From today on is the king

Chapter 967
After the announcement of the best team and the best defensive team, it was not Liu Mang who was selected by accident, but Stoudemire who was placed in the center position.

Liu Mang was lucky enough to be ridiculed, but he didn't feel that there was anything wrong.

If Kobe hadn't been reimbursed this season because he couldn't keep up on the defensive end due to gaining weight and played about 60 games, and Kidd hadn't played so badly in the first half, it would definitely be inappropriate for Liu Mang to be selected for the second defense.

But apart from Kidd, Kobe, Prince, Wade, Billups, and Larry Hughes, among the guards this season, Liu Mang's defensive performance is considered one of the best. After Raheem left, his outside defense, pincer attack on the basket, and his ability to maintain defense for a long time played a vital role in the Eagles' defense.

Since McGrady's best defensive team is placed in the forward position, the best defensive team will naturally not affect Liu Mang, even though McGrady scored 42 points in the voting for the best defensive team at the forward position.

Liu Mang was just considered lucky, but his defensive attitude and continuity, when Kobe couldn't defend and Kidd's poor defensive performance this season failed to widen the gap with other second-defense players, Liu Mang, who was lucky enough to be selected as the second-defense player, was affirmed by the fans.

But Stoudemire was placed in the center, so he didn't have to compete with McGrady, Double 21, Nowitzki, or even Raheem, James, Bosh and others. It was clear that he was praising Stoudemire.

McGrady is fine, he was a forward at the beginning, although he registered as a guard, his style of play was still that of a point forward.

But Stoudemire was put at center...he was a pure power forward...

Every year, some awards in the league are complained about. For NBA officials, it is not a problem at all, but it has increased the topic.

Just like Liu Mang or Nash, who is more worthy of this year's MVP, it is estimated that not only this year, but many years to come will be discussed by fans. As long as there is a topic, it is not a vicious topic, it is good for the NBA.

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Got a second defense... Liu Mang actually has the feeling that he has no regrets in this life.

Think about Kobe losing weight, Kidd getting stronger, Billups, Prince's long-term All-Defensive Team, Raja Bell, Paul and Rondo who have been on the All-Defensive Team for a few years, Shane Battier who was occasionally selected, and Tony Allen after 2010...

Liu Mang felt that his fate with the best defensive team came so suddenly and disappeared so quickly...

The best defensive team has not been complained much. Except for Stoudemire's complaints about the best team, James has been complained about in all three teams.

Bosh and Wade have good records. James was selected to the third team and Marion was squeezed out, which is surprising. It may also be that there are so many people. Fans outside the United States, seeing James' 27+7+7 data, think it is normal to be selected to the third team. Local fans in the United States complain more, and the record has become a strong point of attack.

In addition, Nash and Liu Mang were attacked again. The MVP was not a unanimous vote, and Liu Mang, the second MVP, was a unanimous vote. Both Liu Mang and Nash were criticized by different groups of fans.

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The topic was brought up by the best team and the best defensive team, and the league's East and West finals continued.

Looking at the upcoming East and West finals, David Stern, who was happy for 24 hours in the first game of the two teams, is now thinking about the finals...

I'm so heartbroken!

I'm so happy that in just 24 hours, the two series were on one side!

The Suns were no match for the Spurs at this time. After the Pistons failed in the first counterattack, they were completely depressed. On May 5th and May 19th, the first three games of the East and West finals were played, and all were scored 5-20!

On May 5, the Eagles played the Pistons away, and the Palace of Auburn Hills was terribly quiet!
Detroit fans no longer had any expectations when their team met Liu Mang. They didn't boo their team, nor cheered for Liu Mang. They just kept silent. Some fans put paper bags from convenience stores on their heads, expressing that they couldn't breathe.

Detroit fans love the Pistons, but they really can't stand watching such a game.

In the strangely quiet atmosphere of the audience, the Pistons players had no motivation to return to the home court, except for defense or defense.

老鹰队稳稳的打出了自己的实力，刘莽拿到27分5板4助攻3抢断1盖帽5失误的数据，帮助老鹰队92比84，没什么太大波澜的把大比分打成了3比0。

On the side of the Suns and the Spurs, the Spurs also successfully won the second away game on May 5, 17 to 114. The Suns played a crazy counterattack in this game, but Ginobili played better in the playoffs this season than in the regular season.

On May 5th, the Spurs, who returned to their home court, took advantage of the away game to grab two home-court advantages. For the first time in this round of the series, the Suns scored less than 20 points. With 110 to 109, they killed the Suns' desperate hope of not being 102-3.

Generally speaking, compared to the boring defensive battle between the Eagles and the Pistons with rich Eastern characteristics, the game between the Spurs and the Suns was very good. While shooting wildly and relying on Nash to organize the offense to flourish, the Spurs played excellent tactics. Ginobili and Bunche Wells were the core of the offense, and their personal abilities were brought into full play, and the offense was very interesting.

But the Spurs are the villains!All fans don't like the Spurs, but prefer the Suns. There are still many fans who give up watching the Western Conference Finals, watching it worrying!After Nash didn't get the first vote for a while, he played harder, but the harder he worked, the more he felt frustrated.

Unlike the Pistons' inherent impression of bad boys and the "discrimination" by the fans due to the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Billups played so well in the first game that no one paid attention to it.

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On May 5, nothing unexpected happened. In Game 21 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Liu Mang scored 13 points and 15 assists, McGrady scored 29 points, and Kwame Brown scored 22 points and 15 rebounds. The Eagles beat the Pistons 111-85. fishing.

