From today on is the king

Chapter 754. 753. The Man Who Went to the Imperial Palace (ask for monthly ticket for subscription)
Kobe, O'Neal, and Malone scored 79 points together, including Kobe's 37 points, O'Neal's 27 points, and Malone's 15 points. In addition, no one else on the Lakers scored in double figures. The highest was Wang Zhizhi's 6 points, Payton's 5 points and Fisher's 3 points.

Except for Kobe, O'Neal, and Malone, the other players on the Lakers combined made 24 of 5 shots. Under such circumstances, the Lakers can still play halfway through the third quarter, and there is still the possibility of a comeback in the third quarter. The combination of Kobe, O'Neal, and Malone is indeed a match made in heaven, but Malone is indeed old.

When seeing the performance of the Lakers, the fans all lamented that if Malone was three or four years younger...then it is unlikely that he would come to the Lakers. Four years ago, Malone just won the regular season MVP at the age of 98 in the 99-36 season...

In addition to the amazing performance of the Lakers, the Eagles won their first victory in the finals. Liu Mang scored 29 points, 13 rebounds and 36 assists on 6 of 8 shots, which is even more impressive!
Playing for the first time in the finals without stage fright, throwing the ball as needed, and passing the ball unambiguously!

After the game, Liu Mang's dunk against O'Neal was widely circulated on the Internet, and it was undoubtedly selected as the top ten goals in the first game of the finals.

There is also Liu Mang's long-range pass to Stockton from the backcourt, and Stockton's long-distance guidance to the cutting Boozer, which was also selected as the top ten goals.

Not only scoring, but also passing the ball is amazing.

For the first time in the finals, Liu Mang had such a performance, and was evaluated by the media as a big-time player!

Moreover, the perimeter core, who is 21 years old and almost 22 years old, reached the finals for the first time. Liu Mang was compared with Kobe in the 1999-2000 season.

It was the first time Kobe played in the finals. In the first game, he only had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. The entire series was only 15+4+4, which was incomparable to his performance in the Western Conference playoffs.

Although Kobe encountered the Pacers' team defense that time, he performed so well throughout the playoffs in the Western Conference that the Pacers could only defend Kobe with all their strength when they couldn't defend against O'Neal.

However, the defense Liu Mang encountered was not bad. The one defending him was the defensive giant Kobe who defended Reggie Miller in the 2000 Finals with a shooting percentage of just [-]%!

In comparison, Liu Mang's performance is amazing!

It's like Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan playing in the Finals for the first time!

In an interview after the game, Liu Mang was asked about his performance in the finals for the first time. Liu Mang’s other questions were very official, but he became interested in this question and replied: “Originally, I was the highest scorer in the game, but someone is still scoring points in garbage time, and I am also scoring in garbage time. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get past it.”

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Hilton International Atlanta.

"Bastard!" Kobe stood up and punched the table, causing the entire table to shake a few times.

The wealthy Lakers have booked the entire hotel. From the time they arrived in Atlanta five days ago, they have booked it until the end of the first two finals. They have also booked the sixth and seventh games that may appear. The courtside tickets are more than 700 dollars, and the price of the courtside tickets is more than double the price of the 500 dollars for the Eagles' courtside tickets.

Los Angeles is Los Angeles. Except for the Knicks who reached the finals, other teams, even Jordan's 72-win season, the price of tickets for the finals is far from the price of tickets for the Lakers to reach the finals.

After returning to the hotel, the Lakers held a team meeting. On the big screen, Zen master specially released the Eagles' post-game interview. Seeing Liu Mang's playful expression and saying something that made people angry, Kobe immediately exploded.

Seeing Kobe's angry expression, this is what Zen Master wanted.

Seeing his teammates who were still far away from him, Kobe thought of what Zen master said to him when the game was suspended tonight, calmed down a little, and put away his angry expression.

"I failed to take care of Liu Fang in this game. The problem lies with me." Kobe said and sat back on the stool.

Although he still didn't say much, and still had the indifferent look of rejecting others thousands of miles away, this has already surprised his teammates, including O'Neill.

Kobe took the initiative to take responsibility?

rarely seen!After losing to the Spurs last year, Kobe put all the blame on O'Neal, who was blown up by Duncan. Of course, O'Neal didn't sit still and quarreled with Kobe.

If the Lakers hadn't quickly acquired Payton and Malone in the summer, Kobe would have had to apply for a trade last summer, and it had reached the point where there was an O and no K, and the contradictions were suppressed by the great possibility of the Big Four winning the championship.

However, Kobe took the initiative to take the responsibility, not because he wanted to act like the boss, not because he wanted to show his "mature" deliberately, but because he was really satisfied with O'Neal's performance today.

