From today on is the king

Chapter 746 745. Boss, you will be guarded against me

The enthusiasm of the Eagles players is very high!

After a night of surfing and two days of rest, the Eagles players returned to the training ground, and their enthusiasm was obviously higher than when they played against the Nets!

The Nets are a thing of the past. In the past, the Eagles wanted to beat the Nets the most. Now after passing the Nets and seeing the championship, they are only 4 games away from victory. Everyone became more excited.

Of course, the bonus for winning the Eastern Conference Finals is also indispensable. From entering the playoffs to finishing the first round, finishing the second round and advancing, the Eagles won a team bonus of $61. The owner Price doubled his own pocket, which is $122 million. Team members, trainers, team doctors, physical therapists, etc. Nearly 37 people have received an additional bonus of nearly 74 US dollars in addition to their salary in this year's playoffs.

For Jason Terry and Rasheed Wallace like Liu Mang who have big endorsements, or Raheem and Ratliff, who have an annual salary of tens of millions, or who have just signed a long-term contract with a starting salary of 800 million to 900 million, it is not a big money.

But it's different for others. Even Muhammad, who has a full middle-class contract, and Kwame Brown, who has a contract with the No. [-] pick, are not a small amount of money, not to mention that most of the Eagles players are rookies or have a basic salary.

Originally, if it was only more than 3 US dollars, the players might be happy, but now it is almost 7 US dollars, and the excitement is more than doubled.

Because they entered the finals, they were either champions or runners-up. This season, the prize money for the championship is more than 163 million US dollars, and the runner-up is more than 97 US dollars. That is, the [-] US dollars that the players have already received must be doubled at least. This is not a small amount for role players.

The enthusiasm of the role players has come, and the main players have no lack of motivation, and the motivation of the Eagles team has been fully raised.

It’s just that in the largest office in the Phillips Arena, a certain boss who had no money and was stingy for many years and spent his salary below the salary cap to save money, now although he has money, he still feels heartache when he sees hundreds of thousands of bonuses being transferred to his small coffers, and he is used to stinging.

The reluctance in the eyes of a certain boss when he shielded the team's team members from the league's check and his extra doubled check before giving the team's finances was clearly seen by the players. While the players were happy, they all slandered the boss for being so stingy.

Somebody Liu felt that this boss was simple. After reaching the finals, the net profit of a home game had already been revealed. The average ticket price for the first home game was US$343, and the ticket price for the grandstand was more than US$400.

After the bonus was paid out, the players of the Eagles were very active and the coaching staff was also very satisfied with tactical training, shooting training, one-on-one offensive and defensive training, etc., and they were fully preparing for the next finals with the Lakers.

Although it has been confirmed that the first game of the finals will not start until June 6th, and the Eagles will have a full week of rest, but no one relaxes their training. This opponent is not comparable to the opponents in the previous three rounds of the series.

And the Eagles are sure to be preparing for the series against the Lakers. Although the result of last night's game was beyond Liu Mang's expectations, the Timberwolves actually pulled the big score to 2-3.

When watching the game last night, before the game, the Timberwolves announced that Kassel would not be able to play the rest of the game due to an ankle injury. Liu Mang thought that the Timberwolves were almost finished, and maybe the finals would start on the 1st.

The Timberwolves returned Szczerbiak, who only came back in the playoffs and played more than a dozen games throughout the playoffs, back to the starting small forward position, and Sprewell played point guard.

Without Cassell to contain Kobe's defense, the madman went to play point guard. Liu Mang felt that the madman was going to be killed by a mad dog. Who knew that Szczerbiak would come back to life immediately after returning to the starting position!In the first quarter, he made 4 of 3 three-pointers. Devin George, Fisher, Payton, and Fox took turns to defend and couldn't defend, forcing Kobe to defend Szczerbiak.

Relying on Szczerbiak's 4-of-3 three-pointers in the first quarter, plus an air-cut running shot, he scored 13 points in a single quarter.

Then in the next three quarters, Szczerbiak was defended by Tie Ke with his rich experience in blacksmithing, but the madman, facing Fisher or Payton, played like a fish in water, plus two points in the first quarter, scored 26 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists in the last three quarters, and 28 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists in the game. Help the Timberwolves beat the Lakers when they are 4 point behind 44 to 43.

104 to 102, the Timberwolves played the big score as 2 to 3 and continued for a game.

Judging from the scene, the game in the west is really beautiful!The ending was also unexpected.

But after watching the whole game, Liu Mang still didn't think the Timberwolves had a chance to come back.

Kobe had 23 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, O'Neal had 17 points and 13 rebounds, Malone had 14 points and 9 rebounds, Wang Zhizhi had 11 points, 2 blocks and 2 rebounds, and Fisher scored 11 points on 7 of 18 shots. But the most important thing is that Szczerbiak broke out, playing a performance that was not prepared by the Lakers and was explosive.

