Cleveland fans are arguably some of the NBA's most passionate basketball fans this year.

On James' birthday, nearly 21,000 people in the audience wore a special edition Cavaliers T-shirt printed with the words "Happy 20th Birthday LBJ", which is enough to see how popular James is in Cleveland.

Although the Cavaliers have reached the headquarters finals in their sixth year, they have never been noticed, and the Bulls, who also reached the Eastern Conference finals and Jordan in the 90s, reached Game 6, and still not many people remember them.

Now it's different, with James, the Cavaliers have received the highest level of attention in the team's 35-year history!

The third-largest number of live broadcasts in the United States in the league is the best reflection of the completely different treatment and attention of this team after the Cavaliers have James.

After the Eagles players entered first, the audience erupted in violent boos.

When it came time for the Cavaliers players to enter,

"Look at other people's fans, so the team, the stars who love themselves so much, what will our fans there do besides hacking me?" Liu Mang complained to Iguodala next to him.

"......" Iguodala didn't know what to say.

Before the start of the game, a special guest came to the scene, and the scene was detonated again!

Justin Timberlake!

Liu Mang knows the name of this guy, and he is the 46th Grammy Best Pop Singer in 2002! Now one of the hottest male singers in the United States, he came up and led the fans to sing a birthday song for James!

This guy actually came to sing a birthday song to James! Liu Mang felt too ...... It's not funny!

Seeing James go up and hug warmly after Justin Timberlake sang the birthday song, and the two were very familiar with each other, Liu Mang was envious, jealous and hateful!

This courtesan with early petals is really good!

How many people are going to be angry?

has only played in the NBA for more than a year, and he has such a good relationship with world-class singers!

LeBron James, Ability rating 89, offense 92, defense 82, three-point 67, shooting 69, layup 99, speed 93, power 90, rebounding 80, passing 80......

Liu Mang looked at James's ability evaluation, such an all-rounder, except for medium and long-range shooting, there is no place that can't be done, the defense has not yet reached its peak but it is also quasi-first-class, except for three-point and mid-range shooting, free throws are not in the evaluation below 80, it is simply hateful!

Liu Mang is even more envious and jealous, this guy is so powerful in the second grade, and it seems that breaking through the 90 ability evaluation is too simple, maybe he will break through one day this season, and he is only 20 years old, much more powerful than the little blacksmith at the age of 20, becoming a superstar is a matter of course, it's just hateful!

Iguodala next to him saw the unhappiness in Liu Mang's eyes, looked at the friend who was chatting happily with the popular singer on the stage, and mourned for his friend in silence......

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At 8 p.m., the match, which was broadcast live by ESPN, began immediately.

James is very excited today, his birthday night is broadcast live in the United States, and there are friends to help, which he doesn't even know, it is Justin Timberlake's own contact with the Cavaliers who want to surprise him.

James feels that he is in the best state now, both physically and mentally happy, and he wants to play a good game with Liu Mang, what if he wins if he sees the hell?

However, the happy mood did not last long, and under the urging of the referee, he saw Liu Mang turn around and sprinkle magnesium powder, and his eyes were full of malice when he looked at him!

That kind of eyes are full of jealousy!

James's heart suddenly burst into his heart, he didn't understand what Liu Mang was jealous of, now Liu Mang is the scoring champion, one of the three MVP favorites, and the chances of winning the MVP are higher than O'Neal's, second only to Nash, and the record is now the top three in the league, only the Suns and Pistons have a chance to compete with the Hawks.

What else is this jealous of?

Is it jealous that he has given birth to a son? James thought of Rashid Wallace, who had dreamed of a son, and felt that Liu Mang was also because of this!

James didn't know it at all, because his communication skills were so good, which made Liu Mang envious, jealous and hateful......

Liu Mang came to the free throw line on the side of his basket and waited for Kwame Brown to jump the ball.

