On January 29, the day of the game between the Eagles and the Suns, Liu Mang got up and washed up and replenished his regular medicine.

Rogues are worth points, superstars are worth points.

After replenishing his regular potions, Liu Mang still had 400,000 superstar points left.

Usually when playing against weak teams, Liu Mang would draw star cards to experience the playing styles of various stars, improve his comprehensive skills, and look for any useful tips, which would consume a lot of money.

Now Liu Mang has to start saving up his superstar value. If he really gets the fourth MVP of his career this season and three consecutive MVPs, his superstar value will definitely be a lot. Last year's two consecutive MVPs increased his superstar value a lot.

If you can break one million, you can draw another attribute fruit.

Liu Mang has hard work, but the slight gap in talent, even if he has made up for it with so many superstars over the years, is still a little behind the top.

Of course Liu Mang wants to get better.

Fortunately, Liu Mang still has room for improvement. There is no complete bottleneck period. For example, practicing three-threat play when playing against weak teams is where he can improve, so Liu Mang is not so urgent.

First, practice what you have learned to the best to avoid biting off more than you can chew. Rather than learning all the skills, Liu Mang currently prefers to draw star cards of some unique role players to learn some small skills.

For example, Raja Bell's defensive skills to avoid the referee's small movements, Doc Rivers' cutting skills when stealing, etc. These small skills do not take too long to train, and they only need to be slow and slow during the game.

Just slowly develop defensive habits.

Of course, it would be even better if you could draw the star cards of the superstars or even era-level superstars that Liu Mang wants. Liu Mang is getting better and better at blocking shots at the basket. In addition to the "Giant Killer" feature, he has experienced various kinds of cards many times.

The big inside star cards, including O'Neal, Ben Wallace and other shot-blocking stars, played a big role.

Relatively speaking, the awareness of inside shot-blocking and judgment of when offensive players will take action are much better than those of outside defenders.

It is Liu Mang's mentality that allows him to make continuous progress and refine various techniques.

After washing up, Liu Mang wanted to go to Little Loli's bedroom to wake her up for breakfast, but found that Little Loli had already gotten up.

"Dina, why did you get up so early today?"

"The all-star list will be announced this morning, uncle, hurry up and go have breakfast!" Little Loli quickly pushed Liu Mang back to the room and asked Liu Mang to change clothes.

Liu Mang then remembered that today is the day when the All-Star roster is announced.

The second phase of voting ended on January 17th, and the votes for the second phase were announced on the 18th. There were no major changes in other positions, except that Anthony, the Western Conference forward, was overtaken by Josh Smith.

Liu Mang and Little Loli went to have breakfast together. After breakfast, it was past eight o'clock. During breakfast, they met some teammates. They returned to Liu Mang's suite together, watched the TV, and waited until 9 o'clock to watch the official announcement of the NBA.

The final results of the All-Star voting.

There are no changes in the Eastern Conference. It is too stable. Dwight Howard won the Eastern Conference vote king with 2.79 million votes.

Kwame Brown, who came in second, only had 1.13 million votes, which was a huge gap.

For forwards, LeBron James ranked first with 2.33 million votes, and Garnett ranked second with 1.96 million votes.

Rahim, who came in third with 1.35 million votes, is far behind the top two.

In terms of defenders, Liu Mang ranked first with 2.55 million votes, and Tracy McGrady ranked second with 2.33 million votes.

Wade saw that he was ranked third among the guards with 1.49 million votes. Although he had been mentally prepared for it, when he saw the final vote count, he still felt a little bit envious.

In the Western Conference, the only one to exceed 3 million votes this year is Yao Ming at the Western Conference center position, with 3.06 million votes.

For forwards, Duncan was an unbeatable All-Star with 2.19 million votes, but at the other forward position, the one who finally counterattacked was Carlos Boozer with 1.69 million votes!

Boozer was selected to the All-Star team for the first time with 1.69 million votes, beating out Josh Smith with 1.61 million votes and Carmelo Anthony with 1.55 million votes.

The Jazz have a good record, and Boozer is Liu Mang's former teammate, who was unexpectedly selected as an All-Star.

Guard... Kobe was selected as an All-Star with 2.44 million votes and Iverson with 2.25 million votes.

The combined votes of Nash, Paul, and Iguodala can surpass Iverson, but if the three of them have about the same number of votes, that won't work.

Seeing that his 1.13 million votes were so far behind the number one Howard, Kwame Brown felt that the All-Star was already far away from him.

In fact, if it weren't for the 60E Lakers fans who helped fight against O'Neal, even if Kwame Brown was Liu Mang's teammate, it would be difficult for him to have a chance to be selected as an All-Star.

After O'Neal left the Eastern Conference, Kwame Brown's All-Star career came to an end.

But Kwame Brown is already very satisfied to be selected as two All-Stars. It's just a pity that what he got before is now lost.

Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady, on the other hand, coincidentally became All-Stars starting from the 2002-03 season. Regardless of whether they were on the same team or not, they have been partners in the Eastern Conference since becoming All-Stars.

There were no surprises. The teammates dispersed and went back to their rooms to rest for a while. At 10 o'clock, they gathered in the hotel's conference room for a pre-match meeting.

