696. Cut off the back way to play at the giants
"New York is a great place, but Nicks ...... I love the Knicks, I thought about going to the Knicks to retire when I'm old, you know, they love to do that. β
"But I don't like the Knicks that much now, they find a bunch of old people to give some exaggerated contracts, I can understand, they have money, money means they can do whatever they want, I don't know what it means? I don't know! But trading to a lone wolf? β
"Wow, I like Garnett the most, Garnett is like Rashid, maybe how annoying it is when the opponent is annoying, but when it is a teammate...... It's kind of annoying, but he can make me win more games, and that's it! β
"Guys who can't even play with a contender like Garnett make it past the first round, and Knicks fans are counting on them to beat us in the playoffs? Is this not waking up? Still haven't woken up? I guess I really didn't wake up. β
"I remember I scored 60 points here, right? That's a good number, another 60 points? No, they don't have the qualifications to make me so tired to play, and I really don't have any motivation to beat them. β
"The winner of the game? Is there still suspense? Isn't a 12-game winning streak just around the corner? The Knicks were just a stepping stone to our best record of the new century, and we won ......"
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At noon, at the Hilton Hotel where the Eagles stayed, there was a heated discussion in the conference room chartered, and in the projected TV screen, Liu Mang was making a lot of nonsense.
And this time, he didn't set any goal, that is, to attack the Knicks and Marbury, even to the point of being scared.
I can't see what Liu Mang means in the whole interview in the show, and the content of the whole show is probably to watch the Knicks, see Marbury unhappy, and forcibly find a topic to scold the Knicks.
Raw!
Forcible scolding!
Coach Kruger looked at Liu Mang and his head hurt.
Isn't there nothing to look for!
After Liu Mang came here last time and scored 60 points, the grudge between the Hawks and the Knicks has reached a very deep point, but they are both at an important juncture in the impact of the record.
Of course, even if the Knicks go all out, Coach Kruger's side is not afraid, good defense, steady offense, and not afraid of the Knicks who go all out, the Hawks are in excellent shape.
But there is still a big gap between the Knicks, who went all out, and the Knicks, who worked hard after being provoked by Liu Mang!
There is a similar saying in the United States, the horizontal is afraid of death.
Liu Mang's forcible provocation in this wave, there are already many players on the Knicks' side who are unhappy with Liu Mang, that is, they are unhappy with the Hawks, and they have to play with their lives this time!
Coach Kruger didn't say much, what else can I do, wipe my ass! Find a way to deal with the Knicks, who are bound to go berserk today, this game must be won!
Announcing a warm-up at Madison Square Garden an hour early today, and the team meeting was postponed until just before the game, Coach Krueger brought the equally speechless Mike Woodson and the rest of the coaching staff to discuss.
Liu Mang is proud that he has provoked New York fans, made a big news but did not set up any flags that are too troublesome and difficult to complete, and has increased a wave of attention, New York fans are really unexpected, there are many fans in the United States, there are many people who like the Knicks, a team like the Knicks, maybe the whole world is mocking them when they have a bad record, but it doesn't mean that they don't have fans.
After Liu Mang's interview was broadcast on ESPN's noon news at noon, Liu Mang's hooligan value rose by hundreds of thousands, and this time he directly attacked the Knicks and completely offended the Knicks fans.
The Knicks are also a strong team this year, but they are in the playoffs, and now they are 29-30, with their state, although they play until the end of the season, they may win 40 times a day, but they are also a playoff team, so Knicks fans are still very loyal at this stage.
Encountering an attack like Liu Mang, how angry the Knicks' players are, Liu Mang can meet.
But for Liu Mang, it's not a big deal, the Knicks are desperate, and they can't just fight on their side?
As soon as Coach Kruger left, Liu Mang, who was being a little proud, was hooked by a bearded man who had regrown corn whisker hair.
"Ace, when you were interviewing, did you say that I hate it as much as Garnett?" Rasheed Wallace said with a sad voice.
