From today on is the king

Chapter 1569 1568. The only strongest first step

从6分钟17比13，到半场51比43，再到三节70比60，再到91比78……

The game between the Eagles and the Magic made many people want to vomit blood...

Especially those fans who paid for the live broadcast after hearing about Carter's flat-handed dunks, hearing about Liu Mang's coquettish turnaround and jumper, and seeing Qian's 6-minute offensive play so hot... In fact, this is all good. If the fans who bought the live broadcast and started watching the game after the Eagles played a wave of 10-2, they would really vomit blood.

In the next three quarters, the defense was better than the last quarter, and the offense was worse than the last quarter.

The Magic only scored 78 points. Even though the Eagles only scored 91 points, the Magic still lost by 13 points!
In fact, in the second half of the third quarter, the head coach Skiles of the Magic had already understood the problems in the game, but it was too late!
"Sure enough, he is the most despicable head coach in the rumors! He obviously has an advantage in strength, but he is still playing dirty!"

Skiles scolded Coach Kruger in his heart. In his opinion, everything was a conspiracy by this bald coach!

As everyone knows...it's weird for the Eagles to win here...

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"Ace, I still don't understand. Why did they suddenly go crazy and want to play defense with us? They have no chance to play defense with us!" Jason Terry was sitting next to Liu Mang, applying ice compresses, still complaining.

Who made Jason Terry only get 4 points today, 8 of 2 shots, poor defensive effect, and only 15 minutes of playing time.

"I think this kind of game is great! Jason, don't you have a feeling of nostalgia? We used to play the Eastern Conference Finals when you were the starter, right?"

"It seems... At that time, we only scored [-] or [-] points in a game with the Nets... Ace, is it Sharif who wants to play such a game?"

"Maybe, as long as you can win."

Indeed, today's game made Liu Mang feel like he was back five or six years ago, with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists... The data is quite similar to the data at that time.

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The Eagles didn't know why, and the players on the Magic's side felt overwhelmed after Skiles' coach analyzed the problem for them.

The authorities are obsessed with onlookers, and many players have high IQs, but when playing games on the court, they often fail to think about the game from an overall perspective.

On the night of the game, the Magic players and the coaching staff "worked overtime" and watched the video of the game just finished, and found that they actually had a slight advantage when they played well in the starting stage.

Only then did they remember their original source of fighting spirit... Their starting five did not lose to the Eagles!At least a super starter of the same level!
The advantage of the Eagles against them lies in the strength of the rotation lineup stage. It is not to say that if Wade comes up, the Eagles' starting lineup will be able to crush their starting lineup.

It's just that their head coach Skiles didn't make the most correct judgment at the first time. Carter did a good job of holding the ball to avoid being oppressed and stealing.

Analysis and adjustments after the game are very useful. The players of the Magic team understand that the opponent's "trap" for losing so badly in the first game!
Raheem felt... the former little brother was still so insidious!Nothing has changed in all these years!

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After playing the first game, you have to prepare for the second game immediately, and the second game of the series will start on the 25th.

The Magic rallied for Game [-].

The main reason why the Magic regained their confidence so easily was that the Magic had long been prepared to lose the first game, or even lose both away games. After all, the opponent was the Eagles. The Magic players were very confident and wanted to beat the Eagles to enter the finals, but they were not arrogant enough to expect to win both away games.

On the Eagles side, on the morning of the 24th, they analyzed the reason why the Magic team had mysteriously started to fight defensively from the end of the first quarter last night, but they really couldn't figure it out!
If you can’t figure it out, don’t think about it!
Coach Kruger and Van Gundy stayed up almost all night last night, thinking about the tactics that the Magic played in the first half of the first quarter of yesterday's game.

God knows whether the opponent will continue to fight defensively from the beginning in the second game, or return to tactical play.

The Eagles have a big advantage here, which is experience!
Among the current head coaches, except for Pat Riley and Zen Master, Sloan, Popovich and a few others, not many team head coaches have as much playoff experience as Coach Kruger. The Eagles know how to deal with most advantages or disadvantages.

Just when the Magic and the Eagles were preparing for the second game with different thoughts, on the night of the 24th, the first game of the series between the Lakers and the Suns started...

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约什-史密斯17分14板、奥尼尔11分9板、纳什7分17助攻、卡尔德隆31分4助攻，贾森-理查德森21分，拉加-贝尔11分、巴博萨9分，迪奥7分7板3助攻……

Relying on Calderon's key three-pointer and Kobe's mid-range buzzer miss, the Suns beat the Lakers 126-124 with a two-point advantage!
要说表现……湖人队这边表现真没得说，科比23投12中，其中三分球7中3，罚球7中6，拿到33分4板8助攻。

姚明14投8中拿到22分8板，奥多姆12中6拿到14分11板，加索尔13中5拿到15分8板6助攻，王治郅15分3板2盖帽……

But Nash had 17 assists on the Suns side, and Nash himself only took 8 shots!
Nash is a well-known point guard whose teammates can make shots and it doesn't matter if he doesn't score. When the guard combination of Nash and Calderon can score crazy points, the Suns directly gave up defense!

