"The three major stars are competing for each other... It seems a bit difficult. We can only see the 23VS24 continued duel..."

In the office of the president of the NBA headquarters, David Stern looked at Liu Mang chatting with James on the TV screen and sighed helplessly.

This year David Stern is ready to push James as hard as he did Wade in last year's playoffs, mainly because he feels that the Hawks will not be able to do this this year.

After the first three games of the second-round series between the Hawks and the Bulls, the Bulls regained their home court advantage on the road after losing a home game. This was the beginning of his desire to give James a body hair whistle.

Ranked first in the regular season, if we successfully reach the Eastern Conference Finals and all the way to the Finals...

Even if he loses in the finals, James' reputation will rise. As long as James reaches the finals, the previous whistle problems are not a big deal. As time goes by, James becomes stronger and stronger, and people will only remember him during his rookie contract.

He overcame all obstacles and reached the finals.

but……

In Liu Mang's defending season after three consecutive championships, he actually reached the Eastern Conference Finals again, and defeated the Bulls, which may be the strongest defensive team in history, when most people were not optimistic about it. You must know that the Bulls

The average points allowed per game of less than 84 points ranks second in history, second only to the record low of 83.4 points per game set by the Hawks with Mutombo in the shortened season of 1998-99.

And it was done in this era of encouraging offense. After the first four games, David Stern thought the Hawks were going to fall in the second round. James finally had a chance to breathe.

But……

Liu Mang still made it to the Eastern Conference Finals and faced James...

Hearing the overly harsh noises from the fans on the TV, David Stern knew that it was the Cleveland fans who were afraid... This kind of cheering was not about how much confidence they had in their team, but how much confidence they had in their team.

Afraid of the 16-game losing streak against the Eagles in the past four years and the sweep in the playoffs last season...

If the Bulls and Cavaliers play in the Eastern Conference Finals, David Stern may consider taking James to the Finals.

David Stern will not touch the final decisive battle. It is a game broadcast live in more than 100 countries. He will not do that and will not ruin the reputation of the league. But walking James to the Finals will not affect it.

It will be that big.

On the contrary, the Lakers relied on their strength to defeat the Cavaliers in the finals, which would also add to the Lakers' luster, just as fans now expect Liu Mang to "do justice for heaven."

But if it's the Hawks... David Stern can only temporarily stop praising James. If he praises James again this time, he will kill James' future...

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Win, Liu Mang has always been confident of winning.

When they played the Bulls in the second round, Liu Mang never thought he would lose the series. He just thought it would be difficult to play.

In six years, Liu Mang has only lost two series matches. Liu Mang does not think he will lose to any opponent that comes to him.

In this series against the Cavaliers, Liu Mang also did not feel that he would lose. He had never thought so. It was just that the sudden task of "doing justice for heaven" made him feel pained.

Liu Mang's feelings about James today... This guy is a person who can do great things. He has many players, and it is easy for the media's public opinion to make him hostile to opponents who have no hatred at all.

But James didn't. The game is a game, public opinion is public opinion, and your interactions with people only depend on this person.

This allowed Liu Mang to get to know James again. In this respect, this guy is the same type of person as him.

After chatting with James for a while, Liu Mang returned to his own half to practice shooting in preparation for the upcoming game.

Today's game, except for North America... the attention is average.

James' influence is currently limited to the United States, and other countries and regions are basically in a state of insignificantness.

Only 22 and a half years old, James has a bright future, but at this stage, fans who have watched the games of stars who entered the NBA in the 1980s and 1990s with mature skills from the beginning, before James has the strength to win the MVP,

Except for the fans in North America who were attracted by him in high school, it is difficult for fans in other regions to like such young players with poor skills and most of them rely on their body and whistle to play.

And for now, the Hawks and Cavaliers meet in the Eastern Conference Finals... Public opinion generally believes that the Hawks are already halfway to the Finals. Even if they haven't played a single game in the Eastern Conference Finals, people already think so.

James is by no means Liu Mang's opponent. This is a general consensus.

The suspense of the series is not great. The expectation of most fans is that the Hawks can defeat the Cavaliers, but most fans have little interest in the game itself.

Last year's 1VS23 showdown attracted a lot of fans' attention, but this season's 23VS24 showdown attracted much less attention even from Americans.

The main concern is...

I'm worried that the situation will happen again in the second round, which is heart-wrenching to watch.

Except for the four major countries of China, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, which will broadcast the entire series live, TV stations in most countries have chosen to broadcast more of the Western Conference Finals.

Liu Mang was practicing shooting while watching the performance evaluations of the Cavaliers' stars.

Chandler's ability evaluation is 83, weak in offense and defense, 70 in offense, 92 in defense, and 97 in rebounds; Peja's ability evaluation is 88, pure shooter, except for layups, only 84, the other two items are above 90, 92 in mid-range shooting and

94 three-pointers; LeBron James, ability evaluation 95, offense 96, defense 89...

The evaluation of the abilities of the Cavaliers' three major stars remains unchanged from the last time they played against each other in the regular season.

After the ability evaluation reaches 95, James' progress has temporarily stagnated. It is difficult to go further. Unless it is technological progress or improvement on the defensive end, it will be difficult for his strength to skyrocket in a short period of time like in previous years.

Just when Liu Mang was observing the evaluation of the capabilities of the Cavaliers' three giants, exclamations rang out...

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Liu Mang turned his head curiously and saw that James and McGrady were dancing...

Tracy McGrady, whose Latin dance talent was illuminated by Liu Mang, won the title of "North American Latin Dance King" in the second round of this year's playoffs. James started after greeting Liu Mang and others.

During the customary opening dance, McGrady on the Hawks side couldn't hold back anymore and swayed closer.

James' current dance is no longer limited to the Pure Land. Of course, these are the core dance steps, but his management team helped him recruit a large number of dance teachers and musicians, and choreographed a lot of music and dance around the core dance steps of the Pure Land.

Since Prince went it alone, James obviously has more business acumen...

James was shocked when Maddie came up to dance and stopped dancing. The DJ hesitated and switched to the climax of the passionate samba song. Maddie got the Latin dance music and danced even more energetically.

After the high-end stage of more than ten seconds passed, Maddie finished dancing, and the DJ immediately changed to dance music composed around the Pure Land of Paradise, and James immediately responded...

James was originally desperate for this series, but now he has teammates who are far better than last year. He also won the first regular season division championship in his career. Even if he is not favored again, he plans to give it a try.

At the very least, he has to create some trouble for Liu Mang, or show his progress this season. After playing several games in the playoffs, James also wants to win a game. Although he himself has no hope in the series,

Win one game... He just wants to win one game...

With this kind of mentality, James' fighting spirit is not lacking, but his mood is certainly not high.

But...when McGrady came up to dance, James' emotions were ignited.

It's like going back to the past when I danced with Prince!

Two of the four major dance kings in North America started the "Dance Forest Conference" before the opening game of the series!

Originally...the series didn't get much attention, the game was about to start, and the ratings were also very low...

But……

The producers of ESPN and Chaoting Channel were lamenting that the prize money for this series was gone, but... the ratings suddenly started to rise!

Seeing the skyrocketing ratings, the leaders of the TV station didn't know what was going on. The ratings were not high, and they didn't even bother to watch the game.

Turning on the TV in the office, I saw the pre-game dance battle between James and Tracy McGrady. The dance battle between two NBA players who were already professional dancers unexpectedly set off the ratings of this series...

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Chapter completed!