In the second half of the third quarter, when Liu Mang brought a small lineup of Prince, Barnes, Raheem, and Boozer to continue the first wave, he found that Kidd was not playing!

Not only that, but Kenyon Martin didn't play either, leaving only Kittels and Jefferson to lead the team!

Kidd's average playing time this season is 41 minutes per game, that is, at most the first two or three minutes of the second and fourth quarters of rest, and it is even more rare to rest when playing a strong team, his physical fitness has always been well controlled, the offensive end is shooting, blocking and passing, the consumption is not large, and the defense also relies on skill rather than impact, and the average playing time per game is still the highest 34 minutes in the Mavericks team when he is almost 40 years old in the last year, which is higher than Nowitzki, the first offensive option, and it cannot be a physical problem.

That's when the Nets chose to give up!

This surprised Liu Mang, who was ready to use Ben Wallace's star card in the fourth quarter!

Kidd is not on the court, his ghost effect is gone, Kittles' strength is immediately inferior to Liu Mang, Jefferson needless to say, he didn't have Kidd's pass in the early days, he was a physical man who could only hold the ball and rush to the basket.

Relying on Prince's three-point shooting and Boozer's mid-range shot, after opening up the space, Raheem scored continuously on the inside, and played five minutes after the third quarter, and the difference was stretched to 15 points.

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The Nets bench, at this time Kidd and Byron Scott still have a good relationship, they just reached the Finals last season, and now there is no other team in the East except the Hawks who can threaten them, and it is still a beautiful honeymoon period.

"Jason, no more?" Byron Scott asked in a whisper next to Kidd.

"Well," Kidd thought about the top eight record rankings in the East, and replied: "The Hawks are already on the rise, they are unstoppable in the playoffs, but they may be ranked eighth, except for the Wizards and the Magic team may be caught up, it is unlikely that other teams will be caught up by the Hawks, and the Hornets will compete with the Hawks for seventh, the Hornets will have a better schedule than the Hawks, and it is unlikely that the Hawks will surpass the Hornets, and it may be eighth in the end, and it is the best choice for us to compete for second place." ”

Kidd used his high IQ to accurately analyze the Hawks' playoff possibilities.

In the top eight in the East, only the Wizards and the Magic team have a record of 16 wins and 16 losses, and the other six teams have a winning rate of more than 50%, the Magic team is ranked fourth because it is the first in the Southeast Division, and the Hornets still have a star who has not come back and has not entered the top eight for the time being, so only the Wizards and the Magic team may be left behind.

Kidd has always liked to be in control, and he can indeed control the big picture in his prime, and Byron Scott as the head coach does not have Kidd a say in the Nets, so he fully implements Kidd's ideas.

Let's fight for second!

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So, in the fourth quarter, the Nets gave up, Liu Mang came up and brushed two assists, and got 15 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds after the game, and the score became 82-62 After opening to 20 points, the Hawks also replaced the main team, and the game became garbage time!

In the end, the Hawks defeated the Nets 97-87 to win seven in a row!

12 wins and 18 losses! The teams in the lower half of the East, starting with the Magic in fourth place in the East, are all starting to panic!

The Hawks, who dominated the East in the regular season last season, seem to be back!

After the Nets lost to the Hawks, their record became 20-11, and only the Pistons were left in the East with a 21-10 record and no more than 10 games.

Although the East is weaker than the West as a whole, the playoff competition in the East is obviously more intense than the West, from the perspective of strength, the East is now in the top eight in addition to the Pistons, Nets, Pacers, other teams and the West, compared with the Rockets, Suns, Warriors, the three teams competing for the eighth place in the West The strength is about the same, which makes the East look more fierce than the West, because the top seven in the West are too stable, and almost every team has a winning rate similar to or even higher than the Pistons and the Nets.

After the game, Liu Mang saw the latest East and West rankings, probably guessed the strategy of the Nets, and secretly scolded the bald man who swallowed his anger for five or six years after being beaten by his wife is really insidious!

But as far as the Eagles are concerned, they really have to thank Kidd for the victory.

After beating the Nets to win 7 in a row, the team's morale is high!

There are smart people such as Liu Mang and Coach Kruger, who are in charge of the overall situation of the Hawks, and they understand very well that the Nets are working hard in the fourth quarter of this game, and the Hawks are at most five or five, and there is no certainty of winning, and it is the opponent who takes the initiative to let them enter the playoffs to deal with the Pistons, or at least consume the Pistons, so they are a little depressed.

And the other players, not to say stupid, but as players and not responsible for using their brains, they would not think of such a deep level!

In short, the idea of the other players of the Eagles except Liu Mang is that they defeated the strongest team in the East, and they are the strongest!

Morale is booming!

Of course, Liu Mang is also very satisfied with this result, but he really wants to pay it back, last year he used the Celtics as a gun against the Nets, and now the Nets directly treat the Pistons and their Hawks as guns, so that they and the Pistons may have a wave in the first round, which makes Liu Mang a little unhappy.

