After playing the Bobcats, the Eagles continued to play consecutive home games, and Liu Mang's scoring journey officially began.

First up on the 17th came the game against the Wizards.

As Arenas continues to improve this season, as the Wizards' Warriors top of the Musketeers' trio, his progress has been key to the Wizards' ability to stay in the Eastern Conference playoff rankings.

After entering January, if it weren't for Liu Mang's scoring being too explosive, Arenas would be the most explosive person on the scoring end, 50+ in a single game, 40+ 3 times, in the 9 games played by the Wizards in January, Arenas averaged 33 points per game, and it is possible that this month will become the first brilliant month in his career with an average of 30+ per game in a single month, before playing the Hawks, his average points per game also successfully increased to an average of 25.1 points per game, becoming the eighth player to average 25+ per game this season.

It's just that Arenas is afraid of the cold, and when it comes to the game against the Hawks, he is sick again.

In this game, Larry Hughes said that he couldn't bring this group of scum!

In this game, the Hawks have changed their lineup on the defensive end, and Maddie has begun to become a coolie, and he is willing to do so, given that his defense against Nowitzki's pitcher-type power forward is unexpectedly good, in this game with the Wizards, Maddy was used to defend Jamison when he chose to attack outside, and Rasheed Wallace defended Jamison who chose to attack inside, and successfully locked Jamison at this point, Prince occasionally had to go up to defend power forward Jarry Jeffries, mainly defending Larry Hughes.

On the other hand, Liu Mang has a lot of experience in defending Arenas, he knows himself better about Arenas at the peak than Arenas himself, and Arenas, who has not yet reached the peak, is completely restricted by Liu Mang.

Mainly due to psychological pressure, Arenas was abused too badly by Liu Mang!

James and Wade are already miserable enough, Anthony still won Liu Mang once, Billups also won Liu Mang once in the Timberwolves, and the Pistons also won twice in the regular season in the 02-03 season, but they were abused even worse in the playoffs.

But Arenas, since he entered the league in the same year as Liu Mang, has never won, the key is how unlucky he is, when the Hawks were so bad in the first half of the 02-03 season, it was unfortunate that there was no game with the Warriors, and by the time the Warriors and the Hawks played each other, the Hawks had regained their strength......

is more miserable, among Liu Mang's opponents, the worst is Arenas.

To make matters worse, the Wizards are now eighth in the East, and if they enter the playoffs like this, they could face the Hawks directly......

Arenas thought of this, and the mind to play was gone.

Liu Mang is now fully engaged in scoring and defense, and it is impossible to pass the ball, and it is impossible to pass the ball this season...... Playing competitive teams says otherwise.

The Wizards actually played a good game, mainly because some players broke out!

It's not the power forward Jared Jeffries, who is five centimeters taller than Prince, it's Larry Hughes!

Originally, the Hawks blocked the inside, but I didn't expect Larry Hughes to rush in with a dynamite bag, relying on Haywood, who felt that he should be the champion when he saw Kwame Brown, and actively blocked and dismantled, and Larry Hughes got 41 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists in the whole game, and 40+ for the third time in his career!

Larry Hughes shot 14-of-22 from the field, 13-of-14 from the free-throw line, and missed a single three-pointer to shoot 63 percent from close range.

Larry Hughes' main contribution was not just scoring, but getting Kwame Brown to 5 fouls! Three of those were fouls by Larry Hughes and two were one each by Quadme Brown's normal co-defense Arenas and Jamison.

In addition to causing 3 fouls from Kwame Brown, 2 fouls from Mourning and 3 fouls from Muhammad, 8 fouls were caused by one person, 7 of which were converted into passes!

It seems that his man-made fouls are not scattered to each opponent much, but they have other fouls, Kwame Brown played five fouls in 16 minutes in the third quarter, Mourning played 4 fouls in 11 minutes, and Muhammad played 4 fouls in 17 minutes, which made the Eagles have a big problem inside, continuous fouls will make the referee have the inertia of blowing penalties, some players usually foul once or twice in the game, but sometimes they leave the court with six fouls in the half, because the more worried they are about fouling, the more they dare not do a good job, On the contrary, it is easier to be targeted by opponents who make fouls, and the Wizards are the kind of team that makes fouls strongly.

