After breakfast, Liu Mang looked at the desk calendar on the desk, and the hotel waiter had already flipped it to the latest day, August 11th, when it was the day of the competition.

Liu Mang sighed, it would be nice if he could rest for a few more days!

For the connection of the technical movements of the singles between the face frame and the back frame in the elbow area, that is, one of the singles techniques in the middle distance position on both sides of the three-second zone where Kobe Bryant is best at scoring, Liu Mang already has a little feeling, but there is not enough time to find a way to train, but there is no way to immediately convert this into strength.

Just like last season's East Finals, after Liu Mang used Jordan's rookie season star card, his one-on-one breakthrough rhythm and use of the body, with a good training direction, plus after getting Marbury's probe breakthrough action package, his breakthrough is not only as fast as before, even his left hand can be used as a dominant hand, there is a good development direction, the Kobe star card of the 99-00 season when he played the East Finals before, and rookie Jordan is simply the same, from strength to technical action, all the same... … made Liu Mang slander for a long time after the game that day.

However, Kobe Bryant in the 03-04 season, in addition to the back play, is slightly average, the back play is mainly to get the space of the frame singles in the service, but most of the technology, compared with Kobe Bryant in the 99-00 season, can be described as a transformation.

Kobe Bryant's 03-04 season star card, the most profound feeling left by Liu Mang is the right-handed attack in the two elbow areas, one-on-one is almost incomprehensible!

He can even follow that feeling and practice with the ball in his left hand, the only pity is that there is not enough time, and Liu Mang can't immediately convert the feeling he got from Kobe Bryant's star card into strength, which has to be said to be a pity.

The third game of the finals was about to start tonight, and Liu Mang rested for a while, waiting for the food in his stomach to digest some, and then ran two laps in Beverly Hills, accompanied by hotel security.

Because he had been in the hotel for the previous two days, with an outdoor court, a conference room, and everything, Liu Mang never left the hotel area, and spent most of his time practicing with Prince, occasionally pulling a desperate Kwame Brown to play games together.

During the finals, the Hawks forbade the players to leave Beverly Hills, first, it was a safety issue, and secondly, it was a reproductive safety issue, not far from here is Hollywood, there is a nightclub on the west side of Hollywood where eighteenth-tier stars gather, and occasionally there are outdated second- and third-tier actresses who want to come here to catch a big fish, God knows what this group of guys with developed lower limbs will do, so the coaching staff stipulates that the maximum time to stay in Los Angeles may reach 8 days, in addition to the team to play together, The range of activities is in Beverly Hills.

Liu Mang then knew why when he first checked in, when the hotel waiter asked him to leave the hotel, he called the front desk, and actually sent someone to monitor, which can be regarded as protection, although Beverly Hills is a private area, but there are also hotels, people who come to buy houses, and so on are not particularly safe factors.

Liu Mang ran two laps back to the hotel at a faster speed, Beverly Hills said it was a mountain villa, but it was too big to exaggerate, and when he asked, it actually covers an area of 15 square kilometers...... Liu Mang went out for a run at eight o'clock, ran two laps, and when he returned to the hotel, it was already ten o'clock, and it took almost an hour.

Seeing the security guard behind him who was so tired that he was about to collapse, Liu Mang couldn't help laughing and got on the passenger battery car, went back to the room to take a shower, there was a team meeting at ten o'clock, he didn't expect it to take so long to run two laps.

And Liu Mang thought that he would meet someone on the road, but it turned out to be deserted, but it was very quiet, Liu Mang felt that it was quieter than the vacation villa he bought, and it may also be related to the all-star weekend at the time, and other holiday villas nearby were quite noisy.

Looking at Liu Mang who left laughing, the waitress at the front desk was left in a cold sweat, this group of NBA players all have some quirks of one kind or another!

Obviously, Liu Mang deliberately ran fast, wanting to exhaust the security guard, and then succeeded, leaving with a smug smile.

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Mainly defensive.

Liu Mang watched Coach Krueger and Mike Woodson arrange the core strategy of tonight's game, there is nothing wrong, a very safe tactical strategy, it is already 2-0, and it is coming to the away side, the other party must swear to hold the first home court to avoid falling behind 0-3, because in the case of falling behind 0-3, no team has completed the turnaround.

