"Coach, we're here so early, what if the Bucks win?"

"Didn't I ask you that night? You said the Nets would win. ”

“…… I'll just say casually......"

"It's okay, the reporters already know that because of your suggestion, we're here and waiting for the Nets first."

Coach Kruger hummed a little tune and got on the bus.

Liu Mang is so sad, and the older Coach Kruger gets, the more naughty he becomes! Gotcha, this time the Bucks hate the master again!

Liu Mang had no choice but to carry this hatred on his back, and if there were more people who hated him, he would not be pressed.

On May 23, the sixth game between the Nets and the Bucks, the Bucks hosted the Nets, the Hawks left Philadelphia and came to New Jersey early, living in Jersey City, which is closest to the home of the Nets, Ratherford Town.

As soon as this news came out, the pre-game news of the Nets and the Bucks were overshadowed, and after the investigation of the media, it was Liu Mang who felt that the Nets would definitely be able to eliminate the Bucks, and the Hawks came to New Jersey ahead of schedule.

Whether this incident will affect the fighting spirit of the Bucks, whether the Bucks will work hard or be hit, whether the Nets will benefit from it or the angry Bucks will be killed, the Hawks can't control.

In fact, Coach Kruger didn't want to come to New Jersey so early, and Philadelphia is also very good, but Jersey City can rent the Harbor Center Hotel in Jersey City for 20,000 US dollars a night, and the Hilton Hotel in Philadelphia is 45,000. But Price can't show stinginess in front of the players, and finally shows the impression of the atmosphere, Price also wants to save face, so he only discussed with Coach Kruger which city to go to in advance, whether it is Milwaukee or Jersey City, the price is much cheaper than Philadelphia, the fifth largest city in the United States, especially Jersey City, which has a very poor tourism market, is not as famous as Milwaukee, and the hotel industry is bleak, it is also a five-star hotel, and the house price in Jersey City is more than half cheaper than Philadelphia.

Of course, in case of a slap in the face and the Bucks work hard to kill the Nets, there must be someone who is behind it, and this person is, of course, Liu Mang.

Moreover, anyway, it is to stumble on the opponent, it is the two potential opponents who are sad, and even if they don't stumble, how friendly can they be to the Hawks, Payton desperately wants to win the championship in the last case as the core, if he can make it to the East Finals, he will definitely have to work hard, and he has a bad relationship with Liu Mang.

Needless to say, Kidd, the rivalry between the Hawks and the Nets began last season.

However, the hotel industry in New Jersey is really sad, compared to when the Hawks played the 76ers, because of the relationship between Iverson and Liu Mang, some are not Hawks and 76ers fans, but simply Iverson and Liu Mang's fans who crowded the hotels in Atlanta and Philadelphia. Because it's possible that the Hawks' next opponent will be the Bucks.

In the 2009-2010 season, that is, Yi Jianlian played 12 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block in the NBA, the Nets created the lowest attendance record at home in the NBA since the merger of the NBA and the ABA in 1976, just over 50% of the attendance, which directly led to the owner of the Nets announcing the bankruptcy of the Nets club. Sold with a large amount of debt to the Russian boss Prokhorov.

This is the most important reason why the Nets are not taken seriously by the New Jersey government, and the main reason why the Nets can't wait to move out after changing a rich owner who is trying to make money.

New Jersey is a difficult place to attract football stars, an industrial port city, with a GDP of up to 60,000 US dollars per capita, and a per capita annual income of nearly 40,000 US dollars, but the environment is terrible, and it is completely not as attractive as Manhattan Beach and New Orleans Beach and Miami Beach in Los Angeles, and the stars are reluctant to play here.

Especially in Rutherford Town, even if it is playing a series with the Bucks, in the previous fifth game, there were few hotels in Rutherford Town that were full, and most people would rather go to Jersey City to live and drive for two hours.

The Nets can't bring much income to New Jersey, and even the small town of Rutherford can't bring much income, so after the Russian tycoon bought the Nets, he immediately went to New York to apply to buy land to repair the arena.

Of course, even if it moved to New York, it didn't make much difference, the management operation was too bad, and in the end the Nets became the team of the Chinese owner, and Boss Ma's brother Tsai Chongxin bought half of the Nets' shares.

Another reason why the Eagles management and coaching staff decided to come to New Jersey first was that it was close to Philadelphia, quite close, half an hour by plane, which was convenient.

Liu Mang sadly took the blame again, and took the bus to the harbor hotel in Jersey City.

Arrived at the hotel to rest for a while, the Eagles players don't know what to play, Jersey City, the second largest port city in New Jersey, there are only more than 200,000 people, in addition to working people or working people, entertainment facilities are hard to find, and the four famous places here are Greenville Industrial Park, Claremut Industrial Park, Monte Gemeri Industrial Park and Liberty Industrial Park...... It's all an industrial park.

Teammates got together to play 21 at a time, play billiards, and buy computers to play games.

Liu Mang and Prince came to the gym together for half an hour and did some equipment exercises, compared to gambling money, Liu Mang prefers to train and train, first of all, of course, to save money......

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On the night the Hawks arrived in New Jersey, the Nets challenged the Bucks on the road in Milwaukee.

