From today on is the king

Chapter 1456 1455. An Unprecedented Challenge (seeking a monthly pass)
Except for the night of the 31st, when Liu Mang watched the news, he stopped watching the news after that. He worked with his teammates and the coaching staff to study how to deal with the Lakers.

Liu Mang didn't want to pay attention to the turmoil from the outside world.

Although public opinion praised his strength, they are not so optimistic about the strength of the Eagles this season.

Most people even think that the Lakers will definitely get revenge this year.

Such arguments have already begun to appear after the Lakers advanced to the finals on the night of the 31st.

Optimistic about Liu Mang, not optimistic about the Eagles, such a complicated public opinion point of view, the Eagles coaching staff does not want the players to fall into such a whirlpool of public opinion.

The Lakers have also advanced, and the Eagles have also raised their focus to the highest level, working hard to prepare for the finals.

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Soon the time came to June 6. After the morning tactical discussion ended and a training session for tactical adjustments was conducted, the Eagles did not practice anymore.

In addition to the regular shooting training on the morning of tomorrow's game day, the next thing is to wait for the finals to start.

"83369169 rogue points, 470079 superstar points..."

Liu Mang looked at the rogue value and superstar value in the system, they were still far behind.

"At this stage, unless the star card of a superstar is drawn, it will not be useful in the game at all. It can only be used in ordinary games to experience the unique abilities of some distinctive players to learn. To draw more star cards, it is better to save them and draw attribute fruits to increase the upper limit of physical fitness..." Thinking of this, Liu Mang sighed.

Now that Liu Mang has super personal abilities, he no longer needs the help of a star card, but sometimes when he needs to break his upper limit, it is not as convenient as it was when he was weak. The best part of this system is that its biggest function is to improve his own strength, but a person's ability always has a limit.

Because Liu Mang is now the team's best player, and may even be the strongest player in active service.

"Lillard, Reid, Deron or Kidd, Durant, Bynum, James, Murphy, these are the seven most useful star cards above 90, but the most powerful Durant among them will not be better than me..."

Thinking of this, Liu Mang became more emotional. The God of Death who loves to drink bath water is not as strong as him, but he has become more confident.

To the outside world and to his teammates, Liu Mang answered all questions in a relaxed tone, not letting his teammates feel pressured, with a confident look, except for Rondo, who is not talkative but delicate...Maybe McGrady also feels it, but in the eyes of others, Liu Mang has always been very confident.

But the situation encountered this time is indeed very difficult!

Liu Mang has been afraid of the Lakers this season since the summer.

From the lineup of Kobe Bryant's two consecutive championships in Liu Wei's memory, Liu Wei can see that although the Lakers' super inside lineup, which was optimistic at the beginning but also questioned, will not have as many problems as the previous Big Four. Instead, they may run in very smoothly.

The previous Big Four was mainly due to the addition of Payton. If there was no Payton, but a small forward or an inside substitute, Kobe, Malone, O'Neal and a frontcourt player comparable to Payton's strength at that time, the Lakers team would definitely cause a lot of trouble for the Eagles.

And the current lineup of the Lakers, Kobe + Gasol + Odom + Yao Ming, from Liu Mang's perception, this lineup will definitely be successful, Kobe + Gasol + Odom is a very successful championship combination in Liu Mang's memory, and the small version of Bynum was replaced by the peak Yao Ming...

Of course, just like Kobe's two consecutive championships in the original time and space, except for the four major stars, the Lakers' other players are not very talented. Barnes is very good, but he is not even as good as the original 08-09 season Ariza and the 09-10 season.

But Kobe is younger, and Bynum has been upgraded to Yao Ming, all of which are no longer a problem.

The regular season record of the Lakers is only ranked fourth in the league. They are purely self-made. They suffer from aristocratic diseases every three days. From time to time, they will come back from a 20-point half-time deficit. Occasionally, when someone hits the iron, they cannot reverse.

It looks like a scary lineup, but the Lakers can only tie for fourth place with the Hawks. Only because they won more games in the Western Division than the Eagles in the Eastern Division, they are ranked higher than the Eagles. It is really made by themselves.

However, the dominance shown in the playoffs confirmed Liu Mang's conjecture. It was not particularly difficult for the Lakers to win the Suns who overthrew the Spurs. On the contrary, the state of the Lakers has improved to a new level.

Liu Mang had always hoped that the day of the playoffs against the Lakers would come later, so that the team would have more time to improve, but... in order to get Wade, he sacrificed some of his strength.

Now Liu Mang is really not sure that he can beat the Lakers.

But... After a long time, Liu Mang's mentality has relaxed a lot since he is about to face up.

The public opinion of the outside world looked at the aging Eagles, but Liu Mang did not feel so much pressure.

