From today on is the king

Chapter 525. 524. The Little Eagle Spreads Its Wings

"Ace, it's the first time to enter the playoffs with such a low ranking, and there is no home court advantage throughout the whole process. For the first time to enter the playoffs as the eighth, will the goals you shouted at the beginning of the season change?"

"This is a great experience. We went so smoothly last year. We thought it would be the same this year. Life should have ups and downs like this. Let us learn lessons and experience. Moreover, although we are only eighth, we have entered the playoffs and have the hope of a championship. We will still be the best team."

"That is to say, today, we are going to prepare for the black eight? Should we keep a low profile, it is not good to be heard by the opponent!"

"It's okay, they don't understand Chinese."

"Ha ha……"

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Because the Eagles declined all interviews in the previous three days, except for the season summary meeting that Liu Mang did not attend, he accepted an interview. After that, he did not accept any interviews during the three preparation days in Detroit. On the day of the series against the Pistons, the Eagles finally opened up for interviews.

Liu Mang accepted ESPN from Youtai, an exclusive interview from the domestic court station, and a pre-match press conference.

Liu Mang and the Eagles maintained full confidence throughout the process, and they were all full of confidence in advancing to the second round.

Although the Pistons are better this year than last season, the Hawks are also better. The three Hawks have improved significantly, and they have joined Prince and Boozer, two powerful rookies. The Hawks have no reason not to be unconfident.

This made the Pistons players very upset, especially when Emmanuel and Leon Smith, who were not on the active list of the Eagles, were surrounded by a bunch of reporters, and even the most popular star of the Pistons, Ben Wallace, was only interviewed by a few local reporters from TNT and Detroit. The Pistons players were even more upset!

The pay gap is also obvious!
The last thing Liu Mang accepted was that he had to follow the Eagles all the way in the playoffs. Most of the games had to be an interview with Zhang Weiping, who was the on-site commentator.

Today, the Palace of Auburn Hills, home of the Pistons, finally provided the Eagles with rest areas, training grounds, functional drinks, etc., and even provided game consoles, computers, and small cards left by some staff in the locker room.

Those things in the front must be provided by the home team of the visiting team, and the extra benefits in the back are just to let the Eagles relax, especially the small card. When Coach Kruger complained angrily, the operation department of the Palace of Auburn Hills said that the monitoring was broken during the cleaning yesterday.

In an industrial city, the city with the highest proportion of blacks in the United States, the young men are full of energy. In order to reduce the crime rate, this is understandable.

Coach Kruger saw the operation manager of the Pistons who looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, so he could only go back to the locker room and emphasize to the players again that all nightclub activities are prohibited during the playoffs.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, after accepting all the interviews, the Eagles once again declined the media's request for training and interviews. The afternoon is the last time for the Eagles to prepare for the game. The playoff opener between the Eagles and the Pistons is scheduled for today's penultimate game, which starts at [-]:[-] p.m. Eastern Time. The last game is the Lakers vs. Timberwolves in the west of the United States.

After eating a nutritious meal at noon, two sets of 01-minute 30V10 confrontation training were conducted at 5:5 in the afternoon. There was a 20-minute rest period in between. The overall time spent about 50 minutes. At [-]:[-], the coaching staff ended the training. Then, before the pre-match warm-up at [-]:[-], no one was allowed to do any training.

They can rest for just over two hours. They can watch the upcoming Nets and Celtics playoffs, play games, gamble, and even sleep for more than two hours. They have air conditioners, quilts, and massage beds, but they cannot train or watch videos about the Pistons.

Everything that can be prepared in the past few days has been prepared. During the last two hours of rest, the Eagles coaching staff chose to let the players take a good rest to ease their tense nerves.

What tricks can be practiced in two hours?It's almost like wasting energy in vain.

Two hours of studying the video can’t be better than the established tactics studied by the entire coaching staff and all the players before. When the time comes, just play according to the prepared ones. Don’t come up with something whimsical in the last two hours.

The Eagles are not inferior to the Pistons in strength, but have a clear advantage in strength, and they don't need those empty-headed things.

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Liu Mang was also preparing to take a rest. He had indeed practiced enough in the past three days, not less than two hours.

After receiving the task issued by the system yesterday, Liu Mang's pressure is not too great. The original Magic team can lead the Pistons 3-1, and the Eagles can definitely do better.

The point is that the players on the Pistons are crazy!
"I have already begun to think about my opponent in the next round: when facing the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 2002-2003 season playoffs, the host needed to lead the team to win three games first to win the series match point. In an interview after winning the third game, he publicly stated that he was already thinking about his opponent in the next round.

