From today on is the king

Chapter 793
Before the game started, O'Neal came to chat with McGrady, and the two had a good relationship.

"Wow, Shaq, it's great that you're back in the East." McGrady went up and hugged O'Neal, and the two had a good relationship.

"That's right, if I had applied for a trade last year, we would have joined forces in the Magic. It's a pity, otherwise we would be champions." O'Neal started bragging again, but he had the capital to brag. Who told anyone that he won three consecutive championships, and he was the MVP of the three consecutive championships.

Usually no one would refute O'Neal's bragging words, and McGrady would not, but they were not the only two on the sidelines...

"Wait, Shaq, weren't you traded by the Lakers? When did you apply for a trade?"

Suddenly a suspicious voice came into O'Neill's ears, and the content made him very angry.

The thing he hates most now is that he was kicked out by the Lakers.

Just as O'Neill turned around and was about to "beat up" Liu Mang, another sentence pierced his heart. This time it was the softest part of his heart...

"Shaq, have you lost weight?" Liu Mang asked in surprise.

Hearing this, O'Neill nodded aggrievedly and said, "That's right, I haven't trained in summer for many years, and the muscles that I finally grew have been lost by training."

"..."

"..."

Liu Mang and Mai Di looked at each other, the lost thing is called muscle?This made Liu Mang lose all desire to tease O'Neill.

This guy is even more shameless!
"Huh? Why Geng?" Liu Mang was a little confused when the word 'geng' popped up in his mind.

But after a summer, O'Neal really lost a lot of weight. Just looking at his body shape, Liu Mang felt that he was almost the same as when he first saw O'Neal three years ago, which was still in 2001!
But in terms of strength, let alone three years ago, there is a gap with last season.

"Shaq O'Neal, ability evaluation 97, offense 98, defense 90, three-pointer 47, mid-range shooting 61, layup 100, speed 81, strength 99, endurance 88..."

This summer, it seems that O'Neal was forced to undergo brutal training. However, with such training, the ability evaluation still cannot avoid the rise and decline of age. The main reason is that the offensive end has declined and his weight has decreased, which has weakened his strength. Originally, O'Neal at this age was able to be so strong when his physical fitness was good, relying on the combination of explosive power and weight.

But it also made O'Neal's stamina and defense better.

From the aspect of weight loss, Liu Mang can guess that Pat Riley is going to squeeze out O'Neal. With a five-year, 5 million contract, Pat Riley estimates that he is going to squeeze out O'Neal's peak period that seems to be two or three years away. Who knows that in a few years, O'Neal will not be able to play at the age of 35 and six. After spending so much money, Pat Riley has no plan to think about the future.

In addition, the impact of weight loss has caused O'Neal's rebounding ability, which is not considered the top, to decline.

From the use of superstars, Liu Reck can see the gap between Pat Riley and Zen Master. Liu Reck remembers that the playing time of Jordan and Pippen in the last three consecutive games has dropped significantly compared to the previous three consecutive games.

And Pat Riley, obviously intends to let O'Neal play more time...

But even so, O'Neal is still the league's No. [-] center, unless Duncan admits that he is a center and competes with O'Neal for the center position for a while.

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Soon, at seven o'clock in the evening, the preseason game between the Eagles and the Heat was about to begin.

For the Eagles, the new starting five are on the field!

Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown played.

Liu Mang went to the sidelines and wiped the chalk on the court. He grabbed a handful of chalk and sprinkled it in the air before going on the field. He discussed with McGrady that whoever Wade defended would kill Wade.

He himself has no interest in torturing Wade in the regular season, mainly because he is not so easy to abuse. In the second grade, Wade already has the best team level. There are only a dozen of top stars in the league. With the Heat's record, Wade's statistics are good, and it is easier to be selected for the best team than James.

Liu Mang felt that it would be more interesting to abuse Wade until the playoffs. Liu Mang was confident that he would improve faster than Wade!

However, the interesting thing about competing with McGrady is still the preseason, and Liu Mang is still very interested.

Liu Mang remembers that Wade started to play nanny from the second grade. To become the team's scoring leader, he had to organize the offense, and most of the time he played point guard.

But the candidate from the Heat was unexpected.

