Chapter 1456 1455. Unprecedented Challenge (Please Vote)

Except for the night of the 31st, Liu Mang watched the news, and then he stopped watching the news. He worked with his teammates and coaching staff to study ways to deal with the Lakers.

Liu Mang didn't want to pay attention to the disturbances from the outside world.

Although public opinion has greatly praised his strength, it is not so optimistic about the Eagles' strength this season.

Most people even think that the Lakers will definitely get revenge this year.

Such arguments have already begun to appear after the Lakers advanced to the Finals on the night of the 31st.

They are optimistic about Liu Mang and not optimistic about the Eagles. With such complicated public opinions, the Eagles coaching staff does not want the players to fall into such a whirlpool of public opinion.

The Lakers have also advanced, and the Eagles' concentration has also increased to the highest level, working hard to prepare for the finals.

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Soon the time came to June 2. After the morning tactical discussion ended and a training session to adjust tactics, the Eagles had no more training.

In addition to the regular shooting training on the morning of tomorrow's game day, the next step is waiting for the finals to begin.

"83,369,169 rogue points, 470,079 superstar points..."

Liu Mang looked at the rogue value and superstar value in the system, and found that they were still far behind.

"At this stage, unless you draw the star card of a superstar, it will not play any role in the game. It can only be used to experience the unique abilities of some distinctive players in normal games and learn. Draw more star cards. It's better to save up and draw attribute fruits to increase the upper limit of physical fitness..." Liu Mang sighed when he thought of this.

Now that Liu Mang has super personal abilities, he no longer needs the help of star cards. But sometimes when he needs to break his upper limit, it is not as convenient as when he was still weak. The best thing about this system is that it has the largest The function is to improve one's own strength, but there are always limits to a person's abilities.

Because Liu Mang is now the best player on the team, and may even be the strongest player currently active.

"Lillard, Reid, Deron or Kidd, Durant, Bynum, James, Murphy, these are the seven useful star cards above 90, but the most powerful among them is Durant. He will be better than me..."

Thinking of this, Liu Mang was in a much higher mood. The God of Death who loved to drink bath water was not as strong as him, so he became more confident.

To the outside world and to his teammates, Liu Mang answers all questions in a relaxed tone, not putting pressure on his teammates, and looks confident. Except for Rondo, who doesn't talk much but is thoughtful... Maybe McGrady feels it too, but in From the perspective of others, Liu Mang has always been confident.

But the situation we encountered this time was indeed very difficult!

Liu Mang has been worried about the Lakers this season since the summer.

From Liu Mang's memory of Kobe's post-Kobe Bryant's two consecutive championship lineups, Liu Mang can tell that although the Lakers were optimistic at the beginning but were also questioned about the super inside lineup, they would not have as many as the previous Big Four. Problem, on the contrary, the running-in may be extremely smooth.

The main reason for the previous Big Four was that there was one more Payton. If there was no Payton, but a small forward or an interior substitute, there were Kobe, Malone, O'Neal and a frontcourt player comparable to Payton's strength at that time. That team The Lakers will definitely cause a lot of trouble for the Hawks.

As for the Lakers' current lineup, Kobe + Gasol + Odom + Yao Ming, from Liu Mang's perspective, this lineup will definitely succeed. Kobe + Gasol + Odom is what Liu Mang remembers very well. A successful championship combination, and replaced the young version of Bynum with Yao Ming in his prime...

Of course, just like the two consecutive championships after Kobe in the original time and space, apart from the four major stars, the Lakers' other players are not very talented. Barnes is very good, but not even as good as Ariza and Ariza in the original 08-09 season and 2009- Artest has passed his peak in the 2010 season.

But Kobe is younger, and Bynum is finally upgraded to Yao Ming, so this is no longer a problem.

The Lakers' regular season record is only ranked fourth in the league. It's purely their own fault. They suffer from aristocratic diseases every three days. From time to time, they have to come back from being 20 points behind at halftime. Occasionally, when someone strikes, they can't come back.

Although the Lakers look like a scary lineup, they can only tie for fourth place with the Hawks. They only rely on the fact that they win more games in the Western Division than the Hawks win in the Eastern Division to rank higher than the Hawks. The first grade is really made by myself.

However, the dominance shown in the playoffs confirmed Liu Mang's conjecture. It was not particularly difficult for the Lakers to win the Suns, which defeated the Spurs. Instead, it improved the Lakers' status to another level. After encountering the whole process When the Nuggets exploded, they could still suppress it steadily.

Liu Mang had always hoped that the day when he would face the Lakers in the playoffs would come later, so that the team would have more time to improve, but...in order to get Wade, he sacrificed some of his strength.

Now Liu Mang really has no confidence that he can beat the Lakers.

But... after a long time, Liu Mang became much more relaxed as he was about to face him head-on.

The outside world's opinion of the aging Eagles has put less pressure on Liu Mang.

