From today on is the king

Chapter 541
A second-year player, he scored 42 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Nowitzki was about to cry when he saw it, and Duncan was about to be silent when he saw it... It seems that Duncan is silent every day. Anyway, the Spurs players watching the TV in San Antonio didn't see any changes in Duncan's expression.

Nowitzki looked at Liu Mang and wished he was a player of his own team. If he had an outside player with a mid-range shot and a breakthrough, he wouldn't have to be so afraid of the Spurs.

The players of the Mavericks and the Spurs watched the first game of the series between the Nets and the Hawks, and they both reached the Western Conference finals. The goals of the two teams are the same as the goals of the Eastern Conference teams. They are all for the championship. Regardless of whether their series has not yet started, no matter what the ending is, the final goal is definitely the championship.

Watching the series between the Nets and the Hawks, the two teams found that neither the Nets nor the Hawks seemed to be as weak as imagined.

The fact is the same. Even if Duncan is at the peak of the Spurs, if they meet the Nets in the finals, they will fight for six games and be robbed of the home court advantage.

Regardless of which team in the Western Conference reaches the finals, no matter who the opponent in the Eastern Conference is, in short, Nowitzki and Duncan will firmly remember Liu Mang this time.

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20岁9个月零1天，刘莽把由湖人队名宿魔术师约翰逊在21岁10个月的季后赛历史最年轻40+记录打破了！
If it wasn't for the reward of 5000 superstar points given by the system, Liu Mang would not have known that he had set a record!

Liu Mang remembers that the youngest record for a magician in the future will be James, who made it to the playoffs in the third grade, at the age of 21 and five months.

At 20 years and 9 months, Liu Mang feels that he has done something great!

Magician got 40+ in the sixth game of the finals in his rookie season. He is already quite young. Like Magician, there are not many high-ranking rookies who entered the NBA before the age of 21. Jordan and Olajuwon are already over 21 years old. So the youngest record in that year was basically broken by Kobe and James.

That era was different from the present. In that era, the more talented players were, the more they were willing to spend more years in college to hone their skills. Therefore, most of them entered the NBA at the age of 21 or 23, and even if they were 25, [-], or even [-] years old, it would not affect their draft position.

Of course, since the potential stars of that era stayed in college for a few more years, the talented college students had opponents to hone themselves.

Even if a high school student entered the NBA early, it is Kobe and James who can really break the record, and no one else has this ability.

Liu Mang thought about the current Cavaliers team, and it seems that it is still so miserable. If James is still selected by the Cavaliers, he will have to help the team deal with the team's mess in the rookie season and lead the team out of the quagmire of Yao Ming and James for two consecutive years.

Liu Mang looked at Boozer who was calling his girlfriend, he was really annoying, he didn't know how to call outside the locker room?It's really unpleasant to have a massage while ice compressing. It's great to have a girlfriend!Today's young people really don't learn well. They get girlfriends when they have money at a young age.

Thinking of this, Liu Mang remembered that Boozer seems to be more than a year older than him, and his skills and physical development have basically matured to enter the NBA... This is even more annoying!The little brother is actually older than the boss!

However, the Cavaliers are now without even Boozer. They selected a big center Mario Karan in the second round, and they were waived before finishing their rookie season.

In other words, if James goes to the Cavaliers, his rookie season will be even worse... It is basically impossible to reach the playoffs earlier than the original!
Liu Mang felt that his record would never come again!

In the future, the age limit for NBA drafts will become higher and higher, and the phenomenon of rookies who enter the NBA selling their talents will become more and more serious. Many high-ranking rookies, even the top picks, will have to play for two or three years to realize their talents. That is, the record of the youngest 40+ is basically no one can break!
Even if James still made the playoffs in the third grade, he still started to abuse Arenas...Why Arenas again?Liu Mang thinks Arenas is too pitiful, next time he meets him, he will be more cruel, but it seems that he will come to the Eastern Conference next season, but unfortunately this guy likes to play with guns and the price is expensive, both of which the Eagles can't afford.

Liu Mang felt flattered to get a record that was basically unsurpassable!
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Liu Mang woke up at noon, ready to have a meal, practice in the afternoon, and watch the Spurs and Mavericks game series in the evening. After spending the first day off without training arrangements, he did not expect to feel envious and resentful eyes from his teammates as soon as he arrived at the restaurant.

Liu Mang is so strange, what happened to this group of people, is it possible that the young master is very handsome today?

Liu Mang ordered a steak, picked up the newspaper and looked at it, hehe, Liu Mang finally found out that he scored 42 points, which was even more explosive than he imagined, and caused a sensation in the United States, in China, and in the NBA fan circle!
To be able to score 22+ points in a playoff game before the age of 40 is considered in the NBA. Before Liu Mang, only a magician in NBA history has done it. After that, Kobe Bryant did it at the age of 22 when he played against the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals in 2001. Even Jordan and Chamberlain were already 40 years old when they scored 24 points for the first time in the playoffs.

It's not that there are young and powerful rookies, but when they entered the NBA, the team was rotten, and it was as difficult as it was to make it to the playoffs. As for Duncan, he was 22 years old when he entered the NBA, and he was 23 when he played in the playoffs for the first time.

