Liu Mang shot 4-for-4 from the beginning of today's game, and Garnett's head got bigger.

But Garnett has always known how strong Liu Mang is. He was so strong that even in his strongest season, Garnett couldn't steal the MVP from this guy. As one of the five best players in the league, Garnett has nothing to worry about.

Liu Mang's feeling of strength was deeper than Xinrich's.

Although Hinrich is a mature player, and the fourth-year Hinrich performed at the peak of his career, Hinrich's peak performance... is a player on the verge of an All-Star, with a near-first-class scoring ability and a second-level waterproof ability.

Defensively, but obviously, he's not an All-Star.

What Hinrich thought was that if he beat Liu Mang once in the playoffs, he would be able to cross the mountain that hung over their 2003 generation.

As for Garnett...he just wants to take advantage of the Hawks' period of decline after winning three consecutive championships to win against the Hawks.

If we don’t win this year, when the young players of the Eagles grow up, it will be another two-year championship cycle!

Just like the 2002-03 season and the 03-04 season, in the 2002-03 season, Boozer, Prince and other rookies were still growing, and the Hawks failed to win the championship, but in the 03-04 season, Boozer was already very good.

He was so good that he could trade other teams' sixth overall pick to become the core, and successfully won the championship in the 2003-04 season.

This year's Hawks team is very similar to the 2002-03 season. Of course, there is no unlucky thing like the beginning of the 2002-03 season, but it is basically the same. All rookies have talent, but they have yet to be developed. Granger and David Lee are all

Unlike Boozer and Prince, who are very strong in their second year and grow quickly, Rondo is still a rookie.

Garnett knows that by next season, after the young players of the Hawks have improved, the Hawks will have passed the first year of preparation time for the championship cycle.

By next season, even if McGrady is still not strong on the defensive end in the regular season, Rondo, who has grown up for a year, and Grant Hill, who has become better after a summer of adjustments and cooperates better with the team, can take over. Jason Te

The regular season is half-dead, and there are other young substitutes. Even if Wade's recovery is not ideal, as long as he has 60-70% of his original strength, he is still a super substitute and can replace Jason Terry...

And...if the Eagles fail to win the championship this year, there will definitely be a lot less arrogance and pride next season...

This season is the Eastern Conference's best chance to defeat the Hawks. Garnett just wants to take advantage of this opportunity to defeat the Hawks, just like the Nets in the 2002-03 season.

but……

Today is different from the past...Liu Mang is no longer the sophomore who just stepped up from the bench!

In the first three games of this series, Liu Mang relied on Kobe Bryant's star card to win an away game, avoiding being beaten 3-0 by the opponent at the beginning. Later, Liu Mang led his teammates to win 2-2.

Tianwang Mountain.

In this tie-break, Liu Mang did not panic as much as in the last tie-break, but performed better under pressure!

After returning from the timeout in the first quarter, Liu Mang immediately made adjustments to his playing style. As he expected, the opponent placed more restrictions on his breakthrough.

To defend Liu Mang's mid-range shot, the Bulls initially asked one of the two players, Garnett or Ben Wallace, to be closer to Liu Mang's mid-range shot.

Everyone blocked the passing routes of Liu Mang, Marion or Kwame Brown, but Grant Hill was very experienced. After all, he was a 13-year veteran, and he understood what Liu Mang needed now.

Grant Hill helped McGrady take the initiative to help McGrady pick and roll without the ball. McGrady also has a high basketball intelligence. The first time Grant Hill took the initiative to block, McGrady knew what his former teammate was thinking and started to break through when Liu Mang

Actively look for opportunities to cut in or use pick-and-rolls and then pick-and-roll for Liu Mang or Marion.

Of course, the most common thing is to rush inside after using the pick-and-roll to grab opportunities for offensive rebounds!

At the official timeout at the seventh minute of the first quarter, the Eagles led 17-9 by 8 points. At the end of the first quarter, the Eagles led 25-18 by 7 points!

