From today on is the king

第1421章 1420.横扫晋级，奖项疑云（3更1万3求月票）
When the two alternative topics of "despicable and shameless Ace Liu" and "Chinese players manipulating the NBA" were rampant, the Eagles came to Detroit and began to prepare for the game against the Pistons.

With such a topic coming out, Liu Mang didn't care, and thought it was quite interesting.

Mainly Liu Mang's own opponent, the Pistons, he did not analyze, but analyzed other teams, which is very interesting, even ESPN is following the hype.

Anyway, Liu Mang will not lose a piece of meat. After ESPN and Liu Mang have cooperated for a long time, they also understand Liu Mang's character, know what to do and what not to do, ESPN also regards Liu Mang as the "God of Wealth".

But he came to Detroit, which surprised Liu Mang.

The fans here... are not as resistant to them as they were the year before last.

At the airport, fans wearing Liu Mang's No. 1 Eagles jersey and those wearing the Pistons' No. 4 jersey that Dumars voluntarily gave up to Bosh took pictures of Liu Mang and others.

The Pistons are quite special. Their famous people like to have retired jerseys, and the future Greg Monroe also put on Rodman's jerseys.

After a year, Detroit has changed too much, mainly due to the collapse of the strength of the Pistons and the departure of their "soul" Ben Wallace.

This time the Pistons have no hope of winning at all, and the Pistons fans have also looked away. They are not holding up signs at the airport to scold the Eagles like they did the year before last.

When we arrived at the hotel, there were fans outside the hotel, and most of them were not Eagles fans, but Pistons fans.

After Liu Mang saw the slogans held by the Pistons fans, he understood...

"Ace, come to Detroit and teach us how to build a dynasty!"

"Ace, next stop is Detroit?"

Slogans like this one after another.

As time passed, Grant Hill took the initiative to ask for a buyout with the Magic, and the reason why he quickly joined the Eagles after the buyout slowly surfaced.

It's not that Grant Hill has a big mouth. This kind of thing will always be known slowly. Grant Hill and McGrady were drinking and chatting, they were heard, and then they were publicized.

"Grant, come to us, I will tell you to win the championship..."

This sentence was still a little popular in early April, but then it was dominated by the "Snake Study" storm.

But this time, it was used by Pistons fans.

When Liu Mang saw this, he didn't have any interest in the Pistons, but... felt that time flies!
The 2004+4 maximum salary contract signed in 1 has been three years since the end of this season. In the summer of 08, he can opt out of the contract, and of course he will definitely opt out of the contract and sign a new long-term contract.

There is already a big gap between the current starting salary and the starting salary of that year.

Liu Mang said to Jason Terry who was sitting next to him, "Jason, when I signed the contract, I thought four years was too long. I didn't expect that it would be so soon next year."

"Really, I have always felt that life is like years. Playing with you is too troublesome. I am so tired every year. Forget it, I am unlucky. I can only play more than 100 games with you every year." Jason Terry looked very helpless.

"..." Hearing what Jason Terry said, Liu Mang really wanted to hit him!

"It hurts my liver to talk about feelings with this dwarf!"

……

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Listening to the fans cheering for Liu Mang, and seeing a large number of fans wearing Liu Mang's No. 1 Eagles jersey, it seems that many of them are still Pistons fans. Billups, who was wearing the No. 1 jersey, was completely disappointed.

Once upon a time, Billups was grateful for the kindness of the Pistons and wanted to build a career here.

But now, he is still in the Pistons, but Pistons fans want to give his No. 1 jersey to others.

It's fine to give it to others, but the person who wants to give it is actually the star of their opponent in this year's playoffs.

When the ruler of an era appears, most of the stars of that era will cry. After a few years, Billups has understood the meaning of this passage. He is the main background of Liu Mang's era.

But even so, Billups still could not accept the scene in front of him.

Originally, even if it was just a sliver of nostalgia, Billups still wanted to renew his contract a little bit, but now, he completely gave up hope.

On April 2007, 4, the third game series between the Eagles and the Pistons was the point in time when an era of the Pistons came to a complete end.

99 to 77, the Eagles beat the Pistons by 22 points. Liu Mang played 39 minutes, 14 of 9, 7 of 6 three-pointers, and easily scored 31 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, helping the Eagles easily win the match point.

Liu Mang continued to hold the title of Detroit Nemesis.

