From today on is the king

Chapter 690 689. Nets, you have to work hard!
"Kang busy, Emmanuel, pass the ball more accurately! You are a defender after all! How can you pass so far!"

"Oh, Ace, you've been practicing for three hours, aren't you tired?"

"Three hours? Tired? When I used to practice with Moron, I practiced seven or eight hours a day!"

"God! We are playing away now, so tired!"

"It's you who are too fat! Every time Moron plays away games with us, he loses a few pounds. Why do I feel like you are getting fat again!"

Emmanuel looked down at her feet... uh... couldn't see.

Emmanuel is so sad. After becoming a trainer, his weight has gone to 200 kilograms. The key is that he is only 1.9 meters.

Putting aside this sad topic, Emmanuel said: "Ace, it's already past four o'clock, and there will be a welcome meeting for new teammates in a while, let's start here for today's training!"

Liu Wei looked at the time, it was really past four o'clock, and he felt that he was training vigorously now, and sure enough, the training was always so poor during consecutive away games.

After the Eagles finished playing the Bucks on the 26th, they flew to Detroit in the early morning of the 27th. This was the shortest flight for the Eagles on this road trip, only 1 hour.

However, the players were already very tired, and Detroit, a motor city, really didn't have much to do, so the Eagles stayed in the hotel to rest.

After eating lunch at noon, he took a nap. After recovering, he gave his tired body a personal energy potion, and then looked at the system space. He found 35878 superstar points, and Liu Mang drew 5800 superstar points for the primary superstar value lottery. He replenished the reserve of physical potions, and then went to the gymnasium with an indoor basketball court contracted by the hotel to practice.

Liu Mang's main training now is running off the ball, catching and shooting. No one taught him, so he went to the team editor, edited the highlights of Hamilton and Reggie Miller's running, and learned to run.

Now that Liu Mang has a master of quick shooting, he has started to train more in this area.

Unlike it is very difficult to develop skills such as high and low post shots during the season, off-ball running is relatively easier to practice, practice makes perfect, and post shots, if there is no long and continuous time to slowly ponder, it is purely blind practice, and you do not directly practice mid-range shots.

In the past, Liu Mang seldom practiced running and catching and shooting, mainly because he was not stable enough when he caught and shot after running for half a day. Now that he has a fast shooting master, this is not a problem, so he practiced very hard. The feeling of catching the ball and throwing it into the basket is very fascinating.

Liu Mang worked hard to train off the ball, mainly to bring something different to the team in the last year of Stockton. For example, the double evil tactic may have a great effect in the playoffs, and he is the best third point besides the pick and roll combination of the double evil tactic.

It’s not that you can practice casually with uncommonly used styles of play. If you want to play the best power, even if it’s an uncommonly used tactical style of play, you must practice until you are satisfied. This is Liu Mang’s basketball philosophy.

Now he is training vigorously, but Liu Mang has to start preparing for the welcome party for his new teammates at night.

If it’s a rookie or a lesser-known teammate, it’s okay, just meet and shake hands, but this is a very famous new aid, the starting center of the two finals.

"Okay, Emmanuel, you really should lose weight, you are poor now, and you won't be able to find a girlfriend!"

"Damn! Having two girlfriends is amazing!"

"It's just amazing..."

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Liu Mang went to take a shower first, and then the physical therapist came to give him a massage to relax his muscles. It was almost five o'clock, and he went back to his room and changed into casual clothes. He came to the restaurant under the hotel package, where his teammates and team staff were already eating and drinking tea.

As soon as Liu Mang entered the restaurant, Stockton came to Liu Mang's side with a huge giant who looked no worse than the fat man in Los Angeles or even a circle bigger.

"Ace, you are finally here, let me introduce you, Greg, you have met, we are all teammates now!" Stockton happily introduced Ostertag to Liu Mang.

After the Eagles came to Detroit this morning, everyone else went to rest. Only Stockton came to Ostertag's room for the first time to catch up with the Eagles.

It's not that Stockton doesn't like his new teammates now, but that the feeling of fighting together for eight years is very different.

Liu Mang raised his head, damn, O'Neill's figure is exaggerated enough!This guy is actually taller and bigger!
"Hello, Greg, I'm Ace, can we find a place to sit down and talk? I'm afraid of cervical spondylosis!" Liu Mang reached out his hand to say hello.

"Haha, of course, Ace, you are more humorous than I thought." Ostertag laughed loudly and shook hands with Liu Mang.

The three of them took some food and drink, found a seat and sat down. They didn't speak at first, and they couldn't speak...that is, they observed each other while organizing their words while eating.

Like Malone, Ostertag disliked Liu Mang very much at the beginning. Later, Malone and Stockton had a good relationship with Liu Mang. At most, he felt good or bad about Liu Mang, because the rumors about Liu Mang were terrible. When he was traded to the Eagles, he was both happy and worried.

