Taking advantage of the effect of the star card in the last few minutes of the first half, Liu Mang scored 5 points and 1 assist in a row, improving his statistics to 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

There has always been a player in the team who got 20+5+5 data in the half, and normally the team should have exploded.

Of course, the Eagles did blow up.

After scoring only 7 points in the first seven minutes of the first quarter, he scored 15 points in the next five minutes, 22 points in the first quarter, 35 points in the second quarter, and 57 points in the half.

But the opposite Nets scored 29 points in the first quarter, 33 points in the second quarter, and 62 points in the half!

Kidd had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists, and was a quasi-triple-double at halftime!

The score Kidd is not as good as Liu Mang, and he may not be able to play Liu Mang's scoring performance in his rookie season for the rest of his life, but with 5 more assists, it is not just as simple as letting his teammates score 10 points or at most directly letting his teammates score 15 points, his first long pass, and his teammates score in the second set, he has no assists, but he controls the rhythm and revitalizes the Nets!

If Liu Mang can keep the state of the first half for the whole game, it is difficult to say who will win and who will lose this game, and in the end it will depend on who can control the situation to the end between Liu Mang and Kidd.

But in the last half minute of the first half, Liu Mang's star card effect was over!

Liu Mang came on the court with the idea of being able to defeat the Raptors and Pistons, who knew that in this way, he could only compete with Kidd or even have the upper hand at all, just in the 02-03 season of the East finals, the Pistons had Ben Wallace, Billups, Hamilton, Clifford Robinson and rookie Prince all shaved their heads like the Nets.

Kidd relied on his personal field control and organizational skills to improve the performance of his teammates by more than a notch!

If Liu Mang waits until the second half to use it, it will be even worse, maybe he won't be able to use the star card before he can use it, and the team will have collapsed!

At this time, the teammates didn't know Liu Mang's deep sense of despair, and they all pointed to Liu Mang to play.

Although Raheem is a top star, he is a comprehensive type, scoring and rebounding plus defense, and he has not had the lowest rebounds in his career so far in a season without falling below 7, and it was still his rookie season.

Raheem's interior singles are very comprehensive, but it is definitely impossible to point to him scoring alone to win, occasionally breaking out once in a single game to get a 40+50+, but under normal circumstances, even if the state is good, that is, more than 30 points, and in the playoffs, it is a defensive team like the Nets, and it is very powerful to score 30 points, not to mention that today it was very limited by Kidd and Kenyon Martin's rotational defense.

Terry's pull-up jumper that he excelled at under Kittels' defense was not very good, and most of his 15 points at halftime came from Raheem's share and a three-pointer on the counter.

The Eagles pointed at Liu Mang to open the situation!

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The second half of the game soon began, Liu Mang was anxious for the entire halftime, and when he was about to play again, he heard the cheers of the fans on the spot, and also aimed at the beautiful senior sister, little Lori and the beautiful landlady in the ten rows behind the technical table, Liu Mang looked at the sky above the court, and won the first flag in the Eastern regular season this year, and slowly calmed down.

Isn't it the worst that has happened, and since the worst is the worst, can it be worse?

In that case, fight!

The Eagles sent Liu Mang, Terry, Raheem, Newbell and Mohammed.

The Nets fielded Kidd, Kittels, Jefferson, Van Horn, Kenyon Martin.

In this kind of anxious moment, both teams have replaced most of the main forces, except for the big center.

Since the game started with the Nets winning the jump ball, the Hawks took the lead in the third quarter.

Liu Mang pushed forward with the ball, and his teammates consciously pulled away.

Liu Mang continues to play singles, and he wants to continue to score points! At least the offensive threat is to be maintained.

Jefferson looked at the strongest player in the same class in front of him, his desperation was deeper than Liu Mang's despair at halftime, but they were ahead, Kidd said, just try your best to prevent it, and don't blame him for not being able to prevent it, so Jefferson is still very focused on defending Liu Mang.

Liu Mang accelerated the strong breakthrough again, and now Jefferson's defense is not close to Liu Mang, seeing that Liu Mang has a breakthrough action, he immediately turned around and ran to try to stand in Liu Mang's breakthrough position with prediction, although it is likely to be knocked away immediately, but at least give the inside a little time to make up for the defense.

But this time Liu Mang withdrew directly and sniped in three points!

