From today on is the king

Chapter 377 375. We are young and never afraid of failure! (Add more 510)

趁着上半场最后几分钟还有球星卡的效果在，刘莽连拿5分外加1个助攻，将数据提升到了21分6板5助攻。

There has always been a player on the team who scored 20+5+5 in halftime. Normally, the team should have exploded.

Of course, the Eagles did explode.

首节前7分钟只拿到7分的情况下, 后面5分钟奋起直追拿到15分，首节22分，第二节更是单节拿到了35分，半场拿到57分。

But the opposite Nets scored 29 points in the first quarter, 33 points in the second quarter, and scored 62 points in the half!
Kidd had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists, a quasi triple-double at halftime!

Kidd is not as good as Liu Mang in scoring. He may not be able to match the scoring performance of Liu Mang's rookie season in his life. But with 5 more assists, it is not just as simple as allowing his teammates to score 10 points or at most directly allowing his teammates to score 15 points.
If Liu Mang can maintain the state of the first half throughout the game, it is hard to say who will win this game. In the end, it will depend on who can control the situation to the end, Liu Mang or Kidd.

But in the last half minute of the first half, the effect of Liu Mang's star card has ended!

Liu Mang played with the idea of ​​defeating the Raptors and the Pistons. Who knows, he can only compete with Kidd and even have no upper hand. It is the same as the 02-03 Eastern Conference finals. The Pistons had Ben Wallace, Billups, Hamilton, Clifford Robinson and rookie Prince.

Relying on his personal field control ability and organizational ability, Kidd has improved the performance of his teammates by more than one level!

If Liu Mang waited until the second half to use it, it would be even worse. Maybe it would not be the time for him to use the star card, and the team would have collapsed!
At this time, the teammates still didn't know Liu Mang's deep sense of despair, and they all pointed at Liu Mang to play.

Although Raheem is a top star, he is comprehensive, scoring and rebounding plus defense. So far in his career, the lowest rebounds in a season have not been less than 7, and it is still a rookie season.

Raheem is very comprehensive inside singles, but it is impossible to point to him to score alone to win. Occasionally, he can score 40+50+ in a single game, but under normal circumstances, even if he is in a good state, he can score more than 30 points.

Under the defense of Kittles, Terry is not very good at the emergency stop jump shot. Most of the 15 points in the half are due to Raheem's points and three-pointers in the counterattack.

The Eagles pointed at Liu Mang to open up the situation!

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The second half of the game started soon, and Liu Mang was anxious throughout the intermission. When he was about to play again, he heard the cheers of the fans, and he saw the beautiful seniors, little lolitas, and beautiful landlords in the ten rows behind the technical stage.

Isn't it the worst situation, since it is the worst situation, can it be worse?

That being the case, fight!
The Eagles sent Liu Mang, Terry, Raheem, Newbell, and Muhammad.

The Nets sent Kidd, Kittles, Jefferson, Van Horn, and Kenyon Martin.

At this anxious moment, both teams have replaced most of the main players, except for the big center.

Since the Nets won the jump ball at the start of the game, the Hawks took the lead in the third quarter.

Liu Mang pushed forward with the ball, and his teammates pulled away consciously.

Liu Mang continued to play singles, and he wanted to continue scoring!At least the offense threatened to keep up.

Jefferson looked at the strongest player in the same class in front of him. His despair was deeper than that of Liu Mang during the halftime break, but they were ahead. Kidd said, try to defend as much as you can, and it’s not his fault if you can’t. So Jefferson is still very focused on defending Liu Mang.

Liu Reck speeded up again, and Jefferson's defense was no longer close to Liu Reck. Seeing that Liu Reck made a breakthrough, he immediately turned around and ran, trying to predict Liu Reck's breakthrough position.

But this time Liu Mang withdrew directly, three-point shot!

In the first half, Liu Mang only tried to shoot a three-pointer, but he missed it when he found that it was not accurate. However, in the second half, the effect of the skill card ended, Liu Mang's bench bandit was triggered, and the three-pointer returned to the standard.