O'Neal worked hard to defend and attack, and played harder than he did in the 2000 Finals before winning the championship. From this kind of hard work, Kobe couldn't blame O'Neal.

In this regard, Kobe now has some admiration for O'Neal.

After the superstars win the championship, they immediately start enjoying life. It is very common in the NBA. Among Kobe’s idols, there are many, such as Moses Malone. After the 82ers won the championship in 83-76, the 76ers won the lottery in the second year.

When a player struggles in the playoffs for many years and finally wins the championship, he may still be at the peak of fighting spirit in the last game before winning the championship, but after winning the championship, he may immediately plummet.

But although O'Neal started to be lazy in the regular season after winning the championship, he still worked very hard in the playoffs. In today's game, O'Neal also worked very hard, and he worked as hard as he did in the 2000 finals.

It’s just that old is old. Although the average career of inside players is longer than that of outside players, and the age of inside superstars is usually longer than that of outside superstars, outside superstars can still be a key point when they are older. Inside superstars are very difficult. O’Neal was consumed by the Eagles and couldn’t move.

In general, Kobe, O'Neal, and even Malone, the three of them have a very high evaluation in this game, whether it is the fans, the media or their own people in the team.

Kobe showed kindness, which others could not understand, and others could not feel it was kindness. However, O’Neill watched Kobe grow up. He was the person who hated Kobe the most but also knew Kobe best. He clearly felt the kindness that Kobe showed him because of this game.

Just a little moved, O'Neill suddenly caught a glimpse of the smile on the corner of Zen Master's mouth, and his mood was a little bad again.

Zen master is using his psychological control ability to manipulate them again!

The effect of the alienation card made O'Neill full of prejudice against the Zen master, and O'Neill did not have the psychological adjustment ability of the Zen master to suppress his inner likes and dislikes. Anything related to the Zen master in his cognition made him feel uncomfortable.

O'Neal guessed that Zen Master must have promised Kobe something, and then wanted to use this to stimulate Kobe's strength and improve the cohesion of the entire team.

O'Neal also knows that this is a good thing for the entire team, and O'Neal also thinks it is a good thing, but he is just unhappy with Zen Master.

Moreover, O'Neill doesn't think that Kobe's head full of basketballs can realize that he is being manipulated. He feels now that he, like Kobe, is a puppet played by the Zen master in the applause.

O'Neill even had some sympathy for Kobe. He now feels that he is going to be abandoned, and he seems to have seen that when Kobe gets old, there will be such a day, and he still has a feeling of sympathy.

This made O'Neal even more unhappy with Zen Master, and also made O'Neal unhappy with Zen Master's girlfriend, Jenny Buss, the daughter of the Lakers owner, and Jerry Buss also made him feel uncomfortable.

He wants a 05 million contract, and the duration is not a problem. Five years, four years, or three years are the same. What he wants is the total salary of the last big contract of 33 million. His current contract has one year left, and it will end in 4. By then, he will be 8000 years old. It doesn’t matter whether he signs a three-year contract, a four-year contract, or a five-year contract.

In this regard, O'Neill was silent and did not speak.

Although O'Neill is not happy with this feeling, he is just unhappy with this feeling. He knows that Zen Master's approach is beneficial to winning. If he is not a strong enough star, Zen Master can abandon him like a shoe. Even Pippen will be abandoned by Zen Master at a critical moment.

But a human is not a machine, let alone a fat man who has a lot of mind and is not arrogant. After the alienation card magnified his dissatisfaction with the Zen master, O'Neill felt uncomfortable.

Zen master saw that the expressions of the players were different, obviously because Kobe's words of taking responsibility touched the hearts of these players. This is what he wanted. Obviously, because of Kobe's changes today, the cohesion of the Lakers team has improved a lot.

"Okay, the first game has already been lost, and we have seen the strength of the Eagles. We have a chance. We still have six games. We only need to win four games." Zen Master used his usual calm tone to boost the confidence of the players. "There are two days of rest. We need to prepare for the next second game. We need some adjustments. At nine o'clock tomorrow morning, the Georgia Institute of Technology will gather..."

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In Atlanta's Chinatown, gongs, drums, and firecrackers blare, and red flags are waving, and crowds of people...

Because of Liu Mang's relationship, many Chinese immigrants have immigrated to Atlanta in recent years, and Atlanta's Chinatown already has the appearance of a Chinatown.

Because of Liu Mang's play in the Finals, Imperial International Channel played a special program for the Eagles after the Eagles won the game, interviewing Chinese fans in Atlanta's Chinatown on Liu Mang's views on the finals and so on.

Liu Mang came home at twelve o'clock. After taking a shower and coming out of the room, he saw that it was past 12 o'clock, that is, it was just lunch time in China. The three girls in the family left the arena with their friends after the game, because they knew that Liu Mang must have a lot of interviews after the game.

