Chapter 1454 1453. It Is Meaningless to Have a Child without Playing with It (Please Vote for Me)
"Wow...Ace, do you have such a nice stay every time you come to Los Angeles to play in the Finals?" Levia was shocked by the generosity of the owner of the Eagles.
Even if Levia opened her own company, it would be impossible for her employees to stay in such a villa complex during travel or team building.
"The scenery in Beverly Hills where we stayed last time was not as good as here." Liu Mang replied while looking at the sea from the balcony on the second floor.
Liu Mang and his teammates arrived at the Villa Hotel in Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles at around two o'clock in the afternoon. Although he also had a villa in Los Angeles, Liu Mang still lived in the beach villa with his teammates.
Booking a villa hotel in Los Angeles during the finals, or a villa hotel on the beach, is not easy, nor is it a small expense.
However, Price did not expect that his team would be able to enter the finals this year. The income from a home finals game, and the income from the finals with the Lakers... If he doesn't care about this little money, how can his own players be comfortable? That's how Price came.
"Ace, do you want to go shopping together? I saw an advertisement for a store on the plane. Aida and I are going to buy some clothes." Levia asked.
"No, I want to sleep. I slept too late last night."
"Oh...that's it...then you will take care of Dinah, Avril, and Becas. Aida, let's set off..."
Without giving Liu Mang a chance to react, the two girls left quickly, and soon Liu Mang heard the sound of the rental car's engine starting...
"That's too much!" Liu Mang felt so sick when he looked at the young lady crawling around on the carpet and the two lolita who were sleeping soundly on the sofa.
It's okay for the two lolita to be sleeping, but Shota is still awake!
"Why is this brat so energetic..." Liu Mang came to Becas's side, squatted down and flicked the little shot's face, wondering, "Shouldn't children like to sleep?"
As long as Liu Mang didn't yell, no matter what he did, Becas would laugh non-stop. It was the same this time and he grabbed Liu Mang's finger.
Looking around, no one was there. Liu Mang poked his son in the face with his other hand and pushed Becas on the carpet. Becas immediately laughed non-stop and got up again, grabbed Liu Mang and poked him. Liu Mang used his other hand to poke...
Liu Mang feels that his son is also quite fun...
If you don’t have to play with children, then why have children? This is Liu Mang's creed.
Liu Mang didn't notice that although there was the sound of an engine starting downstairs, it was just Levia who went to drive. Alexia secretly watched Liu Mang through the crack in the door to see if Liu Mang would bully her son as soon as she left. After crying, Alexia smiled when she saw this scene, went downstairs and went out with Alexia...
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When the Hawks came to Los Angeles, the Lakers had already returned to Los Angeles for a day, and the Nuggets also came to Los Angeles early to prepare for the game.
Because the Eastern and Western Conference finals progressed too quickly, and the league also expected this, between the fourth and fifth games after the first four games, from the 28th to the 30th, the league gave three days of preparation time. Starting the Finals too late will give the league a headache, but starting it too early will still cause headaches, because the time between the end of the Finals and the draft will be too long.
The last day of May, the 31st, was the fifth game between the two teams.
The game between the Eagles and the Lakers will be on June 2 at the earliest, which is great good news for the Eagles.
Although the research on the Lakers has never stopped, the drug-addicted duo were the hardest hit by Liu Mang's "Details" program. The Eagles coaching staff also conducted targeted tactical research on the Lakers.
But for the Lakers' tactical training, except for two games in the regular season, there was no training at other times. It was not as much time as the tactical training against the Pistons.
Too much rest time is not necessarily a good thing, but at this time, it is the best thing.
They had a day off on the 29th, and on the 30th, the Eagles came to the training facility rented by the University of Southern California for training.
Compared to UCLA, USC students are much friendlier to the Eagles. There is no smell of barbecue steak outside like when we rented the UCLA training facility last year...
Of course, although USC is the king of American university sports, ranking first in the United States in the number of Olympic medals and gold medals it has, and it is still the first, but now USC is not as good as UCLA in terms of sports scholarships and social benefits received. Public funding for the school's sports is not as good as UCLA's, and the basketball gym's equipment is not as good as UCLA's. However, the Eagles chose here this time instead of UCLA, which has the best basketball gym at the University of Los Angeles. It is mainly used by the Nuggets.
The imaginary opponent of the Eagles training is of course the Lakers. Starting from reaching the Eastern Conference Finals, the Eagles coaching staff made tactical assumptions based on the Lakers' performance in the first two rounds of the playoffs this season, coupled with the already sophisticated analysis.
Now, four games into the Western Conference Finals, the Hawks have more game templates to use to plan tactics.
The Nuggets are similar to the Hawks in some ways. They both have breakout point guards and good shooting forwards, as well as great perimeter players. Centers Camby and Kwame Brown are similar, and their defensive efficiency this season is also the same. It’s the same thing, it’s just a difference in health and defensive characteristics. In comparison, the Nuggets have Camby, Nene, Kenyon Martin, and Reggie Evans inside. The inside defense is definitely much better, but the Hawks have a stronger outside defense. , and with Liu Mang as the outside shot-blocking king, Liu Mang's strength is to help defend the inside.
