From today on is the king

Chapter 721 720. The Opening Game of the Playoffs! (seeking subscription and monthly ticket)

On the streets of Atlanta, billboards can be seen everywhere, most of which are promoting the Eagles' playoffs.

Since a few days ago, Atlanta seems to have become a Chinatown, and Chinese tourists can be seen everywhere.

The difference between Chinese tourists and tourists from other yellow race countries in Asia is that Chinese tourists like to buy, buy, buy... Those who can travel abroad these days are not short of money.

The influence brought by Liu Mang is greater than the influence brought by Yao Ming in Houston in the original time and space. First, because Atlanta is more suitable for tourism than Houston, and secondly, Liu Mang’s achievements in the past three seasons are beyond the reach of Yao Ming after his career.

A figure wearing a mask, a hoodie and a hat on his head walked through the streets of Atlanta. Such a figure did not attract much attention. There are many mavericks in the United States.

Walking and walking, this tightly wrapped figure came to a large shopping mall less than one kilometer away from Phillips Arena, and one of the largest shopping malls in Atlanta - Phillips Shopping Center.

The large LED screen at the entrance of the shopping mall is showing the news interview of the Eagles this morning. The Phillips Group, which owns LED equipment, home electronics, large supermarket chains and other industries, is the largest sponsor of the Eagles. Half of the money for the construction of the arena and the subsequent equipment update and maintenance are all in charge of the Phillips Group. Therefore, promoting the Eagles is also a means of self-promotion in turn.

In recent years, relying on the soaring record of the Eagles and growing influence, Phillips Mall has become Atlanta's leading large shopping mall.

What is being shown on the TV screen is an interview with Liu Mang, No. 1 player of the Eagles.

The reporter asked Liu Mang: "Ace, every time you meet the Knicks, you play very well. Do you have any hatred for the Knicks?"

Liu Mang replied arrogantly: "What hatred is there for the Knicks? No, it just happened that we played well that day and scored 150 points. They didn't make a goal and only scored 80 points. We played the same way against any team. We didn't target them. Weakness is the original sin. They are just too weak, so all the misfortunes will happen to them. It just happened that we appeared on the same court."

Seeing the disgusting face on the TV screen, speaking disgusting words, the man in the sweater took off his mask, revealing a face full of surly words, and spit on the ground.

Stephon Marbury!
Yesterday, the Knicks came to Atlanta, but no one noticed them. Tomorrow is the day of the playoffs. Marbury saw the predictions of the major media. The probability of the Eagles advancing to the first round is [-]%. Almost all predictions are a sweep.

This upset Marbury, who violated the team's most stringent team rules established by Pat Riley that year - the team rules that he was not allowed to leave the hotel to act privately during away games in the playoffs.

Now seeing this interview video, Marbury is even more upset.

The interview on the TV screen continued, and the reporter continued to ask: "Ace, you said that the biggest difference between the Knicks and your Eagles is the point guard. What do you think is better than Marbury?"

Liu Mang replied: "Actually, Marbury is better than me, but he can't play. The NBA is not suitable for him. Maybe he can try our country's CBA league, which is more suitable for his style of play. He will probably be cut in the NBA like Ewing and Houston. If he goes to the CBA, he may be able to play for a few more years."

Overseas league!

Marbury really wanted to find a brick to smash this big screen!

Too contempt for people!

Marbury swears: I, Stephen Marbury, even if one day I can't play, go bankrupt, starve to death, I won't go to CBA to make a living!
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The three most authoritative sports media ESPN,

TNT
, Sports Illustrated's playoff power rankings came out, most fans agree, and most of the rankings of the three authoritative media are very consistent.

The Lakers are ranked No.1 in the strength rankings. In view of the performance of the Lakers in the past four years, the current lineup is stronger, and most fans still recognize this ranking.

The Eagles ranked second, beating the defending champion Spurs, the Spurs third, the Nets who reached the finals for two consecutive years as the runner-up last season, the Timberwolves fifth, the Pacers sixth, the Mavericks seventh, the Kings eighth, the Rockets ninth, the Pistons tenth, the Grizzlies No.11, the Nuggets No.12, the Hornets No.13, the Heat No.14, the Bucks No.15 and the Knicks No.16.

Although the Rockets and the Pistons rank ninth and tenth in the power rankings, they rank among the bottom of the 50 teams in terms of probability of winning. The Rockets, in particular, rank second from the bottom, only higher than the Knicks. Although the Rockets have won [-] and can rank fourth in the Eastern Conference, they will face the Lakers in the first round.

