109-97, in the last few minutes, Jason Terry went up and hit a few blind shots, and the efficiency was not high, and the gap was narrowed by 12 points, and the Hawks still easily won the game against the Wizards.

Liu Mang had 34 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Maddie had 13 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, Kwame Brown had 17 points and 10 boards, sixth man Jason Terry had 18 points, Rasheed Wallace had 11 points, Calderon had 10 points, and the Hawks had six double-doubles.

Originally, people thought that after adding Maddie, the Hawks should be a double star, mainly on the scoring end, and may use a twin star style close to the Celtics, with two stars accounting for more than half of the team's scores.

But I didn't expect this to be the case, and Maddie became happier the more she played......

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"When a flower blooms, there is a ......"

"Ace, the call is coming."

"Who, Levia, you pick it up for me...... Hmm...... Liu Mang found a grape in his mouth and bit it.

"Oh, don't ...... Wait, it's Maddie's call. Levia endured the abnormality of her body, touched the phone from the bedside table, looked at her name and said to Liu Mang.

"Tracy? What is this guy doing in the morning......"

Liu Mang picked up his two legs and connected the phone, and Levia stuffed the quilt into her mouth and bit it as silently as possible......

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Two hours later, Liu Mang drove to the villa rented by Maddie, which is also not far from Georgia Tech, the villa area in this neighborhood is very quiet, and Maddie has not yet bought a house, because it is not sure whether she will settle in Atlanta for a long time.

The villa rented by Maddie has no walls, probably because Liu Mang is so persistent in the wall, the Chinese people's concept of community is too heavy, Americans do not have the saying of community, in addition to apartments in the city, most of the houses are directly in the block.

Outside the door of Maddie's villa, Liu Mang honked his horn frantically: "Tracy, hurry up!" ”

This disturbing bastard, Liu Mang received a phone call, this bastard said that he forgot to refuel in the car, and asked Liu Mang to pick him up and take him to the airport.

Liu Mang remembered that when he went to the away stadium in the summer league before, Maddie was in the car of other teammates who had cars, and he was reluctant to pay for fuel at all!

Seeing Maddie running out with this bag on his back, Liu Mang felt that it was wrong to find Maddie as a companion to win the championship?

How good it would be to let this thing harm Yao Ming!

At this moment, Liu Mang thought of a lot of things, such as Maddie coming to the Eagles for so many months, and he didn't invite a guest! Kevin Willis's family wears a suit every day and treats guests twice.

"Ace, you're finally here, oh, I'm so hungry, you haven't had breakfast, let's go eat together." Maddie threw the bag in the back seat and said positively.

"......" Liu Mang glanced at Maddie, and he had to lose dozens of dollars today......

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The first game in November was to play the Lakers, on November 2nd, at noon on October 31st, the Hawks came to Los Angeles, and there was a championship interview with Sports Illustrated on the 1st, which was supposed to be done in July and August, but at that time Liu Mang went to play in the Olympics, and then it dragged on until now.

When I arrived at the hotel, I found my room and put my luggage away, Liu Mang just sat down to rest, Maddie came, Liu Mang asked, "Looking for Kobe Bryant to invite us to dinner?" ”

Maddie shrugged helplessly: "That guy, he won't see us at this time." ”

Liu Mang thought about Kobe's character, and was also helpless: "Heartless guy, we spent two weeks in love with each other in the summer." ”

"Wow, Ace, you won the Finals MVP here half a year ago! It's a miracle that he agreed to train with you, and he taught you technique, and now he's going to ignore you. Maddie teased.

"Forget it, Tracy, where are you going to play today?" Liu Mang didn't care so much.

"I'm not going out, I'm going to ask the trainer to help me prepare a nutritious meal, and I'm going to talk to Tyshawn about how to deal with Kobe." Maddie feels that it is too difficult to be a 'mother', but thinking that he got a triple-double when he first came to the Hawks, and there were only a few double-doubles in assists in a season in the past, but now he can easily assist double-doubles, and the probability of rebounding double-doubles may not be particularly large, but in this case, it is not that there is no chance to compete for the assist king! But defense is the main thing, and defense wins championships, that's a truth.

"The Lakers are not as weak as O'Neal, and you are still so ......serious," Liu Mang said strangely.

"Ace, you're underestimating Kobe Bryant...... Maddie reported the scouts to Liu Mang, which the coaching staff got from the front scouts after arriving in Los Angeles, the Hawks now have more than 30 scouts, in addition to the 28 cities where each team is located, and a few are 'traveling' around the university and Europe.

Maddie came to Liu Mang, and it was Assistant Mike Woodson who asked him to deliver the report.

Liu Mang took a look and was shocked by the Lakers' performance at the beginning.

The Lakers got off to a good start! won three in a row, and the most important thing was the opening game, which actually killed the Heat! Hell, the two teams played overtime, and Bryant scored 47 points to beat the Heat 105-104.

