"I'm too nervous, Ace must be too nervous knowing that today is the first time to broadcast his game live in China......"

Yao Ming and Director Zhang braved a cold sweat to make some excuses for Liu Mang, this state, the live broadcast was shown to domestic fans, Nima said that Liu Mang was so powerful, and his face was beaten as hot as the current Liu Mang.

Fortunately, there was a live broadcast of the All-Star Game in China before, and people also felt that Liu Mang was too nervous, because of how strong his performance was at that time.

However, at that time, Liu Mang was wearing an Iverson star card, and he was almost lost to the level of a top star......

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Liu Mang was put on the bench and played a few minutes from the first quarter and did not get playing time in the entire second quarter.

Coach Kruger didn't say anything comforting, nor did he scold, and replaced Dean Grove, who played diligently.

Admittedly, Dean Grove is no match for Nash, and even the backup point guard Tim Hardaway, who was replaced by the Mavericks in the second quarter, has more highlights than Dean Grove, but Dean Grove is steady!

Don't do it blindly, play honestly according to the tactics, and play in the safest way.

Coach Krueger is not good at using words to train his disciples, he is used to using actions.

Don't look at Coach Kruger, who is usually very indulgent to Liu Mang, but when Liu Mang was impetuous, he did not hesitate to press Liu Mang on the bench.

It is true that Dean Grove did not play well when he was not as good as Liu Mang's normal performance, but Dean Grove can make his own contribution very consistently, which is what Coach Kruger hopes Liu Mang can learn.

Don't be so impetuous! Don't forget that you're still a rookie and a substitute because of this little achievement.

It's worth mentioning that Dean Grove is 26 years old, he was also a rookie in '99, and he only entered the NBA after four years of college.

And Dean Grove, who has been a pure substitute for the past two years, has become a starter this year...... Because he also graduated from Georgia Tech......

Therefore, Coach Kruger knows Dean Grove very well and is very relieved to use it, and he also hopes that Liu Mang can learn the advantages of Dean Grove.

Without Liu Mang's normal play, even Liu Mang was not present, from the second half of the first quarter after the Hawks were overtaken by Nash's wave of singles and even pulled the score to 10 points, although Raheem scored 16 points in the second quarter, the Mavericks overall strength was strong, and the score difference was maintained at more than ten points, and the Hawks struggled to catch up in the second quarter, although the Hawks' offensive efficiency returned to the opening of the game, but the Mavericks have also maintained super firepower.

At halftime, the Hawks trailed the Mavericks by 11 points, 53-64.

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The Eagles locker room was stuffy, very different from before.

In the past, even when I was behind, I wouldn't be so bored.

Of course, this season, before this season, the Hawks were half-dead, with no future, no future, and no draft picks in the playoffs, so it seemed that they could only rely on the strength of Raheem and Jason Terry to mess around on the edge of the playoffs.

If you have a good record, you can win, anything will come, and the atmosphere in the Eagles locker room is getting better and better this year.

But today, the atmosphere is so dreary.

The main thing is that the rookie who changed the dead culture of this team is huddled in the corner and sullen.

Speaking of which, the Mavericks' away locker room is probably the most luxurious in the entire NBA.

Cuban said that his brother has money, and he doesn't want to make the away team's locker room tattered and cause trouble for the opponent like the Celtics and Spurs, their away team's locker room and the away team's locker room in the Staples Center have to fight, and even the software service is stronger, what drink to have, you can even order red wine, steak, and don't let the away team pay, Cuban pays for it himself.

However, looking at Liu Mang's sullen appearance, even Emmanuol, who had planned to eat Kobe Bryant's steak, had no appetite after the steak was delivered.

Coach Kruger went back to the locker room to take a look and left, and the players were so emotional that Liu Mang's negative energy was gone.

"Ace, cheer up, don't run away with your girlfriend like someone else......" Jason Terry went up to comfort him.

Then in exchange for Liu Mang's "um".

And then there was no then.

Jason Terry can't look at it!

Let's have a positive atmosphere!

This rookie is not an ordinary rookie! He is one of the three cores of our team!

Jason Terry has a headache how to make this rookie a little refreshed, Nima is not the usual rookie!

Jason Terry still remembers that at the beginning of that season, he was not afraid of the ground, he dared to make a wave when he saw anyone, and he was not depressed when he met Jordan who was abused, and Liu Mang, who came again next time, what is it now!

Just when Jason Terry had a headache and the others didn't know what to do.

A voice with endless resentment came: "Do me a favor!" ”

！！！

Finally spoke!

But...... The response from his teammates was a little hesitant.

This rookie, Yan'er is bad, Yan'er is bad, help him...... Certainly not a good thing!

However, Jason Terry and Raheem and the others looked at each other for a moment, and the other party's eyes were all saying: You go and say yes.

Jason Terry thinks, so be it! It's a big deal!

"Okay, Ace, you say!"

Liu Mang called out several players who rotated the lineup: "I don't know if the coach will replace me in the second half, so it's up to you!" Help me off that number 13! You are doing this and that...... ...... like this"

Listening to Liu Mang's words, the Eagles players looked at Liu Mang with strange eyes.

You have been low for a long time, and you really know how to anger your opponent?

It's insidious!

That Nash on the other side, what a good person! Playing cleanly, with a gentle personality, they can be hated, and the Eagles players are recalling whether they have offended this rookie!

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Outside the locker room, looking at Liu Mang in the crack of the door, he began to 'crook his brain' again, and the swishing expression proved that this kid was not beaten to the point of losing his fighting spirit, and the two people outside the locker room breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lang, you really don't worry about Ace, he was so low just now, and you didn't give him playing time, I'm really afraid that he will lose his confidence." Moron Willie breathed a sigh of relief.

is also a second-round pick and a player at the bottom of the NBA, Moron Wiley has a strong sense of identity with Liu Mang, and he is very happy about Liu Mang's outburst, and almost pinned his previous career dreams on Liu Mang, hoping that Liu Mang can represent the bottom player to counterattack.

The second-round pick has never won the best rookie, and now the talent lottery has begun, and there will be a lot of second-round picks in the future.

But before 2000, second-round picks were extremely rare, except for Dennis Rodman, a third-round player, and Ben Wallace, a lost representative, there were not many second-round picks who played famous, and there may be starters, but very few at the All-Star level!

That's why Liu Mang's popularity in the United States is so high, because it represents that even if he is not favored in the draft and his physical talent is not very good, he can have the possibility of counterattacking, giving hope to many young players who are not favored.

Maybe it's not just professional basketball players, other sports, other sports industries, or non-sports industries, all hope that there will be such a precedent for counterattack.

Coach Kruger also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "There are things that Ace needs to adapt to himself, he himself is already an adult, I can't take care of him throughout his career, young players may not have this concept, but Moron you know the rules of survival in the NBA better than me, I can't always be his head coach, and he can't play under me forever, this is a business league, he can't bear this kind of small setback, what will he do in the future?" ”

Moron Willy thinks that this is really the case, and the reality is so cruel.

It's just that now the players who enter the NBA are getting younger and younger, and many young players are even high school students directly from the greenhouse, and suddenly enter the world's highest-level, and at the same time the most brutal basketball league, everything needs to be taken care of like a child, and there are even some fans who are similar to their own mothers, who feel that coaches, opponents and even everyone should take care of this child.

However, the NBA is brutal...... It's just that it's really rare to see someone like Liu Mang!