From Today it is the King of the Basketball

As soon as the time came to May 8, the Eagles finally boarded the plane to Philadelphia. It was not easy to wait for the next opponent to come out!

This past week, six teams that have already advanced have been waiting anxiously.

The remaining two rounds of the series are too slow!

San Antonio, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal stayed together when they didn't have the same goal and the same goal. The more they looked at each other, the less pleasing they were.

On the New Jersey side, Payton and Kidd's two opponents were very harmonious. They sighed that after five or six years, they played in the playoffs again, but only changed from the west to the east.

On May 5th, when the Blazers and Mavericks, 76ers and Hornets all reached a 3 to 3 draw, the final time of the two series was finally determined to be May 7th, and the two tiebreakers were in May. On the 7th, the next round of the winners of the two series is determined to start on May 10.

The Lakers and Spurs, Bucks and Nets series will start on May 8 and May 9.

The Kings are okay, waiting at home, without pressure.

Only the Hawks waited the most anxiously. They did n’t have to wait at home like the Kings. It was n’t until the evening of the 7th that they knew who the opponent was in the next round. At this time, Liu Mang found that it was not a good thing to consider the opponent in the next round. Waiting too hard.

This week, the Hawks waited anxiously, in addition to waiting for the next round of opponents, there are things that make the players very concerned.

Regular season MVP released!

Duncan won the regular season MVP without suspense, becoming the eighth player in NBA history to get the MVP for two consecutive years. Of course, it can be obtained continuously, not for the eighth time, like 10 years like Jabal. The six regular season MVPs have two consecutive MVPs. Duncan got the MVP, and it was no surprise from the second half of the season. The most exciting thing was that Duncan wore shirts, jeans, and sneakers to receive awards at the press conference.

Because Liu Mang ridiculed Duncan before the talk show, so many fans saw such a guy in the most disgusting team of the Spurs. Duncan ’s popularity has changed from the high popularity that was obtained simply because of his strength, to the Spurs. The funny role of the team.

The best coach, Vicky spent seven years and finally won this award that many coaches can get in the first two years, but did not win much applause. The vast majority of non-Spurs fans think that Vickers is equal to the Spurs and Spurs is equal to A team that hates, Vickey is a team that hates, and it doesn't even make headlines.

Finally, on the evening of May 7, the Hornets and the 76ers won the series. The 76ers defeated the Hornets in the tiebreaker and advanced to the second round.

The Hawks' next opponent must be the 76ers, and owner Price went to charter that night.

Liu Mang heard that the owner, Price, had said that the Hilton Hotel had already been booked. When it was time to choose a room, he felt very surprised. This did not have an opponent determined in advance, and he could actually pack the hotel.

Liu Mang quietly asked Mike Woodson for a question, only to know that Price had already booked the Seaside Four Seasons Hotel in New Orleans and the Hilton International Hotel in Philadelphia, and had booked all rooms for 5 days from No. 8 to No. 12 New Orleans, the deposit can only be used as a penalty.

It seems a bit wasteful, but this operation of Price has obviously made the Hawks players more excited.

The boss is generous and the players are naturally the happiest.

For the players quietly discussing how the previous stingy boss was so generous this year, Price was very wronged to hear about it.

In the past, the team lost money every year, but the head office also posted it. He thought that there was no way to be generous! Need more work! Isn't it rich now ...

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Compared to so many series that didn't seem to have any suspense in the first round, the suspense in the second series is much larger.

The Lakers and Spurs are very popular series. Although people are more optimistic about the Lakers, the Spurs are also very strong this year. People are optimistic about the Lakers mainly because of the previous years.

Although the Nets and Bucks have not paid much attention to the series, Payton and Kidd's matchup is still very interesting.

The Lakers' Spurs game began the night after the Hawks came to Philadelphia.

The Kings play for the Mavericks. This series is very exciting. Weber and Nowitzki, the best four power forwards in the league, have faced Webber and Nowitzki for the second year in a row. They are still very eye-catching. , No less than the duel between O'Neill and Duncan.

At noon on the 8th, the Eagles came to the Hilton Hotel in Philadelphia.

In the playoffs, when the Hawks came to Philadelphia, Liu Mang did not receive a phone call or text message from Iverson, not to mention the regular season to go out for a cup of tea.

Liu Mang is not surprised, this is Iverson, he may be willing to accept the change in play style, but that is already the limit, want to change his character? That was not Iverson at all.

Liu Mang did not take the initiative to contact Iverson. The greatest respect for the other party is to respect the other person's character.

It ’s not just as an NBA player, it ’s the same for everyone. You can dislike certain things, but it ’s very basic to respect others ’character and choice.

And Iverson's way of doing things in the playoffs also has the advantage of being focused!

There was no communication before and after the game. After coming to Philadelphia, Liu Mang found a park and began to practice, actively preparing for the second round of the series starting on the 10th ...