Damon Jones, Dwyane Wade, Eddie Jones, Udonis Haslem, Shaq O'Neal.

Damon Jones, the backup point guard for the Bucks last season, claims to be the best three-point shooter on the planet. Liu Mang thought that the Heat spent 250 million on a one-year contract to sign him to serve as a substitute for Wade. Unexpectedly, he formed a backcourt combination with a height of 1.9 meters.

This lineup is too short!

Haslem, a power forward, looks about the same height as Tracy McGrady!
And McGrady is the shortest one among the Eagles starters except Liu Mang.

Why does Liu Mang feel that it is not their team that wants to play a small lineup, but the opponent's Heat team?
"Ace, that guy is mine now." McGrady and Liu Mang said proudly when they walked over to take their positions.

Liu Mang's goosebumps are about to rise: What you said, it's all yours!It seems that if you stay in a hotel in the future, you will have to lock the door and hold the door with a chair...

O'Neal came to the middle circle, ready to jump the ball, and showed off his biceps, which had become much clearer, and there were fierce cheers from the scene.

That's O'Neill!The league's first center!It's their Heat.

"Cut." Liu Mang was very upset to see O'Neal's popularity. In the United States, the most popular is always a super center. Even in Jordan's peak period, Olajuwon's brilliance could not be completely concealed in the United States. Guys like Duncan who may not respond to a slap can be so popular, and Garnett's reputation that stinks to death can still make All-Star starts every year. This can be seen.

Shut the door and let Kwame go!

Seeing Kwame Brown approaching the middle circle, Liu Mang looked very confident, and immediately shouted: "Kwame, go up, kill the fat man who has lost weight!"

Kwame Brown almost slipped and fell, turned his head and looked at Liu Mang in fear, with words in his eyes: Boss, don't do this!
Kwame Brown turned to look at O'Neal, and sure enough, he saw O'Neal's pouting expression.

"Boss, you cheated me!" Kwame Brown walked to the middle circle with a sad heart.

O'Neal still looks a lot bigger than Kwame Brown...

Although O'Neill lost 11 pounds in the past summer, which is about 142 kilograms, he still weighs 131 kilograms, which is a full 11 kilograms heavier than Yao Ming, who gained [-] kilograms this summer.

Kwame-Brown's 117 kg size is quite choking.

"Don't be afraid, Kwame, they are all number one..."

Kwame Brown was a little timid at first, but when he heard the encouragement from the boss, Kwame Brown immediately ignited his fighting spirit again.

"That's right, they are all No. [-] picks. Isn't it just that I met an old man who could only curse people in the early years! Now I have a good brother, so what are you afraid of!" Kwame Brown rekindled his fighting spirit and prepared to jump the ball.

It's just that Liu Mang didn't say a sentence after that, the whole sentence was like this: Kwame, you are the first pick, you are just a little lazy...

Looking at Kwame Brown, who is full of fighting spirit, and O'Neill, who is fierce, on the opposite side, Liu Mang feels that he has dug a hole for the champion of the same class?
The referee saw that the two sides had settled down, blew the whistle to start the game, and threw the ball into the air.

The top pick in high school has great physical fitness, and won the jump ball from O'Neal with a clear advantage.

The Heat immediately retreated, quite quickly. Even O'Neal ran faster than in the finals of last season. O'Neal, whose speed returned to above 80, could catch up with the slower small forward.

After Liu Mang received the ball, he advanced to the frontcourt, and he came to attack the first ball.

Although the tactic is to hand the ball to McGrady, who has a better vision and is more willing to pass the ball, to organize the offense, but Liu Mang chose to play the first ball by himself.

First of all, you have to fight your own threats.

Liu Mang came outside the three-point line and saw the defensive Damon Jones. He remembered that this guy was very disdainful of him for winning the three-pointer after the three-point contest last season...

"Damon Jones, ability evaluation 74, offense 81, defense 67, three-pointer 82, mid-range shooting 69, layup 86, passing 85, speed 86, strength 75..."

