From today on is the king

Chapter 969

Arrived at the arena, changed into training uniforms, and accepted a pre-match interview on the court TV. Liu Mang and other prominent Eagles players were pulled to interview by TNT reporters. The three major TV stations broadcast live in the United States, and the other two had been interviewed before, and only TNT had not yet interviewed.

"Ace, may I ask how confident you are in your victory over the Spurs?" The question asked by the TNT reporter is still very routine, after all, the opponent is the Spurs.

"Confidence? No, it's not as simple as confidence. We must beat the Spurs to win the championship. This is not just a championship, but also our responsibility!"

"responsibility?"

"In order to implement love and justice, to maintain peace in the basketball world, and for the fans' sincere passion for basketball that shines in the world, we all have to defeat the Spurs. We are not only for ourselves, we are also for the fans, and 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...

What Liu Mang said stunned the TNT reporter,

Didn’t Bowen just step on your foot? Didn’t you think it’s a good position when you stepped on your foot? Didn’t you habitually dislocate your ankle by stepping on it? As for calling them heinous characters who destroy basketball?
The TNT reporter was slandering, wanting to see the reaction of the rest of the Eagles, Liu Mang's words were too blunt...Damn!The reporter saw McGrady, Jason Terry, Kwame Brown, Rasheed Wallace and Mourning all showing such excited expressions. From their eyes, the reporter seemed to see a word-sense of mission...

What's up with the Eagles guys?

A boss is so secondary, a group of players don't know how to grow their heads!

This reporter feels that the three views have been subverted...

After Liu Mang finished those words in shame, he withdrew and left amidst the stunned expression of the reporter and the faces of his teammates who had suffered from a second stroke...

"Ding... Hitler's bewitchment triggers, and the players of the host team who follow the host wholeheartedly agree with the host's remarks."

"Ding... The team cohesion of the host's team has been further improved, and this finals participated in the competition 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 does not seem to have much effect on further improving the team's cohesion. The team's cohesion is already high, but it is always better to go further.

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

……

"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 pillar of more than 80.00% of the basketball fans. Temporary task: trigger for justice, will the host accept it?"

For justice?What kind of a mission is this, the name is a little too high school!

But it's always good to have a mission, Liu Mang asked, "What's the reward?"

"none."

"What about the penalty for failure?"

"none."

"Then what is the use of this task?"

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

"accept……"

Anyway, there is no punishment, 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 a statement with a sense of mission in the interview. The players of the host's team will therefore play with the same sense of mission as the host, and improve team cohesion."

Then, Liu Mang made such a call during the interview.

He didn't know what the sense of mission meant, that's all he could hold back.

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

……

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At 8:10 p.m., players from both teams entered the field.

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

After entering the arena, looking at Liu Mang who went to chat with celebrities with Duncan and McGrady, Ginobili wanted to bite this guy to death. He probably couldn't fight, and he couldn't win in a single duel. It is said that this guy is a paranoid. After losing, he can drag the winner to fight for a day.

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

How did they defile the pure land of basketball?

Ginobili felt so angry that his hair lost a few hairs. Parker felt desperate for Liu Mang. Duncan was calm and didn't take it seriously. The other players also thought it was Liu Mang's trick.

But Ginobili is a very passionate player who directly shows his desire to win. Players who are called nerve knives are more sensitive in their hearts. He feels that Liu Mang is blackmailing them!

Although Ginobili has heard of the public opinions of the fans, those are what the fans said, and Liu Mang is a player who actually said that... Ginobili doesn't believe it, he doesn't believe that players from other teams also regard them as evil teams!
Ginobili touched his hair again, thinking that his team shouldn't be evil...

Ginobili is having a carnival in his own world, and Liu Mang is going to say hello to some celebrities with Duncan.

Michael Jordan, Dominic Wilkins, DiBacon Mutombo, Moses Malone, Randy Whitman... and Celtics head coach Doc Rivers.

Michael Jordan made a special trip to watch the game, and asked Liu Mang for the tickets.

None of the current players came, and watching others win the championship would make anyone unhappy.

To Liu Mang's surprise, Chris Paul, the top three pick in this year's draft newly signed by his agency, came to watch the game live.

The teams have allowed contact with the rookies, and some teams have started their own trial training. Of course, some teams can attract good players to try out, and some teams can't. This kind of thing depends on the network and the market.

Like the Eagles, it is absolutely impossible to have the opportunity to select Paul. He was invited, but he still came. This has a lot to do with Liu Mang.

When Liu Reck saw Paul, Paul had just bent over and touched the floor of the final venue... Liu Reck was very curious, what kind of habit is this?Do you like this suit 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 weird task before, Liu Mang has other tasks, which will be completed in the finals with the Spurs.

"Challenger Alliance series mission: Demon Knife. The team led by the host defeated the team led by Ginobili in the finals. Mission reward: Feature: Demon Knife. Failure penalty: Failure to suppress Manu Ginobili. Failed to suppress Manu Ginobili in 02. Need to wait for the next mission to suppress Manu Ginobili."

This is the task received last season, but the Spurs failed to reach the finals last season.

