The score came to 8-6, with the Eagles leading by two points and the Eagles having possession.

But it's been 5 minutes since the game was played!

The Nets gave a high-confrontation grinding style of play as soon as they came up, and at the beginning of the game, the two sides were still evenly matched, but after a few minutes in the first quarter, Ratliff, who was not physically good, couldn't bear it first.

In the first five games, Ratliffe played an average of 35 minutes per game, because the Hawks were in a nine-man rotation in the East finals, plus Boozer and Prince's two rookies performed poorly, so it was more of the four starters in addition to Prince plus the seven-man rotation of Jason Terry and Jason Terry and Barnes, and in addition to the third and fourth games, they all started to grind the defense while playing, and Ratliff played a lot of time in the first quarter in order to defend the Nets' blocking, constantly changing defenses and making up defenses, and began to gasp for more than 5 minutes.

The goal of the Nets was clear from the start, to press the tempo on the offensive end, and then let Mutombo and Kenyon Martin block and tear up the Hawks' interior to switch defenses everywhere.

Muhammad, a future evergreen, is also very tired, averaging 41 minutes per game in this series, and the Eagles are second only to Liu Mang's average of 44 minutes per game.

Liu Mang averaged 44 minutes this game, but because he only played for a while in the fourth quarter of the first game, he basically did not rest in the other four games.

But Ratliff couldn't do it, the Nets scored the third goal of the game with difficulty, and when it was time for the Hawks to attack, Liu Mang advanced to the front court with the ball, and when he just crossed the halfway, Ratliff had just crossed the halfway, and Liu Mang obviously heard Ratliff's rough panting!

Liu Mang finally understood that bad feeling!

The Nets just want to rely on their roster depth to wear out Ratlive!

Without Ratlleaf, the Eagles' interior defense would be a huge hole!

And it's not just on the defensive end!

The Nets also found out that Ratliff quickly couldn't hold on, and saw Ratliff breathe with his mouth wide open, and Mutombo, who is also a basketball player, knew what Ratliff's gasping performance meant, and called for tactics.

The rest of the Nets began to frantically block outside cuts and breaks, giving Ratlif a very good catch-up position, and Mutombo singled out Ratlleaf.

Ratliff stood in the three-second zone and took a step with Mutombo on his shoulders, perfectly positioned to hold high and play.

Liu Mang's attempt to break through Kidd failed, and the pressure to block Kenyon Martin and Kidd's switching defense had already made Liu Mang and Muhammad's blocking and demolition suffer once in the last attack, and when he saw Ratliff's perfect opportunity to play high, he immediately passed the ball over.

Ratliff received the ball and knew that the team now needed him to open up the situation by scoring on the inside like he did in the last game, and when he had a scoring threat at this high point, the outside line could be opened, just like at the beginning of the last game.

Mutombo also knows that he has reached a critical moment in his career, and whether he can stay in the NBA next season depends on whether he can grasp this last opportunity and concentrate all his energy on anticipating Ratliff's high game.

Ratliff took a step inside and didn't hit it, and he didn't have much other offensive skills, so he chose to throw it directly and sideways!

Mutombo judged Ratliff's intentions and slapped Ratliff's throw down!

Richard Jefferson grabs a defensive rebound!

The Nets did not choose to counterattack, continued to press the rhythm, and slowly pushed through.

Kidd held the ball in the top arc, Mutombo ran out and blocked with Kidd, knowing that his old partner couldn't run, Muhammad switched to Mutombo and followed Mutombo out to block and dismantle.

At this time, Kenyon Martin also ran out, Mutombo blocked halfway to the right sideline outside the three-point line to block Kittles, Kenyon Martin came up to block Kidd.

It was to pull Ratliff out and run, but Latliffe was halfway through the run, Kenyon Martin's block was retracted, and he turned around and hit the basket!