In the first half, Liu Mang only tried to shoot a three-pointer, and found that he didn't shoot accurately, but in the second half, the skill card effect ended, and Liu Mang's bench bandits were triggered, and the three-point score returned to the level.

Liu Mang threw this ball very decisively and firmly, and hit it hollowly!

60 to 62, only two points behind!

The difference of two points is not hopeless! Liu Mang cheered himself up.

Liu Mang's offense surprised the Nets a little, but Kidd still picked up the ball and served immediately, and the Nets attacked quickly in the third line!

Kenyon Martin and Jefferson two arrows covered Kittels to attract the defense, and the Hawks returned quickly, and when Jefferson received the ball in the frontcourt, he and Kenyon Martin were blocked by Muhammad, Newbell, Raheem, and Liu Mang and Jason Terry also blocked Kittels.

But! The Nets then had Van Horn who followed up slowly, and Jefferson gave Van Horn who followed up to the top arc of the three-point line.

That's how it feels!

Liu Mang felt the feeling that it seemed that he was not falling behind and had been chasing points, but he was being forced step by step, and they scored when they hit each other! They broke out when they broke out against each other, and the Nets didn't have the offensive ability to completely open up the difference in one blow, but it was this feeling of suppressing the Hawks all the time, suppressing them all the time, and not giving them a breath, which made Liu Mang feel very uncomfortable.

In the last few minutes of the first half, Liu Mang felt this feeling, Kidd's super ability to control the field! He doesn't have Nash's teammates like he did when he was with the Suns, and he doesn't have Nash's scoring ability, but what makes him stronger than Nash is his ability to control the court!

After the Nets scored, they immediately returned to defense, and then the Hawks attacked, Liu Mang advanced over and found that the opponent had changed defenders, Kidd came up to defend Liu Mang, Kidd was very keen to find that Liu Mang wanted to start from three points in the second half, although Jefferson's defense was already very good, but Kidd knew that Jefferson had been made into a frightened bird by Liu Mang, flying at one point and retreating suddenly.

Although Kidd didn't know that Liu Mang had no strong ability in the second half, in the third quarter, Kidd regarded this quarter of the game as the final game, and was ready to defend Liu Mang in person, limiting Liu Mang outside the three-point line, which was a greater threat than letting him hit the basket, and Liu Mang's ability outside the three-point line was also outstanding, and 10 three-pointers in a single game in the playoffs were ten days ago, so Kidd defended himself.

As for Raheem, Jefferson couldn't stop it, but it didn't matter.

Just like now, Liu Mang saw Kidd coming to defend himself and immediately passed the ball to Rahim, Raheem squeezed into the basket and threw to score two points, but immediately the Nets counterattacked, Van Horn immediately picked up the ball and brushed it to Kidd, who was one step inside the three-point line, and the rest of the Nets went down quickly, and Kittels counterattacked and dunked to score two points.

Kidd's dominance continues!

No one in the Hawks can compete with them, or rather, there is no player in the East who can compete with Kidd right now!

Kidd's offensive control and Scott's defensive system have combined to become the strongest team in the East in the past two years!

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Liu Mang worked hard in the second half, and also broke through to score three points, and also caused fouls under the basket.

But without the impact of the first half, the Hawks gradually lost the ability to compete with the Nets, and were gradually crushed by the Nets' overwhelming dominance on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

Fighting, the Eagles fell behind by ten points, and the emotions of the fans at the scene began to gradually depress.

However, Liu Mang, Rahim, Jason Terry refused to admit defeat, and Muhammad refused to admit defeat like this, and has been working hard.

But it was still suppressed.

At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks trailed by 14 points, 79-93.

In the fourth quarter, I still want to fight, Liu Mang and Rahim, Jason Terry have almost not rested since they came on the court, Liu Mang is okay and can play physical potions, while Rahim and Terry have reached the end of the strong crossbow.

Unlike Kidd's side, no matter what teammates he replaces, as long as he can run and dunk, he can take off, and the Hawks' offense relies on three Hawks.

Watching Raheem sweat all over his body and having no strength and hitting the basket again and again, watching Liu Mang still trying to shoot three points and make damage under the basket although he didn't know why he couldn't get up in the second half, and watched Terry try to use a pull-up jump shot again and again to deal with opponents who were ten centimeters taller than him.

The emotions of the fans at the scene, who had become depressed because of the big score behind at home, gradually rose and cheered for the players.

