At 7:40 pm, after the Eagles finished their pre-game warm-up, they entered the Key Arena competition venue.

When the Eagles players came out, all of them received boos, especially Liu Mang, who was a public enemy of Seattle. The scene was filled with boos!

Liu Mang despises the fans here. In a few years, this team will abandon you! If you boo them, you will soon have no home team!

Seeing Liu Mang's disdainful expression, the fans at the scene booed even more.

When players come out, the court station often doesn't broadcast it, but a bunch of advertisements wait until the ball jumps before cutting to the game screen. But the advertisements here in the United States are a little different. They use technology to put them on the billboards on the side of the court.

The advertisements they receive will be replaced by the advertisements they receive. There will be much fewer advertisements before the game, and the focus will be on advertisements during pauses.

This is also the reason why billboards at NBA home stadiums are not valuable, because usually only fans can see them.

In order to give fans a better viewing experience, American TV stations have started broadcasting live footage half an hour before the start of the game. The cheerleading team's dancing and some pre-game performances are also very interesting.

Therefore, Liu Mang was very excited from the beginning and got into the game. As the boss of the team, he wanted to show off as much as he could. He wanted to tell his parents through the TV screen that he was doing very well in the United States.

, don’t worry about him.

Francis and Yao Ming are no longer teammates, and there is no need to give Liu Mang face. Similarly, Liu Mang didn't give Francis face in the first place, and he won't give it to him now.

The two have so many grievances, but they still give each other face, which is too unfair to themselves. Competing with each other is what they want to do most.

During the final preparation time before the game, Liu Mang took a look at the current situation of the Sonics.

Without Ray Allen, the Sonics' strongest player is undoubtedly Francis.

"Steve Francis, ability evaluation 88 (peak), 92 offense, 75 defense, 68 three-pointers, 73 mid-range shots, 95 layups, 91 speed, 89 strength, 78 rebounds, 84 passing..."

Francis is an example of a person who can last longer at the top if he goes to the right team. If he went to the Magic, he would have been wasted. In the first year, he competed with Hill for the ball and delayed both of them. But after coming to the Super League

Sonic exerted his strength to the greatest extent and performed in the top ten of the MVP rankings.

He averaged 17.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 9.2 assists per game. He ranked third among point guards in rebounding, second only to Liu Mang and James. He ranked third in the league in assists, second only to Nash and Tracy McGrady. He has been ranked sixth to tenth in the MVP rankings for a long time.

, has entered the top ten of the MVP weekly rankings more times than McGrady, and also won the best of the week three times.

Another first-class star is Rashard Lewis.

"Rashard Lewis, ability evaluation 85 (peak), 90 offense, 75 defense, 89 three-pointers, 87 mid-range shots, 88 layups...averaged 21.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game..."

Mr. Billion Yuan did not get the 100 million yuan contract for nothing. Mr. Billion Yuan, who is now 26 years old and entering his peak period, can shoot mid- and long-range shots without any blind spots!

The sixth man of the SuperSonics, Luke Ridnour, a rookie in the 2003 class, has an ability rating of 76, averaging 10 points and 4 assists per game, and averaging 1.2 three-pointers per game.

And the former Spurs player activated by Francis, Antonio Daniels, the No. 4 pick in 1997, has an ability evaluation of 79. He averaged double figures for the first time in his career, averaging 12 points and 5 rebounds per game.

Except for center Jerome James, almost all SuperSonics players have benefited from the team's acquisition of Francis.

After directly observing the opponent's current ability evaluation, coupled with the scouting report, Liu Mang had a deeper understanding of the current strength of the Sonics.

Very similar to the Suns, a team with strong offense and weak defense averages 102 points per game, concedes 99 points per game, and has the lowest point differential among the five best teams in the league.

What they win by not relying on shooting the opponent to death all at once, or preventing the opponent from death all at once, but relying on the stability of a group of pitchers to drag the game to the end, relying on accurate shooting, and taking advantage of Ray Allen at critical moments.

The key ball ability of Lewis and others defeated their opponents.

The rhythm is not very fast, but it is accurate! Sometimes a burst of accuracy and stability can defeat the top teams.

Just like the last time the Eagles lost to the SuperSonics, they also scored 118 points, but the opponent's explosion was ridiculously accurate and scored 122 points.

In this case, Liu Mang's goal is clear, just prevent the opponent from being accurate!

…

Liu Mang threw magnesium powder into the air and took the field with his teammates.

Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown appear.

In yesterday's game, both Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown only played 24 minutes, and there is no problem with their physical fitness today.

On the SuperSonics side, Francis, Ridnour, Antonio Daniels, Lewis, and Jerome James appear.

Kwame Brown and Jerome James, nicknamed Donuts because of his love for eating donuts, came to the center circle to jump the ball.

Regarding losing the jump ball to Swift yesterday and being dunked by Swift at the beginning, Kwame Brown did not dare to underestimate any opponent for at least the second game in 24 hours. The referee blew the whistle to start the game.

The ball was thrown into the air, Kwame Brown took off with all his strength, touched the ball first, and pushed the ball backwards.

After Liu Mang received the ball, he immediately passed it to McGrady for a fast break. However, the SuperSonics retreated very quickly. Jerome James is a center with excellent physical fitness. In addition to Jerome James, the SuperSonics team has

In fact, there is no inside line anymore. Lewis played small forward last season and only switched to power forward this season.

