Chapter 1197 1196. Two People that Made Liu Mang Jealous

“Ding… The King of New Generation Players series of tasks: The future is yours has been completed, and the strongest suppression task: Stifling the Flash is to be started. If Dwyane Wade fails to lead the team to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals of this season’s playoffs, the task will be considered completed. If Dwyane Wade leads the team to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals of this season’s playoffs, the host must lead the team to defeat Dwyane Wade. Task reward: Talent skill fragments. Failure penalty: The King of New Generation Players series of tasks failed.”

It’s finally here!

It has been four years since this task was triggered in 2002. Liu Mang has been waiting for four years, and now is the time!

As Liu Mang expected, suppressing Wade is the most difficult.

In the first round, the Heat avenged the Bulls, and O’Neal was the key. O’Neal averaged 33 points against the Bulls. Without Eddy Curry, the Bulls’ inside line is equivalent to an ATM for O’Neal. Chandler defended Yao Ming and O’Neal, and was always blown to death.

However, in the second round of the series against the Nets, when O'Neal was targeted by Kidd, the confrontation between Wade and Carter was the key.

Carter averaged 30 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game, while Wade averaged 28 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists per game. One is like Jordan, and the other is like... the nanny of the Heat, or the kind who is both a father and a mother...

Wade was able to perform like this when facing Kidd's defense, which was much better than James' performance in the second round.

Of course, this seemed normal to Liu Mang. In the original time and space, although there were many things worth discussing, Wade was the one who laughed last this season in the original time and space, and was the championship MVP. It was normal for him to perform like this.

Therefore, it was also normal for Liu Mang to become the protagonist of the strongest suppression task.

It's just that he can play such data against Kidd. Liu Mang feels that Wade seems to be much stronger than when he was in the third grade... After all, Wade is already 24 years old, has good talent, is oppressed by Liu Mang, and is also oppressed by Pat Riley like a seedling.

Thinking of this, Liu Mang couldn't wait. Wade was so strong, and Liu Mang was no match for two years ago!

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《In the future, I hope you can be my enemy》

It was different from what Duncan said to James after playing for 10 years, which was considered by many people as a "handover of power".

Duncan was over 30 at that time, and it seemed that he had declined significantly compared to the first eight years of his career. James led the team to the finals alone in his fourth year, and it seemed that he had a bright future. There was a sense that James would win the championship in the next season. James was also compared with Kobe and Wade after leading the team to the finals.

As for the original time and space, seven years after Duncan said that, he touched James' Ginobili-style hairstyle... I can only say that the old man was a little bad...

After Liu Mang said that to James, the media read his lips to know what Liu Mang said, and the media wrote it as encouragement to James, and Liu Mang's desire for an opponent who could fight.

Liu Mang has gotten used to the media's strange understanding. If reporters don't write like this, where would there be so many NBA stories about grievances, brotherhood, and love and hate?

A team that has won three consecutive championships always has a feeling of being alone and invincible. If the Hawks win three consecutive championships this season, the Maimang combination will definitely have a profound impression of dominance like the OK combination or the Picasso combination after the first three consecutive championships.

Moreover, compared with Jordan and O'Neal, Liu Mang's strongest helper has changed, and has changed from the most suitable helper for Liu Mang to a helper with most of the same functions as Liu Mang, that is, there is a lot of overlap in positions, but Liu Mang still completed the defense and won 73 wins. After a slack game in the playoffs, he has won 8 consecutive games. He is undoubtedly the biggest favorite to win the championship this season.

Liu Mang looked at the set of things written by the media, and even he believed that he meant that...

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After the Hawks finished the second round, the remaining three awards of this season were announced.

On May 15, after voting by the media and head coaches, the league's first and second defense and best rookie lineups were announced.

The best lineup voted by the media.

For the guards of the first team, Liu Mang was selected to the first team with 122 first-place votes, and Kobe and Nash tied! Kobe received 62 first-place votes, and Nash received 55 first-place votes, but Nash received more second-place votes. The two tied for second place in the number of guard votes with the same score, and were selected to the first team of the best lineup together.

For the forwards, McGrady and James won two first-place teams. McGrady averaged 22 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists per game, and his average playing time was only 31 minutes per game. His efficiency was amazing, and his 48% shooting rate and 37% three-point shooting rate were also excellent.

James, second in the scoring list, averaged 30.5 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists per game. What was surprising was that he averaged 1.6 three-pointers per game with a three-point shooting rate of 34.5% this season, and led the team to the playoffs. Breaking through the first round may have also increased the impression points of the media in the second round of voting, and he was selected to the first team over Nowitzki and Duncan.

