Hilton Atlanta.

In the conference room rented by the Pistons, Coach Carlisle was not there, and the three core players of Billups, Hamilton and Ben Wallace were having a small meeting in private.

"Chauncey, Richard, have you seen Liu's interview?" Ben Wallace's low tone was tinged with anger.

"I know." Billups' expression didn't change much.

Hamilton was silent and did not speak.

"I don't want to give up!" Ben Wallace slammed his fist into the table in anger, and the ashtrays were all knocked to the ground.

"Liu is too arrogant! This son of a bitch bastard, it's so hateful! I'm going to blow his ......," Ben Wallace spewed expletively.

Originally, the Hawks' black eight was also the black eight, and the Pistons lost to the Hawks, although it would leave a black history on the black eight list that can never be erased.

But this time the Hawks Black Eight is very different from the previous Nuggets and Knicks two teams, the SuperSonics were blacked out this time with a huge record advantage of 21 wins, and the Heat was temporarily formed after the suspension of the Knicks Black Eight, so the two teams will be nailed to the list that will always be ridiculed.

And this time the Hawks, they were the first in the East last season, and in the second half of this season, they have played the strength of the top two teams in the East, only the Nets dare to say that they can fight with them, the key is that the Hawks have swept the Pistons last season, and the Hawks have two important reinforcements this year and the core lineup continues to improve, even if the Pistons are blackened, it is not a big deal, people are more willing to marvel at the strength of the Hawks, and they are indeed one of the two strongest teams in the East.

If the Eagles are black, they will be black.

But Liu Mang actually ran out at this time and said that he was already thinking about the next round, and this trash talk, if he succeeded, would be remembered by fans forever like Pippen's postman who didn't go to work on weekends and Big Bird's who wanted to kill here!

The Pistons will be nailed to the list of shame forever!

Looking at Ben Wallace, who kept cursing, Hamilton was still silent, his character is like this, it doesn't mean that he has no emotions.

After Billups waited for Ben Wallace to scold almost, he thought about it himself and said to his two teammates: "I don't want to throw in the towel like this, Ben, you get your teammates together and we'll have a team meeting." ”

Although Billups was beaten 3-0 by Liu Mang and targeted by Liu Mang in three games, Billups still had a good impression of Liu Mang, and Liu Mang was the first opponent who attached great importance to him before he came to the Pistons.

This is very different for Billups, who came to the Pistons and led the Pistons to first place in the East, and he is certainly happy to have opponents recognize his strength.

But Liu Mang, who took the initiative to chat with him before the game before he made a career and treated him as a real opponent, has a different good impression of Billups.

Poor friends can not be forgotten, at that time Billups still hung the title of parallel goods No. 3 show, Liu Mang is just a rookie who has just entered the NBA for two months, in the NBA, the importance of the opponent, the opponent is strictly guarded, it is possible not only will not be hated, but will make the opponent feel respected, Billups is this mentality, he doesn't know what status he is in Liu Mang's heart, but Liu Mang in his heart, is the first opponent to give him respect, this rival love, Billups is difficult to forget.

So despite being abused by Liu Mang 3-0, Biloops is more dissatisfied with his lack of strength, dissatisfied with his team's lack of a truly suitable system, and not with how much hatred he has for Liu Mang.

But now, the issue of dignity has been involved, and at the same time, if Ben Wallace's anger is not channeled, Billups, a senior tramp who knows how to understand the world, knows very well, otherwise his dignity will be ruthlessly crushed, and his foothold in the Pistons will also be shaken, and he can gain a firm foothold in the Pistons, mainly relying on Ben Wallace's support.

In that case, let's fight!

Seeing Billups regain his fighting spirit, Ben Wallace was ecstatic and immediately responded.

Just as Ben Wallace was about to call his teammates, Hamilton heard something and asked suspiciously, "Chauncey, Ben, don't we call the coach for a meeting?" ”

"He has a way, we won't be able to win the Hawks in the playoffs once in two years in a row!" Ben Wallace was a little annoyed when he said this.

