Billboards can be seen everywhere on the streets of Atlanta, mostly promoting the Hawks' playoff games.

Since the past few days, Atlanta has become a Chinatown, and Chinese tourists can be seen everywhere.

The difference between Chinese tourists and tourists from other yellow countries in Asia is that Chinese tourists like to buy and buy...... Those who can travel abroad this year are not bad for money.

The influence brought by Liu Mang is greater than the original time and space, and Yao Ming's influence in Houston is greater, first because Atlanta is more suitable for travel than Houston, and then because Liu Mang's achievements in three seasons are beyond Yao Ming's career to achieve.

A figure wearing a mask, a sweatshirt and a hat on his head shuttled through the streets of Atlanta, such a figure did not attract much attention, and there are many mavericks in the United States.

Walking and walking, this tightly wrapped figure came to a large mall less than a kilometer from Phillips Arena, and one of the largest malls in Atlanta, Phillips Mall.

The large LED screen at the entrance of the mall is playing the Eagles' news interview this morning, Phillips Group, which has LED equipment, household electronics, large supermarket chains and other industries, is the first major sponsor of the Eagles, half of the money when the stadium was built and the follow-up equipment update and maintenance money, are the responsibility of the Phillips Group, so the promotion of the Eagles is also in turn their means of self-promotion.

In recent years, thanks to the soaring Eagles' record and influence, Phillips Mall has become Atlanta's premier shopping mall.

The TV screen was showing an interview with Liu Mang, the No. 1 player of the Eagles.

The reporter asked Liu Mang: "Ace, every time you meet the Knicks, you will play very well, do you have any hatred for the Knicks?" ”

Liu Mang replied arrogantly: "What hatred do you have for the Knicks?" No, it's just that we played well that day, we scored 150 points, they didn't shoot, they only got 80 points, we play the same way against any team, we don't target them, weak is the original sin, they are just too weak, so all the misfortune will befall them, it's just that we happened to be on the same court. ”

Seeing the nasty face in the TV screen and saying nasty words, the man in the sweatshirt took off his mask, revealing a face full of perverseness, and spit on the ground with a mouthful of saliva.

Stephen Marbury!

Yesterday, the Knicks had come to Atlanta, but no one noticed them, tomorrow is the day of the playoffs, Marbury saw the predictions of major media, the Hawks have a 100% chance of advancing in the first round, and almost all predictions are swept to advance.

This upset Marbury, who went out for a walk in violation of the team's strictest team rule set by Pat Riley that year — the team rule that he was not allowed to leave the hotel for private purposes during the playoffs — and went out for a walk, and the more he shopped, the more unhappy he became.

Now seeing this interview video, Marbury is even more upset.

The interview on the TV screen continued, and the reporter continued to ask: "Ace, you said that the biggest difference between the Knicks and your Hawks is the point guard, what do you think you are better than Marbury?" ”

Liu Mang replied: "Actually, Marbury is better than me, it's just that he can't play, the NBA is not suitable for him, he may be able to go to our country's CBA league to try, where it is more suitable for his style of play, he is estimated to be cut in the NBA like Ewing and Houston, go to the CBA, he may be able to play for a few more years." ”

Overseas League!

Marbury is desperate to find a brick to smash this big screen!

It's so contemptuous of people!

Marbury swears: I, Stephen Marbury, even if I can't play and go bankrupt and starve to death one day, I won't go to that CBA bastard to eat!

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The three most authoritative sports media ESPN,

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After Sports Illustrated's playoff power rankings came out, most fans agreed, and most of the rankings of the three authoritative media were very consistent.

The Lakers are ranked at the top of the power rankings, and given the Lakers' achievements over the past four years, the roster is now stronger, and most fans still recognize this ranking.

The Hawks are in second place, beating the defending champion Spurs, third is the Spurs, fourth is the Nets, who finished as runners-up last season and reached the Finals for two consecutive years, fifth is the Timberwolves, sixth is the Pacers, seventh is the Mavericks, eighth is the Kings, ninth is the Rockets, tenth is the Pistons, eleventh is the Grizzlies, twelfth is the Nuggets, thirteenth is the Hornets, fourteenth is the Heat, fifteenth is the Bucks, and sixteenth is the Knicks.

Although the Rockets and Pistons are ranked ninth in the power rankings and the other is tenth, they are ranked at the bottom of the sixteen teams in terms of championship probability, especially the Rockets, who are ranked second to the bottom, only higher than the Knicks, although the Rockets have 50 wins and can rank fourth in the East, they will meet the Lakers in the first round.

The Hawks were placed in second place, pressing the defending champion Spurs, and there were fans who were unhappy about it, but there were also fans who gave supportive views.

