"Ace...Boss, what do you think I'm missing? Can I improve as fast as Ace?" Wade sat on the sidelines, watching his teammates try to narrow the point difference as much as possible, but there were only two minutes left.

, still trailing by 12 points, the Heat did not want to be at odds with the Hawks. After admitting defeat halfway through the fourth quarter, even if the opponent relaxed and they continued to chase points, the Heat did not replace the main force and fight again.

"..." Pat Riley was sitting behind the Heat bench and heard Wade's question. Although his personality is to drain all the energy out of the players, people have feelings. This took a lot of effort.

Jordan was five centimeters shorter, but he still cherished this young man's talent.

Wade and Liu Mang played against each other this year and were abused every time. This was already the third time.

Since the main players of the Hawks basically did not play in yesterday's game, even if they only played 70% to 80% of their strength due to the impact of the trip, the Heat would not be able to compete.

Compared with the strength gap between the playoff teams in the Western Conference, in the Eastern Conference, the gap between the top four and fifth to eighth can be described as a chasm. The difference is too big. The top three in the Eastern Conference are aiming for 60 wins.

, fifth to eighth are still fighting for a 50% winning rate.

"Dwyane, you are still young..." Pat Riley comforted him.

"Ace is younger than me!"

"But he has played two more years than you. Two years is very important. The first few years are the fastest growing period for players. You have to be patient."

"I know, Ace told me the same thing..."

"Oh? Does that guy have a good relationship with you?"

"Well, we are in the same company, and Ace takes good care of me, except..." Wade thought of Liu Mang's paranoid character in the game, and couldn't help but the muscles on his face were trembling, just like a schizophrenic patient.

, it’s quite normal at ordinary times, but when it comes to competitions, it’s a non-stop attitude.

Pat Riley looked at Wade's cheeks and wondered why they seemed to be getting bigger again, but... this kid, whether he has a good relationship with the No. 1 pick from Akron or a kid from Atlanta... he seems to have very good communication skills.

nice……

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95 to 82, the Hawks, who came to Miami again, easily defeated the Heat and avoided another losing streak. Liu Mang played 40 minutes and scored 38 points, 6 assists and 3 rebounds. He once again bullied Wade, who only got 38 points, 6 assists and 3 rebounds.

11 points and 5 assists, but Wade is also tough. Although he can barely look in the mirror and feel sorry for himself, his strong heart has not wavered at all. He is worthy of being a guy who was always ignored in college but has always maintained strong self-confidence.

A record of 42 wins and 8 losses, continuing to rank first in the league!

After defeating the Heat, the Eagles' difficult schedule is finally over. In addition to returning home, there is only one game left. The first half of the season is about to end and it's time to enter the All-Star Weekend!

But this opponent... is a truly powerful enemy!

Liu Mang and the Hawks have now broadened their horizons. They are no longer limited to the Eastern Conference, but the entire league. The top five in the Western Conference are all difficult opponents.

On February 10th, the Hawks' last opponent before the All-Star Weekend is the Minnesota Timberwolves, one of the top five in the Western Conference!

On the morning of the 8th, the Hawks returned to Atlanta and finally had two days of rest.

In the past two days, the Eagles did not even arrange regular team training, and directly let all players rest. Going to the team on the morning of the 9th was also a routine physical therapy matter.

"Well..." Liu Mang fell on the sofa and stretched, not wanting to move at all.

Liu Mang wanted to just lie down on the sofa and never get up. He was too exhausted recently!

The Eagles, who played seven games in 10 days, finally completed the most difficult schedule in the past two months.

"Huh? Well..."

Liu Mang, who was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed, felt someone sitting next to him, and then reached out to squeeze his shoulders. It felt quite comfortable, although the technique was not professional at all...

"do not move."

Levia's voice reached Liu Mang's ears. Liu Mang was surprised. Before he heard Levia's voice, he knew it was Levia. Alexia and Dinah were still in school.

He didn't expect that Levia would come to give him a massage, with such a good technique...

But I felt pretty good, so I lay down on the sofa with random thoughts and slowly fell asleep.

Although there is no problem with his physical fitness. He has averaged 43 minutes per game since playing for the Nets, but his physical problems are not major. The main problem is that he is mentally exhausted. No matter whether his teammates are playing well or poorly, he has to be the pioneer.

Rush to the front and hold on.

Now after 50 games, they have a record of 42 wins, which is a full 5 wins higher than the Pacers, who are second in the league with 37 wins and 12 losses. The gap has finally widened.

But the entire Hawks team is very tired. From the core to the main players to the substitutes, everyone has worked hard, and finally it is time for the All-Star weekend holiday.

Liu Mang's tense nerves could also be relaxed. A girl massaged him and he fell asleep quickly...

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In the afternoon, Liu Mang slept for a long time. Looking at the blanket covering him, he felt quite warm.

I took out my phone to check the time, but found a long list of text messages and missed calls.

After reading the text message, I found out that the list of All-Star substitutes was released at noon today!

The text message that Liu Mang felt was the most important was from Rahim. It was a simple sentence: Our All-Star Weekend is here.

Sure enough, as Liu Mang expected, in addition to the three All-Stars, the Eagles are bound to have another All-Star player. Rasheed Wallace, Raheem, and Jason Terry must score one no matter what.

