From today on is the king

Chapter 441 439. Cold Milwaukee

After beating the Raptors, Liu Mang's two dunks shocked the world!

First time someone dunks from the free throw line in an official game!

The dunk at the beginning was also very creative and courageous enough. For a while, Liu Mang's call for the All-Star Weekend Grand Slam resounded all over the fan circle.

Although Carter did not respond because he had just returned from injury, seeing Liu Mang's two dunks, even TNT Sports, which broadcast the game live, felt that he had earned it back. Fans also felt that watching the game live or buying the live broadcast was worth the fare.

Later, another reporter broke the news that Carter wanted to participate in this year's slam dunk contest, and Liu Mang also wanted to participate in this year's slam dunk contest.

To say that the only one hiding in a corner and wanting to cry is probably Charles Barkley...

But Dazui has always kept his word, he actually sent an email to the Eagles and NBA officials, and it was sent in the live broadcast just after the game, inviting Liu Mang and David Stern to dance together before the start of the All-Star Game in Atlanta, also known as the square dance...

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The Hawks team flew from Toronto to Milwaukee on the night after the Raptors game, departed at 11:12, and arrived at Milwaukee's General Mitchell Airport at 30:[-] in the morning.

It was almost two o'clock when Liu Mang arrived in the hotel room, and fell asleep.

When he got up to eat lunch at noon, Liu Mang got a notice from Coach Kruger, only to find out that Barkley was playing a bet again, so why did he bring him this time!
Liu Mang stroked, David Stern, old age, Barkley, middle-aged people in their 40s, themselves, young people, Nima, old, middle-aged and young people of three age groups dance together in the square dance?
Happy birthday...

The point is that Liu Mang seems to have sensed from Coach Kruger that the coach wants him to accept the invitation.

"Coach, do you want me to agree to dance with them?" Liu Mang asked in surprise. The coach must be confused with anger. It seems that the coach shouldn't be so angry every game!
"This is much more worry-free than you challenge this challenge every day." Coach Kruger ate the grilled chicken legs that Liu Mang couldn't eat. In Liu Mang's expression of spitting, Coach Kruger was a little proud, and then said: "When the boss received the email, he wanted you to agree to this invitation, and the president of the league agreed."

For ratings and the Chinese market?Liu Mang really wanted to complain about how difficult it is to be a professional player.

Liu Mang wanted to refuse, but suddenly had an idea: "Coach, I have an idea, maybe it can make our team more famous in our country!"

Every time Coach Kruger sees Liu Mang's expression like this, nothing good happens. What does this disciple want to do?
However, coach Kruger became more and more curious, and he still couldn't help asking: "What do you think?"

"I won't tell you, you'll know when the time comes."

Liu Mang stuffed the boiled chicken breast on the plate into his mouth in twos and then ran away, leaving Coach Kruger with a look of astonishment on his face.

"Damn! You bastard!" Coach Kruger really wanted to scratch the glass with his nails now...

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After lunch, Liu Mang went back to his room to watch the Bucks game video clips.

During the season, there are many games where strong teams are upset by weak teams. One very important reason is that non-popular teams seldom have live broadcasts of games, so there is little understanding of their new season's style of play.

Unlike in the era of the information explosion in the future, all teams and games are broadcast live, and players and coaching staff can learn about their opponents at any time. In these years, apart from videographers trying to get video clips to edit, players only need to know about opponents.

So Liu Mang thinks that the Bulls' 72 wins and the Lakers' 69 wins are really against the sky. This can only be done by reducing the chance of being upset.

Of course, Liu Mang also admires the Warriors' 73 wins. Apart from not winning the championship, they have achieved the ultimate. The Warriors can study every opponent thoroughly, and the opponents can also study them thoroughly, but they just rely on their strength to win 73. They are also a great team.

The Bucks have traded for less than half a month, and there are very few videos of the new style of play. The players in the Bucks' current lineup are familiar faces, which will give opponents some inertial impressions of them, but they feel that this is a new team, and there must be something different.

Just from Payton, the veteran superstar, and Ray Allen's swap, it is hard to see how much the Bucks have improved, but I also feel that there must be something different when someone changes positions!
Therefore, it is difficult to have a clear judgment and sufficient preparation for such a team that has just played against each other for the first time after the transaction. It can only be said after one match.