It's just that it's past 12 o'clock and I haven't slept yet, and I'm watching TV in the living room. Liu Mang went up to have a look, good guy, I went to the imperial court again.

Following the sports channel and comprehensive channel, it is now on the international channel.

It's a pity that I'm not a blacksmith who likes to join in the fun of everything. It would be great if I could watch all the channels of Chaoting TV.

Forcibly adding motivation to himself, after Kobe retired, he uploaded all the channels of the imperial court, Liu Mang was very jealous of this, full of envy, envy and jealousy made Liu Mang have more fighting spirit to kill Kobe in the finals.

It is the legend that no matter how you forcefully hate your opponent, it is right to treat your opponent as the most abominable and evil big devil, even if the opponent is hated, you don't know why.

Seeing Liu Mang coming, Alexia excitedly said to Liu Mang: "Ace, you performed really well today."

"Okay, okay, it's time to go to bed, aren't you afraid that your skin will get worse if you don't get enough sleep?" Liu Mang said, rubbing the little loli's head.

"It's almost over, uncle, you are so tired from playing, go to bed first, Dinah will go to bed after watching." Little Lolita took Liu Mang's hand from his head to his face: "Uncle, don't rub Dinah's head, it won't grow taller!"

Rubbing the little girl's face, Liu Mang didn't know what kind of logic it was: "No class tomorrow?"

"Dinah is already on vacation! Uncle doesn't care about Dinah at all!" Little Lolita slapped Liu Mang's hand off, and was about to hug and kiss her.

"That's right, Dinah is on vacation, I forgot, then I'll go to bed first, Dinah will go to bed earlier, Aida, I'm going to sleep." Liu Mang said and nodded his lips to Alexia.

Seeing Liu Mang's hint, Alexia immediately yawned and said, "I'm sleepy too, so go to sleep first."

Liu Mang first left the living room and walked towards the passage to the bedroom. Liu Mang's room on the first floor and Dinah's room on the second floor were both at the corner of the stairs. Alexia went to drink a cup of hot milk and walked to the passage.

Little Lolita suddenly became angry, and when she saw that the two of them had left, she said to Levia, "Mom, aren't you going to sleep?"

"Ah? I'll watch TV with Dinah!" Levia was wishing that Alexia would get pregnant soon, satisfying Liu Mang's desire to have a child. Anyway, she didn't care about Liu Mang's little assets, and it didn't matter if they were taken away. She was surprised to hear Dinah's words of "I hate iron but not steel".

"Mom is so stupid!" Xiao Luoli angrily turned her gaze back to the TV program...

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Winning the first game is undoubtedly a great thing for the Eagles.

The next afternoon, the Eagles came to the arena to prepare for the game after resting all morning.

Seeing his teammates gain more confidence, Liu Mang was very happy. Winning the first game greatly boosted his self-confidence. After all, in the past 20 years, after winning the first championship in the finals, he won the championship 17 times.

However, Liu Mang didn't dare to be careless. Obviously, the role of the alienation card was a bit different from what Liu Mang expected.

Of course, in the first game, due to the effect of the separation card, O'Neal's choice of play in the correct tactical strategy had problems, and O'Neal, who was originally poor in physical fitness, had problems in his choice after his physical fitness was exhausted.

However, Liu Mang was a little stressed because of this.

Because the Lakers' matchup defense is very effective, the Lakers' team defense is very strong, and three scorers Kobe, O'Neal, and Malone are enough, and if their pitchers are a little more accurate, things will become very troublesome for the Eagles.

Moreover, this change of O'Neal's active defense made Liu Mang feel a little bit pained. It may become easier to consume the Lakers, but it makes it easier for the Lakers to gain the upper hand when O'Neal is active and physically strong!

Moreover, the opponent may have countermeasures for the kind of counterattack that opened up the score in the fourth quarter.

Liu Mang, who was playing in the finals for the first time, felt like his head was about to explode. Both sides were trying to figure out and study the tactics to deal with it, and only played the first game.

However, even knowing that O'Neill's becoming more active was a problem, Liu Mang did not regret using the alienation card. Since O'Neill's enthusiasm can be mobilized, even if the alienation card is not used, Zen Master is very likely to mobilize O'Neal's enthusiasm.

On the contrary, if you can win the first game, you will not lose anything.

It's just that Liu Mang still doesn't understand what O'Neill's thoughts were after he won the alienation card. Why did he become more active?He can only slander: The OK group is all weird!

Moreover, for Liu Mang, the team's tactical hole cards were exposed. In the first game, almost all the tactics that could be used against the Lakers were played, but he still had his own hole cards.

