A sophomore player, he scored 42 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in the Eastern Conference finals.

Nowitzki was about to cry when he saw it, and Duncan was about to be silent when he saw it...... It seems that Duncan is silent every day, and anyway, the Spurs players on the TV at San Antonio don't see any change in Duncan's expression.

Nowitzki looked at Liu Mang over there, wishing that he was a player on his own team, if he had an outside player who could break through with a mid-range shot, he wouldn't have to be so jealous of the Spurs.

The players of the Mavericks and Spurs watched the first game of the series between the Nets and the Hawks, and they both played to the Western Conference finals, and the goal of both teams is the same as that of the two teams in the East, both for the championship, regardless of whether their series has not started yet, no matter what the outcome is, the final goal is definitely the championship.

Looking at the series between the Nets and the Hawks, the two teams found that neither the Nets nor the Hawks seemed to be as weak as they imagined, and they were not at all the feeling of being tied up, they were two hungry wolves in the East that would bite!

In fact, even the Spurs, who are at the peak of Duncan's prime, if they meet the Nets in the Finals, they will fight for six games and be robbed of home-court advantage.

No matter which team in the West reaches the finals in the end, no matter who the final opponent in the East is, in short, Nowitzki and Duncan keep Liu Mang in mind this time, as one of the four strongest players in this era since O'Neal, Duncan and Nowitzki regard Liu Mang as a strong rival!

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At 20 years, 9 months and 1 day, Liu Mang broke the record of the youngest 40+ in the history of the playoffs at 21 years and 10 months by the Lakers' famous Magic Johnson!

If it weren't for the reward of 5,000 superstar points given by the system, Liu Mang wouldn't know that he had set a record!

Liu Mang remembers that the youngest player to break the record of a magic player in the future is James, who only made the playoffs in the third year, at the age of 21 years and five months.

At the age of 20 years and 9 months, Liu Mang felt that he had done something big!

Magic is the 40+ who got the sixth game of the finals in his rookie season, which is quite young, and there are not many high-pick rookies like Magic who have entered the NBA before they are 21 years old, Jordan and Olajuwon are already more than halfway through the age of 21, so the youngest record of that year was basically broken by Kobe Bryant, and then basically broken by James.

That era was different from now, the more talented the player was, the more willing to play in college for a few more years and hone his skills, so most of the people who entered the NBA were twenty-one or twelve years old, and even if they were twenty-three or four-year-old, or even twenty-five years old, it would not affect their draft pick, because they were superstars in the NCAA at that time, and they were basically superstars when they entered the NBA.

Of course, since the potential stars of that era stayed in college for a few more years, the talented college students had opponents to hone their skills.

Even if a high school student entered the NBA early, it was Kobe Bryant and James who could really break the record, and no one else had this ability.

Liu Mang thought about the current Cavaliers, it seems that it is still so miserable, if James is still selected by the Cavaliers, he has to help the team deal with the team's mess in his rookie season, and lead the team out of the quagmire of Bo Yao Ming and James for two consecutive years, and the second year, after the team cleaned up the people who should go, traded some veterans and power stars with draft picks, and only began to get on the right track, and the third year attracted Larry Hughes, who made the playoffs for the first time.

Liu Mang looked at Boozer, who was calling his girlfriend, it was really annoying, and he didn't know how to call outside the locker room? It's really unpleasant to play while applying ice and massage, and it's amazing to have a girlfriend! Today's young people really don't study well, and they have a girlfriend when they have money at a young age.

Thinking of this, Liu Mang remembered that Boozer seemed to be more than a year older than him, and his technique and physical development had been basically perfected when he entered the NBA...... It's even more annoying! The younger brother is actually older than the eldest brother!

However, the Cavaliers are now gone with Boozer, and they selected a big center Mario Karan in the second round, and they were cut before they finished their rookie season.

In other words, if James goes to the Cavaliers, his rookie season will be even worse...... It's almost impossible to make the playoffs earlier than the original!