The Hawks are second in the league with an average of 106 points per game this season, second only to the Mavericks' average of 107.5 points per game, and first in the league with an average of 51 rebounds per game, which is a full five higher than the Mavericks and Spurs, who are both second and third, with an average of 22.3 assists per game and eighth in the league with 89.7 points per game, but with an average net win of 16.3 points per game, the league is the only team with a net score of more than 5 points other than the Timberwolves and Mavericks, and the Timberwolves, with an average net score of 5.7 points per game and the Mavericks with an average net score of 5.1 points per game, are completely crushing performance.

And the Eagles players score very evenly, In addition to one lone player averaging 33.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game, Raheem played in 74 games and only averaged 11 points and 13.9 boards per game, Jason Terry played in 82 games and averaged 18 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game, Rasheed Wallace played in 61 games and averaged 12 points and 7 boards per game, Stockton played in 60 games and averaged 6.1 points, 5.5 assists and 1.6 boards per game, Boozer played in 80 games and averaged 9.5 points and 8.5 boards per game, Ratlif played in 70 games and averaged 6.7 points, 7.1 boards and 3 blocks per game, Kwame Brown played in 82 games and averaged 7.6 points and 7.9 boards per game, and Muhammad averaged 4.6 points and 5.5 boards per game in 82 games……

Player averages tend to add up to higher than team season averages, as some players don't play and another plays up.

Some fans put it forward: The Hawks' data is average, with a good record and good total data, if it weren't for the Lakers' impression that they were champions, the Hawks would not be in first place.

Originally, it was just the Hawks fans and the Spurs fans arguing, and then the Lakers were also pulled in......

A certain Atlanta No. 1, who did not want to be named, built several trumpets before going to bed, leaving messages under major posts: The most handsome team of Ace Liu is the first ...... in the playoffs

Predictions for the major awards are also out, with the best coach winning probabilities, Grizzlies head coach Huby Brown in first place, Timberwolves head coach Philip Saunders in second place, Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle in third, and Hawks coach Kruger in fourth place.

In all the MVP lists, Liu Mang is ranked first, the second is Kevin Garnett, the third is Kobe Bryant, the fourth is Ron Artest, the fifth is Peja Stojakovic, the sixth is Tim Duncan, the seventh is Shaq O'Neal, the eighth is Sharif Raheem, the ninth is Jason Kidd, and the tenth is Ben Wallace.

Except for Liu Mang in first place and Garnett in second place, the rankings of the latter people have changed a little in the major lists, but the top six are all these people.

Entering the top 10 of the MVP list are either scoring champions, rebounding champions, favorites for the best defensive player, or first-defense contenders.

The dominance of Artest the best defensive player is the same as Liu Mang's, Artest is the first on all lists, because it is difficult for an outside to get the best defensive player, when an outside player becomes the favorite for the best defensive player, he has definitely played strong enough defensive dominance, and even crushes the defensive performance of the inside, and the outside line has suffered in the defense of the tandem team.

Best Rookie, some lists Carmelo Anthony ranks first, LeBron James ranks second, and some lists are the opposite, James because of the influence of Liu Mang, less Boozer, a teammate, with an average of more points per game than Anthony, the data is still 21.9 + 6 + 5.6 in NBA history in addition to Oscar Robertson and Michael Jordan Another rookie year average of 20 + 5 + 5 per game Rookie, while Anthony has a significant improvement in his record, and the rookie year led the team to the playoffs, The two are on a par with each other.

The Sixth Man of the Year, Jason Terry was number one, Antoine Jamison was number two, Bobby Jackson was number three, and Manu Ginobili was number four.

The previous award predictions are quite normal, and some rankings have caused controversy, such as Duncan and O'Neal's rankings are generally low, but they are all reasonable.

When Liu Mang saw these rankings, he also felt that they were quite fair, and there was no particularly big ranking of saliva.

However, when Liu Mang saw the prediction of the Fastest Progress Award, he was speechless......

The first place in the Most Progress Award is named Ace Liu......

Each ranking of each list has a reason behind it, such as Liu Mang's MVP ranking is the first in the major lists, and the reasons given by the major lists are the scoring champion and 70 wins.

In the Most Progressive Award, Liu Mang ranked first, and the reason was very simple and rude.

19.3 points per game — 33.1 points per game, 2.9 boards per game — 3.8 boards per game, 4.4 assists per game — 6.6 assists per game.

This is a comparison of Liu Mang's data from last season and this season's regular season, completely ignoring the fact that Liu Mang only averaged 11 points per game in the first 30 games of last season, and he already averaged 25 points per game in the second half of last season.

However, it looks plausible and convincing!