Task completion requirements: After issuing the declaration, the host needs to lead the team to successfully eliminate the Pistons and advance to the second round of the playoffs.

Mission Completion Reward: Detroit's Rage.Failure Penalty: None.

Note: When the host leads the team to win the series match point and makes a declaration, the Detroit Pistons will trigger the fury of the Detroiters. "

"The Fury of the Detroiters: The temperament of the Iron City is tenacity. When the series has already lost three games, the iron-blooded personality prevents them from giving up due to a huge disadvantage. The defensive cohesion of the whole team is greatly improved, the physical strength is greatly improved, and the fighting spirit is greatly improved. The effect lasts for all remaining games in the current series. Note: This special card has no side effects."

When Liu Mang read the full description of this task, he knew why McGrady was turned over with a 3-1 lead. The Pistons' defense is too strong. Although coach Carlisle is not so good at coaching such a purely defensive team, the defensive system is not as good as when Mike Woodson was a defensive assistant for them in the future.

However, Liu Wei’s pressure was not great. The Magic’s 3-1 lead was overturned. The main reason was that after the Pistons returned to the home court in Game 67, they took advantage of the momentum at home and defended the Magic to only 88 points.

From 3 to 1, they were about to eliminate their opponents and were chased to a 3 to 3 tie. Now it was the Magic's turn to lose their fighting spirit. After three quarters in Game 30, the Magic trailed the Pistons by nearly 20 points. reverse.

The Magic team was overturned 3 to 1 because the Magic team was not very strong in the first place, but relying on McGrady, they defeated the Pistons for three games.

Originally, Liu Mang didn't want to be troublesome, and there was no penalty for this task, but that special card made Liu Mang very excited!
In case of reaching the finals and facing the Spurs with Duncan who is invincible this season, this card is quite useful!
Therefore, the task must be done!So there is a good analysis of the key to the Magic's comeback by the Pistons. The key point lies in the fifth game. After the Pistons returned to the home court, they bloodbathed the Magic and regained their confidence.

The key lies in this. Liu Mang wants to avoid letting the Pistons return to the home court to use the home court advantage to play a violent defense.

Therefore, Liu Mang's goal, or ambition, is not just to eliminate the Pistons and complete the Black Eight, but...to sweep the Pistons and complete the Black Eight!

Since the key turning point for the Pistons is the fifth game, then just don't let the fifth game happen!

The Magic can lead the Pistons 3-1. Why can't the Eagles score 3-0 in the first three games?The Eagles are much better than the Magic!

After taking a 3-0 lead, they took advantage of the home court to suppress the furious Detroiters and eliminated them directly!

After analyzing the strategy for the first round, Liu Mang made up his mind and was still full of confidence. He planned to take a nap for an hour, and then got up to watch the second half of the Nets and Celtics, to see if the Celtics could create some surprises.

This athlete sleeps well, and sleeps as soon as he says he sleeps, and Liu Mang soon fell asleep.

At this time, the system came up with a small task: "Ding... In response to the strong desire in the host's heart, the system issued a task: the strongest black eight in history."

"The strongest Black Eight in history: Eliminate the Pistons with an absolute crushing score of 4 to 0, and achieve the title of the strongest dark horse in history. Task reward: A random star card for the Black Eight team in NBA history, the lowest being a first-class star card."

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Woke up after sleeping, looking at the mission reward like mosquito meat, which was almost tasteless.

The Black Eight team is the weakest team in the playoffs, a team that played very average in the regular season, and there is almost no Black Eight team like the Eagles, which ranked first in the division last season and will only be eighth next season.

These are top-notch stars at best. Except for Mutombo, the years of others' black eights basically have nothing to do with top stars.

But having such a task is better than nothing!
Liu Mang set an alarm clock for an hour, and after waking up, he went to the bathroom to wash his face, and then went to the rest area with a TV, watching Kidd abuse the Celtics, while looking at his own system panel.

The ability value is 78, the three-pointer is 84, the mid-range shot is 83, the layup is 85, the speed is 92, the bounce is 92, and the strength is 79.

There are also 28328 superstar points, two mid-level superstar value draws, and 322 skill upgrade cards.

Level 1 skills, there are four: oppressive press, high post skills, pull-up layup master, turnaround jump shot master.

High backs and pull-up layups are not needed for the time being, Liu Mang is going to upgrade the master of oppressive pressing and turnaround jump shots!
It takes 1 skill upgrade cards to upgrade a skill from level 1 to level 5, that is, a total of 295 skill upgrade cards are needed to upgrade two skills, 590 skill upgrade cards are not enough to upgrade two skills to full level, but Liu Mang also has a special skill upgrade card, which can directly upgrade a skill from level 322 to level 4, that is, only 5 skill upgrade cards are enough.

