On April 26, Game 3 of the series between the Hawks and Raptors kicked off at the Toronto Aviation Centre arena.

Fans tend to be a little more naïve than the hopelessness of their players, who come to the game with hope and expect the team to win, regardless of the playoff standings.

When the Grizzlies moved out of Canada, Canadian fans who had just fallen in love with basketball because of the Raptors and Grizzlies began to panic, so support for the Raptors this season reached its peak since Canada had an NBA team in '95.

Especially in the playoffs, there is no such thing as not selling out of tickets, and if you don't buy it from your home fans, you will buy it from the away team as well.

The Air Canada Center has 23,755 actions, and the whole court is full, and I hope the Raptors can cheer up, because in the first round of the best-of-five system, they will be eliminated if they lose one more game.

The NBA has a record of not having a chance to turn the tables in the first round after a 3-0 run......

But obviously they are going to be disappointed, although the current core of the Raptors Antonio Davis told the media that they will definitely be able to reverse the promotion, but the discerning people know that this is just a verbal refusal to admit defeat, it is out of the professionalism of a professional player, and he is psychologically unwilling to admit defeat.

Just like when Monta Ellis and Zhan Huang, who scored 55 points in a single game in his rookie year, led the Bucks to the playoffs in the 2012-2013 season and faced the Heat led by James, at 0-0, Ellis said in an interview that he would sweep the Heat in the black eight, and after 0-3, he also said that he would create a miracle to reverse the Heat.

It wasn't until after being abandoned by the Bucks that Ellis said in an interview: Am I going to say that we are going to lose?

Antonio Davis has such a mentality, a competitor's mentality.

But the reality is cruel, the Eagles did not relax at all because of the 2-0 lead, and the huge difference in strength between the two teams was obvious when they were playing seriously.

The Hawks started a defensive battle with the Raptors on the road, just like Game 1.

When the Raptors focused on Liu Mang, Raheem and Jason Terry told the Raptors why Liu Mang had so many one-on-one scoring opportunities in the regular season was because the two of them were strong enough to contain the defense!

89-77, the Hawks did not give the Raptors a chance to counterattack, Raheem scored 11 consecutive points in the middle of the third quarter to expand the difference to 20 points, and scored 33 points to easily kill the game.

When Liu Mang scored 37 points in the first game and 25 points in the second game to draw the attention of the Raptors' defense and force the opponent to start the defense from outside the three-point line, Raheem on the inside and Jason Terry who fired everywhere from the middle range scored with ease.

Although the distance is known as the Big Three, the Eagles have a drop of the distance, mainly Jason Terry and Liu Mang here, one ceiling is not particularly high, and the other is a young rookie.

But their role is very similar to that of the Big Three, when the opponent does not have a strong defensive system, as long as even one person can attract the opponent's defensive attention, the other two can gouge through the opponent.

3-0, the Hawks easily swept the Raptors in the first round and advanced to the second round!

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The Hawks beat the Raptors to advance to the second round of the playoffs and aren't the first team to qualify.

In the West, the Lakers and Kings both swept their opponents 3-0 the day before, and the Timberwolves also swept the Timberwolves 3-0 after the Hawks series.

After the first two away defeats, back to Salt Lake City, known as the home of the Devil, the Jazz beat the Spurs at home, and also beat the Spurs 91-75, and the score was 1-2.

On the eastern side, except for the Hawks who swept the opponent 3-0, the other three series were all 2-1 in the big one.

After a night of fun at a nightclub in Toronto, the Eagles return to Atlanta and have a few days to rest and wait for their opponents to come out in the next round.

It's really hard to say who the opponent in the second round is, the 76ers led by Iverson and Mutombo still have the strength to fight, and the Pistons are not easy to match, but they are too young and have not yet reached their peak, and the lineup of the five tigers is not complete.

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On April 28, the Hawks returned to Atlanta, on this day, the league's best sixth man and the most improved award were announced, and the best sixth man was not unexpected, Liu Mang won the first best sixth man in the history of the Hawks with an average of 20 points per game.

In addition to Liu Mang, the first team consists of Jason Richardson of the Warriors, Andrei Kirilenko of the Jazz, and Batil and Gasol of the Grizzlies.

Because of Liu Mang, the first team of this season's best rookie team is a little better, one averages 20 per game, one averages 17 per game, one averages 14 points per game, and the remaining two also exceed 10 points.

Second Formation...... None of them are averaging double-doubles per game, consisting of Tony Parker, Richard Jefferson, Serke Rebraxia, Jamal Tinsley, Eddie Griffin, and Joe Johnson.

When Liu Mang saw this lineup, he felt that the class of 2001 would actually be good in the future! The main reason is that the performance of the rookie year is too unsatisfactory, which is not to blame the players, most of this year's rookies are rookies who sell talent, except for Pau Gasol, the other top five picks are Kwame Brown, Tyson Chandler, Eddie Curry, Jason Richardson, in fact, they are all rookies with All-Star level talent, but they don't have Gasol's outstanding improvisation.

If you put it in a decade or so, such a top-five pick talent will definitely make teams crazy, but in this era when the expectation of rookies is still retained, like Duncan, Iverson, and Brand, to enter the NBA is at least the level of first-class stars, it will always give people the impression that this year's draft is really rubbish.

The Most Improved Award was won by Jermaine O'Neal of the Pacers, O'Neal Jr. averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds per game this season, and 12.9 points and 9.8 rebounds last season, although it was not as good as the last Maddie who averaged 15 points per game and the second and third data skyrocketed to the league's top scorer who averaged 27 points per game, but the improvement of 6 points is not bad, because there are no other players who have improved more, but if there is a fastest regression award, many people are strong contenders.