“Competency Assessment 97;

Right hand: 97 three-pointers, 94 mid-range shots, 95 layups;

Left hand: 88 three-pointers, 84 mid-range shots, 92 layups..."

Looking at his own ability evaluation, Liu Mang feels that except for Nowitzki and Nash, no one can compare with him in shooting. This is his advantage!

In the five days of preparations from the 29th to this morning, the team has tried its best to combine skills and tactics to the best of its ability.

Liu Mang looked at the star cards he could use and his ability evaluation. He didn't have too many worries, he just did it!

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"I know mom, your son is the strongest in the world, no problem...don't be discouraged if you lose? How could you lose...Okay, okay, I won't be proud. Am I the kind of person who will be arrogant? Are you coming over to play in the summer?...You and dad are going to travel to Northern Europe to escape the heat in the summer? Let's go together...Am I in the way? Mom! What you said is a bit too much..."

On the morning of June 3, 2007, at night in China, Liu Mang received a call from his mother, Ms. Tong Xiaoying. After being treated with a wave of dog food and dislike, Liu Mang felt the strong "love" of his biological mother and learned that Mom and Dad would be closed tomorrow morning and hung up the phone after the breakfast room was closed to watch his game.

The two elders rarely make big calls to Liu Mang. Most of them call Alexia or Dinah. They don't want to disturb Liu Mang. Liu Mang's parents are traditional Chinese elders after all. Their support for their children's careers will outweigh their longing for them. ...But this Liu Mang feels that they always dislike him for getting in the way...

But before the finals started, the worried mother still called Liu Mang. After all, both of them became middle-aged football kings because of Liu Mang.

After Liu Mang finished the call, Little Loli leaned into Liu Mang's arms and asked, "Uncle, what did grandma call to say?"

"It's nothing, it's just that two middle-aged couples who have rekindled the passion they had when they were 20 years old want to leave their son and granddaughter to travel together." Liu Mang pinched the little Loli's face and said dissatisfiedly.

"What do you mean?" Little Loli didn't understand.

Liu Mang didn't explain. He ate the little Loli tofu and took the confused little Loli to the Staples Center to prepare for the game. The other two girls wouldn't go until the afternoon, so Liu Mang had to get used to the basket... …

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Time: After six o'clock in the evening on June 3, 2007.

Where: Staples Center.

Event: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Atlanta Hawks in Game 1 of the Finals.

After two days of closer preparations, Liu Mang and his teammates came to the Staples Center to challenge the Lakers away from home.

This is the first time Liu Mang has played in the finals in an away game in his career, and it feels very different.

When the Finals arrived at the Staples Center, the fans suffering from aristocratic disease also went crazy.

When enemies meet, they are extremely jealous, referring to the current situation of the two teams.

It's different from the Bulls' unilateral hatred of the Hawks, or the stage of the game is different.

The hatred accumulated in the finals cannot be compared to the division playoffs.

Just like the Celtics defeated the Lakers in the 1960s, but Celtics fans still hated the Lakers. In the 1980s, when the Lakers directly competed with the Celtics in the finals, the Lakers didn't look at the 1980s. The Era has won 5 championships, and the Celtics have only 3, but the Lakers and Celtics only played against each other twice, winning one and losing one.

The history of the Lakers and Celtics in the Finals was even more brutal, but Celtics fans seem to hate the Lakers even more deeply than Lakers fans hate the Celtics.

This kind of emotion is very complicated. To sum it up, after defeating the opponent many times on the strongest stage, losing to the opponent even once is unacceptable. Because of the previous crushing, if the opponent wins once, it means that the crushing is broken and the opponent has won. Opportunity.

And the opponent is the Lakers...The Lakers are the original sin!

The Lakers have their pride. The division championship banner will not be hung over the arena. Similarly, when they won the Western Conference playoff championship trophy and received the Western Conference playoff championship banner issued by the league, they did not hang it above the ball. It is placed above the stadium, but placed in the head coach's or president's or general manager's office. It is not even their office at Staples Center, but placed at their training ground.

Such arrogance made Liu Mang feel that it was natural for the Lakers to be hated.

Therefore, the boos and hatred of the fans at the scene not only did not make the Eagles players timid, but the Eagles players, including Liu Mang, were full of desire to defeat the Lakers.

Seeing the fighting spirit of his teammates ignited by the boos from the fans, Liu Mang originally planned to say something before the game, but it seemed that there was no need for it.

He looked at Kobe who was putting on an arm guard on his right arm, looked at Yao Ming who had put a hair tie on his head for some reason, looked at Gasol who looked like a victim, and looked at Silly Le. Odom, who is not stopping but may become the most terrifying killer...

There was not much interaction. Liu Mang and Yao Ming just shook hands. At 6:30, the starting players of the two teams came on the court. Liu Mang felt that the finals, which was an unprecedented challenge, had begun!