Unless he is young and capable like the magician, the Lakers are the favorites to win the championship, the No. [-] pick belongs to another team, and the head star is still absent in the playoffs, so he has the opportunity to get such statistics.

So Liu Mang made history by winning 20+ in the playoffs at the age of 40!

The day after the first game of the series between the Eagles and the Nets, Liu Mang dominates the screens of all major sports news!All major sports news, headlines are him.

Like ice hockey and rugby, the season is already over at this time. There are more than 160 baseball regular season games, and the regular season has just started. Not many people pay attention to it. The only thing left in the four major leagues is the NBA, which has the longest season. All sports news are talking about NBA and Liu Mang.

On the domestic side, football is now starting to collapse. After such a miserable World Cup, domestic sports fans are in desperate need of comfort. At this time, Liu Mang and Yao Ming stepped forward. Yao Ming was eliminated early, and now all point to Liu Mang's good performance.

But Liu Mang really broke out, and the news about Liu Mang was overwhelming!

In the news of China and the United States, it is almost impossible to see that tonight is the opening game of the Western Conference Finals. The Spurs and Mavericks have not been paid attention to, and now no one pays attention to them.

In addition, some interesting things in the game last night, such as Jordan opening and closing his mouth, "This is my apprentice", Liu Mang making Kidd furious, "You love her so much after being beaten so badly by your wife?", Kenyon Martin was first knocked over by Liu Mang, and then Ratliff's cap, and he landed in the same position... etc. All of them were on the news. Liu Mang felt that those reporters were really talented.

Liu Mang felt the envy of his teammates, especially the envious eyes of Jason Terry and Raheem. Liu Mang sighed helplessly: "Hey, have you heard of fireflies? I didn't want to be so high-profile. I wanted to walk quietly and alone in the dark night. I didn't want people to find me, but I was like a firefly that couldn't control its own glow in the dark night. I accidentally exposed my own light... Oh, don't, I'm wrong, I'm not bragging... Yalu ...Dunat...Hajima..."

A few minutes later, the ragged Liu Mang was waiting for his steak to arrive on the sofa chair in the restaurant.

There's no way, I'm not afraid to single out Liu Mang, but the key point is that this group of people are actually playing gang fights!Shameless!I'm still a child...

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Once again, Liu Mang became popular all over the United States, even in countries and cities with a lot of basketball fans all over the world, he made a big splash.

But Liu Mang is used to this, and the growth of popularity has entered a bottleneck period. Liu Mang has all-star starts, playoffs, and scoring shows, but he has no real hard honors, such as MVP and championship.

Just because of these limelights, Liu Mang is also in the limelight in the United States, the largest market in the NBA, and although there are not many such performances by him, there are also many, such as McGrady and Kobe, who performed far better than him in the regular season.

So Liu Mang is only in the limelight in many places, only in Atlanta, or expanding a little to Georgia, and then in China, these two main places have become the focus of discussion, other places are all in the limelight.

After all, most fans have stars they support, and Liu Mang is neither a star of a local team nor a star of his own country.

This is the most different point between Liu Mang and other young stars. Other young stars, who became famous at a young age, forget about it. For example, the No. 4 pick of the Bulls disappointed people. He played so badly in his rookie season, but relied on his performance in college. Last summer, he signed a 1000-year 200 million sneaker endorsement contract with Reebok. Although his rookie season was poor, the contract is still being fulfilled. not good.

The Bulls' season has only been over for less than two months, and Jay Williams has already caused a lot of trouble in nightclubs, but they are all small things, and many young players have, so there is no big news.

But just before the start of the Western Conference finals between the Spurs and the Mavericks, something happened to Jay Williams.

Liu Mang really said that motorcycles are dangerous when he was talking trash against Jay Williams in the last match of this season. Children should not ride motorcycles indiscriminately.

Maybe Jay Williams really listened to it. Instead of buying a motorcycle, he bought a go-kart and even drove it on the road in violation of the regulations.

The speed of the kart is driving on the road. When turning, because the kart is too short, a small truck is not seen when turning. Jay Williams hastened to the brakes. No matter how well the US imperial road is repaired, Jay Williams was thrown out and seriously injured...

After the news that Jay Williams was seriously injured while driving a kart was exposed, there were regrets, but many people felt that it was not surprising at all. Jay Williams played a lot of high-risk things like this before...

The NBA circle is so big, and it is a closed league. Most of the players are concerned about the players in this league. Of course, the Eagles know about such a big matter.

Liu Mang heard about Jay Williams when he came back from training. He couldn't help but sighed and observed a few seconds of silence. Then, like the rest of the Eagles, he told everyone to be careful.

Then it's gone.

Although he knew that something would happen to the other party, what else could he do?Liu Mang had already put aside his grievances and reminded him in a "humanitarian spirit", but the other party actually had other things to play with, and he didn't care about his own death. It is very humane to remind him.

The coaching staff and the owner Price, who came to New Jersey with the Eagles, also called the players together for a meeting because of this incident, emphasizing which off-court things are strictly prohibited, which violates the suspension of the team even if there is no accident.