Just like Liu Mang was speechless, after this list came out, the fans were in an uproar......

looked at Zach Randolph, who ranked second in the Fastest Progress Award, from an average of 8 points and 5 boards per game to 20 points and 10 boards, and the progress was also great, but the Fastest Progress Award mainly depends on the growth of points, Randolph's score increase is not as much as Liu Mang's, even if the average rebounds per game are increased to 10, if the two competitors are players of bad teams, Randolph's rebounding double will also be considered in progress, but if the competitor is Liu Mang, then the improvement of the record will be taken into account, even if it is considered with the record of more than 60 wins two years ago, The Hawks have also improved a lot more than the Trail Blazers, whose record is a negative improvement.

Fans have a very strange feeling, this feeling is very subtle, there is no rule, MVP can't win the Most Improved Award, fans have come up with strange thoughts, this year's MVP wants to win the Most Improved Award?

The fastest progress award is the media vote, this time the prediction is so highly consistent, Liu Mang is ranked first, if Liu Mang and Randolph are evenly matched, it is okay to predict who wins the first and second awards, but in the major lists, Liu Mang is ranked first, and the fans feel that this is obvious!

Liu Mang's idea is that the media is doing something!

These guys just want to get something eye-catching!

But...... Liu Mang thinks that it seems good to win an award, and the impact of public opinion brought by this matter seems to be able to cause a lot of topics...... As for being in the limelight, the scoring champion has been won, is there anything more showy?

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“…… Dinah, what are you dressed for? Liu Mang was a little stunned when he saw that Xiao Lori was wearing a hairband with the Chinese character "champion" written on her head, and was wearing a big red Hawks Chinese fan version of the Rogue League T-shirt, looking like she had been beaten with chicken blood.

"I bought it yesterday when Dinah and her mother went shopping, isn't it great!" Little Lori twisted her little ass like a treasure and showed Liu Mang the No. 1 behind her.

"......" Don't say it, the soil is a little dirty, but the main thing is to look at the face, the little Lori is too cute, seeing the little Lori's expression like a treasure, Liu Mang couldn't help but grab the little Lori......

"Ah...... Uncle! ”

"Dinah is so cute!"

"Uncle takes advantage of Dinah! Dinah's face is going to be pinched! ”

"When Dinah grows up, you can't take advantage, so take advantage of Dinah's preoccupation before she grows up...... You're not a South Korean, so you can't break it. ”

Dinah finally broke free from Liu Mang's clutches, hid behind Levia, who had just come downstairs, and said after making a grimace at Liu Mang: "Mom, uncle is too much!" Bullying Dinah again! ”

"Okay, okay, let's hurry up, Aida, you come down quickly, there will be a traffic jam in a while." Levia glanced at Liu Mang helplessly and shouted upstairs.

Levia is thinking about whether to have another daughter, originally ordinary women hooked up with NBA stars, especially Liu Mang, who earn tens of millions of dollars a year, and wished to have several children immediately, but Levia is not short of money, she doesn't think about this at all, she finally has a man, and she is still in love, so she naturally wants to be a few more years old, anyway, she is just 30 years old, and she can wait for two or three years.

But now that the eldest daughters are so old, Liu Mang has also mentioned many times that she wants to give birth to a bunch of daughters, and she has beaten Liu Mang many times, but now, it seems that it is really time to have another one, Alexia wants to have a boy...... Levia, who already knows Chinese culture very well, knows the mind of Alexia, who also knows Chinese culture, and the key is that Dinah will be ten years old at the end of the year...... Levia wants a daughter to divert Liu Mang's excessive affection for Dinah......

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Yesterday's first round match on the first day, the fight was ...... It's not intense at all, the Timberwolves crushed the Nuggets, Garnett was listed as the second MVP, his anger made the Nuggets cry, and it was a super data of 33 points, 21 rebounds, 8 assists and 6 blocks to the Nuggets, leading the Timberwolves to slaughter the Nuggets 116-92.

Under Garnett's single defense, Anthony was 3-of-17 and scored 11 points, but had 5 offensive rebounds! The data of 11 points and 10 boards is also passable, after all, he is a rookie.

The next series between the Nets and the Bucks, the Pacers and the Heat, there is no suspense, the gap in strength is greater than that of the Timberwolves and the Nuggets, the Bucks and the Heat, the two teams do not even have 40 wins, the Bucks 38 wins, the Heat 37 wins, were hammered, the Nets beat the Bucks 92-69 by 23 points, the Pacers 86-58, and the Heat did not score 60 points.

There is no suspense in the game between the Lakers and the Rockets, Yao Ming played the Lakers this year, and he didn't play as well as last year's rookie year, the main reason is because of the veteran Ma Long, dealing with O'Neal, Yao Ming has his own way, but against Ma Long's defense, Yao Ming played very badly, Ma Long 19 points and 17 boards in this game, old and strong! Defended Yao Ming to only get 10 points and 5 boards, too strong and good to move! I can't tell it's a person in my 40s at all.

