Chapter 969

After arriving at the arena, I changed into my training clothes and accepted a pre-match interview with the Imperial TV station. Liu Mang and several other prominent Eagles stars were again interviewed by T.N.T reporters. The three major TV stations broadcast it live across the country. The other two were interviewed before. I accepted the interview, only T.N.T has not yet been interviewed.

"Ace, how confident are you that you can beat the Spurs?" The question asked by the T.N.T reporter was still very conventional. After all, the opponent was the Spurs.

"Confidence? No, it's not as simple as confidence. We must defeat the Spurs and win the championship. This is not just a championship, but also a responsibility we bear!"

"responsibility?"

"In order to implement love and justice, to maintain peace in the basketball world, and for the sincere passion of fans for basketball that shines in the world, we all have to defeat the Spurs. We are not just for ourselves, we are also for the fans. , in order to protect the pure land of the basketball world from being polluted by a dirty team..." The expression on Liu Mang's face was full of a sense of mission...

Liu Mang's words made T.N.T reporters stunned for a moment.

Didn’t Bowen just touch your foot? Didn’t he calculate the right position when he touched it, but you stepped on his ankle and it became habitually dislocated? As for describing them as heinous devils who ruined basketball. Role?

The T.N.T reporter was slandering, wanting to see the reaction of other members of the Eagles team. Liu Mang's words were so out of line... Damn it! The reporter saw the excited expressions of the stars McGrady, Jason Terry, Kwame Brown, Rasheed Wallace and Mourning. The reporter seemed to see something in their eyes. One word – sense of mission…

What's going on with these Eagles guys?

A boss is so good that a group of players have no idea how long their brains are!

This reporter felt that his three views had been subverted...

Liu Mang finished those words shamefully, and then withdrew and left while the reporters were dumbfounded and his teammates were suffering from secondary disease...

"Ding...Hitler's instigation was triggered, and the players on the host team who wholeheartedly followed the host highly agreed with the host's remarks."

"Ding... the team cohesion of the host's team has been further improved, and this finals will participate in the game with a sense of mission."

Liu Mang fled back to the training ground in shame and continued to practice shooting for a while. What a shame!

However, it can further improve the team's cohesion, although it doesn't seem to have much effect. The team's cohesion is already high, but it is always better to further improve it.

All because of a task Liu Mang accepted when he first arrived at the arena two hours ago...

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"Ding... Because the vast majority of fans regard the San Antonio Spurs as a thorn in their side, in this finals, the host has become the spiritual support of more than 80% of basketball fans. The temporary task: For the sake of justice, it can be triggered. Will the host accept it? ?”

For justice? What kind of crappy mission is this? The name is a little too cool!

But it’s always good to have a mission. Liu Mang asked: “What is the reward?”

"none."

"What about the failure penalty?"

"none."

"Then what's the use of this mission?"

"Does the host accept the mission: for justice?"

"accept……"

There is no punishment anyway, so just accept it.

Just as Liu Mang accepted the task, the system prompt came again.

"Ding... the host accepts a temporary task: for the sake of justice, the host needs to cater to the fans' hostility towards the San Antonio Spurs, and make mission-rich remarks during interviews with a sense of mission. The players of the host's team will be affected by this. Play with the same sense of mission as the host and improve team cohesion.”

Then, Liu Mang said that during an interview.

He didn't know what the sense of mission meant, so that was all he could think of.

After the interview, a group of chuunibyou players from the Eagles with a sense of mission continued to warm up...

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At 8:10 pm, players from both teams entered the stadium.

The Spurs players were booed fiercely when they entered the stadium, and the Eagles players naturally cheered loudly when they entered the stadium. The fans are very passionate now.

After entering the venue, looking at Liu Mang who went to chat with the celebrities along with Duncan and Tracy McGrady, Ginobili wanted to bite this guy to death. He probably couldn't beat him in a fight, and he might not be able to win in a one-on-one fight... Win, it is said that this guy is a paranoid guy. After losing, he can drag the winner to fight for a whole day and refuse to end until he wins.

When what Liu Mang said reached the Spurs, Ginobili was so angry that he vomited blood!

