"Wow……"

"Pah, pah, pah..."

Phillips Arena was filled with exclamations and applause.

During the Chinese New Year, of course there must be the sound of gongs and drums with lions, lanterns, dragons and lanterns.

In order to develop the Chinese market, the management of the Hawks also spent a lot of effort to invite the Suixi Men's Lion Dance Team from Suixi County, Guangdong Province, China, who are inheritors of intangible culture, to come to the NBA All-Star Weekend Rookie Game

Live lion dance performance!

Even Liu Mang didn’t know this!

The purpose was to broadcast the scene to show Liu Mang his surprised expression.

Of course, it was mainly because of the Chinese fans, and the Chinese and Asian fans who came to Atlanta were a surprise.

The palm-sized wooden stakes are three to four meters high. Each wooden stake is more than two meters apart. There are seven wooden stakes in total, one in the middle and six around it. Two people at the two ends are dressed as lion dancers, forming a regular six.

"Dancing fight" among the square wooden piles!

Not to mention most Americans who saw lion dance for the first time, even the tens of thousands of Chinese fans at the scene exclaimed in surprise.

Master-level lion dance masters do not need special effects. They look like they are flying in the sky, especially when the two lions pounce on each other on two wooden stakes, and then fly up and down perfectly, landing on each other.

On the wooden stake, everyone couldn't help but stand up and applaud.

"Wow, Ace, do people in your country know how to dismantle Nice on an empty stomach? That's amazing! Can you do the same?" Gasol, an art lover, couldn't help but ask Liu Mang, with stars in his eyes.

"Yes, each of us knows the seventy-two stunts of Shaolin. We can kill a cow with one punch. Look, it's best not to mess with the bald heads in our country. They are all from the Shaolin Temple." Liu Mang was happy to see it, but he was a little unable to complain.

, because Gasol was not the first person to ask him, Boozer and Prince both ran over from the opposite team to ask him. Although there was another Chinese player Yao Ming, he was not familiar with it after all, and there were still people in the audience.

Teammates and stars from other teams have all come to ask. Gasol was quite reserved and only asked after it was almost over.

However, Francis, who has a good relationship with Yao Ming, and the players who have a good relationship with Francis, made Yao Ming's balls ache, and it was a huge pain in the ass.

Complaints are complaints, Liu Mang feels good about bringing the quintessence of the Chinese nation to a foreign country! This can be regarded as a kind of cultural export, although the direction is a bit strange, making it seem like every Chinese will fly around like this, but others

Tongzi Kung Fu, more than ten or twenty years of training.

The atmosphere at the scene has already been heated up. After the pre-match performance, the players from the two teams appeared on the stage!

The Eagles' home DJ began to introduce each rookie and second-year player to the world. If the All-Star Game is to bring an ordinary player into the ranks of top stars, then the Rookie Game is to bring a player who is not so familiar to people.

Players are brought into the public eye, allowing people to see the potential of these people.

But, this is the home court of the Eagles. When the rookie team was introduced one by one, Prince and Boozer received the loudest cheers, followed by Yao Ming. After all, most of the people cheering for Yao Ming were only Chinese.

Prince and Boozer were loved by local fans, and Liu Mang received cheers from Chinese fans.

Finally, when Liu Mang came on the court, the cheers reached their climax! There were more than 37,000 fans, twice the number of fans at the Eagles' home court!

Liu Mang really had the urge to play for a while, but he still had to forget it. He was no longer a rookie, but an already famous young star. He had to find a way for his fellow students who were still struggling. He couldn't block the way.

It's blocked.

If we want to block it, we don’t want to block such a useless road...

After the American Empire song is played, the competition is about to begin!

The rookie team sent out a lineup of Jay Williams, Manu Ginobili, Prince, Stoudemire, and Yao Ming.

The second-year team sent out a lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Richardson, Battier, Kirilenko, and Chandler.

Yao Ming and Chandler stand in the center of the court. Every time this comparison makes people exclaim, Chandler is already a big center at 2.16 meters tall, and Yao Ming is half a head taller...

Chandler saw Yao Ming full of fighting spirit!

Chandler considers himself the best center in the 2001 class, and of course he wants to defeat Yao Ming, who is highly praised by American experts and media.

The referee blows the whistle to start the game and throws the ball into the air.

Chandler relied on his explosive speed to push the ball into the backcourt.

Liu Mang received the ball and immediately advanced quickly!

The second grade team presses together!

Play fast! It’s simple and clear. When the opponent Yao Ming is still there at the beginning, the second-year team’s strategy is to play fast.

Liu Mang advanced quickly and sprinted toward the basket with long strides. With such momentum, it felt like he was going to dunk directly.

How could the rookie team let Liu Mang get what he wanted? Unlike the sophomore team, which was a little slack from the beginning, the rookie team really wanted to show off its abilities and prove itself in front of the world. Jay Williams, Stoudemire,

Prince and Ginobili blocked Liu Mang...

There is a huge difference between the second grader Liu Mang and the first grader. The rookie team has no tacit understanding! They are all very active, and then four people double-team one person!

Seeing that he was about to be beaten, Liu Mang threw the ball directly onto the backboard...

After Chandler won the jump ball, he immediately rushed towards the front court, took a step into the free throw line, and just as the ball bounced off the backboard, Chandler flew up and pushed the ball back to the basket!