, otherwise the Hawks have such a good record this year, except for Liu Mang and Ratliff, who are both powerful and popular, and there is no third powerful All-Star player. It is really unreasonable. Stockton's side is obviously sentimental, and Jordan's last year

Being selected as an All-Star is almost the same, but Stockton does not have the historical status of Jordan. If the fans don't select him, his data performance will not be as good as Malone. Malone also failed to be selected as an All-Star. The coaches will not be like him.

Give Jordan face just like you give Shuangsha face.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Most of the other text messages are from other All-Star players Liu Mang knows asking if Liu Mang is free and getting together during the All-Star weekend, such as Tracy McGrady, Carter, Yao Ming,

Reed and others, Liu Mang sent them the pretense time that his teammates had agreed to rent a cruise ship. Others who were not so familiar with him just told them that they would talk about it at that time.

As for James and Wade, who were not selected for the All-Star Game but were selected for the Rookie Game, Liu Mang also gave them time to show off.

After spending so much money, how could you not show off?

After replying to the text message, Liu Mang turned on his computer and looked at the specific list of this year's All-Star Weekend online.

All the rosters for this year's All-Star Weekend have been announced at 12 noon today.

For the All-Star Game, the Eastern Conference All-Stars are Stockton, Liu Mang, Carter, Tracy McGrady, and Ratliff. The bench lineup is Raheem, O'Neal Jr., Artest, Ben Wallace, and Kidd.

, Pierce, Reed.

The Western Conference All-Stars are Francis, Kobe, Garnett, Duncan, and Yao Ming. The bench lineup is O'Neal, Ray Allen, Kenyon Martin, Brad Miller, Nowitzki, Cassell, and Peja.

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Liu Mang looked at the lineups of both sides and saw that the gap was not as big as before. With the growth of O'Neal and Artest in the Eastern front, the Eastern frontcourt was not that much worse than the Western frontcourt, and the Eastern frontcourt was clearly dominant on the outside.

, it’s a pity that although Iverson is confirmed, otherwise the Eastern Conference’s lineup this year would not be as good as the Western Conference.

After watching the most important All-Star game, Liu Mang took a look at another event related to him - the three-point contest!

The three-point contest of the last All-Star Weekend is finally here!

There is no doubt that Liu Mang, as the defending champion, wants to participate in the three-point contest. The league is eager to do so. Liu Mang does not participate in the dunk contest and skills challenge. The league is very disappointed. Many fans call on Liu Mang to participate in all competitions again...

Liu Mang looked at his opponents and saw his teammate Kyle Korver participating in the three-point contest!

This kid actually wants to steal my three-point shooting! Liu Mang thought it was time to train this guy, but Liu Mang thought it was quite interesting.

The others are Rashard Lewis, the future billionaire warrior of the SuperSonics, Cutino Mobley, the veteran cat of the Rockets, and the most critical opponent of this three-point contest - Peja Stojakovi

strange!

Of these four opponents among the five, although Ray Allen did not bother to join in because it was a game between Liu Mang and Peja, these four opponents are all three-point masters in the league.

Mang felt that they were all very powerful opponents, which made him feel even more pressured, but when he saw the name of the last opponent - Chauncey Billups...

Thinking that Billups has only made 32% of his three-point shooting percentage in his career since he has not yet reached the point where his three-point shooting has improved significantly during the Sanders coaching period, Liu Mang feels that the league chose Billups to enter the three-point field.

Is the roster for the competition trying to help Jordan save face?

I feel like I can compete with Payton from the previous two years...

After reading the games that are related to you, you should also look at the games that you want to watch as a fan. Jason Richardson invited him to be a member of the supporting star group. This face must be given, and he must participate in the three-pointer.

In the competition, I had to wait for the press conference after all the games.

In terms of the dunk contest, in addition to Jason Richardson who is determined to win the second dunk contest championship, there are also Chris Anderson of the Nuggets, Fred Jones of the Pacers, and the Celtics

Team's Ricky Davis.

The stars of the dunk contest are dim. When Liu Mang and Carter announced that they would never participate in the dunk contest, and the young new generation players were unwilling to be compared with Carter, Liu Mang and others, the participants in this year's dunk contest were too little famous.

Well, except for Jason Richardson and Ricky Davis who famously said that he chose James to assist him, the other two are all marginal players in the NBA.

The Skills Challenge attracted more attention than the Slam Dunk Contest. Boykins of the Nuggets, Baron Davis of the Hornets, Marbury of the Knicks, Payton of the Lakers, if Payton wasn't too old

, Boykins' figure is too small and he can't catch the ball with his hands. When this lineup participates in the slam dunk contest, the attention is higher than those of those others.

In terms of the Rookie Challenge, Prince and Boozer of the Hawks were selected again, and it was quite surprising that Barnes was selected for the Rookie Challenge.

What makes Liu Mang regretful is that Korver and Calderon are both late bloomers, and they don't have much strength yet.

This year’s Rookie Challenge, Liu Mang thinks it’s very interesting and it’s completely evenly matched!

In the first grade, James, Bosh, Anthony, Milicic and Wade were selected without any suspense. Kaman, Hinrich, Josh Howard and the Heat's undrafted Haslem made up the lineup.

, if they finish their rookie contracts and form a team, they will be invincible!
To be continued...