Chapter 1199 1198. The Strongest Battle!

Liu Mang is almost certain to suppress James, who is still in the seedling stage. He has the advantage in all aspects, including strength and tactics.

But when playing against the Heat, Liu Mang, his teammates and the coaching staff are doing their best to prepare and are training very seriously.

The Hawks are excited to play against the second best team in the Eastern Conference.

In the first two rounds, the two superstars of the Heat exploded in a series, especially after the six-game battle with the Nets. The Heat are in hot form, and even Payton, who was terrible at offense in the regular season, has recovered his form.

On the afternoon of May 21, the Heat came to Atlanta. Although Miami is very close to Atlanta, they still came to Atlanta the day before to feel the atmosphere here and avoid the fatigue of traveling for tomorrow's game.

After Wade arrived in Atlanta, he walked around the street with Haslem to relieve the pressure.

Finally, he will play against Liu Mang. Wade is now excited and a little scared.

There was a reason before, that was just the regular season, but now it is the playoffs. If he loses again, he will have no chance to compare with Liu Mang in the early stage of his career, and the gap will be completely widened.

In the original time and space, Wade was compared with Kobe for a long time when there were only two first-team players, and he was better than McGrady and Carter as shooting guards, just because he had a championship.

Pat Riley wanted to take advantage of O'Neal's peak, and Wade certainly wanted to take this opportunity to hit the championship.

There are too many outstanding stars who have no chance to get close to the championship throughout their careers, and no chance to partner with O'Neal, even at the end of his peak. Wade wants to seize this opportunity.

He is not stupid. If there is no such opportunity, he has no reason to fight like that if Pat Riley hadn't formulated a training method for him in the summer.

Since the rookie season, Wade's strength has been far ahead of the 03 generation. In the third grade, he has the strength of a superstar, which is stronger than Kobe and even Liu Mang of the same age. It's for now.

Overtake Liu Mang and win the championship!

Wade looked at the posters of some shopping malls in Atlanta and the slogans of the Hawks posted on the roadside telephone booths, all of which said "three consecutive championships". Atlantans have already regarded this year's championship as a sure thing.

Wade didn't feel humiliated and wanted to kill them when he saw this. He thought it was normal. The Hawks had the strength. He was a challenger to the current NBA monarchy. How could he feel that others looked down on him and felt humiliated when others didn't think highly of them? On the contrary, the more optimistic the Hawks were, the more motivated he was.

Last season, the Hawks had 68 wins and 14 losses and successfully defended the championship. Pat Riley felt that the Hawks would be slack after winning two consecutive championships, and he said the same thing to Wade, saying that this season was Wade's chance to hit the MVP and the championship.

At that time, Kobe's condition was relatively average. Wade's performance in the 04-05 season was better than Kobe's performance when his physical strength collapsed, his defense declined, and he led the team alone.

Nash's 2004-05 season was a phenomenal performance that is hard to replicate. Liu Mang has won two consecutive championships, and it looks like what Pat Riley said.

Wade also felt that it was true at the time. According to history, it is indeed true. Even the Bulls dynasty of Pippen and Jordan was full of ups and downs in the third championship. His teammates began to slack off and injuries increased. Jordan won the championship alone and truly became a god.

Although Liu Mang is strong, in Wade's opinion, there is still a gap between Liu Mang and Jordan.

Pat Riley made a big move in the summer, and Wade trained crazily for a summer. His mid-range shooting reached a first-class level. O'Neal maintained the status of the top two centers in the league. This year, the Heat's goal is to replace the Hawks and become the strongest in the league.

However, they ignored that McGrady, Iguodala, Josh Smith and others only won their first championship last season. Although they joined the dynasty midway, if they win the championship, they will still be the creators of the fourth dynasty in NBA history after the Lakers Dynasty, the Celtics Dynasty and the Bulls Dynasty.

Moreover, Iguodala, Josh Smith and other talents are in their second year, and Korver is only in his third year and has just become a main rotation. Iguodala and Josh Smith need to start talking about early contract renewal when they are in their third year in the 06-07 season. The performance of this season is very critical. Whether it is to secure the main substitute position or for the future, it is easy for Liu Mang to mobilize their passion.

Liu Mang took the initiative to give up the ball, the number of shots was greatly reduced, and the average score fell below 30, which gave his teammates a lot of motivation.

Then, contrary to the expectations of the Heat, the Hawks played the strongest regular season performance in history. After losing the first game of the playoffs, they also won eight consecutive games.

Wade and Haslem, the rookies of the same year, felt the extremely enthusiastic and ecstatic atmosphere in Atlanta together, returned to the hotel, watched the Hawks' game videos, and worked hard to study the Hawks.

