From today on is the king

Chapter 1420 1419. Retribution for Sweeping the Eagles (seeking monthly ticket)

117 to 95, the Eagles beat the Pistons by 22 points and won the first victory in the series.

Compared with the two upsets in the West, the game in the East is in line with people's expectations.

The Eagles and Cavaliers are both stable opponents. Although the Bulls were chasing points in the final quarter, they also won. The Magic and Raptors were considered to be equal opponents.

What makes the Eastern Conference fans most happy is that there are also teams in the Eastern Conference that have scored more than [-] points in a single game in this year's playoffs...

The style of the Eagles' game is completely different from the other three series in the Eastern Conference. Although the Cavaliers crushed the Wizards, they did not score more than [-] points.

In the West, the Nuggets and Jazz both scored over [-] points even without three overtimes. The Spurs and Suns also broke [-] points, as did the Lakers and Rockets.

On the Eastern side, in terms of scoring, they rely on the Eagles to restore a little dignity.

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The first win in the series is very important to win the series, especially for the first round.

The entire history of the NBA playoffs, all series, after winning the first game, the probability of winning the series so far is 60.00% [-].

And those who win the first round in the first round have a 70.00% probability of advancing to 80.00. Since the beginning of the new century, this probability has been [-]%.

With an easy win in the first game, the Eagles' worries about the possible upset of the Pistons are completely gone.

The other party has definitely collapsed, so there is no need to worry.

The first games of all eight series have been played, and the media and fans have a clear judgment on the first round of the playoffs.

The Cavaliers, Eagles, and Lakers have a crushing advantage in the first round.

Although the Bulls won few wins, their defense was very stable. In the playoffs, their defensive advantage became even greater. Carter played such an outstanding performance, and Kidd also led the Nets to play a defense far beyond their normal level. The Nets still lost, and the Bulls had a very high probability of advancing.

The Magic and the Raptors, the Nuggets and the Jazz, the strength of the two series is evenly matched, and they may play at least six games.

The series between the Spurs and the Suns is hard to say. The Suns may be upset all the way. Judging from the strength shown, the Suns are not defeated by the Spurs as before. On the contrary, the reasonable switching of the two systems makes the Suns look better than the Spurs.

Popovich generally does not pay much attention to Artest fans. The San Antonio local media has a lot of negative comments on Artest’s offensive end in the regular season, which is far worse than in the past few seasons. They said that Artest did not play its due role.

Of course, many people think that the Spurs' first loss was an accident.

However, it is an indisputable fact that the series between the Spurs and the Suns is classified into the same [-]-[-] split as the series between the Magic and the Raptors, and the Nuggets and the Jazz.

Mavericks over there... people have already sounded the slogan of black eight.

Following the Nuggets in 1994, the Knicks in 1999, and the Eagles in 2003, fans seem to have seen another Black Eight team.

After the second match day of the playoffs, the voice of Black Eight continued to rise.

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There are various topics in the playoffs every year, and this year there are especially many topics.

Along with the heated discussions among the fans, Liu Mang and his teammates began to enjoy the relaxed first round of the playoffs.

On April 4st, the Eagles beat the Pistons 21-110 by 91 points and scored 19-2. Liu Mang performed well in this game, scoring 0 points, 15 rebounds and 14 assists, his first triple-double in the playoffs this season.

The increase in Liu Mang's assists is due to the adjustments made by the Eagles' coaching staff after the first game. Since Rondo doesn't care about statistics and devotes himself to defending Billups, Liu Mang has to take on more responsibility for organizing offenses, while McGrady has to shoot more.

It is mainly about the judgment of the opponent's defensive tendency. The Eagles coaching staff thinks that the Pistons will definitely defend Liu Mang with all their might, so they take advantage of this.

Then Coach Kruger judged correctly that the Pistons had no hope of winning, so against Liu Mang, Liu Mang only made 15 of 5 shots in the second game.

The Eagles easily won two consecutive victories, making their series with the Pistons completely lost suspense.

Although the Eagles win at home, but with the Eagles' dominance over the Pistons in the playoffs, fans feel that there is not much difference between home and away games.

The first round was too easy for Liu Mang, and it was also for the Eagles, so Liu Mang, who felt a little idle, worked with the coaching staff to conduct in-depth research on the performance of the Lakers, Spurs, Bulls, and Mavericks in the playoffs.

From the offense to the defense of the four teams, a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the "snake science" has been carried out.