With something in common, Mike Woodson can use the tactics and play characteristics that the Nuggets used to cinch the score and even win a victory in the first three games to formulate tactics for his team.
The Eagles hope that the Western Conference Finals can be played in Game 5, so that the time is just right and the preparation time will not be too long or too short.
When the Eagles were training on the 30th, at the Toyota Center training hall in Los Angeles and the UCLA basketball hall, the two teams in the Western Conference Finals were preparing for the fifth game.
The Eagles finish training in the morning and let the players rest in the afternoon. Training is very important, and rest is also very important. Playing in the finals for four consecutive years, physical fitness is still very worrying.
The Eagles train mainly on tactical movements, defensive position movements, flanking methods, etc...
It's too late for technical things at this time. Instead of spending that free time, it's better to take a rest.
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"Ace, where are we going?" Maddie asked, looking at the street scene outside the window.
"UCLA, let's go meet Allen." Liu Mang rented a car, and the driver was taking him, McGrady, and Rondo to UCLA.
"Oh, I haven't seen Allen for a long time...I'm not that familiar with him." McGrady was very direct, but he didn't refuse to go to UCLA. Perhaps he wanted to feel the atmosphere of the university. He had already asked Georgia Tech Submitted application for admission.
Rondo didn't speak or ask any questions. He hoped that Liu Mang would ignore his presence and stop buying him some weird clothes or costume props...
When he arrived at the gate of UCLA, he left the driver's phone number. He had been to UCLA once or twice. Liu Mang took his two teammates to a coffee shop on campus. There was a person waiting there. Be a guide today.
"Lian Mei, you came so early! Have you had lunch?" Liu Mang greeted the big man who had already gotten up in the store.
"I just told you not to call me Lian Mei!" Yi Jianlian said angrily. Fortunately, it was Liu Mang who used Chinese. Yi Jianlian breathed a small sigh of relief, "I also trained in the morning and ate a nutritious meal."
"You really are not participating in the draft this year. I remember that your draft prediction has already reached the lottery area..." Liu Mang felt quite surprised. This guy's willpower is stronger than Liu Mang imagined.
"I feel like I'm still not good enough. I want to have more time to polish my skills. The last time I played against Noah and Horford, I lost miserably. I need to make more preparations, and our team There is a very good guard. He will be a sophomore next season and will have more playing time. I want to try to partner with a T1 level point guard in advance." Yi Jianlian said that he did not participate in the draft in advance during his sophomore year. s reason.
"That's it. I support you. Don't be affected by public opinion. Look at those players ten years ago. Many of them entered the NBA after graduating from college." Liu Mang encouraged.
"Well, thank you." Yi Jianlian felt very happy. Domestic news didn't understand why he didn't participate in the draft after averaging 13+7 per game as a sophomore and with the possibility of entering the lottery. They were all not optimistic about him. selection, thinking that with another year and one year older, the draft market might get worse.
This caused Yi Jianlian a lot of trouble. Fortunately, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, both in Los Angeles, often encouraged him.
"By the way, this is the best point guard on our team." Liu Mang used English this time. Tracy McGrady and Yi Jianlian have known each other for a long time. Although they are not familiar with each other, it may be the first time for Rondo to meet Yi Jianlian.
"Hello, my name is Yi Jianlian, just call me Yi." Yi Jianlian stretched out his hand to greet Rondo, who was 30 centimeters shorter than him.
After two years, I have experienced a more harmonious life in the United States in college, and my English has improved more than Yi Jianlian's original several years in the NBA. My personality is also much more cheerful than in the harsh competitive environment of the NBA.
but……
Yi Jianlian is so enthusiastic, but Rondo doesn't buy it...
Rondo just stretched out his hand, shook it, and said, "Rajon Rondo."
"..." Yi Jianlian is so embarrassed...
"Yi, don't worry, this guy's character is like this." McGrady was speechless, this guy's character is really unlikable.
"It doesn't matter..." Yi Jianlian didn't take it to heart.
At this time Rondo spoke, but not to Yi Jianlian, but to Liu Mang: "Boss, you are the best point guard in the world."
Rondo is really scared! Although he still had a deadpan expression, he was really worried that Liu Mang would find an excuse to tease him.
"No, no, no," Liu Mang immediately rejected the term "the best point guard." "I'm not the best point guard in the world, I'm just the best player in the world. The position of point guard can no longer fully capture my greatness. Summarize it."
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They said they came to meet Iverson, but in the end they just said hello, hugged, and took a photo together. The Nuggets asked the three Eagles and Yi Jianlian to leave. They had finished training in the morning and had another meeting in the afternoon. He was engaged in video research and tactical discussions, and had no time to talk to Liu Mang.
For the Nuggets, if they lose, they have to go fishing. They are much more nervous than the Lakers.
On May 31, Liu Mang and his teammates conducted tactical training in the morning. In the afternoon, Liu Mang made an appointment with Yi Jianlian, and after dinner with several teammates, they came to the Staples Center together.
Tonight, the opponent in the finals will probably come out.