Liu Mang flipped through the Lakers' scouting report, and Kobe Bryant did play very well at the beginning of the season.

Liu Mang remembered that the Lakers had a good start to the season, and they were in the playoffs for a long time, and it was only after the All-Star Weekend that the strong teams began to decline when they were fighting to win, and after Kobe Bryant was injured, the Lakers fell out of the playoffs, Kobe Bryant wanted to play with an injury, but was held down by Old Bass to rest, the Lakers lost 14 of the last 16 games, maybe Kobe Bryant was not injured and could not enter the playoffs, but the Lakers fell behind in the later stage, and Kobe Bryant gained too much weight this season and had many injuries in the later period, there must be a very important relationship, it has been proven, Kobe Bryant is still a little more elegant than the strength of the chisel.

Seeing the comparison between Kobe's latest photos and old photos, I saw Kobe do a lot of strength training when we trained together before, Liu Mang couldn't see any changes because he kept watching, this is a comparison of photos, Nima, really became a little Ma Long!

Those arms are thicker than the inner line.

Liu Mang thought of the comparison between Kobe Bryant's arms and Yao Ming's, a scoring guard whose arms were thicker than the arms of the league's tallest players......

Thinking of Maddie and Prince, who were going to defend Kobe, Liu Mang glanced at Maddie sympathetically.

Maddie felt Liu Mang's eyes, and shrugged helplessly again, it's not easy to be a 'mother', you have to manage this and that, both offensive and defensive ends, and he has to work overtime when his teammates go out to Los Angeles on vacation......

Seeing Maddy go to Prince and Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown and others to discuss defense with Mike Woodson, Liu Mang is the player who was "abandoned" on the defensive end.

It's not that Liu Mang's defense is not good, but that Liu Mang has too much to do in terms of scoring, he has been playing high-pressure for three consecutive years, and he also played the Olympics in the summer, and the team is very afraid that Liu Mang will be injured, otherwise Liu Mang will not be asked to find a 'behind' agency to recommend a rookie who defends three-pointers.

In the same way that the management of the Eagles believes that Liu Mang's vision has a lot to do with the brokerage company behind him, public opinion also thinks so, and many people say that Liu Mang has a good vision for opening his own brokerage company, but there are also people who attack him.

Liu Mang also lost the idea of going out for a walk, and he had a long-term task: the black mamba's road to the war.

This task requires Liu Mang to suppress the Black Mamba's counterattack and sweep Kobe Bryant in the regular season, and the task reward is the Kobe star card of the season.

This is very important to Liu Mang, if he meets Spurs in the finals...... Kobe Bryant is better suited than anyone to play against the Spurs.

Liu Mang asked the videographer for the footage of the Lakers' first three games and preseason games, and watched the video in the room to prepare for the game the day after tomorrow...... Not to mention, the picture of Kobe Bryant fighting Artest hand-to-hand in back-to-back games with the Pacers yesterday is too shocking......

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On the first day of the new month, the Eagles were invited to the headquarters of Sports Illustrated in the Time Warner branch building in Manhattan Beach.

Led by the editor-in-chief of Sports Illustrated, the Eagles visited the Sports Illustrated headquarters building, where the staff cafeteria and main desk are on the first floor, the gym on the second floor, and the library reading room on the third floor.

On the fourth floor are some photos and photos of celebrities interviewed by Sports Illustrated, such as the North American Press Association's awards, including the NBA area, since 1976, when the two leagues of ABA and BAA were completely annexed by the NBA, Sports Illustrated has regarded North American basketball as only the NBA, and the photos of the champion team during the annual NBA championship team interview and the Finals MVP interview are here.

It's just that this year is going to be a little different, except that the Bulls team didn't have a group photo that year of the shutdown, and probably the second year after the Hawks won the championship, they were able to split most of the young lineup.

The fifth to seventh floors are the major editorial offices, and the eighth floor is the interview hall and several main offices.

After reading it, Liu Mang feels that the benefits of large companies are good!

At the beginning, it was a group interview, where everyone was interviewed together, and this time playing away, Tony Allen, Ariza, and Kevin Willis, who were not on the active list, all came to Los Angeles with the team, and a large interview to occupy the entire front page of Sports Illustrated was not easy, and the team did not forget them.

Maddie said that he joined a championship team and would continue the team's success.

As for the rookies, they all want to get more playing time, and several veteran players have said that they will continue to work hard, etc.

The answers were very official, and the press officer had already told the team members the answers to the questions they might have.

For such an answer, Sports Illustrated is not very satisfied, but it is also expected, every year, this kind of large-scale interview session, it is difficult to ask any explosive answers.

But the Eagles have a good plan, and Sports Illustrated has also crossed the bridge.

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After the group interview, several Eagles players were taken to a small interview room for one-man interviews.