Liu Mang shot the ball very decisively and firmly, and made a hollow hit!
60 to 62, only two points behind!

The difference of two points is not hopeless!Liu Mang encouraged himself.

Liu Mang's attack caught the Nets a little by surprise, but Kidd still immediately picked up the ball and served, and the Nets made a fast break on the third line!

Kenyon Martin and Jefferson used two arrows to cover Kittles and attract the defense. The Eagles quickly returned to the defense. When Jefferson received the ball in the frontcourt, he and Kenyon Martin were blocked by Muhammad, Newbell and Raheem. Liu Mang and Jason Terry also blocked Kittles.

but!The Nets followed up with Van Horn who followed up a step later. Jefferson gave a point to Van Horn who followed up to the top arc of the three-point line. Today, the Nets, who also played crazy offensively, felt hot. Van Horn hit a three-pointer and returned Liu Mang's three-pointer just now.

That's what it feels like!

Liu Mang felt the feeling that he was chasing points all the time, but he was pressed every step of the way. They scored against each other and scored!They broke out and the other side broke out, and the Nets didn't have the offensive ability to completely open the point difference with a final decision, but it happened that this kind of feeling that they kept suppressing the Eagles, kept suppressing, and didn't give them a breath made Liu Mang feel very uncomfortable.

Liu Mang felt this feeling in the last few minutes of the first half, Kidd's super field control ability!He doesn't have teammates like Nash in the Suns, nor does he have Nash's scoring ability, but he is stronger than Nash in his ability to control the field!

After the Nets scored, they immediately returned to defense, and the Eagles attacked again. After Liu Mang advanced, he found that the opponent had changed defenders. Kidd stepped up to defend Liu Mang.

Although Kidd didn't know that Liu Mang was no longer able to make a strong breakthrough in the second half, in the third quarter, Kidd regarded this quarter as the closing game and was ready to defend Liu Mang himself. Restricting Liu Mang from outside the three-point line was a greater threat than letting him hit the basket.

As for Raheem, Jefferson couldn't guard him, but it didn't matter.

Just like now, when Liu Mang saw Kidd coming to defend him, he immediately passed the ball to Raheem. Raheem squeezed into the basket and scored two points in singles, but the Nets immediately counterattacked. Van Horn immediately picked up the ball and swiped it to Kidd who was one step inside the three-point line.

Kidd's field control continues!
No one in the Eagles can compete, or in other words, no player in the Eastern Conference can compete with Kidd!
The combination of Kidd's offensive control and Scott's defensive system has become the strongest team in the East in the past two years!

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Liu Mang worked very hard in the second half. He also made breakthroughs and three-pointers, and even caused fouls at the basket.

But without the impact of the first half, the Eagles gradually lost the ability to compete with the Nets, and were gradually crushed by the Nets' overwhelming offensive and defensive dominance.

Fighting and fighting, the Eagles were ten points behind, and the mood of the fans at the scene began to gradually sink.

However, Liu Mang, Raheem, and Jason Terry refused to admit defeat, and Muhammad also refused to admit defeat just like this, and have been working hard.

But still suppressed.

After three quarters, the Eagles trailed 79 to 93 by 14 points.

In the fourth quarter, they still wanted to fight. Liu Mang, Raheem, and Jason Terry almost didn’t rest much after playing. Liu Mang was fine and could use physical potions, while Raheem and Terry were already at the end of their battles.

Unlike Kidd, no matter what teammates are replaced, as long as they can run and dunk, they can take off. The Eagles' offense relies on three Kitty Hawks.

Watching Raheem hit the basket again and again with sweat all over his body and lack of strength, watching Liu Mang, although he didn't know why he couldn't get angry in the second half, still trying hard to shoot three-pointers and make kills at the basket, watching Terry want to use emergency stop jump shots to deal with opponents who are about ten centimeters taller than him.

The fans at the scene, who had become extremely depressed because of the big score at home, gradually rose up, cheering for the players.