The Eagles were ranked second, pressing against the defending champion Spurs. Some fans were dissatisfied with this matter, but some fans also gave support.

The Eagles averaged 106 points per game this season, second only to the Mavericks' average of 107.5 points per game, and averaged 51 rebounds per game. A team with 46 points, while the Timberwolves averaged 5 points per game, and the Mavericks averaged 22.3 points per game, which is completely crushing performance.

而且老鹰队球员们得分很平均，除了有个独逼场均33.1分3.8板6.6助攻，拉希姆出战74场才场均11分13.9板，贾森-特里出战82场场均18分4板4助攻，拉希德-华莱士出战61场场均12分7板斯托克顿出战60场场均6.1分5.5助攻1.6板，布泽尔出战80场场均9.5分8.5板，拉特利夫出战70场场均6.7分7.1板3盖帽，夸梅-布朗出战82场场均7.6分7.9板，穆罕穆德出场82次场均4.6分5.5板……

The combined stats of the players are often higher than the team's season average because one player plays while another plays.

Some fans pointed out: The Eagles have average statistics, good record, and good overall statistics. If it weren't for the impression that the Lakers are the champions, the Eagles would not be too much to rank first.

Originally, it was just the Eagles fans and Spurs fans arguing, but the Lakers were also dragged into it...

A certain No. [-] in Atlanta, who did not want to be named, built several trumpets before going to bed, and left messages under various posts: The most handsome Ace Liu's team is the first in the playoffs...

The predictions for the major awards have also come out. The probability of winning the best coach, Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown ranked first, Timberwolves coach Philip Saunders ranked second, Pacers coach Rick Carlisle ranked third, and Hawks coach Kruger only ranked fourth.

In all MVP lists, Liu Mang ranks first, followed by Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Peja Stojakovic, Tim Duncan, Shaq O'Neal, Shareef Raheem, Jason Kidd, and Ben Wallace.

Except for No.1 Liu Mang and No.2 Garnett, the rankings of the next few people have changed a bit, but the top six are all these people.

Those who enter the top ten of the MVP list are either contenders for the scoring title, contenders for the top rebounding title, favorites for the best defensive player, or contenders for the first defense.

The dominance of the best defensive player Artest is the same as that of Liu Mang. Artest is the first in all lists, because it is difficult for an outside line to get the best defensive player. When an outside line becomes the best defensive player, it is definitely because he has played a strong enough defensive dominance, and even crushed the defensive performance of the inside line.

The best rookie list, some lists Carmelo Anthony ranked first, LeBron James ranked second, and some lists are the other way around. Because of the influence of Liu Mang, James lost his teammate Boozer and averaged a little more points than Anthony. In the post-match, the competition between the two was evenly matched.

The best sixth man, Jason - Terry ranked first, Antawn - Jamison came in second, Bobby - Jackson came in third, Manu - Ginobili came in fourth.

The previous predictions for these awards are quite normal. Some rankings have caused controversy. For example, the rankings of Duncan and O'Neal are generally low, but they are all reasonable.

When Liu Mang saw these rankings, he also felt that they were right and fair, and there were no particularly drooling rankings.

However, when Liu Mang saw the prediction of the Most Improved Award, he was speechless...

The fastest progress award ranked No.1, named Ace Liu...

Every ranking in every list has a reason behind it. For example, Liu Mang's MVP ranking is the first in all the major lists. The reasons given by the major lists are two simple and crude reasons of scoring champion and 70 wins.

For the fastest progress award, Liu Mang ranked first, and the reason was very simple and rude.

场均19.3分——场均33.1分，场均2.9板——场均3.8板，场均4.4个助攻——场均6.6个助攻。

This is a comparison of Liu Mang's data from last season and this season's regular season, completely ignoring the fact that Liu Mang averaged only 30 points per game in the first 11 games of last season, and has already averaged 25 points per game in the second half.

However, it looks plausible and convincing!
Just like Liu Mang was speechless, after the list came out, the fans were in an uproar...

I looked at Zach Randolph, who ranked No.2 in the Most Improved Award. From averaging 8 points and 5 rebounds to 20 points and 10 rebounds, he has improved a lot. Considering the record of multiple wins, the improvement of the Eagles is also much higher than that of the Trail Blazers. The record of the Trail Blazers is a negative improvement.

