From today on is the king

Chapter 1191 1190. The Prologue of the Second Round

The series between the Suns and the Clippers went through seven games, and Nash was finally the winner. In the tiebreaker, Nash scored 45 points, helping the Suns beat the Clippers 113-109 and advance to the second round.

The Suns fought for seven games in this series and took a day off. The second round of the series will start on May 5. Zen Master chuckled behind his back. The brothers in the same city are good. The Clippers gave them a big assist.

On May 5, the long-awaited tiebreaker between the Cavaliers and the 6ers finally came.

In the end, the Cavaliers, still holding the home court advantage, took the initiative after returning to the home court. Larry Hughes finally successfully defended Iverson for one game in the series, limiting Iverson to only 33 of 10 shots and only scoring 29 points and 5 assists. James, however, steadily scored 33 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, helping the Cavaliers beat the 92ers in the tiebreaker 80-76 and advance to the second round.

Finally, all the matches in the first round were over, and the matchups in the second round came out.

The Suns and the Lakers, the Heat and the Nets, the two rounds of the series will start on May 5; the two rounds of the Spurs and the Mavericks, the Eagles and the Cavaliers will start on May 7.

The Eagles coaching staff called their players and informed them that they would report at 5 a.m. on May 7 and start training for the Cavaliers.

For the Eagles, waiting for five days is not a waste. The players have maintained their technical training and regular tactical training. Moreover, the Cavaliers have to rush over from Cleveland on the 7th, so the preparation time is not as long as the Eagles.

Although the Cavaliers knew that their opponent in the second round was the Eagles before they advanced, and they had more time to prepare for the second round, they couldn't have much time to prepare for the second round. They didn't know that they would advance until the tiebreaker was over. Although both the Cavaliers and the 76ers were definitely confident of advancing, they definitely didn't prepare much.

On the whole, the time for the Eagles to prepare is still more advantageous. After all, in five days, the coaching staff can change teams to prepare tactics a day.

In addition, the strength of the team has an advantage, and the coaching staff is not panicked at all.
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Seeing that Iverson was eliminated in the first round, Liu Mang had some regrets.

James, Iverson, two stars, Liu Mang wants to be able to play against them.

It's a pity that you can only choose one of the two after all...

After Liu Mang received the call from Stockton, he watched Iverson and James hugging and chatting for a long time on the TV screen, and felt weird. The two of them are still showing affection together?

Iverson averaged 31 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists and 3.3 steals per game in the series. James averaged 30.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game. They are evenly matched. Iverson has a slight advantage overall, but James has relatively better helpers.

Iverson has a weird personality, but James has a good temper. Unlike the 01 finals, Kobe and Iverson didn't say a word. After the game, the two still felt a little sympathetic to each other.

Liu Mang had a little regret for not being able to play against Iverson again, but he was still very excited to play against James in the playoffs.

"Mangzi, don't be careless in the second round. James is not good at technique. You should be able to beat him easily." Liu Mang's father acted like I knew the game well.

"Yes, yes, yes." Of course Liu Mang knew, so he couldn't be careless.

You can be careless in beating anyone, but Liu Mang will never be careless in beating James and Wade.

The only difference is these two leading figures of the 03 generation. After defeating them, the second talent skill can be activated!

The second round of the series is finally coming, and it is the series with James who has been looking forward to it for three years!
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On May 5th, the Eagles started intensive preparations at home. With the alarm bell of the first game of the first round, the Eagles players did not relax so much this time.

Moreover, the opponent is James...

After the two training sessions for the Cavaliers in the morning and the team meeting after training to discuss supplementary tactics, it was time for a break after lunch, and a group of Eagles got together.

"Ace, LeBron played really well in the first round. His statistics are much better than yours. How are we going to play against him?" Jason Terry asked.

"Just play and play, you know how to play, we were abused on the 21st, and we don't know how to be more vigilant?" Liu Mang retorted.

"Then Ace, what is that drawn on your tactical board?" Jason Terry asked, pointing to the tactical board in Liu Mang's hand.

"The tactics I discussed with Mike to deal with LeBron, our defensive training tomorrow morning is to practice this, and Mike and I have been discussing for several days."

"Let me see, what kind of tactics is this! You still say you don't want to play?"

"No, no, I really don't want to play, I just want to kill him..."

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James arrived in the Phillips Arena parking lot and sneezed on the Appalachian wind.

