From today on is the king

Chapter 1347 1346. An opponent who cannot be careless

Judging from the name of the feature "Prisoner Killing", Liu Mang feels like it means turning the opponent's core into a battle of trapped beasts.

But it hasn't been activated yet, and Liu Mang didn't introduce it in detail after reading it.

Moreover, it is a series of tasks, so it cannot be completed in one or two tasks.

It seems quite simple to upgrade a talent skill from level 1 to level 2, but it is much more difficult to upgrade from level 2 to level 3.

There is no end to the road to make yourself stronger...

Just when Liu Mang was thinking about the stars and the sea, and feeling the cruelty of time, a little loli squeezed beside Liu Mang: "Uncle, what are you worrying about... Are you worrying about what gift to give Dinah?"

"I still want gifts? Didn't they all bring you here to play?"

"of course yes!"

"Do you have to?"

"must!"

"...Cheaper, don't be too expensive, I have no money to buy stocks..."

"mean!"

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"Ace, thanks to you, we don't have to fight Christmas this year." Nash didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed.

Those who haven’t played the Christmas game want to play it very much. Those who have played it will not have much interest if they still play away games. Originally, if the Eagles and the Suns played the Christmas game, it might be like the Lakers and the Heat played the Christmas game at their respective home courts in the past two years. The Suns players will get Atlanta to play the Christmas game this time.

But this year the league only arranged for the Christmas game between the Eagles and the Lakers.

The protagonist of the Christmas game has been determined long ago, and it has nothing to do with the record. Before the start of the season, although people were ecstatic about the Suns' accumulation of so many stars, Nash, Barbosa, Diaw, Josh Smith, O'Neal, Jaylen Rose, Raja Bell, Kurt Thomas, Tim Thomas, Calderon, James Jones... This lineup is too luxurious depending on the name.

But this lineup is still a bit worse than the lineups of Kobe, Gasol, and Yao Ming.

There is a big difference in salary between the two teams. The highest salary of the Suns is O'Neal's 2000 million, the second highest is Nash's 1050 million, the remaining highest is the middle class of Double Thomas and James Jones, and Raja Bell's 450 million. The rest are low-salary players or rookie contracts. The Suns' salary is only 6700 million...

After the Lakers got Pau Gasol and Yao Ming to renew their contracts with Ace, and Kobe Bryant's largest seven-year contract of 7 million yuan, the total salary reached more than 1.36 million. Yao Ming's salary increase of more than 8600 million is the key.

And after the start of Nash's season, he really didn't have any interest in the Christmas game. He had a lot of headaches.

After Nash returned to Phoenix in the morning, he, Josh Smith and Calderon invited several Eagles stars to have lunch together at noon. Liu Mang, McGrady, Marion, Jason Terry, Kwame Brown, Rasheed Wallace and others participated.

"I don't want to go to the away game for Christmas, it's too troublesome." Although Liu Mang is full of expectations for the match against the Lakers, he wants to try how useful his "sniper" feature is to the Lakers.

But I have lived in the United States for so many years. Although Christmas and Christmas Eve are not as important to Liu Mang as New Year's Eve and Spring Festival, the three girls are all Americans, and spending their "Chinese New Year" with them is also something that Liu Mang attaches great importance to.

But as Nash said, the matchup between Liu Mang and Kobe Bryant on the 24th, the battle between Gasol and Kwame Brown for the best inside player in the 01 season, the Chinese derby between Liu Mang and Yao Ming... There are too many things to watch. If there is no Liu Mang, the Suns who got O'Neal, who was the league's top center last season in the summer, must be another opponent in the OK war and the Yao Sha war.

But with Liu Mang, the Lakers and the Eagles still had grievances in last year's finals. The two teams must be the two teams in the Christmas game.

And... only these two teams!

或许来年会有什么双牛大战、双21大战、刘莽和詹姆斯的23VS24、科比和詹姆斯的23VS24……等等等等，但今年，老鹰队和湖人队的圣诞大战是所有人都期待的。

"I want to fight!" Josh Smith said enviously.

The Suns have a poor record this season. Josh Smith has never lost so many games. He partnered with Howard in high school and dominated Virginia. He entered the NBA and followed Liu Mang to win two championship rings. He also broke the NBA regular season win record. Now the Suns only have a record of 17 wins and 12 losses, ranking sixth in the Western Conference. Josh Smith feels very awkward.

但是约什-史密斯场均21分8板3助攻1.1抢断1.9盖帽的数据相比上赛季场均8分4板3助攻的数据有着爆炸式提升，成为了最快进步奖有利竞争者，太阳队的得分王、内线核心，自然想要以核心身份参加圣诞大战。

"If I really want to give you this opportunity..." Liu Mang was a little depressed. He used to play Christmas games at home. At that time, he played against Eastern teams. Now he played against Western teams. The first match must be away, which is conducive to live broadcast.