Liu Mang saw that there were only 22 physical potions left, so he just filled up the warehouse reserves.

With 8300 superstar points left, Liu Mang used 46 superstar points to draw a primary superstar point lottery, and got 44 physical potions, 30 skill upgrade cards, 5 primary injury potions, and [-] hairstyle appreciation ability cards.

Liu Mang took a photo of his hairstyle on the small black screen of his mobile phone, and appreciated what hairstyle he wants for a cut!But I still use it, who doesn't want to improve their aesthetic ability a little bit.

69 Physical Potions, 51 Primary Injury Potions, 1 Intermediate Injury Potion and 1 Rebound Card. These should be enough for this year's playoffs. Just save some superstar points for backup in case of an injury attack.

There are already 366 skill upgrade cards, which is enough.

Upgrade skills!
"Boss of the system, use 295 skill upgrade cards to upgrade the turnaround jumper master to level 5!"

"The host consumes 295 skill upgrade cards to upgrade the turnaround jumper master."

"Ding... Turnover jumper master level 5: When playing post-up singles, the turnaround jumper has a 50.00% chance of not being interfered with by the shot."

Sure enough, as Liu Mang guessed, similar to the king of dry drawing, it has no direct effect on improving shooting ability. Even if it is not disturbed after being triggered, it is up to you whether you can make a shot or not.

Liu Mang already has two full-level skills, the low-post turn skill and the back-up turn-around jumper, and the system prompts follow.

"Ding... Host has become a mature star with both inside and outside scoring skills, and his ability evaluation has improved in all aspects."

"Ding... The host's current ability value is 81, 84 three-pointers, 83 mid-range shots, 85 layups, 92 speed, 92 jumping, and 79 strength."

"Ding... The host's ability value has exceeded 80, and the bench bandit is invalid. Compensate for the mid-level superstar value and draw a lottery."

Liu Mang looked at his new ability evaluation, it hurts.

When he heard about the all-round improvement, Liu Mang couldn't wait to see what his new ability value was. Yes, only the ability value increased from 78 to 81, and nothing else was moved!

The compensation for the failure of the bench gangsters also made Liu Mang feel distressed. It took 295 skill upgrade cards to upgrade to level 5, but it turned into a mid-level superstar prize draw.

But anyway, there is compensation, which is more conscientious than Tencent, Liu Wei thinks it is acceptable.

Upgrade another skill too!
"Boss of the system, use 55 skill upgrade cards and special skill upgrade cards to upgrade the pressure to level 5!"

"The host consumes 55 skill upgrade cards, the oppressive rush is upgraded to level 4, and 1 special skill upgrade card is consumed, and the oppressive rush is upgraded to level 5."

"Pressing level 5: When pressing close to the player with the ball, the anticipation of the opponent's dribbling is greatly enhanced, and the rushing ability is greatly enhanced."

Liu Mang couldn't wait to look at his ability value again, the result...it was still 81.

One's own defensive ability is still not considered in the comprehensive ability value.

Liu Mang estimated that his ability value of 81 is actually about the same as around 85!
Although the higher the ability value, the lower the advantage in the next game, but at least I have the advantage!
Everything is ready, Liu Mang did not continue to watch Kidd kill the Celtics, there is no suspense, the Celtics still seem to be swept by the Nets.

The Nets this year are indeed stronger than last year. Among the teams in the East, except for Payton’s Bucks who won two games against the Nets in this year’s playoffs, the Celtics and Pistons were all swept by the Nets. The two rounds of sweeping series were all big victories. In 8 games, the average point difference was close to 15 points.

Liu Mang didn't want to see the Nets being too good to affect his mentality. He went to find Coach Kruger half an hour in advance and applied for an early warm-up.

Liu Mang came to the training ground and began to warm up with the help of the trainer.

It is said that he is not nervous and the pressure to play against the Pistons is not great, but Liu Mang has more trustworthy teammates, and his own ability value has increased to 81, but in fact it has declined compared to before. The original personal limit of 94 speed is only 92, and the three-pointer is behind Peja, Ray Allen, and himself, the three strongest players in the league.
Mid-range shots and layups have no effect. The main impact is the three-pointer and speed. Although the impact is not large, it will definitely have an impact.

Therefore, Liu Mang knew that he needed to play smarter and use his already rich offensive arsenal!

At the same time, make better use of your teammates to create opportunities for yourself or use yourself to create opportunities for your teammates!
Liu Mang regards this year's playoffs as a new starting point for him to take off!
(End of this chapter)