Chapter 1004 1003. Mission of Love: Time to Rush

"Wait, I'll be there soon... Preseason games are okay? How can they be okay? We can't lose... Accompanying children and pregnant women? It's not as important as games. I love games. I feel uncomfortable if I don't play games for a day..." Liu Mang hung up the phone and started the engine. The little girl who had just returned from the school activities had helped Liu Mang open the gate of the yard. Liu Mang drove away like a fly.

Alexia was stopped by Levia and Liu Mang's mother and didn't catch up with the car. Seeing Liu Mang running away, Alexia finally couldn't help laughing.

When a child is just born and soaks in amniotic fluid for so many months, it is wrinkled at first. It's not as beautiful as the borrowed babies seen on TV. That's for the beauty of the TV screen.

Alexia was furious at the time, but seeing Liu Mang's embarrassed look, it was funny no matter how she looked at it.

Seeing Alexia go from being furious to laughing non-stop, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Stop it, Aida. Go back and lie down to rest. You've hurt your vitality!" Liu Mang's mother said dissatisfiedly. How could a new mother who was in confinement make such a fuss?

The frightened doctors and nurses also came to help Alexia to go for a check-up. Fortunately, she was fine.

Alexia immediately followed and lay down obediently, and began to enjoy the feeling of confinement that ordinary Americans did not have.

Levia began to envy Alexia, who had already started the confinement life of Chinese women...

Shortly after Liu Mang left, he received a call in the afternoon that Alexia's parents who came from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, had arrived. They just missed it. Alexia's parents came to see their daughter who had just given birth.

Lancaster is the largest agricultural town in Pennsylvania. It has a large area of ​​more than 2,000 square kilometers and a population of only 100,000. Almost all of them are farmers. They are not rich, but under the US Agricultural Protection Act, there is no possibility of unemployment.

Alexia's parents are corn farmers in Lancaster, and they are considered a middle-class family.

Americans are quite independent and free. Most of them raise their children and then they become members of another family. Alexia became completely financially independent after graduating from college. Her parents knew that their daughter was dating an NBA superstar, but they did not interfere, nor did they ask for money or things. They have very positive values.

The in-laws came. Although there were two in-laws, the two elders attached great importance to one of them. They were ready to receive the in-laws after a phone call in the afternoon, but Liu Mang ran away first...

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Liu Mang's absence had a huge impact on the strength of the Hawks.

Moreover, the Hawks did not expect that Liu Mang was just taking a nap and suddenly asked for leave to go home after waking up.

But Coach Kruger could not refuse, nor did he want to refuse. The child of his most proud disciple was born. Even if it was a regular season, if Liu Mang wanted to go back for this matter, he would agree without hesitation.

This kind of thing came suddenly. The pregnant woman's amniotic fluid broke, and the baby could be born in one or two hours at the fastest. For a father, missing the birth of the child and not accompanying his wife when she was having the most difficult time giving birth is definitely a lifelong regret.

But in this way, the team's two days of preparation were wasted.

The tactical core of the Hawks, the starters are McGrady and Rasheed Wallace; the substitutes are Iguodala, Calderon, and Josh Smith.

But the target of the tactics is Liu Mang, and the option of the first end point of the tactics is Liu Mang.

Without Liu Mang, no one else can replace him.

Jason Terry is a pure end point, the kind of individual singles scorer. McGrady wants him to score immediately. He scored 17 points in the first half, a very outstanding performance, but only two assists.

Live broadcast across the United States, even if it is a preseason game, the Hawks want to win.

McGrady played very hard. In the second half, he made 6 of 11 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers, and 3 of 5 free throws under Wade's defense, and scored 17 points.

But the Hawks' tactical preparation "mistakes", the opponent played actively, and there was a big change in the style of play from last season, and Wade offset McGrady, the absolute strength of the Hawks, and scored 15 points in the first half.

Jason Terry was really tough against O'Neal. O'Neal was a big threat in the interior and could pass. Jason Terry scored 13 points in the first half, and O'Neal scored 11 points and 3 assists in the first half.

This was mainly because of Jason Williams. He scored 6 points and 6 assists in the first half, and made two three-pointers. He could pass and shoot. The Heat spent a lot of money to sign White Chocolate for 24 million in 3 years. He played very well and relieved Wade's pressure to organize the offense.

