From today on is the king

Chapter 642. 641. Jealousy from the Little Blacksmith
"Ding... The host received jealousy from Kobe Bryant."

Liu Mang had been looking forward to the "Kobe's Hate" for a long time, until noon on January 1, the game day against the Magic.

On the morning of January 1, the Eagles came to Orlando, and then the whole team refused interviews from the outside world in the hotel.

Hit the gym, practice in the hotel's indoor basketball room, study Magic game video, and get ready to give the Magic their vote.

As for Liu Mang’s unastonishing interview video, the Eagles players, coaching staff and management themselves were also shocked, but...get used to it...

Spread to such a core, what else can be done?

The coaching staff can only shield the negative effects of this matter as much as possible, that is, prohibiting the players from being interviewed again, how the outside world will make them make trouble, and rent a hotel with an indoor basketball court on their own side, and then stay at home, waiting for the game to start.

Liu Mang didn't respond for two days, this response is indeed his style!

Liu Mang, who had dominated the headlines with McGrady for two days, saw that his traffic began to decrease, and decisively added fire to himself in the news circle!
Will it make those scorers go crazy one by one for the rest of the season?
Liu Mang is not worried at all. The season is almost halfway through. He is now tied with Tracy McGrady for the highest scoring average, followed by Peja with an average of 24.7 points.

After that, Garnett averaged 24.4 points per game, and he is not a super scorer.

Kobe, who is ranked fifth, is a dangerous man, but Kobe can't even guarantee a stable appearance now. He may score more than 40 points after the first game. When there is no lawsuit, there are conflicts within the team and discrimination from the coach. It is normal to score around 23 points. Now he averages [-] points per game.

The three wanted to catch up with him, but Liu Mang felt that it was impossible.

The only opponent is McGrady!
As the saying goes, there are no top scorers who are willing to admit that their scoring ability is not as good as their opponents, unless it is Jordan, Chamberlain, and Kobe Bryant who averaged 35 points per game and scored 81 points in a single game in the future. At other times, the top scorers are not convinced by anyone. Liu Mang’s wild words this time naturally put himself on the hostile level of super scorers.

However, Liu Mang seems to have overestimated the lethality of the word "garbage" in the minds of Americans. The more intense discussions among Americans are that Liu Mang claims to be the strongest scorer. That is what Liu Mang said.

After Liu Mang did the interview, he stopped paying attention to the media, and made good preparations for the upcoming revenge battle with the Magic.

But I have been waiting for the little blacksmith's response.

Unexpectedly, the "response" that the little blacksmith got was not hatred, but jealousy!This made Liu Mang very curious about what was growing in Kobe's head...

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This is the third time the Eagles have played against the Magic this season. There is no national live broadcast. After all, the live broadcast resources are precious now. Except for the opening game and the curtain call, there is no other national live broadcast between the Eagles and the Magic.

And with the Magic's unbelievable record of falling to the bottom of the league, let alone adding live broadcasts to many games in the future, at most Time Warner will broadcast the Magic's local game against the Magic's opponents, and many of the Magic's national live broadcasts have been cancelled.

But this time Liu Mang and Mai Di insisted on "adding drama" to themselves. Mai Di's challenge and Liu Mang's high-profile challenge created a high-profile topic. Several major TV stations wanted to see what kind of performance the two would have after they declared war. In short, the ratings of this game cannot be low!

After Liu Mang was curious about the structure of Kobe's head at noon, he concentrated all his energy on preparing for the game against the Magic at night.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Eagles set off to the Orlando Arena for pre-game preparations.

There is no doubt that there must be a large number of reporters waiting for the Eagles to come before the game. McGrady has responded again, but it is not as high-profile as Liu Mang. He just said that he is looking forward to tonight's game.

The Eagles sent out Raheem at the pre-match press conference. Raheem’s answer during the interview was very official. He supported his teammates, believed in his teammates, and believed in the team...

Liu Mang was warming up at the training ground of the visiting team arranged by the Magic. Liu Mang was practicing, and McGrady came to "excuse the teacher".

In the past, every time Liu Mang came to Orlando and McGrady came to Atlanta, except that the Magic was in the last game of consecutive away games a few days ago, and McGrady had no time to visit Liu Mang and had no contact with him before the game.

Having opponents and enemies is a great feeling for a basketball player.

"Oh, my God, Ace, you made us both angry this time!" McGrady came up and hugged Liu Mang, "But I'm very excited, the record is not as good as yours, but the scoring champion is mine!"

Hearing McGrady's direct words, Liu Mang responded without hesitation: "Tracey, you think too much, victory and honor are all mine!"

"Haha, Ace, I'm waiting! I can't wait to win the scoring champion again!" McGrady made a pun, one is to say that he was the scoring champion last season, and the other is that he was the scoring champion in the first half of this season.

The two chatted for a few words, and McGrady left. He had to prepare well for this game. He didn't feel motivated to warm up before the game because of his poor record, so this season's games were good and bad, because there was no hope in sight, and there was nothing to pursue.

McGrady set a goal for himself. This is the goal that McGrady had no chance to set this season in the original history. Yes, there is no chance, because in the original history, McGrady led the scoring from the beginning of the season to the end of the season, and the lowest average score gap with other scorers was more than 4 points per game. Therefore, McGrady had no motivation throughout the season.

But this time is different. McGrady created a goal for himself, a goal that can keep him focused. The team's strength is bad, and the management has brought back a bunch of players with high salaries and low abilities, whose reputation is greater than their strength. He has no way to change anything, but he can set a personal goal.