This time, the whole Hawks team gathered together to watch the live broadcast of this game, although there was no national live broadcast, it was also sad, but there was a regional live broadcast professional household Times Warner Cable in New Jersey and Wisconsin, and the Eagles had the opportunity to watch the game.

This game is definitely the favorite type of game for technical and tactical enthusiasts, and the two teams played very beautiful playmaking offense and defense, Payton organized the offense with the ball, and Kidd connected the team with a pass.

The Bucks responded with eight players, and there was a big change in the starting lineup, with the name of Alvin Johnson and the same as the Magic, the defensive pillar big center who once averaged 11 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game was mentioned as the starter, increasing the success rate of positional play, with Payton and Cassel's dual point guard play, with the long-range shooter Tim Thomas and the physical No. 7 show Desmond Mason in 2000, the main success rate.

On the Nets side, Kidd, Kittels, Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, and Jason Collins have a defensive lineup on the court, Jefferson and Kenyon Martin fly on the wings, Jason Collins and Kittels block and pick and dismantle each other, and they all want to rely on fast passing and cutting balls to beat the fast offense when they fall into positional battles.

The Bucks, who exchanged Ray Allen for half of the supersonic starters and a large group of benches, are really getting better and better, with the experience of winning the last game, this time with Desmond Mason and Anthony Mason Jr. on the bench took turns to put pressure on Kenyon Martin, the offensive end slammed into the interior, and the defensive end prevented Kenyon Martin from approaching the basket, and achieved good results, Jason Collins watched Kenyon Martin being targeted but couldn't give too much help, he was slow, carried the low post well, had a lot of small movements, and was up and down. He had good performances when defending Duncan and O'Neal, so he was able to sit firmly in the starting line for the Nets.

But Jason Collins couldn't stop the impact of Anthony Mason Jr. and Desmond Mason, and Martin was also difficult to deal with in the face of these two real strikers, the two ran to drill the basket, Kenyon Martin couldn't stop it, and Jason Collins was slow but active in making up the defense, and soon fell into a foul crisis.

At this time, no one expected that Mutombo, who had just returned and had less than 10 minutes of playing time in the first few games, stood up and became a key turning point in the game.

Mutombo came out when Jason Collins had four fouls on his back in the second half of the third quarter, and he started to shake his fingers on the road, and came up to the game with a hat to come off the bench with three Anthony Mason, scared Anthony Mason Jr. and forgot about the thing that head coach George Karl told him to catch the ball and hit the basket, and then ran to the outside to attack with the ball, leaving Payton and Kassel, two point guards with strong organizational skills, aside!

Although the extent of Mutombo's decline this year is surprising, the deterrent effect is still there, especially when he comes up with three consecutive blocks, as if he dreams of returning to the peak, and suddenly becomes a hegemon on the inside! Scared, the Bucks continued to shoot from the outside, with an average shooting rate, and were caught by the Nets and played several counterattacks, overtaking the score in one fell swoop after the third quarter.

The momentum came to the Nets, the Nets were stronger, and there was no chance for the Bucks to turn the tables, and the Nets finally reversed the Bucks 109-100 away, and eliminated the Bucks with a score of 4-2, and the Nets advanced to the Eastern Finals!

After the game, Bucks fans didn't hate the Nets who beat them, Payton and Kidd are known to have a good relationship, and they hated the Hawks who couldn't see them go to New Jersey early to wait, especially Ace Liu......

Although the media and fans generally agree that the Nets can win the Bucks, it is the first time in NBA history that Liu Mang directly asked the team to go to New Jersey and other Nets to win the Bucks!

When Liu Mang was reading the forum before going to bed at night, he saw the comments and comments of the Bucks fans and the comments of other teams ridiculing his poisonous mouth, he felt that if the Great Wall fell next time, he didn't have to go to Meng Jiangnu, just arrest him, he definitely cried down, he felt that he was worse than Meng Jiangnu, and he was wronged more than Dou E......

The Nets defeated the Bucks to advance to the Eastern Conference finals, and the Hawks and Nets met in the Eastern Conference finals for the second year in a row, which is much more concerned than which team the Spurs will play the Western finals with next.

After the series between the Nets and the Bucks, on the Western side, the Mavericks and the Kings played to a tie-break, and the Kings had already won the battle of Kings Mountain, but before the start of Game 6, Webb's old knee injury recurred and he could not participate in the rest of the game, so the core of the Kings team became Peja, who was expected to play a 15-5 record during Webb's 20-game absence in the regular season.

However, sometimes the expectations are too high, and the final ending is really ugly, Peja was too soft at the critical moment, with a total of 40 shots and 12 shots in the last two games, and then Nowitzki on the opposite side because of Webb's restrictions, two consecutive games of 30+ plus a 60% shooting rate, the Mavericks won two games in a row, reversed the Kings 4-3, and reached the division finals for the first time in team history!

By the time the Mavericks tied the score in Game 6, the schedule for the Eastern and Western Finals had already been released.

May 25 is the Mavericks and Kings tie-break, May 27, the Nets and Hawks will play in New Jersey, and May 28 in San Antonio.

On the Hawks' side, on the evening of May 23, after seeing the Nets eliminate the Bucks, the next day, they went to the rented basketball hall of the University of Phoenix at the Jersey City campus to start training to prepare for the Nets again!