Before the start of the game, O'Neill came over to chat with Maddie, and the two had a good relationship.

"Wow, Shaq, it's great for you to come back to the East." Maddie went up and hugged O'Neal, and the two had a good relationship.

"yes, if I had requested a trade last year, we would have teamed up with the Magic, which is a shame, otherwise we would have been champions." O'Neal began to brag again, but he has the capital to brag, who called someone to win three consecutive championships, or three consecutive championship MVP.

Usually no one will refute O'Neal's bragging, and neither will Maddie, but on the sidelines, it's not just the two of them......

"Wait, Shaq, weren't you traded away by the Lakers? When did you apply for a trade? ”

Suddenly, a puzzled voice came into O'Neal's ears, and the content made him very angry.

The thing he hates most right now is that he was driven away by the Lakers.

O'Neill just turned around and was about to "beat" Liu Mang, and another sentence poked into his heart, this time it was the most "soft" part of his heart......

"Shaq, you've lost weight?" Liu Mang asked in surprise.

When O'Neill heard this, he nodded aggrievedly and said, "That's right, I haven't trained for many summers, and the muscles that I have grown with great difficulty have been trained." ”

“……”

“……”

Liu Mang and Maddie glanced at each other, the thing that was lost is called muscle? This made Liu Mang's mood to tease O'Neill disappear.

This guy is even more shameless!

"Huh? Why more? Liu Mang was a little confused by the word 'more' that popped up in his mind.

But I haven't seen him for a summer, O'Neill has really lost a lot of weight, just looking at the body shape, Liu Mang feels that it is almost the same as when he first saw O'Neill three years ago, when it was still 2001!

However, in terms of strength, let alone three years ago, there is a gap between it and last season.

"Shaq O'Neal, Ability Rating 97, Offense 98, Defense 90, Three-Point 47, Shooting 61, Layup 100, Speed 81, Strength 99, Endurance 88......"

This summer, it seems that O'Neal was forced to carry out brutal training, but in this kind of training, the ability evaluation still cannot avoid the rise and decline of age, mainly on the offensive end, and the loss of weight, so that his strength has been weakened.

However, it also made O'Neal's stamina and defense better.

From the perspective of weight loss, Liu Mang can guess that Pat Riley is preparing to squeeze O'Neal dry, with a 5-year contract of 100 million, Pat Riley is estimated to be ready to squeeze O'Neal out of his peak in two or three years, who knows that in a few years O'Neal will be thirty-five or sixteen years old and will not be able to move, spending so much money, Pat Riley does not plan to think about the future, it matters to produce results first.

In addition, the impact of weight loss has caused O'Neal's rebounding ability, which is not the top level, to decline.

From the use of superstars, Liu Mang saw the gap between Pat Riley and Zen Master, Liu Mang remembered that Jordan and Pippen, who were in the last three consecutive years, had a significant decline in playing time compared with the previous three consecutive times, and they also shifted from star play to tactics, and later won two consecutive championships Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, in the 10-11 season after two consecutive championships, the 32-year-old Kobe Bryant's playing time has dropped to 33 minutes.

And Pat Riley, apparently, intends to make O'Neal play more minutes......

But even so, O'Neal is still the league's No. 1 center, unless Duncan admits that he is the center and goes to compete with O'Neal for the center position for a while.

……

Soon, at seven o'clock in the evening, the preseason game between the Hawks and the Heat was about to begin.

On the Eagles' side, the new starting five Tigers are on the field!

Liu Mang, Maddy, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown played.

Liu Mang walked to the sidelines and smeared magnesium powder, grabbed a handful of magnesium powder and sprinkled it in the air and went on the field, he discussed with Maddie, who Wade defended, who killed Wade.

He has little interest in abusing Wade in the regular season, mainly because he is not so abusive, the sophomore Wade already has the best team level, and there are only a dozen people in the league who can have the strength of top stars, and the Heat team has a good record, Wade's data is good, and it is easier to be selected for the best team than James.

Liu Mang thinks it's more interesting to wait until the playoffs to abuse Wade, Liu Mang is confident that his progress will be faster than Wade!

However, it is still a preseason game to compete with Maddie, and Liu Mang is still very interested.

