The final pre-Finals team meeting in the afternoon ended, and in the evening, the first game of the Finals when the Hawks hosted the Lakers was set to begin.

The teammates went to take a lunch break to recuperate, no one went out to wave these days, all of them were working hard to prepare for the finals, and now they are in good shape.

After his teammates left, Liu Mang felt that his heart was beating violently in the "bang bang ......" because the game was about to start, and then gradually settled down by relying on the characteristic of cold-bloodedness, Liu Mang obviously felt the excitement that the finals were about to start.

While waiting for the series against the Nets, Liu Mang couldn't wait for the East Finals to start immediately, but when it was time to play the Lakers, he hoped that this would come later.

It's not that I'm afraid, but I want to have more time to prepare.

The sense of threat brought by the two teams is obviously not at the same level, the Nets used to be strong, but only relative to the former Hawks, and the Lakers are the real ultimate strong opponents.

In the past few days, Liu Mang has been improving himself as much as possible, and it took three years to defeat Kidd, resulting in the task of defeating the king of the east even if it swept the other party, the completion degree was only 75%, and the superstar value was 250,000 less, so that Liu Mang's idea of upgrading all the activated skills to the full level was shattered, and after comprehending the natural skills, there were only 62728 superstar points left.

But when it came to the finals, the superstar value didn't have to be saved, leaving 20,000 superstar values for possible injuries, spending 42,000 superstar points to draw skill upgrade cards, and upgrading the lever layup to level 5, although the rock-solid skill of grabbing rebounds was not used much, it was also upgraded to level 4, and the fancy dunk and hot pot feast were also upgraded to level 4.

Pull-up Layup Master Level 5: Pull the lever when making a layup, and when you successfully dodge the opponent's block, you will gain +5 layup ability.

Fancy dunk level 4: The strength and flexibility of the waist and abdomen are greatly improved when dunking, and the team's morale is greatly improved when completing a wonderful dunk.

Hot Pot Feast Level 4: The ability to block in the three-second zone is increased to 85, which is affected by ball quotient and physical fitness.

Rock Solid Level 4: Fighting for defensive rebounds has a 40 percent chance of perfectly blocking an opponent, and fighting for offensive rebounds has a 20 percent chance of perfectly blocking an opponent.

As for the high back, there is no upgrade, and there are not many skill upgrade cards, mainly because the low back has not been played, and the high back is ...... Let's wait, if you are too greedy, you can't chew it, and wait until you start learning this trick.

In addition, he improved his condition to the best he could, and there was also an intermediate superstar value lottery left, as well as Kobe Bryant's star card this season, the strongest point guard card of the era, Iverson's peak star card, Marbury's peak star card and Wen Baker's peak star card, plus 275 physical energy potions and 241 primary injury potions, and there was plenty of ammunition.

Seeing the remaining intermediate superstar value lottery, Liu Mang felt stuffed, after the task of the enemy of the black mamba was completed, he got a total of 8 intermediate superstar value lotterys, which is 80,000 superstar value, but now, this task is completed, and if you defeat the little blacksmith, you can't get the intermediate superstar value lottery, and the little blacksmith also regards him as the strongest enemy, and he will not be so easily amused as before, think about Liu Mang and have a little regret.

It's definitely not because teasing the little blacksmith isn't so fun, Liu Mang said that it's definitely not, he just feels sad that every time he defeats the reward equivalent to 10,000 superstar points......

After looking at the system panel, 89's ability evaluation is infinitely close to the top stars, and the state of the game will definitely not be worse than that of other top stars, and there are so many star cards, and all the skills that can be used have been raised to the highest level as much as possible, regardless of whether it is useful or not, at least it will also improve the strength of the situation when the skill will be triggered, a little eleven points.

Looking at these, Liu Mang's self-confidence continued to rise, and he was even more excited about the finals that were about to start in a few hours! The heart began to "bang bang" again, and then it was suppressed by the cold-blooded nature again, and remained calm......

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Seeing that Dinah, Levia, and Alexia are all wearing the latest T-shirts of the "Rogue League" - Beat-LA printed on the top of the chest, four Chinese characters of the Rogue League below, and the Eagles championship printed on the back, that is, a Haks above, and an NBA-Championship below, Liu Mang knows how fanatical Atlanta is about this year's finals, and even the girl who knows the meaning of the four words of the Rogue League and has always disliked this brand bought the Rogue League T-shirt.

The commission of a 15-dollar T-shirt is about 1000-5000 US dollars, the commission of a high-end 75 US dollar and his signature collector's edition is between 1000-5000 US dollars, the high-end commission is about 55 US dollars, and the commission of a collector's edition is 500 US dollars.