Kidd hoisted the ball to Kenyon Martin, and Liu Mang hurried to catch up with Kenyon Martin, but he couldn't pull it! Ratliff just ran to the free throw line, turned back again, and pounced Kenyon Martin, but could only weakly slap Kenyon Martin's arm, Kenyon Martin scored two points with an empty dunk and caused Ratliff to foul!

The Eagles call a timeout!

After playing for almost 6 minutes and scoring only 8 points, the Hawks coaching staff didn't particularly care, in the 90s Pat Riley's iron-blooded era, the series averaged more than 70 to 70 points per game.

The main thing is that Ratlife can't run!

Ratliff's deterrent under the basket is the key to the Hawks' ability to prevent the Nets' offense in the opening game and become 3-of-10!

Not only Ratliff, Raheem's performance was also weak today, Muhammad was not very good at rushing to grab rebounds, Liu Mang was the most physical, and Prince, who had no other role than following Kittels' defensive shooting.

The Hawks had to make early substitutions, replacing Ratliffe with Kevin Willis to maintain interior height, replacing Prince with Barnes to strengthen the toughness of the defense, and Jason Terry for Raheem to enhance the projection, and Raheem couldn't get in today.

After the pause, the situation did not get much better, Kevin Willis turned 41 years old in September this year, the regular season came up for ten minutes at the top, the playoffs gave his teammates experience, with a 2 million contract as a locker room leader, and the young mentality of the bells and whistles worn by others can mingle with young teammates, making the atmosphere in the Hawks more harmonious.

But he had to run back and forth with the young man, and when he first went up, he was okay, and he also deducted Jason Collins, who replaced Mutombo, but he was not as good as the tired Ratliff, and he was directly blocked by Kenyon Martin.

On the offensive end, there was one less point of high containment on the inside, and the Hawks' outside offense was extremely difficult, and it was not easy for Raheem to chisel a few.

At the end of the first quarter, the Hawks were 15-20 and were outscored by the Nets by 5 points.

That continued until the end of the first half, and the Nets, regardless of whether they were leading or not, desperately suppressed the rhythm and then grinded, with Mutombo playing specifically against Ratliff today and Jason Collins playing the rest of the time.

In the second quarter, the Hawks had no choice but to grind defense with the Nets, Kevin Wesley couldn't hold it for a while, Metola was replaced, but Mentola performed miserably, just like a stake, he could defend low-post singles, but the Nets didn't attack low-post, and after playing for a few minutes in the second quarter, he could only replace Ratliff with grinding defense again.

At halftime, the Hawks were 34-41, and the difference was stretched to 7 points!

The Eagles' biggest problem is exposed!

There is a big problem with the depth of the lineup!

If you really want to say that the depth of the Hawks' roster is actually very strong, but the point is that Prince and Boozer played too poorly, the first few games were terrible, and in this difficult series, the Eagles didn't dare to give them too much almost, because they really played too badly.

Boozer didn't dare to defend at all when he was fighting defense, Prince has been doing a good job defensively, but he is still a little thin, and he doesn't have enough experience, if the Nets replace Rodney Rodgers, the Hawks can only let Liu Mang or Barnes defend, Rodney Rodgers is good at holding the ball and playing single Liu Mang defends well, and Barnes relies on desperate defense to perform well in this kind of high-confrontation game.

Coach Kruger is picking at his head again, feeling more and more picking.

The depth of the Nets' roster is really good, in addition to the five starters, Harris, Rodney Rodgers, Aaron Williams, Jason Collins, Anthony Johnson, are all high-quality role players, the Nets have always been willing to spend money, and with Kidd here, no matter how teammates are changed, the effect is almost the same.

After a 20-minute break at halftime, the Hawks came up in the second half and played a 10-4 mini-surge to chase the difference to one point, but then the Hawks languished again.

When the official timeout reached the third quarter, the difference was slowly opened by the Nets, 50-55, and the difference was once again stretched to 5 points.

Looking at the three frontcourts that were only halfway through the third quarter, they were as languishing as the popping chrysanthemum, Liu Mang found Coach Kruger: "Coach, let Sharif, Nazr and Theo rest, let's come!" ”

Coach Krueger thinks that's the way to go.