The main thing is that Liu Mang also has to accept the "charity" of the Nets, which makes people even more unhappy!

and the task of defeating Kidd in the playoffs, Liu Mang's new hatred and old hatred were added together, but instead of "appreciating", he wanted to kill Kidd's team even more!

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After playing the Nets, the Hawks once again ushered in a three-day break, and then from the 8th to the 16th, the Hawks had a 9-day 5-game consecutive home game, which was generally quite easy, except for the Wizards and the Pacers, who were difficult to play, the others were bad teams, the Cavaliers, Nuggets, and the Bulls.

After the Hawks got the 12th win, they had surpassed the Bulls and ranked 11th in the East, and the Bulls cried with joy.

Now the Hawks still have a team that is estimated to be able to surpass after playing in January, the New York Knicks, the Knicks are in good shape this year, and Alan Houston is still very healthy, so the strength of the Knicks has always been good, and they can't make the playoffs, and the role of the-stirring stick is still very good.

Although the Knicks have been scolded, but if you look closely, they have not ranked first in the bottom of the East since the 21st century, they have always been about eleven out of ten, and the number of times they have been from the bottom is the only time in 06.

After all, the salary of more than 90 million is there, and the pension stars are not without strength, but there is no way to retire in this team, and it is quite effective to work hard once in a while, and it is impossible to really rot in the end, from the fact that the Knicks have not had a top three draft pick after the 21st century, they are called the worst, just because they are compared with the team in Los Angeles.

Due to the defeat of the Nets, the live broadcast in the United States, and the long news interview after the game, Liu Mang returned home in the early hours of the morning and fell asleep directly on the bed.

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Then early the next morning, at seven o'clock, Liu Mang only slept for 5 hours before he was woken up.

The Bucks are doing things again!

Liu Mang was woken up early in the morning by a fanatical basketball fan, Lori, only to learn that the Bucks and the SuperSonics made a deal, and the SuperSonics used Gary Payton, Drummond Mason, Calvin Booth, and the SuperSonics' 2003 first-round pick to protect the first round picks, and got the Bucks' Ray Allen and the salary-matched addition Kevin Ollie, as well as the Bucks' 2003 lottery first-round pick.

This deal! Two months earlier than Liu Mang's impression! In order to strengthen and avoid falling behind in the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Bucks sent Ray Allen out in advance, and the SuperSonics almost used the team's core plus the entire bench as a trade chip in order to get Ray Allen, and the SuperSonics have almost no chance of entering the playoffs this season, but the strength is not so bad that they need to be rotten, and they also gave the 2003 first-round pick to the Bucks, in exchange for a draft pick from the Bucks that is already in the playoffs and has been strengthened, and it is impossible to fall into the lottery area. And it's also a lotto-protected pick!

Liu Mang couldn't help but sigh: "Supersonic speed is really willing!" ”

"That's right! Supersonic map what? Levia asked curiously, she was also woken up by Dinah, and as a basketball fan, she was also shocked to see this completely unequal deal.

Although Payton has been a bit of a grinder this season, he is no worse than Ray Allen.

Liu Mang was very curious, analyzed the current situation of the supersonic, and found that the supersonic was helpless to do so, their record this season is exactly the same as the current 12-18 Hawks, ranking eleventh in the West, rotten and rotten, and can't climb up, and the only team in the West has been born, and the three teams behind them, the Grizzlies, Clippers, and Nuggets are crazy about messing with James, as stable as a tank, and the Rockets in front of them are impacting the playoffs after the outbreak of Arenas with Yao Ming and the Warriors.

This year's West has entered wild mode again, from the Spurs to the Jazz, the top seven, the winning rate is over 60%, only the eighth Suns are likely to fall behind, and the SuperSonics have no chance of climbing up.

Payton's contract is about to expire at the end of this season, and Payton made it clear that he doesn't want to stay in the SuperSonics, to pursue the championship, in order to avoid a bamboo basket in vain, the SuperSonics can only send out the precious lottery lottery in 03, a draft pick of ten picks, even if it is a draft year, the SuperSonics do not have the confidence to select a young player better than Ray Allen, and the SuperSonics have Brent Barry, a veteran, Sharad Lewis and Vladimir Radmanovic two potential players, The main reason is that Payton doesn't want to play in the SuperSonics, so the strength of the SuperSonics has declined so seriously this year, and they can still have a roster lineup, so it is impossible to accompany the rookie to rebuild, and it is the right choice to need a star who is strong and at the peak of his life to lead the team, and he packed the powerful players on the bench and sent them to the Bucks, just to get Ray Allen.

The Bucks still want to hit the Finals, and the Hawks are making a comeback, threatening the four teams in the bottom half of the Eastern Conference playoffs, so after having such a good offer from the SuperSonics, they did not hesitate to wait for the trade deadline after the All-Star Weekend as before, and did not wait for another year in the team's history for a player to be selected as an All-Star to pull the box office, and directly reached the deal in early January!

Liu Mang found that his appearance, although it would not change the personality and way of doing business of those bosses, it could already make them feel threatened and complete the desired reinforcement in advance!