Unlike Hamilton, a catch-and-shoot who doesn't want the ball and plays altruistically, can be integrated into any system of chances, Ben Wallace can only fall into positional battles if he wants to play to his strengths, but Coach Carlisle has always wanted to build the Pistons into a fast-paced team that integrates offense and defense, not that Coach Carlisle's idea is wrong, as a new generation of head coaches, Coach Carlisle has a good vision.

But this is not at all with Ben Wallace, the last few dinosaur-like centers in the league, and the first year is okay, Ben Wallace rarely plays in such a strong team, and the record is also good, and he is in the honeymoon period.

This season's regular season is okay, the Pistons are first in the East, and there is nothing to complain about.

But when it came to the playoffs, the flaws were immediately exposed, and there was no defensive system that really fits perfectly for the Pistons, and Ben Wallace's dissatisfaction with Coach Carlisle exploded completely.

Hamilton saw that Billups was noncommittal about Ben Wallace's words, which could also be seen as acquiescence, and he didn't say much, he just felt that Coach Carlisle did have the ability, but it didn't make much difference who he played underneath.

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After Liu Mang's interview with the next round of opponents was exposed, basketball fans around the world were stunned!

It's too arrogant and crazy!

And Liu Mang's saying that he was thinking about the next round of opponents is different from what the original Maddie said about thinking about the next round of opponents.

Maddie's exact words were: If it were according to last season's rules, I would already be thinking about the opponent in the next round.

Maddie's words only made the Pistons go berserk, and the media didn't think there was anything wrong with it at the time, and after the Magic team was reversed, several years later, Maddie still didn't break through the first round, and in the eyes of most media fans in the United States, Maddie's words were full of pathos.

It's just that later, the old fans at the beginning of the century began to fade out of the fan circle, and the new generation of fans didn't know how to turn to the news, and then took it out of context, Maddie was hacked.

And Liu Mang this time, how crazy he was directly, scared many fans.

Especially the local fans in Atlanta, who are used to Liu Mang's operation and helpless, couldn't help but cover their foreheads and look at the ceiling when they saw the news.

Like Coach Kruger, their idea is: Let's just eliminate the opponent easily, we have to stimulate the opponent!

But what can be done, the children who are used to being born in their own family have to bear his strange problems.

The Eagles fans continued to comfort themselves, and then began to organize the fans to cheer for the team in the fourth game, and they couldn't watch the game with a smile like the third game, the opponent must have been angered by Liu Mang, and their momentum must be suppressed.

Eagles fans can only do this, what else can they do? Do you want to point at Liu Mang's nose and scold him and tell him to keep a low profile?

People played so well in the first three games, what is there to scold, isn't it just a little arrogant, or what fans are used to.

And......

The Eagles fans are still a little excited, not to mention, Liu Mang's arrogant and arrogant promotion declaration, the Eagles fans are helpless, but they are more excited!

The Hawks have never been such a domineering star in the history of the NBA, even if it was Wilkins back then, he just played well, if he really wanted to say domineering, he was far from Liu Mang, and Wilkins's strength of the Hawks at that time was incomparable with the current Hawks, the Hawks brought by Wilkins, the strongest year was the second round, and the Hawks had already made a final last season.

Wilkins is great, but great is great, and what he's accomplished, it's almost certain right now, that the Eagles are now a group of youngsters who will soon surpass what Wilkins has accomplished.

Liu Mang's arrogance and arrogance stimulated the G-spot of his own fans.

is already arrogant, and the fans are also thinking about it, wouldn't it be better to achieve this arrogant promotion declaration?

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The Eagles' fourth game day is on April 30.

The first game on the 22nd, the second game on the 24th, the third game on the 27th, and the fourth game on the 30th.

I don't know if the league is so accurate in predicting that the Hawks can sweep the Pistons, or if it is just so coincidental that the fourth game between the Hawks and the Pistons is the last of the eight series in the entire first round to play the fourth game of the series, and the first four games of the other series are over on April 29, and only the Hawks are left on April 30.