But in the end, the Eagles failed to comeback, 101 to 113, the Eagles suffered at home!
刘莽拿到33分7板7助攻，拉希姆26分9板，特里25分。

Except for the three brothers, everyone else did their best, but the three brothers didn't have the second half to open up the situation, and their teammates didn't play a big role. If the role players want to score, most of them can only use the star to attract the defense to score. If the star can't play, they will naturally have fewer chances to score...

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How did the Lakers kill the Nets to sweep?Liu Mang has been thinking about this question after returning to the apartment after finishing the physical therapy.

Little Lolita and Alexia, after the game, Levia drove Alexia back first. When Liu Mang got home, Dinah Little Lolita waited for Liu Mang to get home. Little Lolita was really sensible sometimes. She wanted to complain to Liu Mang, but seeing Liu Mang lost and anxious, she comforted Liu Mang, and then went upstairs to sleep without disturbing Liu Mang.

Liu Mang's previous impression of the Nets was that although they were the strongest team in the Eastern Conference in the past two years, he still had the impression that they had no power to fight back when they were swept away by the Lakers.

But thinking about it now, they still have six finals against the Spurs!
The Spurs had to play six games against the Nets to solve the problem. That year, the Nets defeated the Spurs in the second away game. If Kenyon Martin had not suffered from the flu in the fifth game and the Nets lost the battle of Tianwangshan, in fact, the final outcome is hard to say.

In the summer of 03, the 94-year long contract signed by Kidd in 9 expired. Popovich invited Kidd to join, but Kidd felt that he was very close to the championship, and he was only two games away, so he stayed with the Nets.

Of course, it is indeed a bit unfair to compare the Spurs, who basically equaled Duncan's single-core championship in 03, to the Lakers, who won three consecutive championships in 02.

Liu Mang once again carefully recalled those things about the 02 finals.

I just remember that year Kobe and Kidd defended each other like noobs. O'Neal was invincible inside, and the Nets didn't even have a chance to counterattack, because O'Neal's hit was basically a foul, and the Nets couldn't get up to speed. One-on-one.

The situation that year was that the combination of Kobe and Fisher and the combination of Kittles and Kidd were pecking at each other. They guarded each other to death and even passed the ball. O'Neal averaged nearly ten fouls per game. The chance of winning was not given to the Nets, and they were killed in twos and threes.

Regarding today's disastrous defeat to the Nets at home, Liu Mang already knew the news from the outside world without thinking about it.

The media is like that. When you win, they will blow you up to the sky, and when you lose, they will turn around immediately.

Of course, Liu Mang doesn't know how they will write about the media outside of Atlanta. Anyway, the Atlanta media and domestic mainstream media are all in a tone of regret and encouragement, which is always the case during interviews.

After the Eagles lost to the Nets at home, the decisive media was blown away.

At first, not many people paid attention to them, but all of a sudden, the attention rose again, and the Eagles didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

I thought the Eagles would easily eliminate the Nets, but I didn't expect the Nets to make a perfect counterattack against the Eagles in the second game!Leading from the beginning of the game to the end, especially in the second half, the Hawks were not given a chance to struggle.

However, the mainstream media in North America did not fall on one side as Liu Mang thought. Instead, they felt that if the Eagles hadn't been beaten so badly by the Nets at the start of the second game, Liu Mang would have played earlier. With Liu Mang's state in the first half, maybe he would not fall behind, and he would not be defeated in the second half.

When Liu Mang woke up in the morning and saw the media attribute the reason for the loss to Kruger's coach rotation being too stubborn, an idea popped up in his mind: the coach was blamed again.

Huh...why again?
At noon, the Eagles flew to Jersey City, because they had two away games.

After arriving in Jersey City, I still chose to live in the small town of Rutherford, where the Nets' home court is located, and rented the indoor basketball court of the university here.

This time no one is complaining about why they don't live in Jersey City, where they have beautiful sisters.

Now everyone on the Eagles feels tremendous pressure.