To defend against Nash, the Lakers can only defend against Kobe. Jason Richardson had to use Barnes to defend, but Calderon scored 31 points in a single game!
After scoring 30+ for the first time in his career in the playoffs, Calderon has reached the pinnacle of his life, helping the Suns steal away home court advantage!

It can be seen from this game that the Lakers were not careless, played very seriously, and were very efficient, but the Suns were too fierce!

Ariza's absence left the Lakers without a third defensive point on the outside, which was used by the Suns!
And Captain Sun put Dior and O'Neal's double-fat insider combination on the field for a long time, playing a very wonderful feeling...

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In the duel between the strongest point guard and the strongest shooting guard of the 96 golden generation, Nash took the lead this time!

When Liu Mang watched the game, he realized that the Suns were really worthy of the Lakers!
And last year's playoffs lost to the Lakers, this year's Suns came with the determination of revenge.

Taking advantage of the last year of Josh Smith's rookie contract and Nash's cheap annual salary of tens of millions, the Suns got Jason Richardson last summer, plus the O'Neal they got before, as well as Raja Bell, Double Thomas and others... Don't worry about the Lakers!
After watching the game, Liu Mang checked the information and found that his memory was correct!
In the regular season this year, the two teams in the Pacific Division played against each other in four games. The Suns won three times, and the Lakers only won once!
I was so impressed because the Eagles' next opponent, the Suns after their 17-game winning streak, just defeated the Lakers and Spurs in consecutive away games!
"The West is so strange..."

Liu Mang sighed with emotion and went to sleep.

It seems that the strength of the Suns and the Lakers is similar, but Calderon made a key shot, and the little blacksmith made it.

This is just right for Liu Mang, the more intense the fight in the west, the better!
The Suns shit stick is at its peak and has met Liu Mang's expectations when he sent Josh Smith to the Suns.

As for who the final opponent is, Liu Mang hopes it will still be the Lakers, of course it would be the best to take revenge on the Lakers.

But being able to meet Nash in the finals...

That doesn't feel bad either!

Similar to Liu Mang's thoughts, most public opinion on the Internet thinks that the continuation of the series between the Eagles and the Lakers is very interesting, mainly because the Lakers won once last year. If the Lakers keep losing, it is enough to watch two or three times.

However, the super point guard matchup between Nash and Liu Mang is also very interesting.

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On the night of the 25th, the second game of the series between the Eagles and the Magic arrived as scheduled.

Before the game even started, Liu Mang felt the displeased eyes of the opponent's two stars just when he entered the field...

That kind of anger mixed with a little contempt in the eyes...

Liu Mang was depressed, he didn't seem to have offended them...shouldn't he offended them, did he offend them if he won the day before yesterday?

But what does that bit of contempt mean?
The Eagles sent Liu Mang, Wade, McGrady, Marion, and Kwame Brown to the starting lineup.

Today, the Eagles made some adjustments to the starting lineup. Wade was directly put on the starting lineup. Rondo and Jason Terry were waiting on the bench together. Finley was also put on the active list.

The Magic's starting lineup is the same as the previous game. The starting lineup of Nelson, Carter, Turkoglu, Raheem, and Howard debuted.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air...

This time Kwame Brown won!

Kwame Brown pushed the ball back, Liu Mang received the ball at the free throw line and pushed forward.

The change of the Eagles' starting lineup today made the Magic's defense a little flustered at the beginning!
These three perimeters come together... In addition to increasing the confrontation like the previous game, one-on-one is basically unstoppable!

Liu Mang's singles with the ball forward also caused a little problem for the Magic's defense.

But this time the Magic did not start a defensive battle in a panic when they saw this combination like in the previous game. Carter calmly guarded the top arc, waiting for Liu Mang to advance.

When Liu Mang reached a distance of about one meter from the three-point line, Carter immediately posted it to prevent Liu Mang from directly throwing a three-pointer.

Liu Mang followed the movement of Carter's pounce, speeding up his attack!
"Ding... the strongest first step is triggered at level 5, the host's speed will be +5 within two seconds..."

Liu Mang left Carter behind in one step. The Magic team was prepared. Nelson let go of Wade and attacked Liu Mang.

After taking a big step into the three-point line, Liu Mang patted the ball, grabbed the ball, and threw the ball to Wade who was cutting in from the left when Nelson came up to defend. Nelson immediately rushed back towards Wade.

But... Wade ran to the edge of the three-second zone, turned around and ran out of the baseline...

"Oops!"

Howard turned around quickly, and the big number 24 was already printed on his face!
(End of this chapter)