From today on is the king

Chapter 1395 1394. He Pushed
Chicago United Center, the home team's practice facility.

Kevin Garnett is training with his teammates.

Going to play the Eagles again tonight, and now they have unprecedented confidence in beating the Eagles, they've done it before, they beat the Eagles.

But for Liu Mang, the Bulls players are very afraid.

After entering 2007, Liu Mang's performance was really crazy. He raised his previous scoring average of 27 points to 32.3 points. The rest of the Eagles can see that they are in a mediocre state, but relying on Liu Mang's performance, the record has been raised to 38 wins and 16 losses.

As Grant Hill said, Eagles players are used to Liu Mang's excellence, including Liu Mang himself, and they all feel that they should have that kind of performance to support the team's current fatigue period, but other team players, especially those superstars, except for a few superstars who are very confident in their scoring ability, feel that they cannot perform like Liu Mang.

Just like Kevin Garnett, after the Bulls beat the Eagles at home last time, he was very confident in the strength of his team. Of course, he is also very confident in his team now.

But... Regarding Liu Reck, Kevin Garnett did not have much confidence in containing Liu Reck, which led to some unexpected gains for Liu Reck!

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"Ding... Welcome to the Ice and Snow Festival. Due to the host's outstanding performance in this cold winter, a 'cold wave' has blown up in the NBA. The host has obtained a temporary team buff: cold-blooded storm, and the time limit: it lasts until the start of the All-Star Weekend holiday."

"Cold-Blooded Storm: Team buff, reduce all negative buff effects."

When the Eagles came to Chicago, the Bulls had just returned to Chicago after their away game. On the morning of February 2th, Liu Mang and his teammates came to the United Center for tactical training for the evening game. He received this reminder as soon as he stepped into the stadium.

Suddenly such a reminder came, Liu Mang didn't know what happened.

"Boss of the system, what's the situation?" Liu Mang asked.

"Ding... The host's recent outstanding performance has made players from other teams very afraid of the host's strength, even fearful. The same is true for the Chicago Bulls players. The host makes the opponent fearful and feels invincible. While putting pressure on the opponent, it will also bring motivation and confidence to the host's teammates. In addition, the players on the host's team are just at the stage of high fighting spirit, so they get a temporary team buff."

After listening to the system's explanation, Liu Mang understood.

This is a very unexpected situation!
Liu Mang didn't think about how to deal with negative buffs before, mainly because most of the time, he needed to find a solution at the time, and he didn't give him that long time.

This time, because I wanted to get 700 points in a single month, I desperately played violently in the second half of the month, and discovered this mechanism by accident.

This allowed Liu Mang to provide important information on how to use his own strength to put pressure on his opponent, or how to relieve a disadvantaged situation!

In the past, Liu Mang used Arenas as a cripple, suppressed some of the top five in the 03 class, and then won the match against them easily. Liu Mang didn't even think about it, anyway, if you win, you win.

But now, he discovered that there are still these aspects that can be used!

For example, relying on the crazy performance of the recent period, plus the fact that the Eagles' inside double stars were selected as the All-Star substitute yesterday, and the All-Star weekend holiday is coming, they can rest for a week after another game, which gave the Eagles players a lot of motivation, thus triggering this team buff.

Originally, the improvement in morale was only possible to allow players to perform well against stronger teams.

But Liu Mang has a system, and after the system digitizes it, it will be a real effect!

But... Liu Mang was a little annoyed: "This buff came too late! Winter is over! The duration of the buff ends before the All-Star Weekend, so there is only one game!"

The slander belongs to the slander, this can be regarded as an unexpected joy, Liu Mang is already very happy to have a buff for a game.

Liu Mang analyzed it, and felt that the conditions for triggering these buffs without missions were still very harsh. Liu Mang's performance had been crazy for more than a month before, and it was not so easy to trigger this buff under the positive stimulation of his teammates because they were about to take a long vacation.

But after all, his own strength has entered a major bottleneck period. He has reached the age of 24 and is about to enter the peak period before the long period of accumulation of strength. Liu Mang finds it very useful to be able to improve himself or the team in any way.

In Liu Mang's mind, the general direction of his career has been clear. The current stage is the accumulation period before the peak period. After reaching the peak period, his goal is to try his best to delay the peak period.

A simple and clear goal is the key to Liu Mang's continuous efforts towards a clear goal!

It was getting closer and closer to the national live broadcast at 07:30 in the evening. When it was time to warm up, Liu Mang clearly felt the pressure hanging over the team.