"Atlanta is a good place, but the climate is too humid." James said to his substitute Newbell.

"It's easy to catch a cold here, but the humidity is good for the skin." Newbell is concerned about his appearance.

"Ira, you are right. In summer, I like to go to places with humid climates such as the West Coast or the South Coast to take care of myself." James responded, and then spread his arms, enjoying the humid mountain breeze of the Appalachian Mountains.

"Ira, are you going to get together with Ace and the others?"

"No, I'm going to train."

"Me too, I won't go to the gathering this time, the knockout match with Ace..."

James and Newbell walked into Phillips Arena, walked the normal aisle for visiting players and fans, and entered the visiting locker room.

James and Newbell can get together because they are 'proficient' in maintenance, but it's hard to say how the effect will be on appearance.

Anyway, Newbell's hairline is getting higher and higher in the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers played against the 76ers at home last night, and rushed from Cleveland to Atlanta at noon today, and it was already lunch time when they arrived.

James and his teammates went to the hotel for a meal, and then came to the Phillips Arena for training.

Not everyone is here, some people need to rest, James can't care about it, the team did not arrange training this afternoon, just played a tiebreaker, only one day off to play the second round of the series.

After 13 years, the Cavaliers once again reached the second round of the playoffs. It is undoubtedly an exciting thing for the Cavaliers players, but for the 31-year-old veteran Big Z, he averaged 36 minutes in the first round, 10 minutes more than the regular season, and needed to rest.

And the Cavaliers really don't have many young players. Newbell, who has been away from the Eagles for a few years, is 31 years old and starting to lose his hair.

However, when Newbell saw James, who was secretly raising his hairband by one centimeter, he immediately regained his balance. They were all men with hairbands. Newbell knew what this kind of thing meant.

When James came to this arena, the championship had a bit of a cold atmosphere around him, but he was used to it, and it was not like this every time he came here...

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On the night of May 5, the series between the Lakers and the Suns, and the series between the Heat and the Nets kicked off the second round of the playoffs.

The two games were broadcast live across the United States. In the second round of the playoffs, five of the remaining seven teams besides the Eagles are opponents that the Eagles may encounter next.

Therefore, the entire Eagles team stayed at Phillips Arena and watched these two national live broadcasts together. The Lakers and the Heat are the opponents that the Eagles are very likely to meet next. It is even possible that the Lakers and the Heat are the opponents of the Eagles in the remaining two rounds of the series.

In the series between the Lakers and the Suns, compared to the confrontation between the Suns and the Spurs last year, the Lakers and the Suns played much worse this year. Nash only sent 7 assists, and his scoring was not as explosive as last year. He only scored 20 points.

Diaw, who replaced Stoudemire at the center position, was really miserable in the playoffs. In the first round, Brand averaged more than 30 points per game, and in the second round, he met Yao Ming...

37 points, 8 rebounds, 5 blocks and 4 assists. Yao Ming went berserk in the first game of the second round.

Stoudemire was reimbursed, and the Suns seemed to have no problem in the regular season, but in the playoffs, two consecutive series were overwhelmed by the opponent's super insider.

Zen Master took advantage of the difference in the lineups of the two sides to play D'Antoni unnecessarily.

As for D'Antoni, he obviously has an advantage on the outside, but he just wants to run and shoot. D'Antoni just can't use it, and Eddie House and James Jones, who played well in the regular season, suddenly don't need it in the playoffs.

95 to 88, the Lakers limited the Suns to only 88 points and defeated the Suns at home.

The Suns played seven players and six scored in double figures. If only six players scored in double figures, it would look really good.

But only seven scored, the highest was only 20 points, the second highest Dior only made 23 of 6 shots and scored 14 points, which was overwhelmed by the Lakers.

When Liu Mang and Mike Woodson studied the Lakers' defense together, the weirdest thing they found was that the Lakers' defense against the Suns seemed too effective. D'Antoni seemed to direct the Suns to take the initiative to get up and let the Lakers defend.

He is also the "chef" who has won the best coach. Zen Master, if you give him Jordan and Pippen, he can cook a big dish; give him Kobe and O'Neal, and he can cook another big dish; give him Kobe and Yao Ming, and he can cook another big dish.

But D'Antoni, no matter what ingredients are given to him, what he makes is hot and sour potato shreds... Everyone likes it, but it won't make it to the playoffs.

But in the next game between the Nets and the Heat, the technical and tactical duel will be more interesting.

(End of this chapter)