This is also an opportunity for McGrady to think about himself!
When McGrady left the locker room of the visiting team, he looked back at Liu Mang who continued to warm up. The arrogance displayed by Liu Mang and the kind of confidence that McGrady found incredible, and the fact that Liu Mang really made big strides every year just like his self-confidence, made McGrady feel deep envy...

McGrady’s experience from childhood made it difficult for him to be angry about some things, and his personality was closer to the feeling of being happy with the situation. When the Raptors didn’t want him, the Magic gave him a big contract, and he came. With Hill, he became Pippen. Hill was reimbursed continuously, and he became a superstar.

But this time, the envy of Liu Mang made McGrady feel very angry, a rare anger.

Not that kind of hatred, but anger towards himself. He took Liu Mang as a mirror, from which he saw what he didn't have and wanted to have.

This kind of anger gave McGrady a clearer choice for his next career, and two clear paths.

As for which of these two paths to choose, in McGrady's view, it is probably the result of this season's scoring championship that helps him make a decision!

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Both averaged 29.3 points per game. Regardless of the record, Liu Mang and McGrady are on the same starting line!

Moreover, the characteristics of the two teams are that the scoring champion is the team's first ball-holding core, and they are both super scorers who can fire unlimitedly. In the eyes of the fans, they may have to reproduce the madness of the scoring champion between David Robinson and O'Neal back then!

In this situation where the two clearly want to compete for the scoring title, there is likely to be a super scary personal score, just like David Robinson scored 71 points in the last game of the season!
And this time the fans were even more excited than O'Neill and David Robinson. At least O'Neill and David Robinson haven't said that they want to win the scoring title in front of others. They just competed secretly and let the fans see it.

This time, Liu Mang and McGrady directly stated that they want to compete for the scoring title. This is completely a matter of face, which may make the competition for the scoring title even more intense!
At 2004:1 p.m. on January 7, [-], the prologue battle between Liu Mang VS McGrady for the scoring champion that fans have been looking forward to is finally about to begin!

Amidst the tsunami-like cheers at the scene, players from the two teams came to the court to make final preparations for the game.

Orlando is quite close to Atlanta, and Liu Mang has always been very popular in Orlando. In addition, this year, McGrady is making a fuss about leaving, and the Magic team has the last record in the league.
Magic fans this season can only look forward to the team getting the No. [-] pick, and there is nothing else to pursue.

And the Magic fans have the same thinking as their management. I don’t know if it’s the principle that one side supports the other. Every time their management is hesitant to make a mentally retarded decision, the fans will give them "confidence" and make them resolutely make a mentally retarded decision.

Just like now, after the news that the Magic team management began to sell McGrady, the love of Magic fans for McGrady began to decline sharply. The local media in Orlando made a poll and asked the fans who they expected to trade for McGrady. The key is that a large number of fans participated in the vote.

During the final pre-match preparation time, Liu Mang observed the opponent's players while practicing shooting.

In terms of reputation, the Magic's lineup is quite powerful. Looking at the five starters of the Magic who took off their training uniforms, it goes without saying that McGrady may be the strongest outside player in the league in the past two years. His efficiency is historical. Last season, even O'Neal, Duncan, and Garnett were far behind him. Although the team is poor this year, McGrady's personal efficiency is still high, second only to Liu Mang's efficiency value of 28 and Garnett's efficiency value of 29, ranking third in the league with an efficiency value of 27.5.

In addition to McGrady, the starting lineup of the Magic is Tyronn Lue who only plays with superstars, Gordon Kirisek, the strongest player in Croatia, Juwan Howard, the first billionaire man, and Andrew De Klerk, a 31-year-old short white center with an average of 3+4 per game.

Seeing the lineup of the Magic, Liu Mang is very confident in today's game!The team is also fully prepared, this time to avenge a few days ago!
At the same time, you must start a perfect start for yourself to compete for the scoring champion!

There is only one enemy, and that is Maddie!

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After the national anthem was played before the game and the final preparations were over, under the signal of the referee, after Liu Mang and Boozer beat their chests with small fists, the two started together and came to the court together.

As the boss of the home team, McGrady came up to greet the Eagles players. The relationship between the two teams is generally very good.

McGrady first high-fived Kwame Brown, high-fived Boozer, hugged Raheem, and high-fived Prince. Finally, when they came to Liu Mang, the two looked at each other and punched each other tacitly. Then McGrady returned to his own three-point line position, the same position as Liu Mang, waiting for his teammate to jump the ball.

The Hawks didn’t start Ratliff today. It was a complete accident that Tracy McGrady won the last game when Liu Mang and Stockton couldn’t play. When Liu Mang came back, Stockton was able to play, and the Hawks had a playmaker, Ratliff could sit on the bench. When Kwame Brown’s apprentice had problems, Ratliff would go up again.

Liu Mang and Kwame Brown looked at each other and confirmed their eyes.

So... the next start, Kwame Brown easily defeated Andrew De Klerk with an absolute advantage to win the jump ball, and gently pushed the ball to the left side of his body. Without hesitation, Liu Mang rushed out to receive the ball and rushed to the frontcourt. Poor, throw the ball into the basket!

Liu Mang came to such an exciting start, McGrady's fighting spirit became more vigorous, and the battle for the scoring champion kicked off!

　Tomorrow may be updated later, just finish writing this game and then update it~ If the writing is not long, it may be updated in the morning, if it is longer, it will be updated before get off work in the afternoon~ Go to bed today, good night~
　　
　
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