"Ace, are you serious?"

In pre-game training, when the team submitted the starting list, Liu Mang took the initiative to go to Coach Kruger and said that he was ready to give up the starting position in this game to Stockton.

Originally, Coach Kruger wanted to keep Prince on the bench for a while, but since Ratliff was rested today, Coach Kruger was ready to let Boozer and Rasheed Wallace partner as an inside starter, and play double-bad tactics when they came up.

But Liu Mang offered to give up

Hearing Stockton's words, Liu Mang responded: "Ah...... That's right! ”

In the past two days, Stockton, who has been moved by the enthusiasm of the Salt Lake City fans, was moved, and said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Ace......"

"Damn! John, you're in your 40s, why are you still so hypocritical! Liu Mang complained in disgust.

"Haha! Okay, Ace, just for today's friendship, I must help you train a substitute before leaving the Eagles! Stockton patted Liu Mang on the shoulder and laughed.

"What? That's pretty cool, right, John, who are you going to groom to be my understudy? Is it Willy? This reward is better than any repayment, and Liu is excited.

Is it to train Willie Green? This guy's physical fitness is really good, and it fell to the second round entirely because of attitude problems, with a celebrity like Stockton to guide, maybe he can break it back, after all, this is a two-way guard who relies purely on physical talent and has averaged 10+ points per game.

"No, Lang asked me during the All-Star weekend, who would be better suited to be my replacement and then be your backup later, I chose Jose, maybe the team is going to make a trade, we need a third big center." Stockton didn't care in the slightest, because his words could change the fate of the two people.

This is the NBA, the cruel part, sometimes it is really a word from a player with league status who can make a player get abandoned.

"Calderon ......" Liu Mang thought of the guy who could be squeezed by the opponent and fell to the ground even if he controlled the ball, not that Calderon had no potential, but Calderon was not the kind of player who was suitable for playing early in the NBA.

Some players are suitable for entering the NBA early to shine and improve themselves in the best leagues, but some players need time to make their bodies reach the level of confrontation in the NBA.

This is not something that can be done by training, but it really needs to reach the peak of physiology to have that ability, some players just don't have such good physical talents, forcibly enhance the confrontation, and practice strong will definitely be able to train strong, but it may make the original flexibility and speed, soft feel and other things lost, so he has to survive until his own body grows to the peak of physiology, in order to have the ability to survive in the NBA.

Calderon is that type of player, he can make a positive contribution in the NBA, that is, in the seven years from the age of 25 to 31, he averaged 12 points and 8 assists per game in these seven years, and when he can't fight, only the scoring is passable, and the empty three-point is not confrontational, but it also makes his career average of assists per game drop to an average of 5.5 per game.

Hearing Liu Mang's questioning voice, Stockton smiled: "No problem, he is the same as me at the beginning, I will let him be your backing like me." ”

“…… You are a teacher, you have the final say......" Liu Mang said this, but his head began to brainstorm, what are the missing point guards in this year's draft?

Calderon will be very powerful in the future, and he has received an annual salary of 10 million, but in the past two years, Liu Mang is really not optimistic about this guy, he is too thin, thinner than Liu Mang himself when he first entered the NBA, and his weight of 80 kilograms is lighter than Iverson, who is ten centimeters shorter than him.

……

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Stockton may be the first and only time in his entire career that he has returned to Salt Lake City as a visiting player, and the Energy Solutions arena is full for the first time this season.

This year's Jazz box office is quite miserable, mainly to get a high draft pick, Sloan was forced to start rotting in advance, originally their lineup did not say enter the playoffs, more than 30 wins can still be obtained, at least it will not be so ugly, after all, there are Kirilenko and Carlos Arroyo who broke out after a year of training in Stockton, plus the poor version of Hornacekmat Harprin who is at his peak, the Jazz will not rot to the end, until they want Delon or Paul's 04-05 season to be completely rotten.

The reason why he didn't have any doubts about the Stockton disciples was because Liu Mang saw Arroyo's progress after studying with Stockton for a year!