The happy thing is that he can play with Stockton again and has a chance to win the championship. Although he was eliminated in the playoffs last season without playing a few games, he personally played the best playoff performance of his career, averaging 9.2 points and 9.1 rebounds per game, the best in his career!Last season, his regular season data was also the best in his career, averaging 7 points and 7 rebounds per game.

But after Stockton left this year, his stats have dropped sharply, because no one is willing to patiently launch an offense around a tank center. Apart from being the top man at the basket and making up shots, he doesn't have much other performances.

Ostertag is on the verge of retiring, not because he is no longer capable, but because his role is very single, and it is used to deal with centers. But unlike the 90s, there are five or six super centers in the league and insiders known as power forwards at the center position. Now, apart from O’Neal, Yao Ming and Duncan, Ostertag can’t use it when playing other teams. Last summer, after Malone and Stockton retired, Ostertag only got a one-year contract of 200 million. And he doesn't want to go to the Spurs, so his market is getting worse and worse.

Ostertag is excited to be playing with Stockton again now.

But there are also concerns. Will the teammates of the new team not accept him?Will the Chinese players of the legendary "Reign of Terror" team have a bad temper?

Ostertag has been playing for the Jazz since he entered the NBA. This is the first time he has changed teams, so it is normal to have doubts.

But now, looking at Liu Mang, who is no different from ordinary young guys, even more active and has a sense of humor, Ostertag feels pretty good about meeting Liu Mang for the first time after officially becoming teammates!
On Liu Mang's side, while looking at Ostertag's strength, he complained in his heart and was secretly surprised at the same time!

"Ding...Greg Ostertag, 135 meters tall, 73 kilograms in weight, ability rating 63, offense 83, defense 80, layup 68, speed 99, strength [-]..."

This is really the slowest player Liu Mang has ever seen!No one is slower than this guy!But this power is strong enough!It is indeed the only super tank that has prevented O'Neal's shooting rate below 50.00% in the series so far!

And this height and weight are even more exaggerated than O'Neill!
What surprised Liu Mang the most was that after this guy donated a kidney to his sister in 2002, even though he became fatter due to his uncontrollable weight, compared to the well-controlled weight of 120 kg back then, after gaining [-] kg, he actually played better than before!
It's just that now Ostertag has no more markets except for a few teams that need to deal with O'Neal, and those teams are all in the West, all of which are his old opponents. He is unwilling to go to the Jazz and will not send him.

This is bigger than O'Neal's body, and the experience of eliminating O'Neal in the playoffs twice, Liu Mang feels that this transaction has made a lot of money!

With an ability rating of 73, he also performed 7+7 last season and 9+9 in the playoffs. Liu Mang feels that it is not only used to give his teammates experience, but it will really play a big role in the finals if he faces O'Neal!
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The team has a good atmosphere, and new players are easy to integrate into. Ostertag is a big pyrene with a rough personality, and it is easy to integrate into the atmosphere of the Eagles.

After being traded to the Eagles a few days ago, he was ready to be the third center, so his posture was not so arrogant. He didn't rely on himself as the starting center for the two-time championship runner-up, and he had a good chat with his new teammates.

Even Ostertag felt that the Eagles felt more comfortable than the Jazz he was in back then!
Sloan of the Jazz has iron-blooded wrists, but there is no such friendly atmosphere as the Eagles...

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Last night's welcome meeting did not drink, just eat, chat, meet new teammates, and give Ostertag, a veteran center who has played in the playoffs for eight consecutive years and reached the finals twice, enough face, so that he can integrate into the team and play for the team more attentively.

The finals have to deal with O'Neal, the role of this veteran cannot be ignored!Even more important than the young Kwame Brown!
The next morning, Liu Mang got up early, of course to continue training!
As a result, Emmanuel began to be "tortured" by Liu Mang again.

Finally, after ten o'clock, a staff member of the team came to Liu Mang, saying that the coaching staff was looking for him. Emmanuel could finally rest, lying on the floor and refusing to get up.

Liu Mang was puzzled, isn't the strategy meeting at one o'clock in the afternoon?

After wiping off his sweat and putting on his training clothes, Liu Mang went directly to the conference room, where he saw Coach Kruger and five assistant coaches there.

"Ace, are you training again? There's still a game tonight, so don't waste your energy." Coach Kruger was really worried that Liu Mang would ruin himself.

"It's okay, I'm just practicing running. By the way, coach, what's your business?" Liu Mang asked after responding.

"It's nothing, we're in a meeting to study the playoffs. I heard that you're training again, so I'll let you rest first. But you're here, let's see our predicted playoffs!" Coach Kruger pressed the remote control in his hand, and the projector's screen switched to the Eastern Conference playoffs.

The possible opponent for the Eagles in the first round is the Knicks, which is no problem, and then the second round is... the Pistons?The Eastern Conference Finals is the Nets again?

"Coach, aren't the Pistons third now? They lead the Nets by 6 games, so it's impossible to fall to fourth!" Liu Mang asked strangely.