The fans have a very strange feeling, this feeling is very subtle, there is no rule, the MVP can't get the Most Improved Award, the fans have weird thoughts, this year's MVP should easily get the Most Improved Award?

The Most Improved Award is voted by the media. This time the predictions are so highly consistent that Liu Mang is ranked first. If Liu Mang and Randolph are evenly matched, it is not a big problem. It is not a big problem to predict who will win the award. However, Liu Mang is ranked first in all major lists. The fans feel that this is obvious!
Liu Mang's idea is that the media is doing something!

These guys just want to get something eye-catching!

But...Liu Mang thinks that winning an award seems to be a good idea. The impact of this incident on public opinion seems to be able to cause a lot of topics...As for the limelight, the scoring champion has won, is there anything more limelight?

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"...Dinah, what are you dressed up for?" Liu Mang was a little stunned when he saw that little Lolita was wearing a headband with the Chinese character "champion" written on it, and a big red T-shirt of the Eagles Chinese fan version of the Rogue League.

"I bought this when Dinah went shopping with her mother yesterday, isn't it great!" Little Lolita twisted her buttocks and showed Liu Mang the number 1 on her back as if offering a treasure.

"..." Not to mention, the soil is a bit dirty, but the main thing is to look at the face, the little Lolita is too cute, seeing the expression of the little Lolita like offering a treasure, Liu Mang couldn't help but grab the little Lolita...

"Ah...uncle!"

"Dinah is so cute!"

"Uncle took advantage of Dinah! Dinah's face is going to be crushed!"

"When Dinah grows up, you can't take advantage of it. Let's take advantage of it before Dinah grows up... You are not from South Korea, so you can't be hurt."

Dinah managed to break free from Liu Mang's clutches, hid behind Levia who had just come downstairs, made a face at Liu Mang and said, "Mom, uncle is too good! You bullied Dinah again!"

"Okay, okay, let's go quickly, Aida, come down quickly, there will be a traffic jam again." Levia gave Liu Mang a helpless look, and shouted upstairs.

Levia was considering whether to have another daughter. Originally, ordinary women hooked up with NBA stars, especially Liu Mang, who earns tens of millions of dollars a year. She wished to have several children immediately, but Levia didn’t lack money, so she didn’t think about it at all. After finally getting a man, she still fell in love with her. Naturally, she wanted to be happy for a few more years. Anyway, she was only 30 years old, so she could wait two or three years.

But now that the eldest daughter is so old, Liu Mang has mentioned many times that she wants to have a bunch of daughters, and she has beaten Liu Mang many times, but now, it seems that it is time to have another one. Alexia wants to have a boy... Levia, who already knows Chinese culture very well, knows what Alexia also understands Chinese culture.

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Yesterday's first-round match on the first day was... not intense at all. The Timberwolves crushed the Nuggets, and Garnett was ranked second in the MVP. His anger made the Nuggets cry. He gave the Nuggets a super data of 33 points, 21 rebounds, 8 assists and 6 blocks, leading the Timberwolves to a 116-92 victory over the Nuggets.

Under Garnett's single defense, Anthony scored 17 of 3 and scored 11 points, but had 5 offensive rebounds! The data of 11 points and 10 rebounds is also acceptable, after all, he is a rookie.

The following series between the Nets and the Bucks, Pacers and the Heat, there is no suspense, and the strength gap between the Timberwolves and the Nuggets is even greater. The Bucks and the Heat, the two teams did not even have 40 wins.

There is no suspense in the game between the Lakers and the Rockets. Yao Ming played against the Lakers this year. He did not play as well as his rookie year last year. The main reason is because of the veteran Malone. Yao Ming has his own way to deal with O'Neal, but against Malone's defense, Yao Ming played very badly. In this game, Malone scored 19 points and 17 rebounds.To defend Yao Ming to only get 10 points and 5 rebounds, he is too strong and has great mobility!It doesn't look like someone in their 40s at all.

Today is the opening game day of the Eagles. The two opening games each year are happy times for the fans, because the eight opening games are broadcast live. Although the three major TV stations, American Cable TV, broadcast each game separately, in order not to affect the ratings, they will wait for the previous game to finish before the next game begins.

The Eagles game didn't start until nine o'clock in the evening. Liu Mang ate a nutritious meal with the team at noon, then went back and brought the three girls to the arena. It was only three o'clock when he arrived at the arena.