In a single quarter, he made 6 of 12 shots, 5 of 8 from mid-range, 0 of 3 three-pointers, 1 of 1 layups, and 1 of 2 free throws. Although he did not score a single three-pointer, Liu Mang still scored 13 points in a single quarter!

The key point is to attract the opponent's defense to the mid-range. Although there is no space to pass the ball inside, Ben Wallace or Garnett are very good in defense, but Liu Mang has no intention of passing the ball at all, only in the last 37 of the first quarter

In seconds, a long pass was passed to Rondo, who came on as a substitute and relied on his speed to counterattack. He had an assist and scored 13 points and 1 assist in a single quarter!

After attracting the opponent's defense to the mid-range, Liu Mang faced the defense and made a hard shot. Although he made 6 shots in a single quarter, he was grabbed offensive rebounds by his teammates three times. In the case of other people's touch was average, others got the ball in a single quarter.

It’s 12 minutes!

Of course, the focus is on defense, limiting the Bulls to no more than 20 points in a single quarter.

Liu Mang had 3 defensive rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks in a single quarter. Both blocks were made by Garnett inside. He gave Ben Wallace and Luol Deng a big block each, allowing Garnett to

He doesn't dare to pass the ball inward easily, and more often chooses to pass it to teammates on the outside for shots.

There was no inside attack, but floating shots from outside. When only 4 points were scored in the paint, 18 points in a single quarter was actually pretty good.

But Liu Mang's explosive performance today and his better offensive sense than usual allowed the Eagles to score 25 points in a single quarter even though the Bulls were already defending very well!

This... is even more surprising than the previous single-quarter performance using Kobe's star card and the good touch of his teammates!

…

Leading by 7 points in a single quarter gave the Eagles huge confidence.

Liu Mang also feels quite confident about his offensive performance today. The offensive performance does not mean how accurate his shooting is, but that he has a very special feeling in terms of selection, and he can always make the most correct decision at the first time.

This kind of decision may not be very reasonable, but for the Eagles, it is the best decision.

In the second quarter, the Bulls' defense began to adjust again.

The Eagles were blocked for three consecutive attacks at the beginning. Fortunately, they defended the Bulls very well. The Bulls only made one shot in 4 attacks. Although the opponent caused a foul and made two free throws, it still failed.

Only allow the opponent to score 3 points during this period.

After Liu Mang made 0 of 3 three-pointers, the Bulls started the second quarter and asked Sefolosha to retreat a little to defend and retreat into the three-point line. They wanted to block Liu Mang's breakthrough, so they preferred to let it go.

Liu Mang had a one-point three-point chance.

The Bulls are just gambling, they can only gamble!

Liu Mang's mid-range shot was accurate today, but his three-point shooting was really poor. In the first three attacks of the second quarter, Liu Mang made two three-pointers.

However, after returning from the timeout and being chased 21-25, with the point difference narrowed to 4 points, Liu Mang had a new way to deal with the Bulls' defense.

When the breakthrough failed, Liu Mang played a pick-and-roll with Granger, who came on the bench. During the pick-and-roll, he passed the ball hand-to-hand to Granger and asked Granger to shoot. He took advantage of his teammates inside to grab the rebound and attract the opponent.

When the inside was stuck, Liu Mang went to attack the offensive rebound by himself.

If Granger fails to make a shot, he will be replaced. Jason Terry, Tracy McGrady, Granger, Marion... there will always be one who can make the shot.

After several rounds of adjustments at the beginning of the second quarter, the effects of Liu Mang's adjustments began to show. Marion's three-pointers today were very trustworthy. He made one in the first quarter and another in the second quarter.

He made two shots and made 3 of 5 three-pointers in the first half, which played an important role in the Eagles still taking the lead at the end of the half!

The Bulls' adjustment today was phenomenal, excellent and targeted, and because they were under pressure to go fishing if they lost, their execution was very strong.

But at this time, one thing that Liu Mang could ignore - physical fitness, showed his greatest advantage!