However, in the end, the Eagles were not able to turn the tables, 101-113, and the Eagles hated at home!

Liu Mang had 33 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Raheem had 26 points and 9 rebounds, and Terry had 25 points.

In addition to this brother, everyone else also did their best, but this brother didn't have the second half to open the situation, and the role of teammates was not great, and role players wanted to score, most of them could only use stars to attract defenses to score, and if the stars couldn't open, they would naturally have fewer scoring opportunities......

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How did the Lakers kill the Nets sweep? Liu Mang has been thinking about this question since returning to the apartment after physical therapy.

Little Lori and Alexia drove Alexia back after their game, when Liu Mang arrived home, Dinah Little Lori waited for Liu Mang to arrive home, Little Lori was sometimes really sensible, I wanted to complain to Liu Mang, but seeing Liu Mang lost and a little anxious, I comforted Liu Mang instead, and then went upstairs to sleep, and did not disturb Liu Mang.

Liu Mang's previous impression of the Nets was that although they were the strongest team in the East in the past two years, they also had the impression that they were swept by the Lakers and had no power to fight back.

But now that you think about it, they still have a six-game Finals against the Spurs!

The Spurs played six games against the Nets to solve, and the Nets defeated the Spurs in the second away game that year, if it weren't for Kenyon Martin's fifth game of the flu The Nets lost the battle of Tianwang Mountain, in fact, the final victory or defeat is really hard to say.

In the summer of '03, Kidd's nine-year contract signed in '94 expired, and Popovich invited Kidd to join, but Kidd felt that he was close to the championship, and he was two games away, so he stayed with the Nets, and then the Pistons, who had reached the Eastern Conference Finals for six consecutive years, came on the court, ending the Nets' dominance in the East.

Of course, the Spurs, who won the championship in 03, which was basically equal to Duncan's single-core, and the Lakers, who won three consecutive championships in 02, are indeed a bit unequal.

Liu Mang once again carefully recalled those things about the 02 finals.

I only remember that year Kobe and Kidd defended each other as rookies, O'Neal was invincible inside, and the Nets didn't even have a chance to counterattack, because O'Neal basically fouled, the Nets couldn't get up at all, and the fight with Kobe also consumed a lot of Kidd's energy, and Kobe Bryant's defense was much more difficult than Ginobili and Parker, who were still tender in 03, maybe Ginobili and Parker in the rookie period hit Kidd two times, and the success rate was not as high as Kobe alone.

The situation that year was that the combination of Kobe and Fisher and the combination of Kittels and Kidd pecked each other, prevented each other to death, and even prevented the pass to death, O'Neal averaged close to causing the opponent to commit ten fouls per game, and the lowest free throw in a single game in that series O'Neal was 14 free throws, the lowest score in a single game was 34 points, 36 points, 12.8 boards and 3.8 assists per game, and he could score arbitrarily and attract bag passes, and rebounds were also dominant.

For today's home game can be said to be a fiasco to the Nets, Liu Mang doesn't need to think about it to know the news of the outside world.

The media is like that, when you win, they blow you to the sky, and when you lose, they turn against you immediately, and it's not so appropriate to say that the grass on the wall is not so appropriate.

Of course, the media outside Atlanta, Liu Mang doesn't know how they will write, anyway, the Atlanta media and the domestic mainstream media have a regretful tone and an encouraging tone, which is the case during the interview.

After the Hawks' home loss to the Nets, the decisive media fryed.

Originally, not many people paid attention to them, but all of a sudden the attention rose again, and the Eagles didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

originally thought that the Hawks would easily eliminate the Nets, but they didn't expect the Nets to make a perfect counterattack against the Hawks in the second game! Leading from the beginning of the game until the end, especially in the second half, the Eagles didn't have a chance to struggle at all.

But the mainstream media in North America did not fall one-sided as soon as the grass wind blew as Liu Mang thought, but felt that if the second game had begun, the Hawks had not been beaten so badly by the Nets, Liu Mang had gone early, and with Liu Mang's state in the first half, maybe he would not have fallen behind, and he would not have been defeated in the second half.

Liu Mang got up in the morning and saw that the media characterized the reason for the loss as Coach Kruger's rotation was too stubborn, and an idea came to his heart: the coach is back to the pot again.

Hey...... Why again?

By noon, the Eagles flew to Jersey City as they had two away games to play.