Why have they soiled the pure land of basketball?

Ginobili felt like he was so angry that he lost a few hairs. Parker felt desperate for Liu Mang. Duncan was calm and didn't take it seriously. The other players also took it as Liu Mang was showing off. .

But Ginobili is a very passionate player who directly shows his desire to win. Players who are known as nerve-wanderers are relatively sensitive inside. He feels that Liu Mang is trying to hack them!

Although Ginobili has heard the fans' opinions, they are all said by fans, and Liu Mang actually said that as a player... Ginobili didn't believe it. He didn't believe that players from other teams also said that. They view the team as evil!

Ginobili touched his hair again, thinking that his team should not be evil...

Ginobili was carousing in his own world, while Liu Mang and Duncan went to greet some celebrities.

Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, DiBecken Mutombo, Moses Malone, Randy Whitman... and Celtics head coach Doug Rivers also came.

Michael Jordan came to watch the game on site, and asked Liu Mang for tickets.

None of the active players came. Everyone would be unhappy to see others win the championship.

What surprised Liu Mang was that Chris Paul, a top three pick in this year's draft who was newly signed by his own agency, came to watch the game on site.

All teams have been allowed to contact the rookies, and some teams have started their own tryouts. Of course, some teams can attract good players to try out, while others can't. This kind of thing depends on connections and the ball market.

For the Hawks, there is no chance of selecting Paul. He came despite the invitation, and this has a lot to do with Liu Mang.

When Liu Mang saw Paul, Paul just bent down and touched the floor of this finals venue... Liu Mang was very curious, what kind of fetish is this? Does he like this pattern and want to steal a piece?

After saying hello, Liu Mang went to do the final warm-up before the game.

In addition to the strange task before, Liu Mang has other tasks, which will be completed in this finals with the Spurs.

"Challenger League series tasks: Demon Sword. The team led by the host defeated the team led by Ginobili in the finals. Task reward: Features: Demon Sword. Failure penalty: Failure to suppress Manu Ginobili, failure to suppress in the 02nd session, need to wait for the next task to suppress Manu Ginobili again"

This was the task received last season, but the Spurs did not make it to the finals last season.

This year's task has some changes in the introduction. The team led by Ginobili, that is, in the judgment of the system, this season's Spurs is led by Ginobili in the playoffs!

This is related to Liu Mang's last talent skill fragment. The main stars of the 01-03 sessions are only Wade, Ginobili, and James, and they all need to be defeated in the playoffs to complete the suppression!

In addition, there are other tasks.

The second stage of the King's Mission is to win consecutive championships. The fruit of strength is very important to Liu Mang. Now the strength of 87 is already excellent in the point guard position, but when the opponent uses a strong shooting guard or small forward to defend him, there are still many problems, and the weight difference is very large.

Then there is the legendary mission...

Thinking of patting Duncan on the shoulder and saying "You are old, the future is mine...", Liu Mang feels excited!

Not to mention the unknown reward, just this matter makes Liu Mang very excited!

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The lights on the scene dimmed with Prince's twisting dance steps, Rasheed Wallace roared and opened the fanatical side of the Phillips Arena. Liu Mang sprinkled magnesium powder in the air, and the game was about to start!

The Hawks sent out Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown as the starting lineup.

The Spurs sent out Parker, Ginobili, Robert Horry, Bonzi Wells, and Duncan as the starting lineup.

The Spurs changed their lineup! Put Duncan at the center position and abandon Nesterovic!

This was beyond the Hawks' expectations.

But let's play first and see, the series is still long, and the opponent is likely to make any adjustments, even if Duncan plays center. Based on Coach Kruger's research on Coach Popovich, this is possible.

The players of both teams are full of fighting spirit. Every time the Spurs fail to defend their title, they will play very aggressively in the next season, except for 2001...

Feeling the pressure brought by the calm feeling of the Spurs players, Liu Mang is eager to try, and the Hawks players are very excited!

Kwame Brown and Duncan came to the center circle for a jump ball. After the referee selected the ball, he came to the center circle, pointed to the positions of the players on both sides, blew the whistle to start the game, and threw the ball into the air.

