The atmosphere in the Hawks is very tense. They have lost to the Nets for two consecutive years and are almost stunned. This time they all want to beat the Nets to death and prove themselves.

However, it’s not just Liu Mang who thinks the Nets are stronger this year than last year, it’s recognized by the league that the Nets are stronger this year than last year.

Only the team that wins to the end may relax and don't know where to strengthen, because they won to the end, and even the runner-up is still a loser. They will work hard to become stronger for the new season and try to make up for themselves.

The shortcomings of Richard Jefferson this year are good evidence that the Nets have become stronger, and the Nets already have a deep rotation lineup, as well as Mourning.

But the more this happens, the more intense the Eagles' desire to defeat the Nets becomes!

Liu Mang, in particular, looked at the opponent's players with eyes that were on fire.

"Ace Liu's Hatred: Jason Kidd has become the host's mortal enemy. As a season task, the host has an advantage against the Nets in the four games in the regular season. For example, the host led the team to a three-game victory against the Nets.

If the host leads the team to sweep the Nets in the regular season, he will receive a random star card for the strongest point guard in each era."

The feud in the playoffs, coupled with the mission, Liu Mang's fighting spirit has exploded!

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"Welcome everyone to watch the Atlanta Hawks' away game against the New Jersey Nets, broadcast live by T.N.T Sports TV for you. I am your old friend Kenny Smith. Today, I..."

Before Kenny Smith finished speaking, Barkley felt that Kenny Smith's introduction was not impressive enough and introduced himself: "I am the great Sir Barkley."

Kenny Smith was speechless for this shameless person. Barkley was only very powerful in college and was called "Mr.", but after Barkley became popular in the NBA, he forcibly upgraded the word "Mr." and called himself "Mr."

Jazz”.

Every time Kenny Smith hears Barkley saying Liu Mang is shameless, he wants to retaliate.

Kenny Smith ignored Barkley's narcissism and asked: "Charles, which team do you think will win this game?"

Barkley glared at Kenny Smith dissatisfied: "Kenny, it's Sir Barkley! This game? Of course the Nets can win. The Nets have been winning in the past two years. The Hawks are just a regular season team. They

They have never proven themselves in the playoffs, but the Nets are different. They have proven that they can win in the playoffs..."

The Eagles will first play the Nets on the road, and then play the Nets again at home. They will play the Nets two consecutive times. The schedule is the same as last year's playoffs. The two games between the Eagles and the Nets

The game was originally used by the league to attract fans' attention and to detonate the Eagles' ratings.

The ratings of this game are still okay, but there is a little surprise, that is, the Hawks are not expected to beat the Nets at all because they were just reversed by the Celtics.

Sometimes people's opinions are so strange. The Hawks have 6 wins and 1 loss and are not favored. The Nets, who also have a not difficult start schedule, have 4 wins and 4 losses and are actually favored.

T.N.T, the live TV station for this game, still disagreed with the Eagles.

But as Barkley said, the Eagles have indeed not proven themselves in the playoffs. A loser is a loser. A strong team has never broken out of the division and is only a loser after all. For example, the Kings, who were very popular in the past two years, have not done so this year.

Due to their popularity, the Mavericks have been nicknamed a soft-egg team, and the Eagles are not immune.

The current consensus in the league is: the Lakers, Spurs, and Nets, these three teams that have reached the Finals in the past two years and have retained or even strengthened their core lineup, form the three-headed Timberwolves. Only these four teams are the championship.

level.

This trend of public opinion is also one of the key reasons for the Eagles' fighting spirit. No one wants to be looked down upon. Although Liu Mang comforts himself that he can develop in a wretched way, he also doesn't like to be looked down upon!

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As the TV media praised the Nets, here at the scene, the game was about to begin.

The Eagles sent out a lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff.

The Nets' lineup is still the same. After Mutombo left, Jason Collins' position became more stable. Kidd, Kittles, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin,

Jason Collins appears.

Although Rasheed Wallace has just joined the Eagles, since he is a member of the Eagles and has renewed his contract, at least he will be a member of the Eagles in the short term. Rasheed Wallace’s hatred for the team

I felt the same way and was very excited to get to the center circle and jump ball with Jason Collins.

As the referee blew the whistle, Rasheed Wallace won the jump ball from Jason Collins with absolute advantage. Liu Mang received the ball and advanced quickly.

The Nets were prepared for Liu Mang's jump ball fast break. Except for Jason Collins who jumped the ball, the other four players were ready to return to defense from the beginning.

Liu Mang curled his lips, stabilized his speed, advanced slowly and waited for his teammates to get into position.

The first attack at the beginning has been fixed on Liu Mang.

Rahim has long been prepared to focus on defense and passing this year. He can just score cuts and open shots. He has touched his ceiling in the past two years and knows that he is not the kind of person who can risk his life on both offense and defense.

Players who stay the entire match.

Rasheed Wallace has learned a lesson from the last game and now decisively focuses all his energy on the defensive end without causing any trouble for himself.

After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he quickly observed the Nets' defense. The stronger he is, the stronger he can see how strong his opponent is!

Although Richard Jefferson is not famous, he is very similar to Liu Mang. He takes big steps every year. In his rookie season, he can only cut in the air. In his second year, he picked up the defense and became a good defensive counterattack player.

In the third grade, I already had the ability to defend the perimeter. The most important thing is that being able to reach the highest stage of the NBA Finals as a rookie brings great defensive confidence and experience, especially now when facing the two former players.

The opponents he defeated in the playoffs gave Richard Jefferson more confidence.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The perimeter defensive circle composed of Kidd, Kittles, and Richard Jefferson of the Nets made Liu Mang feel airtight.