This year's mission has undergone a slight introduction change. The team led by Ginobili, that is, the system's judgment, this season's Spurs in the playoffs is led by Ginobili!

This is related to Liu Mang's last piece of talent and skill. The main stars of the 01-03 class are only short of Wade, Ginobili, and James, and they all need to beat them in the playoffs to complete the suppression!

Besides that, there are other tasks.
King's Landing won consecutive championships in the second phase of the mission. Strength fruit is very important to Liu Mang. Now the strength of 87 is already very good in the position of point guard, but when the opponent uses a strong shooting guard or small forward to defend him, there are still many problems. The difference in weight is huge.

And then there's that legendary mission...

Thinking of himself patting Duncan on the shoulder and saying "You are old, the future is mine...", Liu Mang felt excited!
Leaving aside the unknown reward, this matter alone made Liu Wei very excited!

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The lights at the scene dimmed with Prince's writhing dance steps, Rasheed Wallace let out a roar to pull away the frenzied side of the Phillips Arena, Liu Mang sprinkled chalk into the air, and the game was about to begin!

The Eagles sent Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown to the starting lineup.

The Spurs sent a starting lineup of Parker, Ginobili, Robert Horry, Bunche Wells and Duncan.

The Spurs have changed!Put Duncan in the center position and discard Nesterovic!

This is beyond the expectations of the Eagles.

But let's play first and then watch. The series is still long, and any adjustments are possible for the opponent, even if Duncan is allowed to play center. Based on Coach Kruger's research on Coach Popovich, this kind of thing may happen.

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

Feeling the pressure brought by the calm feeling of the Spurs players, Liu Mang was a little eager to try, and the Eagles players were very excited!
Kwame Brown and Duncan came to the middle circle to jump the ball. After the referee selected the ball, he came to the middle 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 most powerful forward in history and overwhelmed Duncan to win the jump ball!
They were all No. [-] picks, and Kwame Brown unexpectedly got a chance to match up with Duncan. He was more excited than scared, and immediately ran to the frontcourt after winning the jump ball.

After Liu Mang received the serve, he immediately passed it to McGrady, and then ran towards the frontcourt, cutting in from the middle.

The Spurs' defense retreated very quickly, especially after they switched to a lineup of one big and four small ones, they switched defenses very quickly. Liu Mang's running position had to pick and roll without the ball, and the people around him who switched defenses were always there!

After McGrady got outside the three-point line, he saw that Liu Mang had no chance to run, and seeing Horry defending him, McGrady directly pulled up a three-point shot...

Hit a three-pointer at the start!

The Spurs players were taken aback, they played too decisively!

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

When it came time for the Spurs to attack, the Spurs really played tricks. It wasn't Ginobili who came first, nor Duncan who came first, not even Parker, but Bunche Wells!
Duncan's first attack in the opening game actually pulled to the 45-degree angle on the left side of the basket, the best mid-range shooting position he has practiced in the past two years, to open up space for Bunche Wells and let Bunche Wells get stuck!
Moreover, Rasheed Wallace failed to get stuck when he was stuck!
Bunch Wells was only 1.9 meters [-], and he was stuck in the position. Parker lobbed the ball to Bunch Wells. Bunch Wells turned around and squeezed Rasheed Wallace to score two points!
This style of play is simply enough!A player with the height of a shooting guard hit Rasheed Wallace with his back and turned around and threw it. Rasheed Wallace couldn't prevent it!

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

In the original time and space, Bunch Wells was poached by the Kings. When he played against the Spurs in the playoffs, he averaged 23 points and 12 rebounds per game against Duncan.

It's a bit of a show!That's what Popovich thought and dared to do!The Kings have no power forward without Webber, let Bunch Wells go up, Popovich directly asked Duncan to make room for Bunch Wells!

Let the number one power forward in history do this kind of thing, Liu Mang feels that only Popovich dared to do it.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Eagles attack.

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

"Damn!" Liu Mang just led Parker to the free throw line when he saw a ball flying past his head and plunged into the basket!
McGrady threw another three-pointer directly at Horry!
And it's in again!
6 to 2!The Eagles relied on McGrady to score two three-pointers in a row, pulling the score to a gap of two goals!
McGrady suddenly showed a strong desire to score, which was not only a surprise for the Spurs, but also for the Eagles, but no matter how unreasonable the play was, it was a good goal to score!When Liu Mang returned to the defense, he gave McGrady a high-five to celebrate.

When the Spurs attacked, Bunch Wells continued to play Rasheed Wallace in the low post. Watching Rasheed Wallace being played around by Bunch Wells with his footsteps and short body, Coach Kruger was going to call a timeout to adjust.

but……

Coach Kruger hadn't had time to wait for Liu Mang to advance past halftime before calling a timeout. Liu Mang received the serve and saw that McGrady had already run to the frontcourt. After receiving the serve, he passed it to McGrady.

Return!

McGrady gave the Spurs a ruthless start, and scored 3 three-pointers in a row!
Popovich's eyes widened!

What tactic is this?
Do you guys have a rebounding advantage?
Scoring 39 points in 17 seconds together with Liu Mang, not only brought McGrady a glorious moment recorded in NBA history and video records, but also made him full of confidence in playing against the Spurs!
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