The inside and outside core of the two teams, who used to be teammates, chatted about some miscellaneous things together, but didn't talk about things related to tomorrow's game.

Mainly the Suns' two big stars inside and outside, as well as Calderon, whose data has risen to 11 points and 6 assists after arriving in the Suns, has a poor record this year, so I don't want to mention this aspect.

The "poor" record of the Eagles is mainly compared with the performance of their own team in the past few years. If another core power forward is aging, new stars are added, and the lineup of role players is almost completely changed, they can still have such a performance.

It's only because they're the Eagles that it feels bad.

O'Neal didn't come to participate, the reason is very simple... he himself felt ashamed of his performance this season.

Mainly due to physical fitness and injuries. With his size, it is still difficult to guard, but his playing time has dropped from an average of 38 minutes per game and 37 minutes per game in the previous two seasons to an average of 27 minutes per game this season. He scored 14 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists, and his blocks fell to a career-low average of 1.8 per game.

Except for O'Neal's assists which were a bit higher than in his rookie season, all other statistics are new lows in his career, and his assists are only a new low except for his rookie season. His average of 3.8 fouls and 3.2 turnovers per game is a new high since he averaged 3.8 turnovers per game and 4 fouls per game in his rookie season...especially such negative data in 27 minutes of playing time...

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"Don't be careless. The opponent's recent performance is good. We can't underestimate the opponent because of the opponent's poor record. Before we play against the Lakers, we must win the two games..." Coach Kruger was mobilizing before the game.

Liu Mang thought about the current situation of his own team, except for those guys who abused the 03 generation, how dare they be careless playing other teams!The Bobcats were leading by 27 points at halftime, but they were beaten 26-10 by the opponent in the third quarter, and they had to play a critical moment in the final quarter, allowing Liu Mang to score 40 points...

Playing like this this season, Liu Mang has scored 4+ 40 times, and there are three triple-doubles, and the total triple-double number has increased to 14 times.

But the Suns really can't take it lightly.

With the deepening of the season, the Suns have been superstitious about O'Neal's style of play from the beginning, and gradually shifted to Nash and Josh Smith as the core.

The number of wins for the Eagles and the Suns is the same, but the Eagles have to play three games less, so the Eagles' record still looks much better than the Suns.

The head coach of the Suns, Gentry, Liu Mang was very impressed. In the original time and space, the Suns did not make the playoffs in the 2008-2009 season and only ranked ninth in the Western Conference. Nash was considered old, but after Gentry officially became the head coach in the 09-10 season, the Suns recovered immediately. Playing the highest offensive efficiency in NBA history up to that time, the Suns also swept their long-suffering Spurs in the playoffs, all the way to the Western Conference Finals.

This head coach may use Nash better than D'Antoni, and he is not so rigid and good at flexibility. Liu Mang is very afraid of him.

Take this season as an example, with such a bad start, as the season progressed, the Suns gradually improved, reused role players, reduced O'Neal's playing time, and reduced the importance of O'Neal's tactics...

For D'Antoni, 100% dare not use it like this.

Kurt Thomas, Raja Bell, Sean Marcos, Jaylen Rose... These guys who are not clean at all are all here. Although O'Neal is old, but he is so big, he has never been a good opponent... a very troublesome opponent.

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On the afternoon of December 12th, when the Eagles were having a team meeting, the Suns were also having a team meeting to mobilize enthusiasm.

Not selected as a member of the Christmas game, the Suns players except Nash, other people are very dissatisfied with this arrangement.

As the record gets better, they still have confidence because they have Nash!

But Nash himself really doesn't want to fight the Christmas game. Nash is very happy now that they were not arranged.

The dismal record at the beginning of this season was too tortured for them.

For Nash now, beating the Eagles is much more important than the Christmas game.

The Hawks are still regarded as the favorites for the championship. Even if their record is mediocre, they are still the favorites for the championship. Everyone knows that the Hawks are not at their best.

The advantages of the Eagles in drafting and training rookies are envied by many teams, and a great virtuous circle has been formed.

Nash wants to give Liu Mang a shot to boost team morale!
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After the team meeting, the Eagles are preparing for a training session in the afternoon to initially simulate tactics. The key tactical plan is tomorrow.

While Liu Mang was warming up, the first mission of the "Wrath of the Windchaser" series of missions related to Nash came!
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Let’s do two updates today, it’s really uncomfortable, I can’t eat strong food, I can’t eat white porridge, clear soup with little water, I feel acid reflux, and I feel uncomfortable. After I recover from the illness, I will do more updates, and I will guarantee two chapters a day. I can write more as much as I can. After my physical condition recovers, I will resume the previous update.

terribly sorry.

(End of this chapter)