After returning from the official timeout, the Hawks changed to a small lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince, Barnes, and Boozer.

Fight for it!

With a margin of only 5 points, the Eagles still want to make a wave and win the series at home! It dragged on to the seventh game, which was too bad for the Eagles.

Coming back from the timeout, it was clear that the time had come for the Hawks to go desperate and definitely switch to a small lineup, and the Nets sent Jason Terry, Harris, Richard Jefferson, Aaron Williams, Kenyon Martin on the defensive counter-attacking team.

The Eagles attacked, Liu Mang pushed over, although it was said to "look at our young people", but the dismal performance of Boozer and Prince, Liu Mang could only fight with Jason Terry on the offensive end.

Liu Mang beckoned Boozer to come over to block and dismantle, and the combination of the small and double brakes played too little in this round of the series, mainly because Boozer was too iron-clad!

Just like now, Liu Mang and Boozer blocked and dismantled, Kenyon Martin and Kidd directly attacked Liu Mang, Liu Mang distributed the ball to Boozer, but Boozer just couldn't shoot!

The Nets counterattacked, Aaron Williams grabbed the rebound and immediately threw it to Kidd, Kidd advanced to the front court with the ball, Kenyon Martin helped Kidd block Liu Mang who was chasing the defense, and Kidd rushed to the basket and made a layup to score two points!

It's really not going to work!

Liu Mang could only make a gesture with Jason Terry, and the two were about to start fighting!

In the next moment, the Hawks' offense either Liu Mang rushed inside with a dynamite bag and struggled to score points by making fouls, or Jason Terry broke through the stop-and-go jump shot.

By the end of the third quarter, the Hawks still lost to the Nets, trailing by seven points at 59-66.

In the fourth quarter, Liu Mang looked at the 7-point difference, not hopeless! Never give up!

Liu Mang tried to create a miracle on his own, using Reggie Miller's star card pinnacle star card!

After the game came up in the final quarter, Liu Mang relied on his 90 three-point ability to score two three-pointers in a row, narrowing the difference to one point.

The Nets' defensive strategy changed immediately, the main defense was Liu Mang, and Liu Mang was pinched everywhere.

And the Hawks really didn't have anyone to shoot except Jason Terry, and the Nets relied on the fast defense of the 10-man rotation to try to suppress Liu Mang's outburst.

Cut off the connection between Liu Mang and Jason Terry, Liu Mang will either shoot in the middle of the pack, or pass to a few teammates who play very poorly.

Although Liu Mang scored 17 points in a single quarter with the Reggie Miller star card in the final quarter, led the Hawks to 24 points in the final quarter, and overpowered the Nets who only scored 20 points in the final quarter, the sixth game of the series was lost at home by the Nets' strategy of grinding defense and depleting the Hawks' physical strength.

83-86, in the end, the Hawks lost to the Nets by 3 points at home and were dragged into the tiebreaker.

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A day later, the Hawks and Nets played a tiebreaker on the Nets' home court.

Yesterday, the series between the Mavericks and the Spurs ended, and the Spurs beat the Mavericks 97-79 away to advance to the Finals 4-2.

Duncan's dominance may be second only to the peak of the player since the new century, O'Neal, which is too buggy.

After the Hawks lost to the Nets the night before, they made the long journey to New Jersey yesterday morning, and after a night's rest, they dragged their tired body and mind to the Gross Athletic Center today to play a seven-game game with the Nets.

As the so-called defeat is like a mountain, Liu Mang wants to fight, because he is not afraid of physical consumption, and he scored 38 points in the last game, but the Eagles only scored 83 points as a team.

This time the Hawks went to the home court of the Nets, and under the pressure of the Nets' deep lineup, the Hawks really felt what it means to be defeated!

Liu Mang had no choice, the game played for a few minutes, and after being scored 8 to 2 by the opponent, Liu Mang chose to come by himself, only to shoot!

