From today on is the king

Chapter 733 732. Three Enters the Eastern Finals!

"Icephobia"

This new word that appeared this season, after the start of the series between the Eagles and the Pistons, once again swept the entire basketball world.

Just like the two generations of dragon-slaying warriors Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in the original history, the Pistons are now crowned with the title of "Icephobia", and it is true!
They were all beaten into infighting!
The Hawks easily defeated the Pistons in the first game of the playoffs, which did not exceed the expectations of the fans, and everyone thought it was normal.

Although the fans predicted that the Pistons might break out, they didn't think the Pistons could win away games. The Hawks' home games this season are as stable as the weights. The fans think that the Pistons' breakout is just that the Pistons can cause some trouble in the away game, and they won't lose as badly as they did in the playoffs in the past two years.

Liu Mang's task is to win the Pistons by at least 15 points. The fans' expectation is that the Pistons can lose within [-] points. Facing the strength of the Eagles this season, an away loss of [-] points is not bad. At least give them the confidence to fight when they return home.

But if the Eagles still kill the Pistons, the fans will think it is normal. After all, the difference in strength between the two teams is not only the difference in lineup and tactics, but also confidence.

To be honest, the real strength of the Pistons is not that much weaker than that of the Eagles, not so weak that they have no power to fight back.

The NBA this season is the best of times, and it is also the worst of times. Young stars are rising or are about to rise one by one. Except for a very few teams, most teams in the league play well-balanced basketball, and some role players also shine through it; there are also many veterans who have faded away.

The overall strength of this season's NBA can be said to be the strongest year in the history of the NBA. As of this season, there is no season where there are eight championship contending teams, the top four in the East and West, and the overall record is very balanced.

The Pistons, Nets, and Pacers in the East are almost equal in strength. Any two teams of the three teams play against each other. It is a fierce battle. Although the Nets only have 44 wins, they are no worse than the Pistons and Pacers. They even have a slight advantage because of their experience in the finals for two consecutive years.

These teams are not so weak that they can't fight back against the Eagles. If all psychological factors are put aside, they can at least cause trouble for the Eagles.

For example, if the Pistons can play the kind of excited performance facing the Hornets, it is not impossible to win one or two games.

It can be said that the Hawks won 70 wins. It can be said that the luck is too good. When playing a third of this season, no team would have thought that the Hawks would have the hope of hitting 70 wins, and they did not expect the Hawks to do that.

When Liu Mang yelled that he wanted to win 68 games, most people ridiculed him, but when other teams realized that the Eagles wanted to play for real, it was too late to stop them.

The Eagles are extremely stable, and they are not timid in playing strong teams. In addition, they are already strong. In a situation where everyone in the league thinks that the strength of a strong team is "balanced", the right time, place, and people are all in place. To get 70 wins, it can be said that those who are prepared just happened to be lucky, and it is logical to get 70 wins.

The Pistons were crushed when they met the Eagles, mainly because their confidence was shattered.

But no matter what the reason is, after the first game, although the fans were a bit regretful that they couldn't see the Pistons' revenge against the Eagles and causing some trouble for the Eagles, they didn't think it was a big surprise.

The topic that fans are most concerned about now is not the outcome of this round of the series, but the infighting of the Pistons!

The last scolding between Stephen Jackson and Larry Brown, because the first game of a series in the playoffs, will almost always be broadcast live across the United States. On the domestic side, after Yao Ming was eliminated in the first round, the live broadcast mainly included the OK team and the Lakers with Wang Zhizhi and the Eagles with Liu Mang. That scene has been heard by fans in both China and the United States...

Although most of the domestic fans can't understand, but the translation of the commentary.

How the scolding incident between Larry Brown and Stephen Jackson ended, fans are interested in this!
The scolding between the two is more difficult to end than the scolding between Larry Brown and Iverson last time. They both directly hate each other and are unwilling to cooperate with each other, to the extent that you do not have me.

The key point is that Stephen Jackson is no longer paid by the Pistons. Even after finishing the first round and advancing to the second round, the bonus has already been paid. There is no salary for the playoffs, and it is impossible for Stephen Jackson to implement the player option for next season. His performance this season cannot be kept with a salary of two or three million yuan.

Therefore, it is not Stephen Jackson who is more passive. He has already made use of the overall strength of the Pistons and the lack of small forwards to earn his worth. He has no worries. Although the scolding incident with the head coach will affect his reputation, his reputation is not good...and he is a championship small forward. After the game, he directly said to reporters: "I won the championship.

Now passively became Larry Brown!

But Larry Brown is a very conceited person. In his opinion, he is the head coach who led the team to the finals. The Pistons, who were hacked, could not win if they didn't listen to him. They didn't think there was anything wrong with them.