In the first game, Liu Mang didn't use his star card, that is to say, he still had Kobe's star card this season, Iverson's peak star card, and the random star card of the strongest point guard of each era, these three decisive star cards!
The first game was not only a battle for a good start in the finals, but also a test of the strength of the two teams, so Liu Mang never used his star card, but started to deal with the Lakers from other aspects.

After all, there are only three star cards, and even if the star cards are used, victory may not be guaranteed. The other three Marbury star cards, Vin Baker star card, and the substitute version of McGrady's star card, it is hard to say how much these three cards can be improved, and they cannot be treated as guaranteed star cards.

Therefore, Liu Mang wanted to test his personal ability to see if he could deal with the opponent when neither side fully understood the strength of the other.

Fortunately, he won the first game, which greatly improved Liu Mang's confidence.

But at the same time as his confidence grew, Liu Wei's vigilance became stronger and stronger. The strength of the Lakers was indeed terrifying, and they did not cause internal strife because of the opponent's "weakness".

Now there are no additional means, and the only special card left is the "Rage of Atlanta" card.

"Atlanta's Fury: It can be used when the series has lost three games and is behind by a large score. In the remaining games of the series, the team's defensive awareness, defensive enthusiasm, and physical fitness will be enhanced until the end of the series. Note: No side effects."

After looking at Rage of Atlanta, this card is indeed a divine card. It is simply an enhanced version of the Rage that was used before. It does not have the side effects of uncontrollable and irritable emotions of ordinary Rage cards, nor does it have the side effect of a week-long physical collapse after using it. The key is that the effect can last up to four games.

I originally planned to use it when I had the opportunity to play against the Nets last season, but who knew that they were leading 3 to 2, and I couldn't use it if I wanted to.

This time against the Lakers, although Liu Mang also wanted to use this card, but after winning a game first, Liu Mang didn't want to use this card at all.

If he was suppressed and lost three games first, Liu Mang would definitely use this card, but if he took the initiative to lose three games and use this card... that means his head went into the sea in Los Angeles.

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The two-day rest period passed quickly. Whether it was the Lakers or the Eagles, they all felt that the time was too hasty.

This is especially true for Liu Mang, who feels that the time is too tight. In the discussion with the coaching staff, in theory, there is a way to deal with the Lakers' matchup defense, but God knows if it will be useful in the game. We can only go to the game to see the result.

There are a lot of tactical masters in the NBA. Mike Woodson himself is not only one of the best defensive assistants in the league, but also a tactical master. The theoretical one is similar to the master Mike Brown. Theoretically, he has a set of offensive tactics, but when it comes to coaching...

But, speaking of it, Mike Woodson has the most relaxed mentality on the Eagles side. He has played the most playoffs and finals games with the team, which is the most among all the Eagles except Stockton.

"Ace, don't be so dissatisfied. The finals are like this. It can't be solved in one or two games. This is a process of constantly studying opponents and changing your own style of play." Mike Woodson saw that Liu Mang was still watching a video to study the Lakers during his lunch break. He went up to remind Liu Mang to rest before the game.

"That's right, Ace, you can't relax but don't be too nervous. We've already won the first game, and the next one is very good for us. The next key is this one." Stockton held the schedule and pointed to the possible fifth game of the series that was scheduled by the league in the schedule, that is, June 6, the last game of the Lakers' three consecutive home games.

"Oh? How do you say it?" Liu Mang was very curious when he saw Stockton pointing to a game that hadn't been confirmed yet.

Liu Mang and the stars and coaches of these years have somewhat different views on the finals. It is probably because the Cosmos team will easily kill opponents 4-1 or 4-0 from time to time in the future, or they can be overturned in a 3-1 situation. Therefore, their views on the finals are very different from those of today.

"The fifth game of the finals is very critical. We may have won three games or only two games by then. I believe we will win at least one of the next three games. Whether the fifth game is the battle of Tianwangshan or the match point has been determined 3-1, it is very important to us!" Stockton looked like I had experience.

Stockton didn't think he had a chance to sweep the Lakers. That was too difficult. In the nearly 60 years of NBA history, the number of sweeps was only seven times. Instead, the tiebreaker was close to 20 times.

Liu Mang felt that what Stockton said was very reasonable, but where did Stockton get this experience?By the way, Liu Mang remembered: "Yes, I almost forgot. Carl didn't win the championship because he didn't win the fifth game of the 97 Finals. John, you reminded me. You can use this to spray Carl at that time. He is too much. I am still bruised and purple."

"..." Stockton looked at Liu Mang, wanting to beat this kid to death: At that time, your other teacher and I also lost that match, okay?
Stockton is injured...

　Today... let's finish writing the second game, Xiaofeng still can't do the journal style of giving data and results, so let's come to a chapter or two!Try to finish writing this game tonight, ask for recommendation tickets, ask for monthly tickets, whatever~
　　
　
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