After observing for two seconds, Liu Mang decisively asked Rahim to come out and catch the ball.

When Rahim saw Liu Mang waving, he did not hesitate and immediately ran to the top arc. After Liu Mang handed the ball to Rahim, he led Kidd into the inside empty-handed.

Kidd had a bad feeling when he saw this scene, and followed Liu Mang into the paint. Sure enough, when Liu Mang reached the right edge of the three-second zone, Kidd's bad feeling came true!

Liu Mang wants to play low singles!

Liu Mang relied on Kidd to ask for the ball. Kidd wanted to go around and defend against Liu Mang. Liu Mang swung his arm back and hit Kidd's arm. He became more and more skilled, and he already had a level 1 iron elbow skill.

He pushed back Kidd who was trying to bully him!

Seeing that Liu Mang was stuck, Rahim immediately lobbed the ball to Liu Mang. He felt a little envious in his heart: This little brother's wings are getting stronger and stronger, and the gap between him and the boss is getting smaller and smaller. He will be there in less than two years.

More than myself...

After Liu Mang received the ball, Kidd tried his best to resist Liu Mang. He tried to withdraw his chair last season, but Liu Mang's reaction made him never dare to withdraw his chair from Liu Mang again.

Feeling the power coming from behind, Liu Mang moved forward slightly. It seemed that he was about to break away from Kidd's defense. Kidd immediately pressed forward again. I have to say that Kidd had no experience in defending low posts, so he might as well

As for the emperor's nemesis Barea, Liu Mang felt the power of Kidd's blocking, and immediately turned his body to the left, leaned his left shoulder hard against Kidd's left shoulder, followed Kidd's pressure, turned around and rushed into the basket!

Kidd was almost staggered and fell to the ground by Liu Mang's strength and his own pressure!

Liu Mang turned around and cut into the basket. Half a step into the three-second zone, he kicked his left foot heavily on the ground and took off!

Jason Collins was already ready to defend, raising his arms high to block Liu Mang's passing route. He was sure that Liu Mang would definitely pass the ball, but Liu Mang turned 90 degrees to the left in the air to avoid Jia Mang.

Collins' arm, and did not pass it to Ratliff on the other side of the three-second zone who could now pass it out. Instead, he stretched out his right hand and threw the ball toward the basket from bottom to top. The ball bounced on the backboard.

Get into the basket!

Low turnaround layup!

Jason Collins's eyes widened, as if they were about to burst out. Liu Mang's step was so fast! He could block Liu Mang's passing and throwing routes with his first step.

It’s the limit!

A demonstration of Liu Mang’s new tricks!

Low post skill level 5 was triggered when Liu Mang turned around and passed Kidd. The effect of bounce 5, speed 5, and layup 5 played a crucial role!

In the first seven games, Liu Mang did not show any of his new tricks. The first six games were all victories or even big wins. He did not need to use too many difficult methods to win the game, but in the seventh game, even

In the last few minutes, the Celtics were unable to defend the Hawks, but the Celtics offense was too good.

Moreover, this low post post is not what Liu Mang is best at. He just wants to give the Nets a strong look at the beginning. Liu Mang goes to the low post without hesitation. Kidd's low post defense is average, without Pierce.

So good, Liu Mang is very confident that he can at least draw a foul.

Of course, if you can score, it will be even more handsome. Liu Mang feels that he will definitely score today's top five goals this time!

After landing, Liu Mang looked at his hands with a surprised expression and ran towards his own half.

Indeed, the goal was really beautiful. Jason Collins was stunned for a moment before picking up the ball, slapped it hard on the ground, walked out of the baseline and passed it to Kidd.

Kidd's face was gloomy, and Liu Mang's arrogant look really made him angry!

During the playoffs, Kidd was able to restrain his anger against Liu Mang very well, but in the regular season, Kidd didn't care about the regular season record at all, even if he disliked the top three teams in the Eastern Conference.

Well, even though the team has 50 wins but is aiming for 60 wins, he still doesn't care that much about the regular season record and has to vent his dissatisfaction first.

Kidd advances. Generally speaking, if he falls into a positional battle at the beginning, he will give the ball to Kittles. For example, in the 2001-02 season, after Kittles could not degenerate into a pure 3D player last season, he

This season has even canceled this link, and you have to rely on defense and coordination when you are in position. But this year, Richard Jefferson has become one of the only two single RBI points for the Nets, the other is Rodney - on the bench.

Rodgers, the Nets have a new singles player this year, and he's even better than Kittles.

But today Kidd did not hand the ball to Richard Jefferson, but waved for Kenyon Martin to come out for the pick-and-roll!

Kittles and Richard Jefferson's two-point three-point cannons were obediently stretched to the bottom corners on both sides. Kidd is so big in the Nets that even coach Byron Scott can't control it this year.

Kidd.

Kenyon Martin brought Rasheed Wallace up to block Liu Mang for Kidd. Liu Mang did not choose to switch defenses, but planned like a loach from the beginning to block Kidd's mid-range shot.

Kidd's other offensive skills haven't made much progress in the past two years and are probably finalized, but his pick-and-roll mid-range shots and three-pointers are getting better and better.

Kidd originally planned to shoot after the pick-and-roll, but when he saw Liu Mang rushing over, he immediately gave up his plan to score, paused and started to speed up again. At this moment, Liu Mang caught up behind Kidd.

On the other side, Liu Mang did not block Kenyon Martin. Kenyon Martin immediately cut in from the middle and got within the free throw line a few steps slower than Kidd. Rasheed Wallace was blocked by Liu Mang's defense.
To be continued...