Chapter 567
Superstar is worth 5052 points.
Special Cards: Atlanta's Rage, Advanced Divorce Card, and Rebound Card.
Two mid-level injury potions, three talent skill fragments, and the only three skill upgrade cards left after upgrading the turnaround jumper master to level 5.
And 14 physical potions and 25 primary injury potions.
Looking at the superstar value that was exhausted due to the hard training in the summer, Liu Mang can't wait for the new season's game!
Liu Mang now has sharpshooter, striding and throwing skills, blocker, solo riding, death dunk, ball control master, pick and roll master, touch porcelain master, dry pull king, oppressive pressing, passing master, turnaround jumper master 13 full-level skills in singles, organization, shooting, defense, etc.
With such a rich arsenal in two years, and the full-level skills have good personal abilities to match it, Liu Mang feels a little bit of a sense of accomplishment.
But seeing that there are hot pot feast level 3, fancy dunk level 3, rock-solid level 1, pull-bar layup master level 1, high post-up skill level 1, these skills that are eye-catching but have no "money" to upgrade, just Can't wait to play the game.
Apart from the 5,000 superstar points reserved for injury prevention, it can be said to be destitute.
The preparation time for the last few days after the preseason is coming to an end. Today is October 29, the last day of preparation for the regular season of the Eagles.
In the West, the Spurs are going to start the NBA season opener against the Timberwolves tonight. This morning, after the coaching staff practiced a targeted defense for tomorrow's opener against the Magic, they let the players go. Half a day off and free in the afternoon to prepare for tomorrow's game.
In the last few days of training for the Eagles, the main emphasis was on defense, and there was very little training on the offensive end. There are solutions, and there is no fixed pattern of attack.
Defensive training is the most tiring. Repeated and boring practice of flanking, single defense, and top defense is far less interesting than offensive training, but the Eagles are still a team of "frustrated people". No complaints in training, they all know that their team is always based on defense.
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After the defensive training in the morning, Liu Mang received a call from McGrady about having lunch. After the training, he took a shower and set off for lunch at the restaurant he had made an appointment with McGrady.
Orlando is close to Atlanta, so McGrady and the others have a ten o'clock plane this morning, and they can make an appointment for lunch with Liu Mang at noon.
Liu Mang felt that the time was just right. After lunch, he went to his sneaker launch event in the afternoon. If someone treated someone to lunch, of course he readily accepted.
I drove to a well-known American restaurant in Atlanta. The name is quite Atlanta, and it is called a restaurant born and raised in Atlanta.
At the door, Liu Mang just opened the car door, and immediately two door boys greeted him.
The hot red Lamborghini that Liu Mang drove has become a beautiful landscape in Atlanta. It is no secret that McGrady and Liu Mang have a good relationship since their first All-Star Weekend. Liu Mang drove to the appointed restaurant, two doormen came up, one helped Liu Mang to park the car, and the other took Liu Mang to the place where McGrady was, without asking any questions.
McGrady chose to rely on the inside position, and now it is no different than before. McGrady and Liu Mang can be regarded as powerful in the NBA. McGrady relies solely on personal strength, while Liu Mang has good strength and a strong team.
Seeing Liu Mang coming, McGrady got up and greeted him. Liu Mang went up and hugged him. After living for more than two years, he didn’t feel awkward about this kind of thing as he did at first. It can be said that he has integrated into this group of black-dominated NBA. world.
However, Liu Mang's personality has not changed much, and he said to McGrady: "Sorry, Tracy, I kept you waiting."
Hearing Liu Mang's words, McGrady immediately said: "Ace, I didn't wait long. I just arrived here for a few minutes. When I called you just now, I just arrived in Atlanta."
"..." Well, Liu Wei said that he knew, these Americans are really straight-minded in this regard.
Ignoring this small cultural difference, the two enjoyed a meal of local Atlanta food. Of course, the main food was low-fat food. Both of them were players with extremely high demands on themselves.
Liu Mang found that Maddie seemed to be in a good mood today. During tea time after dinner, Liu Mang asked curiously, "Tracy, what's the matter, you seem to be very happy this year?"
Liu Mang remembers that McGrady was not so happy when he played preseason games with McGrady before the regular season last year, because Hill was injured before he played the preseason game. At that time, some team doctors suggested that Hill should have surgery to give up last season, but Hill Conservative treatment was chosen.