"Hey, what's your name? Forget it, it doesn't matter anymore." Liu Mang was talking, and suddenly he pulled up a three-point shot!
Damon Jones reacted very quickly and immediately jumped up to interfere, but his physical fitness is so poor that jumping up is completely useless!
Good start!He practiced hard every day and kept his three-pointer feeling very good. Liu Mang made his first three-pointer and went straight in.

"Ding... Master Pengci is triggered at level 5. In the choice of blowing or not blowing this foul, the referee chooses to blow the whistle."

Moreover, the referee blew his whistle!

"Beep..."

Because Damon Jones's bounce is too ordinary, when he landed, he met Liu Mang who landed a shot later, the referee whistled, and the shot was fouled!
"what?"

"what?"

Both Liu Mang and Damon Jones made unexpected noises and looked at the referee together. Why is this a foul?

Liu Mang first realized that when Damon Jones touched him just now, it was when he returned the ball with his hand. Even though he had already made all the shooting movements and exerted strength, when Damon Jones touched him at this time, the ball flew out, and it would not be affected by it.

But in the new rules, fouls can be called!
Not to mention, even Liu Mang, the beneficiary, was not used to it.

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line, feeling weird, and missed the extra penalty.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Heat attack.

Wade advanced with the ball, and McGrady came to the top arc to defend.

Liu Mang followed Damon Jones to the bottom corner to see how McGrady defended Wade.

What is the level of McGrady's defense now?

"Ding... Feature: Triggered by Heaven's Jealousy, you can play whatever you want when you are healthy, from Tracy McGrady."

"Tracey McGrady, ability rating 98, offense 95, defense 91..."

Liu Mang saw that McGrady posted it when Wade was about to approach the three-point line, and he didn't get started!The main thing is to predict in advance. When Wade moves forward, he is the first to predict the direction of Wade's breakthrough, and does not give Wade the space to start. From the moment Wade is about to start, Wade is blocked!
Tracy McGrady can actually play Kobe-style defense!

Liu Mang's matchup between Kobe and Wade, the most profound impact is that Wade wants to break through and is blocked by Kobe's defense and stops the ball.

Obviously Wade did not expect that McGrady's defensive awareness can be so good!
Many people only remember McGrady's scoring, forgetting that when he was only 18 years old in his rookie year, he averaged more than 1 block per game. As soon as he turned 20 in the third grade, he broke Jordan's single-season block record for a guard, and raised the highest guard's single-season average of 1.6 blocks held by Jordan to 1.9!
This year, McGrady is more prepared before the season than in the past. After being a substitute, leading the team alone to get the bottom one, etc., McGrady finally came to a team that had just won the championship.

First of all, if you want to integrate into the Eagles, you have to start with defense. As for whether you will not be happy when you play...Compared with winning more than a dozen wins with the Magic last season, no matter how you play, you are happy.

Wade was accidentally restrained everywhere, and was forced by McGrady to stop the ball at a 45-degree angle to the left!Shengsheng was forced from the top arc to a 45-degree angle!

Wade picked up the ball and wanted to pass it to Damon Jones. Liu Mang rushed over when McGrady forced Wade to the left side of the basket, and McGrady pinched Wade together!
Wade did not expect McGrady to have such a defensive enthusiasm!The point is, Liu Mang is attacking!

Liu Mang plus McGrady, the two best players of the Eagles double-team?

"Don't be ashamed!" Wade watched helplessly as the ball he raised to avoid McGrady's long arms was shot off by Liu Mang!
McGrady picked up the ball immediately, and Liu Mang quickly played it down immediately.

After Liu Mang rushed to the frontcourt, the ball was passed over immediately, but this ball...

Liu Mang originally waited for the ball to hang over, but he didn't expect McGrady to pass the ball so high!
Fortunately, Liu Mang reacted quickly, and immediately increased his speed to the fastest again, rushed to the opponent's basket and took off, touched the ball in the air and pressed it into the basket!
"Wow……"

After landing, Liu Mang rushed back and had a chest bump with McGrady to celebrate.

This pass!Simply!

The fans at the scene were all dumbfounded. They all thought that the pass was too big, but they didn't expect it to be just right!The connection between McGrady and Liu Mang, the first cooperation, is so good!
The commentator of the court TV broadcasting this preseason game in China called out: "Maimang is connected!"

(End of this chapter)