Today is Saturday, Liu Mang didn't want to delay things because of the traffic jam.

Come early for training!

In the past three days, apart from being interviewed, Liu Mang was training. He would occasionally pay attention to the news of those rankings, but the main thing was training.

The current basketball atmosphere in Atlanta is too strong, and Liu Mang is completely immersed in his desire for the playoffs.

At 05:30 in the afternoon, when his teammates brought their families to the arena one after another, Liu Mang had already trained several groups.

The Eagles players took their families to try a nutritious meal in the restaurant of the arena. After eating food with low salt and fresh water, many children vomited directly. The women swallowed silently with tears in their hearts, and chatted with other players' girlfriends or wives with smiles. They all used their own tricks to deal with their men.

On Liu Mang's side, he was kicked by Levia who pretended to wipe the non-existent dirt from the corner of his mouth...

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At eight o'clock in the evening, one hour before the start of the game, the admission ceremony at Phillips Arena has already begun.

Because the Eagles' regular season division championship banner will be raised today!

Winning the division championship for the second time in three years, and the fourth division championship in the history of the Eagles... It was miserable, so the fans were even more excited, and once again ignored the visiting team players.

Although there are no trophies for regular season champions, the league has been prepared to be the first in the regular season from the start of the playoffs. In order to avoid the embarrassment of holding a trophy in the first round of the championship, there are no other trophies related to the record except for the championship, and flags are used instead.

First, there were some pre-match entertainment activities, and some Eagles players also participated. Kevin Willis, who may not have much chance to play in the playoffs, sang a song and showed his face.

At 08:30, NBA vice president Stu Jackson, the unlucky guy who was squeezed out by Adam Silva from the first successor to the president, came to present the Eagles with the division championship banner and the bonus check for the regular season championship.

The total prize pool of the NBA playoffs this year has reached $920 million. The Eagles, the top player in the regular season, received a check of $42, which was distributed to the team’s 30 or so players, trainers, coaching staff, team doctors, etc., and each person received more than $1. Including the double reward from the boss, each person received an average of $[-]. Not to mention the trainers with a monthly salary of several thousand dollars, it is a lot of money for players with a basic salary.

Liu Mang watched the division champion's flag rise into the air, and always felt that something was not pleasing to the eye.

It would be great if one day all these flags were replaced with championship flags and all four division championship flags were taken down!

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In the first three games of today's playoffs, people thought that the Mavericks and the Kings would be evenly matched. The two teams were almost identical in terms of record, team lineup, strength ranking, and probability of winning the championship. Moreover, the Mavericks narrowly won when the two teams reached the tiebreaker last season. They thought it would be another series of hard-fought battles, but there was no suspense in the game!

Webber, who became a little fat, knocked Nowitzki off!
Originally, Weber's scoring ability was not as strong as Nowitzki's, but in this matchup, facing Nowitzki's clumsy one-on-one defense, and Brad Miller emptied the inside again, Weber scored 44 points in a single game!
And Weber couldn't guard Nowitzki. The two teams were attacking against Biao. It was the same in last year's playoffs. When Weber was able to suppress Nowitzki in scoring, the Kings suddenly had the absolute upper hand!
It's not that Webber's scoring ability is better than Nowitzki's, but that Webber's scoring against Nowitzki is easier than Nowitzki's scoring against Weber, just like Bunch Wells is very exciting every time he beats Nowitzki.

靠着韦伯的44分12板力压诺维斯基的34分15板，国王队以115比102击败小牛队，看起来比分差距不大，但是小牛队几乎全场被国王队压着打。

The Spurs beat the Grizzlies in the second game, and my sister-in-law was just abused by Rasheed Wallace. In the playoffs, she immediately met Duncan who had a better defense than Rasheed Wallace...continue to hit the street...

Afterwards, the Pistons played against the Hornets very well. Billups was blown away by Baron Davis, but the Pistons had a strong overall defense. Finally, relying on defense, they narrowly beat the Hornets 89 to 83 and won their first victory.

Finally, at [-]:[-] in the evening, the Eagles' home game against the Knicks began!

　There may be another chapter, write it at the risk of being struck to death by lightning, thunderstorms have been going on for two days, and the windows are still roaring, so don’t wait, maybe I’m so scared that I’m going to sleep halfway through writing, and I’ll hold on for a while.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)