611. The Last Stand
Liu Mang's TV show caused a sensation in the entire basketball world.
It's almost the same as Pat Riley's post-game press conference after leading the Lakers to a championship in 1987, when Pat Riley told reporters, "You don't have to ask so many questions this year, and we'll do it again next year." ”
All teams want to win the championship, but no one is as "conceited" as Pat Riley and Liu Mang this time, even if it is the Bulls who have won the three consecutive championships twice and the Lakers who have just won the three consecutive championships for less than two years, before they won the first championship, they did not dare to say that the championship was theirs, and after winning the first championship, they only said that the goal was to defend the championship, and did not dare to directly say that the championship was booked like Pat Riley and Liu Mang this time.
If it's not done, it will become the biggest laughing stock.
When Pat Riley said those words, Johnson, the champion MVP Magic who was sitting next to him, was not doing well, they had been fighting for a year, and they were preparing to play the second youngest easily.
This is also the idea of most of the defending champions, they have won the championship, and they are still so tired of playing, and they already have a sense of satisfaction in their hearts.
are already the defending champions, the magicians are frightened, the Eagles are not champions yet, Liu Mang actually boasted that he was scheduled to win this year's championship, in Price's suite, the Eagles players have a vision for the future, and they have the mood to leave something in this world, and the whole person is also not good.
Coach Kruger's face was black, and he knew that nothing good was good!
Although, he obviously felt that the players had a different feeling in terms of spirit, and Liu Mang put this kind of nonsense, no one complained about it, Liu Mang's words for his own team, will further improve the team's cohesion and fighting spirit, and with greater momentum to play the next game, the team's goal is to win the championship.
But! This absolutely offended all the strong teams!
In particular, Liu Mang directly challenged the Spurs, making the Eagles' next fight against the Spurs a backwater!
Winning the defending champion, Liu Mang's bold words have a very perfect start, and the team will have greater confidence to attack the championship.
If he loses to the Spurs, Liu Mang's rhetoric will become a laughing stock from the beginning.
Coach Kruger looked at Price, Mike Woodson and others for a moment, and they all smiled wryly.
I really can't blame Liu Mang!
Although intellectually speaking, it is absolutely inappropriate for Liu Mang to say this without discussion, you can have such thoughts, but don't make the whole world until!
However, they are all basketball people, although they are not athletes, but their desire for the championship is no worse than Liu Mang, and they understand that Liu Mang has such thoughts, and they were also touched by Liu Mang's words.
There were not too many words, after the players and the coaching staff watched the show, they didn't say much, they said hello and went back to their rooms to think about themselves, and they didn't go to Liu Mang's thoughts, they all wanted to go back and think about what they were doing in this life, there is no doubt that for an NBA player, the best time of their lives was put on basketball, but they almost never thought about what this means, this time they were touched by Liu Mang to that point, and they all wanted to think about it.
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The Eagles fell into a state of silence after Liu Mang's program was broadcast, refusing all interviews, making those reporters who were excited about the big news anxious, but the Eagles still didn't accept interviews when they got to the next day's training, and the players didn't seem to know what happened yesterday, which made Liu Mang feel weird, how could it be different from the imaginary feeling of being excited to beat him? He was ready to run last night.
At the same time, I didn't show too much excitement, and after a day of training, everyone did a good job and then prepared for tomorrow's game against the Spurs on the 13th, as if nothing had happened.
Even Coach Kruger didn't have anything to say about it, which made Liu Mang feel so strange, if it weren't for Coach Kruger's announcement that he was forbidden to go out for the past two days, prepare for the game wholeheartedly, and give the order to win, Liu Mang would have thought that he was in a dream.
However, the other teams did not fall silent, and on the evening of the 12th, when Liu Mang saw the evening newspaper, he knew that what he had done this time was as expected at the beginning, which angered the strong teams!
But everyone's reaction is different.
The fat man in Los Angeles said in an interview that Liu Mang was not qualified to say this.
The basket enthusiast said in an interview that he found it interesting and that he was looking forward to playing against the Hawks at the end of the season and then telling Liu Mang to shut up.
The Hawks' most direct competitor is also the bitter master of the past two years, and the Nets directly mocked Liu Mang and let the Hawks pass their pass first.
The other Kings, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Pistons and Pacers are okay, and the evaluation is not good, but they are not optimistic about Liu Mang and the Hawks.
In short, Liu Mang offended and angered the strong team.
The most angry is probably the Spurs who were used as a stepping stone in Liu Mang's words.
They saw the news before the game started last night, and they were almost so angry that they were so angry that they played very hotly last night, and the poor sister-in-law was almost killed by Duncan.
Duncan is expressionless, but that doesn't mean he has no temper!
It's just that Popovich chose to do the same thing as the Hawks, declining all interview requests today, telling the Spurs players to shut up, prepare well, and wait for the game against the Hawks.
In the same vein as Coach Kruger, the Spurs are under a lot of pressure, and if they lose, they give the Hawks a perfect start to live up to their rhetoric.
The Spurs are not only burdened with their own dignity, but also the pressure of other teams!
There are two public opinion trends in the media, one is the pro-Hawks media led by ESPN, who have reported this incident with a positive view, praising Liu Mang's courage and writing about Liu Mang's rather touching words.
. The media led by T seized on Liu Mang's last arrogant words to attack the Eagles, thinking that the Eagles had no self-knowledge and did not wait.
Barkley, in particular, was about to jump, and ESPN's Mike Brin and Liu Mang caught him alone and made him so angry that he ate several more burgers to vent his anger.
Orlando's side, not long ago, ended a 19-game losing streak with difficulty, and Maddie, who had just won two games, called Liu Mang in the evening and encouraged Liu Mang, making Liu Mang feel that the world is still warm.