"Jason, I heard that you were caught and beaten by your wife for prostitution?"

"When did I go to prostitution? Ace, don't talk nonsense, the coach heard that my playing time was gone, and I finally met a weaker opponent...... Wait, who was beaten by his wife? ”

"I don't admit it yet, look at the bag on your forehead, the hairband can't stop it, you must have been beaten by your sister-in-law when you went to prostitution."

"I said I didn't go to prostitution...... No! I wasn't beaten by my wife! I didn't have a bag on my forehead when we came to Philadelphia together yesterday, and I hit the door this morning! I don't believe you called and asked your sister-in-law! ”

"I know, isn't it just a prostitute! It's normal to be caught and beaten by your sister-in-law, and your sister-in-law will definitely not admit it......"

"I just said I didn't prostitute...... No, I wasn't beaten by your sister-in-law! I'll go get my phone, call your sister-in-law, and you ask her yourself! ”

Jason Terry said as he burst into the tunnel tunnel.

Muhammad on the side couldn't stand it anymore, and said to Liu Mang speechlessly: "Ace, don't tease Jason." ”

"Isn't it boring!" Liu Mang smiled, "It's fun to tease Jason." ”

Muhammad was speechless, recently the coaching staff strictly forbade this kid to be interviewed, especially after leading the 76ers 3-1, before and after the game, the coaching staff, trainers, and teammates supported him to prevent him from being interviewed, for fear that he would provoke the opponent again, provoke the opponent, and increase the difficulty of promotion in vain.

So Liu Mang is really boring.

Today is May 21st, a great and perfect day, but unfortunately there is no one to confess, and this kind of "pseudo-festival" is not in place this year.

On May 10, the Eagles started the first game of the second round, and the Eagles played a very focused game in the first game, breaking out on the road, with Raheem attacking the inside line and dragging the rhythm of the game into a positional battle.

The Hawks emphasized defense in this series, and don't let the 76ers lead them into an offensive battle.

When the coaching staff announced the general direction of this round of the series, Liu Mang felt weird, when to play the 76ers, and actually need to think about not being pulled into the offensive battle by the opponent?

But seeing the 76ers' current lineup, as well as their average of 104 points per game in the first round, Liu Mang doesn't think it's strange, if the 76ers are brought into their rhythm, it may really be dangerous!

That's how the Hornets got in.

When the 76ers arrived in the playoffs, they completely turned into an offensive team, and McCulculturge, the only seven-foot big center, was beaten into the cold by the 76ers, which did not fit the team's rhythm, and they sent a pure offensive lineup of Iverson, Eric Snow, Kenny Thomas, Van Horn, and Derrick Coleman.

The 76ers lineup, as long as they are dragged into a positional battle, in the case that Coleman and Van Horn only have the ability to shoot from the medium and long range, as long as they guard Iverson, defend the basket, pinch Iverson, defend Kenny Thomas and Eric Snow, and guard Van Horn's three-point shot, Coleman can choose to give him a vacant position, mainly pinch Iverson and defend the basket.

The Hawks' defensive strategy was the best way to see the Hornets beat the 76ers in a couple of games, mainly to force Iverson to not be able to organize the team's offense.

If the 76ers want to play offense, it is necessary for Iverson to organize the offense to be able to play, and the 76ers are also Iverson a person with real organizational ability, and although Snow averaged 6 assists per game this season, almost all of his assists were Iverson attracted to the pinch, passed the ball out to him, the opponent made up for his position, and then passed to the pitcher, Snow himself did not have the ability to attract the bag, and he was not allowed to shoot.

The 76ers have only one person to organize the offense, Iverson, who averages 44 minutes per game, if Iverson does not have the opportunity to organize the offense, the 76ers' offense will return to its original state, and the 76ers' defense has now collapsed and become an offensive team.

So the Hornets lost to the 76ers in the first two games, and also found a way to deal with the 76ers, knowing which of the 76ers can be put and which must be defended, this is the hardest part of the playoffs, the series is too long, and the weaker opponent can also find a way to win.

The Hornets returned home and took out the 76ers twice at home, proving that defensive style works.