The league must have their thoughts when arranging the schedule, such as the possibility of a full sweep, and the start of the second round must be delayed until May, otherwise it will not be a good thing for the league to finish the playoffs too early.

Because of Liu Mang's declaration, the Eagles' originally relaxed team atmosphere became urgent again.

When the Hawks players saw the news, they thought very similarly to the fans, and they were helpless and a little excited, this stinky boy pretended to be forced every day, but if this forced pretending was successful, they would be remembered forever in the famous trash talk in NBA history!

It's still very exciting to think about, so the Hawks players are rekindling their fighting spirit to play against the Pistons, wanting to kill the Pistons in three or two strokes and achieve the title of "the strongest black eight in history" in the mouth of the media.

During the two-day break, the Eagles were all preparing for the game, in order to get the title of the strongest black eight in history, and to help Liu Mang complete the pretending that had already boasted about Haikou.

This is also the Eagles' current team atmosphere, they are used to Liu Mang doing things from time to time, if Liu Mang doesn't do something at this time, they are not used to it, Liu Mang makes things, and it has become a natural reaction for them to wipe their butts.

By 9:30 p.m. on April 29, the first four games of the other seven series were all over.

On the Western side, after the Spurs lost a game at home, Popovich poured a bucket of poisoned milk on the Rockets, praising the young Rockets for floating, and then the Spurs came to Houston and released "an emotionless killer" - Tim Duncan, in the third game, Duncan beat Yao Ming with a 24 points, 20 boards, 9 assists and 9 blocks on the road, and the Spurs scored 87-59 points, almost abusing the Rockets to only 58 points.

The whole Rockets were beaten to the point of collapse, angering the emotionless Stone Buddha and the strongest player in the league in the past two years, and the Rockets exploded on the spot.

In the fourth game, Duncan 32 + 20 + 6 + 6, continued to run wild, 82-70, the Spurs won two consecutive away games, easily took back the home advantage that was robbed, and by the way, also played the big score to 3-1 and got the series match point.

Yao Ming is like Billups who met Liu Mang, paid a lot of tuition for his first playoff trip, and saw what is the No. 1 forward in NBA history, and how terrifying it is to dominate the No. 1 person in the history of a position.

At the same time, the Spurs are also hated by fans in China, for a very simple reason, because Duncan pressed Yao Ming to the ground and rubbed it, and he couldn't do it because he couldn't struggle.

In addition, the Spurs' current game is too ugly, Duncan scored 4 doubles and scored 32 points, but the Spurs only scored more than 80 points as a team, or a big victory, how can the game be good?

Except for a very small number of fans who like to watch defensive tactics, most fans don't appreciate the Spurs' style of play at all.

Liu Mang saw that Yao Ming was abused miserably by Duncan, and he could only mourn for Yao Ming, who called him in the west, in addition to O'Neal, the most ferocious center in history, the four big forwards are all in the west, and they will meet one of them 100% in the playoffs, no matter who it is, Yao Ming can't deal with it now, they are all abused, and they can only mourn for Yao Ming.

However, it is better to be abused for a long time than not to make the playoffs, so Liu Mang mourned for Yao Ming for three seconds and didn't take this matter to heart.

Similar to the Spurs' crushing strength, the Kings' strength advantage over the Jazz is also obvious, although the two have fought hard, but it has not given the Kings much trouble, except for the first game back in Salt Lake City, the Jazz held on to one victory, the other three of the first four games were lost, and the Kings led the Jazz 3-1.

After the Lakers were abused by 28 points in the first game, they began to get angry in the second game, the little blacksmith and the big shark can't do anything else, the abuse is very good, in their eyes at the peak, even if it is Duncan, Iverson or something, they are all rookies, although the peak time has passed, but the main thing is that the role players are old, and the two are still strong.

After losing by 28 points in the first game, in the next three games, Kobe Bryant averaged 35 points, 5.3 boards and 6.7 assists per game, O'Neal averaged 28 points and 16 boards per game, and in three consecutive games, the difference was 16 points, 19 points, 30 points, and finally the fourth game, the Lakers 120-90, after three hard work, successfully retaliated against the Timberwolves with a bigger point difference than the first game, and the careful eyes of the little blacksmith and the big shark were vividly displayed! The two put aside their contradictions, had the same cautious eye and the same revenge target, and grabbed Garnett and beat him violently......