The pressure of losing to the Bulls last time!
I haven't been on the field yet, and the negative buff of "Wolf Fear" has not yet been triggered, but the pressure of losing to the Bulls before has nothing to do with the negative buff applied after the failure of this system task.

It’s going to be a long vacation, and the Eagles players have broken free from the nearly numb thinking during the fatigue period. The advantage is that everyone is more active, but there are also disadvantages. The disadvantage is that they are calmer. Those unfavorable factors will also affect the players’ self-confidence.

"There is no way to avoid these things, we can only defeat them and break the fear of wolves!"

While doing the stretching massage, Liu Mang looked at his own ability evaluation on the system panel. This is the source of his confidence. He can intuitively see that he is one of the best players in the league.

By the way, I took a look at the star card. If it really doesn't work, I can also zoom in!

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At [-]:[-] p.m., Liu Mang stepped into the field at the Chicago United Center for the second time this season, and his encounter here last time was not very friendly.

A bad power forward who is good at irritating the opponent, a group of bad fans of the opponent team, ten rotation players of the opponent, except for the rookie Sefulosa, everyone else is at least a quasi-first-class star...

stressed!

The players of the two teams were full of hostility towards their opponents, and there was no communication at all before the game. Liu Mang, McGrady, and Luol Deng, the players from the same company, did not communicate with each other. There was a clear distinction between on-court and off-court.

The players of both teams are doing their own pre-match communication, shooting hotspots and other things.

"Ding... The grievances are triggered. Both sides in this game will enter a state of excitement and try their best. The grievances from the Eagles and Bulls."

"Ding... Wolf Fear: The morale of the players on the host's team fell when they faced Kevin Garnett's team, and they were in a state of high tension against the team led by Kevin Garnett. Only players who were judged by the system to have iron-blooded or absolutely calm characteristics can ignore this negative impact."

"Ding... Kevin Garnett's talent skill Wolf Blood Boiling is triggered, the totem team is buffed, and the invincibility difference makes teammates and opponents high in any basketball-related training and competition. Negative effect: Those who are not determined will suffer a huge blow to their self-confidence, regardless of the enemy or us."

"Ding... The cold-blooded storm is triggered, the effect of wolf fear is reduced, and the effect of wolf blood boiling on the team players where the host is located is reduced. The better the performance of the host, the stronger the negative impact and debuff effect."

It was almost 07:30, and the nationally broadcast game was about to start. When Liu Mang just sprinkled chalk into the air, detonated boos and stepped onto the court, a series of system prompts came!
This hint... surprised Liu Mang!
I originally thought that the buff "Cold-Blooded Storm" was used to counteract the negative buff "Fear of Wolves", but I didn't expect that even the effect of "Boiling Blood", a natural skill judged by Garnett's bad personality and temperament, could be restrained!

"Will the iron-blooded man reduce the impact when he roars?" Liu Mang asked curiously.

"Ding... All skills that have a negative impact on the host's team can reduce the impact. The better the host's performance, the stronger the negative impact debuff effect."

"Oh oh oh..."

Liu Mang cheered loudly in his heart, with excitement written all over his face, he stood on the side of the center line, next to Luol Deng, waiting for the game to start.

Liu Mang didn't notice that when the system prompt came, players from both teams were looking at him who was dusting chalk.

Seeing that Liu Mang is still so confident, the confidence of his teammates has increased a lot, while the players of the opponent Bulls feel the pressure from Liu Mang alone!
Garnett was snatched away by Rasheed Wallace because of the signature opening action of the big screen roar, and now he is standing on the sidelines like Kwame Brown, Kwame Brown is slapping, Garnett is shouting...

Compared with Rasheed Wallace, this level is too far behind.

But after Rasheed Wallace went to the Heat, he rejected the opening roar.

After Garnett finished yelling, he came to the field and looked at Liu Mang with an excited face.

This guy can't see any pressure on him!

From a basketball perspective, Garnett appreciates Liu Mang, but...he has a feeling now...

"Being in the same era as this guy, am I lucky? Or unlucky?" Garnett shook his head. He somewhat understood the feelings of those stars who were in the same era as Michael Jordan, Magician, and Bird.

Garnett stands on the other side of the center circle, ready to jump the ball.

Kwame Brown also came to the middle circle, and the duel between high school students will start again!

The Eagles have some changes in their starting lineup today. Rondo was put on the bench, and the starting lineup of Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Battier, Marion, and Kwame Brown appeared.

Bulls there is no change, Hinrich, Severosa, Luol - Deng, Garnett, this - Wallace's starting lineup debut.

At eight o'clock sharp, the referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air...

"Beep beep beep..."

The referee whistled continuously and pointed to the Eagles. Kwame Brown violated the jump ball and the Bulls went first!

