From today on is the king

Chapter 1405 1404. Don't give face in any way
"Welcome to the best player in the world, Ace Liu..."

In the high-pitched voice of the DJ at the scene, Liu Mang walked out from the player tunnel.

Tracy McGrady, Kwame Brown, Marion, Rondo, Liu Mang, all five starters of the Eagles are on the stage.

For the visiting team, the starting lineup of Yao Ming, Gasol, Fisher, Barnes, and Kobe Bryant has already made their debut.

After Liu Mang entered the field, players from the two teams came to the field to exchange greetings.

Liu Mang took the initiative to say hello to Kobe... being ignored, Kobe went directly to the Hawks bench to say hello to Grant Hill...

Gasol and Yao Ming are also hugging Kwame Brown and Marion, McGrady is chatting with Fisher and Barnes, Liu Mang is ignored...

"On purpose! These guys did it on purpose! That little blacksmith must have done it!" Liu Mang immediately found the point of hatred.

But... this time I didn't hate the wrong person. It was indeed Kobe's endless hatred for Liu Mang that made his teammates consciously ignore Liu Mang.

Hawks and Lakers home fans have one thing in common, big hearts...

Seeing Liu Mang's embarrassing appearance in the middle circle, bursts of laughter erupted from the scene.

"Poor young master, I can only hug myself..." Liu Mang didn't know which tendon was cramping, so he found a camera, turned his back to him, hugged himself, and pretended to be hugging someone else...

This scene made the laughter of the scene completely unstoppable.

The fans in front of the TV saw the camera locked on Liu Mang. The Eagles fans were okay and used to it. The fans of other teams watching the excitement and the Lakers fans felt so strange. How come the Eagles’ style of painting has always been so weird?

Soon, when it was almost eight o'clock in the evening, Liu Mang sprinkled chalk into the air and came to the field with his teammates. The game was about to start.

Kwame Brown and Yao Ming had a pleasant exchange before the game because of Liu Mang's relationship.

But in the game, it is a deadly rival.

In the Finals, Kwame Brown is going to challenge the most dominant center in the league after Shaquille O'Neal.

Very excited, but Kwame Brown kept hinting that he should be calm and not make the mistakes he made when he played the Bulls in the last game.

At eight o'clock sharp, the referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air. Kwame Brown waited until the ball reached the highest point, jumped up and pushed the ball back!
The Lakers retreated like a tide, and Yao Ming just put his feet on the ground to make a show. Unless Kwame Brown made a mistake, he had almost no chance of winning the jump ball.

Liu Mang and McGrady didn't get the opportunity to start a fast break, and they were not in a hurry. They ran towards the frontcourt and waited for Rondo to advance.

Liu Mang came to a 45-degree angle to the left, and Kobe defended him.

The lineup of the Eagles made the Lakers uncomfortable. The last time they played against Liu Mang was a point guard. In countless previous games, Liu Mang was a point guard. This time he suddenly became a shooting guard.

Liu Mang waited for Rondo to reach the front court, and immediately moved towards the top arc.

He didn't use his star card right away. Isaiah Thomas' star card was only valid for 10 minutes, and Calvin Murphy was beyond Liu Mang's expectations. Unfortunately, he didn't have three points, and his overall evaluation was low.

At the beginning, Rondo advanced slowly under Fisher's half-court defense. When he was close to the three-point line, Liu Mang just moved in place and blocked Fisher. Rondo immediately accelerated to break through!
Liu Mang went up to block Fisher quite forcefully. When he was hit by Fisher, Liu Mang felt that he knocked down a lump, but he managed to hold the chairman of the trade union.

After blocking Fisher, Liu Mang immediately withdrew from the three-point line. Rondo's breakthrough forced Kobe to switch defenses, and immediately passed back to Liu Mang outside the top arc.

Liu Mang received the ball and made a breakthrough to the right. Fisher quickly retreated. Yao Ming under the basket also took a step forward, ready to help defend. After Kobe blocked Rondo's breakthrough, he also came to the middle distance behind Fisher, ready to pinch Liu Mang...

"not good!"

As soon as Kobe moved laterally and saw Fisher retreating, he realized that the old man had fallen for it!

After Liu Mang guessed the three-point line with his right foot, he quickly retreated, and bounced to a position about one meter away from the top arc. He retreated and threw his sniper shot...

too fast!Fast and accurate, when Kobe found it difficult to rush up, Liu Mang's quick three-pointer had landed on the basket, rubbed the inside of the basket, and fell into the frame!

The iconic step-back three-pointer!
When the Lakers and the Eagles played against each other in the past, Liu Mang played pick-and-roll as the ball-handler. If he shot three-pointers like that, most of them would be shot directly after the pick-and-roll. Facing Kobe, Liu Mang didn't have a good chance to step back, but Liu Mang is now a pick-and-roller.

Since Liu Mang received the ball and took a step forward, he took a step back and shot a three-pointer, Rondo also added an assist!
The Eagles scored three points at the start!
But... Then came Kwame Brown's time of suffering...

The Lakers have a clear style of play, first use Yao Ming to gain an advantage!

The Eagles played very well in the middle of the season relying on Liu Mang's explosive performance, and the Lakers' performance in the middle of the season was not far behind. Yao Ming's best regular season was almost always in the middle of the season, before and after the All-Stars.

Yao Ming caught the ball and turned around to carry Kwame Brown's small throw and scored two points.

Not as fancy as Liu Mang, Yao Ming's goal is simple and rude, he lays up when he squeezes away, and he can touch the basket with his feet on tiptoe.

So steady!Yao Ming averaged 31 points in 18 minutes per game this season, and his shooting percentage was as high as 60.00%.
After the Eagles easily scored the first goal, the second attack was not so easy.

Rondo is still too young, just like when he met the Bulls, the opponent has too many powerful stars who are too powerful and defensively beyond his tolerance. This time Rondo took advantage of Liu Mang's pick-and-roll and broke through.

Fisher made a defensive mistake just now, mainly because he was too afraid of Liu Mang. Kobe was not afraid of Rondo at all. As long as Rondo was not allowed to accelerate and rush in with all his strength, and Yao Ming was given a second to move his feet, Yao Ming could play a very good interference role. In 31 minutes of playing time, he sent 2.3 blocks, which is not the biggest role of Yao Ming on the defensive end.

After the ball was capped off by Yao Ming, Kobe grabbed the ball and passed it to Barnes, who was aggressive and fast. Liu Mang knew it was not good when he saw Yao Ming's position when Rondo layup.

Don't give the ex-boss face at all!

(End of this chapter)