Of course, in terms of interviews, several other people, Sports Illustrated, didn't think they could dig up any news, and their key offensive target was Liu Mang.

Sports Illustrated sent Jenny Skater, a 20-year-old Georgia sports columnist, model and former gymnast they had just signed from college, to deal with Liu.

A 20-year-old girl, young and beautiful! With a height of more than one meter and seven meters, he looks well-behaved, and he is convex and backward, Liu Mang looked at the introduction of the reporter in the hand card, looked at Jenny Scadet in front of him, the two just sat down, and asked before Jenny Skeet started the interview: "Jenny, are you not an athlete because you are too tall and your figure is too good to affect your movements?" I didn't remember you as an athlete in Georgia! ”

This question, Jenny Skaet felt that it came too suddenly, not to mention, being praised for having a good figure, as long as the person opposite does not let the girl see it, it is always a happy thing, Jenny Skaet smiled: "Yeh, I think there is a possibility in this regard, my athlete career is really not good, and the state championship is always a little bit close." ”

"OK, I want to ask, is it height that has more of an impact on you as a gymnast, or is it because you are too good to be in shape?" Liu Mang continued to be curious.

Jenny Skidt thought for a moment and replied, "I guess it's height." ”

"Won't being in good shape affect your athletic performance?" Liu Mang began to dig a pit.

"Of course, my gymnastics project is rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics is an aesthetic-based sport, and it is also very important to be in good shape." When it comes to figure, Jenny Skidt is confident.

"Then the question is, how much do you have three measurements?" Liu Mang asked with a smile.

"My measurements are...... Ace, you talk to me! It's too much. Jenny Skaet glanced at Liu Mang and reacted.

"Oh, okay, I'm just helping my teammates ask, you're so beautiful, you have a good body, and you like basketball, those guys are going to have nosebleeds when they see you." Liu Mang threw the pot to his teammates strongly.

"What about you, seeing that I don't have any ideas?" Jenny Scadet propped her elbows on her knees and leaned towards Liu Mang, the crowded mountain peaks looming.

"Me? You know I have a girlfriend and kids, and if something happens, I'm going to have to kneel on the remote control when I get home. Liu Mang sighed helplessly.

"Kneeling remote?" Jenny Skidt is curious this time, what is this new way to play?

"Yeh, you have to kneel and stay still and can't press the button on it, if you change the table, add a minute, that taste, Jenny, if you have a boyfriend or have a boyfriend in the future, you can give it a try." Liu Mang began to plague the common people, if this dialogue is released, more and more powerful girls will have a new way to play, Liu Mang found that because the computer has not been completely popularized, the trick of kneeling on the keyboard and kneeling durian or something has not yet come out, Liu Mang believes that as long as there is a beginning, those women will definitely come up with more ruthless tricks.

A woman's careful thinking is always evil, and Jenny Scaitt's eyes lit up: "Ace, this trick of your girlfriend is so interesting, I will try it when I have a boyfriend in the future......"

The editor-in-chief coughed a few times next to him to remind Jenny Scaiter: Are you a journalist or is he a journalist in the end! The topic is also too far away!

Jenny Skidt reacted at this time, and she was led away by Liu Mang!

This guy! Jenny Skidt immediately sat up straight and forcibly turned the topic back on track: "Ace, you're too good, I can't be disturbed by you!" Let's ask questions, a fun start, okay? ”

“OK。” Liu Mang still wants to continue playing, but people's work is still very important.

Seeing Liu Mang so cooperative, Jenny Skaite had a better impression of Liu Mang: "Ace, if you can, which player in the NBA besides yourself would you most like to be?" ”

This is the problem...... Who is good? Magician? This guy has AIDS! Jordan? This guy is so good at drafting, Chamberlain? Untimely death...... Liu Mang thought about it, and thought that the next opponent was the Lakers, his eyes lit up, and he had: "Kobe!" ”

"Why?" Jenny Skaet was curious again, the relationship between Liu Mang and Kobe Bryant is known to the world, it is too bad, the kind that water and fire are incompatible.

Liu Mang said with an exaggerated expression: "Wow, how good it is to be Kobe!" Born in a family of NBA players since he was a child, he has a car and a house, he can travel to Europe, play with professional players, and have a good teenage period, which gives him all the conditions to become an NBA player, and when he returns to Philadelphia, he becomes the first high school student in Philadelphia history, and when he enters the NBA at the age of 17, he has O'Neal's thighs to hold, and he easily won three consecutive championships, you see me, it took three years, and he was ridiculed by his opponents for three years before he had a chance to win the first championship......"

As soon as this answer came out, the editor-in-chief of Sports Illustrated was about to shed tears!

The editor-in-chief's mentality exploded for a long time, and a breaking news that could be used as a headline finally came, and the editor-in-chief wanted to run to the toilet to cry for a while, it was not easy......