At that time, McGrady, who had been reimbursed by Hill for two consecutive years, had a bad feeling, so McGrady was not so happy last year.
Sure enough, after Hill came back in the regular season last season, he played more than a dozen games and was reimbursed again.
But McGrady is obviously more excited this year than last year.
"Oh, Ace, we will be very strong this year. We also have an All-Star power forward to join us. I am very excited about beating you tomorrow."
Liu Mang thinks about it, the Magic has an All-Star power forward? Who's coming? Juwan Howard? Since he left the Wizards when he was young, where did the unlucky guy who was full of injuries go?
But in terms of strength, Liu Mang feels that Juwan Howard, who was 18+8+3 all the year round in his youth, can barely be considered an All-Star level. There is a teammate named Chris Webber. There are not many opportunities for him to be an All-Star. When Webber left the Wizards, he also left and went to the West. The West has gathered a bunch of super power forwards, and he can't compete for any of them. .
Liu Mang looked at McGrady who was so high-spirited, and couldn't help feeling competitive: "Tracey, wake up, it's already noon, don't sleep."
"Hmph!" McGrady snorted suddenly, "Just wait and see! Tomorrow I will take away the victory!"
After speaking, Maddie left the restaurant angrily.
Liu Mang was stunned, why did he get angry when he was angry? It shouldn't be! When did McGrady become so hot? Does getting a Juwan Howard as a teammate swell?
Just when Liu Mang looked dazed, the waitress came over with a tray with a piece of paper on it.
"Sir, 472 yuan, you are our valued guest, so you only accept 400 yuan, cash or credit card?" The waitress was very professional, and she didn't lose her composure just because Liu Mang is a big local star.
Only then did Liu Mang react!
Damn!
The bastard! It was actually to escape orders!
And there are more and more routines, the way of escaping orders is different every time, this time I actually pretended to be angry and escaped!
The master of fancy escape orders, this is it!
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On the afternoon of the 29th, the regular season of the NBA officially kicked off. The game that attracted the most attention on the first day was of course the match between the defending champion Spurs and the Timberwolves.
The three-headed monster of the Timberwolves lived up to expectations. Give Garnett two quasi-All-star teammates, and he can play for you.
The three-headed monster played an amazing performance for the first time in the regular season. Garnett scored 12 points, 22 rebounds and 11 assists. Although Garnett himself shot 4 of 20 shots, but Cassell scored 40 points and 4 assists, Sprewell scored 23 points and 5 rebounds, and the three-headed monster scored 75 points. They narrowly beat the Spurs 96-90 in the away game and won a good start.
Although Duncan defended Garnett with 4 of 20 jump shots, he was not much better. Although he scored 23 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 8 blocks, he only shot 8 of 28 from the field. While Tate scored, he was also defended to death by Garnett. The two No. 21s staged a gorgeous blacksmithing performance together, showing the league's top defense.
The defending champion still needs to give enough limelight, even if the league doesn't like the Spurs that much, but on the first game day, only the Spurs and Timberwolves game that has attracted widespread attention was arranged.
And the night of the Spurs' championship ring has become dim, so it can't be blamed on the league, who told them they didn't win.
On the first day of the regular season, two No. 21s, a 20+ triple-double, and a quasi-quadruple-double played impressively. In the end, the Timberwolves won the victory because of Kassel's critical moment. Hungry.
After watching the opening games of some weak teams or ordinary playoff teams, I felt so boring.
But because of this, people are looking forward to the next hot team's opener!
On the second game day, the Eagles played against the Magic, the Kings played against the Mavericks, and the Pacers played against the Pistons. There were three popular games. The most popular game was, of course, another game played by the Eagles in the summer, who snatched a stabbing player.
The Timberwolves, Eagles, and Lakers are the three most watched teams in the new season. The games of these three teams are also placed on the 29th, 30th, and 31st for three days.
The Timberwolves and the Lakers are very popular because of their lineups, and the Eagles are also very popular when they look at their lineups, but people pay attention to different points.
Whether the Eagles broke their wings again or really took off this time is what people are most concerned about.
Of course, because Liu Mang has made many enemies, fans of most teams in the league are happy to see the Eagles break their wings again. Similarly, there are no shortage of fans looking forward to the Eagles taking off and competing against the Lakers.