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Hawks VS Suns, this game has received widespread attention.

The Suns are now gaining momentum, ranking second in the Western Conference, and are currently on a four-game winning streak. Having just defeated the Lakers and Spurs, can they continue to work hard to end the Hawks' winning streak?

Or will the Hawks continue to maintain that unstoppable state, keep winning streak all the way, catch up with or even overtake the Spurs before the All-Star weekend?

Everything depends on tonight's game.

After the Hawks beat the Suns, the difficult mid-season schedule is over. The next opponents are the Clippers at No. 31. The first five games next month are the Nets, Wizards, Pistons, Bobcats, and Warriors.

The last two games before the All-Star Weekend were against two strong teams, the Rockets and the Cavaliers. The last two games were obviously used to warm up for the All-Star Weekend, just like the Nuggets and Lakers in the Western Conference.

It's the same as playing against each other before the All-Star break.

If the Suns fail to stop the Hawks from continuing their winning streak, it is basically impossible for the Hawks' next six opponents to stop the Hawks. Moreover, in addition to playing the Clippers and Warriors, the next six games for the Hawks will all be played by the Hawks.

Home game.

Judging from the public opinion on the Internet, most fans support the Suns more.

Who calls the Eagles... Mainly because a certain player No. 24 is too powerful in attracting hatred.

In the afternoon, Liu Mang took Little Loli and followed the team to the American West Arena to conduct pre-game tactical drills and preparations.

After training, he rested for a while. At four o'clock, Liu Mang gave the front-row ticket he had obtained from the Suns to Harden, who had been squatting in the parking lot for two hours, and then returned to the training ground to warm up.

When it was almost six o'clock, the players from the two teams entered the stadium...

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Listening to the roaring cheers of the fans at the scene for the players of the home team Suns, Liu Mang was a little confused now.

"How does this guy's head grow? Is he not afraid of being beaten to death?"

Thinking about Artest's iron elbow, Liu Mang felt that this guy was probably really not afraid of being beaten.

Sitting directly in front of the technical table was the most popular college player in Phoenix at that time, but this popular local player in Phoenix was wearing a No. 24 Eagles jersey with blue and white base and red trim...

It’s so eye-catching!

Liu Mang didn't expect that Harden's down jacket was wearing his jersey.

The popular college players in Phoenix cheer for the visiting team's stars, but still when the attention is so high...

There is no suspense, the camera is always on Harden...

Even the little girl behind the bench of the Eagles feels that this college student has good basketball talent and strength, but he just doesn't have a good brain.

Liu Mang can only hope that the future King of Jingdezhen will not be beaten.

Seeing Kwame Brown bickering with Josh Smith, and Nash having special expressions when chatting with Tracy McGrady, O'Neal, Grant Hill and other veterans, Liu Mang felt the Suns' desire to win.

Both teams are very motivated!

At 5:58, Liu Mang came to the sidelines, wiped the powder on the court, sprinkled the powder into the air, and went on the court with his teammates.

The game is about to begin.

Players from both teams were very focused after taking the field!

For the Suns, the lineup of Nash, Raja Bell, Jason Richardson, Josh Smith, and O'Neal appeared.

For the Hawks, the lineup of Rondo, Liu Mang, McGrady, Marion, and Kwame Brown is also back.

When playing against a strong team like the Suns, of course, all the main players must be present.

In this way, Scola and Finley can only be wronged to wear suits, because Gasol got a chance to play today.

After the game started, Kwame Brown helped the Eagles win the jump ball, and the Eagles took the lead.

Liu Mang came to the high post and leaned against Laga Bell. Feeling Laga Bell's little movements, Liu Mang resisted his impatience and asked Rondo for the ball.

After Rondo lobbed the ball to Liu Mang, he cut inside and brought Nash in.

Rondo moved inside, and Nash had to follow him. Rondo's low-post footsteps, long wingspan, big hands, etc. were combined. Although he was a little short, he was too powerful in one-on-one under the basket.

After all, it is his only strength on the offensive end. After more than a year of hard training, Rondo has continued to improve his footwork at the basket. Even Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady's footwork at the basket are no match for Rondo.

When Rondo took a step inside the free throw line, McGrady cut in from the right at a 45-degree angle. The two happened to meet. Rondo went up to help McGrady block the chasing Jason Richardson. McGrady ran to the left sideline, and Nash

Quickly switching defenses, Josh Smith, who was guarding Marion in the left corner, also took a step forward, preparing to flank.

Just when Tracy McGrady passed Liu Mang and Laga Bell in a high position on the left, Liu Mang turned right and drove through the baseline!

Josh Smith quickly blocked it, and Liu Mang turned around and took off in the double-team of Raja Bell and Josh Smith, facing Marion in the bottom corner!

"Ding... Aerial Magician Level 5 is triggered..."

Although Nash's defense was not good, he was really active and moved towards Marion in the bottom corner. However, Liu Mang jumped and passed the ball not to Marion, but to Tracy McGrady!

McGrady received Liu Mang's pass and shot a three-pointer from the left sideline...
To be continued...