Liu Mang and Coach Kruger received the trophy from the future bald Adam Silva, who has an extremely keen sense of business development, at the press conference for the regular season awards held in Atlanta, Liu Mang held three trophies, one best rookie, one best sixth man, and one best rookie team!

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Liu Mang's apartment.

Dinah Lori is playing with Liu Mang's three new trophies.

Liu Mang looked at the several trophies that Dina Little Lori took out, what three-point contest champion, All-Star MVP, rookie game MVP or something, plus these three, there is a sense of winning awards and getting soft hands.

Sure enough, as expected, the 76ers and the Pistons played 2-2 and will have a tie-break on the 29th.

The Hawks have not yet determined who their opponents will be in the next round, and the styles of the two teams are not at all the same, so after the press conference at noon, Coach Kruger only arranged regular training for the players for the past two days, waiting for the results of the series between the Pistons and the 76ers tomorrow night before starting targeted tactical training.

Liu Mang took a look at Dinah, who was arranging the trophies on the coffee table and drawing trophies with a small notebook, and then came to the bathroom, opened the system panel, looked at the rewards, and began to giggle again.

That's why don't look outside, because ...... It's stupid!

Rogue is worth 630,000, and superstars are worth more than 116,700.

After eliminating the Raptors, there is a 5,000 superstar value reward for reaching the second round, and 1,000 superstar points for sweeping the opponent, and the data has 600 superstar points.

In terms of rogue value, it has not risen much in the past two days, and the rogue value of winning the best sixth man is far less than that of the best rookie, because the best sixth man is really worthless this year, and the best rookie, if it weren't for last season's best rookie greatly lowered the average expectation of this award, this award is still quite valuable now.

The best rookie before that, in addition to Mike Miller last season, and then put aside the basketball desert era before 1960, from 1960 to 2000, the best rookie during the period was either a super interior with an average of 20+10 per game, or a super blue-collar with an average of 15+15 per game, or an ancient monster with an average of about 30+20 per game, or an unlucky guy who could get 18 points and 11 assists but couldn't get the assist king in the rookie year, No matter how bad it is, Carter's performance of 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists is a proper future superstar embryo, so the best rookie is more likely to attract the attention of fans than the best sixth man in this year.

Unlike the best rookies in the future, who may not be able to play for two years, the best rookies before Mike Miller basically started as guaranteed All-Stars.

However, the current fans don't value this award, and the reward for the best sixth person task determined by the system still makes Liu Mang very happy.

"Best Sixth Man Random Star Card Elite Edition."

Because Liu Mang averaged 20.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, it was like playing hooligan in the benches of each team this season, and no team would put an average of more than 15 points per game on the bench in the past nine seasons, and the best sixth man did not score more than 15 points, so Liu Mang's best sixth man was as crushed as the best rookie, so the best sixth man award was upgraded to the elite version.

"Best Sixth Man Random Star Card Elite Edition: A player who has won the Best Sixth Man award will be randomly selected to be at least a first-class star."

Liu Mang thought about it, Ginobili, Wang, Odom, and Jamison...... It seems that there are not many best sixth men who can reach first-class stars, mainly because this award was taken seriously after 07, and Jamison, who had a substitute who scored 50 points, was very surprised.

Looking at a random star card of the porcelain god and a random star card of the best sixth person, Liu Mang was ready to draw the best sixth man first.

"System Boss, use the Best Sixth Man Random Star Card Elite Edition."

"The host uses the Elite Edition of the Best Sixth Man Random Star Card, and at least 85 ability points will be drawn to the star who has won the Best Sixth Man."

"Wait a minute, the system boss, that is, not the attributes of the season in which they were selected to get the best sixth man, but the attributes of their own peak?"

"That's right."

Liu Mang's eyes widened! Could it be that this card will also draw that "king"! When "Wang" won the best sixth man, he should not have reached the first-class level, maybe eighty-two or three, but the young man is improving quickly, after a summer passes, or he may be angry after being traded, and he was selected to the third team of the best team the following year, and may be one of the best six guards in the league.

"System Boss, keep going!"

After Liu Mang finished speaking, the lottery continued, and a virtual projection appeared in front of Liu Mang that only he could see.

Watch Jamison, Odom, Ricky Pearce, Kevin McHale as they shake and change...... Sure enough, although there was only a fleeting image, and the speed of star change was getting faster and faster, Liu Mang saw it! That "king" with an outstanding demeanor that resembles the leader of an organization!

Finally, a bright light flashed, and Liu Mang's eyes couldn't help but close.

When Liu Mang opened his eyes, the picture in front of him was still a little blurry, but the slightly darker blue jersey ...... There is also a looming 3, and the king's jersey number also has a 3!

Liu Mang was so excited that he was about to burst into tears!

That's the "king" who can easily get 8 rebounds and 11.2 assists to get the assist king while competing for the scoring title!

Although now the "Wang" who is said to be a little fat man when he was a child is really just a little fat man, but he is also from Jingdezhen, Liu Mang's worship of the "Wang" is like a surging river and like the Yellow River flooding out of control......

"Ding...... Congratulations to the host for obtaining ......"

"Hahahaha......"

Before the system finished speaking, Liu Mang began to laugh, come on! My King!

"Dallas Mavericks' Jason Terry Peak Star Card."

"Hah...... Yes? …… Depend on!!!!!!!! ”

No. 13, No. 31, blue jersey? Your sister!!!!!

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Listening to the uncle in the bathroom crying wolf again, Dinah Lori was a little puzzled, the uncle fell asleep in the bath? It's so pathetic! Uncle must be having another nightmare!