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At 7:10 pm on May 22, after more than two days of preparation, Liu Mang and his teammates stepped into the familiar court together. The game against the Heat was about to start in 20 minutes.

When the Heat players entered the stadium, the fans gave them the most booing of the season.

The opponents in the first two rounds were fine, even if they lost the first game in the first round, but the Heat made the Hawks fans feel threatened, and this sense of threat made the Hawks fans boo the Heat crazily.

When the Hawks' starting lineup came out, the atmosphere immediately turned into cheers, with fans encouraging their own players.

After Liu Mang entered the court, he came to the technical table and waited for the final pre-game activities on the court.

Wade also came to the technical table to apply magnesium powder.

"Ace, I've finally waited for this day!" Wade was full of fighting spirit.

Liu Mang looked at Wade. He saw the news yesterday and knew that Wade came to Atlanta, but he didn't come to talk to him.

Liu Mang and Wade have a good relationship, and they are in the same company. Even if he was abused before, he would get together with Liu Mang before the game, but not this time.

From this point, Liu Mang knew that Wade was very serious this time.

What should I answer? Liu Mang thought about it and said to Wade: "Are you so anxious to see me enter the finals with your own eyes? Don't be so anxious, you can wait for two more years."

Every time Wade talked to Liu Mang during the game, he felt like beating this bastard!

This is what Wade is worried about. Liu Mang is a few months younger than him!

Unlike James who can still expect Liu Mang, who is two years older than him, to decline one day, Wade can't wait! So with O'Neal and Pat Riley building the strongest lineup in the history of the Heat for him, Wade must seize this opportunity.

Fortunately, he has been used to it for three years. Wade wiped the magnesium powder and deliberately clapped his hands to let the magnesium powder spread. He didn't say anything to Liu Mang and turned around and left.

Liu Mang was almost choked by the magnesium powder that Wade suddenly scattered. Looking at Wade's back, Liu Mang wanted to throw a handful of magnesium powder over.

He was still in the stage of talking, and this bastard actually took action directly!

Despicable!

On the other hand, O'Neal, who "humiliated" Kwame Brown in the last match with the Hawks, is still looking for an opportunity to mess with Kwame Brown this time, but Kwame Brown did not try to stir up the atmosphere, but instead learned to dance with Prince...

Prince makes seven or eight million a year as a judge, endorses some street-style clothes and other products, and endorses dance studios. James makes more money, and Kwame Brown also joins in the fun. Even if he doesn't dance that well, he is an All-Star starter after all, and he is very popular. Maybe he can get one or two endorsements.

Mainly because he is afraid of O'Neal, the fat guy...

The two teams started to confront each other before the game, but this confrontation... is a bit weird...

Liu Mang wiped off the magnesium powder, asked his teammates for a ball, and went to practice shooting and waited for the game to start.

By the way, I looked at the strength of the Heat players. Wade's ability rating is 97 (peak), O'Neal's ability rating is 96, Antoine Walker's ability rating is 83, Jason Williams' ability rating is 82, and Posey's ability rating is 79.

Because it is the Eastern Conference Finals, the live broadcast of major TV stations has started half an hour in advance. The TV commentator analyzed the starting lineups of the two teams and found that except for Liu Mang, the comparison of the other four positions of the Hawks' starting lineup and the Heat's starting lineup is slightly advantageous!

Mainly from the performance of this season's playoffs, the Heat's performance in the other four positions is not worse than that of the Hawks except for the point guard who is far inferior to Liu Mang!

In the past regular season, not many people noticed this, but now the two teams have to play a series, and there are only two series in the East and West. After the media and fans focused on analyzing the comparison of the two teams' lineups, they found that the Heat really wanted to make trouble this year!

The Hawks also found this problem. Posey's long-term defensive stability is not as good as Prince, but his defense in the playoffs this season is not worse than Prince's.

Wade is good at both offense and defense. Since he doesn't have a three-pointer, his performance from mid-range and under the basket is better than McGrady. O'Neal's performance is similar to that of Yao Ming, the giant in the West. Antoine Walker also played well in the playoffs this season for the championship.

Compared with Antoine Walker, Rasheed Wallace may be a better teammate. He can play the role of an inside pillar in most teams, and he has a certain high-post coordination ability, three-pointers and open cuts.

However, Antoine Walker can attack well, can play from one to five, and is a jack of all trades.

Liu Mang learned in the team meeting that he was the key point!

At 7:28, the game was about to start, and the referee signaled the Hawks to do what they should do quickly.

Prince "finished warming up" and began to twist his sexy dance. The fans at the scene rested for a while, and began to cheer as Priss danced with the dimming German light. The Eastern Conference Finals began!