From today on is the king

Chapter 407.
The first Chinese Derby will naturally be broadcast live in China.

However, this is probably the first time that the NBA is broadcast live in the middle of the night in China. Generally speaking, the earliest games played in the Eastern Conference are basically not broadcast live in China, so the Eagles games are scheduled relatively late this year. In addition to the popular teams in the NBA's schedule, the live broadcast time is also a key consideration.

I used to stay up late to watch football, and domestic fans finally stayed up late to watch NBA again. The game between the Eagles and the Rockets was at 01:30 pm, which was almost exactly around 12 am in China.

I don't know if it's to make some big fat guy unhappy, but the TNT basketball channel in the United States is broadcasting the Eagles game live.

Barkley was looking at the close-up shots of Liu Mang and Yao Ming side by side, and really didn't know which side to blow and which side to spray.

Both of these guys are jerks in Barkley's eyes!
One made Buckley pole dance, the other made Buckley kiss the ass of a donkey, they are all jerks!None of them are good people.

So, Kenny Smith made the opening introduction smoothly under a very unaccustomed situation. Barkley didn't say a word, and didn't bother Kenny Smith at all. It made Kenny Smith feel so relaxed in the opening commentary for the first time, but it just lacked a little fun.

……

After playing the perfect empire song, the starting players of the two teams came on the field.

The Eagles have changed their starters today!
"Ding... Features: Pretend you are a substitute, triggered, the number of triggers is 1, and the remaining maximum number of times is 31."

"Ding... the bench bandit is triggered, the host's current ability value is 79, three-pointer 88, mid-range shot 82, layup 85, speed 94, strength 79, bounce 92..."

Huh, the boss Steven Price strongly urged Liu Mang to start the game today. At first, Liu Mang didn't agree, but seeing a lot of Chinese fans coming to the scene, he thought that this is the most important live broadcast in China today. The main reason is that he wants to play for a while so that he can find more opportunities to block Yao Ming, so he temporarily asked the coach to say that he wanted to start today.

The reason is that he wants to play against Yao Ming as the starter.

Dean Grove has no objection. He was originally a false starter. He just renewed his contract with the Eagles for two years, with an average annual salary of 100 million. The contract expires in 05. After that, he does not plan to continue playing basketball. He wants to help the Eagles win the championship in the last two years or so, and then become a... painter.

When Dean Grove told Liu Mang and other teammates that his dream was to become a painter, everyone's views collapsed.

Well, the NBA doesn't need a salary of one million dollars a year, but he actually wanted to retire in 05 when he was just 29 years old and at the peak of his career, and become a painter with little possibility of making money.

Only then did Liu Mang discover that many people in the NBA are artists who have been delayed. In the future, there will be Larry Sanders who gave up his annual salary of more than 1000 million dollars to learn painting.

So, today's Hawks starting lineup has become Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Raheem, Muhammad, Ratliff.

The Rockets' starters are Francis, the old cat Mobley, James Posey, Eddie Griffin and Yao Ming.

James Posey is the real small forward that the Rockets completed in mid-December through a three-way deal with the 12ers and the Nuggets and used the rebounding idiot Kenny Thomas to trade back.

Kenny Thomas is too short, only [-] meters tall, and the height difference between him and Yao Ming is too cute. In addition to Liu Mang's rookie Eddie Griffin's talent in his rookie year, the existence of Kenny Thomas has an impact on Griffin's development, so he switched back to a defensive champion.

The fans watched Liu Mang take off his training uniform to shoot before the start of the game. Surprised, they began to cheer!
This is Liu Mang's first debut!
Liu Mang was a little excited since he had never played before!

This is probably the real sense of playing against the opponent's strongest lineup.

When Liu Mang came off the bench in the past, although most of the time he was playing against the opponent's main defender, he was already a star who had been consumed by his teammates. Now it is the first time he has played against the opponent's full-strength head defender!
Liu Mang looked at Boss Fu, who always had the expression that others owed him money, and looked at the jersey with tomato-colored trim, white board and blue stripes. Liu Mang remembered that it was only Yao Ming’s rookie year.

To say that the Rockets' fan design has changed twice in two years, and it has continued for more than ten years, if it is not to cater to domestic fans, he absolutely does not believe it!

As if feeling Liu Mang's gaze, Francis turned his head to look at Liu Mang, and gave Liu Mang a childish look.