Arroyo was about to lose his ball, and was signed by the Jazz team with a base salary, the Jazz team not only had a bad box office, but the city was miserable, there were not too many sports clubs, and no big-name stars were willing to come, so they could only pick up Arroyo to cultivate.

Then Arroyo is averaging 12+3+5 per game this year.

As a result, the Jazz's attendance this year has dropped directly to the bottom of the league, and they are not even full when Malone returns, and they are the only team this season that has played more than 50 games without a full house, and even the Magic team now has a 10-44 record and has had several full games.

But Stockton is back, and the Energy Solutions arena is being blown up again!

Compared to Malone's defection to the Lakers, Stockton went to his apprentice to be the leader of the town, and the fans can understand better.

And Salt Lake City fans love Liu Mang even more today!

In the past, it was only because Liu Mang and Boozer played blocking and dismantling, or they were played by Stockton, which made Jazz fans have a mysterious love for Liu Mang.

But today, when the starting list was played on the big screen at the scene, Salt Lake City fans loved Liu Mang even more!

Stockton replaced Liu Mang as the starter of this game!

It's not that he bullied Prince for being a sophomore, but Liu Mang personally let him start, which means very different!

However, since it is an enemy, the fans give Stockton the highest respect!

When Stockton, as the "boss" of the team, was the last to enter, the scene erupted in violent boos!

The last time such a boo appeared, it was the finals of Double Evil VS Jordan!

Liu Mang was wearing a training uniform, and as soon as he was the first to high-five Stockton, who was the last to appear, the boos on the scene exploded, and the system prompt followed.

"Ding...... The Devil's home court was triggered, and the excitement of the Jazz players increased dramatically from the Jazz Energy Solutions Arena, and the Jazz players greatly offset the negative emotional impact caused by the host's team's strength suppression. ”

What a good thing the Devil's home field is! Liu Mang has no doubt about this.

This year, the Hawks have only lost 4 games at home, one when the Devil's home court has not yet opened, two games that have been banned by Rasheed Wallace, and Liu Mang who has also been banned from losing, that is, since the Devil's home court, the Hawks have only lost one home game!

It's just that its own devil's home court relies on Rashid Wallace, and there is still a big difference between it and the Jazz's strong foundation that has been slowly laid down for more than ten years.

Liu Mang felt that he still had a long way to go.

But isn't it? Forever maintaining his hunger for honor is the first motivation for Liu Mang to maintain his original intention after winning the sky-high endorsement contract.

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The race is on.

Hawks starting lineup for Stockton, Prince, Raheem, Boozer, Rasheed Wallace.

The Jazz fielded a starting lineup of Arroyo, Haplin, Kirilenko, Jeron Collins, and Ostertag.

Liu Mang sat on the sidelines, let's watch Stockton's performance today! Looking at the love of Salt Lake City fans for Stockton, Liu Mang thinks it's pretty good.

Jeron Collins and Rasheed Wallace came to the center circle to jump the ball.

Compared to his older brother Jason Collins, who is the kind of master of the meat pile defense back-to-back shot, Jeron Collins is a manic physical man with excellent physical fitness, and he beats Rashid Wallace to win the jump ball.

Today's Jazz players are very excited, one is Stockton back, and the other is the most fanatical call of the season, the Jazz players know that the gap between themselves and the Hawks is too big, but they still don't coerce, just do it!

Also, when Stockton came back today, Sloan not only gave a big hug, but also made a targeted defensive arrangement for Stockton.

You can lose other games casually, but in today's game, Sloan doesn't want to give up directly, but wants to just wave!

Stockton is also very excited about this, this year he is no different from last year, he is still one of the best pure point guards in the league, the Jazz initially relied on morale to suppress the Hawks for a few rounds, but Stockton was not in a hurry, and signaled his teammates not to panic.

Stockton, in the case of the Jazz's rather face-saving defense with Kirilenko, was stunned and unhurriedly played with Boozer to block and bite the score.

And the Jazz's Sloan coach knows Stockton very well, and Stockton also knows Arroyo very well, this is his apprentice!

