"Ace, let's rest first, there will be a game tomorrow." Emmanuol said with a yawn.

It was 10 o'clock in the evening, Liu Mang was still training, and Emmanuol, who had adapted to his career as a trainer in advance, felt the hopelessness of Moron Willy.

Due to the tie-break in the first two rounds and the late start of the playoffs this year, the schedule for the East-West finals is relatively tight, except for two days off between the second and third games due to the draft, and the other games have only one day off.

After the Nets snatched home advantage back yesterday, the Hawks came to Rutherford early this morning, stayed in the self-proclaimed four-star hotel where they stayed last year, and rented the gymnasium of the high school here, which is not bad.

There is not much time to prepare, and there is not much time to rest, and after practicing two hours of offensive and defensive sparring in the afternoon, the Eagles let the players rest on their own, and Liu Mang has been practicing more.

In yesterday's game, Kidd's outburst caused the Hawks to lose.

It seems that the loss broke out in Kidd, but in fact, it was the star that the Hawks did not stand up to break out in the stalemate stage.

Kidd is really strong, and when the scoring is only at a third-rate level, he can have a 94 ability evaluation, that is, even if he has a second-rate scoring ability, it is easy for the ability evaluation to break through 95, and the third-rate scoring ability has a 94 evaluation, which proves that Kidd's organization, defense, rebounding, etc. are far superior to other superstars.

Liu Mang used Sprewell's star card in the 98-99 season when the point difference was suddenly exploded by Kidd yesterday, but was severely limited by Kidd, although Liu Mang also made 5 mistakes in his memory, but still failed to beat Kidd.

With Sprewell's star card, Liu Mang's ability is only 87 after the bonus.

From the perfect start of leading 2-1 to being chased to 2-2, the pressure is back on the Hawks' side, and Liu Mang, who wants to beat Kidd the most, is under the most pressure!

"I'll practice for a while, and if you're sleepy, go back to the hotel first."

Seeing that Emmanuol was so useless, far from Moron Willy, Liu Mang didn't blame him, it was normal for him to try the job of a trainer for the first time, and he couldn't get used to it.

If Moron-Willy and Emmanuol knew Liu Mang's thoughts, maybe the two of them would find an opportunity to beat Liu Mang together, the kind that doesn't hurt, only hurts.

Except for Liu Mang, even if it is the league's famous training madmen Kobe Bryant and Jordan, how can anyone practice from morning to night?

However, Liu Mang's progress has made Moron Wiley feel very accomplished, as talented as Kobe, after entering the NBA, it took more than two years to have the starting strength in the third season, and Liu Mang has it in less than two seasons, and the effect of crazy training is still very good.

Liu Mang was not satisfied with the speed of his progress, but the Hawks management, Hawks players, and even all the stars in the league were surprised by Liu Mang's progress rate of a year.

When Kobe Bryant entered the NBA, he was a champion-level talent, and he only had more than 80 ability values in the third year, and when Liu Mang entered the NBA, he didn't even have a bubble in college, and he was a water mixer in the NBA, and now that the second season is over, the strength of the playoffs is stronger than that of Kobe, who just started in the third year, in the playoffs, and he has not yet reached the age of 21, this progress has made many stars in the East panic like Kidd.

But Liu Mang is still not satisfied, he can't win the championship, he is dissatisfied with his strength.

Therefore, the Eagles trainer team leader needs to work overtime, but although Moron Willy feels bitter, he has never complained in front of Liu Mang.

What is the greatest achievement for a trainer? Isn't it just that the stars you help train are getting stronger and stronger! Everyone has their own pursuits, stars want to become superstars and get more honors, team doctors want to ensure the health of the team, and trainers naturally want to improve the strength of players who have been trained by themselves!

For example, the current Omanuor, when he was a player, he didn't become famous, but when he became a trainer, there was no way out, if the trainer was not good, it was estimated that he could only go to the mixed development league, with a cheap salary of less than 20,000 US dollars a year.

He can't play in the development league for a few years, and he can't run anymore in his 30s, he is already fat, and he really can't play in his 30s, so Emmanuol also wants to make a name for himself in this industry, Moron Wiley is his goal, from a basic trainer, to the director of the Hawks trainer, the director of the logistics department, and now he is the next vice president, after this season, Moron Wiley will replace the retired Steven Callahan as the vice president of the Hawks' logistics department, with an annual salary of 500,000 US dollars, are higher than the salaries of many NBA players, and now the minimum salary for the NBA second-round pick is only 290,000 US dollars.

Although it took more than ten years for Moron Wiley, who will turn 50 in the summer, it is a way out for retired role players, and there are few retired role players who have the opportunity to become trainers, and Emmanuol is already grateful for this opportunity, all because the Eagles management wants to show the "human touch" that Chinese like the most popular in front of Liu Mang.

Emmanuol knows that such an opportunity is not easy, after getting the fact that no team is interested in him from his agent, he once fell into a panic, as a low-level player, he has been in the NBA for so long, he learned that many retired players are quite miserable, especially a player like him who is drunk today, after retirement, it is equivalent to bankruptcy, starvation, isn't there still prison food, the star is okay, bankrupt can still go to the cave, with low remuneration to play some exhibition games, and ordinary players retired and bankrupt, Many have embarked on the path of crime......

