From today on is the king

Chapter 1461. 1460. The Fury of Atlanta

It took a day to fly back to Atlanta from Los Angeles and the rest of the journey. On June 6, the Eagles prepared for a day.

There is not much preparation time. The rest days between each of the first four games of this year's finals are two days.

but……

The Eagles who returned to the home court did not hold the first home game as expected.

Of course, after entering the finals, teammates will work hard.

Back at home, the performance of Liu Mang and McGrady in the second game also gave their teammates confidence.

But after returning to the home court, it is inevitable that there will be some psychological relaxation because of returning to the home court to find "reliance". The performance of Liu Mang and McGrady in the second game has also become the "reliance" of teammates...

In the third game, the Eagles returned to the home court.

Amid the cheers from the fans, Liu Mang performed well. He made 31 of 14 shots, 15 of 7 three-pointers, and scored 47 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in a single game. Seeing that Liu Mang had a good hand, McGrady also took the initiative to take on the task of attracting defense and playing for Liu Mang.

15中6，拿到19分10板12助攻，麦迪打出了职业生涯第五次总决赛三双。

but……

The Eagles returned to their first game at home and only scored 92 points!
Both Liu Mang and McGrady scored 66 points combined, and the rest of the Eagles combined to score 26 points!
In the first game back at home, except for the Maimang combination, the performance of the Eagles was not as good as in the second game!

Although the Eagles did a good job defensively, limiting the Lakers to 99 points, the lowest score since the Finals, the Eagles returned home with only 92 points!No matter how good the defense is, it's useless!
0 is better than 3!

After a lapse of 5 years, a team fell behind 0 to 3 in the finals again. The last time the Nets entered this situation was in 2002. Before that, the Magic team fell behind 1995 to 0 in the first three games in 3. But that time the Magic was even worse. The Magic lost the first two games at home.

……

The worst scenario that Liu Mang had been worried about since the beginning of the season appeared, even...worse than the worst scenario he was worried about!
Liu Mang knew that there would be a lot of trouble after the three consecutive championships, such as declining state, decreased concentration, pride, and even the mentality that he never thought about continuing to win the championship...

The decline in form, Jason Terry confirmed, is mainly tired.

Concentration has declined. Before the Bulls series, McGrady basically did not consider the issue of concentration throughout the season. If you are interested, you can play it well.

Pride...that's what the Hawks collectively did.

The mentality of not thinking about continuing to win the championship... This actually appeared on the two new stars Marion and Grant Hill.

Just like what Grant Hill planned before he joined, he joined in advance just for a better run-in. This kind of thinking did not expect to win this season from the beginning, and reaching the finals was beyond his expectations.

Marion is also similar. He just wants to get in and help the team win more games. As for whether the performance in the playoffs this season will be good, Marion is very open. He will not worry about the future of the Eagles, but he does not have particularly high expectations for this season.

From the very beginning to the finals, Liu Mang never expected that, except for McGrady, everyone else would wither in the finals!
Not to mention the first and second graders, except that Granger, who has a stable mentality, performed well and did a good job defending against Kobe on the bench. To defend against Kobe, you need McGrady, Grant Hill, and Granger who are tall and conscious. The other first and second graders... Rondo has become the opponent's defensive tactics.

After three games, McGrady was not so excited except for the first game. From the second game, he became the strongest player of the Eagles when Liu Mang was targeted by the opponent.

第二场35+10，第三场拿到14分10板12助攻，帮助刘莽单场拿到47分。

But others...

Dead!

After the first home loss, the Eagles locker room was dead silent.

Falling behind 0 to 3, the worst possibility Liu Mang thought of was falling behind 1 to 3, which was the worst possibility he thought of before the start of the finals.

But I didn't expect that after working so hard, the team worked so hard to discuss, train, and fight on the court, and they fell behind 0 to 3!

Nobody complained about anything.

At this time, there is nothing to complain about, and no one is in the mood to complain about teammates.

Liu Mang didn't have anything to complain about. During the game, his teammates worked hard, both offensively and defensively. It was true that the defense worked after the third game, but the offensive state was poor.

0 to 3 behind... When this kind of thing happened in front of them, the mentality of the Eagles players gradually collapsed, and their beliefs began to collapse...

"Does the establishment of a dynasty really mean the end of a dynasty?"

This idea appeared in the heads of all the players of the Eagles.

Except in the 60s, no team has won more than three consecutive championships, and the three consecutive championships, after the Celtics' eight consecutive championships, have only four times, no more, and no four consecutive championships.

As strong as the OK combination, they were almost swept away in the second round of the second year after three consecutive championships.

Jordan retired for the first time, and some people said that he was afraid of losing in the fourth year after winning three consecutive championships, so he escaped. Of course, few people said this, but more people thought that Jordan might win eight consecutive championships if he did not retire.

