From today on is the king

Chapter 1425 1424. End of Record
Garnett's high popularity does not mean that the Bulls are high in popularity. This is the consensus of the media this season.

It can be seen from the number of buyers of the Bulls live broadcast and the actual ratings of the game. The average number of live purchases of the Bulls in the regular season this season exceeds 500 million, ranking fifth in the league after the Lakers, Eagles, Cavaliers, and Knicks, and higher than the Suns, Warriors, Nuggets, and Magic.

But the actual ratings can only be ranked [-]th. Most of the American fans with a strong sense of authenticity are only willing to watch Garnett's appearance and critical moments at the beginning, because the pace is too slow after all.

For example, in the game between the Eagles and the Bulls, more than 1700 million people bought the live broadcast, and the ratings dropped by half before the first quarter was over.

In the first 2 minutes, the two teams combined only scored six points, which made the fans in front of the TV feel shocked.

Sure enough, at the end of the first quarter, the Eagles only led 18-16 by two points...

This was still in the last two seconds of the first quarter, when Jason Terry received a throw from Liu Mang who was double-teamed to the dead corner. Jason Terry hit a 27-foot ultra-long three-pointer at the buzzer before leading by two points.

In the regular time of the first quarter, the Eagles only scored 15 points!
In terms of defense, Liu Mang can think of [-] ways to hinder the Bulls' offensive tactics with his eyes closed. Garnett's high-post support ability has not been fully reflected in the Bulls.

Bargnani of the Raptors plays as a small forward and has the ball inside. Howard and Raheem of the Magic are both good inside scorers. Milicic and Turkoglu's support ability is so good. Parker of the Spurs has the highest shooting percentage in the three-second zone among outside players in the league, higher than Liu Mang and James. Needless to say, both of them are addicted to drugs. As a low-post master, Gasol's well-improved support played with ease.

As far as the Bulls' lineup is concerned, Garnett's high-post support ability cannot be fully utilized.

Therefore, the strategy discussed by Liu Mang and Mike Woodson to limit the Bulls' team offense is very effective.

The Bulls could only rely on the individual abilities of Garnett, Luol Deng, and Hinrich to score, scoring only 16 points in the first quarter.

But ... the Bulls' offensive strategy against the Hawks was also well-studied.

The introduction of "Snake Science" not only benefits the Eagles, but other teams are definitely better at playing this game without Liu Mang. However, if you spend more time, you can always analyze it according to the analysis method Liu Mang used in the program.

From the shooting rate of players in each shooting area, the probability of using various breakthrough lines, the probability of various options after the pick-and-roll... other teams may not be able to use it very well, but the Bulls, which only have defense and rank first in the league, have used it very well, allowing the Eagles to only score 15 points in regular time.

Thanks to Jason Terry's catch-up shot, the Eagles led by two points in the first quarter.

Liu Mang and Rondo, who came off the bench after the official timeout, have worked hard to pick up the rhythm, but the Eagles still only got 21 shots in the first quarter, and the Bulls even fewer, only 17 shots.

This is a bit far from the Hawks' average of 95 shots per game and nearly 24 shots per quarter in the first round.

This kind of game, the more you play, the more beneficial it is for the Bulls!
The Eagles easily swept the Pistons in the first round, which really gave the Eagles an advantage in terms of physical fitness.

However, the Bulls have fought against the Nets in the first round, and have scored more than 60 to 60 in a single game. The Bulls are used to this situation.

After the Eagles struggled to lead by two points in the first quarter, they fell into a clear disadvantage in the second quarter.

The Eagles, who scored 18 points in the first quarter, only scored 15 points in the second quarter.

The Bulls scored one more goal in this quarter and scored 19 points in a single quarter.

35 to 33, after halftime, the Bulls led by two points and entered the intermission.

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Headache, uncomfortable, crazy...but there is nothing to do!
This is part of basketball, not how strong you are personally, or how many ways you can think of.

Sometimes it just doesn't work!
Garnett's ferocious roar made Liu Mang want to complain.

But let alone, Garnett's hard-working and passionate style of play is really difficult to deal with.

He had the strength to put it there, and it looked funny afterwards, but at the time it did make opponents and teammates feel his strength.

On the offensive end, the Bulls and Garnett don't match up very well, but the defense is too tacit and strong!
Excessive outside confrontation has caused the Eagles' shooting efficiency to decline, and the Bulls have been playing this way for a year, and they have long been used to it.

"Mike, you said that if we don't guard against them, they won't be able to make shots? Why do you feel that the greater the confrontation, the more accurate their shots?" Liu Mang complained to Mike Woodson.

"Ace, this is a good idea, you can tell the coach." Mike Woodson felt that Liu Mang had a strange mind.

Liu Mang also complained.

During the intermission, coach Kruger rearranged his tactics.