A united team, the emotions of the team boss will drive the emotions of the whole team, seeing Liu Mang's expression of wanting to be day by day, coupled with the words that Liu Mang said two days ago, the whole Eagles team is now full of evil.

The Cavaliers sent out a starting lineup of James, Jeff McGinnis, Nebbell, Drew Gooden, and Big Z.

The Hawks are still the starting combination of Liu Mang, Maddy, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown.

Newbell saw Liu Mang's expression, he was too familiar, he was sure that someone on his side had offended him, and he didn't have to think about it being the strongest but youngest James on the team!

Although I don't know how James offended Liu Mang, but seeing the players of the old club team who are all angry under Liu Mang's leadership, Newbell feels that it will be very miserable today......

Not only Newbell, but also James, McGinnis, Gooden, and Big Z all swallowed their saliva after the Hawks fell into good positions.

James can't figure it out! The Eagles starters, who were good brothers two hours ago, suddenly changed! Liu Mang is jealous that he has a son, he can understand, Rasheed Wallace can understand, but what do other people mean? Kwame Brown isn't married yet, Prince has a son! Maddie also gave birth to a son......

Just when James entered the strange circle of logical thinking, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game and threw the ball into the air, and Kwame Brown won the jump ball from the big Z head with an absolute advantage, winning the jump ball in the thirteenth consecutive game.

James saw Liu Mang receive the ball and throw it to Maddie and ran to his side, quickly blocked the three-point line, and chased Liu Mang to defend.

After Liu Mang ran to the front court, he immediately moved towards the top arc, and James hurriedly moved sideways to the left side to follow Liu Mang and the basket, ready to defend at any time.

But as soon as James took a step sideways, he was blocked by a big guy!

Kwame Brown! In his fast-paced offense, he grasped the timing of Liu Mang's blocking and dismantling better and better, which was entirely dependent on the training of Stockton and Ma Long.

Kwame Brown blocked James to the death, and James could only watch Liu Mang's speed suddenly increase and rush into the inside line like lightning.

"Ding...... Demolition Master triggers at level 5, host speed +8, strength +8......"

Liu Mang rushed to the free throw line to receive Maddie's pass, stepped half a step outside the reasonable collision area, and jumped!

"Ding...... The strongest first step triggers ......"

Big Z's retreat was still very timely, guarding under the basket, seeing that Gooden and Newbell, two teammates who wanted to try to intercept Liu Mang, were thrown away, and seeing Liu Mang rushing into the free throw line to receive the ball, Big Z did not flinch, stuck to the basket, and waited for Liu Mang to jump up, and then pounced on it to block...... Then it was dark in front of me, and my body was hit by a huge force and I couldn't stop leaning back, and I felt like I was sitting on my chest......

A second later, Da Z felt "dawn", and the feeling of being pressed on his chest disappeared, and what entered his line of sight was the back of Liu Mang turning around and often running back.

It came so suddenly!

Just like the inside line that was raided by Wade's lightning bolt, he didn't react at all, and he was already blocked!

Because the 1.93-meter-tall man has already gone deep into the basket, who would have expected them to suddenly burst out and directly dunk?

The only reminder of what Big Z felt just now was indeed true, only the frightened eyes of his teammates and the boos of the fans at the scene......

Big Z knows that he is on the top five today, but it's the one in the background!

Liu Mang returned to the backcourt, waited outside the three-point line, defended, of course he had to defend the opponent outside...... The least powerful one, with Maddie and Prince.

"Ding...... The fancy dunk level 5 was triggered, and due to the host's explosive dunk, the morale of the whole Hawks team was greatly improved, and the morale of the Cavaliers was completely suppressed. ”

At the beginning of the game, Liu Mang's slam dunk made his teammates excited, and because of the influence of Liu Mang's skills, everyone's minds were very clear.

James is still playing at point guard, and was trained as a point guard for two years before the Cavaliers acquired Snow.