Liu Mang pulled down the apple muscle decisively, and stuck out his tongue at Francis to make a face.

When Francis saw the shit, he dared to make a face at the uncle, and immediately pulled his temple and shook his head to make a face at Liu Mang.

When Liu Mang saw Francis' expression, Nima was actually more mocking than the young master's expression, no way!Push your nose up decisively...

Inexplicably, the two started a face-to-face fight, so they couldn't die. The chief cameraman saw this scene, and hurriedly adjusted his position, live broadcasting the face-to-face fight between the two on a large screen.

The two people who were in the battle of ghost faces heard the laughter coming from the scene, and suddenly realized that this is the live broadcast of the game from all over the world!

How to do!
so awkward!
The two withdrew their expressions tacitly, as if nothing had happened, each returned to the top arc of the three-point line in their respective half, waiting for their teammates to jump the ball.

The teammate of the two, Huangguoshu Waterfall Khan: These two are living treasures!

Finally, when the scene was out of control for a while, the game started!

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air. Yao Ming won the jump ball with an absolute advantage and a decent bounce. Francis received the ball and the Rockets went first.

Waiting for Yao Ming to settle down, Francis slowly advanced.

"Steve Francis: 87 abilities (peak), 77 three-pointers, 79 mid-range shots, 92 layups, 91 speed, 87 strength..."

"Cardino Mobley: 83 abilities (peak), 79 three-pointers, 80 mid-range shots, 84 layups, 88 speed, 78 strength..."

Looking at this pair of ferocious outside lines, Liu Mang was under a lot of pressure, he could only limit one of them no matter what!
Liu Mang still chose Francis, who was the most difficult to deal with. This year and next year will be the two years when Francis is at his peak. Next season seems to be the only playoff in his career. When Yao Ming was still young, Francis was obviously the most important player for the Rockets.

Liu Mang is ready to fight hard with Francis, and try again the feeling of being a car with a mantis arm. Francis' physical fitness is too explosive.

But unexpectedly, Francis dribbled to a 45-degree angle on the left, and then waited for Yao Ming to open to the middle distance of the baseline on the right. Eddie Griffin pulled to the top arc and James Posey had an off-ball pick-and-roll.
Watching Francis pass the ball to the old cat Mobley, Mobley received the ball, slowly squeezed Jason Terry, squeezed to the edge of the three-second zone, suddenly turned right, brushed the baseline and flew to the basket.

wipe!
Liu Mang was surprised that the old cat had also improved!There was no such low-post stunt last year!In the past, the old cat Mobley's main scoring methods were three-point shooting and pick-and-roll breakthroughs, using speed and jumping to hit the basket. This year, he even has back shots. This is a big dream that has just paid for it!
You are not the only one who makes progress!
There was no chance to counterattack at the beginning. Except for Yao Ming, the Rockets returned to the defense very quickly, not to mention the three perimeters. All of them were physically fit. Griffin, a power forward, was a man with top talent and physical fitness, and he returned to defense very quickly.

Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt.

The tactics of the Eagles were the same. After Raheem sat down, Liu Mang passed the ball to the boss, and the boss came first.

Raheem received the ball and leaned on James Posey, who was several centimeters shorter than him and a lot thinner, and sat up on his buttocks unceremoniously.

James Posey is suitable for defense against technical forwards. His defense against Gasol, who was at his peak in 08, was his famous series. But against this kind of thick and tough defense, he really can't defend against it. Eddie Griffin used to double-team.

At this time, Liu Mang saw Yao Ming alone at the basket with Ratliff and Muhammad, his eyes lit up, and he took advantage of Francis' surprise and rushed towards the basket.

Seeing the momentum, Rahim passed the ball to Liu Mang. After Liu Mang went to the free throw line and received the ball, he stepped into the free throw line excitedly and jumped high!
The task is about to be completed!

Yao Ming immediately moved outside the reasonable collision zone to block Liu Mang, but he was blocked by Ratliff just now and couldn't jump up. He could only block in front of Liu Mang and couldn't jump up to block the shot!
Liu Mang was extremely excited!After a fight with Yao Ming, hack the ball to the hoop!

but!Just when Liu Mang smashed the ball down, because Yao Ming blocked it for a few tenths of a second, Francis flew out from behind, chasing after the big hat!Slap the ball directly on the backboard!

　One or two more chapters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)