Liu Mang doesn’t think the Timberwolves have a chance to win three games in a row. The probability of such an outbreak is too low. Even if Szczerbiak really needs to return to the starting lineup, he can have such a goal, but it’s a bit late now. If he had such a performance in the starting lineup at the beginning of the series, Cassell was not injured at that time, and he might really be able to compete with the Lakers. The explosion was so strong that it drove the whole team, and it just dragged the game to the last minute lore. If the three-pointer missed, the Timberwolves would have exploded, and the Lakers still played normally.

Of course, Liu Mang's words, relatively speaking, hope to meet the Timberwolves in the finals, it will be a lot easier to play, but the Spurs can't beat the Lakers, let alone the Timberwolves, with unrealistic expectations, Liu Mang still prefers to prepare for the strongest opponent.

The Eagles coaching staff and other players basically watched the game, and their thoughts were similar to Liu Mang's. The Timberwolves are a flashback, and it is really unlikely that they have a chance to beat the Lakers.

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After the training arranged by the coaching staff in the afternoon, it was only 02:30, and the training started at one o'clock. It lasted only one hour, and the coaching staff let the players rest.

Serious training requires serious training, but the training schedule given by the coaching staff is still relaxed. The first day of training today, I just came back from two days of rest, mainly tactical running, defensive positioning, personal shooting training, and one-on-one offense and defense simulating the Lakers’ style of play. Therefore, the amount of training is not large, and it ended early. There will be competition training tomorrow.

After finishing the training so early, Liu Mang couldn't hold back his restless heart, so he chose a teammate with the best single defense on a difficult team to challenge.

Liu Mang found Prince and said provocatively, "Tayshawn, shall we play heads-up?"

Prince is preparing to practice open three-pointers. His three-pointers have been poor against the Pistons and Nets. He doesn't want to be slowed down on the offensive end when he is playing against the Lakers. He can practice for a few more days.

Faced with Liu Mang's provocation, Prince shook his head and continued to shoot three-pointers.

"..." Liu Mang felt a deep sense of frustration in his heart when he saw this little prince who might not get a response even if he slapped him.

Where did you learn this calm personality?
In Liu Mang's view, Duncan's so-called calmness and low-key are not as good as Prince's. When a person's calmness and low-key are known to the whole world, on the other hand, this person is no longer low-key.

Just like people often say that so and so is underestimated, and when the argument that a certain player is underestimated has become recognized, then this player is no longer underestimated, and it can even be said to be overestimated, because everyone has already recognized the strength of this player, and may even exceed his full recognition.

And Prince, in Liu Mang's view, is the real low-key. If it weren't for the later generations who fired the Pistons five tigers all day long, it would be difficult for Liu Mang to find Prince even if he paid attention to the year when the Pistons won the championship.

The five Pistons people discussed the most was Ben Wallace, then Billups, Hamilton, then Rasheed Wallace, and finally... Many people discussed the Pistons for a long time, but they didn't think of Prince...

This guy is really low-key. One day when Prince brought his son to the afternoon tea party invited by Raheem, Liu Mang found out that this guy is married and has a son...

no!Liu Mang is not the kind of person who will give up casually, he just wants to challenge Prince to a duel.

Since the provocations are useless, it is probably useless to talk about it, Liu Mang directly pulled Prince into the basket: "Go, today you have to challenge me one-on-one!"

"..." Prince stared at Liu Mang for two seconds, as if he was thinking about how not to hurt Liu Mang's self-esteem, but he didn't seem to think of a way, and said seriously: "Boss, your singles are useless to me, you will be guarded to death by me."

"..." Liu Mang gulped down a mouthful of old blood, and swallowed it back forcefully.

Do you want to be so direct!
But there is nothing wrong with what people say, unless he cheats and insists on fouling, otherwise, in the one-on-one duel with Prince, the one-on-one goal percentage is only in the early [-]s, which is very low in the duel.

Of course, there are even lower ones. In this year’s regular season, Prince’s restricted opponent’s shooting percentage was only 20.00% at 12, ranking No.1 among outside players in the league who averaged more than 30.00 minutes per game.

In this season's high confrontation environment, Prince's single defense is invincible. Of course, because of this season's environment, the Eagles also use the same defense during training.

Among the Eagles' outside players, except for Raheem who is a bug and can dunk against Prince, everyone else has been abused by Prince's defense.

Looking at Prince with seriousness written all over his face, Liu Mang felt that such serious words were too hurtful!
It's not good to be tactful!Young master is the future boss of your family!
Liu Mang acted arrogantly: "You bastard, today you will be tortured to death by me! Come on, one-on-one! In the past, big brother let you go, now let you see the real technique!"

real tech?Prince's mind was extremely calm. Hearing Liu Mang's words, he focused on Liu Mang's last sentence.

Prince suddenly thought of the left-handed attack that Liu Mang used against the Spurs and Nets, and then thought of coming early in the morning, seeing Liu Mang practicing his left-handed breakthrough, and immediately focused.

Without speaking, Prince picked up a ball, kicked the other balls out of the half court, took a step inside the top arc and waited.

This shit is so cold!Who is the boss!

Liu Mang must teach this guy a lesson, reaching out for the ball when he came beyond the three-point line.

Prince sent the ball to Liu Mang.