But the biggest problem is that this is the home court of the Bulls, and it is not easy to blow the whistle against the referee. Sometimes the calls are quite controversial, and there is a high probability that they are biased towards the Bulls.

McGrady and Jason Terry just complained and were called technical fouls.

The Eagles played well in the third quarter, at least much better than the first two quarters. Liu Mang, Jason Terry, and Tracy McGrady played together and scored 17 points in a single quarter. With a supplementary 2+1 from Marion, the Eagles scored 20 points in a single quarter.

But for a whole quarter, the Eagles scored on these four people.

The Bulls caught Jason Terry in the third quarter, allowing Duhon to play singles continuously, scoring 9 points in a single quarter, and helping the Bulls score 23 points in a single quarter!
At the end of the three quarters, the Bulls entered the intermission with a 58-53 lead over the Eagles by 5 points.

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COSCO cast too much!

Too much!
In addition to the second offensive score and the rare counterattack score inside, Liu Mang and his teammates rarely get the chance to score inside.

By the time of the official timeout in the middle of the fourth quarter, the Eagles had already trailed by 7 points, and the distribution of the scores of the two teams was displayed on the big screen.

The Eagles scored only 17 points inside, and only 29 points with free throws!Although the Bulls scored only 14 points inside, and only 25 points with free throws, which is lower than the Eagles.

But the Bulls are not a team with a lot of inside scoring, and the Eagles, a team that ranks first in the league in regular season inside scoring, is higher than the Lakers and Spurs. After playing 43 minutes, they only scored 17 points inside!
At the 7th minute of the fourth quarter, the Hawks still trailed the Bulls 64 to 71, and the point difference widened to 7 points, the largest in the game.

There were some obvious home calls, and the Bulls gave a high-intensity defense that was completely different from the Pistons. It was really difficult for Liu Mang to lead the team to recover the point difference.

Tried several times, but in the end it didn't work very well.

After returning from the official timeout, Liu Mang tried to rush inside, but in the playoffs, it was not as easy to get the whistle as in the regular season. With Garnett as the core, Ben Wallace or Big Z on the inside, and Luol Deng, Hinrich, or Du Hong, Sefolosha and others on the outside with high-speed rotation defense, rushing in was a quagmire, either a mistake or a strike.

The key is not to get the whistle!

Pengci players are disgusting and incomprehensible in the regular season, but in the playoffs, this advantage will be greatly reduced.

Liu Mang played poorly in this game. He only made 20 of 8 shots, 8 of 2 three-pointers, and 12 of 9 free throws. He only scored 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

除了刘莽的27分，麦迪的15分，贾森-特里的11分和马里昂的7分，只有格兰特-希尔的6分和夸梅-布朗的4分……隆多、格兰杰、大卫-李等人上去都吃了零蛋。

戈塔特上去打了13分钟……3中0，0分0板0助攻……只有3铁。

The rookie played too badly when he encountered such a bad inside combination of Ben Wallace and Garnett.

David Lee, who Liu Mang had placed high hopes on, also performed poorly in the low post, worse than his sister-in-law met Garnett in the playoffs. He made 5 of 0 shots and was blocked by Garnett twice.

The Eagles only scored 73 points in the game, and finally lost to the Bulls by five points 73 to 78.

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The Eagles lost Game [-] of the series!

This... is the first time in Liu Mang's career!
Decisively hit the headlines.

Liu Mang played 19 rounds of the series before his career, and won the first win of the series 19 times. Even in the 02-03 season, the Eagles won the first victory in all three rounds of the series when they had no home court advantage.

In the end, this record ended at 19 times.

"It was a poor game, I didn't get to take too many shots, they had a good defense, but we've figured out how to win and we'll go home with a tie the day after tomorrow."

Liu Mang issued a powerful declaration at the press conference after the game.

Next time, we must win!
In fact, this game... not much to lose!
This is an important reason why Liu Mang was not particularly disappointed after the game.

I did lose, and I was very passive all the way.

But in the end only lost 5 points!
That is to say, as long as the Eagles make 74 strikes out of 28 of 46 shots and make even two more shots, the Eagles have a chance to win!

The first game was supposed to test the strength of the Bulls.

As a team coming to the away game, Liu Mang knew exactly what the team wanted.

If the Eagles had the upper hand and could overwhelm the home team, there would be no need for Liu Mang to do anything.

But the Eagles don't have that kind of strength this year, so the first game needs to be tested to test the strength of the Bulls in this year's playoffs.

Watching game tape is not always as good as experiencing it yourself.

Of course, winning must be won, and the Eagles also defended the Bulls to only 78 points in a single game.

But... the first game has already been lost, and the second game... Liu Mang can't afford to lose!
Shout out the winning goal first!

(End of this chapter)