In addition to the coaching staff, Hawks owner Price is also there.

"Ace, look at this." Price gestured to the projection of the projector on the wall.

Liu Mang noticed this and looked at the projection screen, which was now the record ranking of each team with almost two games left.

Price introduced the current record leaderboard.

By this time, the general standings of the East and West have been determined, and on the Eastern side, the Heat are currently second in the East at 57-23, the Pistons are third in the East at 53-27, the 76ers are fourth in the East at 46-34, the Cavaliers are fifth in the East at 50-30, the Nets are sixth in the East at 44-36, the Bulls are seventh in the East at 41-39, and the Pacers are eighth in the East at 39-41.

After being beaten by the Hawks by 40 points, the Bucks were beaten by 30 points by the 76ers, and fell out of the team all of a sudden, 36-44, losing the playoff possibility, and the top eight in the East have been determined.

And because the 76ers have two wins ahead of the Nets, they basically locked the first position in the division, that is, basically locked the fourth position in the East, and the playoff matchups in the East were also released early, the Hawks played the Pacers in the first round, and the Heat didn't know if they were unlucky or got the opportunity to prove themselves, the league's playoff ranking rules changed, and they still met the Bulls in the first round, and they couldn't get around.

The Pistons played the Nets, and this matchup was very ceremonial, which seemed to tell the rise and fall of the East, and both teams were beaten to the decline by the Hawks led by Liu Mang.

It's the fourth and fifth Cavaliers playing the 76ers series, which is very interesting, although the Cavaliers are ranked fifth in the East, but the record is better than the fourth 76ers, so the home court advantage is the Cavaliers, with Iverson on one side and James on the other, the two All-Star starters, and the All-Star starters who have both played or are playing point guard, the attention is higher than the first-round playoff of the combination of Carter and Kidd, who have passed the peak of popularity.

In the West, the Spurs are 60-20 to lock up the Western Conference regular season championship and have rested Duncan since the last game.

The second is the Lakers, 57-23, and Yao Ming also started to rest after playing the game against the Hawks.

The third is the Suns 55-25, the fourth is the SuperSonics 50-30, the fifth is the Mavericks 54-26, the sixth is the Clippers 48-32, and the seventh is the Nuggets 45-35.

The focus is on eighth and ninth, the Grizzlies are now 41-40 in eighth place in the West, with one game to play, the Jazz are 40-40 and ninth in the West, with two games to go, the Grizzlies are 0.5 wins ahead of the Jazz, but the losses are the same for both teams.

“…… Ace, one thing is very important now, if the Jazz make the playoffs, we will get the Jazz draft pick this year, the Jazz swept the Grizzlies in four games in the regular season this season, if the two teams have the same record, the Jazz will squeeze the Grizzlies out of the playoffs, we can get this year's draft pick, if the Jazz don't make the playoffs, according to the terms of the guarantee we agreed with them at the time of the trade, the draft pick will become two second-round picks next year and 2009. ”

After listening to Price's explanation, Liu Mang knew what the current situation was.

The team wants to give up this game!

This is a bit of a serious question!

The team is at a very high morale point right now, and you want the team to lose one game on purpose?

The key is that their own team really has the capital to lose one game, even if they lose to the Jazz, and win the next game against the Knicks, they can still break the historical record.

If playing the Jazz is the last game of the season, the team needs this win to break the all-time record, and the team would rather give up this draft pick, but there are still two games left.

That's why the coaching staff and the boss discussed this matter, and called Liu Mang, the core of the team, to talk about it.

A mid-first-round pick is not comparable to two second-round picks, and a first-round pick with a 25th-sixth pick can be exchanged for two second-round picks that are very high, let alone a mid-first round.

And the Jazz just got Deron Williams, and they already have playoff strength, and they will definitely be stronger in two years, and then the two second rounds are estimated to be draft picks in their fifties, which is basically useless, so that Liu Mang can't choose any good pearls, and there are basically no pearls left in that pick, Gasol Jr. and Danny Green are both in their forties.

Liu Mang nodded, indicating that he understood, and then did not speak.

Both the coaching staff and the owner need to ask for the opinions of the players, and Liu Mang is the absolute leader, mainly to ask for Liu Mang's opinion.

Obviously, if you have to give up a game strategically at this time, the players will definitely have an opinion, and everyone will want to break the historical record immediately.