Both of them were holding on, and neither of them would give in.

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One day's rest time is obviously not enough for the Pistons to solve the problem of infighting.

International Labor Day, this year Liu Mang can finally have a day off on this day.

Liu Mang, as a melon-eating crowd, opens a small account from time to time to reply to various posts in the forums of major websites, all kinds of black and white, and installs Pistons fans...and likes the comments that praise him... Some forums have a new function, that is, they can add a fixed tail after the reply.

Liu Mang's little tail is: My male god Ace Liu...

On this day, the battle between Webber and Garnett last night was ignored, the Lakers and Spurs scored [-]-[-] in the game at night, and the Pacers and Nets scored [-]-[-] were ignored.

Except for the Bad Boys, the Pistons have never received such attention.

On May 5, the Pistons still had no way to end it. In the afternoon, Larry Brown announced to the media that because Stephen Jackson refused to participate in yesterday's team training, he was suspended for one game.

This is a serious matter. During the three-day two-game away game, there is basically little training, especially in the playoffs, which are all running tactics on the day of the game. At other times, even when preparing for the game, they mainly watch videos and study tactics. Physical fitness is a key issue in the playoffs.

Larry Brown's training plan was originally criticized, and now the team's strongest striker is suspended!
Of course, Stephen Jackson was also criticized. As a professional player, if he refuses to participate in training, no matter what the reason is, it will have a great negative impact. O'Neal is so strong that he is criticized for not loving training, let alone Stephen Jackson.

Once there is a farce, what are the Pistons players who are in the midst of civil strife still thinking about playing?
When it came time to play at night, the Pistons players were still serious about playing professionally, but obviously all of them were time-consuming to go up. The offense couldn't make shots, and the defense couldn't defend.

Tonight is Liu Mang's most relaxed match against the Pistons. Although he has won against the Pistons many times and his statistics are good, he has never played easily because the opponent's defensive pressure is always on him. He needs to concentrate on observing his teammates passing the ball while maintaining his own threat.

It was different tonight, Liu Mang even dared to go to the low post to turn over and shoot a jumper!
The Pistons' defense is too lax!Liu Mang has never played so easily against the Pistons.

上一场投了24次拿到30分，这场比赛刘莽只投了19次，就19中11拿到33分！
95 to 79, the Eagles won two consecutive home games without bloodshed!
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"The mountains have no edges, and the heaven and the earth are in harmony, so you dare to break with the king..." A certain evil uncle raised his head as much as possible, and enlarged his nostrils as much as possible.

"The sea can dry up, the rocks can rot, and the relationship can't be broken!" Little Lolita opened her eyes, her eyes were still moving and her head was swaying as if she couldn't see anyone, waving her hands blindly.

"Ziwei..."

"Erkon!"

"Ziwei..."

"Erkon!"

"Hmm... Dana is so cute... Can I hug you?"

"Don't give uncle a hug! In the past, Dinah hated Dinah even if she wanted to hug uncle, but now she wants to hug him, there is no way... ah... uncle badass! Dinah didn't agree to give uncle a hug..."

In the end, little Lolita still lost to the evil uncle, and was eaten a tofu...

I saw Liu Mang and Dinah, who came here after learning the plots in Chinese ancient costume movies, and the two girls next to them, who can basically understand Chinese now, have black lines all over their heads.

"Ace, hurry to the airport, don't miss the plane, Dinah, don't pester your uncle all the time, it's the playoffs, it's very important." Levia reluctantly took Dinah away from Liu Mang's arms, "Ace, be careful on the road."

"Ziwei..." Liu Mang once again stretched out his hand to Dinah reluctantly.

"Erkang..." Dana also entered the role again...becoming a blind person.

Seeing that the two playwrights were about to act like demons again, Levia and Alexia were speechless, why did they find such a bastard man!
Levia is still a little bit sad and angry, her lively and lovely daughter has also become a bastard!

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After the two home games, on the afternoon of May 5rd, Liu Mang and the little loli, who will not be able to hug and kiss when she grows up, put on an inexplicable performance at the garage door, and then set off for the airport. The plane at three o'clock, the Eagles went to Detroit to prepare for the next two away games.

It is necessary to adapt to the away game atmosphere in Detroit in advance. The fans there are very solid, and they support the team when the team is strong, and they are very fanatical.

Just as the Eagles expected, they saw a group of Pistons fans who came to demonstrate as soon as they arrived in Detroit and as soon as they got out of the airport.

The Pistons collapsed, but their fans were not tense. The Pistons fans still had great hopes. They hoped that they could scare the Eagles, and that their team could bounce back with their support.

But in all things in the world, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

On May 5, when the Eagles came to the Palace of Auburn Hills away, the Pistons' internal strife was still unresolved.