Home court advantage is useful, first promotion is also useful, with home court advantage, the away team will be less prepared, but first advance, you can see the weaknesses of the next opponent in the previous **, and the 76ers only have a short two days to prepare, not so much time to study.

When the Hawks rested for 6 days, they studied the series between the 76ers and the Hornets, watched the live broadcast, and moved the Hornets' defensive strategy back, this defensive strategy was used on the Hawks, who defended much better than the Hornets, and the effect was very good, and in the first game between the two teams, the Hawks easily defeated the 76ers 99-87 and directly snatched the home court advantage back.

In the second game, the Hawks still wanted to do the same, but Iverson went berserk, scoring 51 points and 7 assists, and 24 points in the fourth quarter, only 1 point less than the Hawks' overall score, and the violent performance defended a home court, and the Hawks scored 11 points in the final quarter, 102-99 to defend a home court.

But Iverson can't go on a rampage, the Hawks after returning to the home court have a stricter defense of Iverson, at the same time, Raheem saw Iverson, the opponent of the same year, broke out in the last game, Raheem also broke out at home, scored 48 points in the third game, and almost got 50 points in his first playoff game, Liu Mang was next to the ammunition and handed the ball to Rahim, Meizizi got 13 points and 10 assists, and the Hawks beat the 76ers 110-85 at home by 25 points, The difference in strength is vividly displayed in this scene.

In the fourth game, Iverson knew that his teammates were unreliable, this group of guys was old and soft, and the only one Snow was still the type of strong defense and weak offense, Iverson could only play by himself, and he really put some pressure on the Hawks at the beginning, and played a 12-6 start.

At this time, Coach Kruger hurriedly replaced Muhammad with Jason Terry, Liu Mang and Jason Terry's dual point guard combination came on the court, Raheem pushed to the position of power forward, Liu Mang and Jason Terry, you burst one by one, and I shot one, and the tacit cooperation that the two found was played, and the momentum of Iverson's explosion was suppressed.

The fourth game is the performance time of the Hawks' backcourt double waves, the two played the rest of the first quarter and the second and third quarters, although Iverson scored 35 points in the third quarter, but Liu Mang and Jason Terry combined for 44 points and 10 assists in the third quarter, leading the team to overtake the score, after the third quarter, the Hawks led the 76ers by 22 points 76-54, and the 76ers surrendered in the final quarter, Iverson's 35 points in the third quarter are really powerful, but his current teammates are really bad.

After the first four games, the Hawks led 3-1 and continued their strong performance.

In the fifth game, he came to Philadelphia, where the Hawks lost for the first time in this year's playoffs, and Raheem went out again after coming here, and he was still very unhappy with Philadelphia in his heart, and although many years have passed, the resentment against the 76ers still exists.

In the summer of 1996, Raheem was also one of the top picks, the original first favorite was Duncan, but Duncan decided to study for another year of college after his junior year, so Iverson, Marbury, Raheem, and Camby became the top picks, and the little blacksmith may also be counted, he was the best of all the players in the tryout, but he said that he would only go to big cities like Los Angeles, Boston, and Philadelphia, so no team dared to choose him except for the Lakers who traded him to the 13th pick, and the 76ers said that if they chose a high school student and did not choose Iverson, Marbury and Raheem will be laughed at, and Kobe Bryant will not be chosen.

When Raheem heard the 76ers say this, he was looking forward to becoming the top pick, but the 76ers didn't choose him, he fell to the third pick, and he has been full of resentment towards the 76ers, but the 76ers were much better than the team he was on before, and he had no chance to retaliate against the 76ers at all, and this opportunity came!

Raheem decided to solve the 76ers in Game 5 on the road, not wanting to bring the game back to Atalanta, so he went crazy and chiseled inside and continued to make kills.

Raheem, who was crazy, and Garnett's strong body was close to and willing to play inside, so that Van Horne, a thin pitcher, didn't want it, and scored 22 points in the first quarter, Liu Mang could only wave the flag and cheer on the side, and the boss wanted the ball, so he could only give it! And they played well, not only did they attack well, but the defense of Iverson also made Liu Mang's defense a lot easier, Iverson was defended in the first quarter with an 8-of-1 shot, and the Hawks led by 16 points 29-13 in the first quarter, laying an advantage in one fell swoop.