The coaching staff and the boss are waiting for Liu Mang to think.

Liu Mang opened the task section of the system and looked at it......

"Masters of the Arena Revenge Game 1: The host needs to have more assists than Jason Kidd in this game and lead the team to victory. finish

Game 2 of the Master of the Field's Revenge: The host needs to crush Deron Williams in the next home game against the Jazz, and the scores, assists, and rebounds must be at least twice as many as Deron Williams' scores, assists, and rebounds.

Mission Reward: Deron Williams or Jason Kidd can choose a pinnacle card. ”

Liu Mang saw this task requirement and asked the system: "System boss, if I lose the game against the Jazz and the data is better than Williams, is the task completed or failed?" ”

Liu Mang wants to make sure of this, it is right that a draft pick in the middle of the first round is very good, but the star card of Kidd or Delong is still a peak star card that can be actively selected, which is very important to Liu Mang's summer plan and can be used with a high probability.

"Ding...... In the game against the Jazz, the host surpassed Deron Williams in points, rebounds, and assists, and the goal of the second game of the Master of the Controlling Arena's revenge was deemed completed. ”

Hearing this, Liu Mang had a bottom in his heart, and said to the people in the office: "I think we can do this, we don't have a first-round pick this year, and the Jazz must get this draft pick, but I have to, I can let others rest." ”

"Why? We all think Ace can take a break, you've been playing for too long. "Coach Kruger also has the purpose of allowing Liu Mang to take a rest.

How can this work! If you don't play this game, the task will directly fail, Liu Mang turned his mind and said: "If we play Jazz, it will definitely be broadcast live in the United States, and my country will definitely broadcast this game live, and the same is true in Europe, if I don't play, the broadcaster will definitely be dissatisfied, so let me go up and play casually, and others must find a reasonable reason to rest." ”

That's right...... There's really nothing wrong with it......

However, everyone else was a little confused: "What is the reasonable reason?" ”

Liu Mang thought of the strange reasons commonly used by a certain band, and asked the coaches and bosses in the office to get together and start plotting in a whisper......

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Maddie, Jason Terry, Rashid Wallace, Prince, and Josh Smith watched the news in the newspaper speechlessly.

What does this mean?

They see that they are suddenly "wounded"!

The Atlanta Daily News wrote: "According to intelligence sources, because of the tight schedule from January to March, the Hawks have suffered a number of injuries within the team, and Tracy McGrady has often suffered injuries to his hip muscles after joining the Hawks because of too much training and games, and has been fighting with injuries for a long time, and now the injury has worsened, and he may not play in the next game."

Rasheed Wallace developed hip muscle soreness after playing against the Raptors and could face regular season reimbursement.

Jason Terry suffered a knee and groin strain due to contact with the ground, but fortunately the injury is not serious and will be on the daily watch list, with doubts for the next two games.

Tyshawn Prince sprained his thigh muscle while training for dance and will miss a game.

Josh Smith got into a verbal altercation with Ace Liu in practice and was suspended for one game with pay within the Hawks. ”

These five players received instructions from Coach Kruger last night to come to the arena at eight o'clock this morning, and they had something to tell them, but before they could say anything, they first saw a cent of the Atlanta Daily News in the locker room, and the newspaper actually said that they had suffered these strange injuries!

They're not in the mood to change their training clothes!

The five men in the locker room chattered, not knowing what the situation was.

After a while, Coach Kruger and others arrived at the stadium and called them to the office to explain the situation, and emphasized that it was Liu Mang who came up with the idea, and the strength was shaken.

The big five stars blew up at that time!

Jason Terry asked directly, "How did that shameless bastard come up with the cause of these injuries?" ”

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"Ah......h Who is complimenting the handsome master? ”

Liu Mang turned his head and sneezed.

Not only the Atlanta Daily, but also Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Los Angeles Times and other news outlets received this first-hand news and published the news this morning.

Liu Mang had breakfast with Xiao Lori at home, reading the newspaper while eating, thinking of the coaching staff and the boss yesterday afternoon when they heard the "reasons for injury" he said, their expressions were wonderful.

But the boss and Coach Kruger finally used the reasons he brought up for the injury!

Liu Mang kept Kwame Brown in order to have one more of the best cake-eating teammates, help him brush up assists, and help him get stuck to grab rebounds.

Liu Mang decided to go to the stadium later today to avoid being killed......