After arriving in Jersey City, this time he still chose to live in the small town of Ratherford, where the Nets are home, and rented the indoor basketball court of the university here.

This time no one was complaining about why they didn't live in Jersey City, where there was a beautiful sister.

Now everyone in the Eagles is feeling a lot of pressure.

Who would have thought, in just one day, everything has changed! At this time yesterday, everyone was still practicing shooting before the game in the afternoon, and in less than 24 hours, the world seemed to have changed.

Although the media is not overwhelmingly optimistic about the Hawks, there are many more people who believe that the Nets can eventually win the Eastern Conference Finals than the Hawks who can win the Eastern Conference Finals, because the Nets have a home-court advantage, and the Nets' home-court win rate has been high this season.

This kind of public opinion has made the Eagles cheer up and train well, counting the day of the 21st game, the Eagles still have two and a half days to prepare.

Whether it's the players who train, or Coach Kruger, who scratches his head bigger, or the assistant coach Mike Woodson who is too strict, including trainers, physical therapists, shooting assistants, etc., are all working hard to prepare for the next game.

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The No. 19 Kings played the Lakers at home for the second time, and this time the Kings held back and had the last laugh, playing a gorgeous Princeton to beat the Lakers 116-110 at home to a 1-1 draw.

The strength is indeed very anxious, and the game between the Kings and the Lakers is fought until the last minute of the game.

And like the Hawks, they went to Los Angeles the day after the game and trained in Los Angeles.

Both sides fought to a 1-1 draw, and from the first two games alone, all four teams were in good shape, so when the two series did not play on the 20th, the suspense of the final results of the two series was raised to the highest, the Hawks and the Nets, the Lakers and the Kings, the two series continued to break the ratings record for the division finals.

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Time passes quietly, and when I feel that I don't need time, time often passes very slowly, and when I need time, I feel that it will pass in three or two clicks.

That's how the Eagles feel right now.

Today is the Eagles' first day of game on the road, and at 6 p.m., the game will kick off in this small town on the eastern coast of the United States.

In the afternoon, Liu Mang did not continue to train with his head down, but called Jason Terry to go out for a walk with Rahim and Muhammad.

Although the town of Rutherford is a taxi and you can get out of the city with a few dollars, there is no scenery outside the city, except for the fields, which are tall chimneys that can be seen directly from the line of sight.

When he arrived outside the city, Liu Mang proposed to take a walk around and relax.

Most of the land in New Jersey is saline-alkali land, and Liu Mang saw a white farmer uncle who drove a locomotive to grow sorghum, and he visually inspected the hundreds of acres of land, which probably belonged to this farmer uncle.

In the United States, don't despise those peasants, they are the real landlords, with land and money.

"Ace, there is a game at night, why are you so relaxed this time?" Raheem asked puzzled, he clearly remembered that before the start of the last game, Liu Mang was very nervous and cautious, but today everyone was very nervous, and in the afternoon Liu Mang proposed not to train and rest in the afternoon.

"Relax and relax, Sharif, it's good for us to come out for a walk," Liu Mang said with a smile, "We have been fully prepared in the past two days, how much do you think you can improve in an afternoon if you practice shooting again?" ”

"Ace is right," Muhammad could see, "I haven't seen farming for a long time, and when I retire in the future, I will go back to my hometown to buy him a thousand acres of land, and farm by myself, and I won't worry when I get old!" ”

"That's it, no matter whether the next game is easy or difficult, we have to treat it with a normal heart, not too nervous, not as relaxed as the last time, and one more important point!" After Liu Mang finished speaking, he walked a few steps ahead, came to the edge of the field on the side of the road, spread his hands and shouted in Chinese to the sky: "We are still young!" Never worry about failure! ”

The three guys around watched Liu Mang suddenly shout loudly in words they didn't understand, although they didn't understand what it meant, they felt so powerful.

At this time, they didn't know what Liu Mang was yelling at, that kind of positive actions and emotions, even if they didn't understand the language, they also infected them.

They followed Liu Mang's example, came to the edge of the field, and shouted at the sky what they wanted to say.

There's Muhammad's vulgar slang, there's Rahim's simple shouting, there's Jason Terry's shouting that you want to win the championship, you have to go up in value, you have to make a lot of money......

The uncle, a white farmer who was driving a tractor in the field, was startled by the roar of several people and almost drove the tractor into a roadside ditch......