In the second quarter, Raheem continued to go berserk, but began to pass, because the 76ers began to shrink, Liu Mang and Jason Terry who came off the bench and Prince, the three of them shot from the outside, and the three of them made a total of 10 three-pointers in the second and third quarters, breaking the 76ers.

At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks were 85-55, leading by 30 points, and now only Raheem was left on the court, with Dean Grove, Prince, Boozer, and Kevin Willis playing on the court, because Iverson on the 76ers' side refused to admit defeat, and insisted on coming up behind by 30 points to narrow the difference to 20 points, but after Raheem went up, the difference stabilized, hovering around 20 points, and the Hawks did not send the main force to continue to expand the score, so just stabilize the difference.

Liu Mang watched as he forcibly rushed into the defensive circle between Raheem and Prince and Kevin Wesley again and again, and fell, and won a foul with difficulty, but then Raheem rushed to the basket and could easily score or pass the assist to pull away the score that Iverson had managed to recover, Liu Mang was a little regretful that he couldn't have a real duel with Iverson who had a strong teammate, and now the difference in strength between the two teams is too big!

The fans at the scene couldn't bear to see their stars struggling like this, the scene was very quiet, and many fans had already left one after another.

This year's regular season can play the fourth best record in the East and rank fifth in the East, 76ers fans are already very satisfied, and they have reached the second round, they can't be more satisfied, no one blames Iverson, with such a group of old, weak and weak teammates, what else can be done? The opponent is strong, just swept the Pistons, and the momentum is booming, and it is already a miracle to get a victory, or a 50+ scoring miracle that sometimes does not occur once a year in the playoffs......

In the end, Iverson played the whole game, scoring 45 points on 18-of-44 shooting, but not inferior to Rahim's comprehensive triple-double performance of 36 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists, and the Hawks defeated the 76ers 112-90 and eliminated the 76ers with a score of 4-1.

After being eliminated, Iverson walked to the players' tunnel alone, ignoring no one.

Liu Mang didn't comfort Iverson or anything, first the two were opponents, and then the opponent was Iverson, at this time, let Iverson lick his wounds, Liu Mang can only look forward to a stronger Iverson next season with a better team and a better Iverson.

Although Iverson is now powerful, but the team is too inferior, Liu Mang feels that playing with the 76ers is too embarrassing, and there is no feeling of real competition with Iverson, Liu Mang averages 17+4+6 per game in 5 games, normal performance, although Iverson averages 37 points, 4 boards and 4 assists per game, but it has not been able to pose much threat to Liu Mang's team, except for the second strong 51 points to reverse the Hawks once, or the final quarter reversal, the 76ers led by Iverson in regular time did not even have a chance to resist.

Liu Mang doesn't know when he has the mentality of confronting these superstars, and he really wants to stand in the same position as the superstars, just like Carmelo Anthony, only when he fights James, Kobe, and Wade is the most combative, although Liu Mang is not like Anthony who only picks a few superstars to break out, Liu Mang is more energetic when he abuses vegetables, but I don't know when it starts, Liu Mang also wants to have a good showdown with Iverson and Kobe.

It's just that now, Liu Mang knows that he is not strong enough to lead the team to sweep the opponent like Rahim, and he can only be a qualified point guard who delivers ammunition and opens up space, and Iverson has no teammates like Liu Mang, not even high-quality teammates.

Liu Mang can only comfort himself, regret is also a kind of beauty......

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The Eagles advance to the division finals first in the East!

Why only advance first in the East, because the Spurs had already advanced to the Western Conference finals the day before the Hawks eliminated the 76ers.

The Hawks' elimination of the 76ers was expected, except that Iverson's 51 points in the second game gave people some surprises, and there were no surprises after that, after the Hawks held two home courts, people already knew that it was a matter of time before the Hawks advanced.

And the Spurs actually eliminated the Lakers with a score of 4-1, which brought people a big surprise from the first game, or ...... Afraid!

Because in the first two years, even if the Lakers' record was worse than the Spurs, the away team played, the Lakers also had an advantage, in 2001, the Lakers won all two away games, 4-0 swept the Spurs, in 2002, that is, in the second round of the playoffs last season, the Lakers still had a worse record than the Spurs, but the Lakers beat the Spurs in the first game of San Antonio, and after losing one game in the second game, the Lakers won all the next three games, defeating the Spurs 4-1.

