8 of 26, 31 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, which is Liu Mang's lowest assist in recent times.

In the big Suns game, all the Hawks players were very focused, and it was the only time they focused on playing in the last ten games.

After winning 15 in a row, tying the NBA's opening streak held by the Rockets, the Hawks have been slack.

Helping Kwame Brown brush points, helping Liu Mang brush points, Maddy, and Jason Terry have also brushed too much, and they have long been slack.

Especially after beating the Suns against the Rockets, the Hawks shot 33 of 90 from the field, only 36 percent of the shots.

That is, in addition to Richard Jefferson, the Rockets can score, Bynum is still young, and the Hawks only scored 77 points on 29-of-82 shooting, and the Hawks only won by 17 points.

In fact, the mentality of the Eagles who "have no one in their eyes" and do not put any opponent in their eyes has long affected the Eagles' style of play.

When it came time to play the Pacers, a strong defensive team, it was obvious that the Hawks were too conceited.

The Pacers are the team that concedes the fewest points in the East, averaging only 90 points per game, but they can only average 91 points per game, except for O'Neal Jr., who averages 19 points per game, Artest averages 19 points per game, and Stephen Jackson averages 16 points per game, there are no other players who average double-doubles per game.

But their defense is very good, Coach Carlisle from the Hawks' recent game analysis, in response to the Hawks' lax mentality, defensive response, the Hawks defense of the whole court only 26 shots, 79 shots 26, the Hawks only 32.9 percent of the whole game, by the end of the third quarter, the Hawks have 59-71, 12 points behind.

In the final quarter, the Hawks wanted to tighten up, but there were some changes, scoring 30 points in a single quarter, but Artest and Stephen Jackson, two tough players, combined to score 17 points in the final quarter, and finally Artest had 23 points, 7 boards, 5 steals and 3 blocks, Stephen Jackson 20 points, Jermaine O'Neal 17 points and 14 boards, helping the Pacers to 95-89, withstanding the Hawks' counterattack in the final quarter and ending the Hawks' 26-game winning streak.

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……

In the Eagles locker room, the players didn't speak, and when Coach Krueger came in, the players didn't know what to say.

They thought they could easily get a 28-game winning streak two months before the end, but in the 27th game, they played so badly.

In addition to Liu Mang's many fouls, he scored 31 points on 13 free throws, 12 of 13 free throws, and only Jason Terry scored a double-double, how bad he was, Maddie only scored 9 points on 3-of-14 shots, didn't make a single three-pointer, and was scored 23 points by Artest.

"Relax your muscles, go back in the evening and have a good rest, gather for training at 1 pm tomorrow, we are going to start a new journey."

Contrary to the expectations of the players, Coach Krueger did not curse, did not say anything serious, and after arranging tomorrow's training plan, he left with the coaching staff to prepare for the next supersonic game.

As soon as Coach Kruger left, the Eagles locker room was agitated.

"Hey, the coach is not angry!" Jason Terry said in surprise.

"Are you an idiot?" Liu Mang glanced at Jason Terry with disdain.

"Ace! Say it again! "Jason Tari feels that IQ is being despised.

"We've won 26 in a row, how many coaches have had that many wins in history? Except for Bill Scharman, as far as our coach is concerned, how can he be angry, at most regrettable, is it possible that we have to win 82 games in a row? Liu Mang despised again.

Speaking of which, the teammates relaxed.

"Boss Ace, I'm actually very tired for a long time, counting how many games we have won in a row every day." Kwame Brown slumped in her chair.

"That's right, I don't want to shoot now, I'm afraid that I won't go in every shot, and if I don't shoot, it won't work, it will disrupt the rhythm of the team, so I shoot in a panic every time." Korver chimed in.

Kwame Brown agreed: "That's right, Keller, I'm just like you, I can only shoot the ball quickly, I'm afraid of being robbed by others, it's too troublesome to win streaks, the media ask every day, look at forums on the Internet, and the fans are also there to discuss whether we will lose the next game, which makes me nervous." ”

When Liu Mang heard Kwame Brown's words, he seemed to say: Are you afraid of holding the ball unsteadily!

"Kwame, will we win in a row next time?" Liu Mang asked.

