Without love, how to become great?

Some players will cry because they are defeated, some players will cry because they have not been able to win the game after working hard for the whole game, and some teams will leave the game because they are devastated by dunks...

The Hawks players all love basketball, so they will be greatly affected emotionally by the game. After Billups scored two three-pointers in a row, their confidence was affected.

However, Liu Mang's self-confidence is stronger than the pressure from the Pistons. In other words, the pressure from the Pistons has more impact on the Eagles players than Liu Mang's outstanding performance.

Totally not worth mentioning!

The Hawks activated the roster and Calderon, McCarty, and Varejao in suits were all gathered together. Rasheed Wallace took the lead and shouted: "Go-Hawks-Go..."

The roar of the Eagles players attracted fans around the scene and also surprised Coach Sanders, who was deploying a conservative defensive strategy.

Coach Sanders turned to look at the Eagles. Didn't they just return to the bench in a low voice? He thought his strategy had been effective, and it seemed that it had been effective just now. Why did he suddenly

His morale is higher than before? He has tried his best to make adjustments for this first game!

For the weak team to win the series in the playoffs, the first game is very important. According to statistics, after the team with a good record wins the first victory in the series, the probability of advancement is 83%, and the team with a poor record has an 83% chance of advancing.

After a team loses its first win, it only has a 17% chance of advancing.

After a team with a poor record gets its first win, its chances of advancement more than quadruple, and its chance of advancement increases to 55%!

It’s just that a team with a poor record has less than a quarter chance of winning its first victory. What Coach Sanders wants to be is 55% of that quarter.

The opponent's morale suddenly soared, which surprised Coach Sanders, but he had to fight!

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After the official timeout, Mourning was replaced. After half a quarter, his physical problems also came out. Kwame Brown and Rasheed Wallace partnered on the inside, and Liu Mang led Jason Terry and

McGrady, these two pose a greater offensive threat.

As for defense, the Pistons have almost changed the way they play as a team. The coaching staff has no choice for the time being, so they chose the most direct method, try to defend as much as possible, and give the team's top scorer on the offensive end, hard steel!

On the Pistons side, Coach Sanders has never wanted the timeout to end early, but this time he really hopes the timeout will end early and continue to replace the top five players.

The Pistons' morale is also high. They relied on Ben Wallace, the soul of the team, to offset the pressure of the Eagles at home. With five and a half minutes left, they lead by 5 points, and their morale is now on the rise.

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The Eagles had the ball. McGrady received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt before passing it to Liu Mang. He played singles and defended with all his strength. At this time, he chose to use the remaining energy on defense and fixed-point three-pointers, running to the right

Use the side lines to open up space.

Liu Mang received the serve and went to the top arc. Billups made fierce physical contact, and the Pistons fought hard.

If it were the regular season, this was the home court of the Eagles, and the referee would have given a whistle for this kind of confrontation, but this was the playoffs, and the referee did not blow the whistle.

Liu Mang dribbled the ball with his left hand and leaned on Billups with his right shoulder. He used the left-handed dribbling posture to prevent Billups from stealing the ball.

When Kwame Brown saw Liu Mang's gesture, he immediately ran out and stood on the left side of Liu Mang to block Billups.

Liu Mang moved away from physical contact with Billups and broke through from the left. Billups crazily squeezed past Kwame Brown from the right. It was too late for the pick-and-roll! But it was too late to squeeze past!

Fortunately, Ben Wallace, who came out with Kwame Brown, directly chose to block Liu Mang, and together with Billups, he double-teamed Liu Mang inside the free throw line.

Just when Liu Mang and Kwame Brown were picking and rolling, Jason Terry ran out from the left corner and ran around the three-point line toward the top arc. Kwame Brown helped Liu Mang block Billups.

Afterwards, Liu Mang turned around and blocked Hamilton who was chasing Jason Terry. Liu Mang passed the ball when Jason Terry ran to the top of the arc.

Billups wanted to switch to guard Jason Terry at this time, but he had no choice! He squeezed past Kwame Brown and exhausted him!

Jason Terry's three-point shot from the top of the arc...

Ben Wallace turned around and pressed Liu Mang behind him. Bosh also blocked Rasheed Wallace who rushed in to grab an offensive rebound under the basket. However, the ball thrown by Jason Terry from the top of the arc was not a shot.

, but a lob!

Kwame Brown blocked Hamilton and immediately cut in, rushed inside, jumped high, and scored two points with an alley-oop dunk.

Bosh, who was guarding the basket and preparing to grab a defensive rebound, was hit on the back by Kwame Brown and was knocked out of the baseline again. Fortunately, he held on to the basket frame and did not fall.

Bosh wanted to cry: Why me again? I want revenge!

The small teamwork of the Eagles trio was completed, 106 to 109, and the point difference was within three points.

Pistons offense.

The Pistons' speed became even slower. Billups pushed through the center line under the eight-second violation time. Hamilton was still running tirelessly, ran to the left side of the basket, and successfully used Delfino's pick-and-roll to make a free throw.

