From Today it is the King of the Basketball

Memphis, Liu Mang's blessed land.

At that time, it was here that he shouted "Why not me", Liu Mang began to walk into the eyes of the fans through the counterattack psychology deep in the hearts of the fans.

With the kind of mentality of the prince, Xiang Ning, Liu Mang counterattacked all the way to the present.

At the end of the season, the Eagles players took a day off at home on April 12, and flew for half an hour to Memphis on the morning of the 13th. On the 14th, they played the final game of the season and challenged the Grizzlies away.

After coming out of the airport, I took a bus to the city center. The Memphis hotel basically hit the city center because there were not many people in the city.

In this place, a quarter of people died because of yellow fever more than 150 years ago, and half of them fled here. Later, after the emergence of yellow fever, the large-scale outbreak of yellow fever was eliminated. The population is slowly increasing.

As a result, the buildings here have not changed much in 50 or 60 years. After the end of World War II in the mid-20th century, they still retain the look of the 19th century. Since this was a Spanish colony, a lot of Spain has been retained. Architecture, American humanities, architecture and other protection consciousness appeared very early, so the buildings built afterwards are mostly European style.

Liu Mang looked at the building outside the window, but did not find it before, the building here is quite interesting?

When I used to come here, how could it be so easy and comfortable, come once a year, the rookie season is still busy standing, the second-year team almost fell out of the playoffs.

This year, the Hawks are second only to the 72-win Bulls, and they have the best 70 wins. If they don't, they are still the second regular-season record in history. There is no pressure at all.

Liu Mang looked at the buildings. Stockton introduced them to Liu Mang. Sixty percent and ninety percent are European-style buildings. I wonder if Gasol is willing to have only fifty or sixty people in this population. 10,000 people, the entire city's GDP is less than 30 billion U.S. dollars, the entire Memphis metropolitan area is less than 70 billion U.S. dollars, and even more than 280 billion U.S. dollars in the Atlanta metropolitan area as the ninth U.S. metropolitan area I have lived in Memphis for a long time, and the biggest pillar industry in Memphis is probably the headquarters of FedEx. There is the second busiest airport in the world after Hong Kong, which is all cargo transfer.

In Liu Mang ’s memory, Gasol is a person who is more willing to enjoy life, either to go to a big city, listen to symphony, watch opera, or live in a familiar environment. Memphis used to be a Spanish colony. After the city was built, most of them came back here to be Hispanic, and Gasol is not uncomfortable living here.

The other cities that Gasol originally stayed in, such as Los Angeles and Chicago, the second-largest city and the third-largest city in the United States, all went to the Spurs to get a big contract for retirement, and the Spurs are also extremely rich compared to Memphis. .

Liu Mang thinks he is a literati, and he is rare in the NBA like Gasol. Of course, he wants to be as close as possible. As the leader of the 2001 class ... Leader, Liu Mang feels this name is better than the leader. As a martial arts fan, I feel that the lead brother, who claims to be a bit not so harmonious, as the leader of the 01th class, or even the leader of the new generation of players, he really conquered many opponents by relying on his strength and honey personality charm. It has a good relationship with many young players.

No, Liu Mang hasn't seen Gasol for a long time, and came to get close to Gasol.

At this time, Gasol, whom Liu Mang was missing, felt so sad.

Usually in the west, even if Garnett roared four times a year, Rashid Wallace became a blind roar after he went to the east.

The last time the Grizzlies played the Hawks away, Gasol was exploded by Rashid Wallace ’s mentality, and Rashid Wallace saw the so-called new generation of the most gorgeous power forward. The most roaring ...

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Since last season's playoffs, because the first round changed from 5 wins in 3 games to 7 wins in 4 games, the time is too long, this season's playoff schedule has changed significantly.

The end of the regular season was advanced to April 14 and the playoffs began on April 17. The previous playoff schedule was rested for two days each time the home and away game was encountered, and some parts had to become one day. Series When the host and guest of the first four games alternate between home and away, the rest period is two days. After the four games are over, if there is a fifth game, there is a two-day rest between the fourth and fifth games. The two home and away battles have two days of training time to adapt to the home and away replacement, but when the possible home and away replacements in Game 6 and Game 7 are followed, they only rest for one day.