However, this time, after the Spurs defeated the Lakers in the first game by relying on Ginobili's stunner, they seemed to have found a way to beat the Lakers, and the second home court was also defended, and it was 7 people who scored double-doubles, the Spurs won 114-95 to kill the Lakers, and the Lakers were only OK to make a difference, both of them scored 30 points, but the rest of the Lakers team only scored 35 points combined, and the OK combination shot 19 of 36, and the two were prevented from receiving the ball sometimes, but the others were stunned and couldn't shoot, adding up to 42 shots and 12 shots, The gap between the role players has been completely exposed this year, and OK has lost two in a row on the road.

After returning to the home court, the Lakers wanted to work hard, and the losses were all away, they were still confident, and they played a ferocious offensive at the beginning, but Duncan, who was at the peak, was stunned to withstand the offensive firepower of the OK combination, and changed from the first two defensive games to score-oriented, and at the same time, the Spurs made a strong defensive end, and the Spurs defeated the Lakers 93-89 away, leading 3-0.

Although the Lakers defeated the Spurs 120-95 in the fourth game, it was like a return to the past, and in the fifth game, when they returned to the Spurs' home court, the Spurs played a suffocating defense, defeating the Lakers 85-79 and advancing 4-1!

After this round of the series, Duncan proved that he is worthy of the MVP of Lianzhuang and officially became a god in the position of power forward!

The Hawks and Spurs both advanced to the division finals, and the remaining two series were tough again.

The Kings and Mavericks played to a 2-2 draw, and the Mavericks played really well in the second round of this year's playoffs, although Nowitzki's scoring was very limited, averaging only 18 points per game, far inferior to Webb's average of 30 points per game, but Nowitzki's rebounding exploded! 15 rebounds in the first game, 14 rebounds in the second, and a little less in the third game, only 10, but in the fourth game, he scored 20 points and 21 boards, and double-20 for the first time in the playoffs in his career!

Nowitzki has never averaged 10+ rebounds per game in his career, but his rebounding explosiveness has always been good, and he has had 6 double-20s in his career so far, including three times in the regular season this season, the peak of his career, and once he faced O'Neal with 21 rebounds and 33 points.

The other two times, coincidentally, happened to face Webb, both times it was 26 points and 20 boards, and Webb had no temper to grab the rebound.

It was by relying on Nowitzki's rebounding advantage of averaging 18 points and 15 boards per game in the first four games that Webb was strong enough to only 16 rebounds in four games, and the Mavericks suppressed the Kings in terms of rebounds, so that they were able to tie the score 2-2 when the overall strength was at a disadvantage.

In the East, the Nets led the Bucks 3-2, starting with a 3-1 lead, and the Bucks pulled one back in Game 5.

Kidd and Payton, the two defended each other as iron gods, both of them only hit more than 30 percent of the shots, all relying on the organization of offense to continue their lives, both of them averaged 9 assists per game, and the master and apprentice duel played the same dime, except for rebounding!

Kidd relied on averaging 8 rebounds per game to hold a lot of backcourt rebounds, and didn't give Draymond Mason, a physical man, too many offensive rebounds.

However, the key to victory or defeat is Tony Kukoc, who is regarded as an addition to the Bulls veterans, and the Nets' top pick Kenyon Martin.

Kukoc scored at least 14 points per game and a career-high 31 points in Game 5, shooting Kenyon Martin through a sieve.

But Kenyon Martin played better overall, averaging 20 points and 11 rebounds per game, especially rebounding, and Kenyon Martin rebounded in this year's playoffs, averaging 9 rebounds per game, especially in the second round, averaging 11 rebounds per game, which became the key to the Nets' advantage.

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This year's playoffs are really unexpected, and there are always unexpected highlights.

And at this time, the Eagles, who were the first to advance to the second round, began to have a pain again.

First of all, they don't have the league's No. 1 record like the Spurs, and they are waiting at home regardless of whether they advance first or later.

