Chapter 733: 732. Enter the Eastern Conference Three!

"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 had predicted that the Pistons might break out, they didn't think the Pistons could win away games. The Eagles' home games this season were as stable as the weights. The fans thought that the Pistons would break out, but the Pistons It can cause some troubles in the away game and cause some troubles for the Eagles, and it will not lose as badly as 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 by less than 15 points. Facing the strength of the Eagles this season, an away loss of 10 points is not bad. Yes, at least give them the confidence to fight after returning 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 on the rise or are about to rise to the top. Except for a very few teams, most of the teams in the league are playing very well. Basketball, some role players have also used it to shine; 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 Eastern Conference are almost equal in strength. Any two teams of the three teams play against each other. With the experience of reaching the finals in 2010, he still has a slight advantage.

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.

And the Eagles can win 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 Eagles would have the hope of hitting 70 wins, and they did not expect the Eagles to be like that. Do it, because at the beginning of the season, the strong teams discovered that this year's NBA situation is very fast.

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, they don't hesitate to play strong teams, and they are already strong. In the league where everyone thinks that the strength of a strong team is "balanced", the right time, place and people are all in place. 70 victories, it can be said that those who are prepared just happened to be lucky, and it is logical to get 70 victories.

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 includes the OK group and Wang Zhizhi The game between the Lakers and the Eagles with Liu Mang, that scene has been heard by fans in 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 point is, 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 in the playoffs, and it is impossible for Stephen Jackson to implement it. The player option for the season, his performance this season, cannot be kept with a salary of two or three million.

Therefore, it is not Stephen Jackson who is more passive. He has already achieved his worth by taking advantage of the overall strength of the Pistons and the lack of small forwards. His reputation is not very good...and he is a championship small forward. After the game, he directly said to the reporter: "I have won the championship, what has he won?"

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 did not listen to him. What is the problem.

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 here is a melon-eating crowd. From time to time, he opens a small account and replies to various posts in the forums of major websites, all kinds of black and white, adding Pistons fans... and seeing comments praising himself, Liked everyone... Some forums have a new function, which is to 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 2-0 in the game at night, and the Pacers and Nets scored 1-1 were ignored.

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

On May 2, 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, basically there is very little training. Especially in the playoffs, they are all running tactics on the day of the game. Even if they are preparing for the game at other times, they are watching videos and studying tactics. Mainly, physical fitness is a key issue in the playoffs. The Pistons already like to use their five starters to death, so they should rest.

Originally, Larry Brown's training plan was 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 the most relaxing time for Liu Mang to face the Pistons. Although he has won the Pistons many times and his statistics are good, he has not played easily because the opponent's defensive pressure is always on him, and he needs to concentrate Focus on watching teammates pass the ball while continuing to be a 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.

In the last game, he made 24 shots and scored 30 points. In this game, Liu Mang only shot 19 times, and scored 33 points on 11 of 19 shots!

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 out of Liu Mang's arms Take it away, "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 3rd, Liu Mang and the little loli, who will not be able to hug and kiss when she grows up, performed an inexplicable performance at the garage door, and then set off for the airport. 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 did not panic. The fans of the Pistons 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. Salary per game.

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 particularly difficult task for the Eagles to beat the Pistons. The Pistons have long since lacked the courage to fight against the Eagles. Now there is still one Stephen Jackson missing, and it is almost certain that Stephen Jackson will play in the next two games. It's over, 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 on the Pistons have no attachment to this year's playoffs. Now this strength is being suppressed. With the team infighting and the pressure of public opinion, the Pistons players all want to escape from the game...

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In the third game of the series, Liu Mang scored 23 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists in 7 of 21. The Eagles won the first away game 94-85.

After leading 3-0, the Eagles were completely out of pressure. In the fourth game, the Eagles scored 111 points, the highest score in this round of the series, breaking the 100-point score for the first time in the series, with 111-90, 21 points. Defeated the Pistons by a margin and swept the Pistons 4-0!

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 not care about anything else, just defending Liu Mang to death. The rest of the Eagles took the opportunity to score. Tears, watching his two-person attack from outside the three-point line and three or four people blocking the inside line, he can only hand the ball to Stockton or Jason Terry. In the fourth game, Liu Mang only scored 6 of 20. I can watch my teammates wave.

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

Pistons In the past few days in Detroit, the Pistons players have been scolded even worse by Larry Brown, but Stephen Jackson is right in front of them. No one is going to confront Larry Brown, but no one is nostalgic for Larry Brown. 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 division finals for the third consecutive year. At least, they have already tied the results of last season. Next, they can face the next one without any hesitation. opponent.

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-hearted and blooming new flowers in his middle age, really can't make much contribution in the game. With Ostertag, Kevin Willis It's true that Lees won't get a second of playing time, but he is not useless. His positive spirit is very similar to that of Muhammad. This is a huge burden for a team that is already poor in space, and the Spurs don't want to trade him away.

With a smile on his face and tears in his heart, Liu Mang saw that his average scoring average of 31.5 points per game after the first two games of the series was lowered to 25 points per game after playing two away games. , The scoring average in the playoffs has also dropped to 31.625 points. Thinking that there is another round of the series, whether it is the Pacers or the Nets, the degree of targeting him is probably no lower than that of the Pistons...

Liu Mang could only comfort himself: "You are handsome and you are the MVP. This difficult situation can only be borne by yourself silently. If you can't score, you can't score. Just win. Nothing is more important than winning. Xiaoye is such a selfless person, always thinking about and making contributions to his teammates. A selfless person like Xiaoye can only be described as great... No, no, greatness is not enough to describe my old Liu, Xiaoye Master is so outstanding, silently paying for his teammates behind the scenes..."

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!