The last team meeting before the finals ended in the afternoon, and in the evening, the first game of the finals between the Hawks and the Lakers was about to begin.

The teammates went to take a lunch break to recharge their batteries. No one has gone out for the past few days. They are all working hard to prepare for the finals. They are in good shape now.

After his teammates left, Liu Mang felt his heart beating violently because the game was about to start. Then, relying on his cold-blooded nature, he gradually calmed down. Liu Mang clearly felt that the finals were about to begin.

That kind of excitement.

While waiting for the series with the Nets, Liu Mang was eager to start the Eastern Conference Finals immediately, but when it came time to play the Lakers, he hoped that this would come later.

It's not that I'm afraid, but that I want more time to prepare.

The sense of threat brought by the two teams is obviously not at the same level. The Nets used to be very strong, but only compared to the previous Eagles, while the Lakers are the real and ultimate enemy.

Liu Mang has been trying his best to improve himself these days. It took him three years to defeat Jason Kidd. As a result, even if he swept the opponent in the task of defeating the King of the East, the completion rate was only 75%, and he lost 250,000 superstar points.

Liu Mang's idea of ​​​​upgrading all the activated skills to the full level was shattered. After understanding the talent skills, he only had a few superstar points left.

But when it came to the finals, there was no need to waste on superstar points. Twenty thousand superstar points were reserved for possible injuries. I spent some superstar points to draw skill upgrade cards and upgraded the lever layup to level 5. It was as solid as

Although Panshi's skill of blocking position when grabbing rebounds is not used much, it has been upgraded to level 4, and the fancy dunk and hot pot feast have also been upgraded to level 4.

Pull Up Layup Master Level 5: Pull up the stick when going for a layup, and successfully avoid the opponent's block. The layup ability is 5.

Fancy dunk level 4: The strength and flexibility of the waist and abdomen are greatly improved when dunking, and the team's morale is greatly improved when completing a wonderful dunk.

Hot Pot Feast Level 4: The shot-blocking ability in the three-second zone is increased to 85, which is affected by golf intelligence and physical fitness.

Rock Solid Level 4: When fighting for defensive rebounds, there is a 40% chance of blocking the opponent perfectly, and when fighting for offensive rebounds, there is a 20% chance of blocking the opponent perfectly.

As for the high post back, there are not many upgrade cards, and there are not many skill upgrade cards. The main reason is that the low post back is not understood yet. The high post back... let's wait. I'll bite off more than I can chew until I start learning this move.

Let’s talk about it later.

In addition, try your best to improve your condition to the best, and there is still a mid-level superstar worth drawing, as well as Kobe's star card for this season, the strongest point guard star card of the era, Iverson's peak star card, and Ma

Brie's peak star card and Vin Baker's peak star card, plus 275 physical potions and 241 primary injury potions, there is sufficient ammunition.

Liu Mang felt heartbroken when he saw the remaining mid-level superstar value lottery. After completing the mission of Black Mamba's Enemy, he received a total of 8 mid-level superstar value draws. In total, it was the superstar value.

But now, this task is completed. If you defeat the little blacksmith, you will not be able to get the mid-level superstar value lottery. The little blacksmith also regards him as the strongest enemy and will not be as easily teased as before. Think about Liu Mang

There is still a little regret.

It's definitely not because teasing the little blacksmith isn't that fun anymore. Liu Mang said it's definitely not the case. He just feels sad that the reward equivalent to 10,000 superstar points is missing every time he defeats...

After looking at the system panel, his ability rating of 89 is extremely close to the top stars, and his playing status will definitely be no worse than other top stars. There are so many star cards, and all available skills have been upgraded to the highest level possible.

Regardless of whether it is useful or not, at least it will improve your strength a little bit when the skill is triggered, a little bit.

Looking at this, Liu Mang's self-confidence continued to rise, and he became even more excited about the finals that were about to start in a few hours! His heart began to accelerate again, and then was suppressed by his cold-blooded characteristics, and he remained calm.

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Look at Dinah, Levia, and Alexia all wearing the latest T-shirts from the "Rogue League" - Beat-LA is printed on the top of the chest, the four Chinese characters of the Rogue League are printed below, and the Eagles Championship is printed on the back.

, that is, Hawks on the top and NBA-Championship on the bottom. Liu Mang knows how enthusiastic Atlanta is for this year's finals. Even San Niu, who knows the meaning of the four words "Hooligan League" and has always disliked this brand, bought Hooligan.

Alliance t-shirt.

The commission for a $15 T-shirt is about $1. The high-end one is $75. His signature collector's edition is between $1,000-5,000. The commission for a high-end one is about $5. It's a treasure.

He gets a commission of US$500 for each signature of the edition.

The one that sells the most is definitely the regular version. Even this season, Eagles fans have several Rogue League T-shirts. Tens of thousands of new T-shirts can be sold at every home game, not to mention.

The Eagles club often purchases quantities as gifts for fans.

The sales volume of the high-end ones is also good, and the pure cotton ones are definitely more comfortable to wear than the ordinary ones that are mainly made of polyester materials.

The number of signed editions sold is relatively small, mainly because of the word "treasure". There are only about a hundred pieces a year, so it is a rare commodity.

According to the conservative estimate given by Schwartz, Liu Mang probably sold nearly 100,000 T-shirts in the past few days after reaching the finals, and the estimated revenue was around 150,000 US dollars. Liu Mang thought that there was still a little more

Little happiness.

But when he thought that his girl had to wear these shabby T-shirts and actually spent more than 200 US dollars to buy three of them, Liu Mang felt heartbroken! He complained that this shabby partner was so incompetent that he didn't even know how many pieces to give.

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He completely forgot that it was he who refused this brand's T-shirts and basketball peripherals to enter his home, and asked Schwartz to refuse...

