Chapter 1546 1545. Moving Forward Under Pressure

"Ding... Congratulations to the host for winning the All-Star Weekend dance performance and making a name for himself in the literary and artistic circles. The next stage of the celebrity series mission is to be launched."

"Ding... Because the host has created a new dance that can be widely promoted, the rogue value is obtained..."

"Ding... Because the host's new dance steps are extremely popular among teenagers... ..."

"Ding... Because the host's new dance steps are wildly sought after by Chinese teenagers born in the 1990s and late 1980s..."

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Back in the villa, Liu Mang soaked in the bathtub and looked at the rows of prompts.

Liu Mang always thought that the audience of dancers was quite small, but he didn't expect that the rogue value would increase by more than two million so quickly. It's just that why the system specifically prompted the crazy pursuit of those born in the 1980s and 1990s, Liu Mang didn't understand it a bit.

Being so popular must have something to do with the big stage of the All-Star Weekend, but before being pulled by Yao Ming and James to dance square dance, it didn't increase that much.

This must have something to do with the high evaluation of the giants in the American dance world.

People are like this. When a big boss in an industry you don't understand praises someone, you will think he is really amazing.

Liu Mang is still surprised by the high praise, but there are more annoying things.

After taking a bath and returning to bed, Levia has fallen asleep. The little girl danced in front of people from more than 100 countries around the world that night. Although she is unlikely to be remembered with so many people in the dance troupe, Bianca Ryan unexpectedly became popular again, but the little girl is still very excited.

Liu Mang opened his laptop and saw the email from Schwartz.

This is something Schwartz asked him about after he was interviewed while doing physical therapy during the All-Star Game.

It is a project about a dance studio. After Liu Mang received the task from the NBA to perform a dance during the All-Star Weekend, he told Schwartz about it, and Schwartz immediately started thinking about it.

Moreover, now that Liu Mang's new dance has become a hit, Schwartz wants to do something even more.

Liu Mang originally wanted to refuse, but if this aspect could get him more attention...

But Liu Mang really didn't want to live such a busy life, and the daily training time was not enough!

But Schwartz said that McGrady was ready to open a dance studio and set up a studio, of course, under Liu Mang's company.

Prince and James started to discuss cooperation with some professional media people after playing in the All-Star Game, and they all wanted to take advantage of the All-Star Weekend.

Liu Mang was reluctant to give up this opportunity.

Fame and popularity are equal to money for public figures!

The name "Ace Liu Dance Studio" can be sold for money.

After thinking about it, Liu Mang replied an email...

Liu Mang himself really didn't want to get deeply involved. It's okay to play occasionally, but you can let people from your own company come. Doesn't your company have a little bun who is obviously an advertisement? Let the little bun learn to dance and make money...

It's time to let this little bun classmate work to pay off his debts!

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After the All-Star Game, the next day, Liu Mang and his family, along with other members of the team, their families, and the coaching staff, took a chartered flight back to Atlanta.

New Orleans is even more unsafe with more people, mainly because the tourists are mixed, and several vicious incidents have occurred in the past few days.

After returning to Atlanta, he rested for a day. Although the outside world was very excited about the "Ace Liu Shuffle Dance" and "Ace Liu Dance Studio", some of the people who danced with Liu Mang before the All-Star Game were also signed by Schwartz. Since he was going to prepare a dance studio, he naturally needed a group of dancers, and these dancers who Liu Mang had personally taught were the most suitable.

But Liu Mang still put his heart back and prepared to start preparing for the second half of the season.

McGrady's dance studio was also fully handed over to Schwartz, who contacted professionals to set up a studio and dance studio.

After a night of rest, on February 22, the Hawks players returned to the Phillips Arena for training after seven days.

The intensity of the first day's training was quite high, and Coach Kruger wanted the players to concentrate.

However, Liu Mang never needed to worry. McGrady's current goal was to avenge his shame. His performance last year was severely criticized.

Although Jason Terry likes to play, he has been very hard throughout his career, but he really played poorly last year, and his fighting and effort were poor. There is nothing we can do about it.

Most of the Hawks are veterans, and their fighting spirit is not a problem. At this age, they will not play too hard in the second half of such a crucial season. If they play too hard, they will really have no chance of winning the championship.

For example, O'Neal, Finley, and Marion, the three brothers, have a seven-day rest period and train every other day to maintain their condition. Under Finley's leadership, they are quite professional.

Only Mason went overseas to collect folk songs...

There is no way, Mason's main job is painting, and playing basketball is just a side job...

The condition is unexpectedly good!

This makes Coach Kruger very satisfied.

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On February 23, the Hawks ushered in their first opponent after the All-Star Weekend, the Los Angeles Lakers.

