In the second grade, in addition to Boozer, Prince, and Barnes, there are also Yao Ming, Stoudemire, Ginobili, Nene, and Caron Butler. This lineup is also ridiculously strong!

This year, the head coach of the Eastern All-Stars is Coach Kruger of his own team. The head coach of the Western All-Stars is Coach Flip Saunders of the Timberwolves. The two are also the favorites for the best coach this season. In addition to these two, there are also

Four coaches, including Carlisle of the Pacers and Hubie Brown of the Grizzlies, have become the favorites to win the best coach of the season.

Relatively speaking, Coach Kruger, who has just won the best coach for two years, has the lowest chance. It is easy to win this award for the first time, but it is difficult to win the second time.

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"Wow, Rasheed, it's rare to see you so serious." Liu Mang joked, looking at Rasheed Wallace's rare serious expression in private.

After two days of rest, on January 10th, the Eagles played their last game before the All-Star Weekend.

The NBA as a whole has entered the atmosphere of All-Star Weekend, especially after the announcement of the All-Star Weekend roster, fans are discussing who is the last remaining All-Star.

The fans' enthusiasm is all back!

It is like this every year. The All-Star Weekend is a huge turning point. Before the All-Star Weekend, all NBA teams have just gone through a long mid-season and are very tired. However, by the time of the All-Star Weekend, they have almost recovered.

The strong teams are starting to exert their strength, and the weak teams are hurrying to perform poorly. After the All-Star Weekend, it is time to fight hard for rankings.

The Hawks and Timberwolves, as the first teams in the East and West respectively, are honored to be the teams competing in the last game halfway through the season, surpassing the Spurs and Nets, the two teams last season.

The spotlight on the team's games in the finals was overshadowed.

Now the Eagles are preparing for the game against the Timberwolves in the evening, and the atmosphere has become tense. It is different from the tension of the previous difficult schedule. During that time, it was mainly physical problems, and a tense atmosphere was needed to support the team. Now the Eagles are

Really facing the tension of possibly the strongest opponent, the Timberwolves performed better than the Lakers and Spurs this year, with a record of 36 wins and 14 losses, second only to the Hawks' 42 wins and 8 losses and the Pacers' 39 in the league.

Won 12 losses.

The most nervous person on the Eagles side is Rasheed Wallace.

Hearing Liu Mang's words, Rasheed Wallace responded: "Well, that guy is the most difficult power forward in the league. Ace, you have to be careful. He may be our biggest enemy in the finals, and also yours."

's biggest enemy."

Garnett reaches the Finals?

Liu Mang felt very confused. The Lakers' lineup was indeed too strong. He had eliminated the Spurs' Bowen, which actually helped the Lakers. Even if Bowen returns from injury after the 8-week injury period, he can

It's hard to say how far he will recover. He couldn't be a blacksmith in the first place, and now it's even harder for the Spurs to compete with the Lakers.

As for the Timberwolves... Liu Mang just looked down on them. Although the Timberwolves were very strong this year, from a strategic point of view, Liu Mang still looked down on them. They were unlikely to meet in the finals anyway.

However, Liu Mang, who Rasheed Wallace said was Liu Mang's biggest enemy, has never paid attention to this aspect, but he didn't expect that he would become the favorite for MVP!

And competing with Liu Mang for MVP is the core figure of the Timberwolves' three-headed monster - Kevin Garnett!

Unknowingly, Liu Mang has occupied the top two in the weekly MVP rankings this season for a long time, fluctuating back and forth between first and second.

Except for November, December and January, he won the two Eastern Conference Player of the Month awards. So far this season, he has won the Player of the Week award 4 times.

In the West, Garnett has been ranked in the top two in the MVP rankings since the beginning of the season. He has dominated the best of the month for the first three months, and has a tendency to continue to dominate. The best of the week is even more

It’s scary 8 times!

In terms of Western Conference Player of the Week, since the start of this season, it has basically been Garnett, Garnett, Garnett... Kobe is occasionally inserted in the middle, and Duncan is occasionally inserted, which seems quite disharmonious.

The main thing is that after Garnett has two decent teammates, he feels like a poor version of the future Big Three of the Green Army. Moreover, Garnett not only serves as the core of defense like he did during the Big Three of the Green Army, but he is still young and can still be offensive.

is the core, ranking fifth in the league with an average of 24 points per game, only lower than Liu Mang's 32.3 points per game, Tracy McGrady's 30.9 points per game, Peja's 24.6 points per game, and Kobe Bryant's 24.2 points per game.

On the defensive end, he has the second-highest defensive efficiency in history besides the 9.1 defensive efficiency created by Ben Wallace last season. Garnett's defensive efficiency value of 8.0 this season is also the only two in NBA history.

A player whose defensive efficiency exceeded 8 in three seasons.

Liu Mang and Garnett, the two guys who dominated the Eastern and Western Conferences in this year's regular season, have been regarded as the only candidates for this season's regular season MVP!

Garnett's efficiency rating so far this season is 29.2, and Liu Mang's 27.9, ranking first and fourth in the league respectively, separated by Duncan and McGrady, but their records are not good.

As long as the Eagles and Timberwolves continue to maintain such a record, it is basically certain that the MVP will be produced between the two!

Therefore, this game is not only the last game in the middle of the regular season, but what worries fans and the media most is that this game is a direct battle between two MVP favorites!

The Eagles and Timberwolves will face off twice this year, which may directly affect the final winner of the MVP!

Although the Hawks are far better than the Timberwolves in the regular season, they are both first in the division, so this has little impact. Although Liu Mang feels that he may be able to win the scoring title and must win it, Garnett averages 24 per game.

points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.6 steals and 2.2 blocks! All-round scoring!

Liu Mang originally just wanted to compete for the scoring title, but he didn't expect that he had become one of the biggest favorites for MVP without knowing it.

The atmosphere here for the Eagles is very tense, after all, it is a game against a possible finals opponent.

When the entire Eagles team had physical therapy yesterday, the atmosphere was still very relaxed. They were very happy that four of the team's stars were selected for the All-Star Game. Except for Jason Terry's casual thoughts, Rasheed Wallace secretly lamented that he was so

Except for why Shuai didn't make it to the All-Stars, everything else was very harmonious, but today, everyone was nervous.

For Liu Mang, he also attaches great importance to this game, and takes it very seriously.

If you can win MVP, why not?

Someone always has to win the MVP, and it’s right in front of you, so why not win it?

But, how could Liu Mang deal with Garnett by himself?

Liu Mang stared into Rasheed Wallace's eyes and said solemnly: "I understand, Rasheed, but I am more optimistic about you. You are much better than Garnett! Guard him!"

Even if these words may put Rasheed Wallace in the mouth, it is true that Garnett is too strong this year, playing better than O'Neal, and maybe better than Duncan.

However, a dead Taoist friend never dies a poor Taoist! Liu Mang has always kept this "truth" in mind. Everyone is a teammate, that is, a brother! Of course, for such a difficult matter, brothers must help!
Chapter completed!