Payton is also interested in playing in a playoff game in the East, and maybe he could make it to the Finals in the East! The strength of the Bucks is not weak, and Payton is now about the same strength as Ray Allen, but Ray Allen looks like he still has several years to his peak, and Payton has begun to decline sharply, and he is only at the end of his career.

Now that the Bucks have strengthened so much, Payton feels like he has the opportunity to try again and lead the team himself!

Just when people were excited about the Bucks' big trade and thought that there might be another competitive team in the East, a man returned from injury and stole all the limelight.

Carter announces comeback time!

After having surgery in March 2002 and now taking a break of 10 months, Vince Carter has miraculously made a complete recovery after a hospital examination! Even the ankle injury that was expected to recur after being maliciously injured by Bowen two years ago and then have permanent structural damage has fully recovered!

This is a medical miracle!

According to the doctor's advice, Carter will be able to make a comeback on January 15th!

For this situation, some experts have given a "reasonable explanation", that is, Carter's physical talent is different from ordinary people, and he has a strong recovery ability.

This statement was really accepted by the public, Carter was once regarded as the best physical talent outside in NBA history, before Maddie played, Carter was considered to be better than Jordan in terms of physical talent alone, but I didn't expect him to have a distant cousin with better comprehensive talent than him.

Liu Mang checked the schedule and wiped it! The Raptors' first game after the 15th was the Hawks' first back-to-back away game against the Raptors on January 18th!

What a coincidence!

Liu Mang was suddenly a little excited! I just wanted to brag with Dinah and Levia, but in the end I held back, and he is now also a person with 92 bounces! Although there is a gap between the strength of 85 and Carter's demigod and the death dunk when triggered at the same time, and there is also a gap between the bounce and the bounce of Carter's 100, but it can just dunk in a wave.

However, Liu Mang still endured this kind of thing, don't do it again!

At this time, Dinah didn't know when to turn out Liu Mang's player manual, and after flipping through the schedule, she saw that Carter's first game after his comeback was a game with the Hawks, Dinah exclaimed in surprise: "Wow, uncle, Carter is playing with Uncle after his comeback!" Carter's dunk is very handsome, Uncle Dunk is more handsome than Carter, Uncle, you must dunk in that game, and you have to dunk more handsome than Carter! ”

Liu Mang felt that Dina was too cute at this time, and sure enough, he was the most handsome in the eyes of this cute little Loli......

Here comes another instance of joy and sorrow......

"Ding...... The system task is released, the king of the five best balls. ”

"King of the Five: Publicly declare war on Carter before the next meeting with Vince Carter, dunk the duel in the game, and win more of the top five of the day than Vince Carter."

"......" Liu Mang was just about to praise Xiao Lori and eat Xiao Loli's tofu, and then he was stunned on the spot.

Little Lori cute?

Cute fart! This little Lori is doing things again!

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After a day of rest, the Eagles kicked off a sweet five-game home game in a row.

First of all, the Cavaliers, who are now 4-26 and are at the bottom of the league, and even the Nuggets can't shake it.

The Cavaliers are so mad about messing around, and it seems that there is a deliberate intention to make Ricky Davis arrogant and casual and blind, as if they are doing it on purpose.

Of course, it worked well, and Ricky Davis managed to take the Cavaliers to the bottom of the league with a stronger roster than last season.

Coach Keith Smart, who has never missed a pick, is truly extraordinary.

It's just that Liu Mang saw that it was only less than half a season, and after playing an average of 20+5+5 data per game, he began to take a "I'm a superstar" posture, and even talked to his predecessor Big Z with a commanding posture, thinking that the Cavaliers did it themselves, making Ricky Davis so arrogant, and seeing Ricky Davis last season was still a lewd sixth man, it began to swell this year.

Liu Mang feels that the Cavaliers themselves have lost the four quasi-All-Star combinations of Larry Hughes, Ricky Davis, LeBron James, and Big Z, a big reason is in themselves, most of the black players have poor IQs, which has pushed Ricky Davis to the position of the boss, and if you want him to give way the next year, or give way to a rookie, how is it possible for a black player who is from a big up, Therefore, the owner of the Cavaliers later regretted to reporters that it was a great regret to lose the starting bench combination of Ricky Davis and James, and Liu Mang now sees the way the Cavaliers are rotten and feels that this is an inevitable result.

Since the Cavaliers wanted to mess up so much, Liu Mang decided to help them!

I was so angry yesterday! I can't beat the little Lori yet, I can't fight it secretly, this little Lori will cry when she says she will cry, Levia has been practicing boxing very diligently recently, especially when she found that Liu Mang's fighting ability is getting stronger and stronger, Levia feels that the dominance of the family seems to be declining, so she practices more diligently, so that Liu Mang doesn't dare to offend her, and she will rub the villa in the future!

So, after Liu Mang came on as a substitute today, he started the road of scoring again! Today, there is also a task to come off the bench to score 30 points, and there are 2,000 superstar points!

Hawks fans are wondering why this phenomenon is happening, but one thing is certain, the starting hooligan and the substitute hooligan are two sets of play!