According to the original playoff format, a series of games may play up to 17 days. If a team really plays seven championships per round, it may play two months and eight days. Day off between round series.

Before the 1990s, the top four teams in the division, and the bottom four teams, still had a large gap in strength. There were very few strikes. Black eight was a dream.

But after the NBA income began to soar in the 1980s due to the arrival of the Devil Bird era, the team has money, training facilities for players, nutritional supplements, and the parents of children are more optimistic about the prospect of children playing basketball. His parents let their children think of basketball as their future career, which has promoted the development of the NBA and made the league's overall strength have not been greatly improved.

Of course, for those superstars, in addition to the improvement of scientific medical technology, the treatment difference of the stars is not so big, the strength of the stars is not as high as imagined, even if it is evolutionary theory, there is no way to make it top-notch for decades Physical fitness can be improved with the naked eye.

But for role players, the overall strength improvement is very obvious. From the 1990s, those children who began to play basketball because of the NBA income soared in the early 1980s began to enter the NBA. The first batch was 92 By the time of the silver draft in 1995, the overall draft quality was significantly higher than in the 1980s except for 84 years.

The Nuggets ’Black Eight and the Rockets’ historical record of winning the championship with the lowest ranking division sixth and the Knicks ’Black Eight to the Finals are all immersed in this wave of role player strength. The Nuggets Most of the team ’s players entered the NBA in the 1990s, except for the Rockets, Olajuwon, Drexler, Kenny Smith, and other Kassel, Robert Horry, and others. Except for Ewing, the Knicks Black Eight are almost all players who entered the NBA in the mid-1990s.

To the golden generation of 96 to 99, it has reached the peak of talent. From 1999 to last season, the core of the championship and the team's second-year millennium are both players of this generation. In the Silver Draft.

As the overall strength of the league has improved, the playoffs have become more exciting, the team's strength gap has become smaller, but it also led to the previous schedule is unreasonable, and now David Stern is gradually improving.

The last game of the season is left. Most teams have finished the last game of the season on April 13. There are only a few games left. The ranking of the East and the West can't affect the last few games.

In the Eastern Conference, the Hawks ranked first with 69 wins and 12 losses, the Pacers ranked second with 60 wins and 22 losses, the Nets ranked third with 46 wins and 36 losses, and the Pistons had 53 wins and 29 losses. Ranked fourth, the Hornets ranked fourth with 40 wins and 42 losses, the Bucks ranked sixth with 38 wins and 44 losses, and the Heat, with two years of bad experience, successfully fell to 37 wins and 45 losses, ranked seventh. Like the Hawks, the Knicks did not play a game with 36 wins and 45 losses. They seemed to want to win in the first game. As a 36-win team, the Knicks actually announced a few main breaks ...

At least in this game, the Knicks and the Hawks have a grade feeling, all the mainstay of rotation, sounds domineering ...

In addition to the fan's expectations and the poor relationship between James Dolan and Price, for the Knicks, is there any difference between playing the Pacers with 60 wins and the Hawks with the possibility of 70 wins? It's better to play the strongest one with Hei Ba's mentality, and you won't lose face even if you lose.

The Western Conference playoff rankings have also been determined, with 57 wins and 25 losses in the forest, ranking first in the Western Conference.

The Lakers have 55 wins and 26 losses, and they haven't played in one game, but they can only be second. The third Spurs have 53 wins and 28 losses. There is also a game that has not been played. The opponent happens to be the Lakers, as the playoffs warm up In the game, the Big Four played the defending championship. The league thought that the strongest in the West would be the Spurs and Lakers. Unexpectedly, with only Kassel and Sprewell, Garnett led the team in the West.

The fourth is the Kings, 52 wins and 30 losses, the fifth is the Mavericks, and also 52 wins and 30 losses. The two teams played 2-2 in the regular season, but the Kings won more Western teams than the Mavericks, so The king is fourth, and the Mavericks are only fifth.

