harvest the game.

On May 20, the Spurs, who returned to their home court, took advantage of the momentum of grabbing two home-court advantages on the road, and for the first time in this round of the series, limited the Suns' scoring to less than 110 points, 109-102, killing the Suns' hope of fighting for not being 3-0.

Overall, compared with the Hawks and Pistons' dull defensive battles with strong Eastern characteristics, the game between the Spurs and the Suns was very good.

But the Spurs are the villains! All fans don't like the Spurs, they prefer the Suns, and there are still many fans who give up watching the Western Conference Finals, looking worried! Nash didn't win the first vote for a while, so he fought harder, but the more he fought, the more he felt congested.

Unlike the Pistons' inherent impression of the Bad Boy Army and the Auburn Hills Palace incident that made them "discriminated against" by fans, and no one paid attention to Billups playing so well in the first game, Nash averaged 24 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists per game in the first three games of the series and won the "sympathy" of fans, which is indeed the performance of MVP, but the Spurs restrained them too much.

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On May 21st, there was no accident, in the fourth game of the East Finals, Liu Mang scored 13 points and 15 assists, Maddie scored 29 points, Kwame Brown scored 22 points and 15 boards, the Hawks defeated the Pistons 111-85, and in the last game, the Pistons had no fighting spirit, and the defense could not prevent the Hawks, and the Hawks played the biggest point difference in this series, and the Pistons played the best performance in 14 years, entered the Eastern Finals, and could go fishing with honor.

The Eagles have reached the Finals for the second year in a row!

And won all the Eastern Conference playoffs for two years in a row!

At this time, some fans turned out the video footage of Liu Mang pointing to the floor of the American Airlines Center and saying "This is my horse" when the Hawks went to Miami to play the Heat last season.

At that time, except for the Eagles fans, they all felt that Liu Mang was too arrogant, and he had never even stepped out of the east, and actually claimed that the east was his territory.

But now, for two consecutive years in the Eastern Conference playoffs, no one can beat it, and Liu Mang said that he did it!

The video began to go viral on the Internet, and Wade, who was on vacation with his family with James, Bosh, Anthony, and Milicic in Los Angeles, was lying on the top news......

The video that made Liu Mang bear the label of "arrogant" at the beginning has now made Liu Mang crazy in popularity.

Most fans feel that although Liu Mang is a little more shameless, a little mean, a little more insidious, and a little conceited...... But if you say it, you will do it!

It's not the same as the kind of that a Los Angeles player says at the start of the season that they're going to win a championship!

Because of this video, Liu Mang began to have the title of the king of the east, but the recognition is not high, after all, he only won twice, but the general public opinion is that Liu Mang will one day dominate the west like the magician in the 80s, and it is very likely to dominate the east!

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After playing the series with the Pistons, Liu Mang got a random star card for the Pistons 04-05 season, although it is not very useful, but it is better than nothing, in case there is a task to deduct the star card, to make up the number, when the random deduction wants to stay, maybe you can keep it.

Like Andre Roberson and Terence Ferguson's star cards, Liu Mang couldn't use them when he drew them before, but he could keep them for deduction.

On May 22, Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals between the Suns and Spurs, the Hawks returned to Atlanta.

On the first day back in Atlanta, the Hawks were on vacation, and the coaching staff had to make further preparations for the next Finals.

It's just that the Spurs have changed a lot in the playoffs, and the offensive core of the interior and outside has obviously changed compared to the regular season, and it is necessary to further plan tactics for the Spurs' performance in the Western Conference finals.

Just when Liu Mang thought that the Suns were going to be swept away, the Suns went crazy in Game 4 and actually played defense! Mainly blocked the inside line, scared Bunch Wells and Duncan, Duncan only scored 15 points in the fourth game, Bunch Wells averaged 25 points per game in the series, and only scored 9 points in this game, although Ginobili scored 28 points, but it was not able to withstand the impact of the Suns' desperate efforts to save face, Joe Johnson opened the situation, got 32 points and 12 assists, and turned Nash into a pitcher, Nash shot 9 of 18, made 6 three-pointers and got 27 points and 7 assists, and the whole game was anxious, In the end, the Suns won 111-106, and it was difficult to pull the big score to 1-3, and they returned to the light.

came coldly, and gave the fans a little excitement.

But this time, it can be seen that the Suns are just returning to the light and continuing their lives, and the Spurs are notoriously unable to meet opponents who break out, but the Suns' extreme style of play and the performance of the outside duo outbreak, after the Spurs are prepared, the Suns' style of play is useless.

The reason why the Spurs playoffs give people a stable and strong feeling is that they have time to adjust, and they have no problem when they encounter an outburst, but the opponent in the playoffs has an outbreak, and they can adjust it in the next game, unless it is the invincible dominance of the OK combination, otherwise the Spurs have been as stable as a dog in the past few years at Duncan's peak.

It's a pity that Duncan played another peak after his first major injury, but at this peak, the OK combination just happened to be at the peak......

The Suns pulled the big score to 1-3, which brought some cushioning opportunities for the league to arrange the Finals, and made David Stern breathe a sigh of relief, otherwise the Finals would have started too early!

Not only is the league relieved, but the Hawks have at least three more days of rest, with Game 5 of the Spurs-Suns' Western Conference Finals set to start on May 25, giving the Hawks more time to tactical discussions, practice, and other things against the Spurs.

And the Suns' win over the Spurs also gave the Hawks coaching staff some tactical inspiration.

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After returning to Atlanta for a day of rest, Liu Mang continued to train.

Although Alexia is pregnant, she did not disturb Liu Mang's training, this is Liu Mang's career, Dinah went to school, and the last week of classes began to start a four-month summer vacation, Levia is responsible for handling family affairs, there is nothing to Liu Mang to do, Liu Mang concentrates on various training in the middle distance and the team's tactical training.

Time passed quickly, Liu Mang and his teammates complained that the training time was too short, if more time could be given to him to train, his mid-range turnaround jumper and fixed-point singles could be better.

Hearing Liu Mang's complaint, the Eagles players didn't want to deal with him: You're only in the fourth grade! If the first-round pick is still on a rookie contract, what do you want? Is it a fourth-year MVP, scoring champion, and best defensive player like Jordan? And Jordan was between 24 and 25 years old at that time, and you only turned 23 in the summer!

Liu Mang feels invincible and really lonely, even his teammates don't understand him, he really feels that there is not enough time!

It was soon May 25 and Game 5 of the series between the Suns and Spurs began.

The Hawks coaching staff and players studied and discussed together as the team watched the final game of the possible Western Conference Finals for the next round of opponents.

The result was not too surprising, the Spurs 120-107, adapted to the Suns' style of play in the last game, and easily won the victory.

Suns head coach Mike D'Antoni was so poor that he wanted to do it again after a good game, only to be killed by Popovich.

Stoudemire played very hotly in Game 5, scoring 42 points and blowing up the Spurs' interior, but only 4 rebounds...... As a "center", 4 rebounds......

Duncan was solid as a dog, with only 19 points but 25 rebounds, which was key to keeping the Spurs efficient offensively.

Duncan is too stable, as long as the other party can't break out, he is so steady.

4-1, the Spurs successfully entered the Finals.

The two major regular season games in the East and West are extremely stable and abusive demons who beat weak teams, and they will be on the highest stage in the NBA!

It's finally here!

Troika!

Liu Mang can't wait to fight the Troika in the finals!