James saw Maddie defending, Maddie was so serious about defense, he saw it for the first time after entering the NBA, compared to Liu Mang and Prince, James felt that Maddie's defense should be the weakest, so he decisively chose to break through immediately...... He was careless!

Maddie took advantage of James's unpreparedness and didn't wait for his teammates to come up and attack, and quickly slapped the ball that James had just bounced on, and pulled the ball out!

James didn't get the ball and pounced on it all at once, the ball was hit by Maddie and bounced in the direction of Gooden and Rasheed Wallace, and Rasheed Wallace grabbed the ball!

The Cavaliers' defense is very fast, James just doesn't have Snow and Larry Hughes as mentors, and his defensive ability is not good, but the enthusiasm of the defense is still very good, and he is too late to be angry when he is stealed, and he will return to defense immediately.

The Cavaliers' tactic is to break through James on the offensive end, James can't move Big Z and Gooden, McGinnis is good singles, they are a team that wins on defense, and the defense is very active, especially against the Hawks, who have one of the best rhythms in the league.

By the time Rasheed Wallace passed the ball to Maddy, the Cavaliers had already stepped back into the halfcourt.

However, the Eagles did not play their positions because of this pressure and continued to run! Because Liu Mang has already run through half the court!

Liu Mang rushed to the front court with the Cavaliers, and after the Cavaliers retreated in place, they saw that there was one more Liu Mang among their teammates!

Liu Mang rushed straight into the basket, and the Cavaliers players hurriedly pinched up and blocked Liu Mang.

Maddie and others also rushed over at this time, Maddie saw Liu Mang at the free throw line to attract the opponent's twin towers, saw Kwame Brown cut in from his right side, and decisively passed the ball to Rashid Wallace, who had just run to the left side of the top arc, and Rashid Wallace received the ball and made a three-point shot......

Syllable...... Didn't go in!

But Kwame Brown rushed into the basket, Liu Mang squeezed through the middle of Gooden and Big Z, did not impact the offensive rebound, and knew that his right foot kicked on the ground, and his hands were spread against the opponent's two centers.

"Ding...... Rock-solid level 5 trigger, when grabbing rebounds for teammates, there is a 25% chance of jamming the opponent perfectly......"

Fortunately, it is also because of the positive attitude and the role of Tie Jiao Gong and Tie Shan may have additional bonuses to this skill, Liu Mang blocked the twin tower combination of the opponent's two centers!

Kwame Brown easily grabbed the offensive rebound and jumped straight to the basket to smash the ball into the basket!

Kwame Brown saw Liu Mang actively playing for him and letting him grab rebounds, so moved: The boss really loves me! He only grabbed my rebound that day because he was not happy with Kidd......

However, Liu Mang was so active, just to get revenge on the Hammer Cavaliers for someone in the top five picks of their 03 generation who had defeated him, revenge James for causing him to lose 20,000 US dollars, and revenge James for having a popular singer sing him a birthday song that stimulated him......

The opening game was 4-0!

Liu Mang turned back to defense immediately after Kwame Brown's dunk, and defense is the last word.

The offense and defense switched, the Cavaliers attacked, and James still kept his leave, advancing to the front court with the ball, and continued to prepare to break through the offense.

This time James has defense, Maddie is now focusing on single defense and assists, although the scoring and rebounding are not as good as before, but the single defense effect is really first-class, and the assists are also ranked second in the league by virtue of the excellent lineup.

James' breakthrough is really powerful, as long as he protects the ball, except for Kobe Bryant, who is now with explosive muscles, Artest, who has been banned for the season, and the immortal birds of the Celtics, no outside line can withstand his breakthrough.

Maddie can't stop it!

However, Maddie never thought that a single defense could prevent James's breakthrough, and Maddie chose to block it directly towards James.

James changed direction and was ready to pass Maddie easily, and with the defense, he protected the ball well during the breakthrough!

But as soon as James changed direction and accelerated, he was blocked again!

Liu Mang, who defended Newbell, came up to wrap up the clamp as soon as possible!