Speaking of which, the Pistons have played the playoffs with the Eagles for the fifth time in six years. It seems that they should be mortal enemies, but in fact, the Pistons have never threatened Liu Mang from the beginning, and they have been pushed to play from the beginning.

Moreover, even though the Pistons fans turned their backs and cheered for Liu Mang, they still cheered for Liu Mang in the playoffs, and Liu Mang didn't think there was anything special about it.

Detroit... Liu Mang is really not interested!

Moreover, the words and deeds of the Pistons fans made Liu Mang understand that there will be a relatively difficult matter next season.

There will certainly be plenty of rumors about him changing teams.

If you don't win the championship this season, the rumors will be even worse!

If the contract is renewed in advance, then all rumors in this regard will cease to exist.

But Liu Mang was unwilling to renew the contract in advance, and renewing the contract in advance means that the total salary of the new contract will be lower.

Liu Mang is the key to the rapid growth of NBA income. The salary cap has increased every year. When he jumped out of the contract renewal in 2008, the starting salary is likely to be higher than his current salary in the last year of the 08-09 season contract that triggered the Ace clause. After all, the Ace clause triggered by his contract is 2004% of the salary cap in 30.00. Although the salary cap for the 2004-2005 season has slightly increased compared with the original time and space, it is only 4600 million. The season's salary cap is already 6100 million. Even if the growth has stagnated in the past two years, it is much higher than it was back then.

Of course, if the record is good next season, everything is not a problem.

The main thing is to win!
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Another day later, on April 4, the fourth game of the series between the Eagles and the Pistons came.

"Chris, I heard that you had heart pain before?" Liu Mang asked while leaning on the technology table.

Bosh didn't have any hope of winning. Since the fans wanted to recruit Liu Mang so much, Bosh was naturally willing to help. He was eager to partner with Liu Mang, so he saw Liu Mang leaning on the technical stage before the game, and immediately went to make friends.

Hearing Liu Mang's words, Bosh nodded and said, "Boss Ace, you don't have to worry, I'm fine."

"You still have to pay attention. Your season is coming to an end today. Take a break and go to the Cleveland Cardiovascular Hospital. The cardiovascular medical technology there is the best in the United States. You can also go to Johns Hopkins Hospital. You can't be careless about this kind of thing." Liu Mang suggested.

"..." Bosh was so speechless, it was too straightforward!
While Bosh does feel like today is his last game of the season...

However, Bosh was very moved by Liu Mang's concern, and when Liu Mang said so, Bosh was really worried about his heart problem.

Then... Bosh couldn't help sighing: "Boss Ace, I know, I will go to check, don't worry. But your team really cares about medical treatment! You know everything about it."

"Uh... Our team doctor is the best in the world..." Liu Mang didn't know how to answer, could he say: In the future, you will not die because of the Cleveland Cardiovascular Hospital...

The Eagles spend $400 million a year to hire a medical consultant, and the surgery and medical expenses are also paid separately. Moreover, the Eagles' medical team has been recruiting famous doctors from some large hospitals to expand the medical team. Such a heroic behavior has attracted the attention of many players.

But... the businessman's vision, no matter how bad it is, is different from ordinary people. Price has signed a medical cooperation agreement with the Atlanta Falcons and the Atlanta Braves.

After spending so much money, the Eagles ended up making money.

Thinking of this, Liu Mang couldn't help sighing in his heart: "The boss doesn't have any talent in team building, he does business one by one, and the people of the big family are really..."

……

There was no unexpected situation that other fans expected, 122 to 79, 43 points difference, the Eagles slaughtered the Pistons and swept 4-0.

Liu Mang still failed to get 40+, 33 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists. Liu Mang played 27 minutes in this game, and he had already shot desperately. He made 27 shots in 28 minutes, with one shot every minute.

The Pistons have no fighting spirit at all. From coach Sanders, who is desperate, to Billups, who has completely lost his love for the team, there is no tendency to struggle.

When encountering Liu Mang, who is at the height of his age, Coach Saunders can only recognize him.

Coach Saunders felt that he had to start rebuilding as soon as possible, and start again around the core of Bosh. Bosh, who is only 23 years old, has a bright future.

When it is broken, it will be broken, and you can't keep doing stupid things like the previous Timberwolves. This is the biggest gain that Coach Saunders has obtained in the Timberwolves.

