From today on is the king

Chapter 1442 1441. Destroy the dead, six advances to the east! (seeking a monthly ticket)

Liu Mang made 4 of 4 shots at the beginning of today's game, and Garnett's head was big.

But Garnett has always known how strong Liu Mang is. He was so strong that Garnett couldn't snatch the MVP from this guy in his strongest season. As one of the five best players in the league, Garnett has a deeper feeling for Liu Mang's strength than Hinrich.

Although Hinrich is a seasoned player, and Hinrich played the peak performance of his career in the fourth grade, Hinrich's peak performance... is a player on the verge of an All-Star, with quasi-first-class scoring ability and second-level defense, but obviously, he is not an All-Star player.

What Hinrich thought was that if they beat Liu Mang once in the playoffs, they would cross the mountain hanging over the heads of their 03 generation.

And Garnett...he just wants to take advantage of the Hawks' weakening period after the three-peat to win the Eagles.

If they don't win this year, after the young players of the Eagles grow up, it will be another two-year championship cycle!

Just like the 02-03 season and the 03-04 season, in the 02-03 season, Boozer, Prince and other rookies were still growing, and the Eagles failed to win the championship, but in the 03-04 season, Boozer was already very good.

This year's Eagles are very similar to the 02-03 season. Of course, there is no such unlucky thing as the beginning of the 02-03 season, but they are basically the same. They are all rookies with talent, but they have yet to be developed. Granger and David Lee are not the type of rapid growth that Boozer and Prince have in their second grades. Rondo is still a rookie.

Garnett knows that next season, after the young players of the Eagles improve, the Eagles will even pass the first year of preparation for the championship cycle.

In next season, even if McGrady’s defense is still weak in the regular season, Rondo, who has grown up for a year, and Grant Hill, who has adjusted better and cooperated with the team more tacitly after a summer, can top him. Jason Terry is half dead in the regular season, and there are other young substitutes.

And... if the Eagles don't win this year, there will definitely be a lot less arrogance next season...

This season is the best chance for the Eastern Conference to beat the Hawks. Garnett just wants to take this opportunity to beat the Hawks, just like the Nets in the 02-03 season.

but……

Today is different... Liu Mang is no longer the sophomore who just stepped into the starting position from the bench!

In the first three games of this round of the series, Liu Mang won an away game by relying on Kobe's star card to avoid being beaten 3-0 by the opponent at the beginning. Later, in the case of 2-2, Liu Mang led his teammates to win Tianwang Mountain.

In this tiebreaker, Liu Mang didn't panic as much as in the last tiebreaker, and instead performed better under pressure!
After returning from a timeout in the first quarter, Liu Mang immediately adjusted his style of play. As he expected, the opponent had more restrictions on his breakthrough.

The Bulls’ defense against Liu Mang’s breakthrough to the mid-range shot was initially to let Garnett or Ben Wallace, one of the two players who were closer to Liu Mang’s breakthrough to the mid-range, to help defend. Although both of them blocked the passing route of Liu Mang, Marion or Kwame Brown very well, Grant Hill was very old. After all, he was a 13-year veteran. Gao, the first time Grant Hill took the initiative to block, McGrady knew what this former teammate was thinking, and began to actively look for opportunities to cut in when Liu Mang broke through or use the pick-and-roll to pick-and-roll for Liu Mang or Marion.

Of course, the most ... is to use the pick-and-roll to rush into the inside line to grab offensive rebounds!
The official timeout at the 7th minute of the first quarter, the Eagles lead 17 to 9 by 8 points, after the first quarter, the Eagles lead 25 to 18, 7 points!
In a single quarter, he made 12 of 6 shots, 8 of 5 mid-range shots, 3 of 0 three-pointers, 1 of 1 layups, and 2 of 1 free throws. Although he didn't make a single three-pointer, Liu Mang still scored 13 points in a single quarter!
The point is to attract the opponent's defense to the middle distance. Although there is no room to pass the ball inside, Ben Wallace or Garnett are very good defensively, but Liu Mang didn't plan to pass the ball at all. He only made a long pass in the last 37 seconds of the first quarter.

After attracting the opponent's defense to the middle distance, Liu Mang faced the defense and made a hard shot. Although he hit the iron 6 times in a single quarter, he was grabbed by his teammates for offensive rebounds three times. In the case of other people's average hands, the others scored 12 points in a single quarter!
Of course, the focus is on defense, limiting the Bulls to no more than 20 points in a single quarter.

Liu Mang had 3 defensive rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks in a single quarter. Garnett blocked both shots inside. He gave Ben Wallace and Luol Deng a big block each, which made Garnett dare not pass inside easily and chose to pass to teammates outside.

There is no inside offense, the outside shot is floating, and when the inside score is only 4 points, it is actually very good to be able to score 18 points in a single quarter.

However, Liu Mang's explosive performance today, and a better offensive feeling than usual, allowed the Eagles to score 25 points in a single quarter even though the Bulls had already defended very well!
This... is even more surprising than the single-quarter performance played with Kobe's star card and teammates' good touch!

……

Leading by 7 points in a single quarter brought great confidence to the Eagles.

Liu Mang also feels quite confident in his offensive end today. The offensive end does not mean that his shots are more accurate, but that he has a very special feeling in terms of selection, and he can always make the most correct decision at the first time.

This kind of decision is not necessarily reasonable, but for the Eagles, it is the best decision.

By the second quarter, the Bulls' defense began to adjust again.