But everyone knows that eight consecutive championships are absolutely impossible. In the 90s, the number of NBA teams has gradually increased to 29 teams. In the 60s, there were only 1956 teams. The playoffs were only a few games apart from the finals. The Celtics made it to the finals in the entire decade from 1966 to 6. Yes, the Lakers also entered the finals 1957 times during that period. , that is, the Eagles led by Bob Pettit in the 1958-[-] season.

When the Celtics won eight consecutive championships, the Celtics, the Lakers, and the Eagles were the only teams that had a chance to win the championship. In that decade, there were only two championships by the Celtics and the Eagles.

The 90s was already very different. There were already a lot of championship teams in the 90s, and it is even more different now. There are three major players in the east and west.

Therefore, three consecutive championships are equivalent to climbing the peak and ending the peak. This is the consensus of the people.

The Eagles players also wanted to fight at the beginning.

Losing two away games was not too disappointing, but returning home and losing the first game...

This feels... basically tantamount to confirming the previous unease and the arguments of the fans and the media.

0 to 3 behind, which means only... elimination!
"The worst plan I've thought about for a long time, I didn't expect it to be so bad..." Liu Mang smiled wryly and couldn't help but read out loud.

The Chinese that Liu Mang used was not understood by others, but it attracted the attention of his teammates.

The coaching staff went out to deal with the media, and did not let the players bear the siege of reporters.

Losing... Everyone will lose, 0 to 3 behind, the Eagles have never thought about it at all, but things have come to this point, protecting the players is what the coaching staff has to do.

Not all coaches like to blame their players.

Disrupted the quiet atmosphere in the locker room... The teammates who were in a depressed state all looked at Liu Mang.

At this moment, Liu Mang, who was still affected by the low air pressure of his teammates just now, was stared at by more than a dozen teammates, feeling... so special...

Being stared at by his teammates like this, Liu Mang no longer felt the depression of defeat and his displeasure with the current situation.

Just ease the embarrassment!
Liu Mang said to his teammates who were looking at him: "Okay, take a shower and get ready to go back to sleep. We haven't been eliminated yet. Are you going to hold a fishing competition with the Mavericks right now?"

Everyone else was still in a half-dead depressed mood, when they heard Liu Mang's words...

"Why is the boss still so confident? It's 0 to 3!"

This was the thought of the rest of the Eagles when they heard Liu Mang's words.

It is true that Liu Mang is not particularly confident now, but considering the current situation, the mentality of his teammates who heard what Liu Mang said, and the negative things they thought just now, seeing Liu Mang's normal expression, the teammates feel that they are full of confidence.

"Boss, we are going to be eliminated..." Kwame Brown couldn't help blurting out.

When Liu Mang heard this, he didn't think there was any surprise. The first person whose mentality exploded was indeed this guy.

"Isn't this still eliminated?" When Liu Mang said this, his mood began to change again.

Indeed, as far as public opinion is concerned, after winning three consecutive championships, the Eagles will not bear too many negative voices after failing to continue to win the championship in the fourth year, not to mention that they have reached the finals this season.

But Liu Mang... is not reconciled!
This kind of unwillingness is like losing to the Nets in the tiebreaker in 2003...even worse!
After winning the championship, it's good that Liu Mang didn't make it to the finals, but if he gets to the finals and loses...

Liu Mang is not reconciled!
Very unwilling!
Seeing that the emotions of his teammates seem to be ups and downs, but because of Kwame Brown's words, not all fluctuations are in a good direction. The card that Liu Mang wanted to use before the finals must be used now.

Although the timing of using it may be very bad, so bad that Liu Wei doesn't know whether it can have a good effect, or it may have no effect...

However, Liu Mang is really not reconciled!He wants to keep fighting!

Even if the final result...

Liu Mang activated the power of the head of state, and said in a speech tone: "We are all going to lose anyway, right? Why are we depressed? Frustrated, we are also going to lose, right? Since we are going to lose, why don't we make it more difficult for them to win?
We lost the final once, but they are crazy about winning the championship. They probably have prepared champagne in the hotel to celebrate. Do you want to see them celebrate in our place?

And... We have already been champions, we have already won three consecutive championships, and it's not that we can't afford to lose, don't look like you were dumped by a woman, there are two days left, we will fight them to the end in the next game! "

"Ding... Special Card: Atlanta's Fury Preconditions 1: In the playoff series, the opponent wins three games first. (Completed) 2: The host uses language to arouse the displeasure and anger of his teammates. (Completed), special card: Atlanta's Fury has met the conditions for use. The host can use Atlanta's Fury to maximize the team's current emotions..."

　Woke up at four o'clock. . .Completed the chapter that I wrote 07 words last night. .By 30:[-], I had written another chapter before leaving for work. .I went to the company to correct the typos and then updated, to see if there are any typos
　　
　
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