Chapter 1056 1055. The Sun Is Approaching Its Peak

Liu Mang arrived at the American West Arena at 2:30. After a simple warm-up, he started shooting practice. At around 3:00, he ate a nutritious meal and then warmed up formally.

After warming up his already active body at around 4:00, the Hawks' training ground was also open for interviews.

Now, there are a lot of reporters for both important and unimportant games, and the Hawks players are no longer surprised.

Good things are always easy to get used to. One day, they will not be teammates with Liu Mang and leave the Hawks, and they will feel uncomfortable.

Now even Granger, who came with the team to feel the team atmosphere and has been playing in the Development League, is surrounded by several reporters.

After Liu Mang accepted a brief interview with ESPN, T.N.T, Time Warner, and the Arizona Times, the commentator and reporter of the Imperial Court TV station who had been scheduled came.

The interview of Chaoting TV is live broadcast. Today, two Chinese superstar players will have a Christmas game. Chaoting TV started warming up at 8 o'clock in the morning, which is about 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon in Los Angeles time. The main analysis is of course the Hawks and the Lakers, and the focus is on reviewing Liu Mang's 90 points and Kobe's 80 points.

Even Americans are surprised that Kobe is so popular in China, not inferior to Liu Mang and Yao Ming.

It's not that Liu Mang and Yao Ming are not popular, but Kobe is mysteriously loved by Chinese fans, the kind of love that transcends country and skin color.

At around 4 o'clock, Chaoting TV switched the camera to the camera next to Coach Zhang, and broadcast the pre-match interview of the Hawks players via satellite. McGrady and Kwame Brown, the other two popular stars, were interviewed first, and Liu Mang's side was the last. After the interview with Liu Mang, the Hawks should prepare to enter the court.

Liu Mang took the initiative to greet him: "Hello Coach Zhang, we meet again."

"Ace, we have seen a lot recently. You have been winning streaks, and we have to follow the broadcast every day." Coach Zhang joked.

"What's up, Coach Zhang? Are you hoping we lose? Can you take a good vacation?" Liu Mang was always happy talking to Coach Zhang, and couldn't help teasing him.

"How can that be possible? I hope you guys can win 82 games and lose 0 games." Coach Zhang responded.

"It sounds good to hear that, but Coach Zhang, are you very unhappy today?" Liu Mang said deliberately.

"What's wrong?" Coach Zhang felt very strange. Why was he unhappy?

"Why do I feel that you are sad that you can't broadcast Kobe's game live on Christmas... No, it's sad that you can't broadcast Zen Master's coaching live on Christmas?" Liu Mang said, pretending that something big happened.

"Ahem..." Coach Zhang was choked again and quickly changed the subject: "Of course I will broadcast your game, I am more happy, Ace, do you think you can continue your winning streak in this game?"

Liu Mang didn't continue to joke with Coach Zhang: "Coach Zhang, you have asked me this question ten times this month. Of course it's victory! Victory victory!"

"Haha, Ace, you are so confident! Okay, I won't bother you now, try to win the Christmas game, come on... Teacher Su, this is the report from the front..."

After an interview with the court TV station, Liu Mang changed his wet training clothes, put on his jersey, put on a clean training suit, and the Hawks were ready to enter the court.

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Nash watched the Hawks players come out one by one amid boos, and when he saw Liu Mang, Nash gritted his teeth.

Although the relationship is good, but when it comes to the game, they are opponents.

Moreover, Nash felt that Liu Mang wanted to mess with him!

He wanted to steal his assists title!

Last year it was McGrady, this year it is Liu Mang!

Can't he just win the scoring title? He came to compete with him for the honor!

Nash and Liu Mang are similar, completely forgetting that he stole Liu Mang's consecutive MVP.

However, it is worth mentioning that although the Suns are only ranked fifth in the league so far this season, but! Nash has been ranked second in the MVP ranking since December, second only to Liu Mang, and the first three weekly players in December were also won by Nash.

Liu Mang has not let the weekly player fall behind since O'Neal occupied the weekly player for a week at the beginning of the season. He has won the weekly player for six consecutive weeks, and the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in the first month was also won by Liu Mang.

December seems to be the same, and Nash is the first candidate for the Western Conference Player of the Month in December. Kobe averaged 34 points per game in the first month and won the Western Conference Player of the Month in November.

Liu Mang and Nash are still the biggest favorites for MVP this season, Kobe and Nowitzki are ranked third and fourth, James, Duncan, Ginobili, McGrady, O'Neal, and Kwame Brown are the regulars in the sixth to tenth places.

Liu Mang's data and record make him the undisputed top favorite for MVP this season. After scoring 90 points in a single game and winning 25 games in a row, the only ones who can challenge him slightly are Nash and Kobe.