Just like two teams with similar strength playing in the playoffs, if you can’t watch their previous round of series, such as the first round, you can really only use the first game as a test, so the first game of the 7-game 4-win system is very important.

I studied Payton's videos, and most of them are clips from this season when he was still in the Supersonics before this month. The difference between his style of play and last season is not very big, but he has aged a lot, his single defense has dropped a lot, and his help defense has increased.

Liu Mang didn't see any tricks, so he didn't study it in depth, just treat it as the opponent he met for the first time.

Liu Mang looked at the rewards he got yesterday. The Carter skill card he was supposed to get was gone after the task was upgraded.

Alston started to practice three-pointers half a year in advance, rewarded 1000 superstar points, level 1 mission completed, 1000 superstar points, stats average, about 300 points, plus the victory of the game, a total of more than [-] superstar points, the dream of a million superstars, can only rely on Kidd, otherwise, he will train hard in the summer, develop more offensive methods, and usually train to strengthen the offensive methods he already knows.

There are not many rewards for superstar points, but the influence brought by dunks is huge, which has increased hundreds of thousands of rogue points...

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The Hawks' second game in 24 hours, an away game against the Bucks, will start at Milwaukee's Bradley Center at 1:19 pm on January 06.

When Liu Mang and his teammates were warming up before the game, there was new news on the TV next to the news.

This morning, when the news that Carter was going to compete with Liu Mang in this year's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest spread throughout the basketball circle, Raptors owner Mortisy Levick quickly approached Carter and wanted to persuade Carter to give up participating in this year's slam dunk contest. According to sources, Carter insisted on participating in the slam dunk contest, while Mortisy Levick felt that it was too dangerous and expressed his opposition. The two had a very unpleasant conversation.

When Liu Mang saw the news, he knew it was still happening. The gap between Carter and the Raptors management team began to appear, but the original reason for the gap was that Carter wanted more playing time in the second half of his comeback. He felt that he was recovering well, and the Raptors management team limited Carter's playing time to about 30 minutes for Carter's health and performance.

The unhappiness this time is just a small seed, and it's not yet time to explode.

"Ace, are you really going to face off in the dunk contest? It's so cool!" Jason Terry is always so taken aback.

Liu Mang was lamenting the possibility of a wandering career for an excellent player in the future. This kind of mentality of worrying about the country and the people had just appeared, but was destroyed by Jason Terry.

"Yes, that's right." Liu Mang replied casually.

"Oh, my God, Ace, what action are you going to use to dunk? Do you need my help? You're welcome, Ace, if you need help, just ask." Jason Terry was very positive.

"Have."

"What do you need my help for? Just mention it! Is it very important?"

"Yes, very important."

"Wow! Ace, just ask me for help! What's the important thing? Pass the ball to you, or stand there and let you fly over my head and dunk? No, I'm not tall enough, Kevin or Theo are more suitable..."

"I need you to cheer me on the sidelines then."

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The game between the Eagles and the Bucks is about to start. This game has not received much attention. In the cold Milwaukee, in this era when live broadcast resources are still very precious, even with Ray Allen before and Payton now, it is rare to get a live broadcast.

This is the norm for teams in small ball markets.

Coupled with the fact that Liu Mang and Carter will face off in the slam dunk contest, many people did not pay much attention to many games today, including the game between the Eagles and the Bucks.

After the Eagles players entered the field, it was very strange that they were not booed, but there were a lot of cheers!

After Liu Mang froze for a moment, he was very upset.

This group of guys cheered for the fact that the Eagles helped them eat Glenn Robinson. Since Glenn Robinson left, the Bucks had a certain amount of salary space and used Ray Allen, who had a bigger contract.

Milwaukee fans have always liked the new and hated the old. Milwaukee has a cold weather and a cold heart. Of course it is very happy about that, so I am really grateful to the Eagles.

After Liu Mang made complaints about it, he sat on the sidelines seriously. Today he still came off the bench, wanting to study the opponent's new strength, and then go on the field.

(End of this chapter)