Chapter 1348 1347. Strong Winds and Heavy Rain
"The Wrath of the Wind Chaser series of missions: The invasion of the storm triggers."
"Invasion of the Storm: The Suns, with Shaquille O'Neal and Steve Nash, have a weird and changeable style of play, and can play a game that changes as fast as a storm. Mission goal 1: On December 19, 2006 In the game against the Suns, the number of assists exceeds that of Steve Nash. Goal 2: The number of three-pointers made by the host team must be higher than the number of three-pointers made by the Suns. Goal 3: Win this game. . Mission rewards: Complete one mission goal and be rewarded with 10,000 superstar points; complete two mission goals and be rewarded with a special card: Shark Buckle; complete three mission goals and be rewarded with the Steve Nash 2003-2004 season star card (Note: The ability of this star card is evaluated based on actual performance). Mission rewards can be stacked. Failure penalty: Invite Shaquille O’Neal to create a TV show that Shaquille O’Neal wants to do.”
"Shark dunk: When holding the ball inside in singles, if there are no more than two opponents flanked by each other, and the host attempts to dunk, if the opponent does not commit a foul, the dunk cannot be blocked."
"Depend on!"
I am already hated by others, but if I fail in my mission, shouldn’t I be hated even more?
Hosting a show with O'Neal? Five big embarrassments?
This is what Liu Mang thought of!
That's a rhythm that really offends the stars to death, because the stars take a lot of shots and take a lot of shots, so there are also a lot of embarrassing shots...
However, the name of this mission made Liu Mang feel that it was quite suitable for the Suns. The big shark living in the sea and the son of the wind running in the wind, together, wouldn't it be a storm?
If D'Antoni were coaching this team, Liu Mang would not be worried about the strength of the Suns at all, but if it were Gentry... he is the head coach who can return to the top and reach the Western Conference Finals with the 36-year-old Nash. .
Super point guards can bring many coaches to the top of their coaching careers, such as Kidd to Byron Scott and Nash to Mike D'Antoni.
Similarly, Gentry also relied on Nash to make a name for himself. Without super point guards like Nash or Rondo, Gentry's coaching seemed to be mediocre, not as impressive as his assistant coach.
There is a note on Nash's star card for the 2003-04 season. He probably didn't have any natural skills because he didn't show them at the time. He was just an excellent singles player, and his shooting was no better than Liu Mang's now.
Shark Button…
This is quite exciting. Who does Liu Mang want to dunk the most... A picture suddenly appeared in Liu Mang's mind and he quickly shook his head.
"He's a brother! How can we detain him? No way..."
If D'Antoni were coaching this team, Liu Mang would not be worried about the strength of the Suns at all, but if it were Gentry...he is the head coach who can return to the top and reach the Western Conference Finals with the 36-year-old Nash. .
Super point guards can bring many coaches to the top of their coaching careers, such as Kidd to Byron Scott and Nash to Mike D'Antoni.
Similarly, Gentry also relied on Nash to make a name for himself. Without super point guards like Nash or Rondo, Gentry's coaching seemed to be mediocre, not as impressive as his assistant coach.
But with Nash and so many outstanding role players, it's really a headache for the Suns to start sparing O'Neal's method now, especially since Josh Smith still has more than one year on his rookie contract, and Calderon is cheap. There is still more than a year left on the contract, so the Suns have a lot of room for maneuver...
Liu Mang originally thought that the Suns would definitely decline. Only when O'Neal reached the contract year and could be traded to a team that wanted to free up salary space could the Suns get out of the quagmire.
But he didn't expect the Suns to fire D'Antoni, which was beyond Liu Mang's expectation.
Looking at the Suns' logo in the arena, Liu Mang discovered that this team cannot be ignored!
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"Happy birthday, Dinah."
"Dina has grown up..."
"Dina, this is the lipstick you have always wanted. Auntie brought it back to you from France..."
"Dina..."
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Liu Mang looked at the two huge suitcases filled with gifts that little Loli had received from all her teammates, their girlfriends, wives and others, and didn't know what to say.
They are all loved by the team!
Since the end of Liu Mang's first season in the NBA, little Loli has often hung out in the team's arena. She is even more familiar with the family members of his teammates than Liu Mang.
