Chapter 1447 1446. Playing a Game Is Worse than Dancing (Asking for Guaranteed Monthly Pass)

"Three big stars competing with each other... It seems a bit difficult, we can only see the 23VS24 confrontation..."

In the president's office at the NBA headquarters, David Stern looked at Liu Mang who was chatting with James on the TV screen and sighed helplessly.

This year, David Stern is going to promote James as much as he promoted Wade in the playoffs last year, mainly because he thinks the Hawks should not be able to do it this year.

After the first three games of the second round of the Hawks and Bulls series, the Bulls lost a home court and regained the home advantage on the road, which was the beginning of his whistle for James.

First in the regular season, if you can successfully reach the Eastern Conference Finals, all the way to the finals...

Even if you lose in the finals, you can make James famous. As long as James enters the finals, the previous whistle problem is not a big deal. As time goes by, James is getting stronger and stronger, and people will only remember that he had fought his way to the finals during his rookie contract.

But...

In the defending season after three consecutive championships, Liu Mang actually made it to the Eastern Conference Finals again, and defeated the Bulls, who may be the strongest defensive team in history, when most people were not optimistic. You should know that the Bulls' average loss of less than 84 points per game ranks second in history, second only to the 83.4 points per game set by the Eagles with Mutombo in the shortened season of the 1998-99 season.

And it was done in the current era of encouraging offense. After the first four games, David Stern thought that the Eagles would fall in the second round, and James finally had a chance to breathe.

But...

Liu Mang still made it to the Eastern Conference Finals and faced James...

Hearing the overly harsh noise of the fans on the TV, David Stern knew that this was the fear of the Cleveland fans... This cheering was not about how much confidence they had in their own team, but about the fear of the 16-game losing streak to the Eagles in the regular season in the past four years and the sweep in the playoffs last season...

If the Bulls and the Cavaliers played in the Eastern Conference Finals, David Stern might consider bringing James to the finals.

David Stern will not touch the final battle, which is broadcast live in more than 100 countries. He will not do that, and will not ruin the reputation of the league. However, sending James to the finals will not have such a big impact.

On the contrary, the Lakers won the Cavaliers in the finals by relying on their strength, which can also add to the glory of the Lakers, just like the fans are now looking forward to Liu Mang "doing justice for the heaven".

But if it is the Hawks... David Stern can only temporarily stop praising James. If he continues to praise him this time, it will kill James' future...

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Winning, Liu Mang has always been confident of winning.

When playing against the Bulls in the second round, Liu Mang did not think that the series would be lost, he just felt it was difficult to play.

In six years, he has only lost two rounds of series. Liu Mang does not think he will lose to any opponent who comes to him.

In this round of series against the Cavaliers, Liu Mang also did not think he would lose, never thought so, but the sudden appearance of the task of "doing justice for the heaven" made him feel annoyed.

Liu Mang's feeling about James today... This guy is a man who can do great things. There are many players who are easily made hostile by media opinions towards opponents who originally have no hatred.

But James is not like that. The game is the game, the public opinion is the public opinion, and the interaction with people is only about the person.

This made Liu Mang understand James again. This guy is the same type of person as him in this respect.

After chatting with James for a while, Liu Mang returned to his own half to practice shooting and prepare for the upcoming game.

In today's game, except for North America... the attention is average.

James's influence is currently limited to the United States, and other countries and regions are basically in a state of chicken feathers and duck blood.

At only 22 and a half years old, James has a bright future, but at this stage, fans who have watched the games of those stars who entered the NBA in the 1980s and 1990s and were technically mature from the beginning, before James had the strength of MVP and won the MVP, except for fans in North America who were attracted by him in high school, it is difficult for fans in other regions to like such a young player with poor skills and who mostly relies on body and whistle to play.

And for now, the Hawks and the Cavaliers meet in the Eastern Conference Finals... Public opinion generally believes that the Hawks have already made it halfway to the finals, even if they haven't played a single game in the Eastern Conference Finals, people already think so.

James is definitely not Liu Mang's opponent, this is a general consensus.

The suspense of the series is not great, most fans only expect the Hawks to beat the Cavaliers, and most fans have no interest in the game itself.

Last year's 1VS23 matchup attracted the attention of many fans, but this season's 23VS24 matchup has attracted much less attention from Americans.

The main reason is worry...

Worry that the situation in the second round will happen again, it's heartbreaking to watch.

Except for China, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, which broadcast this series live, most TV stations in most countries choose to broadcast more Western Conference Finals.

Liu Mang practiced shooting while watching the ability evaluation of the Cavaliers' stars.

Chandler's ability rating is 83, weak in offense but strong in defense, offense is 70, defense is 92, and rebounds are 97; Peja's ability rating is 88, a pure shooter, his shooting is only 84 except for layups, and the other two are all above 90, 92 mid-range shots and 94 three-pointers; LeBron James, ability rating is 95, offense is 96, defense is 89...

The ability evaluation of the three Cavaliers stars has not changed much from the last regular season match.

After the ability evaluation reached 95, James' progress has temporarily stagnated. It is difficult to make further progress. Unless there is technical improvement or improvement on the defensive end, it is difficult for the strength to increase as much as in the past few years in a short period of time.

Just as Liu Mang was observing the ability evaluation of the Cavaliers' Big Three, exclamations rang out on the scene...

Liu Mang turned his head curiously and saw that James and McGrady were dancing...

Tracy McGrady, whose Latin dance talent was lit up by Liu Mang, won the title of "North American Latin Dance King" in the second round of this year's playoffs. When James started to dance the opening dance as usual after greeting Liu Mang and others, McGrady on the Hawks side couldn't hold back and swayed his body to get close to him.

James's dance is no longer limited to the Pure Land. Of course, this is the core dance step, but his management team helped him recruit a large number of dance teachers and musicians, and choreographed a lot of music and dance around the core dance steps of the Pure Land. Compared with Prince working alone, James is obviously more business-minded...

James was shocked by McGrady's dance and stopped dancing. The DJ hesitated for a moment and changed to the climax of the passionate samba music. McGrady got the Latin dance music and danced more vigorously.

After more than ten seconds of the high-end stage, McGrady finished dancing, and the DJ immediately changed to the dance music composed around the Pure Land. James responded immediately...

James was originally desperate for this series, but now he has teammates who are much better than last year, and he has won the first regular season division championship in his career. Even if he is not optimistic, he plans to fight.

At the very least, he had to create some trouble for Liu Mang, or show his progress this season. After playing several games in the playoffs, James also wanted to win the next game. Although he himself had no hope for the series, he only wanted to win one game...

With this mentality, James was not lacking in fighting spirit, but his emotions were definitely not high.

But...when McGrady came up to dance, he ignited James' emotions.

It was as if he had returned to the past when he danced with Prince!

Two of the four major dance kings in North America started the "Dancing Forest Conference" before the opening game of the series!

Originally...the series did not attract much attention, and the game was about to start, and the ratings were also low...

But...

The producers of ESPN and Chaoting TV were originally sighing because the prize money for this round of the series was gone, but...the ratings suddenly started to rise!

Looking at the ratings rising like a rocket, the leaders of the TV station didn't know what happened. The ratings were not high, and they didn't have the heart to watch the game.

I turned on the TV in the office and saw the pre-game dance battle between James and McGrady. The dance battle between two NBA players who are already professional dancers unexpectedly boosted the ratings of this series...

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