After Liu Mang received the ball, he began to look for Prince's defensive flaws.

He is tall, has long arms, and is so quick in small steps. Damn, he has no defense at all!There is no chance of a strong shot, unless it is McGrady's style of play, but Liu Mang knows that although his arms are as long as Princeby's, he is still not as long, and his height is completely suppressed, so he can only use a breakthrough!

Liu Mang snorted, and thought in his heart: Today, the breakthrough of Xiaoye is different from before!

Liu Mang was dribbling and dribbling, when he suddenly exerted force on his leg and ejected towards the right side. Seeing Prince coming over immediately, Liu Mang instantly understood that Prince wanted to use his good post defense to suppress the opponent's speed and then block the shot from behind!
Liu Mang was prepared for the second step with his left foot and kicked hard on the ground. It was not a backward step, which was useless to Prince, but a large horizontal dribble.

After overflowing, Liu Mang saw Prince pounced on him, and immediately kicked his right foot to the left and moved horizontally again. When his right shoulder was squeezed by the pounced Prince, he dribbled the ball with his left hand and made a strong kill to the basket!

However, Prince seemed to be a defensive move, and didn't really use his strength. He had predicted that Liu Mang would use this exaggerated singles action to distract him in a one-on-one play without the interference of his teammates and opponents around him, so the action of pounced was just a defensive fake action. When he touched Liu Mang's body and saw Liu Mang's rapid left-handed rushing action that almost never appeared in normal times, he knew that he had guessed right!Immediately move across to the right.

During Liu Mang's rush, he originally planned to use his right hand to hold Prince and go around to the left side of the Nets to attack, but there was a gap. After Liu Mang rushed to the free throw line on the left side of the Nets, he found that Prince had moved laterally!
It was predicted!
Excellent single-defense anticipation, top-notch lateral movement!

The long legs are amazing!Liu Mang couldn't care less, he didn't slow down and started again, he slapped the ground hard with his left hand, and charged into Prince!
Only then did Prince really press up, leaning against Liu Mang, with his right arm raised above his head, ready to block the shot at any time.

Liu Mang felt that the entire shooting space was covered, so he could only jump one step to the right, but he didn't really shake Prince away. After taking another step, Prince still didn't take off, and followed steadily. Liu Mang had already taken two steps, so he could only take off.

Only then did Prince jump up to block Liu Mang's forced layup.

Just when Liu Mang was about to be blocked, he almost subconsciously took the ball back in the air, switched to his left hand, couldn't care less, and threw it towards Prince's back.

Prince turned his head and saw that the ball spun and hit the backboard, bounced off the rim, earned two laps and fell into it.

Liu Mang fell to the ground after scoring the goal, and excitedly shouted at Prince: "Kang Mang, the second grader, you just said you can't guard against me!"

Can this be changed?Even Prince was shocked!

He had tried his best to defend with all his strength just now, and he had achieved the ultimate that he could do. He used his head, body, and gambling prediction that Liu Mang would break through with his left hand, but he still couldn't prevent it in the end!

Not only can Liu Mang play one-on-one with no other teammates or opponents occupying space, but Prince also has better defensive conditions when defending than in a formal game. He doesn’t worry about the opponent’s sudden pick-and-roll, and he doesn’t have to worry about the opponent using other teammates to occupy space under the basket to compress his defensive space. The conditions are beneficial to everyone.

This really surprised Prince!

Prince was very concerned about the fact that Liu Mang used his left hand to attack the opponent in the two games against the Spurs and the Nets, but Liu Mang had never used it in training, and he had no choice but to ask. Now that he has experienced it himself, it is indeed amazing!No wonder Bowen and Kidd have been played around.

However, Prince still felt that it was a little less interesting than he had imagined. He had already prepared himself to be unable to guard against the situation Kidd and Bowen encountered. When he unloaded just now, if Liu Mang stepped back and made a jump shot, he would be unable to guard against it.

But in the end, Liu Mang didn't use the long-distance shot. He insisted on attacking the basket for a layup, or forced a layup in the air to make a lucky shot, which made Prince feel a little weird.

Prince pulled Liu Mang up and said, "Boss, let's do it again!"

"Ah?" This time it was Liu Mang's turn not wanting to come again.

If it's over now, the shooting percentage is 100%, how handsome, the only player on the team this season who has hit 100% one-on-one with Prince, is still such a difficult ball.

In the breakthrough process just now, it wasn't that Liu Mang didn't want to take a step-back jump shot, but that there were very few changes in that direction. Although the process of changing directions was smooth, there were still some discomforts in the middle, and it took time to get used to it.

"No, I'm tired." Liu Mang wanted to leave.

"Boss, I will definitely be able to guard against you, come on, try again!" This time it was Prince's turn to hold Liu Mang to prevent him from leaving.

Seeing the expression on Prince's face, the excited and happy expression, Liu Mang's whole body is not well, he really wants to leave, isn't he not interested in heads-up just now?
Liu also felt the opponent's mood when he refused to admit defeat and forcibly pulled the opponent to continue when he played games and trained various heads-ups in the past...

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