Chapter 676
After winning the jump ball, Liu Mang immediately ran behind Ratliff who received the ball, for fear that Francis, a rough man, would beat him up in a rage.
Fighting is not a problem, the key is the live broadcast of the game all over the world, Liu Mang is worried that it will be bad if his handsome face is disfigured.
Carter, McGrady, and Stockton were also afraid that Francis would run away, so they didn't run to the frontcourt immediately. The position formed an encirclement circle for Francis. If Francis really went away, they would immediately stop him, and Ratliff also held him with one hand. Ball, with one hand protecting Liu Mang. .
But everyone underestimated the strength of Francis' heart, and he was teased by Liu Mang not once or twice, what else can he do, be careful next time and be targeted by this bastard again...
In the west, the unity is far worse than in the east. Even Kobe and O'Neal on the bench are not united, let alone other people. Although Yao Ming is Francis' teammate, Liu on the other side Mang belongs to the same country, a future teammate of the national team, he can only pretend that he didn't hear anything.
Similarly, an important reason why Francis held back his shame and anger was because of Yao Ming.
And... mainly because of getting used to it, Liu Mang's bad mouth is well known among the players, as one of Liu Mang's rivals, he got used to it over time, he believes that one day, this bastard will definitely be People were beaten to death...Francis could only stare at Liu Mang and turn back to defend.
Liu Mang looked at the four starting teammates protecting him, and was very moved. Ratliff and Stockton are teammates on the team. I will not talk about these two. I did not expect Carter and McGrady to be so loyal. Mang heartily give them thumbs up!
Liu Mang has made an important decision. Given how loyal these two are today, for the rest of the regular season against them this year... don't abuse them, just let them go and let them win on purpose!
Liu Mang patted his chest and silently made this promise: You treat me like a gentleman of the country, and I will repay you as a soldier of the country!
It's just that it seems that the next time the Eagles play the regular season with the Magic and the Nets will have to wait until next season...
Seeing that the two teams did not clash, even Francis, who was being teased, was not really angry. The referee, who was already waiting, was relieved. If the All-Stars were to fight... the referee hurriedly signaled the Eastern team to attack quickly.
Stockton was okay, but the cousin was most helpless. Having such a friend was enough, and the three of them ran to the frontcourt.
Both the fans and the players on the field thought that Liu Mang would catch the ball and push forward, but the Eastern players who had just arrived in the frontcourt and the Western players who had just returned to the three-point line in the backcourt saw Ratliff pointing at Liu Mang. After a bit of the frontcourt, he dribbled the ball and advanced!
The point is, Liu Mang really ran over and pulled away to a 45-degree angle beyond the three-point line!
To be honest, NBA players, even if they are centers, can dribble well without interference. Perkins can control the ball and advance like a small guard on the street court, and Ratliff advances to the frontcourt.
Yao Ming didn't expect Ratliff to implement the unreliable game that Liu Mang said just now!
Yao Ming is a very traditional person, whether it is life or basketball, he is very traditional. In his cognition, the center plays like a traditional center because he plays low, pulls out the mid-range shot, and grabs rebounds. , He is very traditional, so at the All-Star weekend last season, he only scored one goal and got three rebounds, and then the Western All-Star coach felt that he was too boring and replaced him.
The fans at the scene are all hi!
Or the Eagles players will play!
Seeing Ratliff advance, not only the fans at the scene, but even Shaquille O'Neal, who is the most smug, cheered for Ratliff on the sidelines and cheered loudly!
Just as Yao Ming was about to go out to defend Ratliff, he saw Francis let go of Liu Mang and rushed towards Ratliff, wanting to steal it!
revenge!
Definitely a vengeful idea, Ratliff is Liu Mang's teammate, so revenge on Ratliff is the same as revenge on Liu Mang!
However, the reason why Francis has been criticized for his poor defense is because his defensive prediction is really bad, and the pressing is also straightforward. Ratliff pushed forward amidst the cheers of the fans and players on the sidelines. He was very excited to see Francis rushed over, not afraid at all, anyway, it was the All-Star game, he used a move that he had never used in an official game, and changed his direction!
When Francis rushed in front of him, Ratliff pulled the ball sharply to the left, jumped to the left, and avoided Francis' defense. Francis rushed over the head! Shaked away by Ratliff!
When the fans saw this scene, they all cheered "Wow..."
Ratliff swayed away from Francis, heard the cheers of the fans, and excitedly stepped on the three-point line to stop the ball, regardless of his long two-pointer, he shot directly!
