(Sorry, I misremembered the rules at the end of the last game. A flagrant foul that is valid for a goal is one free throw and one throw. A foul foul that fails to score is two free throws and one throw. However, it doesn’t have much impact. In the end, Liu Mang still scored over 60 points.

It’s divided, exactly 60 points.)

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21 of 39 shots, 6 of 14 three-pointers, 12 of 15 free throws, Liu Mang scored 60 points in a single game!

"...60 points? I just found out that I already had 60 points. It's great, but it doesn't mean anything. I just played my normal performance. The Pistons played great, they almost won, but

We are the strongest. My teammates and I worked hard and persisted until the end and won the game, that's all.

MVP? Hmm...can the MVP be replaced with a championship? I have an MVP trophy at home, please help me replace it with a championship!"

After the game, the Eagles opened the locker room for interviews. After Liu Mang finished the last interview, he turned around calmly, picked up a towel and a change of clothes and walked into the bathroom.

Watching Liu Mang finish his last paragraph in a pretentious manner, the reporters got used to it and then went on to interview other members of the Eagles.

Liu Mang scored 60 points in a single game in the playoffs, breaking the world.

Even if we include Elgin Baylor, who scored 61 points in the finals, only three people in NBA history have scored 60 points in the playoffs. If we count modern basketball, only Liu Mang and Jordan have done it!

Lowering the standard to 50 points in the playoffs, among the current players except Liu Mang, only Iverson and Carter have achieved this. Iverson has won 50 points in the playoffs three times, and Liu Mang has only played four seasons.

Already done it twice!

With Liu Mang's style of play, he will break Iverson's record of 50 games in the playoffs in the future. Judging from Liu Mang's current game, there won't be much of a problem.

As the saying goes, one person can ascend to heaven. Players, coaches, trainers, etc. on the Hawks team have become the targets of reporters competing for interviews. The Pistons team, which lost, was also surrounded by reporters, mainly the Hawks.

The team's side was already crowded with reporters, and the Pistons players were asked about the same thing about Liu Mang.

Not many people remember the wonderful performance of Billups, the key player who scored 45 points in a single game and scored 19 points in the final quarter...

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"Who is the MVP?"

ESPN quickly released such a piece of news after the game between the Eagles and Pistons.

As we enter the Eastern Conference Finals, awards have begun to be announced one after another.

The Defensive Player of the Year was won by Ben Wallace, and the Rookie of the Year was won by Emeka Okafor. The Hawks had no one in the rookie first team, and Iguodala was selected in the second team as a rookie. The quality of the 2004 draft.

Just like that, the best coach went to Mike D'Antoni of the Suns, the best manager went to SuperSonics general manager Creed Jeffery, and the best sixth man went to Ben Gordon.

Ben Wallace was at his peak, Okafor was unrivaled in his 2004 rookie season, D'Antoni helped the Suns win 35 more games, the Sonics used Radmanovic and a first-round pick to get Francis and Ben took off.

-It is reasonable for Gordon to win the Sixth Man of the Year award over Jason Terry. Rookie performance is a bonus. These awards are all expected at the end of the season.

All that remains is the All-NBA and All-Defensive teams to be announced on May 17th.

Voting will take place on May 16, the day after the first game of the Eastern and Western Conference finals. The media and head coaches of each team will vote for the best team and best defensive team respectively.

Generally speaking, the MVP is guaranteed to be the first team, but of course there are exceptions. Russell once had the second team MVP, but that was already in the ancient times of the NBA.

Since the regular season MVP became a media vote, the MVP is always a team and the one with the most votes in a team. After all, the MVP and team are chosen by them, and they cannot slap themselves in the face.

But this year is a little different. The Eagles have a scoring leader and an assists leader, both of whom are defenders.

There is no problem that Nash performs better than Tracy McGrady. Nash is fine for the first time, but will Nash be embarrassed to become another MVP player since Karl Malone in the 1996-1997 season who does not rank first in scoring in the All-NBA Team?

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Although these awards are regular season awards, it is hard to say whether performance in the playoffs will affect the voting of the media and coaches.

ESPN raised the topic of who the MVP should be, reigniting the original MVP debate that had been settled by Nash after his wonderful performance against the Mavericks in the second round.

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Fans are discussing this matter, and players who are participating in the Eastern and Western Conference finals and who have gone fishing are also forced to participate in the discussion.

Some players really feel that Liu Mang is so good that they are convinced, but only a very small number of them. Most of them don't want to comment, but they can only comment when asked.

Most of the current players use official answers to answer questions. Now that players have learned the answer well, if they don't answer well, they will be called "sour grapes".

Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor and Bobcats minority owner and team executive president Michael Jordan are naturally the two people who must be interviewed.

Elgin Baylor is okay. He has retired for decades and has never won a championship. He has nothing to say. He encouraged his juniors and then expressed that Chinese fans are welcome to watch the Clippers game.