Even this season, Hawks fans have several Rogue League T-shirts, and tens of thousands of new T-shirts can be sold for each home game, not counting the number of Hawks clubs that are often purchased as gifts for fans.

The high-end sales are also okay, and the pure cotton one is definitely more comfortable to wear than the ordinary version based on polyester materials.

The number of signed editions sold is relatively small, mainly the two words of treasure, and there are only 100 pieces a year, which is a strange thing.

According to the conservative estimate given by Schwartz, Liu Mang has sold nearly 100,000 T-shirts in the past few days after reaching the finals, and the estimated income is about 150,000 US dollars.

But thinking that his own girl wanted to wear this torn T-shirt, he actually spent more than 200 US dollars to buy three pieces, Liu Mang felt pain! Slandering this broken partner, he is too bad at being a man, and he doesn't know how many to send.

He completely forgot that it was he himself who refused to let the brand's T-shirts and basketball merchandise into his home, and asked Schwartz to refuse......

Seeing the excited girls in the car and began to scream excitedly to defeat Los Angeles, Liu Mang felt that this girl was more excited than him.

Since it was determined that the opponent was the Lakers, the girl became more and more excited day by day, and began to prepare for the home court to watch the finals. Levia also found a few friends who have been on good terms for many years and are now celebrities; Little Lori organized her classmates, and relying on Liu Mang's relationship, she bought in advance the home tickets that the Eagles used to sell as physical tickets in the last few days, occupying dozens of seats behind the technical desk.

NBA tickets are not sold out at one time, and now the online ticket purchase is not very developed, mainly to buy tickets on the spot and book tickets by phone with bank transfer to pay, in order to ensure the smooth progress of NBA globalization, so the tickets for the game, go early a few days before the game, you can still buy tickets, even on the day of the game, at least 100 will be left on the day of the game to sell out, so that those who are not able to get a US visa, two days before the game or even on the day of the team's local foreign fans can buy tickets.

Of course, when foreign fans come, they buy tickets that scalpers queue up to grab in the morning.

The game didn't start until half past eight in the evening, and in order to cooperate with the world's live broadcast of basketball, Liu Mang had already taken Dina and the other three girls outside the stadium at four o'clock, mainly to avoid traffic jams.

The girl went to the café next to the stadium and met up with her friends.

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Liu Mang first went to the locker room to change into training clothes, and came to the training ground, first, to continue to practice shooting, to practice for a while, and to interviews before the game.

"Haha, Ace, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Director Zhang was originally interviewing Jason Terry, and when he saw Liu Mang coming, he immediately left Jason Terry and came up to give Liu Mang a big hug, making Jason Terry's eyes widen in the back, staring at Liu Mang with envious, jealous and hateful eyes.

Liu Mang ignored Jason Terry, who wanted to be famous and crazy, and hugged Director Zhang: "Director Zhang, long time no see." ”

The main thing is that the camera is coming, and when it comes to interviews with foreigners, it can be funny, and in the country...... If you do something a little, you will be criticized, there is a shortage of everything in the country, and there is no shortage of people who catch and bite a little bad things, after all, there are 1.3 billion people, all kinds of people, and there are many ......

After a few pleasantries, Director Zhang continued: "A few days ago, your team closed the hall for training and did not accept interviews, so we didn't come to disturb you, for fear of delaying your training, how about it, are you confident in winning the championship?" ”

"We're ready for the parade of champions."

"Haha, Ace, you are still so confident, I heard that you recommended him to play for the Lakers, and you also gave him the nickname of the United States, how about it, now that he has become your opponent in the Finals, do you regret introducing him to the Lakers?"

Hearing Zhang's question, Liu Mang knew that it was the older generation of basketball people who wanted to build momentum for the younger generation, and although Wang Zhizhi was not a top player in the NBA, he had finally gained a firm foothold.

"It's a very interesting thing, it's generally great, I've always thought he's good at shooting and helping to defend under the basket, and I recommend him to the Lakers because I think he's a good fit to partner with O'Neal, but he's only going to be the runner-up this year, and I'm sorry for him."

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After all, the court station is its own media, and the interviews with athletes in their own country are usually very friendly, mainly the court sports station, their remarks are relatively friendly, except for some extreme cases, the court station rarely has a red eye with the athletes.

What's more, the commentary team led by Director Zhang came to broadcast the game live in the finals, and the questions raised by Liu Mang were very friendly, and the interview ended smoothly and friendly.

It's just that when I arrived in the United States, the smell of gunpowder began to thicken.

Mainly from several Times Warner media outlets that have a good relationship with the Lakers, as well as some media outlets in California, Arizona, and Washington that are very fond of the Lakers.

