From today on is the king

Chapter 335 333. As expected of Pippen!

"The mailman is on duty: Foul kicks Scottie Pippen off the court and says 'The mailman's on duty' to Scottie Pippen when he is no longer on the floor. Quest rewards 10000 Superstar Points."

Looking at the details of this mission, Liu Mang never expected that the level 5 mission would fall on Pippen!

And this task is so difficult!
Who can catch a man-made foul and send an opponent out?
Even Wang Lai from JDZ can't do it!

The most important thing is that it is impossible for Pippen to defend himself as a point guard too much!Pippen has not been the best defensive small forward in the league for a long time. Since last season, Pippen's defensive attitude has been far worse than before.

98-99赛季和99-00赛季这两年要不是保持了一个一防和一个二防，估计皮蓬早被说垃圾合同了，98-99赛季皮蓬的数据缩水了四分之一。

The 99-00 season was the last season Pippen was still regarded as a first-class player. He formed a sharp five-man team with Sabonis, Rasheed Wallace, Little Flying Squirrel, and Steve Smith to reach the Western Conference Finals.

After facing the Lakers' failure to compete for tickets to the Finals, Pippen relaxed his whole body.

It was only 11+5+5 last season, and this year is about the same. It is impossible to continue to get worse if it is bad, and it will not get better if it is good.

This can be seen from the last time Liu Mang played against the Trail Blazers. Pippen usually gets 10+5+5 in check-in and it’s over. His physical condition is not bad, and he is a hard-working player.

On the offensive end, he doesn't fly from the ground to play, and he is unlikely to experience a cliff-like decline, as can be seen from the fact that he can still maintain an average of 5+ assists per game.

The main thing is that I haven’t pursued it anymore, I can’t get higher goals, and I’ve already got a lot of what I’ve got, so I don’t need a bicycle.

What's more, Pippen's single defense is not top-notch. His defense is strong in assisting defense. During the Bulls' two three-peat championships, the opponent's offensive arrows were all defended by Jordan.

To make such a player foul and get the opponent out of the field, it is more difficult than dunking O'Neal, okay?

Liu Mang expressed his ugly refusal to this task!
Can it be more difficult?
Give me a normal task, okay?

Such as expelling Rasheed Wallace from the game?This task is much easier!
We're all friends, and Rasheed Wallace certainly wouldn't mind getting sent off.

"Ding... The system issued a temporary task. Today's daily task is extremely difficult, and it has been upgraded to a special task."

"Ding... Special task: The postman is on duty, the conditions for completing the task remain the same, and the task reward is upgraded: 10000 points of superstar value, a random card of the peak star of a star with level 5 skills of the Porcelain Master. A temporary skill for performing the task is also included: provocation."

"Provocation: You children, dare to fight with me? It can be used once in a single game, and the target is unique. The target object has great hostility towards the host, and replaces the host in consciousness with the strongest enemy in his career."

"I'm a little darling, this... is there no punishment?"

"There is no penalty for mission failure."

Liu Mang asked this question for nothing, no matter whether there is punishment or not, he will never give up this task!

A star card for a player who owns Porcelain Master level 5.

Who said this, don't you understand?

Must get it!
Old hatred coupled with the temptation of task rewards, what movie said that what a person hates the most is not being taken away from his wife and daughter, but being cut off from his wealth!

Pippen!

Fuck it!

……

……

Liu Mang returned to the stadium. The game is about to start. He is still on the bench. He played 15 or [-] games at the beginning of the season. When Liu Mang’s statistics stabilized at around [-] points per game, the coaching staff and management all talked to him about starting.

In this regard, the Eagles management and coaching staff unexpectedly felt that this 19-year-old kid was quite sensible, which is rare in this impetuous age.

This is why thinking is not in the same era.

In the era before Liu Mang, unless he was the core and superstar of the first team, there was not much difference between the starting lineup and the substitute. Even if he was the team's second-in-command, not the star, it was not unacceptable for so many people to play on the bench in that era, but it became a common thing.

The best sixth man this year is nothing, but in another three or four years, an old alcoholic in San Antonio made a fool of himself and put a guy who had just been selected as a substitute for the All-Star and became bald after encountering evil.

Then more teams follow suit, and they can't let the Spurs' substitutes torture their substitutes to death.

Gradually, some quasi-first-class, first-class or even top-notch stars entered the bench, and the award of the best sixth man became more valuable. It really became the most valuable award after the MVP, the best team, and the All-Star players.

But now, the one who made other teams feel uncomfortable and wanted to put some stars on the bench was not because of the Holy City alcoholic, but because of Liu Mang himself!
Playing against the Hawks, the most uncomfortable thing for most teams is that Liu Mang, who can average 20 points per game, plays as a substitute.

It is not the best sixth man who has averaged more than 20 points per game before, but that guy is a special case. That guy is called Ricky Pierce.

The appearance of Liu Mang, and the fact that the Eagles have the best record in the Eastern Conference, led many teams to try to put some main scorers on the bench. However, Liu Mang really became popular after he scored 1+ in January. At that time, the teams had already cleared their play style and goals, and it was impossible to easily change the tactical system.

Liu Mang didn't know that he had influenced the "appreciation" of the best sixth man in advance. Anyway, he was very impressed with the value of the best sixth man in the future.