The Hawks were 11 points behind 43 to 54 after the first half.

The main problem of the Hawks was on the offensive end. The defense was very good in the second quarter, allowing the Heat to score only 23 points in a single quarter, but the Hawks only scored 22 points.

Except for McGrady and Jason Terry who scored 30 points together, the rest of the Hawks only scored 13 points in the first half.

Without Liu Mang, the offense of the role players with Liu Mang as the containment point was all stagnant.

Iguodala and Josh Smith are very talented, and Liu Mang can play well with them, but when Liu Mang is not there, they are facing the Heat, which is regarded as a top six team in the league. The performance of the two is far less than that in the previous six preseason games.

During the halftime break, Coach Kruger was very troubled. The players wanted to fight, but they were ready to "make mistakes". McGrady was focused on scoring, and he could only pass the ball when he was double-teamed. He could not guide his teammates to join in as usual.

This is McGrady's shortcoming. His energy and physical strength cannot take care of so many things.

Just when Coach Kruger was having a headache, Liu Mang called and said he would come back to lead the team to win, and he also talked a lot of nonsense.

Coach Kruger ignored Liu Mang, arranged the defense, and pointed to McGrady and Jason Terry for offense.

After the start of the second half, the Hawks were still at a disadvantage. The opponent played very actively, especially O'Neal. The season had just started. Pat Riley trained his physical fitness in the summer. Now he is in good shape. After the start of the second half, he continued to fight against Kwame Brown.

Kwame Brown gained weight to 122 kilograms, which had an advantage against most centers, but the opponent was O'Neal, who was still O'Neal at the beginning of the season in the Heat era, and he continued to be suppressed.

Halfway through the third quarter, the Hawks were 53 to 68, 15 points behind.

After being confronted for 14 points in half a quarter, Pat Riley's arrangement against the Hawks' defense during the halftime break played out in the third quarter. The Heat continued to widen the score difference in the third quarter.

Coach Kruger called a timeout again.

It's just a preseason game, should we keep fighting?

Although it was broadcast live across the United States, Coach Kruger was also considering whether it was worth it, as it was just a preseason game.

At this time, the scene, which had been almost quiet, suddenly became lively!

This situation... seemed to have happened several times when a new father was on the bench. Coach Kruger immediately looked at the player tunnel, and sure enough, he was here!

But...

Why was the scene so obscene?

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Liu Mang drove to the stadium at full speed. It took more than 30 minutes to get there. When he arrived at the stadium, he threw the car keys to the security guard in the parking lot. The security guard saw Liu Mang coming and knew what was going on, so he shouted "Come on".

Liu Mang said thank you, and rushed to the passage leading to the training ground, went straight to the locker room, took down the hanging jersey, and rushed to the player tunnel, stripping off his training clothes while rushing.

Fortunately, Liu Mang was still wearing the team's training suit when he rushed home. When he rushed to the player's tunnel, Liu Mang had already taken off his shirt and put on his jersey. He was taking off his pants and putting them on one leg of his shorts. The pants of the training suit were still hanging on the other side. Coach Kruger happened to see this scene when he turned his head.

The fans at the scene were all excited. Before the game started, the owner Price had notified the DJ and asked the DJ to explain the reason for Liu Mang's absence today after the live broadcast started and before the game started. The national live broadcast had to be explained.

Although the fans at the scene and in front of the TV regretted that this preseason game lost most of the highlights, the baby was about to be born, which was a big happy event. The fans who were willing to pay to watch the live broadcast of the preseason were mostly fans of the Hawks and Heat. Liu Mang had a good relationship with Wade and O'Neal. The Heat fans only regarded the Hawks as opponents, not as mortal enemies. Whether it was the Hawks fans and Heat fans at the scene, or most of the fans in front of the TV, they all maintained a tolerant attitude.

Most of the comments about this news online after the game started were blessings.

So, the fans at the scene didn't expect Liu Mang to come at this time!

There is no doubt that he came at this time, and the child must have been born smoothly.

Then, the Hawks are now behind. Although there are two or three thousand fans from the visiting team at the scene, most of them are Hawks fans, and the scene suddenly became lively!

After changing his jersey and pants in a wretched manner, Liu Mang ran to the bench.

Seeing Liu Mang changed his jersey and ran to the bench, the fans at the scene cheered.

The teammates felt ashamed!

