Chapter 1605 1604. Are You Ready for the Finale?
Feeling that the national team players were a little more relaxed, team leader Zhang said to the players: "We have to work hard to win the championship in the game the day after tomorrow, but we don't need to be too nervous. The one who is nervous should be the American team, they have spent so much effort. With such a lineup, they are even more afraid of losing to us. Anyway, we are barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. If we beat them, we will continue to be number one in the world!”
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"Oh oh oh... Ron, long time no see!" Liu Mang went up and hugged Artest.
"Haha, Ace, long time no see, we finally became teammates..."
China and the United States advanced to the finals, and many American stars came to the Imperial Capital to watch this game.
Liu Mang has defeated too many opponents in the NBA. In addition to the battle for the world's number one, this game is a key battle for whether the Dream Team can recover, and whether the "NBA Superstars United" can defeat the evil giant. Demon King Ace-Liu.
On the afternoon of August 24, Artest also came to the Imperial Capital, but first he did not go to visit the US team, but to visit his new teammate Liu Mang.
He volunteered to play in the Olympics last summer, but was not selected, and his relationship with old coach K was very tense. His bigger purpose in coming to the imperial capital was to meet Liu Mang and celebrate Liu Mang's birthday.
Liu Mang chatted with Artest and learned a lot.
In addition to the reason why Artest came, there are also some details about Artest being traded to the Hawks...
The reluctance to come to the Hawks last year was related to the fact that the Hawks got O'Neal first. Of course, it was also related to the fact that the Hawks had Tracy McGrady locked in as the starting small forward last year.
When McGrady was about to be traded for Milicic this year, Coach Kruger started planning to get Artest. When Milicic was traded, O'Neal was sent to the Rockets...
Coach Kruger's plan was deep. After Liu Mang guessed Coach Kruger's conspiracy, he secretly took a breath: Our head coach didn't know who he learned from. He played tricks one after another. This is a serial plan!
"Ace, I know you like playing games, so this is a birthday gift for you..." Artest gave Liu Mang his birthday the day after tomorrow in advance. He didn't know if he would have a chance to give a gift on the day of the Olympic finals. Today Just gave it.
"Assassin's Creed, Fallout 3, Call of Duty 5, Grand Theft Auto 4, Tomb Raider 8..." Liu Mang looked at these dozen game discs in surprise, all of which were new games released from April to August.
In the past few months, it was the playoffs and the Olympics. Liu Mang didn't have time to buy these new games to play. Liu Mang felt thoughtful about this gift, and even went to understand his private hobbies.
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As the host, Liu Mang naturally wanted to take Artest around the imperial capital of his country.
What is the most exciting thing now? Of course it is the Olympic Games. Liu Mang and Levia took Artest to the Water Cube to watch the afternoon diving competition.
Throughout the afternoon, the Chinese flag was raised at the Water Cube. Except for the men's 10-meter springboard championship, which was snatched away by Australia's Matthew Meacham, the remaining seven single and double competition champions were all won by the Chinese Diving Dream. The team took it.
Diving is a sport that does not attract much attention, but it is not bad to watch. However, the Chinese team has always won the championship, which makes the game seem to have no suspense.
Artest was very happy to watch.
After watching the game, Liu Mang and Levia took Artest to the parking lot to prepare for the next game venue.
When heading to the parking lot, Liu Mang asked, "Ron, where is your wife? Why isn't she here?"
"We are divorced." Artest's tone seemed to be very happy.
"Ah?" Liu Mang didn't expect Artest to be in such a mood when he said this. "Isn't she just hitting you occasionally? Isn't that what?"
"Oh my god, I called the police and the police couldn't stop her from beating me. Ace, do you think I shouldn't divorce her?" Artest was very depressed. After the divorce, his children and parents blamed him. Originally, Looking for some comfort.
"Uh..." Liu Mang looked at the league's strongest small forward and didn't know what to say. He forcibly comforted him: "It's okay, Ron, you are so charming, you will definitely find a gentle girlfriend." ...Well, as gentle as Levia."
The latter sentence was added after feeling the murderous intent. Seeing Levia smiling again, Liu Mang breathed a sigh of relief.
Liu Mang didn't continue to talk about this matter. Liu Mang thought it would be better to ignore his family affairs. He was just asking casually, but he didn't expect to poke the pain point of his new teammate. Liu Mang introduced the next step to Artest. The events we are watching, at this time, almost every event is about to decide the final champion, so we are going to watch the women's volleyball team next.
Today is the women's volleyball team's third-place match. The Chinese team plays the powerful Cuban team. In the semifinals, the Chinese team lost to Brazil, the current world leader in women's volleyball. However, against Cuba, which is also among the top five in the world, the Chinese women's volleyball team still has hope of winning a medal.
The men's volleyball team knelt down in the quarter-finals; the women's basketball team fell in the semi-finals, lost to Russia in the third-place match, and stopped in the semi-finals; the women's football team reached the quarter-finals, but unfortunately failed to advance to the semi-finals; the men's football team...; The men's volleyball team lost in the quarter-finals, but won two consecutive ranking matches and finished fifth in the world, setting a new record in team history.
Now, in addition to the men's basketball team locking in the silver medal, the women's volleyball team also has a chance to win a medal in the three major sports.
Artest likes to watch women's sports. He immediately put aside the tragic memory of being beaten by his wife and happily followed the boss of his new team to watch a women's volleyball match played by tall female athletes...
When they arrived at Capital City, there was still half an hour before the women's volleyball third-place match at 4 p.m. Liu Mang took Artest for a walk outside Capital City.
Fortunately, I was targeted by reporters. In fact, I had been targeted since the previous diving event, but I was blocked here.
"Ace, Ron, you are teammates now, what are your expectations for next season?"
"Ace, what is your goal for next season?"
"Ace, what do you think about becoming teammates with Ron? Are you worried about Ron's character on the court?"
"Ace..."
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Liu Mang was so pissed off. He had known he would have brought some bodyguards with him. He thought that with Artest and Levia he wouldn't need bodyguards, but one of them is his teammate and the other is his girlfriend. It's hard to deal with them. The reporter stopped.
Some of the questions I was asked were relatively friendly, and some were really direct.
In this case, Liu Mang continues to show off...
"It is an honor for me to be teammates with Ron. What is my goal? Do you think that besides winning more championships, do I have other goals? In addition to the fact that championships are difficult for me, there are other things. Can you make it difficult for me?”
There was nothing to talk about with Liu Mang, so the reporter pointed the microphone decisively at Artest: "Ron, what are your expectations for joining the Hawks?"
"We will have 80 wins and 3 losses in the regular season next season! Win the championship!" Artest responded.
"Mr. Artest, there are only 82 games in the regular season." The reporter was speechless. Are the Eagles so bad at math?
"Sorry, then we will get 80 wins and 2 losses!"
"..." The reporter might as well ask Liu Mang, this guy can at least pretend to be cool and give some news.
"Ace, in the NBA next season, which team do you think will put the most pressure on you?" the reporter asked Liu Mang again.
"Is it pressure? No, we are too strong.
Are you ready to watch the NBA finale? "