After the All-NBA and All-Defensive lineups were announced, what was criticized was not Liu Mang's "accidental" selection, but Stoudemire's being placed at the center position.

Liu Mang was teased a lot because of his luck, but nothing was wrong with him.

If Kobe hadn't lost weight this season because he couldn't keep up on the defensive end and was reimbursed after playing 60 or so games, and Kidd hadn't played so poorly in the first half, it would definitely be inappropriate for Liu Mang to be selected as the second defense.

But apart from Kidd, Kobe, Prince, Wade, Billups, and Larry Hughes, Liu Mang's defensive performance is one of the best among guards this season. After Raheem left,

His perimeter defense, flanking at the basket, and physical ability to defend for long periods of time play a vital role in the Hawks' defense.

Since McGrady has been placed in the forward position on the All-Defensive Team, the Best Defensive Team will naturally not affect Liu Mang, even though McGrady received 42 points in the All-Defensive Team voting at the forward position.

Liu Mang was just considered lucky, but with his defensive attitude and continuity, he was lucky enough to be selected as the second defense when Kobe couldn't guard him and Kidd's poor defensive performance this season failed to widen the gap with other second defense players.

Liu Mang has been recognized by fans.

But Stoudemire was placed at the center, so he didn't have to compete with Tracy McGrady, Double No. 21, Nowitzki or even Raheem, James, Bosh and others. It was clear that Stoudemire was being promoted.

Tracy McGrady was okay. He played as a forward in the beginning. Although he was a defender, his style of play was still that of a point forward. Prince and Prince were placed on the back line to be selected for the best defensive team.

But Stoudemire was placed at the center position... He plays a pure power forward style...

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

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

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After getting a second defense...Liu Mang actually felt like he had no regrets in his life.

Think about the future when Kobe loses weight, Jason Kidd gets stronger as usual, Billups, Prince are on the long-term All-Defensive team, as well as Raja Bell, Paul and Rondo, who have been on the long-term All-Defensive team after just a few years of playing, occasionally

Shane Battier was 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 All-Defensive Team did not receive much criticism. Except for Stoudemire, James's third team also received criticism.

Bosh and Wade have good records. James was selected to the third team and squeezed Marion out. It is surprising. It may also be because there are many popular people. Fans outside the United States feel that James's statistics of 27 7 7

Being selected to the third team is normal. Local fans in the United States complained more, and the record became a powerful attack point.

In addition, Nash and Liu Mang were attacked again. The MVP was not a unanimous vote, but Liu Mang, the second MVP, was a unanimous vote. Both Liu Mang and Nash were severely 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 Eastern and Western finals continued.

Looking at the following Eastern and Western Conference finals, David Stern, who had been happy for 24 hours because of the first game between the two teams, now began to think about the finals...

So heartbroken!

I was so happy that in just 24 hours, the two series were one-sided!

The Suns were no match for the Spurs at this time. After the Pistons failed to counterattack in the first game, they were completely defeated. By May 19th and May 20th, the first three games of the Eastern and Western Conference Finals were played.

It became 3 to 0!

On May 19, the Eagles played the Pistons away from home, and the Palace of Auburn Hills was eerily quiet!

Detroit fans no longer had any expectations for their team to meet Liu Mang. They did not boo their team or cheer for Liu Mang. They were just silent. Some fans wore convenience store paper bags on their heads.

He said he couldn't breathe.

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

In an eerily quiet atmosphere, the Pistons players returned home and had little motivation except to defend.

The Eagles steadily showed their strength. Liu Mang scored 27 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 5 turnovers, helping the Eagles 92 to 84. The score was 3 to 3 without any major disturbance.

0.

On the Suns and Spurs side, the Spurs also successfully won their second away game on May 17, 114 to 111. The Suns launched a crazy counterattack in this game, but Ginobili played better in the playoffs this season.

The regular season was even better. At critical moments, he continuously broke into the paint and scored twice 2-1, winning the game.

On May 20, the Spurs returned to their home court and took advantage of the momentum of gaining two home court advantages in the away game to limit the Suns' scoring to less than 110 points for the first time in this series. They defeated the Suns 109 to 102, killing the Suns.

Fight for the hope of not being beaten 3-0.

Generally speaking, compared to the dull defensive battle between the Hawks and Pistons that was full of Eastern characteristics, the Spurs and Suns played a very good game. While shooting wildly and relying on Nash to organize the offense, the Spurs played an outstanding game.

The tactics, Ginobili and Bunchy Wells are the core of the offense, and their personal abilities are fully utilized, and the offense is quite good.

But the Spurs are the villain! All fans don’t like the Spurs and prefer the Suns. There are still many fans who gave up watching the Western Conference finals, which is heartbreaking! After Nash didn’t win the first place in the vote for a while, he played harder, but the more

The more you fight, the more you feel frustrated.