The one he is most familiar with is probably Jason Terry. After all, Liu Mang has never left Jason Terry in his career.
Some fans jokingly said that without Jason Terry, Liu Mang has never made it to the playoffs. Liu Mang really can't refute this.
"Dina, what do you want this electric bicycle for? Christine is driving when you go out." Liu Mang looked at the electric bicycle in the living room, and his heart ached!
More than 10,000 US dollars to buy an electric bicycle. Is it made of gold?
"Dina also wanted to ride a bicycle when she went out, but riding a bicycle is very tiring, so this is just the right thing to do." Little Loli was very happy. She received a lot of gifts today and even got a very expensive electric bicycle from Liu Mang.
"You ride, what should Christine do?"
"Dina will buy it for Aunt Wagner."
"..." Looking at the little Lolita who looked like a rich girl, Liu Mang asked speechlessly: "Then how do I get it back?"
"Uncle, aren't you going to play five consecutive games? We will go back by ourselves after playing the Lakers. Mom has already contacted us for a charter flight."
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Liu Mang felt defeated by this mother and daughter...
Liu Mang casually took a look at the gifts sent by his teammates and their families who came to their suite early this morning to deliver gifts. There were actually things like lipstick and eye shadow...
This little loli has grown up... Liu Mang feels a little melancholy...
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At around nine o'clock in the morning, Liu Mang came to the American West Arena and met up with his teammates. He then continued yesterday afternoon's training to target the Suns' recent style of play.
After two training sessions, a team meeting was held again to discuss some details that should be paid attention to.
This time the Western Conference has three consecutive away games, and even the next two Eastern Conference away games add up to five consecutive away games. The Eagles take it very seriously.
If you are not careful, you may be overtaken by the Heat!
The Hawks can accept not being first in the Eastern Conference, but not being able to keep first place in the division and falling into the bottom half of the playoffs is unacceptable.
Especially since the Eagles had so few games in the first two months and had plenty of preparation time, they couldn't afford to lose. In the three difficult game months from January to March, if they were chasing the record from behind, they would have to compete with 02 The -03 season was just as difficult.
After the active preparations, the Eagles players went back to their hotels or rested in the lounge of America West Arena in the afternoon.
After Liu Mang received his family at the arena in the afternoon, he started to warm up...
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"Avril, call daddy."
"Jiajia..." Avril opened her mouth and shouted, but unfortunately she was neither a Chinese father nor an English father...
"Dad..." The baby Shota on the side showed his face forcefully.
"..." Liu Mang rubbed the face of his daughter who was laughing non-stop, and couldn't help but ask: "Aida, your daughter is so stupid! How come Becas can call her daddy, but she still can't!"
"...If you want Avril to call her daddy, you won't teach her!" Alexia rolled her eyes at Liu Mang, took her daughter back, and sat in the third row.
The owner of the Suns did give him tickets to the game, and they were in the first row. The price was more expensive than the boxes. Unfortunately, the boxes at the American West Arena were under maintenance and could not be used. Alexia and the nanny with their two children could only attend. While watching the game, I exchanged tickets with the fans in the back row, which made the fans watching the game extremely happy.
The price difference between the first and second row tickets is more than double, let alone the third row.
"That's too much!" Liu Mang came to the court, and O'Neal came too.
The two shook hands in a friendly manner. As the two players with the most honors in active service, one inside and one outside, many people put them at the point guard and center positions in the best lineups in history. superior.
Looking at O'Neal, who has gained two pounds compared to last season and a circle compared to the Lakers days, Liu Mang couldn't help but complain: "Shaq, it's time to lose weight."
"This is called handsome. What do you know? Rich people are all handsome like this." O'Neal shook his hand and then returned to his own half, shaking his big butt.
Liu Mang looked at O'Neal's back and was filled with emotion... He is so fat!
Shaquille O'Neal, with an ability rating of 90 and 95, is still very strong offensively at the basket and is still difficult to stop when he is physically strong. At the age of 35, his performance is similar to that of fourth-year Eddie Curry, and he is stronger on the defensive end and can block the ball. Guy is still outstanding, but he is limited by his age and physical fitness, and is unable to continue to perform as well as he did last season.