After Liu Mang ran to the frontcourt, he saw that the opponent quickly settled into a defensive position. Francis moved towards him. Liu Mang cut inside from the center with his bare hands. Francis suppressed Liu Mang with his strong body and his movements were very fierce. Liu Mang smashed

Even though he tried hard enough, he still couldn't push through and was forced from the center to the right side of the three-second zone.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This bastard Francis is really strong!

Francis is very proud of suppressing Liu Mang's quick air cuts. His physical fitness is the foundation of his foothold. At the age of 28, he is at his best.

At this time, Rasheed Wallace came over to help Liu Mang block Francis. Liu Mang planned to go directly to the bottom corner to open up space. With the help of Rasheed Wallace, Liu Mang immediately bypassed Rasheed Wallace.

Laish cuts inside.

Francis was so impressed by Liu Mang's explosive power after the pick-and-roll, and the SuperSonics were also very wary of it. Francis and Lewis didn't care about Rasheed Wallace because they saw McGrady's lob, and Francis bypassed it.

Rasheed Wallace went after Liu Mang, and Lewis also went after Liu Mang.

Liu Mang went around from the three-second zone to the other side of the three-second zone. Francis and Lewis both tried to block Liu Mang from catching the ball. They were about to grab the ball. Liu Mang was stunned when he came out from the left side of the three-second zone.

, the Sonics also play the Bulls' game?

Liu Mang was about to come out from the left side of the three-second zone and run to the left corner to catch the ball and shoot. Unexpectedly, the opponent was double-teamed by two people. He didn't see McGrady passing the ball in, and he didn't think McGrady would make a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle.

It's too dangerous to pass the ball to a point guard deep in the basket.

Moreover, McGrady's pass was not intended for Liu Mang!

Rasheed Wallace saw the ball coming down and realized it was passed to him. After receiving the ball, he turned around, took two steps, went straight to the basket, and jumped!

This happened for more than a second. Jerome James was still watching whether Lewis and Francis could steal Liu Mang's ball when he suddenly heard the exclamations of the fans at the scene.

Jerome James turned his head, and a scary face got closer and closer to him...

Rasheed Wallace hits the ball through Jerome James and into the basket!

This scene is so familiar to Seattle fans! Not many people were surprised by Rasheed Wallace's dunk. That's how Rasheed Wallace played back then. They were both on the Western Conference team. Seattle fans watched it every year.

Can be seen twice.

Kwame Brown thought to himself that luckily he was agile and retreated quickly, otherwise he would have been dunked by his teammates.

"Huh..." Rasheed Wallace ran back excitedly, jumped up and butt-butted with Tracy McGrady in the center circle.

Although Liu Mang didn't score, his teammates scored, and he actually attracted two people to block him while running around alone. I feel quite proud when I think about it.

Francis and Lewis felt like they had been slapped in the face. They were as if they were blind. When they saw Liu Mang's pick-and-roll, they chased after Liu Mang.

This has a lot to do with the difference in defensive awareness between the two.

However, the SuperSonics do not rely on defense to win. Francis receives the ball and advances, and he wants to retaliate!

When Francis came to the frontcourt, sure enough, that scene happened again!

Liu Mang almost retreated to the free throw line!

"Do you dare to vote?" Liu Mang clapped his hands towards Francis and asked provocatively.

Francis wanted to throw it out with his backhand, but he restrained himself and waved to Lewis to come out.

Liu Mang looked at Francis and he was... trying to pick and roll?

What the hell, a 1-on-0 pick-and-roll from beyond the three-point line?

Lewis came out with Rasheed Wallace's defense, Francis handed the ball to Lewis, and then went up to block Rasheed Wallace!

not good!

Only then did Liu Mang understand the opponent's intention and rushed forward to defend him.

But Lewis took advantage of Francis' perfect resistance to Rasheed Wallace, received the ball, took a step laterally, and quickly shot a three-pointer!

"Shua"

Hit!

Liu Mang's pounce had no effect. Watching Francis and Lewis retreat and high-five each other in celebration, with bright smiles on their faces, Liu Mang really didn't expect that the other party would become more and more playful!

Both sides caught each other by surprise!

Although the SuperSonics are missing one of their top stars, Ray Allen, they still have many three-pointers, which opens up the space. Unlike the Suns, who have counterattack dunks, and the team's leading scorer is Stoudemire, the Sonics rely on

They are good at shooting, averaging 9.8 three-pointers per game, more than the Suns, which opens up the space and gives Francis and Lewis the opportunity to play like this in the top arc.

In the past few years, when Francis saw Liu Mang guarding him like this, he always insisted on playing like a fool, but this season he has a brain! He started to use his brain to play, averaging 9.2 assists per game, not just relying on sudden points!

After a round of fighting and testing, Liu Mang got to know more about the Sonics. What do you think of the Sonics? They are talking about them. A point guard who declined significantly last season and the fourth-to-last SuperSonics team in the Western Conference.

The Sonics suddenly became second in the Western Conference. If it weren't for the perfect combination between the Suns and Nash, Francis might have been the one competing with him for MVP.

After the trial, we started to do it with real swords and guns!

The Eagles began to speed up the offensive tempo. Liu Mang and McGrady began to speed up. Every position in the Eagles' lineup was better than their opponents. McGrady held the ball, and the other four people headed by Liu Mang began to intersperse their moves. McGrady used Liu Mang's help.
To be continued...