刘莽印象很深刻的是贾马尔-克劳福德和艾弗里-布拉德利，15-16赛季已经36岁了拿到第二次最佳第六人的克劳福德能拿到3年4200万的续约合同，而同年入选最佳防守一阵的艾弗里-布拉德利，却在27岁正值巅峰并且刚打出生涯最佳赛季之后因为可能出现的续约问题先后被凯尔特人、活塞连续打包交易。

Then Eric Gordon, the best sixth man in the 16-17 season, also changed from a glass man. At first, both the media and the fans thought that he could not have the next big contract, because he had not played more than 3 times in a season since he was 60 years old. In the end, he won the best sixth man and immediately renewed a 4-year contract of more than 5000 million. Although it is not a maximum salary, it is much larger than his previous contract predicted by the media.

For the best sixth man, Liu Mang intends to get two to fill his career honor pool at the beginning of his career. Later, when Jamal Crawford, Ginobili, Jamison and even Jason Terry all go to grab the best sixth man, this award will be contested again... It’s hard to say, Liu Mang’s goal is definitely not just a first-class star, even top stars can’t be satisfied.

Liu Mang's goal is the awards grand slam!
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The Eagles started this game and met Damon Stoudemire, the flying mouse. The starting point guard changed from Dean Grove to the slightly faster Jacqui Vaughan.

The other four remained unchanged, Jason Terry, Raheem, Muhammad and Ratliff.

The Trail Blazers only look at the really luxurious lineup, and this is still the case when Sabonis has suspended the game for a season.

Damon Stoudemire, Bunche Wells, Pippen, Rasheed Wallace, Dale Davis.

Every time he saw the Blazers play, Liu Mang couldn't help but marvel in his heart that the owner of the Blazers was so fucking rich!

Except for Bunch Wells, who is still in the last year of his rookie contract, the other one is 800 million, two are more than 1200 million, and there is a Pippen of 1800 million, and except for Wells and Rasheed Wallace, the others are all premium contracts after their peak period.

The main reason is that there is still a 1400 million Rain Man on the bench.

The Blazers have a luxurious lineup, and they are only ranked seventh. They are unstoppable. It is not without reason that it is so difficult to catch up with the Mavericks or the Supersonics.

The lineup looked scary, and it played like an average team, perhaps without Sabonis, a nearly perfect partner with Rasheed Wallace, who tortured O'Neal in the final two games of the 2000 Western Conference Finals.

When Sabonis was away, Rasheed Wallace didn't like defense very much, mainly because no one took him to play with him, and he probably found it boring to defend alone, so the Blazers' inside dominance dropped drastically.And the outside line is either short, or unwilling to defend, or clocking in to get off work with a big contract pension.

But the Blazers are indeed talented, and they will not fall out of the playoffs no matter what, but they are just ordinary playoff teams.

The Eagles are no longer the "underdogs" in the East that were frightened by the Blazers' superstars at the beginning of the season. From the perspective of Western teams, the East is all underdogs.

The Eagles are already the "top team" that has won the top eight in the Western Conference!
The Eagles players were very confident facing the Blazers. Jason Terry hit two three-pointers when he came up, and he blossomed inside and outside with Raheem. They started with a score of 13 to 5, leading the Blazers by 8 points and calling a timeout.

Only 4 minutes passed, and Liu Mang felt that it was not time to play. Coach Kruger didn't want to replace Liu Mang so early, and asked Raheem and Jason Terry to play for a while, taking advantage of their current state.

……

Liu Mang watched his teammates go up and continue to gouge, and watched Pippen being forcefully attacked by Raheem without too much defense, so he knew that this provocative skill must be used!
Liu Mang felt that just being provocative is not safe. Pippen is a person with a very high IQ and can judge his own physical condition. He can't keep up with his own speed, so he may not stick to the defense.

So Liu Mang decided to use that, and has been "treasuring" the useless one—manic potion!
Speaking of "treasure", in fact, it is used on the opponent when it cannot be used... This is a bit hurtful, and it is not a good thing to let the opponent go berserk.

If it is used on oneself, it seems that it will make the emotions too excited, which is not a good thing, and will affect the calm thinking.

So, Liu Mang took a look at today's referee on duty, what a coincidence!
Referee No. 17 Joseph Crawford.

If necessary, give this referee a shot?
Liu Mang looked at the field, and Raheem received the ball again, facing Pippen for a bottom line single.

Raheem has hit Pippen twice before, and this is the third time in a row!
During the timeout, coach Maurice Cheeks had already lashed out at the team's defense, and Pippen also felt that he couldn't bear face. Anyway, he was also a historical defensive player in the 8th All-Defensive First Team and the 10th All-Defensive Team.

Pippen is just about to prepare for a good defense and prove himself. If he really wants to defend, Pippen is at least a lot higher than the average level. It may be impossible for the best defensive team level, but at least he can be a defensive vanguard level.

At this time Liu Mang tried: "Boss of the system, use provocation against Pippen!"

"Ding... The host uses special skills: provocation, targeting Pippen. In this game, Pippen regards the host as the most hostile opponent in his basketball career."

At this time, Raheem was concentrating on this offense. He saw that Pippen's aura changed when he came back from the timeout. It was obviously completely different from the previous look of stretching out his hand while lazily defending.

Raheem was the first to make a breakthrough. Pippen followed closely and blocked it perfectly. Raheem leaned on Pippen and turned around!
This turning around, Raheem just wanted to make a fake move, trick Pippen into retreating, and make a jump shot from close range, but!Raheem turned around, and he turned around!
Not hindered at all!Raheem staggered as if his stool had been removed, and turned around in a big circle...

The referee blows the whistle, and it is a walking violation!
Raheem scolded himself for being too careless!
It's Pippen!
The defense is really good!

And at that time... Pippen just turned his head to look at Liu Mang, no, he was still staring...

(End of this chapter)