Sometimes a blind cat can really meet a dead mouse. Ratliff, who has only shot one three-pointer so far in his career and has never made a three-pointer, stepped on the three-point line and hit the backboard with a long two-pointer and bounced into the basket!
Seeing this scene, O'Neal on the sidelines stood up and rushed to the sidelines, patted his forehead with one hand, pointed at Ratliff with the other, and shouted Ratliff's name while laughing!
The scene was even more crazy. Although it seemed that the two teams were not confrontational today, it became more fun!
After scoring a goal, Ratliff imitated Liu Mang, pointed at Yao Ming who was about to run out of the basket, and blew the non-existent gunpowder smoke with both hands, quite arrogant!
Liu Mang and Stockton didn't expect Ratliff to make the shot! Come up and give Ratliff a hard five.
Seeing this scene, the fans at the scene began to shout badly: "big-yao...big-yao..."
Yao Ming also seemed to be enlightened, asking for the ball from Kobe!
Kobe looked at Yao Ming and felt a kind of despair in the world. How could such a decent man with bushy eyebrows and a square face be led astray by that bastard!
But it's quite interesting. Today is probably the game Kobe laughed the most since the beginning of this season. Kobe was going to serve the ball to Yao Ming. After Yao Ming asked for the ball, Kobe ran out of the baseline and served the ball to Yao Ming.
The players of the western team also started to play!
Garnett helped Yao Ming block Liu Mang who was trying to steal, and Duncan, a sullen guy, also pushed McGrady and ran forward together.
Liu Mang originally wanted to sneak attack Yao Ming, but he didn't expect that he would also play in the West. Yao Ming imitated Ratliff's gesture and pointed to the frontcourt.
Yao Ming cautiously advanced to the frontcourt, his teammates pulled away, and the Eastern team took pride in not going up to press. Yao Ming came beyond the three-point line, and the fans at the scene and the Qi Yuan on the sidelines shouted Yao Ming's nickname—— —Amidst the voice of big-yao, Yao Ming singled Ratliff with the ball from outside the three-point line!
Ratliff opened his teeth and claws to defend, seemingly fierce, but in fact he waved his hand inside the three-point line, without squeezing or even preparing to jump.
Yao Ming felt a bit of warmth in his heart, as expected of drinking together, Ratliff was much friendlier than that compatriot, Yao Ming moved a few steps to the right, facing Ratliff's 'defense', picked up the ball slowly Adjust slowly, and after finding the rhythm, shoot a three-pointer!
With the crisp sound of entering the net, Yao Ming's long-range shot was also hit!
Originally, Yao Ming's COSCO shot was very good. He needed to shoot three-pointers. If he had the opportunity to adjust slowly, he could still make it. It's just that the opponents in the regular season, even the preseason, would not give such an opportunity, let alone the playoffs. However, In the All-Star Weekend, Yao Ming's three-pointer has an effect!
After Yao Ming scored a goal, imitating the movements of western cowboys, he danced horseback and shook the non-existent whip with his right hand a few times, and ran back to the backcourt amidst more enthusiastic cheers from the audience.
After some tossing by Liu Mang, the match, which was originally not confrontational, completely turned into a show! The two teams had a good time, and then Carter held the ball and played Garnett in a back-up single. Garnett pretended to make a save and was "passed" by Carter. Yao Ming followed Ratliff to "defend the three-pointer", and Carter followed suit. In O'Neill's movement, he raised his hands on the spot to fill the frame, and then took a bully step.
When the western team attacked, Garnett imitated Liu Mang's moves and singled out Carter. Carter reciprocated. When Garnett broke through, he took several steps back, and Garnett stepped back and scored two points.
Everyone is having fun!
The two teams played for a few minutes and began to rotate. Liu Mang basically didn't play with the ball. In the past two years, he had played enough roles. He couldn't keep occupying the ball in the Eastern All-Star Weekend, otherwise he would be hated. He knows one thing very well, everyone has to play, so he didn't ask for the ball much. Stockton threw two three-pointers and scored one. Liu Mang not only grabbed an offensive rebound and dunked one, but also made an opening jump. One hit the ball, and the rest of the time didn't touch the ball much.
Liu Mang, Ratliff, Stockton and Tracy McGrady, who was about to leave the game, were replaced, and the Eastern team was replaced by Jermaine O'Neal and Ben Wallace, as well as Artest, Kidd and Carter.
On the Western side, coach Saunders unexpectedly replaced two major centers, Yao Ming and O'Neal, to play the Twin Towers!
O'Neal was reduced to playing power forward!