The pass teammate couldn't shoot, so that his teammates couldn't play alone, and the key was that even Jason Terry, who came off the bench, withered today.

The Nets' defense has also changed, with Kidd or Richard Jefferson playing alone and defending the others.

Liu Mang's score continued to rise, but the score was slowly opened by the Nets......

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76-90, the Hawks were eliminated by the Nets in the seven-game tiebreaker, Liu Mang scored 41 points on 15-of-35 shooting, but he couldn't prevent his team from being defeated.

From 1-4 to 3-4, it seems to have improved, although the Eagles fans who came to the away stadium with the team and occupied nearly a third of the audience have been cheering for the Eagles, and when Liu Mang walked to the locker room after the game, the fans on both sides were comforting words, but Liu Mang was still very disappointed.

When the reporters of the imperial court station interviewed Liu Mang, they were all comforting words, unlike the news that a certain wave, a tiger and a penguin often have such and such black players, the news of the imperial court station is actually the most friendly, especially those older generation of basketball people, whether it is Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian or even Sun Yue and Zhou Qi, they are very friendly, with great expectations and care.

But Liu Mang is a little dazed, it's too strong Kidd, Kidd is only 30 years old, right?

Liu Mang remembers the 03-04 season, the Pistons had five tigers, and the Nets and the Pistons all played to tie seven!

The Nets' reinforcement this year is due to the strong opponent of the Hawks in the East, which has become better than the original, even if the Nets lose to the Spurs this year, will they have more reinforcements next season because of the double pressure of the Spurs and the Hawks?

Liu Mang doesn't know how James feels before being blocked by the Celtics and Cavaliers in the Finals for three consecutive years, but it can't be worse than himself, right?

Hearing the cheers of the mountains and tsunamis that were heard in the locker room on the other side of the court, Liu Mang quietly left the locker room.

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Liu Mang wanted to find a place to walk around and relax, but when he arrived at the parking lot dedicated to the Nets employees, he found that this was not his home stadium, and he didn't have a car parked here.

Liu Mang looked at this unfamiliar venue blankly, thinking to himself, if he had a home advantage, wouldn't it be much better?

Liu Mang walked around the parking lot and saw Michael Jordan, who was about to leave with the bodyguards behind him.

"Ace, you're alright." Jordan took the initiative to come up and comfort.

When Liu Mang saw Jordan, he couldn't help but have a question that he wanted to ask: "Teacher, can we win the Nets once?" ”

This bull's head is not the wrong problem, but Jordan is not dissatisfied, he feels Liu Mang's dazed...... And the heart that wants to win.

42 points, 18 points, 27 points, 28 points, 19 points, 38 points, 41 points, sophomore Liu Mang averaged 30.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game in the Eastern Finals. He thought that he couldn't do so well at Liu Mang's age.

In Jordan's view, it was a miracle that the Hawks were able to lead the Nets 3-2 at one point, and he once thought that Liu Mang was going to create a miracle, but in the end he still failed to succeed.

A group of young guys, most of whom are playing the playoffs for the second time, can force the Nets, a Finals team that is stronger than last season, to a tiebreaker, and although Jordan regrets that the Hawks failed to create the miracle of the Black Eight to the Finals that the Knicks once created, he has recognized the performance of the Hawks.

This is also the opinion of the vast majority of Hawks fans and most of the media, the Hawks have a bright future, but this year is unlucky, the two rookies who were entrusted with heavy responsibilities in the regular season have not performed well, forcing the Eagles to create scoring opportunities for defensive center Ratliffe in the fifth game.

Jordan looked at Liu Mang who was dazed, as a person who came over, he knew Liu Mang's young thoughts.

It took him seven years to win the championship, and he was the best scoring guard in the NBA, and it took seven years for him to become a mother-in-law and win the first championship, and he suffered a lot more than Liu Mang.

From the perspective of Jordan, a person who has had similar experiences, the Nets are like a piston in front of Liu Mang.

Just step over the Nets, and it's time for the Hawks to really take off.