Liu Mang remembered that Wade was going to start the nanny style of play since the second grade, and to be the team's scoring champion, he had to organize offense, and most of the time he played point guard.

But the Heat's guy came up unexpectedly.

Damon Jones, Dwyane Wade, Eddie Jones, Udonis Haslem, Shaq O'Neal.

Damon Jones, the Bucks' backup point guard last season, boasted of being the best three-point shooter on the planet, Liu Mang thought that the Heat spent 2.5 million one-year contract to sign him in order to play Wade off the bench, but he didn't expect to form a backcourt combination of 1.9 meters.

This lineup is too short!

Haslem at power forward looks about the same height as Maddie!

And Maddie is the shortest one in the Hawks' starters except for Liu Mang.

Why does Liu Mang feel that it is not their team that wants to play a small lineup, but the opponent's Heat team?

"Ace, that guy, it's mine." When Maddie and Liu Mang passed over to stand, they said proudly.

Liu Mang's goosebumps are about to rise: What you said is all yours! It seems that when you stay in a hotel in the future, you have to lock the door and use a chair to hold the door against it......

O'Neal came to the center circle, ready to jump the ball, showing off his biceps, whose contours have become much clearer, and the scene let out a violent cheer.

That's O'Neill! No. 1 center in the league! It's their Heat.

"Cut." Liu Mang was very unhappy to see O'Neal's hot popularity, in the United States, the hottest is always the super center, even if Jordan is at his peak, he can't completely cover up Olajuwon's shine in the United States, Duncan's kind of guy who doesn't necessarily react to a slap can be so hot, Garnett's stinky reputation can still be an All-Star starter every year, you can see this.

Close the door and let Kwamei go!

Liu Mang saw Kwamei Brown walking towards the middle circle, looking very confident, and immediately shouted: "Kwamei, go up, kill the fat man who has lost weight!" ”

Kwame-Brown almost slipped, turned her head and looked at Liu Mang in fear, with a word written in her eyes: Boss, don't do this!

Kwame Brown turned his head to look at O'Neal, and sure enough, he saw O'Neal's pouting expression.

"Boss, you're cheating me!" Kwame Brown walked to the center circle with a sad heart.

O'Neal still looks a big lap bigger than Kwame Brown......

Although O'Neill lost 11 pounds this summer, that is, about five kilograms, he still weighs 142 kilograms, which is 11 kilograms heavier than Yao Ming, who gained 131 kilograms this summer.

Kwame Brown's 117-kilogram block is enough to choke.

"Don't be afraid, Kwamei, they are all the first ......"

Kwame Brown was originally a little timid, but when he heard the encouragement from the boss, Kwame Brown immediately ignited his fighting spirit again.

"That's right, they are all in the first place, isn't it just that I met an old man who can only curse in my early years! Now I have a good big brother, what are you afraid of! "Kwame Brown is back in the mood and ready to jump the ball.

It's just that Liu Mang didn't say a sentence behind him, and the whole sentence was like this: Kwamei, they are all in the first place, you are just a little wet......

Looking at the scrappy Kwame Brown and the fierce O'Neill, Liu Mang felt that he had dug a pit for the champion brother of the same year?

The referee saw that both sides were in position, blew the whistle for the start of the game, and threw the ball into the air.

The high school champion was physically good, winning the jump ball from O'Neal by a clear margin.

The Heat immediately retreated, quite quickly, and even O'Neal ran faster than last season's Finals, and O'Neal, who returned to more than 80, could catch up with a slower small forward.

After Liu Mang received the ball, he advanced to the front court, and he attacked the first ball.

Although the tactic is to hand over the ball to Maddie, and Maddie, who has better vision and is more willing to pass the ball, will organize the attack, but for the first ball, Liu Mang chose to come by himself.

First of all, you have to fight your own threats.

Liu Mang came to the three-point line and saw Damon Jones on the defense, he remembered that this guy was very disdainful of him winning the three-point championship after the three-point contest last season......

"Damon Jones, Ability Rating 74, Offense 81, Defense 67, Three-Point 82, Shooting 69, Layup 86, Passing 85, Speed 86, Power 75......"

"Hey, what's your name? Forget it, it doesn't matter anymore. Liu Mang said as he spoke, and suddenly pulled up a three-point shot!