In Liu Mang's view, the Pistons and Pacers have similar records. It's hard to say who will reach the Eastern Conference Finals, and it must be a situation where both teams will lose.

Seeing Liu Mang ask such a mentally retarded question, coach Kruger said speechlessly: "The Pistons have a better record than the Nets, and the Nets can't catch up with the Pistons, but the Nets are the top in the Atlantic Division, and they will definitely be third in the playoffs."

"..."

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After being ridiculed by the coaches in the conference room, Liu Mang returned to the room resentfully. He always thought that he would meet the Nets in the second round, but now it seems that if he wants to meet the Nets, he must first advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Nets have to beat the Pacers to enter the Eastern Conference Finals.
Liu Mang is confident that his team can easily enter the Eastern Conference Finals without encountering the Nets, but what about the Nets' "Big Three"?
Liu Mang felt so cheated!

If Kidd fails to make it to the Eastern Conference finals, what should we do with the task of surpassing the strongest player in the Eastern Conference at the beginning of the century?
Liu Mang felt the thoughts in his heart, and he scared himself. He actually began to expect that the Nets would be stronger and could kill the Pacers and enter the Eastern Conference Finals!
The Pacers will definitely have no problem entering the second round. The top four teams in the East and the teams outside the top four in the East are teams from two worlds.

Liu Mang never thought that one day, he would actually pray for Kidd's team to be stronger!
Liu Mang looked at the star card in his system space.

The best one is undoubtedly the random star card of the strongest point guard in NBA history in all eras after sweeping Kidd in the regular season and the peak star card of Iverson in the 00-01 season.

I originally used one to show momentum when I was going to play Kidd, and one was used to show momentum when I was going to play the Lakers... Maybe I can’t use it now?

What about that task?Liu Mang now really hopes that the Big Three of the Nets will "play a championship style" and enter the Eastern Conference Finals...

Putting aside this crazy idea, since he will meet the Pistons in the second round, Liu Mang can't be careless when facing the Pistons, he must sweep them in the regular season!

"Avengers series mission Pistons' revenge: The year when the Pistons' desire to defeat the host reached its deepest level. Every time the host's team beats the Pistons in the regular season this season, the Pistons' fighting spirit against the host team in the playoffs will decrease by 20.00%. Completion degree: (2/4, the Pistons have lost their belief in defeating the host's team."

Fight the pistons to despair!Hit them until they completely lose their fighting spirit!This is what Liu Mang wants. If the goal of the playoffs is the championship, the fewer obstacles before the better, of course. The Nets and the Lakers, who are most likely to reach the finals, are already troublesome enough. The opponents in front can be miserable!
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By [-] p.m., the Eagles entered the court at the Palace of Auburn Hills after warming up.

The attention of this game is average. The Eagles swept the Pistons in the past two years. The Eagles won the first two matches this year. Not many fans and expert media regard the Pistons as the opponents of the Eagles.

From people's point of view, the Pistons already have "ice phobia", and they are abused every time they meet Liu Mang.

However, the local fans in Detroit are still very enthusiastic. After entering the stadium, Liu Mang once again felt the noise of the Palace of Auburn Hills fans!
The Eagles may be the least popular team with Detroit fans right now, and they get less popular with each visit to the Palace of Auburn Hills.

This is the second time the Eagles have come here this season, and the number of security guards on the scene has obviously become more than last time!

The league is very worried about the troubled team of the Eagles and the grumpy team of the Pistons. After all, it is not unheard of.

It's just that it's impossible to fight again.

First of all, what the two teams want now is not on the same level.

The goal of the Pistons is to cross the second round, and the goal of the Eagles is the championship.

Of course, the slogan chanted by the Pistons is still the championship, but their spirit is much different from their original history.

The main reason is that their lineup has not changed much since the beginning of the season, especially the five core lineups of Billups, Hamilton, Stephen Jackson, Bosh, and Ben Wallace.

This also makes it difficult for the Pistons to change.

Billups has been suppressed by Liu Mang year after year, especially in the first two matches between the two teams this season. He was crushed badly by Liu Mang. He did not have the mentality of "If I am king" gradually this year. Instead, he is satisfied with being the core of a team, a quasi-All-Star, and a candidate for the best team.

Billups was a little excited when he thought that he could not even pass the first round with Garnett a few years ago, and now he leads the team himself and has a chance to reach the second round!

It was a complete accident that they didn't make it to the second round last year. Billups was also very desperate. They met the Hawks in the first round. Everyone thought they would be blacked out, and then they were blacked out. The Pistons, the fourth-place team in the playoffs this time, are not afraid. Billups can finally get a taste of the second round, and maybe he will get a taste of the second round before Garnett in the West.

In today's game, Billups just came with the mentality of trying hard, but as soon as he entered the court, he found a fiery gaze-from Ace Liu on the opposite side!
Billups felt a sudden in his heart: "Brother! What are you doing!"

　The next chapter is before [-] pm!

　　
　
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