"Competence Evaluation 97;

Right hand: 97 three-pointers, 94 mid-range shots, 95 layups;

Left hand: 88 three-pointers, 84 mid-range shots, 92 layups..."

Looking at his own ability evaluation, Liu Mang felt that apart from Nowitzki and Nash, no one could compare with him in terms of shooting. This is his advantage!
From the 29th to this morning, during the five-day preparation time, the team has combined techniques and tactics as best as possible.

Liu Mang looked at the star cards he could use and his ability evaluation, and he didn't have too many worries, so he just did it!
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"Got it, mom, your son is the strongest in the world, no problem... Don't be discouraged if you lose? How could you lose... Okay, okay, I won't be proud, am I the kind of person who will be proud and arrogant? Do you want to come and play in summer?...You and dad are going to travel to Northern Europe in summer? Let's go together...I'm in the way? Mom! You're talking too much..."

On the morning of June 2007, 6, at night in China, Liu Mang received a call from his mother, Ms. Tong Xiaoying. After being sprinkled with dog food and disgusted, Liu Mang felt a strong "love" from his mother. After learning that his parents would be closed tomorrow morning to rest and the breakfast room was closed to watch his game, he hung up the phone.

The couple called Liu Mang a lot, most of them called Alexia or Dinah, they didn't want to disturb Liu Mang, Liu Mang's parents are traditional Chinese elders after all, their support for the child's career would overwhelm their thoughts... But this Liu Mang feels that the two always dislike him and get in the way...

But before the start of the finals, the worrying mother still called Liu Mang. After all, both of them became middle-aged masters of football because of Liu Mang.

After Liu Reck finished making the phone call, little loli leaned into Liu Reck's arms and asked, "Uncle, what did grandma call?"

"It's nothing, it's just that two middle-aged couples who rekindled the passion they had when they were 20 years old are leaving their son and granddaughter to travel together." Liu Mang said dissatisfiedly, pinching the little girl's face.

"What do you mean?" Little Loli didn't understand.

Liu Mang didn't explain it either. He ate the little Lolita tofu and headed to the Staples Center with the confused little Lolita to prepare for the game. The other two girls didn't go until the afternoon. Liu Mang had to get used to the hoop...

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Time: June 2007, 6 after six o'clock in the evening.

Location: Staples Center.

Event: Game [-] of the Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Atlanta Hawks.

After two days of more intensive preparations, Liu Mang and his teammates came to the Staples Center to challenge the Lakers away.

This is the first time in Liu Mang's career that he played in the finals, starting from an away game, and it feels very different.

The fans suffering from aristocratic disease at the Staples Center in the finals also went crazy.

When the enemies met, they were extremely jealous, and what they were talking about was the current situation of the two teams.

It is different from the Bulls' unilateral hatred of the Eagles, or the stage of the game is different.

The hatred accumulated in the finals is not comparable to the divisional playoffs.

Just like the Celtics beat the Lakers in the 60s, but Celtics fans still hate the Lakers. In the 80s, the Lakers played directly against the Celtics in the Finals. Regardless of the fact that the Lakers won 80 championships in the 5s, the Celtics only had 3, but the Lakers and the Celtics only played against each other twice, with one win and one loss.

The history of the Lakers team and the Celtics in the Finals were completely abused, but Celtics fans seem to hate the Lakers more deeply than Lakers fans hate the Celtics.

This kind of emotion is very complicated, and it can be summed up like this... After winning the opponent many times on the strongest stage, it is unacceptable to lose to the opponent even once. Because of the previous crushing, if the opponent wins once, it means that the crushing is shattered, and the opponent has a chance to win.

And the opponent is the Lakers... The Lakers are the original sin!

The Lakers have their pride, and the division championship banner will not be hung above the arena. Similarly, they won the Western Conference playoffs championship trophy and the Western Conference playoffs championship banner issued by the league.

Such arrogance made Liu Mang feel that it was only natural for the Lakers to be hated by others.

Therefore, the boos and hatred of the fans at the scene not only did not make the Eagles players timid, but the Eagles players, including Liu Mang, were full of desire to beat the Lakers.

Seeing the fighting spirit of his teammates ignited by the boos of the fans, Liu Mang originally planned to say something before the game, but it seems that there is no need for it.

Looking at Kobe who is wearing an armguard on his right arm, Yao Ming who is wearing a hairband on his head because of something wrong, Gasol with a doormat face, and Odom who is laughing nonstop but may become the scariest killer...

There was not much interaction, and Liu Mang and Yao Ming just shook hands. At 06:30, the starting players of the two teams came to the court, and Liu Mang felt that the unprecedented challenge of the finals had begun!

(End of this chapter)