Like skiing, bungee jumping, difficult yoga, racing...etc.

In particular, Liu Mang, the youngest member of the team, was repeatedly instructed by Coach Kruger and Price...

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Just like what Liu Mang thought, he was still the headline in the morning, and the news was robbed in the afternoon. After the first Western Conference finals between the Mavericks and Spurs in the evening, no matter how low the attention of the Mavericks and Spurs was, it was still the conference finals. Although their game was not on the headlines, they still made the headlines after the game.

In Game 110 of the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs were shot dead by Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Finley 115-[-].

The Spurs had a lot of lead at the beginning, but who would have thought that Michael Finley, the former Jordan successor who seemed to have passed the peak of the regular season, would score 20 points in the final quarter, leading the Mavericks to a single quarter score of 30 to 19.
However, the Spurs and the Mavericks still didn't get much attention. The next morning, they just made the headlines. Before the headlines were hot, the names of the headlines were changed immediately.

In 2003, since 1996, the lottery of the most watched and most talented draft conference came!
For the Eagles, although they are in New Jersey, they don't need to go to New York, because the lottery has nothing to do with them.

Among the playoff teams, only the top executives of the Pistons ran to New York. They executed the right to exchange first-round picks with the Grizzlies after the regular season.

The draft is the starting point for most NBA players to enter the NBA. This kind of thing will definitely pay attention.

The NBA playoffs are a carnival for fans of strong teams, and the draft lottery, mixed in with the playoffs, is a carnival for fans of weak teams.

In the lottery, the probability of an upset is actually not high. Most of the time, the ranking depends on the pick. The biggest thing to watch is not the pick, but the appearance of the lottery teams.

It's like Cavs fans occupy most of Madison Square Garden, all chanting: "We want LeBron..."

The draft lottery started at 05:30, and it would end in half an hour, but the live broadcast started at [-]:[-].

Interviews with the 13 teams before the lottery, from the worst record to the best, and then see what their own "lucky model" is, some bosses send their own sons and daughters to draw lots, some send celebrities, and some directly draw lots from their own players, such as Francis, who got the No. [-] pick last year due to his luck...

Then interviews with fans, professional media to analyze the probability, and even invited a spooky witch to use tarot cards to predict which team will win the No. [-] lottery...

After nearly two hours of bells and whistles before the lottery draw, the real lottery draw was over in two or three strokes.

The inertia of the wheel of history is still so strong. The Pistons held the right to draw the lottery with the Grizzlies' fifth-lowest record in the league, and they got the second lottery with an 18.00% chance!
The hearts of the Cavaliers were about to explode, and finally, relying on a 20.00% chance of five, they got the No. [-] lottery.

The Nuggets have the same record as the Cavaliers, both with a 20.00% chance of five, but only got the third pick.

The Raptors and the Heat, the worst ones, had a bad year, with a No. [-] pick and a No. [-] pick, especially the Raptors. Carter was fully healthy, but the team was bad. The relationship between the Raptors and Carter was on the verge of breaking down. The Raptors originally wanted Carter to go to the draft lottery, trying to replicate the miracle that Francis brought to the Rockets last season, but Carter refused.

After Liu Mang saw the results of the draft lottery, he felt so boring, there were no surprises at all, but thinking about it, why did so many surprises come from.

But Liu Mang always feels that if he doesn't do something, he will feel bad!
After the draft lottery is over, the live broadcast is not over yet, and there will be live broadcasts of this year's draft predictions, interviews with various teams about who they want to draft, and so on.

Liu Mang saw that James, Anthony, Bosh... and even Hinrich were regarded as the No. 16 favorites in the predicted rankings. Among them, James and Anthony were the most popular. In addition, Darko Milicic, who represented Yugoslavia at the World Youth Championship at the age of [-], was also regarded as the No. [-] favorite.

Liu Mang looked for the next name he was looking for, and only saw the last one in the lottery prediction.

Draft evaluation of Dwyane Wade: A junior at Marquis University, not tall enough to play a shooting guard, not good enough to shoot a point guard, too many turnovers, impulsive personality... Predicted to be selected in the middle of the first round.

Although Liu Mang hadn't seen any news about Wade for two years, he didn't expect him to be so unpopular.

interesting!
Liu Mang thought of the guy on the south coast who picked up Wade secretly and made it more difficult for him to draft... No, Liu Mang poohed, how could he be that kind of unscrupulous person?
It's just that Wade is such a good and talented rookie, how can you not help him promote the publicity?A rookie with such an outstanding talent cannot be left in the dust!

Although I know that there are already people who want to choose the top four picks. The Cavaliers want James. If the Nuggets can’t get James, they will definitely get Anthony. It’s hard to say that the Pistons don’t want a forward with the ball.

Maybe Wade will still be selected by the Heat, but it's fun to give the oil a little bit of excitement, isn't it? Liu Mang immediately called his teammates who were still discussing who would be the No. [-] pick after seeing the draft, and discussed it. The teammates expressed their interest!
(End of this chapter)