In the afternoon, the Eagles had no training plan. Some teammates, like Liu Mang, chose to find a place to train. The rented arena will be available tomorrow, some will take a rest, and some will go out for a stroll, but they return to the hotel at night.

Liu Mang practiced a three-pointer and CIC in the afternoon. After returning to the hotel, he took a bath and ate some vegetables and high-protein white meat. After finishing these, the Lakers and Spurs series began.

Liu Mang looked like a fairy fight in this game!

Duncan scored 28 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 blocks, O'Neal scored 20 points, Kobe Bryant scored 41 points, 7 assists and 2 rebounds.

In addition, there is another person who performed the fourth best on the field. He is Ginobili. Ginobili entered the first season of the NBA and the first playoffs. , But it seemed as though the Rockets had opened the game, playing the Lakers instead of Stephen Jackson. When Duncan focused on defending O’Neal and focusing on scoring, he missed a lot of rebounds. He got 9 rebounds, 15 points and 5 assists, plus a three-point lore with 7 points left behind and two points behind!

However, when the three superstars on the field got such brutal data, the final score was 87 to 85, and Ginobili was lore! Three point lore!

15 points, already the fourth highest score on the field, the Spurs are okay, there are three players scoring double figures, David Robinson pulled out and scored 14 points, Duncan 28 points, Ginobili 15 points, anyhow There are three double scorers.

On the Lakers side, in addition to O'Neal and Kobe Bryant scored double figures, played 10 people, except for the two of the OK combination, no one else scored more than 5 points, the highest is Fisher who just got 5 points.

After watching this game, Liu Mang couldn't help but sigh, the strength of the OK combination is still no problem, but their lineup can no longer keep up, only relying on two people to play, playing a weaker opponent is OK, the strength is crushed, but When playing Duncan, it is difficult.

After watching the game between the Lakers and the Spurs, the time was up to 9:30. Liu Mang went to watch his teammates play cards and watched for a while, then went back to the room to sleep. There will be training tomorrow.

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Early the next morning, Liu Mang and his teammates came to the rented basketball hall.

The 76ers fans are very friendly to the Hawks, mainly because Liu Mang has a good relationship with Iverson.

Although the 76ers are now hostile to the Hawks, it is only because the two teams became opponents in the playoffs, and the hostility is also placed in the game, so there is no problem outside the court.

At the training hall, coach Kruger called the players together for a meeting before the warm-up, and talked about the key points of the training.

If there is a home advantage, the meeting will not be so simple and hurried, but there is no way. After deciding the next round of opponents, the preparation time is only two days, one day to take a plane, this thing is quite tormenting, ordinary people occasionally sit once It's interesting, but when this becomes part of the job, even charter flights can be annoying. If there was a meeting yesterday, there are a few people who can remember the tactics. It's really hard to say, especially this is a black team.

If you have a home advantage, you can have one more day, just like the Kings or the Hawks themselves last season, and sit at home and do everything in an orderly manner.

This is one aspect of home advantage.

"OK, everyone is ready, and the next series with the 76ers. We have no other goals, only one is to advance!" Coach Kruger first set the series goals, see everyone thinks This thing's OK expression, I continued with satisfaction: "Although we came to play away, but our goal is only to win, to take home advantage back, and not just a home advantage ... We both play Get it! "

Coach Kruger lengthened his voice ~ www.readwn.com ~ and then said an amazing goal!

Also want to sweep the rhythm!

At the opening, Coach Kruger didn't seem to understand the character, and he was still too young.

Although this is a goal that everyone has already set in mind, but the Eagles players still feel a lot of pressure!

The name Iverson is still very intimidating for most players of this era. In 2001, he won the Eastern Conference regular season championship without being optimistic all the way and reached the finals in two consecutive rounds of seven games. The Lakers, who also won the strongest playoff team in history, OK, brought shock to the players of this period.

Liu Mang also felt the pressure, Iverson, this guy is really strong! And now, because of his appearance, he has started to change his style of play, making it more difficult to deal with.

But pressure is also motivation!

The Eagles players who have experienced a counterattack from the regular season to the Eastern Conference last season, plus just swept the first in the East, are very confident in their strength!

Seeing that the players were not frightened by such a goal, but the fighting spirit in their eyes became stronger, Coach Kruger was very satisfied, and did not put pressure on these guys, where is the motivation?

"The next is the tactical layout, Mike, you first arrange the defense, we are still mainly defensive ..."

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One day's preparation time is very short, and May 10 is here! Liu Mang got up early. This series of games without home advantage is just like playing consecutive away games. More is the adjustment of technical tactics and mentality. Liu Mang got up in the morning to read a book for a while, then interviewed before the game, team game In the previous meeting, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the Hawks came to the Wachovia Center for pre-match warm-up training.

Coming to this arena where Liu Mang successfully returned to the domestic market, Liu Mang can't wait to face Iverson in the playoffs!