βοΌβ Liu Mang was suddenly taken aback, and in order to ridicule Marbury during the interview, he talked nonsense, as if there was such a sentence!
"That, Rashid, that's a figure of speech, your name is just a figure of speech, you don't understand any figure of speech, it's okay, I'll teach you, what? Don't want to learn? Don't! Eh, my brother...... Help me! β
"Bastard Ace, stop me! The whole world thinks I'm a cancer! Don't run! β
"Rashid! That's a compliment! β
"Compliment? Come on, buddy, praise you too, come here! β
"Help......"
Liu Mang fled, followed by a roaring Tianzun with teeth and claws......
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Regarding Liu Mang doing things again, many people feel that Liu Mang is blocking his back road to the Knicks.
Especially New York fans, who do they think wouldn't want to play in New York or Los Angeles?
The current Knicks have not been completely rotten in recent years, and they have not reached the point where Marbury's Knicks in the later period have the nickname "Rotten Apple".
The current Knicks team, people still retain the impression of the Black Eight reaching the Finals five years ago and the iron-blooded Knicks in the 90s, especially this year, with the addition of Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway, although Alan Houston was reimbursed for the season, and his state suddenly avalancheed, making his big contract directly into a bad contract, but Marbury led the Knicks, but bucked the trend and played the best record in four years, and it is likely to enter the playoffs again since 2001.
Looking at the Knicks' lineup is also quite bluffing, plus Marbury is only 27 years old, everything looks so good.
Marbury has played really well this year, and his style of play is exactly the kind of player who looks like he can play until 344 or 5 and still maintain his form, with few injuries, high attendance, and a style of play that does not depend on physical fitness.
Just back to the first year of the Knicks, Marbury's performance was perfect, bringing the mired Knicks back, if you only look at the 40 games after returning to the Knicks, Marbury can average 9.5 assists per game, the most perfect organizational performance of his career.
There is no doubt that such a Marbury can attract stars, plus the Knicks are rich and willing to spend a lot of money on reinforcements, at least this year, the Knicks look thriving, and the Knicks who are like a lump of mud that Liu Mang said are completely different things.
The Knicks still seem to be very good at this stage, and when the veterans contract to the end, the Knicks are uniting many teams with garbage contracts to apply to the league to formulate an amnesty clause in the summer to cut a player without taking up salary space, people think that it is to get rid of Alan Houston's 100 million yuan contract, and the league is also relieved, saying that the owners can vote in the summer, and there is no doubt that this will definitely pass.
It looks like the Knicks are thriving!
In this way, Liu Mang's remarks, in the eyes of many "experts and media", completely blocked his way to play in New York.
In addition to blocking the way to play for the Knicks, Liu Mang's angry interview, the person he hates the most is undoubtedly Marbury!
Marbury, who returned to play in New York, quickly rose to the top of the Knicks after Alan Houston's reimbursement, and played well, earning the trust of Knicks players who hadn't made the playoffs for two years.
Liu Mang fired at Marbury, and the Knicks players were excited!
In the afternoon pre-game warm-up, character, hobbies, habits, etc., do not show that a basketball player is professional in basketball, Marbury has a lot of problems in other aspects, but in terms of attitude towards basketball, it is indeed very professional.
In the pre-game warm-up and usual training, Marbury has always been very active, otherwise even in the CBA, he would not be able to play until he is in his 40s, relatively speaking, foreign players play in the CBA until they are 40 years old, which is more difficult than NBA role players.
Marbury was the first to arrive at the home team's training ground at Madison Square Garden.
From the training ground alone, it can be seen that the Knicks' wealth is not comparable to that of the Lakers, the Lakers' training halls are all on the street next door to the Staples Center, the Knicks training hall is directly in Madison Square Garden, not to mention the Clippers, almost every year to change to a cheaper rented basketball hall.
After the warm-up, Marbury called his teammates together and looked at these teammates, although Alan Houston was reimbursed, which made Marbury a little sad, but now these teammates, plus the current team's record, he is very satisfied and optimistic about these teammates, this may be the first time he has led the team to the playoffs alone, and he is full of hope for the situation in front of him.