Liu Mang feels that he has no one to come after this record!

In the future, the age limit of the NBA draft will be higher and higher, and the phenomenon of rookies entering the NBA selling talent will become more and more serious in the future.

Even if James still made the playoffs in the third grade, he still began to abuse Arenas...... Why Arenas again? Liu Mang thinks Arenas is too pitiful, and the next time he meets him, he will be less abusive, but it seems that he is coming to the East next season, but unfortunately this guy loves to play with guns and the price is expensive, both of which the Hawks can't afford.

got a record that basically can't be surpassed, Liu Mang feels beautiful!

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Liu Mang slept until almost noon and got up, ready to have a meal, train in the afternoon, watch the series between the Spurs and the Mavericks in the evening, and spend the first day of rest without training arrangements.

Liu Mang is so strange, what's wrong with this group of people, is the master very handsome today?

Liu Mang ordered a steak, picked up the newspaper and read it, yo, Liu Mang finally found that he scored 42 points, which was more exciting than he imagined, causing a sensation in the United States, at home, and in the NBA fan circle!

can get 40+ in a single playoff game before the age of 22, which is in the NBA, before Liu Mang, only Magic has done it in NBA history, and then the closest is Kobe Bryant did it at the age of 22 when he played the Spurs in the 2001 Western Conference Finals, even Jordan and Chamberlain were 24 years old when they scored 40 points for the first time in the playoffs.

It's not that there are no young and strong rookies, but when they entered the NBA, the team was rotten, and it was so hard to get into the playoffs, and Duncan, like that, was 22 years old when he entered the NBA, and it was 23 years old when he played the playoffs for the first time.

Unless you are young and strong like Magic, the Lakers are the favorites to win the championship, the champion is from another team, and the star is still absent in the playoffs, so you have a chance to get such data.

So Liu Mang won 40+ in the playoffs at the age of 20 and made history!

The day after the first game of the series between the Hawks and the Nets, Liu Mang dominated the screen in major sports news! Major sports news, the headlines are all about him.

Like ice hockey, football, baseball, the season has long ended at this time, and the only thing left in the four major leagues is the NBA, which has the longest season, and all sports news is talking about the NBA, and they are talking about Liu Mang.

On the domestic side, football is now beginning to collapse, after such a miserable World Cup, domestic sports fans are in urgent need of comfort, at this time Liu Mang and Yao Ming stood up, Yao Ming's side was eliminated early, and now they all point to Liu Mang's good performance.

And Liu Mang really broke out, and the news of Liu Mang was overwhelming!

In the news of China and the United States, it is almost impossible to see that tonight is the opening game of the Western Conference Finals, and the Spurs and Mavericks have not been paid attention to, and now no one pays attention to them.

In addition, some interesting things in last night's game, such as Jordan opening and closing his mouth and saying "This is my apprentice", Liu Mang made Kidd angry, "You were beaten so badly by your wife and still love her so much?" Kenyon Martin was first knocked over by Liu Mang and then by a Ratliff hat, and he actually landed in the same position...... Wait, wait, Liu Mang feels that those reporters are really talented.

Liu Mang felt the envy of his teammates, especially the envious and hateful eyes of Jason Terry and Rahim, Liu Mang sighed helplessly: "Alas, have you heard of fireflies?" I didn't want to be so high-profile, I wanted to walk quietly and alone in the night, I didn't want people to find me, but I was like a firefly that couldn't control its own glow in the dark, and accidentally exposed my light...... Ouch don't don't, I was wrong, don't brag anymore...... Ya Yan ...... Tunat ...... Hajima ......"

A few minutes later, a ragged Liu Mang waited for his steak on a sofa chair in the dining room.

There's no way, it's not cowardly to single out Liu Mang, the key is that this group of people actually plays group fighting! What a shame! He's still a kid......

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Liu Mang is once again popular in the United States, and even in countries and cities with many basketball fans in the world, he has made a big splash.