The Eagles have reached the finals for two consecutive years!
And won the Eastern Conference playoffs for two consecutive years!
At this time, some fans found a video of Liu Mang pointing to the floor of the American Airlines Center and saying "This is my horse" when the Eagles played against the Heat in Miami last season.

At that time, except for the Eagles fans, everyone thought Liu Mang was too arrogant. He had never even crossed the East, and he claimed that the East was his territory.

But now, there is no one in the Eastern Conference playoffs for two consecutive years, Liu Mang said he did it!
This video began to spread wildly on the Internet. Wade, who was taking a family vacation with James, Bosh, Anthony, and Milicic in Los Angeles, was lying on the hot news...

The video that made Liu Mang bear the label of "arrogance" at the beginning has now made Liu Mang crazily sought after.

Most of the fans felt that although Liu Mang was a little shameless, a little mean, a little sinister, a little conceited... But people will do what they say!

It's totally different from some L.A. player saying at the beginning of the season that they will win the championship.
Because of this video, Liu Mang started to be known as the King of the East, but the recognition is not high. After all, he only won twice, but the general public opinion is that Liu Mang will one day dominate the West just like the magicians in the 80s, and it is very likely that he will dominate the East!
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After the series with the Pistons, Liu Mang got a random star card for the Pistons in the 04-05 season. Although it is not very useful, it is better than nothing. In case a mission fails at any time, the star card will be deducted to make up the number. Those who want to keep it during the random deduction may be able to keep it.

Like Andre Robertson and Terrence Ferguson's star card, Liu Mang could not use it if he got it before, but he can keep it and deduct it.

On May 5, Game 22 of the Western Conference Finals between the Suns and the Spurs, the Hawks returned to Atlanta.

On the first day back in Atlanta, the Eagles had a holiday, and the coaching staff had to make further preparations for the next finals. Fortunately, the Eagles regarded the Spurs as their imaginary opponents in the finals from the very beginning, and they had already made a lot of preparations.

It's just that the Spurs have changed a lot in the playoffs. The core of the inside and outside offense has obviously changed compared to the regular season. It is necessary to further plan tactics based on the performance of the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.

Just when Liu Mang thought that the Suns were going to be swept away, the Suns played like crazy in the fourth game, and actually played defense!The main reason was to block the inside line and startled Bunche-Wells and Duncan. Duncan only scored 15 points in the fourth game. Bunche-Wells averaged 25 points per game in the series. This time he only scored 9 points. With 28 points and 32 assists, the whole game was anxious. In the end, the Suns scored 12 to 18 and struggled to tie the big score to 9 to 6.

The sudden arrival gave the fans a little excitement.

But this time it can be seen that the Suns are just looking back and continuing their lives. The Spurs are notoriously helpless when encountering explosive opponents, but the extreme style of play of the Suns and the explosive performance of the outside duo. After the Spurs are prepared, this style of play of the Suns is useless.

The reason why the Spurs feel stable and strong in the playoffs is because they have time to adjust. They have nothing to do when they encounter an explosion, but once their opponents explode in the playoffs, they can adjust in the next game.

It's a pity that after Duncan's first serious injury, although he played another peak, but in this peak period, the OK combination happened to be at the peak...

The Suns tied the big score to 1 to 3, which brought some buffer opportunities for the league to arrange the finals, and David Stern was relieved, otherwise the finals would have started too early!
Not only is the league breathed a sigh of relief, but the Eagles also have at least three more days of rest. The fifth game of the Western Conference Finals between the Spurs and the Suns will start on May 5. The Eagles have more time to discuss tactics, train and more against the Spurs.

And the Suns won a game against the Spurs, which also gave the Eagles coaching staff some tactical inspiration.

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After returning to Atlanta for a day of rest, Liu Mang continued to train.

Although Alexia was pregnant, she did not disturb Liu Mang's training. This was Liu Mang's career. Dinah went to school, and the four-month summer vacation began after the last week of classes. Levia was in charge of family affairs. There was nothing Liu Mang needed to be busy with. Liu Mang devoted himself to various middle-distance training and team tactical training.

Time passed quickly, and Liu Mang and his teammates complained that the training time was too short. If he had more time to train, his mid-range turnaround jumper and spot-up singles could be improved.

Hearing Liu Mang's complaint, the Eagles players didn't want to talk to him: You are only in the fourth grade!If the first-round pick is still on the rookie contract, what else do you want?A fourth-year MVP, scoring champion, and best defensive player like Jordan?Moreover, Jordan was between 24 and 25 years old at that time, and you only turned 23 in summer!

Liu Mang feels that Invincible is really lonely, even his teammates don't understand him, he really feels that time is not enough!

Soon to May 5th, the fifth game of the series between the Suns and the Spurs began.

The Eagles coaching staff and players watched the last game of the Western Conference finals against the next round of opponents, and studied and discussed together.

The result was not much of a surprise. The Spurs were 120 to 107. They adapted to the Suns' last game and easily won the victory.

The head coach of the Suns, Mike D'Antoni, was too poor on the spot. After a good game, he wanted to do it again, but was killed by Popovich.

Stoudemire played very irritable in the fifth game. He scored 42 points and exploded the inside of the Spurs, but he only had 4 rebounds... As a "center", 4 rebounds...

Duncan was as steady as a dog. Although he only had 19 points, he got 25 rebounds, which is the key to the Spurs' efficient offense.

Duncan is too stable, as long as the opponent can't explode, he is so stable.

4 to 1, the Spurs successfully entered the finals.

The two major regular seasons of the East and the West, the extremely stable abuser who beat the weak teams in the regular season, will meet on the highest stage of the NBA!

finally come!

Troika!

Liu Mang can't wait to fight the troika in the finals!
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