Chapter 717

"When did Atlanta get so congested!" Liu Mang complained.

This morning, after returning from Milwaukee, I had a tactical training meeting with my teammates who had a rest overnight. After eating a nutritious meal at noon, I went home and took a nap. At three o'clock in the afternoon, I took Levia to pick me up from school. Dinah and Alexia.

Dinah and Alexia leave school at 4:00 p.m., and they would wait for more than ten minutes every time they went to pick them up, and then when they arrived at the arena, it was around 4:30 p.m., just in time for the game Before warming up.

But this time, the original one-and-a-half-hour journey took more than two hours, and it was already half past six when we arrived at the arena! Fortunately, today's game didn't start until 8:30 in the evening, otherwise it would be a real waste of time.

There is not no traffic jam in Atlanta, but it was originally the peak hour between six and seven o'clock after the major companies got off work, but today the traffic jam started at three or four o'clock.

Little Lori said excitedly: "Uncle, don't you know how expensive our team's tickets are today? Dinah's classmates are complaining that buying a ticket cost him all his pocket money for a month. Today we will History has been made, all the fans want to watch the game, and many students can’t buy tickets even if they want to.”

"Really, isn't it just a small honor, is there a need to be so happy?" Liu Mang said with 'disdain'.

Seeing Liu Mang's embarrassing appearance, Little Lolita and Levia rolled their eyes at the same time, and Alexia covered her mouth and smiled, "Okay, Ace, hurry up and meet your teammates .”

Liu Mang parked the car: "I'll go to training first, don't run around, go to the lounge to rest and wait for the game to start, there are too many people today, be careful."

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When Liu Mang came to the training ground, his teammates had already arrived. The fans were not the only ones who were excited. After tying the Lakers' 67 wins in the last game, the Eagles players were all up. The training in the morning Time is very motivating.

It feels the same as it did two years ago when most of this team made their first playoff appearance.

Liu Mang quickly devoted himself to warming up. After changing into loose jerseys and training clothes, he was receiving stretching and massage from a physical therapist when a goose egg head came to Liu Mang's side.

"Ace, look at my outfit today, am I handsome? Can I make the headlines?" Jason Terry asked Liu Mang, wearing a flirty pink headband, posing in a flirtatious pose.

Seeing Jason Terry wearing the home team's red and white jersey, Liu Mang was silent for two seconds and then replied: "...Jason, I think, if you change your socks to pink, buy two colored straps and tie them on It will look better with a bow on your arms and calves...By the way, where did you get that hair tie?"

"Really? This headband? I got it from Kevin. I'm going to buy two ribbons right away. By the way, Kevin should have it. He has a lot of these things." Jason Terry finished. ran right away.

"..."

Liu Mang looked at the back of Jason Terry leaving speechlessly. His teammates were very excited today.

After the massage and stretching, Liu Mang came to the training ground. In addition to his teammates practicing shooting and chatting, there were also team members busy coming and going.

Holding back a staff member who had just finished moving things, Liu Mang asked, "What are you doing?"

"Oh, Ace, we are preparing for you and the team to celebrate after the game! Look at these balloons, we will drop them from the sky after we win the game, and those jerseys and basketballs are prepared for A gift from the fans..." The staff was also very excited, and introduced it to Liu Mang in chatter.

What an honor!

The current results of the Eagles are not a matter of one person alone. Maybe Liu Mang is the key core, but the majesty of Coach Kruger, the interpersonal relationship of the boss Price, the strengths of Raheem and Rasheed Wallace The sacrifices, the leadership of Stockton, the defense of Prince and Ratliff...and the efforts of the team staff, trainers, etc., have led to this small achievement today.

When all the hard work finally came to fruition, everyone was very excited.

However, when he saw the backs of the staff who were immediately engaged in preparing for the celebration after winning the game, what Liu Mang thought of was not a sense of honor, but there must be some sense of honor.

Liu Mang's brain circuit is relatively clear, what he thought of was... the general is so pitiful!