Seeing the three excited girls in the car shouting excitedly, Liu Mang felt that these three girls were more excited than him.

After confirming that the opponent was the Lakers, San Niu became more and more excited day by day and began to prepare for watching the finals at home. Alexia contacted many friends from college and colleagues who now work at the school. She had time and money.

More than ten or twenty people made an appointment to watch the game together; Levia also found a few good friends who are now celebrities and have been friends for many years; the little lolita organized their own classmates, relying on Liu Mang

Thanks to his connections, he purchased the home game tickets that the Eagles used to sell as physical tickets in the last few days in advance, occupying dozens of seats behind the technical table.

NBA tickets are not sold out all at once. Nowadays, online ticket purchasing is not very developed. The main way to buy tickets on-site and by phone is to pay by bank transfer. In order to ensure the smooth progress of NBA globalization, game tickets,

If you go early a few days before the game, you can still buy tickets. Even on the day of the game, there will be at least a hundred tickets left before they are sold out on the day of the game, so those who finally get a US visa can arrive two days before or even the day of the game.

Local foreign fans of the team can buy tickets.

Of course, when foreign fans come, they have already bought tickets that scalpers queued up to snatch up all in the morning.

The game only started at 8:30 in the evening. In order to cooperate with the basketball live broadcast around the world, Liu Mang had already picked up Dinah and three other girls outside the arena at 4 o'clock, mainly to avoid traffic jams.

San Niu went to the appointed coffee shop next to the arena to meet up with her friends.

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Liu Mang first went to the locker room and changed into training clothes, then came to the training ground. First, he continued to practice shooting. He practiced for as long as he could, and then conducted interviews before the game.

"Haha, Ace, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Director Zhang was originally interviewing Jason Terry. When he saw Liu Mang coming, he immediately left Jason Terry behind and came up to give Liu Mang a big hug.

Jason Terry's eyes widened from behind, staring at Liu Mang with envy and jealousy.

Liu Mang ignored Jason Terry, who was crazy about being famous, and hugged Director Zhang: "Director Zhang, long time no see."

The main reason is that when the cameras are here, foreigners can be funny during interviews. Relatively speaking, European and American countries have a stronger concept of entertainment. In China... if you do something even slightly, you will be criticized. In China, everything is lacking, just

There is no shortage of people who will catch and bite some trivial things. After all, there are 1.3 billion people, and there are all kinds of people, and there are many...

After exchanging pleasantries, Director Zhang continued: "A few days ago, your team was training behind closed doors and did not accept interviews. We did not come to disturb you for fear of delaying your training. How about it? Are you confident in winning the championship?"

"We are ready for the championship parade."

"Haha, Ace, you are still so confident. I heard that you recommended him to play for the Lakers. You also gave him his American nickname. How about it? Now that he has become your opponent in the finals, do you regret the recommendation?

Is he going to the Lakers?"

Hearing Coach Zhang's question, Liu Mang knew that it was the older generation of basketball players who wanted to build momentum for the younger generation. Although Wang Zhizhi was not a top player in the NBA, he had finally gained a foothold.

"This is a very interesting thing. Generally speaking, he is very good. I have always thought that his shooting and help defense at the basket are very good. I recommended him to the Lakers because I think he is very suitable to partner with O'Neal, but he can only be the general manager this year.

Runner up, I feel sorry for him."

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After all, Chaoting TV is its own media, and its interviews with athletes from its own country are usually very friendly. Mainly Chaoting Sports Channel, their comments are relatively friendly. Except for some extreme situations, Chaoting TV rarely gets into trouble with athletes.

What's more, it was the commentary team led by Director Zhang who came to the live broadcast of the finals. The questions they asked Liu Mang were very friendly, and the interview ended smoothly and amicably.

It was only when I arrived in the United States that the smell of gunpowder began to get stronger.

It mainly comes from several media affiliated with Time Warner Group that have a good relationship with the Lakers and some media from places like California, Arizona, and Washington State that are extremely fond of the Lakers.

Although most of the questions were acrimonious, Liu Mang only needed to answer them normally.

But when a reporter from Sports Illustrated asked a question, Liu Mang could no longer hold back his desire to criticize a certain player.

"Everyone is saying that Kobe's performance in the playoffs is better than yours, and he is more worthy of winning the regular season MVP. Do you have any response to this?" a reporter from Sports Illustrated asked.

Seeing this familiar bespectacled man with a square face and glasses, Liu Mang felt a strong sense of being a gentle scum... Wearing glasses means he is an intellectual.

Alright? I’m going to tell you what it means to be a cultural person.

Liu Mang wasn't angry at first, he was focused on the evening game, but now he's about to start a fight!

Seeing that Liu Mang did not answer immediately, the reporters from Sports Illustrated had already begun to prepare for the next more pointed questions.

Just when the bespectacled man from Sports Illustrated was about to continue his attack, Liu Mang lowered his head and stared at the bespectacled man and asked, "Who are you? Can you introduce me to them?"

"?"

Not only the man with glasses, but also other reporters who were waiting to take advantage of the show didn't react. What kind of answer was this?

The man with glasses felt very bad. Why did he feel like he was meeting a real person? Reporters were not afraid of being interviewed by harsh people, but they were afraid of meeting real people. The man with glasses said bravely: "We are all fans."

"Fans? Where are the fans? Fans in your newspaper, or fans in Los Angeles? We fans in Atlanta think Greg is better than O'Neal. Ask O'Neal how he will respond."

Liu Mang retorted forcefully and angrily.

But the bespectacled man was not a vegetarian with his pen. He continued to attack: "Kobe's performance in the playoffs this year is the best. Do you think your performance is better?"
To be continued...