Playing and fighting, Stockton found his sense and began to suppress Arroyo at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and morale is such a thing that can make players play at a super level, but if they can't take advantage of the super level of play, then morale will soon slip down.

Halfway through the first quarter, after Liu Mang replaced Prince, the Jazz had no room to resist at all.

The double-evil tactics of Stockton, Liu Mang, and Boozer beat the Jazz, the origin team of this tactic, to the point of not wanting to.

The fans at the scene seemed to dream back to six years ago, Stockton had good teammates, although he was old, his shooting ability and passing ability did not decline significantly, and when he was physically sufficient, he was still a top point guard.

It's just that it's not your own team that plays like this, but the opponent!

Except for the first three minutes of the first quarter, the Jazz had no chance to lead again.

When Stockton is tired, he goes to the bottom corner and waits for Liu Mang or Jason Terry to pass, Liu Mang and Jason Terry take turns to come up, Jason Terry will either be a fixed-point pitcher, or be a ball carrier like Liu Mang, and when Stockton is rested, he will continue to dominate the attack.

There are already fans in tears at the scene!

At halftime, there were no fans to go to the toilet or buy snacks for the second half, etc., because the Jazz owner saw that the tickets were sold out before the game, and it was one of the only two national live broadcasts of the Jazz this season, and the atmosphere was so fanatical, today's game, the Hawks also sold the Jazz a face, not so badly, after the score difference reached more than ten points, the defense began to loosen, just maintain the offensive level, the game was not too embarrassing, so the Jazz owner announced, To retire Stockton's jersey today!

Unlike other teams that retire the contract the day before the retirement of the veteran, the Jazz owner is so different, when Stockton was still playing in the NBA, he announced that he would retire Stockton's jersey and erect a statue of Stockton after Stockton won the championship!

It's so direct, the Jazz owner personally supported the Hawks to win the championship.

As for the possible fine, the Jazz owner admits it! Whether it's backing the Hawks to win the championship or retiring Stockton's jersey without submitting an application, it's not allowed by league rules.

And Jazz fans, at least this season, also regard the Hawks as their "home team"!

This treatment is too far from Ma Long's return to the audience!

The other players on the court looked at Stockton's treatment, as much envy as they wanted, the Hawks had the opportunity to retire their jerseys, probably only Liu Mang and Ratliff, one was a quasi-MVP, the other was the best defensive player, if the standard of the Hawks' retired jerseys was lower, if they won the championship this season, Raheem and Jason Terry, Rasheed Wallace were also possible, and the others were not feasible, and the Jazz side was a player who didn't even have the possibility.

And without retiring, he retired the jersey, which is the only one in NBA history!

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Stockton was surprised and delighted to get a player's second-highest honor in a team and the promise of the highest award, Stockton, who had 11 points and 4 assists at halftime, played harder in the second half after the old tears.

Still giving face to the Jazz team, Coach Kruger asked the players to relax their defense, you have a ball and I have a ball, and I have a lot of fun.

Coach Sloan didn't deliberately do anything, and he didn't expect his boss to be so impulsive, retiring the jersey for Stockton, who was still playing, and expressing his support for the Hawks to win the championship in his testimonial.

After the Eagles gave him a chance, Coach Sloan was not willing to force a wave, provoking hatred was one thing, and the most important thing was that this was his best disciple!

Although Malone is better and stronger, Malone did not discuss with him before leaving Jazz, but Stockton communicated with him several times, he didn't mind his disciples fighting for a thigh in the last year, but people have likes and dislikes, good and evil.

In the end, Liu Mang scored 26 points and 3 assists, Jason Terry scored 22 points, Boozer, Kwame Brown, and Rasheed Wallace combined for 44 points, and Stockton played 48 minutes, with 20 points, 11 assists and 4 steals, the first and probably only 20+10 this season, helping the Hawks beat the Jazz 117-106 and won five in a row.

Didn't make the game so ugly, and played a beautiful head-to-head battle.

But...... Liu Mang was embarrassed today, because the fans at the scene kept shouting "Twin Evil Successors...... in the second half

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