If the Lakers can eventually enter the top four in the West and surpass the Mavericks or the Suns, Kobe may become an MVP candidate. The scoring champion and 80 points in a single game are both plus points. However, because of Liu Mang, Kobe's 80 points are not that much, but with an average of 35 points per game and the team in the playoffs, he is one of the MVP candidates anyway.

However, Kobe is just a candidate. The one who can really bring impact to Liu Mang is Nash.

"Give Nash a few players who can run and shoot, and he can get 50 wins"

This view is now deeply rooted in the eyes of fans and the media. In order to renew Stoudemire's contract with a maximum salary in the summer, the Suns reluctantly signed and traded Joe Johnson to the Bucks' Eddie House. Stoudemire was out for the season before the preseason started. NBA President David Stern was about to cry. This is one of the most popular teams in the league!

The major TV stations that had prepared 21 national live broadcasts for the Suns, the fourth highest in the league, were ready to withdraw the live broadcasts. Who knew that Eddie House and Raja Bell would make up for Joe Johnson's lack and Dio would make up for Stoudemire's lack. Under Nash's leadership, the Suns are still one of the five best teams in the league.

If Liu Mang's team had not been ranked second in the league in scoring and assists, and the team had not started with a 25-game winning streak, the first in history, Nash could even be regarded as the biggest favorite for MVP.

So far, the Suns have only lost once in the playoffs. People are still very optimistic about the Suns. When Stoudemire comes back, people believe that the Suns can go to the next level.

As of now, Nash's position is very high. The title of the league's top point guard has been transferred from Kidd to Nash since this season.

After Liu Mang came out, he was observing the stars of the Suns.

Steve Nash, the ability rating is still 95, a superstar with poor defense. Only Liu Mang and Ray Allen can match his gorgeous shooting measurements.

In addition to Nash, there is Marion, a 27-year-old top star who has reached his peak. The ability rating is 92, rebounding and defense are super strong, but the score is also not ambiguous, averaging 22 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks per game.

When Liu Mang saw this data, it felt like the only 1 was changed.

Boris Dio, ability rating 85, offense 82, defense 80, passing 83, rebounding 82... everything is OK, nothing is so proficient, offense defense passing rebounding... everything is OK.

Unexpectedly, Dio's defense is also good, but thinking about Dio can still defend James at the age of 33, it is not so surprising.

Now Dio is still a tall and thin point center, averaging 13 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists per game.

Seeing the three core players of the Suns, Eddie House with an ability rating of 73, Raja Bell with an ability rating of 78, and James Jones with an ability rating of 75, Liu Mang felt that there were only three people missing from the peak of the Suns' playoffs in 2007, Stoudemire and the two Thomases, and then the Suns would have truly reached their full form.

Seeing Raja Bell, Liu Mang couldn't help but touch his neck.

Now there are only Raja Bell, Eddie House and James Jones, and the Suns are still not "dirty" enough in the playoffs.

After the Suns players came out, Liu Mang and McGrady went to greet Nash together.

"Steve, Merry Christmas." Liu Mang hugged Nash.

"Ace, Merry Christmas, it would be even better if you could give me the victory on Christmas Eve as a Christmas gift." Nash smiled.

"No, no, no, Steve, you should give me the assist king as a Christmas gift, I'm a guest." Liu Mang fought back strongly.

"That won't work. You have to do it yourself. But you're not as good at passing as Tracy, so you can't do it." Nash spit out some trash talk.

"It's hard to say. Your passing is not very good. You can't compete with a scoring champion for the assists champion. I think I should be better than you." Liu Mang continued to fight back.

As both of them play "run and gun", the relationship between the two teams is not bad. Liu Mang has a good relationship with Nash. The players of the two teams greeted each other before the game. Stoudemire hugged Kwame Brown in a suit.

People are like this. If Kwame Brown was really bad, Stoudemire would not advertise everywhere that he defeated Kwame Brown in his senior year of high school, but now, the two have a good relationship.

It's not hypocrisy, but you have to be in the same circle to maintain the relationship better.

After bickering with Nash, Liu Mang and his teammates stood in two rows with the Suns players. Tonight, the Suns invited a popular singer to sing the American Empire Anthem.

After the national anthem was sung, the players began the final preparations.

At 4:58 pm, the referee signaled that the starting lineups of the two teams could appear.

The DJ at the scene was very considerate and played a Chinese rap song for Prince. Liu Mang used his songwriting skills to recall a relatively inspirational Chinese rap song called "Please Believe" written for Prince. Prince became a little popular, but rap is popular for a few days and then fades away.

Dancing does not distinguish between enemies and friends. Prince started dancing and the fans on the sidelines followed him.

In the atmosphere of the scene driven by Prince's swaying dance, Liu Mang sprinkled magnesium powder into the air and walked onto the court with McGrady and Rasheed Wallace.

The opponent is the Suns, which has a superstar, a top star, a first-class star, and a large number of high-quality role players...

The Christmas battle has begun!