Unlike the Pistons, who gave people the inherent impression of a bad boy team and the Auburn Hills Palace incident, which caused them to be "discriminated" by fans. Billups played so well in the first game and no one paid attention to it. Nash played the first three games of this series.

After averaging 24 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists per game, he won the "sympathy" of the fans. It was indeed an MVP performance, but the Spurs restrained them too much.

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On May 21, nothing unexpected happened. In the fourth game of the Eastern Conference Finals, Liu Mang scored 13 points and 15 assists, McGrady scored 29 points, Kwame Brown scored 22 points and 15 rebounds, and the Hawks won 111-85.

Defeated the Pistons. In the last game, the Pistons had no fighting spirit. The defense could not guard the Eagles. The Eagles had the largest point difference in this series. The Pistons played their best performance in 14 years.

, reached the Eastern Conference Finals, and can go fishing gloriously.

The Eagles reach the finals two years in a row!

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 Hawks went to Miami to play the Heat last season.

At that time, except for Eagles fans, everyone felt that Liu Mang was too arrogant. He had never even crossed out of the Eastern Conference and actually claimed that the Eastern Conference was his territory.

But now, for two consecutive years, no one can beat him in the Eastern Conference playoffs, and Liu Mang said he did it!

This video began to go viral on the Internet. Wade, who was on vacation with his family in Los Angeles with James, Bosh, Anthony, and Milicic, became a hot news...

This video, which originally labeled Liu Mang as "arrogant", now makes Liu Mang wildly popular.

Most fans feel that although Liu Mang is a little shameless, a little despicable, a little sinister, and a little conceited... But he will do what he says!

It's nothing like some Los Angeles player saying they're going to win a championship at the beginning of the season.

Because of this video, Liu Mang became known as the King of the East. However, the recognition was not high. After all, he only won twice. However, the general public opinion is that Liu Mang will one day dominate the West like the magician in the 1980s.

Very likely to dominate the east!

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After playing the series with the Pistons, Liu Mang got a random star card from the Pistons for the 2004-05 season. Although it was of little use, it was better than nothing. If he failed in a mission and wanted to deduct the star card, he could use it.

Let's make up the numbers. If you want to keep them during random deductions, you might be able to keep them.

Like the star cards of Andre Robertson and Terrance Ferguson, Liu Mang had drawn them before and it was impossible to use them, but he could keep them and deduct them.

On May 22, the Hawks returned to Atlanta on Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals between the Suns and Spurs.

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

Already.

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

Just when Liu Mang thought the Suns were about to be swept, the Suns went crazy in Game 4 and actually played defense! They mainly blocked the inside line and shocked Bunch Wells and Duncan.

, Duncan only scored 15 points in the fourth game, Bunch-Wells averaged 25 points per game in the series, and only scored 9 points this time. Although Ginobili scored 28 points, he could not withstand the Suns' desperate efforts.

In order to save face, Joe Johnson opened up the situation and scored 32 points and 12 assists, turning Nash into a shooter. Nash made 9 of 18 shots and 6 three-pointers to get 27 points and 7 assists.

The whole game was anxious, but in the end the Suns managed to tie the score to 1-3, 111-106, and finally got a chance to shine.

It happened suddenly and gave the fans a little excitement.

But this time it’s all clear. The Suns are just looking back and staying alive. The Spurs are famous for being helpless when faced with an outburst of opponents, but the Suns’ extreme play style and the explosion of the perimeter duo

Performance, after the Spurs were prepared, the Suns' style of play was useless.

The reason why the Spurs feel stable and strong in the playoffs is because they have time to adjust. If they encounter an outbreak, they can't do anything. But once their opponents in the playoffs have an outbreak, they can adjust again in the next game, unless it is an OK combination.

Such invincible dominance, otherwise the Spurs would have been as stable as a dog during the years when Duncan was at his peak.

It's a pity that although Duncan reached another peak after his first serious injury, during this peak period, the OK group happened to be at its peak...

The Suns tied the score to 1-3, which gave the league some buffering opportunities to arrange the finals and made David Stern breathe a sigh of relief, otherwise the finals would have started too early!

Not only is the league breathing a sigh of relief, the Hawks also have at least three more days of rest. Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals between the Spurs and the Suns will start on May 25. The Hawks have more time to target.

The Spurs conduct tactical discussions, training and other matters.

Moreover, the Suns' victory over the Spurs also gave the Hawks coaching staff some tactical inspiration.

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After returning to Atlanta and resting for a day, Liu Mang continued training.

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 started after the last week of classes. Levia

He was responsible for handling family matters there, and there was nothing for Liu Mang to be busy with. Liu Mang concentrated on various mid-range training and the team's tactical training.
To be continued...