Originally, when the Hawks and the 76ers finished the fourth game, the Nets still led the Bucks 3-1, and the Hawks felt that if they won, they could go to New Jersey, maybe the Nets eliminated the Bucks first than the Hawks to advance to the second round, who knows, just the day before the fifth game of the Hawks, the Bucks actually pulled one back, which made the series between the Nets and the Bucks fall into anxiety again.

This is not good, if the Nets don't win on the road next, it's really hard to say who will advance!

Of course, the Hawks want the Nets to be overturned like this, but the probability is not high, but it is not impossible, so the Hawks coaching staff is once again in a state of anxiety.

On the night after the 76ers' game, Coach Krueger was finally willing to let go of the tight reins, allowing the players to wave and play in Philadelphia, the fifth-largest city in the United States.

The main thing is that tomorrow the Hawks are not in a hurry to return to Atlanta, and they are not even ready to go back without knowing whether there are two or five days to wait for the next round to come out, if the Nets advance in the game the day after tomorrow, they can go directly to New Jersey and feel the away game in advance, which is very important, if the Bucks really drag the Nets into a tie-break, the Hawks will have to wait here for five days, which will hurt.

The Hawks coaching staff is tangled in the suite where the meeting is held, the Hawks' coaching staff is centered on Coach Kruger and Coach Mike Woodson, basically everything is discussed by the two of them, the coaching staff is still too small, there are 5 people in total, one of them is a shooting coach, and two of them are part-time scouts who work most of the time, and now it is said that the coaching staff is tangled, in fact, there are three people who are Coach Kruger, Mike Woodson and Almond Hill, the shooting coach.

"Mike, Almond, who do you think the Nets or the Bucks can win?" Coach Krueger is so sad, with last year's three consecutive rounds at home waiting for the opponent, now it feels too uncomfortable.

“……”

“……”

Hill and Mike Woodson looked at each other, not knowing what to answer.

This year's playoffs are too strange, the Spurs can almost sweep the Lakers, the Mavericks and the Kings are on par, you must know that last year the Lakers played the Spurs 4 to 1, and the Kings played the Mavericks 4 to 1.

If the Bucks do counterattack the Nets this time, neither of them will be surprised.

"Why don't we ask that guy?" Mike Woodson didn't want to carry this possible pot, and decisively dumped the pot before it appeared.

"You mean that guy?" Coach Kruger also thought of it.

"Yes!" Mike Woodson nodded decisively with the idea that the dead friend will not die the poor road.

"Almond, you call him for a while." Coach Kruger commanded.

Hill is different from the two bad guys, he has a low position in the team, he basically has no other job except teaching shooting, and he has a good relationship with the players, but he is not good, he is not as familiar with the players as Mike Woodson, and he does not have the status of coach Kruger, and asked suspiciously: "Call whom?" ”

Coach Kruger and Mike Woodson glanced at each other and couldn't help but smile, although it was a bit melancholy to wait for the opponent to advance early, but this was a happy annoyance, melancholy was melancholy, and the whole Eagles team was in a good mood right now.

Mike Woodson clasped his hands, as if the air conditioner was too cold, and said in a shivering motion, "Call him, he should sleep in the room." ”

Shivering – cold, sleeping big when the players are out on the waves...... Hill burst out laughing and immediately took out his phone and dialed it......

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A few minutes later, a sleepy-eyed man in his pajamas came to the suite where the coaching staff was staying.

"Oh, Coach, what are you calling me for so late! Don't you know if you can't sleep well or not? "When Liu Mang came down, he couldn't help but slander, he didn't go out to play, three big men were in one room, and it was impossible to do it in terms of age, but it was no longer good.

"Ace, you're 20 years old, and theoretically aren't going to grow taller," Mike Woodson laughed, "We want to ask you, Ace, who do you think the Nets or the Bucks will make the cut?" ”

Does this need to be asked? Liu Mang replied without hesitation: "Nets." ”

"Why? The Bucks won a game on the road and had a chance to come back. Coach Krueger asked curiously.

"How can there be why," Liu Mang was so upset that he had just fallen asleep in the middle of the night and was woken up, why did he care so much about this problem, but he still replied: "I don't believe the Nets will lose to the Bucks, only we can beat the Nets in the East!" ”