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Arenas is heartbroken, this season has played against the Eagles three times, and now it is the last time this season to play against the Eagles.

As the boss of the Wizards, Arenas didn't hear any booing when he entered the arena of Phillips Arena. Everyone in the audience put on the official ball of the "Rogue League" Eagles in unison. Team T-shirts, everyone is cheering, and some fans who are more cheerful have already started dancing to the opening music.

Because it is not uncommon for people to boo them.

When Arenas saw a lineup of substitutes lined up at the home team's tunnel that might be stronger than his starting teammates, his life felt bleak.

Ratliff, Prince, Liu Mang, Rasheed Wallace, and Raheem came out of the player tunnel one after another. Every time Arenas saw a person, his heart collapsed a little.

When 15 Eagles players, including Kevin Willis, Calderon, and Ostertag in suits, all came to the field and lined up, bowed to the fans in four directions in a uniform manner. The support of the fans all the time, the four directions, when bowing in each direction are neatly lined up, it took me a while to practice...

Arenas felt humiliated, they were completely ignored by their opponents!

But this kind of humiliation and unwillingness, Arenas did not generate any motivation, but only... a deep sense of powerlessness!

Just like how the Little Steel Cannon and the King of the North faced the future little Zhan Zhan more than ten years later, when Arenas saw Liu Mang, he had no intention of defeating him from the bottom of his heart.

From the time when Liu Mang used the same style of play as him, played better than him, and beat him to pieces, Arenas and Liu Mang's fighting spirit has completely collapsed!

In addition to being moved, the fans focused all their attention on Jason Terry.

Kevin Willis's red and green match suit, the handkerchief on his chest is gaudy and there is a rose pattern exposed, which is enough to be flirtatious, Jason Terry is even more flirtatious!

Not to mention the pink headband on the head, the sneakers on the left and right feet are in home and away colors, the key is the pair of long pink socks! And the bow that peeked out from the pant leg tied to the thigh...

Whether it is the fans or the cameras, they are all aimed at Jason Terry, and Jason Terry is even happier! Finally got the shot!

After paying tribute to the fans, Liu Mang came up next to Jason Terry. He is a professional and would never laugh. He gave Jason a serious thumbs up and said to Jason Terry: "Jason, what are you doing today? Awesome!"

With this encouragement, Jason Terry became more energetic, and went to the team staff in the player channel to get some jersey sticks with his name written on them, that is, rolled up jerseys packed in stick-shaped packaging bags , ran around the stadium angrily, threw the jersey to the fans, the cheers on the scene became more enthusiastic, Jason Terry felt that he had reached the pinnacle of his life...

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After the happy opening ceremony, after a while, it was half past eight, and the game was about to start!

Liu Mang is back! The game that broke the record of the new century! Liu Mang's first game as the scoring queen!

ESPN added this game. Originally, the Wizards would be very happy to have a national broadcast. Although they are a team in the American Empire, they don’t have a few national broadcasts in a year. The national live broadcast, the national live broadcast at this time, is either an additional broadcast for the playoffs, or a strong duel, but they got a chance against the Eagles!

But the Wizards players who usually want to live broadcast across the United States are crazy, and now they want to cry!

Especially when I saw Liu Mang's final warm-up, the iconic freehand dunk with his heels stepping on the free throw line, that kind of pretentious temperament like an elf flying in the air that seems to have more energy forever, the fans They were cheering because of Liu Mang's dunk. Arenas looked at Liu Mang's figure and his heart broke completely: "Brother, don't be so excited!"

Accompanied by Arenas' desperate voice and Rasheed Wallace's iconic roar, the game began!

The starting lineup of the Wizards is Arenas, Larry Hughes, Jarvis Hayes, Jared Jeffries, and Brandon Haywood who replaced Stackhouse.

For the Eagles, the starting lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff appeared.

The referee blew the whistle and threw the ball into the air, and Rasheed Wallace beat Heywood to win the jump ball.