But this year, apparently, it's a shame that the Eagles were a little bit close, with a three-point deficit in Game 6.

Jordan patted Liu Mang's shoulder: "Ace, your time is coming, soon." ”

After speaking, Jordan's demeanor of the older generation came again, and he left, Liu Mang looked at Jordan's back, and felt so sad, you think you are a master, talk for a while! Your apprentice wants someone to talk to!

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Liu Mang walked on the outskirts of Sutherford Town, in the middle of the night, followed by the police, afraid that Liu Mang would go out alone and hurt himself or others.

After asking a question from Jordan, the other party pretended to force people to leave, Liu Mang left the Nets' home court, and then rubbed a police uncle's car and came to the suburbs outside the town.

The town of Sutherford, said to be a small town, is actually similar to a small county town in China.

It had just rained heavily, and the sky was exceptionally clean than usual.

After the game, Liu Mang received a lot of text messages, and Jordan and Wilkins came to comfort him personally.

At this moment, Liu Mang seems to have a different understanding of basketball.

It's not just that I wanted to make money from this in the first place, and it's not just for glory.

Unconsciously, Liu Mang seems to regard basketball as a pursuit!

Liu Mang thought of 2016, an ordinary regular season game that became unusual because of Kobe's retirement, Kobe Bryant scored 60 points on 50 shots, the kind of reluctance to basketball and the determination to leave basketball.

Thinking of the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals, he has four regular season MVPs, three championships and a consecutive MVP, and has established the status of the strongest star of an era after 2010, and when he fell behind 2-3 in the sixth game of the Eastern Conference Finals, he injured his leg in the last quarter, stood up without being examined by the team doctor and continued to impact the basket, and threw the ball in a row, regardless of how strong the opponent would be when he returned to the home court.

This is no longer just for honor, Kobe Bryant is no longer just paranoid, James no longer just wants to establish his own image, this kind of heart has become very pure, and basketball has become a pure pursuit!

Seeing the rare starry sky in New Jersey, watching the starlight scattered in the fields, and looking at the crops that still grow tenaciously even if the environment in New Jersey is harsh, even if the sky is full of haze.

Liu Mang thought of a sentence in a book he once read that impressed him: Without a heart, you will be hurt by pursuing your dreams.

Get stronger! You have to get stronger!

In addition to yourself, your teammates should also become stronger!

In addition to Kidd Kenyon Martin, a group of role players in the Nets can play so well, and this lineup has actually reached the Finals for two consecutive years, which makes Liu Mang more aware of the importance of the team.

Liu Mang silently made an oath in his heart: "Next time, I will never lose again!" ”

"I'm sorry to let you come here with me, let's go back, I've delayed you." Liu Mang walked up to the policemen who had been cautiously looking around.

"Oh, it's okay, it's our honor, look at you should be okay now, God forbid, I'm your fan, I don't want you to lose once and not think about it."

"Really? You're my star, you're not from New Jersey? ”

"I'm from New Jersey, but I'm not a Nets fan, the Nets have never been our home team, and they've all dreamed of coming back to New York."

"The Nets are pathetic, New Yorkers don't want them, and you don't want them."

"Ace, you are Chinese, you may not know, New Jersey is a state jointly administered by four city circles, and our Jersey City belongs to the Philadelphia metropolitan area."

"Your circle is really messy, or is it better for us to be in Atlanta, do you want to come to our Atlanta to be a police officer?"

“…… Let's go back, of course, before you leave New Jersey, you'll have to go to the court and pay a $200 fine, you've violated night regulations, and $100 for police attendance. ”

"NO, you drove me out, it's your business!"

"Our gun ban law hasn't been enforced yet, I'm protecting you!"

"That's your problem! You know? Sometimes being a good person is not rewarded! ”

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“……”

On the way back to the hotel while Liu Mang and the police uncle were joking, a paragraph popped up in Liu Mang's mind......

"Ding...... The host has passed the rookie period, and the system is being upgraded......"