On the Hawks' side, although the coaching staff also wanted to directly press the Lakers, make the score 3-0, and lock up the victory in the finals, but it was too difficult, in the third game of the 2002 finals, the Lakers' strength was much stronger than the Nets, or was forced by the Nets to the last minute, and they were three points behind, and finally relied on O'Neal's first-level separation 2+1 plus free throws, Kobe Bryant's strong three-point shot hit, and the score was overtaken by three points, and the Lakers beat the Nets 106-103, and the big score was 3-0, Let the championship become completely out of suspense.

On the Hawks' side, the coaching staff unanimously sought stability, and the tactical ideas were also in line with the players' expectations, and the training content of the past two days was to counter the Lakers' unstoppable style of play in the previous two games, and the Hawks players had already roughly guessed the tactical strategy of the third Finals.

After the team meeting, Liu Mang originally wanted to go to Prince to train with him, but Coach Krueger came to him with a child.

"Brother Ace, long time no see." Little Jimmy came to Liu Mang with a box.

"Oh, it's little Jimmy, long time no see, why are you here? Can the coach break the team rules and bring his family? Liu Mang asked in surprise, "Aren't you training with the senior year of Georgia Tech's high school?" Hey, little Jimmy, you've grown so much taller! It's 1.8 meters, right? ”

Coach Kruger heard this and wanted to clear the portal again.

When little Jimmy heard Liu Mang's words, he was afraid of causing trouble to Coach Kruger, so he hurriedly said: "No, Dad didn't violate the team rules, the training location for me and my seniors was originally in Los Angeles, by the way, I'm 1.79 meters!" ”

Although Coach Krueger did not specifically ask little Jimmy to call him dad, as little Jimmy felt the warmth of family for the first time, over time, he naturally called out.

But Jimmy Butler is really amazing, he has perfect training, better nutrition, and a warmer family earlier than before, showing his basketball talent early, and becoming a dazzling new star in the Atlanta junior league, even overshadowing the shine of Stockton's son.

Many high schools want to recruit him, but playing basketball is very important, academics are also very important, San Marino High School in Southern California has become Coach Kruger's favorite choice, that school has not only produced many sports stars, but also has a good culture and education, it is one of the top high schools in one of the best school districts in Southern California, and the basketball team of San Marino High School is also the dominant team in the Southern California High School League, and it is a good thing for Jimmy Butler to go there.

is less than 15 years old, one meter seventy-nine, and Liu Mang knows that this guy will grow to more than two meters in the future, Liu Mang really wants to ask, do Americans eat feed? It's grown more than 20 or 30 centimeters in more than a year, hell!

"Yes, you're going to Los Angeles to go to high school, by the way, you have to be careful, don't go to the Lakers game if you have nothing to do, lest you study badly." Liu Mang thought of this and urged.

"Why can't I watch a Lakers game?" Little Jimmy was surprised and asked, "Are they our opponents?" ”

Liu Mang thought for a while and said, "Hmm...... Although he is our opponent, this is not the point, the point is that they have an evil player in the number 8 jersey on their team, and he has a kind of evil sorcery that will turn you post-90s into iron lovers...... You don't know what the post-90s are? It is a person born after 1990...... Uh, you're from 1989? It's pretty much the same, he'll let you guys learn how to strike iron...... What does it mean to strike iron? You don't have to know, it's not a good thing, so when I was in high school here, except for us to play, you didn't go to the Lakers games, it was easy to learn badly, and I would contribute ticket money to them, and when we came to play, I went to ask you for tickets, and they didn't torture them for me...... By the way, little Jimmy, what are you doing today? Don't you need to train? ”

Little Jimmy was confused by Liu Mang's words, so he only remembered not to watch the Lakers game, and when he heard Liu Mang's last question, Little Jimmy replied: "Today is going to play the third Finals, I'm going to cheer for everyone, we will definitely win the championship this year!" ”

"Oh, then you go cheer for the rest of the brothers, I'm going to train." Liu Mang patted little Jimmy on the head, maybe he won't be able to shoot in two years, this guy will be taller than him in the future, thinking of this, Liu Mang couldn't help but come to the background emperor stroke.

"......" doesn't play cards according to the routine? Anyway, let's talk for a while, and suddenly the chat ended all of a sudden, and Coach Kruger couldn't understand Liu Mang's brain circuit!

Coach Kruger sneaks in and kicks little Jimmy in the leg.

Little Jimmy remembered his task at this time, and pulled Liu Mang, who was about to leave, and said: "Brother Ace, can you play games with me for a while, I have the latest game disc here, let's play together?" ”

"No ......"

Liu Mang was about to refuse, but was interrupted.