It has to be said that the concept of "Snake Study" was put forward, and the in-depth analysis of "Snake Study" by experts, media, and professional basketball players has brought great help to Liu Mang!
It's not that Liu Mang's brain is not good enough, but that there are things that really don't exist before they appear.

After the theory of "Snakes" appeared, Liu Mang, the "creator", benefited the most. He immediately began to work with the coaching staff to turn this theory into an important way for the team to study opponents.

Using the analytical thinking that Liu Mang used when he recorded the program, and the scientific analysis method that Liu Mang did not expect after the in-depth analysis of this theory by various basketball players, the Eagles coaching staff formed the prototype of a new way of studying opponents.

On April 4, the second day after the second game of the series, the Eagles did not go to Detroit as early as in the previous series with the Pistons. Instead, they planned to wait until the 22rd, the day before the third game, before going to Detroit. There was a two-day break between the second and third games of the series between the Eagles and the Pistons. Next, they would go to Detroit to play two games in a row.

On the morning of the 22nd, with the analysis data of the Lakers, Spurs, Bulls, and Mavericks that he had studied in the past few days, Liu Mang came to the ESPN branch in Atlanta and recorded the program for most of the day...

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While the Hawks are "enjoying" the first round, the rest of the playoffs are on their way.

骑士队2比0领先，詹姆斯第二场33分9板11助攻，看得有强迫症的人很不舒服。

Just a little bit, just one rebound, James can get a 30+ triple-double like Baron Davis.

The Suns really won two games in a row, beating the Spurs 92-87 in the second game.

It has to be said that Bowen was abolished and Horry was used by the Spurs in exchange for Muhammad. Although the latter greatly improved the Spurs' internal strength, an insider with double-double ability and leadership at the peak is very important to the Spurs.

But the Spurs' front line wasn't dirty enough.

This year, the Suns are so dirty!
The Suns double-Thomas substitute insider combination, of which Kurt-Thomas nicknamed "Crazy Eye" and "Dirty Kurt", when he appeared on the court with O'Neal, caused huge trouble for the Spurs' outside breakthrough.

As for the Spurs, Artest is indeed a thorn, but apart from Auburn Hills...he really hasn't fought much. Although he is the best defensive player, his defense...is really not dirty. He is the best defensive player on the perimeter. The defense is the cleanest. Jordan's defense is not clean, Payton...

Artest's defense is hard, because his power forward's body has the flexibility of a point guard. The nickname of James without the ball is not available to anyone, only Josh Smith and Artest.

Artest's defensive ability is excellent, and he guards all the power forwards and small forwards of the Suns. No matter who the Suns are against him, it will be miserable.

But he couldn't play the provocative role of Bowen and Horry, nor did Horry maliciously injure his opponent for the sake of the championship.

Maliciously injuring an opponent must not be directly arranged by the coaching staff with such "tactics", but requires "talent". Otherwise, once it is exposed, the coach who arranged the injury tactics will basically never want to be in the NBA. Even Popovich, even if the Spurs management trusts him, he has to be fired under pressure, just like Sam Hinkie, the heroic general manager of the 76ers in the original time and space. , Because of the 76ers' approach, some teams followed suit, which seriously affected the overall income of the NBA.

After all, that approach will make NBA games less enjoyable.

The head coach instructs the players to maliciously commit crimes against the opponent, or to commit crimes against the opponent's balloon star. After being discovered, the result can be imagined.

Paper cannot hold fire.

Horry is a villain who's been known since the '90s, and he knows that, so he'll do that.

But Artest wouldn't. Bowen was already old and had been deposed by Liu Mang, so he didn't dare to do it. The opponent's Josh Smith was not easy to mess with.

As for the Spurs themselves, the regular season did not allow Artest to integrate into the team's offense. In the playoffs, it is impossible to temporarily integrate. Artest still has the strength of averaging 20+ per game at this stage, but on the offensive end, he can only be a shooter and grab rebounds for himself...

Although the Spurs played a good defense in the second game, if they didn't speed up and defended, the Spurs' own offense was also paralyzed.

2 to 0, the Suns won two consecutive away games.

On the Lakers side, they beat the Rockets again 109-101 in the second game.

The Lakers' game was interesting, they played with a "conscience", and suddenly they played a comeback. They lost 15 points in the first three quarters and fell behind 70 to 85. In the fourth quarter, they played 39 to 16 in a single quarter.