Negative buff effects are coming!

Kwame Brown was too active. When the ball almost reached the highest point, he had already taken off and was seen by the referee!
In fact, being afraid of this kind of emotion, Liu Mang doesn’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing. If it’s not that you’re afraid of weak legs, a certain degree of fear of your opponent can make you more active, but you can’t control it well in these small places. Kwame Brown is too eager to help his team get the opportunity to attack first and in the fourth quarter. He took off early and was judged by the referee.

Seeing Kwame Brown running back annoyed, Liu Mang patted him on the back, relieved, and came to the top arc, ready to defend Hinrich.

The Bulls took a sideline kick, and Hinrich pushed forward after receiving the serve from Luol Deng, and Liu Mang immediately defended it.

Seeing that Hinrich wanted to try to break through, Liu Mang was not too active, and was in a position where he could defend against both breakthroughs and shots. The defense of ordinary players is full of loopholes for stars, but Liu Mang moves fast, and the confrontation is also top-notch among point guards!
"Ding... Feature: Triggered by gloves, the host opponent will have the illusion of being shrouded in a big net."

Has Liu Mang's defense reached its peak?of course not.

If you only talk about the ability to defend inside, Liu Mang is undoubtedly the best outside player, but the overall defense is also top-notch.

But every time Hinrich played against Liu Mang, he, a tough white player similar to Blake, felt very uncomfortable.

Playing against Kobe or Kidd is not so uncomfortable, but against Liu Mang, I feel uncomfortable. I worry about being blocked when I shoot, and I worry about being blocked when I make a breakthrough.

During the tactical meeting in the morning, Liu Mang applied to the coaching staff to defend Hinrich, for this reason.

Hinrich is too stable. He is the first mature point guard of the 03 generation to achieve results. It is difficult for Rondo to deal with him.

Hinrich was a little at a loss, and quickly called Garnett to pick and roll.

Seeing Garnett blocking him, Liu Mang immediately switched defenses with Marion.

After Garnett blocked Liu Mang, he ran to the left side of the free throw line to prepare to respond. Hinrich encountered Marion's switch after the pick-and-roll...and couldn't move. Marion was faster than him and had top defensive awareness, but the opponent switched. Garnett must have a strong chance.

"Watt?" Hinrich looked at the other side of the basket, the two who were almost hugging and falling, and didn't know what to do!

How can a point guard fight with a power forward!It's not a heavyweight at all!

When Garnett ran to the left side of the free throw line after the pick-and-roll, he discovered something very strange. Liu Mang seemed to be ready to meet the pick-and-roll. From the moment he blocked Liu Mang, Liu Mang was leaning against him and moving against him.

Even if Garnett is not the strongest among power forwards, he is still a lean and muscular man, with a weight of 117 kg, he can barely play as a center forward, and his strength rating of 90 is not bad.

On Liu Mang's side, even with the same strength evaluation of 90, he is only a 1.9-meter-three point guard, and the tonnage gap is too big.

But even so, Liu Mang was pushed away by Garnett's arm, and immediately came back flexibly, trying his best to be between Hinrich and Garnett's passing path.

Garnett's running to catch the ball will not work, Liu Mang is much faster than Garnett!
Rondo on the sidelines looked at Liu Mang's defense, his eyes lit up, but he didn't know... This is what Liu Mang learned from the scene of Rondo defending Howard in the 2010 Eastern Conference Finals in the original time and space.

Garnett didn't have a chance to catch the ball for a long time. Hinrich was double-teamed by Battier and Marion. He was about to make a mistake. Garnett couldn't help pushing Liu Mang again.

Liu Mang was not prepared for being pushed a few times before, but he was ready this time!

After Garnett's elbow... a second later...

"Ah..." Liu Mang flew out sideways and fell to the floor.

The picture freezes, and Garnett's hands are still in the pushing motion. The left foot is rooted on the floor, the right foot is tiptoeing behind, and the calves, thighs, waist, shoulders, and elbows are exerting force in one go. It can be seen at a glance, plus Liu Mang fell on the floor and screamed...

The referee who saw Garnett's pushing action almost forgot to blow the whistle when he called out...

"My leg is broken, I can't do it, you have to pay, Mr. Policeman...ah no, Mr. Referee, he pushed me, he pushed me, you have to decide for me..."

The referee ignored Liu Mang, blew his whistle, and Garnett pushed for an offensive foul!
　I'm a bit busy today, I'm going to start writing right away after I'm done with work, I'll update a chapter with more than 4500 words first, and there's another chapter tonight~
　　
　
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