Damon Jones reacted quickly and immediately jumped up to interfere, but his physical fitness was so poor that jumping was completely useless!

Good start! I practiced hard every day and maintained my three-point hand very well, and Liu Mang came up and made the first three-point trial shot directly.

"Ding...... The porcelain master is triggered at level 5, and in the choice of whether the foul can be blown or not, the referee chooses to blow the whistle. ”

Moreover, the referee blew the whistle!

"Beep......

Because Damon Jones's bounce was too ordinary, when he landed, he bumped into Liu Mang, who landed late, and the referee whistle blew and the shooting foul was fouled!

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

Liu Mang and Damon Jones both made unexpected noises and looked at the referee together, why is this a foul?

Liu Mang reacted first, when Damon Jones touched him just now, it was when he was still a player, although he had made all the shooting moves and had already exerted his strength, at this time Damon Jones touched him, and when the ball flew out, it would not be affected.

But in the new rules, it is possible to blow fouls!

Not to mention, even Liu Mang, the beneficiary, is a little uncomfortable.

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line, feeling weird, and missed the free throw.

Offense and defense switched, and the Heat attacked.

Wade advanced with the ball, and Maddie came to the top arc to defend.

Liu Mang followed Damon Jones to the bottom corner to see how Maddie defended Wade.

Maddie's defense, what kind of level is there now.

"Ding...... Trait: Jealousy triggers, when healthy, you can play as you want, from Tracy McGrady. ”

"Tracy McGrady, Ability Rating 98, Offense 95, Defense 91......"

Liu Mang saw that Maddie was about to get close to the three-point line when Wade was about to stick to it, and he didn't get started! The main thing is to predict in advance, before Wade changes forward, take the lead in predicting Wade's breakthrough direction, and don't give Wade room to start, from the moment Wade is just ready to start, he blocked Wade!

Maddie can actually play Kobe-style defense!

Liu Mang's most profound impact on the alignment of Kobe and Wade is that Wade wants to break through and is stopped by Kobe Bryant.

Obviously, Wade didn't expect that Maddy's defensive awareness could be so good!

Many people only remember Maddy's scoring, forgetting that he averaged more than 1 block per game when he was only 18 years old in his rookie year, and just turned 20 years old in the third year, he set a new record for single-season blocks held by Jordan, and increased the average of 1.6 blocks per game held by Jordan to 1.9 in a single season!

This year's Maddie is more prepared than before, after experiencing substitutes, experiencing leading the team to the bottom of the team and so on, Maddie finally came to a team that just won the championship, and never wanted to perform well.

First of all, you have to integrate into the Eagles, you have to start with defense, as for whether you will be unhappy to play...... Compared with last season's more than a dozen wins with the Eagles, no matter how you play, you are happy.

Wade was careless, restrained everywhere, and was forced to stop the ball at a 45-degree angle on the left side by Maddie! Shengsheng was forced from the top arc to a 45-degree angle!

Wade picked up the ball and wanted to pass it to Damon Jones, but Liu Mang rushed over when Maddy forced Wade to the left side of the basket and pinched Wade with Maddie!

Wade didn't expect Maddie to have such defensive enthusiasm at all! The key is that Liu Mang also came over!

Liu Mang plus Maddie, the two best players of the Hawks?

"I'm going to be shameless!" Wade watched as the ball raised in his hand to dodge Maddie's long arm was slapped off by Liu Mang!

Maddie immediately picked up the ball, and Liu Mang quickly went down as soon as possible.

After Liu Mang rushed to the front court, the ball came over immediately, but the ball was ......

Liu Mang was originally waiting for the ball to come over, but he didn't expect Maddie's pass to be so high!

Fortunately, Liu Mang reacted quickly, and immediately increased his speed to the fastest again, rushed to the opponent's basket and took off, touched the ball in the air and pressed it into the basket!

"Wow......"

After Liu Mang landed, he rushed back and bumped his chest with Maddie to celebrate.

This pass! Simply so!

The fans at the scene were dumbfounded, they all thought that the ball was passed big, but they didn't expect it to be just right! The connection between Maddie and Liu Mang, the first cooperation, is so good!

The commentator of the imperial court station that broadcast this preseason live broadcast in China shouted: "Maimang is connected!" ”