The Lakers froze and forcibly created a wave of suspense.

The Bulls were 86 to 72, and it was another extremely difficult game, except for defense or defense.

The Nuggets won two home games in a row, beating the Jazz 89-81. This time, Iverson had only 13 points and 11 assists due to the defense of the two teams. JR-Smith and Anthony both scored 20 points. The Nuggets won the second game at home.

On the Magic side, they played 1-1 with the Raptors and lost 92-97. After stealing a home court advantage, they will return to Orlando to play against the Raptors again.

The Mavericks took a breath of relief in the second game, 115 to 110. Although Nowitzki only had a poor performance of 15 of 4 in the front, but at the critical moment of the fourth quarter, he scored two three-pointers in a row, helping the Mavericks to establish an advantage when the score was anxious.

But the key to winning this game is the explosive Crawford and Harris.

One advantage of having a player like Crawford is that his performance has nothing to do with the opponent's defense. If he is in good form, he will be accurate. In the second game, Crawford made 26 of 14 shots and scored 44 points, setting a record for scoring in a single game in the playoffs this season.

Harris scored 12 of 8 and scored 22 points, which is the key for the Mavericks to hold the score in the face of Nowitzki's continued sluggish performance.

However, after the second game between the Mavericks and the Warriors, the voice of Hei Ba became stronger...

The Mavericks need Crawford to play far above normal to drag the game into the crunch time. If Crawford returns to the half-dead state of the first game...

Even the Mavericks' own players, who won the game, couldn't be happier. The media has been chasing and intercepting them these days, and all kinds of questions about the black eight have exhausted them physically and mentally.

In addition to factors such as strength and tactics, off-court factors are also very important for losing, and the psychological state of the players is also very important.

However, there were more than these things that made the Mavericks fans and the Mavericks team sad. At 4:22 pm on April 04nd, the Spurs, who didn’t love their parents and didn’t love their mothers, only had a day’s rest before going to the halftime break of the third game of the series between Phoenix and the Suns. ESPN began to broadcast the "Details" Mavericks-themed program...

This is a temporary addition. Due to the fifth game day of the playoffs, there are only two games, the Spurs and the Suns, and the Magic and the Raptors. ESPN’s live broadcast of the Magic and Raptors games is not as full of games as the previous four days. There is no time to broadcast. This time it is a special addition.

The reason, of course, is the popularity of the topic, the topic of "Mavericks being hacked". In the morning, Liu Mang recorded him and the coaching staff to analyze the "details" of the Mavericks. There were 4 episodes in total, from Nowitzki himself, to Crawford, to General Johnson, to the team's four offensive points. From the 22nd to the 25th, four days, one episode per day...

In addition, more in-depth analysis on the Lakers and Bulls, focused analysis on the Spurs, and analysis on the Cavaliers will all be broadcast in the next few days.

Basketball season, ESPN sports channel is in the NBA playoffs, almost all day is basketball programs, Liu Mang is willing to record, and several major tactical libraries of the Eagles coaching staff are willing to provide "technical support", ESPN will naturally not give up the opportunity to increase the ratings.

Liu Wei did not analyze the defense of the Mavericks. It is different from the fact that the Bulls relied on Garnett, Ben Wallace, and Big Z to improve their high-speed rotation defense, which is much better than the Eagles.

The Mavericks are feeling the malice from the Eagles...

Retribution for sweeping the Eagles during the regular season...

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Announcing the analysis of the opponent is not because Liu Mang is so "selfless", but because there is no need to hide it.

Announcing the opponent's weaknesses and methods of dealing with the opponent may indeed allow the opponent to make improvements in advance.

However, if you can improve some flaws so easily, why bring in stars.

Flaws are things that are difficult to improve and must be changed from the hardware.

Maybe Liu Mang's program will force some teams to improve, but at the juncture of the playoffs, it is impossible to change easily. Even if there is a way to avoid a flaw, it may lead to more flaws being exposed.

Moreover, the opponents analyzed by Liu Mang are all theoretically speaking, they are helping the opponents of the teams that pose a greater threat to the Eagles.

Liu Mang felt it was only natural to create trouble for his potential opponent.

There are already some freelance writers and fans on the Internet criticizing Liu Mang as "despicable", but Liu Mang doesn't care at all.

This is basketball, this is his basketball philosophy, as long as it does not violate morality, be despicable and shameless...

That would be despicable!

(End of this chapter)