Today is the opening game day of the Eagles, and the two opening game days every year are happy times for fans, because the eight opening games are broadcast live throughout the whole game, although the three major TV stations American Cable TV broadcast each game separately, but in order not to affect the ratings, they will wait for the last game to be played and the next game to start.

The Eagles game didn't start until nine o'clock in the evening, Liu Mang ate a nutritious meal at the team at noon, and went back to take the three girls to the stadium, and it was only three o'clock when they arrived at the stadium.

Today is Saturday, and Liu Mang doesn't want to delay things because of traffic jams.

Train early!

In the past three days, in addition to being interviewed, Liu Mang has been training, occasionally paying attention to the news of those lists, but mainly training.

Atlanta's basketball atmosphere is too strong right now, and Liu Mang is completely immersed in the desire for the playoffs.

By half past five in the afternoon, when his teammates came to the stadium one after another with their families, Liu Mang had already trained several groups.

The Eagles players took their families to try a nutritious meal in the restaurant of the stadium, eating food with oligosalt and fresh water, many children vomited directly, and the women swallowed silently with tears in their hearts for the sake of face, and chatted with other players' girlfriends or wives with smiles, all using their own tricks to deal with their own men.

Liu Mang's side was kicked by Levia, who pretended to help him wipe the dirty things that didn't exist at the corners of his mouth......

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At 8 p.m., an hour before the start of the game, the entrance ceremony to Phillips Arena had begun.

Because the Eagles' regular season division championship flag will be raised today!

Won the division for the second time in three years and the fourth in the Eagles' history...... It was miserable, so the fans were even more excited, and once again ignored the away players.

Although there is no trophy for the regular season champion or anything, from the beginning of the playoffs, the league is ready to have the first place in the regular season to be defeated, in order to avoid the embarrassment of holding the trophy in the championship round, so in addition to the championship, there is no other trophy about the record, which is replaced by a flag.

First, there was some pre-game entertainment, and some of the Hawks players participated, and Kevin Willis, who probably didn't have much of a chance to play in the playoffs, went up and sang a song and showed his face.

At half-past eight, NBA Vice President Stu Jackson, the unlucky guy who was squeezed out of Adam Silva's first successor to president, came to present the Hawks with a divisional championship flag and a prize check for the regular season winner.

The total prize pool of this year's NBA playoffs reached 9.2 million US dollars, and the Hawks, who ranked first in the regular season, received a check of 420,000 US dollars, which was distributed to more than 30 players, trainers, coaching staff, and team doctors...... In the hands of other people, there are more than 10,000 per person, counting the double reward of the boss, the average person has a small 30,000 US dollars in their hands, not to mention those trainers and others with a monthly salary of several thousand US dollars, which is a lot of money for players with a base salary.

Liu Mang watched the banner of the division champion rise into the air, and always felt that something was not pleasing to the eye.

If only one day, all these flags were replaced with championship flags, and all four division champion flags were taken down!

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In the first three games of today's playoffs, people thought that the Mavericks and the Kings would be evenly matched, whether the two teams were in terms of record, team lineup, strength ranking, or championship probability, they were almost identical, and last season the two teams hit a tie-break, and the Mavericks narrowly won, they thought it was another round of a series of vicious battles, but the game was no suspense!

Webb, who has become a little fat, blows Nowitzki up!

Originally, Webb's scoring ability was not as strong as Nowitzki's, but this time, in the face of Nowitzki's clumsy single defense, the inside line was empty by Brad Miller, and Webb scored 44 points in a single game!

And Weber couldn't prevent Nowitzki, the two teams were originally attacking Biao, and it was the same in the playoffs last year, when Webb was able to suppress Nowitzki on the scoring end, the Kings suddenly had the absolute upper hand!

It's not that Webb's scoring ability is stronger than Nowitzki's, it's that Webb scores against Nowitzki, and it's easier for Nowitzki to score than Nowitzki's score, just like Bunch-Wells is very energetic every time he plays Nowitzki, and Fat Webb plays Novitzki well!

Relying on Webb's 44 points and 12 rebounds to beat Nowitzki's 34 points and 15 boards, the Kings defeated the Mavericks 115-102, and it seemed that the score difference was not large, but the Mavericks were pressed by the Kings almost all of the time.

In the second game of the Spurs against the Grizzlies, the sister-in-law was just abused by Rasheed Wallace, and in the playoffs, she immediately met Duncan, who defended better than Rasheed Wallace...... Continue to hit the streets......

After that, the Pistons played the Hornets very well, and Billups was blown up by Barang Davis, but the Pistons were strong in defense as a whole, and finally relied on defense, 89-83, narrowly beating the Hornets to get the first victory.

Finally, at 9:15 p.m., the Hawks' home game against the Knicks began!