At the end of the first half, Arenas and Jamison played so badly, and the Wizards led the Hawks by three points at 59-56, mainly because between the second half of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter, Jason Terry did not make his due contribution.

Liu Mang did not fight in the first three quarters due to the team's continuous fouls, and the counterattack did not start, and the rhythm was not good, and he only scored 13 points in the third quarter, which was too far from the average score of 29 points per game in the three quarters.

At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks trailed the Wizards by two points, 81-83.

In the final quarter, the Hawks were forced to become a three-man rotation of Josh Smith, Rasheed Wallace, and Vallejo, Liu Mang and Maddy, and Iguodala went up to grind defense with Josh Smith and Rasheed Wallace in the third quarter, and the offensive end relied on Maddy to break through, Iguodala and Josh Smith cut inside, forcing the opponent to shrink the basket defense, and Rashid Wallace helped Liu Mang block and let Liu Mang receive the ball and shoot, After playing Josh Smith and Rasheed Wallace, two excellent interior combinations for foul control in the final quarter, the Hawks finally got the rhythm right, and when the Wizards grinded to the final three minutes, the Hawks finally relied on Josh Smith's empty tie to overtake the score.

The key to the decisive victory is still in the star, in the last three minutes, Liu Mang and Maddy scored a three-pointer, Liu Mang burst to the basket with 57 seconds left, and Liu Mang could directly burst out when Heywood's footsteps were slow after 40 minutes, and he smashed the ball into the basket across Heywood, making it 2+1.

After hitting the free throw, Liu Mang scored 22 points in a single quarter in the final quarter, helping the Hawks to play a 36-24 score in a single quarter, and with 57 seconds left, the score was overtaken to 117-107 in one fell swoop, taking a 10-point lead.

At this time, Larry Hughes, who had 41 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, also soared, and the Wizards led by one point with three minutes left, and were scored by the Hawks during a wave of 11-0 scoring shockwaves, and were directly overtaken by 10 points.

The two teams did not score in the last 57 seconds, Liu Manqiang threw two three-pointers and did not score, and finally got 35 points, 8 boards and 2 assists, Maddy got 27 points, 9 assists and 4 rebounds, relying on the excellent performance of the two in the final quarter, the Hawks reversed the Wizards in the final quarter to win two consecutive games, and the record improved to 32-6.

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It's so hard to increase your average score per game by 1 point! Playing the Wizards, he only scored 35 points, and Liu Mang's simple addition was still good, that is, he had to score at least 41 points in the next game...... The good thing is that the average points per game that improved to 36.2 points in the last game did not go back because this game only scored 35 points.

Larry Hughes's rampage was quite unexpected indeed. T live game, Larry Hughes's performance made people amazing, if it weren't for Arenas playing too badly, only 4 of 13 to score 10 points, as long as he can perform normally and score more than 20 points, the Wizards have a chance to win.

Previously, because Arenas was too dazzling, Jamison was a player who had scored 50+ in a row and was once regarded as a super scoring swingman, and the Wizards' three musketeers Larry Hughes has always been the one who has been overlooked.

After this game, it was discovered that Larry Hughes was the most consistent for the Wizards, averaging 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, superstar-level statistics.

However, there are too few live broadcasts of the Wizards in the United States, there are three musketeers, and there are only 6 national live broadcasts this season, and people only know that the Wizards have Arenas and Jamison, and many fans don't even know the number one Larry Hughes.

But now, Larry Hughes has managed to get into the spotlight with this game against the Hawks.

When it was discovered that Larry Hughes' contract would expire at the end of the season, some teams began to think about digging into the wall.

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After playing the Wizards, the Hawks had a day off and immediately won the game against the Kings.

Liu Mang didn't dare to be careless in this game, although the Kings didn't have Webb, but Bibby was a ruthless character, Brad Miller and Kenny Thomas's interior combination offense was still very good, Peja had always been awesome in the regular season, and Mobley came to the Kings, a team that has now become a pure offensive team, and he also played well.