When he saw this scene, Liu Mang immediately understood Coach Sanders' careful thinking, consuming Yao Ming and O'Neal. Even if they lose one more game in the future, it will be good for the Timberwolves to win the first place in the Western Conference in the regular season. According to the news, the Lakers are very tight in the second place in the Western Conference, and the Rockets are about to surpass the Mavericks to become the fifth in the Western Conference. The Timberwolves do not want to meet the Rockets in the second round. A big man like Yao Ming is too troublesome in the playoffs up.
Coach Kruger kept Carter and replaced them with the Pacers' two forwards, Ben Wallace of the Pistons, and Kidd of the Nets, all with the same intention.
In the next first and second quarters, Coach Kruger let the Pistons, the Pacers, and the Nets, the three strongest opponents, all-stars, play for a long time. It was very long. After the first quarter was replaced, there was almost no rest, and he kept playing. Yao Ming also played for a long time. O'Neal scored 9 points and 4 rebounds in the first half, Yao Ming scored 11 points and 9 rebounds in the first half, two The center forward had a great time with the internal pass.
In the East, Kidd is an offensive player who can make the team play well, and he cooperates a lot with Ben Wallace, a physical man. Carter is a teammate, and he is flying all over the sky.
After the first half, the Eastern team led the Western team by 10 points 79 to 69.
After the playful first half, the two teams started to play more seriously in the second half.
For the Eastern Conference, Stockton started again in the second half, leading Carter, Raheem, O'Neal, and Ben Wallace to play well.
The Eastern team gave Stockton a face. In the second half, they wanted to help Stockton win the All-Star MVP. The Western side also gave face. O'Neal gave Malone a face, and also gave Stockton a face. O'Neal still has a high say in the Western Conference and even the entire league. After all, it has only been more than a year since the three consecutive championship MVPs, and the Western Conference has given O'Neal face and continued to play.
For a veteran like Stockton, this year's All-Stars are quite embarrassing.
Mainly respect for veterans and consideration for their own future.
Seniority is actually not that important in the NBA. When you get old, you can't do it anymore. Unless you are a spiritual leader, most veterans are really useless. At this time, it is up to the juniors to save face.
People will age, and the All-Stars also attach great importance to this. They must maintain this tradition of young people respecting veterans, because they will become veterans one day.
Kidd, for example, only dared to complain in private about his dissatisfaction with Stockton being selected as the All-Star starter. As for being exposed, he did not expect that now he is a man with his tail between his legs, and he is partnering with Stockton in the backcourt Every now and then, they would take the initiative to pass the ball to Stockton to shoot. Not everyone is as determined as Isaiah Thomas to go further and further on the road of offending Jordan. Jordan also respects Isaiah Thomas, but everyone I lost respect for Isaiah Thomas only after being offended to death.
On the Western side, because the opponent is not Jordan, the respect given does not need to be so strict, and does not need the kind of respect that goes all out, just the respect on this scene is enough.
The Eastern team went all out to help Stockton get assists. In fact, each player scored for himself. Dunn can send the ball to them immediately, so the scoring efficiency is much higher than that in the West where you singled one and I singled one.
The final score was fixed at 161 to 139, and the Eastern team beat the Western team to win.
Stockton, who got 6 assists in the first half, made persistent efforts to get 17 assists in the second half. He played 35 minutes and got a large double-double of 12 points and 23 assists, breaking the All-Star record of Magic Johnson. Weekend assist record in a single game!
After Stockton had more than 20 assists, the big screen at the scene frequently showed Magic Johnson who was watching the game from the sidelines. Magic Johnson was always smiling, and he was probably bleeding...
Liu Mang scored 2 points and 1 rebound, and did not play after only 5 minutes. Raheem scored 23 points, Ratliff scored 8 points and 4 rebounds, Carter scored 33 points, Tracy McGrady scored 9 points. - Wallace had 19 points and 17 rebounds, Jermaine O'Neal had 19 points, Reed had 23 points...
O'Neal's 36 points and 10 rebounds were the highest scorer in the West, and Yao Ming had the highest rebounds with 26 points and 16 rebounds.
Under the influence of Liu Mang and O'Neal, Yao Ming's performance today was much better than last year, and he had a great time.
Stockton's All-Star Weekend curtain call, everyone expected to get the first All-Star MVP in his career, and there will be no next one!
After the Eastern Conference team worked hard to assist Stockton in the second half, the host Lakers and league officials were ready and invited Karl Malone to be the guest of honor!