It is difficult for some players to make effective adjustments when faced with a defense that is extremely targeted at them, which is closely related to their physical fitness. A player with No. 24 who changed his jersey but denied that it was related to No. 23 can become the king of the Western Conference Finals.

The name, and the title of King of the Western Conference Finals was played on the Spurs. It is because of this that no matter how strict the Spurs' defensive plan is against him, he can eventually break through it because his physical energy is exhausted.

rise.

Although the Bulls' defense was stronger than that of the peak Spurs, which caused a lot of trouble for Liu Mang, Liu Mang helped the team lose 3 to 3 in the first six games... In the seventh game, Liu Mang entered a very special kind of situation.

status!

No matter how the Bulls adjust, Liu Mang can find the gaps!

The last time Liu Mang had this special feeling was during the Battle of Tianwang Mountain in the 2005 finals!

Starting from the first quarter today, the fans had a very strange feeling about this game... Everything was under Liu Mang's control!

Unlike in the second game, he did not control the whole game with his unexpected low-post attack ability. Liu Mang used the skills he is good at. He usually shows the most skills, but his choices are better than usual.

The fans can't say what they feel like, but from the intuitive feeling of watching the game, the fans feel that the Eagles have the absolute upper hand today!

really……

The Bulls' resilience, their defensive discipline, and flexibility kept the Bulls from falling behind too much throughout the game. The Eagles did not open the point difference to more than 10 points, but...

No matter what adjustments the Bulls make, no matter how resilient they are, no matter how good they come up with to deal with Liu Mang and the Hawks, Liu Mang can make the right adjustments and give the Hawks the advantage again.

Although they didn't gain a huge score advantage, it seemed like the Bulls were holding on tight.

but……

Fans watching the game have a very special feeling, that is, no matter how good the Bulls' defense is, Liu Mang can defeat it!

The fans' perception of this game was very strange. The score difference was not big, but Liu Mang's performance was as if he completely defeated the opponent!

At this time, the beauty of the only text that has been passed down for thousands of years is reflected. Some Chinese fans posted online during the break of the game: Liu Mang feels like he is overwhelmed today!

After halftime, the Eagles led 48 to 42 by six points. After three quarters, the Eagles led by three points, 69 to 66.

But after the Bulls narrowed the point difference to 3 points, there was no chance to go further. In the critical fourth quarter, Liu Mang took more shots. Moreover, after Liu Mang made an iron call, he led

Teammates try their best to defend each other until they are beaten.

Steady suppression, the score difference is not big, but no matter how hard the Bulls try, they feel like they just can't catch up!

What a breath!

When in the transition period, both teams continued to hit the ground running. After the score difference stopped at three to five points for a long time, the Eagles always broke the deadlock first.

Because double waves are more daring to invest!

This time... we were not dragged into overtime by the Bulls again!

With 37 seconds left, Liu Mang passed the ball to McGrady. McGrady received the ball and threw it with 1 second left. He hit a three-pointer and made the score 91-82. The Eagles will

The lead expanded to 9 points, sealing the victory!

In the end, Liu Mang made 15 of 41 shots, 2 of 14 three-pointers, 6 of 9 free throws, 38 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks, and... 6 turnovers and 4 fouls, helping the Eagles to 91.

Beat the Bulls by 86, win the tiebreaker and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals!

The Bulls were already playing very well, but Liu Mang's performance was even better!

Although, Liu Mang's shooting percentage was less than 40%, and he only had four assists. From the data point of view, Liu Mang's performance was very poor, very poor, with only 38 points in 41 shots.

But fans who watched the game all know how amazing Liu Mang's performance was in this game!

Some fans have always regarded "the role that data cannot reflect" as a joke, but those who watched the tiebreaker between the Eagles and Bulls today truly felt what "the role that data cannot reflect" is.

The Bulls prevented Liu Mang's shooting percentage and Liu Mang's assists, but Liu Mang just made the fans watching the game feel amazing!

and……

The Eagles win!
Chapter completed!