Bibby 87, Peja 85, Brad Miller 79, Kenny Thomas 75, Mobley 81, the Kings starting lineup is particularly offensive, and Bobby Jackson is on the bench.

Although the Kings only have a 22-16 record and rank sixth in the West, Liu Mang does not dare to underestimate the strength of the Kings, and the Hawks are also waiting for it.

It's just that when it comes to the game, when the Hawks use the attitude of playing the Heat to defend against the Kings, the Kings now only rely on offensive play, as long as the Hawks give some pressure on the defensive end, the advantage is obvious all of a sudden!

Because the Kings can't defend at all, and the Kings' offensive firepower is not as powerful as the Hawks, but the Kings are a team that wins purely by offense, averaging 104 points per game this season, second only to the Suns, Hawks, and Mavericks, ranking fourth in the league.

Liu Mang played 41 minutes on 17-of-29 shooting, 6-of-13 three-pointers, and 3-of-4 free throws, easily scoring 43 points.

It is said that the Suns have poor defense, in fact, the Kings have also been very poor in the past two years, as of now, the Suns have averaged 103 points per game when the opponent has made 93 shots per game, and the Kings have only averaged 84 shots per game, allowing the opponent to score 102 points per game.

This is the same as O'Neal's free throw shooting is too bad, people ignore Duncan's 60 percent free throw shooting rate in the first three years of his career, and forget that Duncan's first three years are also a rampant style of play, forgetting that his shooting rate in the first three years is just 30 percent, which is the league's second only to O'Neal's super interior killer at that time.

Relying on Liu Mang's 43 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals, and Maddy's 10 points, 14 assists, 4 boards, 2 blocks and 2 steals, the Hawks easily defeated the Kings 109-92 to win three in a row, while improving their record to 33-6.

Liu Mang despised a guy who wore No. 3 to brush assists when he left the game, and when there were only 4 minutes left when he was already leading by 20 points at 100-80, he was stunned and shot a ball to increase the score to 10 points......

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"Ace, get up!" Alexia squeezed Liu Mang's chest with her shoulder.

"Don't get up, I'm too tired." Liu Mang played for 41 minutes last night, and when he came back at night, he couldn't help but put Alexia first and then that several times, and he didn't go to bed until more than two o'clock in the morning.

Mainly due to Jason Terry's poor performance in the game against the Wizards, only scoring 7 points, so in the first half, when Maddie went down to rest, Liu Mang pressed Jason Terry, and although the ball was given to Jason Terry for 10 minutes, Liu Mang played very the defensive end, and his body was not tired, but his mental focus was still very tired.

"Nash is here, they've arrived at the hotel, didn't Ace ask Nash for lunch? It's time to get up! Alexia reminded that when Liu Mang picked them up to watch the game yesterday afternoon, he said about it.

"What time is it?" Liu Mang asked as he buried his head in Alexia's hair, and his hands began to be dishonest.

"It's half past ten! Get up and take a shower! Uh-huh......" Alexia snorted suddenly.

"It's so late...... Liu Mang had no choice but to get up and put Alexia who was sleeping in his arms on the bed.

When Alexia was placed on the bed, her body broke away from something, and she couldn't help but snort again.

Seeing Liu Mang go to the bathroom, Alexia now has a magical idea: Do you want to do a handstand? I heard that Madonna did just that......

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Liu Mang took a shower, took a physical energy potion to relieve his fatigue, and drove to the Emory Hotel, the hotel where the Suns stayed.

It's time to play with Nash, who has now completely liberated the shackles on his body, and Liu Mang can't help but get excited when he thinks about it!

With a 33-6 record, since the beginning of the new century, only the Lakers in the same period in January 2000 and the Hawks themselves at the same time last season are better than the Hawks' current record.

But the Hawks' record is not far ahead, the Pistons are also 32-8, 1.5 wins behind the Hawks, and the West, the Suns, who have played two more games than the Hawks, have a 34-7 record, which is the same as the Hawks' record!

The trio is one of the biggest highlights of the season!