"Absolutely! We are the strongest! Kwame Brown immediately said that the winning streak was actually not bad.

After Kwame Brown complained first, the chatter in the locker room was all about how she was in her mood lately and what had happened to her.

Liu Mang felt that he lost to the Pacers, although it was a pity, but the whole team felt relaxed!

Moreover, it is a little different from what Liu Mang expected!

I thought it was because the teammates were too relaxed, which caused the team to get worse and worse recently, although they had been winning before, but it mainly accounted for the Eagles' only 28 games in the first two months and four days, and the other teams had already played 323 games by this time.

But the truth is that the teammates are so nervous in order to win that the string breaks, causing the teammates to hold on and play as if they are slack.

Because you have to be confident in shooting, teammates are hinting that you are the strongest, to increase the confidence and motivation to shoot, which leads to overconfidence.

All because it's so extreme!

Listening to the words of his teammates who didn't dare to complain before, as well as everyone's comfort to each other, Liu Mang felt that the mentality of the players in his team was not so bad.

……

Liu Mang came to the physiotherapy room to receive ice and massage, and the swelling of his ankle had subsided, only a little swelling, and he would not be able to see that he had suffered such an injury in a day or two.

On the side of Raga Bell, he was fined 20,000 US dollars and banned for three games, which was indeed terrifying, and the league's reaction exceeded Liu Mang's expectations.

In fact, if Liu Mang was not in serious trouble, and Laga Bell was even worse, with a groin strain, a contusion of the lower back muscles, and damage to the vocal cords, Laga Bell's punishment would have been more severe.

Since the Auburn Hills palace incident, the penalties for malicious fouls have been heavier, and the punishment for vicious offenses above the chest is much harsher than before.

Liu Mang was doing ice compress when Maddie came in.

"Ace, how's it going?" Maddie said as she sat down and took off her training clothes and tied ice packs to her waist and shoulders.

"It's not bad, but you only scored 9 points today, it's really weak......" Liu Mang complained.

"yes, it was a terrible fight today." Maddie also has a sore egg.

"But it's not a bad thing to lose a game, at least the teammates dare to say what they want to say." Liu Mang felt quite lucky.

It's all going to lose anyway.

"But it's a pity that it's 7 games short of 33 consecutive wins." Maddie said regretfully.

said that, but Liu Mang couldn't see regret at all from Maddie's expression.

"It doesn't matter, go back tonight and get some sleep and keep playing!"

……

In fact, it's not just his teammates who are too eager to win all the time, Liu Mang's side also wants to continue to win, mainly because his desire to win is written on his face every game, which puts pressure on his teammates.

When he returned home and lay down waiting to fall asleep, Liu Mang also understood that his teammates' performance was becoming more and more abnormal, and in addition to his teammates himself, he also had a big problem.

Of course, Liu Mang's desire to win will not be reduced, nor will he deliberately hide it, and he should still put pressure on his teammates, but it doesn't matter if he loses one or two games.

By 12 o'clock in the morning, Liu Mang was already sleepy, and after looking at his phone, it was December 29th, and there were only three days left before the new year, and another year had passed.

The last game of 2005 is coming soon, and Liu Mang fell asleep with the idea of drawing a perfect end to 2005.

Leave the pressure on 2005.

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New Year's Eve and New Year's Holidays!

ESPN came up with a gimmick, the concept of a New Year's Eve and a New Year's Eve game.

On December 31, the Mavericks played the Heat, the Spurs played the 76ers, and on December 30, the Hawks played the SuperSonics, the Nets played the Magic, and the Grizzlies played the Suns.

And on January 1, the Hawks played the Lakers and the Kings played the SuperSonics, which was advertised as a New Year's game.

When Liu Mang got up in the morning and took the little Lori to finish running and wait for breakfast and read the newspaper, he liked to make some bells and whistles when he saw that these media were fine, and complained: "These media seem to feel really idle and have nothing to do." ”

"It's their job, they don't promote much, where do you get the exposure." Levia said and poured Liu Mang a glass of hot milk.

"That's just as well." Liu Mang feels that the media has both advantages and disadvantages for him.