But this is used to Liu Mang, and the growth of popularity has entered a bottleneck period, All-Star starters, playoffs, and scoring shows, Liu Mang has them, but there are no real hard honors, such as MVP and championships.

Just because of these limelights, Liu Mang is also in the limelight in the United States, the largest market in the NBA now, and although there are not many of him who have performed like this, there are many of them, such as Maddie and Kobe, whose regular season performance is far better than him.

So Liu Mang is just in the limelight in many places, only in Atlanta, or a little bit to Georgia, and then there is China, these two main places have become the focus of discussion, and other places are all in the limelight, and it won't be long before there is not much movement.

After all, most fans have stars they support, and Liu Mang is not a star of a local team, nor a star of his own country.

This is the most different point between Liu Mang and other young stars, other young stars, who became famous at a young age, got carried away, such as the Bulls' disappointing list show, the rookie season played so badly, but relying on his performance in college, he signed a 4-year 10 million sneaker endorsement contract with Reebok last summer, although the rookie season was bad, but the contract is still being fulfilled, plus the salary of almost 2 million US dollars after the list of taxes, the money is in hand, how can you manage whether you play well or not.

The Bulls' season is less than two months over, and Jay Williams has already caused a lot of trouble in the nightclub, but it's all small things, and a lot of young players have done it, so there is no big news.

But just before the Spurs-Mavericks showdown began, something big happened to Jay Williams.

Liu Mang really talked trash once when he was talking trash with Jay Williams when he played against Jay Williams, children don't ride motorcycles, it can be regarded as a friendly reminder, anyway, there are a lot of pieces of meat to say a hint, in case you save a lost teenager.

Maybe Jay Williams really listened, didn't buy a motorcycle, bought a go-kart, and actually drove on the road illegally.

The speed of the go-kart, driving on the road, when turning, because the kart is too short, a small truck did not see it when turning, Jay Williams rushed to brake urgently, even if the American imperialist highway was repaired well, Jay Williams was thrown out and seriously injured......

After the news of Jay Williams' serious injury to the karting body was exposed, there were regrets, but many people felt that it was not surprising at all, Jay Williams had played a lot of high-risk things before......

The NBA circle is so big, and it's a closed league, and most of the players care about the players in this league, and the Hawks naturally know about such a big thing.

Liu Mang heard about Jay Williams when he came back from training, couldn't help but sigh, mourned for a few seconds, and then like the rest of the Eagles, he told him to be careful in everything.

And then it's gone.

Although I know that something will happen to the other party, what else can I do? Liu Mang has put aside his grievances and reminded him in the "humanitarian spirit", but the other party actually has other things to play, and he can't care about his own death, and it is already very humane to remind him.

The coaching staff and Price, the owner of the Hawks who came to New Jersey, also called the players together for a meeting because of the incident, emphasizing what off-court things are strictly prohibited and violating the team's suspension without pay even if nothing happens.

Like skiing, bungee jumping, yoga, racing...... Wait a minute.

In particular, Liu Mang, the youngest member of the team, was instructed by Coach Kruger and Price......

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Just like Liu Mang thought, he was still the headline in the morning, and the news was robbed in the afternoon, and after the first Western Conference Finals between the Mavericks and the Spurs were played in the evening, even if the attention of the Mavericks and the Spurs was low, it was still the division finals, although their game was not put in the headlines, but they still made headlines after the game.

In the first game of the Western Conference finals, the Spurs were 110-115 and were shot alive by Nowitzki and Michael Finley.

The Spurs had a lot of leads at the beginning, but who would have thought that Michael Finley, the former Jordan successor who looked like he had passed his peak in the regular season, actually scored 20 points in the final quarter, leading the Mavericks to a 30-19 single-quarter score, defeating the Spurs in the final quarter and grabbing the home court advantage!

However, the Spurs and Mavericks still didn't pay much attention after all, and the next morning, they just made headlines, and before the headlines were hot, the names of headlines were changed immediately.

In 2003, the lottery for the most watched and most talented draft since 1996 came!