Emmanuol held his spirits: "It's okay, Ace, you practice for a while, but we must leave at half past ten, there is a curfew here, not as safe as Atlanta." ”

"Curfew? Okay, I know, I'll practice two more shots, go back to the hotel and take a shower......"

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On June 6, the time has come for the battle between the Hawks and the Nets.

With a 3-1 lead in the West, it doesn't seem like there's much suspense, and Duncan's dominance at the power forward position may be the only one in NBA history, and it's outrageously strong.

The media's attention has returned to the East, where the suspense has risen again between the Hawks and the Nets.

When the Hawks grabbed a home-court advantage, people thought that the Nets were going to be cold, and if the Hawks held on to two home courts, they could also have a 3-1 advantage, and if they won one of the three games, people felt that the Hawks should not have much of a problem.

But 2 to 1 turned into 2 to 2, and the suspense came again!

The media has different predictions about who will advance between the Hawks and the Nets, but there is a common point of recognition, that is, both teams have the strength to win the away team, and it can be said that they are evenly matched, whether it is playing defense or attacking, they each win one game.

So today's fifth battle, the battle of Tianwang Mountain, is the key battle of the Eastern Conference Finals!

At 6:55 p.m., the battle between the Hawks and the Nets is about to begin.

The Eagles players are on the field making their final warm-up preparations.

Playing away from home, the Hawks players are under a lot of pressure, and the Nets fans are all fanatical when they see that their hopes of promotion have become bigger again, and the Hawks are booing no matter what they do.

Similarly, the Nets, who have finally regained home-court advantage, do not dare to slack off at all, and the Hawks have proven that they have the ability to win on the road, and if they are not careful, they will be forced to win on the road again.

In the fourth game, the Nets didn't think there was anything so good about winning on the road with Kidd's outburst.

After the final minutes of warm-up time, the referee blew the whistle and sent both teams to the middle of the pitch ready to start the game.

Liu Mang punched a small fist on Boozer's chest, the smoke of magnesium powder dispersed, Liu Mang and Boozer hugged and played!

The Eagles, for their part, put Mohammed back in the starting line-up, with Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Mohammed, and Ratliff starting together.

The Nets are still the starting lineup of Kidd, Kittels, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, and Jason Collins.

Ratliffe and Kenyon Martin came to the center circle to jump the ball.

Mutombo was there, and the Nets were all Mutombo jump shots, but Jason Collins started with Kenyon Martin jump shots.

Another jump ball without suspense, Kenyon Martin easily beat Ratliff to take the lead in the back, and he was able to become the champion that year, relying on his physical fitness.

Kidd got the ball, pressed the speed a little, and saw that he won the opening game, and the Nets fans screamed with excitement.

If the Nets can win the championship this year, maybe they can really bring up the popularity of the Nets in the local area, the Nets are not very popular in New Jersey, mainly because the Nets have not achieved anything in New Jersey for more than 20 years, the best star is the current Kidd, Julius Irving used to be a Nets player, but the Nets moved from New York to New Jersey after joining the NBA, how could Julius Irving come to play in such a small place, and immediately jumped to the 76ers, in New Jersey for more than 20 years, Before Kidd, the Nets had a decent star who could get their hands on Bernard King, who had never made the Eastern Conference finals, and then Derrick Coleman, Stephen Marbury and the like were all useless.

Now that the Nets have finally relied on Kidd to have a lot of influence in New Jersey, they are now one championship away from consolidating and continuing to expand the team's popularity.

This year, the Lakers collapsed! Although the Spurs are also strong, they are not as crushing as the Lakers in previous years, and if the Nets reach the Finals, everything is still very promising.

So now Nets fans are desperate for their team to win!

Kidd advanced to the front court amid cheers, and Liu Mang blocked Kidd for the first time, and his defensive task was to prevent Kidd from taking advantage of the block to shoot.

Kidd first came to a block with Kenyon Martin, but Liu Mang desperately squeezed over, not letting Kidd have room to shoot, Kidd saw that there was no chance to shoot, rubbed the impact of Liu Mang's defense, pulled to the left, and suddenly broke through to the left, when he broke through, his action range was small, the center of gravity was low, the frequency was fast, and the small broken steps were really beautiful, and he easily shook off Liu Mang half a step and went deep into the inside again.

Raheem was ready to let go of the defender as soon as he could, just in time to block Kidd's breakthrough route when he burst in, at this time, Kidd split the ball and gave it to Richard Jefferson, who quickly made up for it and blocked Richard Jefferson who wanted to hit the inside.

Traditionally, a rough guy like Richard Jefferson, who hasn't developed much skill yet, rarely distributes the ball, usually the star divides the ball, and the person who catches the ball is the endpoint, but! In the two years since Kidd came to the Nets, he led the team to a change of consciousness, after Kenyon Martin blocked people to no avail, cut into the basket from the right side of the Nets, Prince saw Muhammad go to make up for Richard Jefferson, and hurried to block Kenyon Martin, Richard Jefferson quickly split the ball and made a long pass to Kittels in the weak bottom corner!

Richard Jefferson's pass was on track to Kittels in the bottom right corner, who made a three-point shot!

"Huh"

Hit!

The Nets took the lead with 3 points!

This sharing ball is really well done! Kittels is in the open!