After the Eagles swept the Pistons, they went back to Atlanta that night.

This is a chartered flight that was booked at the beginning. Although Detroit fans' emotions towards the Eagles have changed, from hating Liu Mang to death two years ago to now wagging their tails and begging Liu Mang to join, the Eagles are not worried about safety issues.

The more this happens, the more likely extreme things will happen, and this kind of thing has to be nipped in the bud.

……

The Eagles swept the Pistons, not the first team to advance. The Cavaliers swept the Wizards on the 25th. Like the Eagles, they ended the series in eight days.

Although Liu Mang gave the Wizards a trick, it didn't have any effect. The gap between the two teams' lineups was too large, and the trick was useless.

The attention of these two teams has dropped a lot since the 2-0 series. Although Liu Mang and James are popular, it can be seen from the first two games that the Pistons and Wizards have no chance of winning at all, no chance at all.

People's attention is on the Warriors and Mavericks...

3 to 1, the Warriors lead the Mavericks 3 to 1.

Back at home, the Warriors played two games in a row, 110 to 90 and 103 to 89. The Warriors never won a game within 10 points, and they were all crushing victories.

Baron Davis played at the MVP level in this round of the series, averaging 27 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists in four games.

The Mavericks are supported by Josh Howard. The Warriors have Baron Davis, Stephen Jackson, and Jason Richardson who averaged 20+ per game. The Mavericks only Josh Howard averaged 22 points per game, and Nowitzki averaged only 19 points per game. 14% three shooting rate, a total of 30.00 shots 84 of the odd performance, the more shots get better, the state continues to slump.

When Crawford broke out in one game and then withered, the Mavericks were completely dead.

1 to 3 behind, the chance of a comeback is less than [-]%...

When the Pistons were blacked out by the Eagles, it was expected by the fans from the beginning.

But the Mavericks were hacked, which was a shock. From the first game, it attracted everyone's attention, and even played anxiously. The Nuggets and Jazz's star wars between the Nuggets and Jazz, and the center battle between the Magic and Raptors, which were about to enter the Tianwangshan battle, were all robbed of a lot of attention.

The Spurs were beaten 3-1 by the Suns, and won the third game with difficulty before avoiding being swept.

In the original time and space, the Spurs were not as strong as the Suns in terms of strength in 2007. Although the Spurs got Artest and improved their defense to a higher level, their offensive end was their big problem.

Even against the Lakers, the Spurs don't have such a big disadvantage, but it is the Suns, with O'Neal who barely maintains the top star strength, Nash and Gentry also came up with a lot of ways to deal with the Spurs, Raja Bell's defense, the Suns' defense...and the Eagles' assists...

However, the Suns are finally going to turn around on the Spurs, and the attention is not high.

The Mavericks are awesome!
He took the initiative to send the Warriors to the playoffs, and picked an opponent who specifically defeated him.

The winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit. This is the truth since ancient times.

When the Mavericks chose the Warriors as their opponents, everyone felt that the Mavericks were shameless, because the Clippers performed well in the second round of the playoffs last year, and the Sonics, a strong team for more than ten years, had just declined. They felt that a dead camel was bigger than a horse. They felt that the Warriors, who had not made the playoffs for 12 years, were the best to deal with.

But now, the Mavericks' selection of opponents has become a laughing stock.

Little General Johnson, an apprentice who wants to challenge his teacher, mad scientist Nelson, has become the biggest laughing stock.

From the perspective of the entire league, are the Warriors stronger than the Mavericks?

Obviously impossible, if it weren't for the Mavericks to let the water go, the strength of the Warriors is on par with the Clippers and the Supersonics.

But the Warriors just restrained the Mavericks.

This is the key to the Mavericks becoming a laughing stock.

Knowing that the opponent's head coach is the old Nelson, they have always wanted to take revenge on them, and they even chose the Warriors as their opponents.

This leads to some strange things happening...

As the first round of the playoffs drew to a close, the league voted for the four awards of best rookie, MVP, best coach, and best manager.

On April 4, the day the Eagles advanced, voting for the four awards to be announced in the first round ended.

On April 4, the first award for the best coach announced was not the Mavericks coach Avery Johnson, who people thought would win the award at first, but the Raptors coach Sam Mitchell!
(End of this chapter)