There are three rounds of series in the West, and there is basically no possibility of a comeback, and they will not be idle and have nothing to do to mock a wave of opponents, basically there is no suspense, and the series may be closed two days before next month.

And the series between the Mavericks and the Trail Blazers is exciting, you come and go defensive battles are very happy, the old Nelson also started on defense back then, but his head is too crazy, his prediction of basketball is too good, and he predicted basketball twenty years later, and led a wave of running and bombing frenzy in the early 90s, but the rules are not conducive to the small ball in these years, and it is still not low Pat Riley's iron and blood.

But if you really want to play defense, the old Nelson is not afraid of anyone, and the former 76ers legend, the 5-time best defensive team and the 4-time best defensive team of the defensive master Maurice Cheeks led by the Trail Blazers fought to the end of every game, the first four games were finished, the two teams played comparably, both relied on the home court advantage to hold the victory, and played a 2-2 draw, the battle of Tianwang Mountain is about to be held, it is difficult to say who can advance from the two teams, the odds given by the bookmaker are 1 to 1.8, and whoever buys must be psychologically prepared to lose, not at all like the Rockets, Timberwolves, The odds of the Jazz promotion are as high as 1 to 5, and the odds of the Spurs, Kings, and Lakers have risen to 1.05 to 1, that is, if you buy 100 US dollars, you can only earn 5 US dollars, and there is a tax of 1 US dollar.

The situation in the first round of the West is already clear, and on the Eastern side, in addition to the Hawks' 3-0 lead, the Nets have swept the Celtics out of the tournament and become the first team to advance to the second round, the Bucks have a 3-1 lead, and the Bucks have not given the Pacers a chance after returning to their home court, and both home courts have been defended.

The only thing that seems to be suspenseful is that the 76ers and the Hornets are equal opponents, four games to a 2-2 draw, Iverson, one of Jordan's successors, and the first generation of Jordan's successor Mashburn launched a round of hard battles, Iverson averaged 26 + 4 + 9 per game, Mashburn averaged 31 + 3 + 4 per game, leading the team to hold their home courts, and then will be on the home court of the 76ers for the battle of Tianwang Mountain!

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In the morning, after Liu Mang's shooting training at home, he returned to the room to take a shower and just came out, ready to go to the arena, Dina ran over.

"Uncle, come and see, there is news about you again." Dinah shoved the newspaper into Liu Mang's hand.

Liu Mang took a look, okay, the Pistons are really furious.

The Pistons went to Phillips Arena early this morning, practiced early, and gave interviews, saying in a passionate and indignant tone that they would never give up and would return to Detroit with victory.

And Ben Wallace said that Liu Mang was too disrespectful to them, and wanted Liu Mang to shut up and take back his previous words.

And because of the indignant performance of the Pistons, the media also attacked Liu Mang in a round, saying that Liu Mang was too proud, which angered the Pistons and made the series more difficult in vain.

"Dinah, someone murdered your uncle!" Liu Mang held Dina in his arms and said aggrievedly.

What can Liu Mang do? That special card for the Pistons' "Detroit Fury" is just too tempting, a team series buff, who wouldn't want it?

Liu Mang didn't dare to be interviewed these days, except for the local media in Atlanta who favored his own stars, and the Hawks' own fans who preferred his own players, most of the public opinion was criticizing him, making him really ............ can't help but want to fire again, since they have already been fired, his out-of-the-box character, if he is interviewed, it is estimated that he will have to comment on the entire playoffs, and then win everyone's hatred, so he can bear it.

forcibly resisted his nature, Liu Mang was so aggrieved now, holding Xiao Lori and eating tofu to suppress the shock.

Dinah didn't know if she was a child or her uncle was a child, and comforted: "It's okay uncle, kill them!" We can win! ”

"Hmmm......"