On the Hawks' side, although they are in New Jersey, they don't have to go to New York, because the lottery has nothing to do with them.

Of the playoff teams, only the Pistons' top brass made it to New York, where they exercised the right to exchange first-round draft picks with the Grizzlies after the regular season.

The draft is the starting point for most NBA players to enter the NBA, and this kind of thing will definitely be followed.

The NBA playoffs are a carnival for fans of strong teams, and the draft draw, mixed with the playoffs, is a carnival for fans of weak teams.

Draw, in fact, the probability of an upset is not large, most of the time what is the ranking, what is the order, the biggest attraction is not the order, but the appearance of the teams in the lotto area.

It's like Cavaliers fans have taken over most of the Madison Square Garden, all shouting, "We're going to ...... LeBron."

Obviously, the draft draw starts at seven o'clock, and it can end in half an hour, but the live broadcast starts at half past five.

Interviews with the 13 teams before the draw, from the worst to the best, are interviewed, and then see what their own "good luck model" they have, some bosses sent their sons and daughters to draw lots, some sent celebrities, and some directly their own players to draw lots, such as Francis, who got the top pick last year......

Then the fan interviews, the professional media analyzed the probabilities, and even invited the spooky witch to use tarot cards to predict which team would get the top pick......

After nearly two hours of bells and whistles before the draw, the real draw will be over in three or two clicks.

The inertia of the wheels of history is still so strong, and the Pistons hold the lottery power of the Grizzlies' fifth-to-last record in the league, and they are stunned to get the list with a chance of 18 percent!

The Cavaliers' heart was about to explode, and they finally got the top pick with a 25% chance.

The Nuggets have the same record as the Cavaliers, both with a 25 percent chance, but only got the No. 3 pick.

The worst Raptors and Heat, a bad year, a No. 4 pick, a No. 5 pick, especially the Raptors, Carter is fully healthy, but the team is rotten, the relationship between the Raptors and Carter has been on the verge of rupture, this draft draw originally wanted the Raptors to let Carter go, trying to replicate the miracle that Francis brought to the Rockets last season, but Carter refused.

After Liu Mang saw the results of the draft draw, he felt so boring, there was no surprise at all, but thinking about it, where did so many accidents come from.

But Liu Mang always felt that if he didn't do something, he would be unhappy!

After the draft draw is over, the live broadcast is not over, and there are also live broadcasts of this year's draft predictions, interviews with various teams who they want to pick, and so on.

Liu Mang saw James, Anthony, and Bosh in the prediction rankings...... Even Hinrich is considered the favourite, with James and Antony being the favourites, while 16-year-old Darko Milicic, who represented Yugoslavia at the World Junior Championships, is also considered the favourite.

Liu Mang looked for the next name he wanted to find, and found the last place in the lotto prediction.

Dwyane Wade draft evaluation: Marquis is a junior at the university, not tall enough to play a shooting guard, not shooting enough to play a point guard, has too many turnovers, and has an impulsive personality...... The prediction is picked in the middle of the first round.

Although Liu Mang hadn't seen Wade's news for two years, he didn't expect him to be so unfavorable.

Interesting!

Liu Mang thought of the oil head on the South Coast who picked up cheap and secretly selected Wade, making it more difficult for him to draft...... No, Liu Mang snorted, how could he be that kind of unscrupulous person?

It's just that Wade is such a great and talented rookie, how can he not help him get the word out? A rookie with such outstanding talent, he can't be dusted!

Although I know that the top four picks already have someone they want to choose, the Cavaliers want James, the Nuggets can't get James and they will definitely take Anthony, the Pistons are not easy to say, they don't want a forward with the ball, even before Prince has not risen, they didn't choose Anthony and Bosh, but chose a center, I don't know what to think.

Maybe Wade will still be selected by the Heat, but it's fun to give the oil head a little excitement, Liu Mang immediately called his teammates who were still discussing who would be the champion after seeing the draft meeting, and discussed it, and the teammates expressed interest!