In such matters as contradictions, there must be someone who bows his head, but who is Stephen Jackson?Mixed with one person, he would not have considered so much. Now he has no shortage of market, and most of them are wanted by the team.

It is even more impossible for Larry Brown to be so conceited. After returning to Detroit, even if Stephen Jackson participated in training, and the management also approached him to communicate the current difficulties of the team. Now the Pistons are asking Stephen Jackson to stay, but Larry Brown just said that as long as Stephen Jackson does not apologize, he will not let Stephen Jackson play again, and continue to suspend Stephen Jackson.

If it is the regular season, the players union will intervene in this kind of suspension due to the personal grievances of the head coach, because this kind of thing is very different from not being able to play.

Whether it is a team suspension or a league suspension, there is no salary. In order to protect the rights and interests of the players, the players union will definitely complain to the league, and the league will also deal with this kind of matter.

But this is the playoffs, and there is no salary. Larry Brown could have put Stephen Jackson on the inactive list, but he directly treated Stephen Jackson with a suspension, simply because he didn't save face for Stephen Jackson.

This is driving Stephen Jackson away!

Larry Brown knew the management wanted to keep Stephen Jackson, but he didn't want to keep the guy, so he did it!
Originally, it would not be a difficult task for the Eagles to beat the Pistons. The Pistons have long since lacked the courage to fight against the Eagles. Now Stephen Jackson is missing, and it is almost certain that Stephen Jackson will not be able to play in the next two games. This is a further blow to the mentality of the Pistons players...

In the two away games, although there were more and more boos from the fans of the visiting team, the Eagles played more and more easily. The players of the Pistons have no attachment to this year's playoffs. Now that this kind of strength is being suppressed, the team is infighting, and the pressure of public opinion is high, the Pistons players want to escape from the game...

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系列赛第三场，刘莽21中7拿到23分4板7助攻，老鹰队94比85，把首个客场拿下。

After leading 3 to 0, the Eagles were completely out of pressure. In the fourth game, the Eagles scored 111 points, the highest score in the series, breaking the 111 points for the first time in the series. They defeated the Pistons by 90 to 21, 4 points, and swept the Pistons 0-[-]!
In the two games, the Pistons didn't seem to be aiming at winning, just to kill time, just like trying to escape from Atlanta in the second game, and now the Pistons players want to escape from the Palace of Auburn Hills...

Liu Mang only scored 15 points, 6 assists and 2 rebounds in the last game. After the Pistons returned to the home court, they did nothing but defend Liu Mang to death. The rest of the Eagles took the opportunity to score.

After the fourth game, the Pistons left the arena in a hurry without any nostalgia, dropped Larry Brown, and the players left directly.

In the past few days of the Pistons in Detroit, the Pistons players have been scolded even worse by Larry Brown, but Stephen Jackson is in front of them. No one is going to confront Larry Brown, but no one is nostalgic for Larry Brown's coaching.

The Eagles didn't have much trouble after winning the game. The Pistons left directly and didn't make trouble during the game. The Eagles also gave the other side a face and went back to the locker room to celebrate.

Reached the Eastern Conference Finals for three consecutive years and continued to refresh the Eagles' own team history record.

After returning to the locker room, everyone in the Eagles team was very happy. They reached the conference finals for the third consecutive year. At least, they have already tied the results of last season. Next, they can face their next opponents without any hesitation.

The goal of guaranteeing the Eastern Conference finals, that is, the minimum requirements given by the fans, has been completed, and even if they face stronger opponents, it will be easier.

Seeing his teammates cheering, Kevin Willis, who is old and young and has a new flower in his middle age, really can't make much contribution in the game. With Ostertag, Kevin Willis really can't get a second of playing time, but he is not useless.

Liu Mang had a smile on his face and tears in his heart. He watched his original scoring average of 31.5 points per game in the first two games of the series. After playing two away games, his scoring average was lowered to 25 points per game. In the playoffs, his scoring average also fell to 31.625 points per game. Thinking of another round of the series, whether it is against the Pacers or the Nets, the level of targeting for him is probably no lower than that of the Pistons...

Liu Mang could only comfort himself: "Being handsome and being the MVP, this difficult situation can only be borne by myself silently. If you can't score, you can't score. Just win. Nothing is more important than winning. I am such a selfless person. I always consider and contribute to my teammates. A selfless person like me can only be described as great... No, no, greatness is not enough to describe my old Liu. I am so outstanding, silently contributing to my teammates..."

After comforting himself, Liu Mang adjusted his sad state of mind and celebrated with his teammates. The next opponent, whether it is the Nets or the Pacers, must win!

(End of this chapter)