Nash is still in his prime, with an ability evaluation of 95, but has not improved. This is normal. He will be 33 years old in two months. If he does not decline, it is already amazing.
Averaging 18 points and 10.6 assists per game, Nash is the only player with double-digit assists this season. He finally has a chance to win the assists title after being bullied by McGrady and Liu Mang.
Josh Smith, his ability rating is 86, his physical fitness is comparable to LeBron James, his golf IQ is almost matched by Nash, his layup ability rating is as high as 92, he is very powerful in attacking directly to the basket, and he is good at controlling the ball. He is a good player. Not to mention, although the overall offensive ability evaluation is only 84, the offense at the basket is really good, and the defensive evaluation of 88 is also very good. He is only in his third year!
The average of 21+8+3 per game is very good. The experience he learned in the Hawks on how to play on a strong team allowed Josh Smith to thrive in the Suns. Especially after the Suns' record improved, Josh - Smith got better.
Calderon, ability evaluation 81... has made great progress, soaring directly to the quasi-first-class level, with a three-point evaluation of 92, and a passing evaluation of 96... averaging 11 points and 6 assists per game, passing the ball well, and sharing a lot of pressure from Nash. He is tall enough to be a shooting guard, shooting 51.9% from the field, 42% from the three-point range, and 93% from the free throw line...
Calderon is the only member of the 180 club this season. His shooting percentage is better than Nash's 48+42+94. Liu Mang is even worse. Liu Mang's shooting percentage is 49% and 41%. ’s three-point shooting percentage, 89% free throw percentage, total field goal percentage and free throw percentage are a little worse.
The main reason is that the confrontation encountered is huge, and he is not like Nash who will restrain his shots.
Boris Diaw, who has an ability rating of 85, Laga Bell, who has a defensive rating of 94 and is a popular first-line defense this season, a double Thomas backup inside combination, James Jones...Marcus Banks, Jaylen Rose...
The substitutes are almost all players with a 70+ ability rating!
After O'Neal was traded to the Suns, many people came to hug him, giving Gentry the capital to reverse the bad start!
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As Liu Mang threw magnesium powder into the air, which attracted bursts of boos, the starting players of the two teams came on stage.
The Hawks didn't receive that many boos today. Except for Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady, who stole Nash's assist title, the others had no grudges against the Suns. Even if there was the incident of Laja Bell's foul against Liu Mang, in the After the Suns sent Marion, the All-Star power forward, to the Hawks, the situation was resolved.
And Marion came on as the Eagles' starter and received cheers.
In the 2004-05 season, Marion helped the Suns create a run-and-gun storm, and fans here still remember it.
And now the Suns have two main players who came from the Hawks, and they performed very well. The relationship between the two teams is not bad.
Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady...if Nash hadn't had a chance to win the assists title this season, they would have hated these two guys to death.
No one except Liu Mang could have imagined that Nash, who would be 36 or 7 years old in two or three years, would still be the assist leader under Gentry...
The Eagles sent out a starting lineup of Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Prince, Marion, and Kwame Brown.
The Suns sent out a starting lineup of Nash, Raja Bell, Boris Diaw, Josh Smith, and O'Neal.
Kwame Brown and O'Neal came to the center circle to jump the ball.
As the referee blew his whistle, Liu Mang was ready to go!
Liu Mang was not disappointed. After the referee threw the ball to the highest point, Kwame Brown batted the ball to the left. Liu Mang rushed to catch the ball like an arrow.
quick!
When O'Neal is on the court, the Eagles want to play fast!
Liu Mang accelerated the start and caught the Suns off guard!
Laga Bell and Diaw reacted quickly, blocked Liu Mang and quickly passed the ball to McGrady. McGrady rushed inside. Kwame Brown was obviously advancing from a deeper position, but he reached the free throw line first and blocked the recovery basket. With O'Neal next to him, McGrady broke into the paint with the help of Kwame Brown's pick-and-roll. When he encountered the defense of Josh Smith, his former younger brother, he showed a squinting smile and threw the ball over Josh Smith. Josh Smith immediately turned around. , it’s too late!
Shawn Marion's air-cut dunk!
Marion returned to the place where his dream began. The first goal was of course for Marion!