Liu Mang jumped up the moment Rasheed Wallace called the ball over, and immediately rushed towards the frontcourt after receiving the ball.

The Wizards' perimeter trio, except for Larry Hughes, the defense of the other two is a disaster!

When Liu Mang started to accelerate, Raheem and Prince also accelerated. Larry Hughes saw the two perimeter teammates foolishly retreating slowly. Si blocked Liu Mang, Liu Mang immediately passed to Raheem, and Larry Hughes ran to block Raheem again, Raheem didn't expect someone else to block him, and immediately passed to Pullin on the right side of the basket. S...

Not to mention, Larry Hughes's fighting spirit is really strong, the fighting spirit of his teammates has been completely suppressed, only Larry Hughes is still very active, and immediately rushed towards Prince.

Prince will never be greedy for credit. The first preparation for receiving the ball is not to dunk, but to immediately throw the ball into the air in the middle!

After Liu Mang passed the pass to Raheem, he rushed directly from the middle. Haywood, who was defending in the middle of the Wizards, didn't even stretch his hands. Liu Mang rushed to the free throw line and took off. He got the ball in the air and mouthed with both hands, gorilla Empty catch and smash the ball into the basket!

Looking at the desolate expression of Larry Hughes, who is a favorite of this year's best defensive team, Liu Mang felt deeply sympathetic. One man defended three. Why is this scene inexplicably joyful and familiar?

Arenas, ability evaluation 84, Larry Hughes ability evaluation 85, Stackhouse ability evaluation 83.

The reason why the Wizards once had Arenas, Larry Hughes, and Stackhouse, three first-class and near-first-class perimeter trio, but they only had perimeter combinations and the ability rating of the other two except Pierce was only 79 The Celtics' record is so different because the three of them basically did not cooperate.

When it came time for the Wizards to attack, Arenas faced Prince and started a miserable singles score. Then he couldn't score the ball, so he shot by himself. The first ball, the emergency stop jump shot was blocked...

Liu Mang slapped Prince in his heart, rushed to grab the ball at the first time, counterattacked fast break and dunked again to score two points.

Even Larry Hughes stopped chasing him, he couldn't catch up at all!

Arenas hit one, and then Larry Hughes started to swing, and Arenas could still think about it. He was originally a pure scoring point guard, and Larry Hughes...except for breakthroughs, he was beaten by Raheem Squeezing to the basket, Ratliff blocked Larry Hughes, and Rasheed Wallace flew over with a big cap fan out of bounds.

Seeing that his teammates made the Wizards team, the third last in the Eastern Conference, almost foolish, Larry Hughes also began to doubt his life, wondering whether he made a wrong choice to follow Jordan. Happy, even if Jordan retired after playing for half a season, he was very happy to be able to witness Jordan's last year with his own eyes, or as a teammate, even if the three-year contract cost four to five million dollars less, he would be happy, because the first In the summer of the second year, the team had great signings. Arenas came, and the parallel import champion left.

But until now, although Arenas is good, he is not as good as last year's 40-year-old Jordan. When Jordan was around, he could organize the team very well. Before Jordan retired, the Wizards were still eighth in the Eastern Conference! The arrival of Arenas seems to be a reinforcement. His scoring is about the same as that of Jordan, and he has more assists than Jordan, but his teammates are basically useless. Stackhouse did not have the performance of averaging 21 points per game last season, only non-stop singles , everyone else is playing on their own. Last year at this time, the Wizards had 35 wins, but this year they only won 20...

Moreover, after seeing the dead ball, the Eagles replaced Ratliff and replaced him with Kwame Brown. Larry Hughes feels that the Wizards team he is in now is poisonous!

After Liu Mang saw Rasheed Wallace fanning the ball out of bounds through the blocking of Raheem and Ratliff, he looked at the rookie Jarvis Hayes next to him and asked jokingly: " Hey boy, is it your turn to single me out?"

Jarvis Hayes saw that Liu Mang seemed very interested, and immediately shook his head frantically...