From today on is the king

Chapter 676. 675. Make up for the regret

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 did go away, they would immediately stop him. Ratliff also held the ball with one hand and protected Liu Mang with the other. .

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, not to mention the others. Although Yao Ming is Francis' teammate, Liu Mang on the other side is a member of the same country and a future teammate of the national team. He can only pretend that he has not heard 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 deadly rivals, over time, he really got used to it, he believed that one day, this bastard would definitely be beaten to death...Francis could only stare at Liu Mang and turned back to defend.

Liu Mang looked at the four starting teammates all protecting him, and was so touched. 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. Liu Mang praised them in his heart!

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 it go, 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.

The fans and the players on the court thought that Liu Mang would catch the ball and push forward. However, the Eastern team players who had just arrived in the frontcourt and the Western team players who had just returned to the three-point line in the backcourt saw Ratliff pointing at Liu Mang in the frontcourt, and then he dribbled the ball forward!
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, stretches the mid-range shot, and grabs rebounds.

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 press is also straightforward. Ratliff pushed forward amidst the cheers of the fans and players on the sidelines.

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, listened to the cheers of the fans, and excitedly stepped on the three-point line to stop the ball, regardless of his 21-[-] long two-pointer and directly shot!

Sometimes a blind cat can really meet a dead mouse. Ratliff, who has only shot one three-pointer in his career so far, 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 advances to the frontcourt, his teammates pull away, and the Eastern team is also very face-saving and doesn't go up to press. Yao Ming came beyond the three-point line. Amidst the fans at the scene and the rough Yuan on the sidelines chanting Yao Ming's nickname—big-yao, Yao Ming held the ball from outside the three-point line and singled out Ratliff!
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 little warmth in his heart. As expected of having a drink 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 and adjusted slowly. After finding the rhythm, he shot 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. If he had to shoot three-pointers, he would be able to make it if he had the opportunity to slowly adjust. However, opponents in the regular season, even preseason games, would not give such an opportunity, let alone the playoffs. But during the All-Star Weekend, Yao Ming's three-pointers were effective!

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 with his back. Garnett pretended to make a save and was "passed" by Carter. Yao Ming followed Ratliff to "defend the three-pointer".

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 at the Eastern All-Star Weekend, or he would be hated.

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 Saunders' careful thinking, consuming Yao Ming and O'Neal, even if they lost one more game, it would be good news for the Timberwolves to win the first place in the Western Conference in the regular season.

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 following first and second quarters, coach Kruger let the Pistons, the Pacers, and the Nets, the three strongest All-Stars, play for a long time. In the West, O'Neal played very long.

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 79 points 69 to 10.

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 all sold Stockton face. In the second half, they wanted to help Stockton win the All-Star MVP, and the Western side also gave face. O'Neal gave Malone face, and also gave Stockton face. O'Neal still has a high voice in the West and even the entire league.

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 he is now a man with his tail between his legs. .

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. The two teams did not do much defense. The advantage of the Eastern team is that as long as the Eastern team players run to score opportunities, Stockton can immediately send the ball to them, so the scoring efficiency is much higher than that of the Western side.

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. After playing 35 minutes, he scored a large double-double of 12 points and 23 assists, breaking Magic Johnson's assist record in a single game during the All-Star Weekend!
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, Ben Wallace scored 19 points and 17 rebounds, Jermaine O'Neal scored 19 points, Reed scored 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 20-year veteran, he successfully helped Stockton get his first MVP in 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. The other Karl Malone of Shuangsha, whether it is an All-Star or a regular season MVP, has won it. Stockton The only time the All-Star MVP was said to be in Malone's favor, this time he got 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 350 rooms, 12 bathrooms, a large garden, swimming pool, and basketball court for $16 million.

Thinking of Kobe buying a villa for more than 2000 million dollars in 200 and selling it for more than 2012 million dollars when Vanessa was in divorce in 1200, Liu Mang couldn't stop wanting to buy a house... Unfortunately, he had no money. After paying the 350 million dollars, Liu Mang's bank card was completely empty, with only a few hundred thousand dollars left. There is still half a season.

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 Eagles players had been playing in Los Angeles. Stockton’s hemorrhage this time made his teammates have enough fun. 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.

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. If McGrady is regarded as a small forward, Kobe is the No. 1 guard in the league.

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 to last season, it was Payton who declined the most, but his ability rating of 79 is not bad. After all, he will be 36 years old soon. After crossing the cliff-like decline at the age of 32, Payton will not be able to overcome another hurdle at the age of 35. It is not just about the ball. The ball is not good either, and Zen Master is often pressed on the bench at critical moments, with Fisher as the main point guard.

Even so, Payton's ability rating of 79, and Fisher's ability rating of 77, the point guard position of the Lakers is enough, plus the other three giants, as well as Fox and Devin George at the small forward position, this opponent, Liu Mang thinks, 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 feels that there should be no problem breaking 90. As long as it breaks 90, Liu Mang believes that his pure personal ability is No. 1 besides superstars.

Just when Liu Mang began to look forward to his future, the long-awaited system prompt came.

"Ding... Season mission released: King's Landing."

(End of this chapter)