They fought so hard today. In addition to being broadcast live across the United States, they also wanted to win a victory to celebrate Liu Mang's fatherhood.

Who knew that the other side fought even harder!

And except for the two outside players on the Hawks side, the others did not perform well.

Coach Kruger was not in a hurry to arrange tactics or anything, it was just a preseason game.

"How is Aida?" Coach Kruger asked, and his teammates also gathered around. Wade and O'Neal from the Heat saw Liu Mang coming and came over to know the result.

"It went very smoothly, one boy and one girl." Liu Mang answered simply.

"Congratulations, Ace." Wade came and hugged Liu Mang.

"Wow, you gave birth to both a son and a daughter at once, that's great, I also want a daughter, hey... Congratulations Ace." O'Neal also hugged Liu Mang.

Liu Mang said thank you twice in a row, but when he came to O'Neal, he heard O'Neal say that he wanted a daughter... Liu Mang thought of the female version of O'Neal, and felt that O'Neal should not affect a woman's life...

After O'Neal and Wade finished their blessings, they went back to their own side. It was still in the game, and it was already very good to come and bless them.

The referee knew that Liu Mang rushed to the scene after returning home to wait for his girlfriend to give birth, and he didn't urge the timeout to end the matter. In the preseason, even in the regular season, if there are special circumstances, the referee will give face, such as when Kobe's tour to the Timberwolves surpassed Jordan's total score in the future, the referee stopped the game for a long time, not to mention that this is the home court of the Hawks.

Liu Mang hugged his teammates, and his teammates sent their blessings.

"Ace, I...ah..." McGrady was the one who wanted to help Liu Mang win the game the most, but he still couldn't do it!

"Relax, I'm here, we will definitely win!" Liu Mang was still so arrogant.

My daughter was born, so I had to be arrogant!

Liu Mang's return undoubtedly gave the Hawks a shot of adrenaline. When his teammates saw Liu Mang, they felt that they had a backbone, and the feeling of powerlessness when they were behind before suddenly dissipated.

This is one of the only four consecutive FMVPs in NBA history!

Seeing that the celebration was almost over, the referee signaled that the timeout was over and let the players of both teams play.

Coach Kruger called a long timeout again. It would be useless if the timeout was not kept.

"Ace, is it okay to play now? It's just a preseason game, you don't have to play." Coach Kruger asked worriedly.

"It's okay, coach, help me arrange the tactics, I want to win today!" Liu Mang said while moving his joints.

"...Okay." Coach Kruger hesitated for a few seconds and agreed.

"Ding... The host rushed to the game scene when he was 15 points behind, and the temporary task: rushing to the scene was triggered."

"Rushing to the scene: The host needs to lead the team to complete the reversal, and the task reward: the host's newly born twins will have enhanced physique. Failure penalty: None."

A very loving task! The system also has such a loving day!

Just when Liu Mang was surprised, the task prompt about the game came.

"Ding... Because the host failed to complete the warm-up training, the body is in a vulnerable state and the touch is in an unstable state."

Failed to complete the warm-up training? This statement of the system confused Liu Mang a little. He didn't warm up at all... By the way, running all the way from the parking lot to here can be regarded as a little warm-up, running such a long distance.

The disadvantage of playing the game without warming up is that the body's joints and muscles are not fully active, which may cause strains and sprains, and then lead to serious injuries.

The touch is secondary. Some people can find the touch at the beginning of the warm-up, and the same is true for the game, like a certain No. 8 player who just got a big man and laughed wildly in the toilet every day.

Of course, warm-up is very important for players.

However, there was obviously no time for Liu Mang to warm up at this time. Liu Mang said to Coach Kruger: "Coach, call another timeout, I'll go shoot."

After Liu Mang said that, he went on the court immediately, asked the referee for the ball, and began to sharpen his gun before the battle.

Practicing shooting is actually to throw quickly to find the feeling of shooting. Whether it goes in or not is one thing. The identity of the staff who wipes the floor has changed to a caddy who picks up the ball and passes the ball.

While throwing, Liu Mang looked at the ability evaluation of the opposing players.

Dwyane Wade is indeed a third-year player, so cool! He is only in the third year!

And he is so difficult to deal with! 15 points behind!

But... let it be!

Just one wave!

It will be great if we win! For the sake of my daughter's physical fitness, we have to win!