The Eagles were blocked for three consecutive offenses at the beginning. Fortunately, the Bulls defended well. The Bulls only made one of the four offenses.

After Liu Mang made 3-of-0 three-pointers, the Bulls started the second quarter by letting Sefolosa step back a little to defend and retreated into the three-point line. They wanted to block Liu Mang's breakthrough, so they would rather give Liu Mang a little three-pointer chance.

The Bulls are just gambling, they can only gamble!
Liu Mang's mid-range shot was very accurate today, but the three-pointer was really bad. In the first three offenses in the second quarter, Liu Mang made two three-pointers.

However, after returning from a timeout, being chased to 21 to 25, and the point difference narrowed to 4 points, Liu Mang had a new way to deal with the Bulls' defense.

When the breakthrough failed, Liu Mang played a pick-and-roll with Granger, who came off the bench. During the pick-and-roll, he passed the ball to Granger and asked Granger to shoot.

If Granger can't make a shot, he will be replaced. Jason Terry, McGrady, Granger, Marion... There is always one who can make a shot.

After a few rounds of adjustment at the beginning of the second quarter, Liu Mang's adjustments began to show. Marion's three-pointer today is very trustworthy. He made one in the first quarter and two in the second. In the first half, he made 5 of 3 three-pointers, which played an important role in allowing the Eagles to still take the lead at halftime!
The Bulls' adjustments today are phenomenal, very good, very targeted, and because of the pressure to go fishing if they lose, they rarely execute very well.

But at this time, one thing that Liu Mang could ignore - physical fitness, showed his greatest advantage!

Some players find it difficult to make effective adjustments when encountering a defense that is extremely targeted at him, and it is inseparable from physical fitness. A certain No. 23 player who changed his jersey but denied that it was related to No. 24 can have the title of King of the Western Conference Finals, and the title of King of the Western Conference Finals played on the Spurs.

Although the Bulls' defense was stronger than the peak Spurs and created a lot of trouble for Liu Mang, Liu Mang helped the team draw 3-3 in the first six games... In the seventh game, Liu Mang entered a very special state!
No matter how the Bulls adjust, Liu Mang can find the gap!
The last time Liu Mang had this special feeling was in the Tianwangshan battle in the 2005 finals!
From the first quarter today, the fans had a very strange feeling about this game... Everything is under Liu Mang's control!

Instead of relying on his unexpected low-post offensive ability to control the audience like in the second game, Liu Mang used the skills he was good at, and usually showed the most abilities, but the choice was better than usual.

The fans can't tell what it feels like, but from the intuitive feeling of watching the game, the fans feel that the Eagles have an absolute upper hand today!

really……

The resilience of the Bulls, their defensive discipline, and flexibility kept the Bulls from falling behind too much throughout the game. The Eagles did not widen the point difference to more than 10 points, but...

No matter what adjustments the Bulls make, no matter how tough they are, no matter how good they think of a way to deal with Liu Mang and the Eagles, Liu Mang can make the right adjustments and then give the Eagles an advantage again.

Although it didn't achieve a huge score advantage, it seemed that the Bulls had been biting tight.

but……

The fans watching the game had a very special feeling that no matter how good the Bulls' defense was, Liu Mang could defeat it!
The fans' perception of this game was very strange. The point difference was not too big, but Liu Mang's performance was as if he had completely blown the opponent away!
At this time, the beauty of the only text that has been passed down for thousands of years is reflected. Some Chinese fans posted online during the game break: Liu Mang has a feeling of being destroyed today!

After halftime, the Eagles led 48 to 42 by six points, and after three quarters, the Eagles led 69 to 66 by three points.

But after the Bulls narrowed the point difference to 3 points, there was no further opportunity. In the crucial fourth quarter, Liu Mang took more shots. Moreover, after Liu Mang made a solid one, he led his teammates to try their best to defend the opponent as hard as possible.

Steady suppression, the point difference is not big, but no matter how hard the Bulls try, they just feel like they can't catch up!
Missed that breath!

When they were in the transition period, the two teams played continuously. After the point difference stopped at three to five points for a long time, the Eagles always broke the deadlock first.

Because Shuanglang is more daring to vote!
This time... no more being dragged into overtime by the Bulls!
With 37 seconds left, Liu Mang passed the ball to McGrady. McGrady threw the ball with 1 second left and hit a three-pointer, making the score 91 to 82. The Eagles extended their lead to 9 points and sealed the victory!

最终，靠着刘莽41投15中，三分14中2，罚球9中6，拿到38分9板4助攻2抢断4盖帽以及……6失误和4犯规的数据，帮助老鹰队以91比86击败公牛队，赢下抢七大战晋级东部决赛！

The Bulls are already playing very well, but Liu Mang's performance is even better!
Although, Liu Mang's shooting rate is less than 40.00%, and he has only four assists. From the statistics, Liu Mang's performance is very poor, very poor, only 41 points in 38 shots.

But fans who watched the game know how amazing Liu Mang's performance was in this game!
Some fans have always regarded "the effect that the data cannot reflect" as a joke, but those who watched the tiebreaker between the Eagles and the Bulls today really felt what is called "the effect that the data cannot reflect".

The Bulls prevented Liu Reck's shooting percentage and Liu Reck's assists, but Liu Reck made the fans who watched the game feel amazing!
and……

The Eagles won!
Liu Mang has reached the Eastern Conference finals in six consecutive seasons since his rookie season!

(End of this chapter)