After calling his teammates together, Marbury began to motivate his teammates......
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On the other side, the team meeting before the pre-game warm-up on the Eagles' side was over, and the Hawks' side set up more defense and then warmed up normally.
The main thing in the pre-match meeting, the coaching staff told the players not to relax too much and to pick up their spirits to deal with the game.
However, the players of the Eagles are not so able to listen, which Liu Mang has discovered.
When warming up, the Eagles players are still very serious, no one wants to be injured, especially a strong team like the Eagles, and it's good to say that if the injury causes others to take the position up, it is not a good thing for many players who have established themselves.
Especially for Boozer and Kwame Brown, they just squeezed out Muhammad's position to sit on the team's first bench, and now they have an Ostertag who is bigger than O'Neal, plus Muhammad, who is already strong, both of them have a sense of crisis.
The pre-game warm-up was over, and the players were about to walk to the players' tunnel, and seeing that their teammates didn't seem to be very serious, Liu Mang immediately called his teammates together.
The Hawks players really don't pay attention to the Knicks, a team with a win rate of less than 50%, in their opinion, can be beaten casually, didn't Liu Mang get a terrifying performance of 60 points last time he came here, and Liu Mang's interview in the morning, teammates are used to it, and they think it's just Liu Mang's habitual love of playing.
As everyone knows, Liu Mang's side received a task prompt in the afternoon!
"Crying in Basketball: The host is saying that the New York Knicks are going to be a broken club, and the host needs to make their own way to make Madison Square Garden fall back on its own. Reward: King of Madison achievement, every time the host comes to Madison Square Garden to play away, it will become home. Defeat Penalty: The host loses home-court advantage every time they play the New York Knicks at home. β
Liu Mang didn't understand what the concept of losing home-court advantage was, but it was a feeling for a basketball player to let Madison Square Garden always turn against him...... It's really attractive!
This is where every NBA draft pick's dream begins, and all the stars come here to give their all and try to make basketball's most fantastical stage their home turf.
As for how to complete this task and how to become the king of Madison, Liu Mang looked at the task description and had no idea at all.
Cut a high score?
I have already scored 60 points here, New York fans are very picky, if another person gets more than 40 or 50 points, it may still make the fans defect, but Liu Mang has scored 60 points like this, even if he gets 50 points this time, the fans feel normal and will not be shocked to defect.
And let Liu Mang exceed 60 points...... It's not that there is no way, but Liu Mang is reluctant to use the star card! Playing a Knicks with a star card is also wasted.
And the normal strength to play, this game is very different from the last time the two teams played against each other, the last time Liu Mang didn't do anything, played the game normally, and the Knicks also played normally, but their boss was abnormal, and he still didn't surrender after falling behind by more than 20 points, so that Liu Mang could play for a long time in the last quarter before he narrowly scored 60 points, this time it was different, the other party would definitely target, even if it was with the Iverson star card, Liu Mang didn't think there was much chance to get a high score again.
So...... How can you face things by yourself?
We're all brothers! Aren't all brothers supposed to be in trouble and blessed...... Shouldn't they all be in trouble?
"Boys, tonight is our last regular season season at Madison Square Garden, don't you want to have something fun?" Liu Mang opened the power of the FΓΌhrer.
The teammates, who had already been cultivated by Liu Mang as "fanatical teammates", were still chatting and immediately looked at Liu Mang.
"Interesting thing? Ace, what bad idea did you come up with again? "Jason Terry loves the most fun things.
"It's a great arena, I guess we should leave a mark here? It's too boring for me to score alone, or else we'll do it together? Let's change the way we play today? β
"Changing the game?"
"Yes, a different way of playing......"
Liu Mang began to say some of his own little ideas, which would make everyone very happy, and may also be able to satisfy his own careful thoughts......
Coach Kruger came back from the toilet, and saw that Liu Mang was discussing things with his teammates with that weird smile, and shook his head helplessly......