James has been having a bad time lately.

Since his first month of winning the best of the month, he has had a bad time.

Because Iverson began to transform, Carter's popularity declined, Maddie went to Liu Mang as a helper, Kobe's popularity has not recovered, Wade was overshadowed by O'Neal, and Anthony was not welcomed...... and other factors, the league is praising James and Liu Mang this season.

The best of the month in the East in the first month, it is indeed James himself who played well, but the league's praise must also have a lot to do with it, the Cavaliers, as a non-playoff team last season, only had 14 back-to-back games in the whole season, and like the Hawks, James, who is about to turn 20 years old, can lead the team to such a good record at such a young age, and this is inseparable, and the schedule is easy is the key.

Because of the alliance's support, James and Liu Mang are very hated, very hated.

In particular, James got a huge "tolerance" from the referee on the offensive end, and Liu Mang started to do things at two ends for three days, and the two became the public enemies of other outside stars in the league, and the outside stars of all teams wanted to abuse them.

But on Liu Mang's side, if other teams are not mad, it may be that the strongest guard line in NBA history is broken, and not many teams dare to say that they want to abuse Liu Mang.

Then, the only one who is unlucky is James.

After James' performance in November met the NBA's official "expectations", James got more whistles, and he was also targeted even worse.

In November, James averaged 27.9 points, 7.2 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game, and in the first 13 games in December, the data dropped a lot, averaging 25.5 points, 7.9 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game in these thirteen games.

Then, the Cavaliers are almost done this month and have fallen to tenth place in the East, with a record that has fallen to 14-16 and a 5-to-5 winning percentage.

Now James is about to celebrate his 20th birthday, and he is still celebrating his 20th birthday at home, but he feels cold in his heart.

The rest of the league arranged a very high-profile game on his birthday night, with the Hawks, who are now the hottest team in the league, as James' opponents on his birthday night.

Birthday night was a high-profile game, and James was happy, but why did the Hawks adjust so quickly after the trade?

Originally, after the Hawks traded, there was a few days of pain and was killed by the Nuggets, James thought that the Hawks would at least have a period of pain, and he had the opportunity to be as lucky as Anthony to have the opportunity to do Liu Mang when the team was still weak.

Who knew the Eagles would go into a slump and then adjust right away?

Mourning is playing with Muhammad and Rashid Wallace, and Kwame Brown is playing with Josh Smith and Rashid Wallace, except for Rashid Wallace who needs to adjust his rhythm, Kwame Brown and Mourning, the two centers do not need to adjust their rhythm, and the Hawks' rhythm switching is much smoother than before, and Mourning's joining obviously makes the Eagles further strengthened.

Why is it only Anthony who is lucky! James saw the Eagles' Christmas battle against two big devil-level opponents swiping up data, and the whole person was not good.

Later, when the Hawks played the Raptors, Kwame Brown and Mourning "poisoned" Milicic, and Kwame Brown, who was robbed of rebounds by Liu Mang in the last game, angrily played 15 points, 12 boards and 3 blocks, and Mourning played 20 minutes and got 4 points, 6 boards and 4 blocks, and the two of them sent the data of Milicic to 6 boards, 6 boards and 6 assists to the Hawks to celebrate.

James looked at his well-dressed self in the mirror and hinted to himself: I am the most handsome, I am the strongest, one day I will take revenge, I hope I can take revenge tonight and the night after tomorrow......

gave himself a psychological hint, James took his wallet, confirmed that there was money in it, put away his sad mood, and set off to the best restaurant in Cleveland, today the Hawks came to Cleveland, in the morning Liu Mang sent him a message saying that he would go to Cleveland today, and he immediately replied to the message and invited the Hawks stars to have dinner together.

James is very ambitious, his goal is to one day have the same league status as Liu Mang and Maddie, and he firmly believes in this, so he will pay attention to the social etiquette that he should have as a superstar.

It's just that he wonders, why did he go to Atlanta twice last year, and each time he paid for it himself, which is different from what the agency team said about "building a superstar image"?

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Liu Mang thinks James is too good!

Although Cleveland is a bit broken, and the best restaurant is probably like that, James is so enthusiastic every time, Liu Mang is embarrassed.

Then Liu Mang took Iguodala, Maddie took Josh Smith, and went to the appointment with Rashid Wallace, Kwame Brown, Prince, Mourning, Mohammed, and Jason Terry.

When Liu Mang and Maddie came to the restaurant with their teammates, James arrived at the restaurant early and waited, and when Liu Mang and others arrived on the second floor of the restaurant under the leadership of the waiter, they immediately got up to greet them.

Except for a few players, James has a good relationship with most players in the NBA, and although some are not familiar with each other, they also think that others are good, just because James pays attention to this aspect of things.

James watched the Hawks come with 9 people, in addition to the 9 people who were congested with the opposing stars and talented players as soon as they came, he also touched his wallet distressedly, and brought cash and credit cards.

"LeBron, your birthday is two days away, congratulations." Liu Mang went up and hugged James.

The rest of the Hawks also went up and hugged James.

After James arranged the seats of the nine players of the Hawks, he said enthusiastically: "Thank you, I originally wanted to invite you to a party on my birthday night, but on the 31st, we still have to play back-to-back, no way, come, this is the best restaurant in Cleveland, waiters, menu...... You can eat and drink whatever you like, and you're welcome. ”

Liu Mang's impression of James can't be bad, he and the little blacksmith are not the same type of person, although they are the biggest opponent now and the biggest opponent in the future, but Liu Mang's impression of James is much better than that of the little blacksmith.