Was it such a violent start? The fans just rested their voices for a while and started cheering again.

Liu Mang's predictability in passing the ball, as well as Chandler's explosive physical fitness, were vividly demonstrated.

Chandler clearly felt the gap, not between himself but the person passing the ball. He couldn't help but glance at Jay Williams. The two people's awareness of passing the ball may not be too far apart.

In terms of consciousness, Liu Mang may be worse than Jay Williams, but this accuracy and the feeling of making his teammates feel very comfortable when receiving the ball are the most comfortable shots for Chandler in the past two years.

At the beginning of the second year, he played a beautiful offense, which made the rookie team feel that the second year is serious.

Of course, the rookie team will return it!

Jay Williams advanced to the frontcourt, Liu Mang and Arenas, both of whom he disliked. When he saw Liu Mang passing the ball, he decided to pass the ball and get an assist too!

As soon as Jay Williams reached the three-point line, what was surprising was that it was not Liu Mang who defended him, but Battier.

Now Yao Ming is standing on the first post of the basket, and Chandler is blocking behind Yao Ming, preventing Yao Ming from having a chance to catch the ball under the basket. If he wants to catch the ball, he has to catch it in the three-second zone. Although Yao Ming is flexible now, he still has some problems.

The big problem is that it has insufficient tonnage and poor positioning ability.

Prince opens up space in the left corner on the weak side, Ginobili is in the right corner, Stoudemire is in the middle distance on the right, and the rookie team's positioning is also pretty decent.

However, the second-year team's defensive positioning confused Jay Williams. Jason Richardson guarded the three-pointer Prince in the weak side corner, and Chandler guarded the basket and Yao Ming.

The defense in the low post and weak side is very tight, but the defense is strong. Liu Mang and Kirilenko surround Stoudemire, leaving Ginobili empty in the bottom corner!

Is this a casual defense? A second-year player doesn't pay attention to this game and plays casually?

Jay Williams would not miss this opportunity and immediately passed it to Ginobili in the right corner.

Just when Jay Williams thought he had a great chance to return an assist immediately, Kirilenko appeared in front of Ginobili who had just received the ball!

The moment Jay Williams passed the ball, Kirilenko rushed towards Ginobili at the same time.

At this time, Ginobili had no chance to shoot, but his golf IQ was super high. He immediately thought of Stoudemire and only Liu Mang was guarding him, and immediately passed the ball over.

When Stoudemire received the ball, Liu Mang immediately shrank inside, flanked Yao Ming with Chandler, and guarded the basket. Stoudemire didn't dare to shoot even with the ball in the mid-range. He was still a rookie.

In 2010, he had not yet made any COSCO shots.

Stoudemire dribbled very well and rushed inside. Chandler immediately took a step outside the reasonable collision area, waved his hands, blocked Stoudemire's breakthrough route, and waved his hands to interfere with Stoudemire's breakthrough.

At the same time, Liu Mang did nothing else but jumped in front of Yao Ming. The second line of defense prevented Yao Ming from catching the ball.

A major feature of the Jazz defense in the future civilian era is to guide the pass!

Deliberately give the opponent the first space to attack, and then use the excellent defensive extension to expand it, giving the opponent an opportunity to catch the ball inside without the ability to shoot, then shrink it, and finally completely cut the area.

When Stoudemire reached the three-second zone, he couldn't really pass or hit Chandler. The key is that the first grade did not have very active training before the game and a relatively complete offensive and defensive plan like the second grade.

Someone is holding the ball and about to do it, while everyone else is watching blankly.

Stoudemire reached the three-second zone and faced Chandler, and stopped the ball! Seeing that he couldn't rush in, he threw a high ball!

"Snapped"

One-on-one big hat from Chandler's front!

Battier grabbed the ball alertly, and Liu Mang jumped out like a leopard from the three-second zone and rushed towards the front court. The entire sophomore team attacked!

When Liu Mang reached the three-point line, Battier immediately passed the ball to Liu Mang. Jay Williams moved towards Liu Mang. The attention of the first-year team was also attracted to Liu Mang. This guy is the best in the league.

The famous counterattack madman.

At this time, Jason Richardson took the lead in crossing the half court while the rookie team was not paying attention!

Liu Mang threw a lob with a very high arc. The people around him thought the ball was missed. However, when the ball fell, Jason Richardson reached the free throw line.

, it happened to fall into the hands of Jason Richardson. Jason Richardson took advantage of the situation, turned 360 degrees, and smashed the ball into the basket with his right hand!

360 degree rotating windmill!

Carter's creative dunk in the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest! As a man with super physical fitness, Jason Richardson didn't have much difficulty in doing this dunk!

Although it is not as amazing as Carter's first time, there is a different kind of awesomeness. He can actually replicate Carter's dunk. Last year's dunk king Jason Richardson once again proved his strength! People are attracted to him.

There are greater expectations for the performance of the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest this time... not only the duel between Liu Mang and Carter! There is also him, the defending dunk king Jason Richardson!

Liu Mang was also very satisfied with this pass. It was only because the opponent's defense was completely unsystematic and he had a man with such physical fitness among his teammates that he could achieve such beautiful coordination.

Taking this opportunity to pass a few balls like this, Liu Mang was also very happy.
To be continued...