Although most of the questions smell of gunpowder, Liu Mang only needs to answer them normally.

However, when the reporter of Sports Illustrated asked a question, Liu Mang couldn't hold back anymore if he wanted to scare a certain player.

"Everybody is saying that Kobe Bryant is better than you in the playoffs and that he deserves to be the MVP of the regular season, do you have any response to that?" A reporter from Sports Illustrated asked.

Seeing this man with glasses who was too familiar to be more familiar, with a square face and eyes, Liu Mang felt a strong feeling of Sven scum...... Wearing glasses and thinking you're an intellectual? The master is going to tell you what it means to be a cultural person.

Liu Mang was not angry, his mind was in the evening game, and now he is going to start!

Seeing that Liu Mang didn't answer immediately, the reporters of Sports Illustrated have already begun to prepare for the next sharper questions.

Just when the glasses man of Sports Illustrated was about to continue the attack, Liu Mang lowered his head and stared at the glasses man and asked, "Who are everyone?" Introduce me to me? ”

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Not only the man with glasses, but also other reporters who were waiting to pick up a bargain and watch a good show did not react, what is the answer?

The man with glasses feels very bad, how can he feel like he has met a more real person? The reporter is not afraid of the person being interviewed, but he is afraid of encountering a more serious stunned person, and the man with glasses said stubbornly: "Everyone is the fans." ”

"Fans? Where are the fans? Are you a fan of the newspaper or a fan of Los Angeles? We Atlanta fans think Greg is better than O'Neal, so ask O'Neal how he responds. ”

Liu Mang was strong and angry.

But the man with glasses is not a vegetarian either, and continues to attack: "Kobe Bryant's performance in the playoffs this year is the best, do you think your performance is better?" ”

Liu Mang doesn't know who Kobe Bryant was stimulated by in this year's playoffs, after the Western finals, he has played 16 games in the playoffs so far, averaging 29.7 points, 7.5 boards and 6.7 assists per game, which is close to the 00-01 Western playoffs average of 31.7 points, 7.3 boards and 6.6 assists per game, and Kobe Bryant's average of 32+5+5 per game in the playoffs last season is even better.

Therefore, there are some media outlets, mainly Sports Illustrated, Los Angeles Times, and other national media outlets, that are promoting the topic that Kobe Bryant is more worthy of MVP.

"Of course I'm the better, how many straight wins have we had in the playoffs? It seems like the first in history, and I also got 70 wins in the regular season, I also won the MVP, and all the experts voted for me, which means that you think you are better than all the experts who voted? I looked at it, and it seems that there is no name among the people who voted, and you Sports Illustrated also have people who voted, right? You can also ask Kobe how he responds to this. ”

Liu Mang's mouth was like a cannonball, and he finished all the words in two or three seconds, and the people around him were stunned.

This guy is so good! The reporter of Sports Illustrated prepared several sharp questions, but he didn't know how to ask them.

Thereupon...... The media, which was obviously menacing and had a good relationship with the Lakers, was defeated.

Liu Mang watched the reporters who surrounded him leave next to him one by one to interview the rest of the Eagles, and was a little stunned: Eh, the master hasn't had enough of it! What are you running? Not a single one can fight!

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By 8 p.m., the Eagles' warm-up was over, and there was still half an hour left for the game to begin.

The locker room, which is usually noisy and hilarious, has also become quiet.

A murderous atmosphere swirled in the Eagles locker room.

In the face of the Lakers, the Hawks have no sense of fear, even if they won three consecutive championships a year ago, to the Hawks this season so far, winning 70 games in the regular season, winning 12 games in the playoffs, and 82 wins, the heart of the strong has reached its peak!

is full of fighting spirit, Liu Mang doesn't need to deliberately say anything, and a few teammates who have worked together for three years glanced at each other, and knew what the other party was thinking, and everything was in plain sight.

At the same time, this kind of fighting spirit that spread from the core combination and infected the whole team formed a solemn atmosphere in the Eagles locker room, and there was a strong self-confidence and fighting spirit that had never been there!

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At 10:00 a.m., the entrance ceremony for both sides of the game began.

The first to enter the game were the Lakers players.

Kobe, Fisher, Devin George, Malone, O'Neal, when the Lakers players played, the on-site boos became fierce from the start.

Mainly against Kobe!

Kobe Bryant has played an excellent performance in the playoffs this year, and I don't know when Kobe has become the best one for the Lakers in terms of performance.

Of course, the finals, how can there be a lack of fans who are a little more extreme? All kinds of insults went to Kobe's head, and he directly began to attack him.