Whoever imagined it, in just one day, everything changed!At this time yesterday, everyone was still enjoying the shooting practice before the game in the afternoon, but in less than 24 hours, the world seemed to have changed.

Although the media is not overwhelmingly pessimistic about the Eagles, the view that the Nets can finally win the Eastern Conference Finals is already much more optimistic than the Eagles can win the Eastern Conference Finals, because the Nets have already won the home court advantage, and the Nets' home winning percentage has been high this season.

This kind of public opinion made the Eagles cheer up to train well. Counting the daytime of the game on the 21st, the Eagles still have two and a half days to prepare.

Whether it's the players in training, the coach Kruger who scratched his head bigger, or the overly rigorous Mike Woodson assistant, including trainers, physical therapists, shooting assistants, etc., they are all working very hard to prepare for the next game.

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On the 19th, the second match between the Kings and the Lakers at home, this time the Kings held on and had the last laugh, playing a gorgeous Princeton, beating the Lakers 116-110 at home and tying the Lakers 1-1.

The strength is indeed very anxious, and the games between the Kings and the Lakers are all fought to the last moment of the game.

And like the Eagles, they went to Los Angeles the next day after the game and trained in Los Angeles.

Both sides drew 1-1. Judging from the data alone in the first two games, all four teams were in good shape. So when there was no game in the two series on the 20th, the suspense of the final results of the two series was raised to the highest level. The Eagles and Nets, the Lakers and Kings, the two series continued to refresh the ratings records of the conference finals.

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Time flies by quietly. When you feel that you don't need time, time often passes very slowly. When you need time, it feels like it will pass in a few seconds.

That's how the Eagles feel right now.

Today is the first away game day for the Eagles. At [-] pm, the game will start in this small town on the eastern coast of the United States.

In the afternoon, Liu Mang did not continue training with his head down, but called Jason Terry, Raheem, and Muhammad to come out for a walk together.

Although Rutherford is a small town, you can take a taxi out of the town for a few dollars, and there is no scenery outside the city, except for the fields, which are the tall chimneys that can be seen directly.

Once outside the city, Liu Mang proposed to take a walk around to relax.

Most of the land in New Jersey is saline-alkali land. Liu Mang saw a Caucasian farmer who was about the age of a logistician driving a locomotive to plant sorghum. Visually, the land of several hundred acres probably belonged to this farmer.

In the United States, don't underestimate those peasants, they are the real rich landowners, who have land and money.

"Ace, there is still a game tonight, why are you so relaxed this time?" Raheem asked puzzled, he clearly remembered that before the start of the last game, Liu Mang was alone and very cautious, but today everyone was very nervous, and in the afternoon Liu Mang suggested to take a rest without training in the afternoon.

"Take it easy, Sharif, it's good for us to go out for a walk," Liu Mang said with a smile, "We've prepared enough for the past two days, how much do you think you can improve in one afternoon if you practice shooting again?"

"Ace is right," Muhammad said, "I haven't seen farming for a long time. After I retire, I will go back to my hometown and buy him a thousand-acre land. I will farm the land myself, and I will not worry about it when I get old!"

"That's right, no matter whether the next game is easy or difficult, we have to treat it with a normal heart. We can't be too nervous, and we can't be as lax as last time, and one more important point!" After finishing speaking, Liu Mang took a few steps ahead, came to the edge of the field by the roadside, spread his hands towards the sky and shouted in Chinese: "We are still young! Never worry about failure!"

The three guys around looked at Liu Mang suddenly yelling loudly in words they didn't understand. Although they didn't understand what it meant, they felt very powerful.

At this time, they didn't ask Liu Mang what he was yelling at. The positive actions and emotions infected them even though they didn't understand the language.

Like Liu Mang, they came to the edge of the field and yelled at the sky what they wanted to say.

There is Muhammad's vulgar slang, there is Raheem who is just shouting, there is Jason Terry who wants to win the championship, increase his status and make a lot of money...

The uncle Caucasian farmer who was driving a tractor to plant seeds in the field was startled by the screams of several people, and almost drove the tractor into the ditch beside the road...

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