The sixth is the Grizzlies, 50 wins and 31 losses, not playing a game, the seventh Rockets are also 50 wins, but 32 losses have been determined, and in the contest with the Grizzlies, Yao Ming was repeatedly Caucasus Gasol hits, Gasol is really a Yao Ming. No matter whether it is a thin version or a strong version, Yao Ming has no good way to Gasol. The Rockets were 3-1 by the Grizzlies in the regular season, even if they were gray. The Bears lost the last game, the Rockets can only be seventh, playing the Lakers in the first round.

The Rockets will be able to avoid the most terrible Lakers in the West with a single breath, but it is just a breath away. If Yao Ming is beaten by Gasol and the record is the same, it can only be seventh. It is better to say that it is overall strength. There is a gap, Francis and Mobley, there is always a little difference.

However, the first 50 wins since the Rockets of Olajuwon, Barkley and Drexler are also huge improvements for the Rockets.

The eighth Nuggets, 44 wins and 28 losses, the team sitting in the second gear, but the first seven contention, but also has a clear record advantage to the West's ninth 39-win Trail Blazers, has been firmly on the Diaoyutai.

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On April 14, the Hawks came to the largest and most expensive building in Memphis history, the FedEx Center, home of the Grizzlies, to challenge the Grizzlies away.

The atmosphere between the two teams is quite harmonious, there is no pressure for playoff rankings, no possibility of playing in the playoffs, the core relationship between the two teams is still very good, and even the Grizzlies fans are not so hostile to Liu Mang.

The Grizzlies fans were hostile to Liu Mang because Liu Mang and Gasol competed for the best rookie, but this kind of hostility was built on the strength of the two men. Now Liu Mang and Gasol are obviously not in the same class. The comparison object of the Grizzlies fans has changed to Parker and Arenas, but has become friendly to Liu Mang.

Corruption culture has begun to spread in the United States, which has mainly inherited British culture, and the United States, which is the most developed country in the world. Fans saw Liu Mang and Gasol get together and talked happily, and a magical Thoughts-Can Gasol hook Liu Mang to his side? There is nothing in his own team, there is Gasol and a lot of salary space!

Gasol's rookie contract is still one year away. The Grizzlies can play this part this year, relying on the rookie bonuses of Gasol and Mike Miller and Battier, and they have obtained James Posey and Bunch-Wee. Both, both of them are high-quality and cheap contracts, including Bunch-Wells. Although his personality is a problem, his strength, the more than 6 million contracts are indeed lower than his performance, and it is also a good deal to trade. In addition to other expired contracts, before renewal of Mike Miller and early renewal of Gasol and Battier, the Grizzlies can suddenly free up nearly 20 million of salary space, which can give Liu Mang the biggest contract.

As a result, fans on the scene began to shout "AB-double-group", which is the combination of AB, which is the combination of Liu Mang and Gasol ’s initials, similar to Kobe and O’Neal ’s OK-double-group ...

With the leader, slowly spreading, the whole group began to shout "AB-double-group ...... AB-double-group ...... AB-double-group ......"

Gasol is so embarrassed now, attracting Liu Mang to Memphis? If it were n’t for the living environment here, he was not used to it, he did n’t want to stay here, and he felt that Rashid Wallace, who was already hostile to him, now looked at him with a more fierce look, Gaso Awkward and desolate.

Rashid Wallace is jealous! After the away fans started shouting AB-double-group, he also got close to Liu Mang.

"Paul, it seems that the fans here want us to form a team. Our style of play seems to be quite compatible. Consider it?" Liu Mang quipped.

Gasol felt that Rashid Wallace's gaze had changed from vicious to murderous, and immediately said: "I like it very much. You know I am Spanish. It makes me feel like I am in Barcelona."

Rashid Wallace was satisfied with Gasol's statement, and his eyes softened a bit, but he still glared at Gasol, and then left to contact Ratliff to go to the arm.

Rashid Wallace and Gasol never thought Liu Mang would play in Memphis. Liu Mang was even more unlikely to come here. Atlanta, a prosperous and comfortable life rhythm, could n’t wait. Come here? Unless it's head into the water of the Mississippi River.