And Kobe Bryant now attaches more importance to the Hawks than anything else, mainly because the guy who showed off 70 wins and MVP in front of him has not had an MVP so far, whether it is the regular season or an All-Star, or even a rookie MVP Kobe, if he was before this season, he would definitely be angry, but he now attaches more importance to Liu Mang than everything, and now he, in a way, has become more mature because of Liu Mang's influence.

Liu Mang leaned against the wall in the dark player's tunnel, watching Kobe Bryant come out and encounter the abuse that he could hear clearly, but there was no reaction, the key is that he also high-fived O'Neal after O'Neal played, Liu Mang was a little surprised, but this was both unexpected and understandable.

After the Lakers' players finished playing, it was the turn of the home team, the Hawks.

The scene slowly quieted down, and the throat was slowed down, ready to cheer on the home team's players.

Hearing that the scene was quiet, Liu Mang, who was leaning against the wall, began to beat rapidly again, and then was suppressed by a coldness from his heart.

At this time, Rahim came over and patted Liu Mang's shoulder, Liu Mang took a deep breath and patted Rahim's ass in response.

This moment has finally come!

After the Eagles' benches ran out of the tunnel and lined up in two rows, the DJ at the scene suppressed the surprise and excitement in his heart, and began to introduce his team's starters loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, dear children, welcome to the best small forward in the world, Sharif Rahim!" ”

The name of the first player to play, which shocked the fans at the scene, Rahim was the first to play? What is the order of appearance of the second oldest player on the team? Isn't that ......

After reacting, the fans first cheered Rahim, and when they saw that it was really Rahim running out, the excitement in their hearts was about to explode.

But fans are still not sure, what if, for example, Stockton is going to start, the Hawks give him a face, let him start against Malone? Like that trip to Salt Lake City, starting Stockton as the team's boss? Although the possibility is almost none, this is not a joke to play a weak team in the regular season, but the highest basketball stage, but, what if?

“…… Welcome to the world's most gorgeous power forward...... Rashid...... Wallace ......"

“…… Welcome to the best defensive players in the world...... Theo...... ...... Ratliff"

“…… Welcome to the best player in the world in single defense...... Tyshawn ...... Prince ......"

Hearing the DJ call out the names of the starters one by one, there was no difference from the usual time when the players started their debut, but the order was changed, and the cheers on the scene rose higher and higher, and kept climbing.

The fans didn't dare to get a little distracted, and listened to the DJ shout the last name: "Ladies and gentlemen, children, next, welcome the best basketball player in the world, Ace...... Liu! ”

As soon as the last name came out, the already boiling cheers at the scene were completely detonated!

In the player tunnel, Liu Mang, who was still excited even if he had the characteristic of being cold-blooded, was even more excited now, and he didn't dare to go out.

After the warm-up just now, Rahim came to find Liu Mang, didn't say anything, and let him be the last to play, Liu Mang was a little blind at the time, and he is still very excited.

Coach Kruger came to Liu Mang's side, through the faint light, looked at Liu Mang, who was a little short of breath, when Rahim told him about it before, he was scared, Liu Mang's progress was too fast, so that the best player in the team recognized his strength.

Liu Mang looked at Coach Kruger, and Coach Kruger felt Liu Mang's excitement and uneasiness, and understood Liu Mang's thoughts now.

When Raheem was the first to play, although the other teammates were just surprised and didn't say anything, Coach Kruger felt Liu Mang's uneasiness, and he expected it, and came to the player's tunnel to prepare to give the little apprentice a little help.

Listening to the louder and louder cheers at the scene, Coach Kruger said to Liu Mang seriously: "Ace, are you ready to be great?" ”

When Liu Mang heard this, the uneasiness caused by Rahim's sudden abdication was released, isn't this what must be experienced on the road to greatness? Not everyone is Duncan and David Robinson, at least Liu Mang knows he is not.

"Of course." Liu Mang smiled at Coach Kruger.

"Then go ahead!" Coach Kruger patted Liu Mang on the shoulder.

Liu Mang took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and came to the player's passage.

The spotlight immediately moved to Liu Mang, and when he saw Liu Mang's figure, the cheers that were originally about to weaken were once again bucked the trend and reached the peak!

Liu Mang suppressed his excitement in his heart, relied on the calmness brought by the cold-blooded characteristic, put away his expression, slowly ran out of the player's tunnel, ran through the wall of his teammates lined up in two rows on the left and right, and high-fived Rahim, who ran out and stood on the outermost side of the wall at the beginning, and then hugged each other.

Finally, on this day, the day he reached the finals for the first time, Liu Mang took over the position of the team's boss from Rahim.

Hearing the cheers on the scene, Liu Mang felt the pressure and motivation: Champion, we are coming!