As for the center, O'Neal was still more popular with the media. With 66 first-place votes, O'Neal defeated Yao Ming, who received 51 first-place votes, by a narrow margin of 10 points and was selected into the first team.

As for the second team, Dwyane Wade, Allen Iverson, Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki and Yao Ming were selected together.

Steve Francis, Vince Carter, Kevin Garnett, Shawn Marion, and Kwame Brown were selected for the third team.

The best defensive team, the first defense was once again difficult to choose, the head coaches had their own opinions, and finally seven people were voted for the defense.

The only one who voted unanimously for the first defense was Andrei Kirilenko.

Jason Kidd, Tayshaun Prince, Kobe Bryant, Andrei Kirilenko, Ron Artest, Marcus Camby, and Ben Wallace were selected for the first defense.

There were also as many as six people in the second defense, Chauncey Billups, Dwyane Wade, Tracy McGrady, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and Kwame Brown were selected for the second defense.

This is the most chaotic best defensive team.

In addition to the separate vote for the center, there were five players selected for the best defensive team each, and the forwards and guards selected for the best defensive team each accounted for more than 90% of the votes.

Liu Mang saw that he was ranked sixth in the guard vote list, with only 21 points...

The surprise was that McGrady and Kwame Brown were both selected for the second defense, and Prince was selected for the first defense again. I thought it would be difficult for Prince to be selected for the first defense after Kidd recovered from his health this season and Kobe's defense recovered after losing weight. Unexpectedly, Prince got the same number of votes as Kidd, tied for the first defense.

However, McGrady and Kwame Brown were both in the double best team... After the Hawks players watched the live broadcast of the press conference announcing the best team and the best defensive team, McGrady and Kwame Brown felt Liu Mang's envious and jealous eyes.

But both of them felt very happy! Finally, Liu Mang envied me...

In the best rookie team, Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Charlie Villanueva, Andrew Bynum, and Andrew Bogut were selected for the first rookie team,

Raymond Felton, Marvin Williams, David Lee, Ryan Gomez, and Channing Frye were selected for the second rookie team.

Compared with the best rookie team in the past two years, the data of this year's best rookie team is worse than the other. Only Paul, Deron, Villanueva, Bynum, and Felton averaged double-digit points per game, and except for Paul, the others averaged 11 or 12 points per game, which is very miserable compared to the top five in 2003, and even worse than the Bulls' double Jordan combination in 2004.

Fortunately, there was the confrontation between Paul and Deron, otherwise the 2005 class would be too miserable.

David Lee played 49 games, averaging 5 points and 6 rebounds per game, and was selected for the second rookie team. Other high-ranking rookies such as Marvin Williams performed worse than David Lee.

Being selected for the second team of rookies is a big encouragement for David Lee, even though there are not many talented rookies in 2006.

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The selection or rejection of the best team will inevitably affect the players currently playing in the playoffs.

For example, Kidd and Wade, Wade was selected for the second team and second defense, while Kidd, although he was selected for the first defense, did not get a single spot in the best team.

Kidd did not have much opinion on Carter being selected for the best team, as Carter averaged 27 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and he was his teammate, but he was very dissatisfied with Wade being selected for the second team, even though Wade's average of 27 points, 5.9 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game was better than Carter's performance, but Kidd was dissatisfied.

Kidd publicly stated that Wade was not worthy of the second defense and expressed dissatisfaction with not being selected for the best team.

Wade is even more excited. If it weren't for Liu Mang, Nash, and Kobe's explosive performance this season, one breaking the record of wins, one leading the Suns without a significant decline in record despite Stoudemire's injury, and Kobe's performance as the scoring champion in the past 30 years, second only to Liu Mang and Jordan, and his personal performance was off the charts, it would be normal for Wade not to beat these three to be selected into the first team.

And Wade is the only player in the back line who got the first vote except Liu Mang, Kobe, and Nash, and Iverson didn't get it.

That is to say, for now, the media and experts who voted all regard Wade as the fourth guard in the league, which is wonderful for Wade.

Kidd regards Wade as a thorn in his side, but Wade is more excited. Moreover, as the playoffs progress, Wade is getting better and better. Now he is more confident to beat Kidd!

In the West, Kobe and Nash, who are facing off, were selected into the first team with the same vote, and the atmosphere of the duel is more tense. Nash wants to turn the tables, and Kobe wants to overpower this MVP of the same class!