James was so enthusiastic and friendly, Liu Mang couldn't help but say: "LeBron, you're 20 years old, what gift should I give you?" ”

"Haha, Ace, if I can win you once, it will be the best birthday present." James didn't expect Liu Mang to spend money on great gifts, so he simply teased.

"That's it, don't worry, LeBron! You have a chance, we're all playing this season, you have a chance! Liu Mang patted his chest and said.

Scammers are fooling kids again! The other eight players of the Eagles glanced at Liu Mang with slanted eyes almost at the same time, but they didn't say anything about it.

"Ace, I'm confident that I can beat you, I can't wait to fight you now, I'm so happy to fight you on my birthday night!" Although James knows that it is impossible for the other party to release water, people like to listen to what they want to hear, and it is inevitable that they will be affected.

"Don't worry, LeBron, we are brothers, and I will definitely make you have a memorable birthday night!" Liu Mang said very seriously.

When the rest of the Eagles heard Liu Mang's words, they silently turned into a sip when they were drinking, and then drank a glass of water to cushion their stomachs, and from now on, they began to prepare for the game on the 30th.

The newcomer Mo Ning also tacitly integrated into the team's wordless tacit understanding......

James felt that the aura in the restaurant had changed a little, but seeing Liu Mang and the others still eating and drinking, they were chatting happily, and there seemed to be no change.

However, James always felt weird......

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"Wow, this is the best college arena I've ever seen!" Liu Mang looked at the arena of Cleveland State University and exclaimed.

"Of course, apart from Cashken Credit, this university is one of the largest industries in Cleveland, and there are tens of thousands of people around the university who depend on it for their livelihood." Coach Kruger is a former college coach and is familiar with these things.

The last two games of December for the Hawks ushered in the only back-to-back of the month, first going to the away road to "celebrate" James's birthday, and then returning to the home court to face James again.

On the 29th, after a night's rest at the hotel, the Hawks went to the arena of Cleveland State University in downtown Cleveland to practice tactics for the upcoming back-to-back games.

Cleveland is really too small, Liu Mang is the first time to come to Cleveland for college training, and when he sees the bus driving towards the city center, he knows how small Cleveland is, and he thinks that James can stay here for so many years, which is really patient.

The largest university in the state with 40 teaching buildings and dormitories, covering an area of 35 hectares, that is, 350,000 square meters, is actually in the city center, a university of this size, in Atlanta, you can't even think of entering the city, Georgia Institute of Technology has been criticized for too few students and too small campus, because they are in the city and cannot expand.

For example, in Boston, their universities are all located outside the city of Cambridge, on the other side of the river, and Harvard can't get into the city.

The University of Cleveland seems to be a pillar industry in downtown Cleveland, driving the surrounding economy.

The Eagles' training today was mainly aimed at James' break-through and passing.

The focus is on James's breakthrough, and the direction of the training is very targeted, that is, not to be "deceived" when James makes a three-step layup.

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The day passed quickly, and on December 30th, the Hawks came to the Quick Loan Center to take on the Cavaliers on the road.

"Wow, congratulations LeBron, is this your child, son? It's so cool, if my second child is also a son, I'll teach him to play basketball. "Rashid Wallace is a father when he sees a child.

"Rashid, you'd be angry if you said that." James laughed and said that he was talking about Kaylin, the daughter of Rashid Wallace.

During the warm-up before the game, James and his wife took his newborn son to the Eagles' training ground to meet Liu Mang and others again.

James saw Liu Mang take a gift box out, and was surprised to open it and look at it, the gift paper was wrapped in a box with a sandalwood fragrance, and when he opened it, it was a Buddha sculpture.

"LeBron, this is not for you, it is a gift for your son, the Buddha in our country is different from India and Japan, I hope your son will be blessed by the Buddha." Liu Mang still has a little flesh pain, twenty-two thousand! But Levia instructed James to give a better gift on his birthday, one was for James, and the other was to congratulate James on the birth of his son.

The infant period before the child grows into a bear child is always the most likable, Liu Mang saw James holding his son to show off, he couldn't help poking little LeBron's face, and he was afraid of hurting the child, so he didn't dare to push too hard, and the people next to him couldn't stop laughing, but he didn't expect Liu Mang to have this side.

James saw Liu Mang teasing his son, and felt that Liu Mang was not such a bad person, he touched the Buddha statue just now, it was very exquisite, it was still jade, obviously it was chosen with good intentions, James felt that there were still more good people in the world than bad people......

After James and his wife left with a bunch of gifts and his son, Maddie came to Liu Mang's side: "Ace, I remember more than 30,000 yuan of that Buddha statue!" You're so willing! ”

Maddie himself only gave a 500 US dollar sunglasses, after training yesterday, he and eight teammates who James invited to dinner the day before went shopping to choose a gift for James' birthday, and after arriving at Cleveland's largest shopping mall, Cleveland Mall, he scattered two or three people to go shopping together, Maddie and Liu Mang together, went to a Chinese store, saw this Buddha statue, Maddie felt that the price was unacceptable.

Liu Mang didn't buy it at that time, but after making a phone call with Levia and telling the price, he still bought it.

22,000 US dollars, Liu Mang is still in pain, he just paid half a month's salary on the 28th, and spent more than 20,000 yuan the next day, but he still discussed the price for a long time.

When Liu Mang heard Maddie's words, he responded: "Ah, it's very expensive, so you have to let LeBron pay off the debt well......"