The last time Maddie stole Liu Mang's counterattack and ran a little slower, it was because he rushed up to block James, but he didn't block it......

Maddie and Liu Mang blocked James at the free throw line, James passed the ball to the vacant Newbell, Rashid Wallace had changed the defense, Newbell passed to Gooden, Maddie made up for Gooden in the middle distance after James passed.

Super fast defensive rotation that has been strengthened after learning from the Mavericks and Bulls!

Worried about James's N-step layup inside, then don't let him go inside?

This is the same as James being defended by the Spurs in the future, but at that time the Spurs had Leonard who could block James in the middle and long distance, and the Hawks didn't have that strong players in the starters, but the Hawks could make up for this shortcoming with fast defensive rotation, and the Hawks' starters could do just that!

The ball passed back and forth, and finally passed to the hands of James, who was attached to Liu Mang, James couldn't get in, and he was pinched when he broke through, and seeing that the 24-second offensive time was coming, James could only step on the three-point line and shoot......

"Bang ......"

Iron!

Liu Mang jumped into the interior line and grabbed the defensive rebound with Kwame Brown carrying Big Z, and the new version of the cavalry company charged and started again!

In the next few minutes, the Cavaliers fell into hell mode from the beginning of the game, and the Hawks' super defense beat the Cavaliers to the point of being defenseless!

With James blocked, the Cavaliers are basically finished!

The Cavaliers called two timeouts at the beginning of the game to no avail, and the Hawks' defense made the offensive end rely on the sky except for the three-point line, and there was no way at all.

Big Z has singles, but he can't catch the ball! Although he is close to Yao Ming's height, he does not have Yao Ming's ability to position, whether it is shooting or singles skills, card ability, and even rebounding and assists, he is not as good as Yao Ming, it can be seen from the data and honors, he can't play Yao Ming's role in the NBA at all, except for being on the All-Star bench twice, there are no other honors, and the data of the best year of his career is not as good as Yao Ming's career average data.

Kwame Brown choked Yao Ming enough, but the defense of Big Z was very good, James could only shoot on the outside or pass to McGinnis on the outside, and Gooden on the other side was also defended to death.

By the time of the official timeout in the first quarter, the Hawks went on a seven-minute run of 18-6!

Just relied on McGinnis and James to throw in a few three-pointers, and there was no other scoring!

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Liu Mang's "accomplice" Coach Krueger is carrying out a rotation strategy against James, replacing the lineup of Liu Mang, Iguodala, Josh Smith, Muhammad, and Mourning.

Compared to the Hawks, who are now tired of making five up and five substitutions, the Cavaliers only replaced Big Z, a center with poor physical fitness, and let Gooden play center, replacing James, McGinnis, Newbell, Robert Trayler, and Gooden.

Why James is miserable in the early stage of the Cavaliers, is because he can now have teammates with starting strength, a total of five, plus he has a total of six starter-level players in the Cavaliers, and the small forward they selected in the summer, Luke Jackson, who had high hopes for him, was originally trained as a starting small forward, but the strength was ridiculously poor, and the three-point and defensive points that were expected in college failed to play at all.

That's right, it's another white small forward, Larry Bird's successor...... But since he entered the NBA, he has averaged 1.9 points and 0.9 rebounds per game, shooting 20 percent from three-point range and 17 percent from the field, which the Cavaliers selected with the No. 8 pick...... He was followed by Rohr Deng......

The timeout came back, and the Cavaliers had the ball.

"Go up and post the No. 23, no matter anything else, just him!" Liu Mang instructed Josh Smith when he came on the court.

Josh Smith was afraid of being scolded, so he nodded decisively, in yesterday's training and today's tactical training, he was given the task of practicing how to block James!

James pushed in and saw that the guy who was very similar to himself and was also a high school student had a look on his face......

James's heart is filled with the same feeling as when he played against the Hawks last season: The Hawks are all devils!