Gasol looked at Liu Mang and kept smiling, seeing the back of Rashid Wallace leaving, his heart was bleak and firm again! Dasao's soft sister-in-law also has a hard heart, he vowed that he must work hard to improve his strength, and he will revenge those who roar him in the future!

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At this stage, Gasol has indeed encountered miserably true top power forwards. Whether Garnett, Duncan, O'Neal, or Rashid Wallace, he met these defensive power forwards. The play was very general, especially when two lovers yelled and yelled, Gasol immediately softened.

From the beginning of the jump ball, Rashid Wallace has suppressed Gasol. Rashid Wallace's defensive mentality is very interesting. He has the mentality that his data is not good and his opponent's data is worse. Every Every game is trying to defend ...

Rather Stick to your guns!

Rashid Wallace is such a different kind of person, he is not upset by himself, nor will his opponents be upset!

The Grizzlies are really good this year, and they have done a very good offensive and defensive work. Their old coach, Hubby Brown, was in critical condition when he played eight games last season. Drastically changed the style of white chocolate, then used the former head coach Drew Gooden to get Mike Miller from the robbery of the Magic, signed James Posey in the summer, and the white wolf got the Blazers. Bunch Wells, with the original Gasol and Battier, as well as Stromer Swift, Lorenzen White, Earl Watson, and others, have risen strongly.

Although coach Kruger took the Hawks to the best record since the new century, but in terms of the best coach, the old coach Hubby Brown became the biggest hit!

Putting a team that has been in a row in a row last season, it also won the top spot in the list. It took directly to the sixth in the West and has 50 wins. The improvement is comparable to that of the Eagles two years ago.

After Rashid Wallace won the jump ball, Liu Mang faced with the increasingly "mediocre" white chocolate Williams, seeing that white chocolate began to focus on defense and organization of attack, and even the three-point shooting rate increased to Thirty-five percent of the first-class level became a stable point guard. While sighing in his heart, he began to play steadily.

In the previous two games, I have tried a lot of ways of playing. I have eliminated all the tactics that look attractive but do not match the team. Now the eagles use tactics that are suitable for the team and at the same time against the Grizzlies. .

The main thing is stability!

Offensive Liu Mang and Rashid Wallace split the ball after the pick and roll, others cut into the running position, and Liu Mang and Rahim's singles tactics.

On the defensive end, rely on Rashid Wallace to deal with Gasol, others also have one defense, let Rashid Wallace roar towards Gasol ... Rashid Wallace single defense Limiting Gasol is the most important part of Mike Woodson's tactical defense strategy ~ www.readwn.com ~ is also the most difficult part, but it makes Rashid Wallace's defense of Gasol easier. The key is Liu Mang ’s advice to Rashid Wallace ... just roar if you are fine!

This tactic was improved from the Timberwolves' style of play ...

Limiting Gasol, the steady white chocolate is no longer the magic of the past, in the case of the Hawks seriously playing this game, the Hawks steadily took the lead.

After the first three quarters, the Hawks led 76 points to 69 points, the Grizzlies are indeed good, worthy of a 50 win team, but in the fourth quarter, the first three quarters have been steadily playing 16 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists Recklessly, in the fourth quarter, he suddenly turned on the wave shooting mode. He scored 10 points in a row. The Hawks played a wave of 12 to 4, and the score difference was pulled to 15 points.

Liu Mang's sudden wave broke the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies are now in perfect condition. The Eagles have gone through a round of rest and tactical exercises, and they are now in the best state! Playoff mode!

After Liu Mang scored a 10-point difference, the Grizzlies never narrowed it to within 10 points.

In the end, relying on this leading advantage, the leading advantage has been kept to the end!

Relying on Liu Mang to get 30 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Rashid Wallace restricted Gasol to only 14 points and 6 assists. The Hawks beat the Grizzlies 112 to 101, away!

70 wins and 12 losses, the Hawks became the second team in NBA history to get 70 wins!

Get 70 wins! The biggest regret is not 72 wins, but the last game is away ... There is no way to even the league, who knows that the Hawks can play this level? The players can only go back to the locker room to celebrate.

Liu Manz's side, after the game, his head was already blown up!

A series of system tips!