"Ace, you can play with little Jimmy for a while, there is a game tonight, let Tyshawn rest, he doesn't have as good physical strength as you." Coach Kruger can only be clear.

"......" Liu Mang thought that Prince had been tired and half dead with himself in the past two days, thanks to his youth and strong recovery ability, Liu Mang healed Prince's minor injuries again, so that he could still be alive, thinking that there was a game at night, Liu Mang could only give up.

This hateful coach actually treats the master as a trouble! Liu Mang showed a vicious expression to little Jimmy and said, "Okay, little Jimmy, if the game is not fun, you can train with me!" ”

Who knew that little Jimmy was not scared at all, and when he heard that he could train with Liu Mang, he said excitedly: "Really? Brother Ace, let's go train...... Ouch...... No, Brother Ace, let's go play games......"

Little Jimmy was kicked again by an increasingly insidious head coach, and the second half of the sentence was so aggrieved.

Liu Mang shrugged, he also understood that one day could not let him learn the skills he wanted to master, he was just in a hurry, but now he couldn't be in a hurry, the coach took out his son as a gun, he decided to simply empty his head before the game and play games to relieve his nervousness.

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At four o'clock in the afternoon, when the Hawks entered the Staples Center, there were already aerial helicopters hovering over the Staples Center with television stations in Los Angeles from the United States, Canada, Mexico and other North American countries.

The treatment of Los Angeles is good, when the Hawks play the Finals at home, there is no such treatment at all, and it is estimated that only the team in New York can compete with the Lakers in the Finals.

Although the Lakers lost the first two games, they lost on the road, and the Lakers were able to suppress the performance of the Hawks in both games, although they were eventually pressed back, but it was almost all because of the lack of calm of the OK combination, in the first game, O'Neal wanted to prove himself too much, which led to the score that was supposed to be overtaken was pulled away, but it was actually relatively good, and the Lakers were already behind at that time; And Kobe Bryant forced a one-on-one game with Liu Mang in the second game, and he was still making strong shots at the last critical moment, and the Lakers had a relatively obvious advantage in the field before, and they were still ahead of the score, so the Lakers lost the game in the second game, and almost all blamed Kobe Bryant.

But it is precisely because of this that even though the Lakers have lost two games in a row, many fans still have confidence in the Lakers.

The Lakers returned to Los Angeles to take advantage of the home court, if Kobe Bryant had a little clearer, the Lakers had a good chance of holding the home court!

Moreover, the Lakers are three consecutive home courts, and fans in Los Angeles still think that the Lakers can win the championship, and most of the media are also optimistic about the Lakers.

……

At six o'clock in the evening, the players of both teams entered.

Liu Mang, as the last starter of the away team, received a crazy boo.

Liu Mang is used to this, and from the first time he came to the Staples Center to play, the boos began to accompany him.

Moreover, seeing the undisguised jealousy when the first player to come out on the opposite side looked at him, Liu Mang smiled proudly......

However, seeing those people on the sidelines, Liu Mang probably knows why after moving from the Lakers to Los Angeles, except for Jordan and Russell, other superstars of the era all joined the Lakers at some stage of their careers.

Hollywood superstars, sports superstars, political stars, famous scholars, Nobel laureates scientists...... The second- and third-tier stars have no chance of getting tickets at all, and they are all among the most powerful people in various industries in the world, and the biggest name is probably the terminator who retired from politics - the new California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

This...... Although he was slandered when he was a fan, when he was a player, he met so many celebrities to watch him play, Liu Mang still felt very excited, and even a little envious...... The little blacksmith is so hateful! him!

Just when Liu Mang forcibly put hatred on his opponent, someone from the TV station came and asked him to greet and take photos with those celebrities, which was also part of the basketball game.

The reason why today's game at half past six is because of the activities in this area.

Finally, at half past six in the evening, the game between the Hawks and the Lakers is about to begin.

The Eagles are excited, they have done everything they can to prepare for this game, and if they can win, they will basically lock up the championship!

If you have this opportunity, why not fight for it.

The Hawks were going to use defense against the Lakers in Game 3 because the Lakers had the usual impression that they played offensive basketball, and the Lakers averaged more than 105 points per game in the Finals for three consecutive years, an achievement that no previous Bulls team had done.

The Hawks are fully prepared, ready to meet the Lakers' crazy offense, and even ready to play well with the OK combination of Kobe Bryant's reasonable play and lead the offense.

However, I didn't expect that the Lakers' side was unexpected by the Hawks from the beginning of the game!