One step outside the line got rid of Jason Terry, and Tracy McGrady, who was guarding Delfino, immediately went up to block Hamilton.

Billups immediately passed the ball to Delfino on the left sideline. Delfino made a move to shoot when he suddenly heard a voice.

"Hurry up!" Liu Mang shouted towards Delfino from the top arc.

What is this guy doing? This moment made Delfino hesitate, partly out of anger and partly out of self-doubt.

"Hurry up and shoot! What are you doing standing still!" Liu Mang continued to shout at Delfino.

Delfino hesitated, but Jason Terry had already pounced on him. Liu Mang yelled at Delfino twice, and he couldn't help it anymore, so he pulled it up and threw it.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the one hand, Jason Terry pounced on him, but more importantly, Delfino's rhythm was disrupted, and his three-point shot hit the neck of the basket, which was too wide.

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When Delfino jumped up, Liu Mang immediately rushed back to the inside, judged the landing point, and jumped high to grab the defensive rebound.

The Pistons retreated quickly. They have now returned to their old style of play. It's one thing whether they can score or not. They have to defend!

After Liu Mang grabbed the defensive rebound, he immediately counterattacked, but failed and continued to fall into a positional battle, continuing to pick and roll with Kwame Brown.

This time Billups and Ben Wallace defended more tactically and immediately chose to switch defenses. Kwame Brown brought Billups inside, Liu Mang played small and hit big, and shot a three-pointer after jumping.

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Ben Wallace was short in height, moved quickly, and had excellent defensive awareness. He was not shaken away by Liu Mang and pounced on him. Liu Mang's sharpshooter failed to trigger. No matter how short the opponent was, he was still more than ten centimeters taller than him. Liu Mang

A reckless three-point shot missed!

Bosh roared and grabbed the defensive rebound, held on, there was no rush!

The defense of both teams became brutal. For nearly two minutes, neither team scored a point. Their actions were rough, but the referee's whistle was loose and there were no free throws.

Just when Coach Kruger was about to call timeout again, the key goal came!

After Liu Mang reached the top arc and received a pass from McGrady, he used his head to separate the space from Billups. His head was squeezed by Billups and it hurt a little. Liu Mang ignored it and separated a little.

Space, directly force the three-point shot!

"Ding... The king of pull-up is triggered at level 5. The host's pull-up jumper will take off normally regardless of body contact..."

Finally, after three consecutive three-pointers, Liu Mang's top arc pull-up three-pointer finally triggered the king of pull-ups!

With such physical contact, he can still jump so high! His bullet speed is so fast!

It was too late for Billups to jump up. When he picked up his forehead, Liu Mang had already thrown the ball...

When it fell, Liu Mang whistled as he looked at the ball flying past.

This feeling, as one of the best three-point shooters in the league, he knew he must have scored!

"Shua"

Just as Liu Mang expected, he hit a three-pointer!

109 square meters!

After the Eagles came back from the timeout, within three minutes, the Eagles went on a 5-0 run to tie the score!

Coach Sanders also wanted to call a timeout, but when he saw Billups decisively asking for the ball, he held back. If calling a timeout dissipated the breath that the players were holding back, the problem would be bigger than physical fitness!

Now, except for the young player Bosh, the rest of the Pistons' physical fitness is supported by will.

After Liu Mang made a three-pointer, he immediately retreated, waited for Billups to advance, and immediately pressed forward.

Billups' strength is still stronger than Liu Mang's. The main reason is that Billups' static strength is too strong. In this regard, unlike most black players, their strength will not decline when their physical fitness declines. Billups mainly relies on

The strength evaluation of muscle and body weight strength is 89, and Liu Mang is very balanced, so the static strength of Billups is much greater than that of Liu Mang.

Billups turned his body sideways to avoid Liu Mang's move of grabbing the ball with both hands. Suddenly, he took a step across the three-point line and threw the ball towards the basket!

If Billups had to shoot, there was no way he could do it. His three-point shooting went beyond the sky!

The key is that Billups feels really good today!

This kind of shot that even Liu Mang didn't dare to try easily, actually scored again!

112 to 109, the Pistons lead by three points again!

Coach Sanders stood up and yelled "Yes", he was right to trust Billups!

After Liu Mang broke the deadlock, the Pistons also scored!

"oh……"

The fans at the scene couldn't help but let out a sound of disappointment. Liu Mang had already defended this ball very well. It was difficult for Billups to break through and he didn't have a good chance to shoot, but he made this key shot!

It was the Eagles' offense again, with 1 minute and 47 seconds left on the clock. McGrady advanced to the frontcourt and passed to Liu Mang. By this time, McGrady had already turned into a fish.

After receiving the ball from outside the three-point line, Liu Mang pretended to make a pull-up, and Billups immediately jumped up like a frightened bird.

Finally got a chance!
To be continued...