The 2007-08 season for the Lakers was truly full of disasters. First, Ariza broke his wrist before the All-Stars weekend and was ruled out for the season. Then, during the All-Stars weekend, something went wrong for the Lakers again.

Lakers backup power forward Vladimir Radmanovic lied to the team that he had fractured his tibia knee due to fatigue from training. It did not cause much response at the time. People just thought the Lakers were unlucky.

However, the Lakers were really unlucky, and so was Radmanovic. Someone took a picture of him falling down while skiing. After the reporter's in-depth pursuit, he got the inside story from the hospital. Radmanovic fell down while skiing and twisted his knee, causing a fractured tibia. In addition, some fans broke the news that Radmanovic was wandering around during the entire All-Star weekend and did not train at all...

During the All-Star weekend, not many people paid attention to this matter. The attention was on the All-Star Game, but as soon as the All-Star weekend ended, this matter became popular.

The Lakers had to make some statement no matter what. Skiing, riding a motorcycle, etc. are dangerous actions that are expressly prohibited by the NBA. The Lakers officially announced before coming to Atlanta that Radmanovic would be suspended for three games, which means that Radmanovic would not be paid for the first three games of his recovery.

Apart from that, the Lakers did not punish Radmanovich.

What else can they do? He hurt himself. The Lakers need this substitute pitcher who can play both power forward and small forward on the bench.

Maybe it was because of the absence of Ariza and Radmanovich, or maybe the Lakers players had too much fun during the All-Star Weekend. It can be seen from Radmanovich that they were really having fun. Maybe the Lakers' morale was somewhat damaged after the absence of the starting small forward and the substitute power forward.

Of course, the biggest reason must be that the Hawks continued their crazy state before the All-Star Weekend!

In the game between the Hawks and the Lakers at home, the Hawks pressed the Lakers throughout the game!

The last time they played against the Lakers on Christmas Day, the Hawks and the Lakers were evenly matched. Even because of Odom's outbreak, the Hawks were at a disadvantage for a while. Relying on Jason Terry's super outbreak, the Hawks maintained a slight lead, and finally the three Hawks defeated the Lakers.

But this time, the Lakers couldn't even make a shot, and the Hawks could shoot whatever they wanted under the Lakers' full defense!

115 to 97, the Hawks beat the Lakers by 18 points!

In this game, the Hawks got a total of 31 assists, Liu Mang 14 points and 16 assists, Brad Miller 8 points and 8 assists, Rondo 7 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds, McGrady got 33 points, Wade 19 points... Basically, he could get assists whenever he passed the ball, and he was in great shape!

Jason Terry is also a strange man. When the team is at a disadvantage, he can go crazy. When the team is at an advantage, he can be as iron as he wants.

On the Lakers side, Kobe made 10 of 33 shots... Without the excellent performance against the Hawks in the past two years, it's time to be iron. Yao Ming only made 2 of 11 shots and didn't dare to shoot more. Gasol only got 7 shots, 2 of 7 shots and got 8 points.

Odom, on the other hand, scored 20 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists with 8 of 12 shots. Odom used to get mad just when he saw Amare Stoudemire because Stoudemire was rude and hurt Odom, but the Hawks... maybe because Liu Mang offended Odom, Odom is now very focused when he sees the Hawks.

After the game, Kobe shot 27 times in the next two quarters after shooting 0 out of 6 in the first quarter, only making 10 shots. He played 40 minutes in the whole game and missed 23 shots, which triggered a lot of criticism from the media.

The media is like this. If Kobe shoots less after shooting 0 out of 6 in the first quarter and the Lakers lose, the media will criticize him for not shooting. If he keeps shooting in his style, he will also be criticized for losing without making any shots.

Liu Mang felt sorry for the blacksmith who taught him so many skills for three seconds, and then excitedly opened a small account to go online again...

This time Liu Mang learned to be smart, not so direct, but pretended to be a fan of the blacksmith to fight with those black fans, causing a bigger...

It has become a habit to go online and fight with fans after the game. It’s not that Liu Mang likes to do that, but to relieve pressure.

After defeating the Lakers, the Hawks’ record improved to 48 wins and 6 losses, 27 consecutive wins!

The 27 consecutive wins broke the second historical record of 26 consecutive wins previously held by the Hawks, but it is also a kind of pressure!

The Hawks actually had a lot of pressure when playing against the Lakers, but they were in good shape and the opponent was in poor shape, so they won easily, but the more they won, the greater the pressure.

Now this kind of "cannot lose, dare not lose" pressure hangs over the Hawks.

However, whether it is the Hawks players or the coaching staff, they can only be forced to move forward!

This is basketball! This is the NBA.