Otherwise, other teams in the league really don't seem to have a chance to beat the Lakers no matter how they look at it. Only the Eagles, whose lineup is also exploding, seem to have a chance to beat the Lakers.
Anyway, whether it is optimistic or negative, people want to see how the Eagles perform.
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On October 30th, the day came when the Eagles played against the Magic at home in the regular season opener.
Although he was pissed off by McGrady's single escape yesterday, Liu Mang really felt that McGrady's high-spirited feeling this year.
Maybe in the first three years, McGrady was not ready to lead the team, because the team was built for Hill at that time, but this year, when Hill was reimbursed for the season last season, he was sure that he would not be able to play this season. So this year is the first time the Magic has built a team around McGrady, introducing Juwan Howard, Tyronn Lue, Deshaun Stevens, Rod Strickland, Donnell Harvey, etc. A group of players have made great reinforcements on the basis of last season, giving McGrady great confidence.
Facing the menacing McGrady, Liu Mang also ignited his fighting spirit. Tonight's game must be won!
After finishing his mid-range shooting practice in the afternoon, Liu Mang took the time to bring Dinah, Alexia, and Levia to the arena. The regular season opener, the three of them will naturally be there to watch. The performance of the season, the three of them are just like ordinary fans, excited and a little worried, but because of the amazing guy Liu Mang, they always feel that this time must be different from the last time!
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In the pre-match preparation stage, Liu Mang rarely went to chat with McGrady during the pre-match preparation with the Magic. This guy is shameless! Liu Mang kept looking at Mai Di with disdainful eyes, but Mai Di resolutely ignored him.
The 20,000 seats on the scene were all filled, and the Eagles fans couldn't wait to see their team officially debut in the regular season.
Despite all the doubts and ridicule, and last year's accidental crash, Eagles fans have always maintained the utmost trust in their team.
After pregame activities and a final warm-up period, the Hawks' five starters took to the field.
Today's Hawks starters are Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, Ratliff.
When Raheem sprinkled magnesium powder, Liu Mang and Boozer on the bench beat their chests in front of the technical stage, Prince danced a square dance, and Ratliff yelled at the fans to drive the atmosphere. After the action, everyone turned their attention to Rasheed Wallace.
The Eagles don't know when it will start. As long as they start, there will be an opening action, which has become a characteristic of the Eagles.
Everyone is curious about what kind of opening action the newcomer Rasheed Wallace will have, including McGrady who has been ignoring Liu Mang's contemptuous eyes for half an hour, the Magic players, and even the Eagles players, except Liu Mang didn't even know what Rasheed Wallace's opening move was.
Just when the fans were expecting, Rasheed Wallace came to the basket next to the Hawks' bench, and the cameramen who had already prepared pointed the camera at Rasheed Wallace's face. The radio microphone was also moved to Rasheed Wallace's side.
The lights on the scene dimmed, and the four large screens facing four directions switched to the camera facing Rasheed Wallace. Rasheed Wallace's innate face appeared in the screen, Although his eyes are closed, he still looks so scary. Similarly, the live broadcast screen has also switched to this.
The picture seemed to be still for three seconds. Suddenly, Rasheed Wallace widened his eyes that usually stare at the referee for technical offenses every three days.
Then, more suddenly, Rasheed Wallace opened his mouth wide and yelled "Ahhhhhh..." into the microphone!
This lung capacity is worthy of being a basketball player. He is full of breath and has amazing explosive power. The roar that lasted for more than ten seconds spread throughout the stadium from the radio microphone!
The scene was frightened and quiet for a few seconds, but after a few seconds, the fans went crazy and all cheered loudly!
Rasheed Wallace's voice seemed to express all the unhappiness that the Eagles had lost in the Eastern Conference Finals in the past two years, formed a new luxury lineup this year, and were underestimated. At the same time, it expressed all the unwillingness and desire of the Eagles fans Let it out!
In the same way, it also represents the catharsis of Rasheed Wallace's unhappiness that people have not been optimistic about in the past two years!
In short, this voice made the atmosphere of the scene frenzied!
Even Liu Mang, the planner, felt his blood boiling. Although he didn't know what to do if Garnett still went to form the Big Three in a few years, who could control that!
Liu Mang has only one thought now: the new season, the NBA, here we come again!
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