When interviewed here, Boss Qiao said: "Ace is my most proud disciple. Of course he can do anything I can do. This is not surprising."

When this word reached Liu Mang, Stockton and Malone, the three of them were shocked.

It’s okay to be shameless to this extent!

Liu Mang couldn't even refute what he said!

Shuang Sha secretly cursed himself that he was still not as good as Boss Qiao, not as shameless as he was. They were the closest. If he had known it would be better to say this during interviews, Beier would have face.

The first person in history is indeed the first in every aspect...

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After the Eagles played their first game against the Pistons, their morale improved further!

You have won such a difficult game, so what do you have to worry about later?

Just like the unlucky version of Kobe Bryant who wandered around in the Finals without shooting or calling a timeout, causing the Cavaliers to lose at the last minute and the morale of the Cosmos team to rise sharply, the Hawks feel that this series cannot be better than the first game.

Even more difficult.

Moreover, the Pistons have aroused the enthusiasm of the Eagles. The Eagles coaching staff saw that their players were so excited that they wanted to play the second game, and they all followed the excitement to study the wonderful tricks of the Pistons in the first game.

Tactical changes, preparation for defeat.

In the game, on-the-spot reaction is very important, but more important is the preparation before the game. The work of the coaching staff is much more complicated than imagined.

On May 15th, the first game day of the Western Conference Finals between the Suns and the Spurs, the Hawks held a team meeting in the morning. After the coaching staff analyzed the Pistons' tactical system, they held three meetings in the afternoon.

Tactical training session, and then rest begins. The second game will start tomorrow, and the Eagles mainly focus on rest.

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"Uncle, stop watching the Spurs game. It's so ugly. Let's go play games!"

"Children should do more homework! What games should they play!"

"But the teacher asked Dinah to play more. When she grows up, she has to work and take certificates, so she has no time to play!"

"Then let's watch the game with uncle."

"Ah... no..."

"I'll buy you a game set tomorrow."

“Dina’s favorite thing is to watch Spurs games!”

In the evening, Liu Mang returned home and watched the national live broadcast of the Suns vs. Spurs with San Niu.

Like most fans, San Niu, including a teenage girl, is not interested in Spurs games. Levia and Alexia are fine, and they are just idle. The girl directly

Started to complain.

The top executives of the league and the two TV stations, American Cable TV and T.N.T., which broadcast the game, were worried. They expected that the Spurs' game would not be good...and then, they were slapped in the face.

The Spurs actually had a huge scoring battle with the Suns!

To say that it is soaring points is actually not enough. The Spurs are mainly stable!

On the inside, Duncan and Bunch Wells dug through Stoudemire and Marion!

The Spurs' top outside shooters: Brent Barry, Devin Brown, Benno Udrih, Robert Holley, and Bowen, who can't play for too long but is a good three-pointer at fixed-points, the five top shooters worked together to score.

11 three-pointers! In addition to Ginobili's two three-pointers, the Spurs made 13 of 26 three-pointers! Even better than the Suns!

Instead, the Suns became an inside and inside scoring team. Stoudemire scored 37 points and Nash scored 33 points and 12 assists. The two scored 70 points together, but they only shot 7 of 22 from outside three-pointers.

middle!

The Spurs combined the Rockets and Hawks' methods of dealing with the Suns, as well as the Spurs' own rhythm control, to lock the Suns into a three-pointer!

The most obvious point is that Nash made 14 of 25 shots from mid-range and at the basket, and scored 33 points on 5 of 5 free throws, but did not take a single outside shot!

The two teams actually didn't take many shots, but the game was very interesting to watch. The Suns' poor defense made the Spurs look like an offensive team. The positional battle allowed the Spurs to play 57% of the team's shots.

The shooting percentage was six percentage points higher than the 51% shooting percentage achieved by the Hawks a day ago. The Spurs scored 126 points!

Although the Suns also shot 48% from the field and took more shots than the Spurs, they only scored 114 points.

Although Duncan only scored 21 points and seemed to be beaten by Stoudemire, he blocked Nash's three-pointer from outside the three-point line, covered Marion's air cut, and hit Joe Johnson's back.

Assisted defense played the most critical role!

The most critical thing is that the Suns' outside cuts are extremely unsuitable for the whistles in the Western Conference finals, and they don't get whistles!

Duncan's 21 points, Bunch Wells' 28 points, Ginobili's 25 points, and a group of shooters who combined to score more than 30 points, etc. In the scoring battle, the Spurs used unexpected methods.

A huge score battle, 126 to 114, beating the Suns by 12 points!

Although people expected the Spurs to have an advantage against the Suns, the two teams played against each other in the regular season. Although the Spurs only tied with the Suns 2-2, the Spurs first suppressed and then improved, losing the first two games and the last two games.

They won, but the score was low, and the Spurs scored just over 100 points. This time they actually scored 126 points, and they were still in the playoffs!
To be continued...