Kwame Brown faced the strongest forward in history and beat Duncan to win the jump ball!

Both are No. 1 picks. Kwame Brown unexpectedly got the opportunity to play against Duncan. He was more excited than afraid. After winning the jump ball, he ran to the front court immediately.

Liu Mang received the serve and immediately passed it to McGrady, who also ran to the front court and cut in from the middle.

The Spurs' defense retreated very quickly, especially after they changed to a lineup of one big and four small players, the defense switch was very fast. Liu Mang ran to pick and roll without the ball, and the people who switched defense around him were always there!

After McGrady reached the three-point line, he saw that Liu Mang had no chance to run, and saw Horry defending him, so McGrady directly pulled up a three-pointer...

The opening three-pointer hit!

The Spurs players were shocked, they played too decisively!

The Hawks didn't expect McGrady to shoot directly, but it was a good shot, and the Hawks retreated immediately.

When it was the Spurs' offense, the Spurs really played tricks. It wasn't Ginobili who came first, nor was it Duncan who played first, and it wasn't even Parker, but Bonzi Wells!

In the first attack of the game, Duncan actually pulled to the 45-degree angle on the left side of the basket, the mid-range shooting position he has practiced for the past two years, to open up space for Bonzi Wells and let Bonzi Wells block the position!

Moreover, Rasheed Wallace was unable to block the position!

Bonzi Wells is only 1.96 meters tall, and he was stuck in position. Parker passed the ball to Bonzi Wells, who turned around and squeezed Rasheed Wallace to shoot and scored two points!

This style of play is simply enough! A player with the height of a shooting guard, back-to-back, turned around and shot at Rasheed Wallace, and Rasheed Wallace couldn't defend it!

"Bonzi Wells, ability rating 87 (contract year), offense 94, defense 75, three-pointer 65, mid-range 72, layup 97, speed 86, strength 94..."

In the original time and space, Bonzi Wells was poached by the Kings. When he played against the Spurs in the playoffs, he averaged 23 points and 12 rebounds against Duncan, and beat Duncan badly, let alone Rasheed Wallace.

This is a bit coquettish! Only Popovich felt and dared to do it! The Kings lost Webber and power forward, so they let Bonzi Wells take over. Popovich directly let Duncan make room for Bonzi Wells!

Let the No. 1 power forward in history do this kind of thing, Liu Mang felt that only Popovich dared to do it.

Attack and defense transition, the Hawks attack.

After receiving the serve, Liu Mang advanced to the front court, passed the ball to McGrady, and then rushed to the inside line and continued to run...

"Damn!" Liu Mang just ran to the free throw line with Parker, and saw a ball flying over his head and diving into the basket!

McGrady threw another three-pointer directly at Horry!

And it went in again!

6 to 2! The Hawks relied on McGrady to score two three-pointers in a row, narrowing the score to two goals!

McGrady suddenly showed a strong desire to score, which was not only unexpected for the Spurs, but also for the Hawks. However, no matter how unreasonable the play was, it was a good shot if it could go in! When Liu Mang returned to defense, he high-fived McGrady to celebrate.

When it was the Spurs' offense, Bonzi Wells continued to go to the inside line and fell into the low post to play against Rasheed Wallace. Seeing Rasheed Wallace being played around by Bonzi Wells' footwork and short and strong body, Coach Kruger was ready to call a timeout to adjust. He had no psychological burden at all for calling a timeout at the beginning of the game. He was used to it.

But...

Coach Kruger didn't have time to call a timeout after Liu Mang pushed past half court. Liu Mang received the serve and saw McGrady running to the front court. He passed the serve to McGrady. McGrady received the ball outside the 3-point line at a 45-degree angle on the right side and threw a 3-pointer against Ginobili's defense.

He hit it!

McGrady gave the Spurs a hard time at the beginning, and he made 3 three-pointers in a row!

Popovich's eyes widened!

What kind of tactics is this?

Do you have a rebounding advantage?

Together with Liu Mang, they scored 17 points in 39 seconds, which not only brought McGrady a glorious moment that was recorded in NBA history and recorded in video, but also made him full of confidence in playing against the Spurs!

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