Liu Mang flipped over the promotion of the New Year's Eve and New Year's games, the Hawks' 26-game winning streak ended, Artest said he had the MVP strength to play well wherever he went and asked for a big contract, and the Pacers continued to peddle Kwame Brown and Stephen Jackson...... and so on, and then turn to the second page of the NBA Hot Team section.

Hawks, Lakers, Heat, Cavaliers, Pistons, Timberwolves...... These have special sections, but the Spurs do not, but the Knicks, who are the bottom of the league, only behind the Hawks, Lakers, and Heat, and higher than the Cavaliers.

Liu Mang looked at the Hawks section, and there was a piece of news that wrote about his 2005 part of the 05-06 season after playing 27 games.

Liu Mang scored 853 points in 27 games, averaging 31.59 points per game.

He also averaged 5.6 rebounds and 10.7 assists per game.

Originally, I saw that Liu Mang was about to average 11 assists per game, but the Rockets and Pacers failed to make a double-double, and they went backwards.

"Uncle, what are you looking at?" Little Lori got under Liu Mang's arm with a head of wet hair.

"Dinah, blow dry your hair, or you'll catch a cold!" Liu Mang pinched Little Lori's face.

"Dina knows, let's look at the news first, ah......" Little Lori looked at Liu Mang's data and regretted: "Uncle's score has fallen to third!" was surpassed by LeBron, who looked so old, and his assists dropped by 0.2. ”

"Soon I'll get the assists again, don't worry." Liu Mang said helplessly, he still doesn't know what little Lori is thinking?

"Uh-huh!" Little Lori nodded quickly like a chicken eating rice: "Uncle, Dinah's honor room is very short of an assist king trophy!" ”

"Dinah, your hair! Got my neck wet! And clothes! Liu Mang grabbed Dinah with both hands, put it aside, picked up the towel on his knees, and wiped the little Lori's hair: "Why don't you let Kwami compete for the rebounding king, and I'll steal the trophy back for you?" ”

"Can the name of the uncle be written on the rebounding king trophy?" Little Lori said in surprise.

"I can't."

"That's still not necessary, Kwame Brown's name is too ordinary." Little Lori took the towel in Liu Mang's hand and went back upstairs to blow her hair.

In addition to Liu Mang's own average of 31.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 10.7 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.6 blocks per game, Liu Mang also looked at the data of other people on the Hawks.

Maddy averaged 22 points, 4 boards, 7 assists, 1 steal and 2.1 blocks per game, Kwame Brown averaged 15.7 points, 12.8 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, and Jason Terry averaged 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists per game.

The Hawks scored double-doubles, and the other Rasheed Wallace, Josh Smith, and Korver all averaged 9 points per game.

After Liu Mang scored 90 points, his average score per game greatly increased, and he slowly decreased while playing.

There is no regret, Liu Mang despises Kobe's "selfish data control", and he throws so many shots per game, shameless!

The team is now in a critical period of three consecutive championships, and Liu Mang does not attach so much importance to other statistics except for winning the assist king.

……

After breakfast, Liu Mang first sent little Lori and her bodyguard Christine Wagner to the art class, and Xiao Lori recently became obsessed with painting again, saying that she wanted to help Liu Mang paint portraits.

Liu Mang thinks that Xiao Lori has learned so many things, she is still more reliable in painting, she has some talent, and other musical instruments or something, just playing blindly.

made an appointment to pick up Xiao Lori in the afternoon, and Liu Mang came to the stadium at half past nine.

After the psychological pressure was relieved, the teammates were ready to take a good rest, and at nine o'clock in the morning, only Liu Mang came alone.

Liu Mang started a lonely training, and Emmanuol had a holiday this morning, so he could only pick up the ball and shoot it by himself.

But around 11 o'clock, the teammates came one after another.

As Liu Mang said when chatting with Maddie, although they lost a game, the players are now more peaceful, and they all warmed up spontaneously after coming and started technical training.

At noon, we ate nutritious meals together, talked about what we had together, and at one o'clock in the afternoon, after warming up again, we began to prepare for tomorrow's game against the SuperSonics.

In the afternoon, the SuperSonics players also came to Phillips Arena to prepare for tomorrow's game.

Liu Mang finished training in the afternoon and was about to pick up little Lori when the system prompt came.

"Ding...... Temporary Mission: The Fuse of the Supersonic Apocalypse ......"