Without Adam Silva to spoil the situation, David Stern himself came to act as the host of the All-Star MVP awards, and the scene where Malone, one of the old Shuangsha, gave Stockton the MVP trophy was not destroyed.
The screen of the live TV camera kept switching back and forth between Ma Long and Stockton, who were presenting awards, and Liu Mang and Boozer, who were applauding on the sidelines...
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Relying on the good relationship between Liu Mang and some young stars, especially the young stars in the East, and Stockton's prestige as a veteran in his 20th year of career, he successfully helped Stockton get the first of his career. Stockton's career is also quite difficult. As an epic point guard who is now the second point guard in history, he has never won any MVP in his entire career. Karl Malone, another Shuangsha , Whether it is the All-Star or the regular season MVP, Stockton has won the only All-Star MVP and was said to be in the light of Malone. This time he has won his own.
Although it is only an All-Star MVP, it also makes up for Stockton's lack of MVP in his career.
After the All-Star Weekend, the stars of each team left Los Angeles. The Eagles continued to stay in Los Angeles. Liu Mang also moved from a vacation home to a hotel to live with his teammates.
After repeated bargaining and exchanges, Levia finally bought this holiday villa with 12 rooms, 16 bathrooms, a large garden, swimming pool, and basketball court for $3.5 million.
Thinking of Kobe buying a villa for more than 2 million in 2000, and Vanessa selling it for more than 12 million US dollars when he got divorced in 2012, Liu Mang couldn't stop wanting to buy a house... Unfortunately, he had no money, and the 3.5 million US dollars was paid out In the end, Liu Mang’s bank card was completely empty, with only a few hundred thousand dollars left, and with half a season left, as the youngest player on the team, he had to invite his teammates to eat and drink like the boss. Liu Mang felt that he was too tragic , the young master is just a child!
Dinah, Levia, and Alexia went back to Atlanta after completing the housekeeping and tax procedures. Dinah still had to go to school, and Alexia also had to work.
Liu Mang is actively preparing for tomorrow's game against the Lakers! The Hawks players had been playing in Los Angeles, and Stockton’s hemorrhage this time made his teammates have a good time. After the start of the rookie game, the Eagles coaching staff gathered the players together and came out to participate in the All-Star Game. The four stars in the main game, the others have already resumed training, so there is no such thing as a situation where the state cannot keep up after taking too long a break, and now that the Eagles are in Los Angeles, there is no fatigue from the long-distance away game. The next game is to play against the Lakers The Eagles want to win the game!
Liu Mang returned to the hotel after the team's tactical training in the afternoon and continued to watch the Lakers play this year.
The Lakers this year must be completely different from the previous two seasons. Although it is still a dual-core team of Kobe and O'Neal, Malone should not be underestimated!
Little Blacksmith's ability rating has reached 96 this year, second only to Tracy McGrady among outside players in the league. Although Iverson can go crazy to 97, he was injured for most of the season, and he doesn't know what happened when he came back. As a forward, Kobe is the number one defender in the league. O'Neal's 98 ability evaluation ranks first with Garnett, Duncan, and Tracy McGrady.
Ma Long is so old, but he can still average 14 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and his ability evaluation as high as 86 is worthy of being one of the Big Four.
Compared with last season, Payton is the most serious decliner, but his ability evaluation of 79 is not bad. After all, he will be 36 years old soon. After all, it was not able to pass, not just the relationship with the ball. This year, Payton's decline was extremely serious. Two years ago, he was still on the first defense and second team. Threats in the mid-range range, almost all of the backs are gone, and the key shots are not good. He is often pushed on the bench by Zen Master at critical moments, and Fisher is the main point guard.
But even so, with Payton's ability rating of 79, and Fisher, a small fish with an ability rating of 77, the point guard position of the Lakers is enough, plus the other three giants, and the small forward position Liu Mang thinks this opponent is stronger than any team he has played against this year!
Liu Manghe's thinking is the same as that of the coaching staff. While testing the strength of the Lakers, they should try their best to play the advantage in the regular season.
So, must win!
Liu Mang opened the system panel.
Seeing the superstar value of 24117 points, it really hurts.
However, the personal ability evaluation has been raised to 86, which is quite happy. After this season, Liu Mang thinks that there should be no problem breaking 90. As long as it breaks 90, Liu Mang believes that his pure personal ability is the first person besides superstars , if the innate skills are successfully activated, Liu Mang will not be able to estimate his own abilities.
Just when Liu Mang began to look forward to his future, the long-awaited system prompt came.
"Ding... Season mission released: King's Landing."