Levia on the side wordlessly picked up a piece of pizza ordered by Dinah, thought about it, put the pizza down, and decided to eat fruit, a little fat recently, or lose weight better, the weather is getting hotter, it's about to be summer, people are getting lazy, seeing Alexia began to expose her flesh in the pool of the villa to swim and exercise, Levia is so envious, young is good, it's too easy to gain weight after giving birth......

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After the reverse operation sprinkled a wave of coquettishness on the little Lori, Liu Mang set off to his home stadium, the Phillips Center.

The declaration has been declared, the Pistons have also entered a state of rage, the Pistons team that can turn the tables in the case of 1-3 down has appeared, although Liu Mang is confident that his team can beat the other party, but Liu Mang did not despise the Pistons because of this, if he is really overturned like Maddie, God, he will be ridiculed and ridiculed by fans in his life.

And Liu Mang wants to win the game at home, not to bring the game to Detroit, and not to give the Pistons any chance to turn around!

For Liu Mang, the most advantageous point is that this is his home court, and his teammates are very focused on creating the strongest Black Eight Miracle in history, although the Pistons are in a state of rage, but the Hawks are also high-spirited!

At 11 o'clock at noon, when Liu Mang entered the Phillips Arena, the Pistons had just finished their morning training and left the Phillips Arena to go out for lunch, everyone was an acquaintance, in the past two seasons, they had played 15 games, but like strangers, they didn't talk to each other when they met, including Billups, who now also focuses on the team and the future of his career, as if he didn't see Liu Mang.

Liu Mang also ignored the other party, parked the car and walked directly to the training ground.

Since Liangzi has already been settled, why should he hypocritically greet each other! It's not about brother basketball......

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Liu Mang came to the training ground, there was no team training this morning, the first two days of rest, the coaching staff has emphasized enough, the main thing is not to wave, don't relax, don't be arrogant, the main thing is the construction of the psychological level, the strength of the Eagles team must have an absolute advantage, the only thing that the Eagles coaching staff is worried about is that the Pistons team is going to play with their lives, and their own players are playing loosely, and then they are upset.

The team meeting was held at half past eleven, and then it was lunchtime, Liu Mang arrived at 11 o'clock, came a little early, just wearing casual short sleeves, shorts and sneakers, Liu Mang practiced shooting for a while, and his teammates arrived one after another.

After Jason Terry came, he immediately ran to Liu Mang's side and said in an unhappy tone: "Ace, you must call me next time you are in the limelight!" You're so treacherous, you make your own showmanship every time, and today you're in the headlines again! It's a blessing, I get to the headlines a few times a year! ”

Liu Mang knew that Jason Terry was talking about the fact that the Pistons were angry at him in the morning, and his name was once again in the headlines.

Liu Mang is so speechless, do you really like the headlines!

"Okay, Jason, I'll let you come next time, but first of all, we have to win today's game, and if we lose, then it's really going to be in the limelight." Liu Mang reminded.

"Of course! We're all set! Kill the pistons! But Ace, don't forget what you said you said to be in the limelight, bring me! Can't lie to me! "Jason Terry's point of emphasis: This is actually this.

"Yes, yes, yes! I'm sure I'll take you! Liu Mang said helplessly.

"Ahem."

At this time, there was a coughing sound behind Liu Mang, Liu Mang turned his head to see that it was Rahim, a sullen slut, and said speechlessly: "Sharif, I will call you when the time comes!" ”

When Rahim heard this satisfactory reply, it was as if nothing had happened, as if he was really just passing by, and turned and walked in the direction of the conference room......

Not to mention, with Jason Terry and Raheem, Liu Mang's nervous mood has eased a lot, the game starts at half past six in the afternoon, and there are still seven hours to go, Liu Mang's worries about the reversal of the Pistons have decreased a lot, and the idea of looking forward to the start of the game has deepened, and some can't wait to fight with the furious Pistons!

How strong is this team that can turn Maddie 1-3 back to the top?

Liu Mang felt that his big eagle ...... No, it's the big knife that is already hungry and thirsty!