On the way to the destination of the last away game of the six-game team.

Liu Mang looked at the clouds outside the window, it was really good......

How good it is to be a cloud, standing on the highest place, you don't have to work hard, it's a big deal to turn into rain, and finally it will return to the sky.

Liu Mang took out the new scouting report and looked at the new fighter report and the analysis of the situation in the alliance.

These are scouts' work, don't think of scouting so easily, just go around at public expense to watch games, travel, submit a few lists that you think have potential, and this kind of miscellaneous work is their job.

The Hawks went west for six consecutive trips, with a 4-1 record in the first five games, successfully pulling down the Magic, which was eighth in the East, and climbed to eighth in the East.

29-24, there is a gap with the Pistons, Nets, Pacers, Hornets, and 76ers in the top five, but there is not much difference with the Celtics and Bucks in sixth and seventh.

The Wizards are pretty much gone, sixth through ninth in the East, between the Celtics, Bucks, Hawks, and Magic.

It's almost the last two months, and the approximate standings of each team are obvious.

On the Western side, the Kings and Spurs are fiercely fighting for the first place in the league, and the Mavericks and Timberwolves are trembling in third and fourth.

The aging Lakers and soon-to-be Trail Blazers are battling it out for fifth place in the West.

The Jazz fell out of the ranks of potential 50 wins, but seventh in the West is still very secure.

The Rockets continue to compete with the Suns for eighth, and because Yao Ming has two clear choices for his future because of some influence from Liu Mang.

Although I am still a little confused about how to choose the two paths, I still have a temporary goal, and now I am still light, so I rely on the movement ability and shooting ability that do not match my height, and the defensive end relies on my height advantage and lateral movement ability to guard the basket, first give full play to my existing advantages, and then talk about it after my rookie year.

The short-term goal is clear, so Yao Ming did not play a mountain-shaped regular season like his original rookie season.

Originally, Yao Ming's rookie season was a sad start, and after playing the Lakers, it was brightened, and then there was a period of highlights, and after the All-Star Weekend, the weaknesses were discovered, and the second half began to be targeted, falling into the rookie wall, the Rockets' record began to decline, and the key card battle at the end of the season was killed by the Suns, regretting the loss of the best rookie.

At that time, Yao Ming was very confused after the All-Star Weekend, and no one could give him too much size, Tang Shuai would train a center, but the main training was technology, not to help Yao Ming plan for the future.

Because Yao Ming, a giant who is one size bigger than an ordinary big center, although there have been before, at most it is the kind of Bol who can only block, and there has never been a young big center like Yao Ming with such height and this kind of movement ability and feel.

Although Sabonis is also a big and tall man, the type is completely different, Sabonis is a defensive pass type, and Yao Ming has a talent for dominance on the scoring end.

Therefore, Tang Shuai could only teach Yao Ming techniques and helped him find the newly retired Olajuwon to teach him steps.

As for Yao Ming's future plan, Tang Shuai didn't know how to get it, and he waited until the later little Van Gundy to formulate a future playing style for Yao Ming.

Now there are some differences, Liu Mang clearly and clearly pointed out two ways for Yao Ming, although Yao Ming is still hesitant about the final choice, but Liu Mang affirmed that his current style of play that relies on his hand and footsteps and height is also feasible, although he may not have any dominance, just like Nowitzki, the boss who is willing to spend money is needed to find a bunch of people to make up for the loopholes in this style of play, but the strength is definitely very strong.

So now Yao Ming is not confused, and quickly firms up the way he plays for the rest of the season, and he really slowly regained his feelings, and returned to the good performance of 15 points and 8 rebounds per game in the middle of the season.

Originally, Yao Ming's season data was similar to that of Stoudemire, Yao Ming drove low and walked high, Stoudemire drove high and walked low, and finally struggled together at the end of the season, and the two averaged 13+8 per game together after playing their rookie years.

However, due to Liu Mang's intervention, Yao Ming took the lead in getting out of the quagmire, and together with Francis and Mobley, he led the Rockets to hold the eighth place, pressing the Suns by two wins.

And the Hawks in the eighth place in the East, although in fact, the gap between the top eight in the East is not particularly large, just a little big, but there are still not many people who are optimistic about them entering the top five, and they themselves have no extravagant hopes, the 13 games in February are just appetizers, and the next 17 games in the game month is the biggest difficulty for the Hawks to enter the playoffs.

After reading the scouting report, Liu Mang looked at the morning newspaper he took when he arrived at the airport in the morning, of course, it was to the sports section.

Sure enough, he made headlines yesterday with 25 points in the first quarter.

Although he only scored 25 points in the whole game, the kind of strong performance that crushed Arenas to death, and the performance that successfully crushed it perfectly, seems to be like the future James, no matter how difficult it is to beat the Pacers, when it comes to playing the Raptors, he will beat DeRozan's team every day and can't take care of himself.

When abusing Arenas, after the first quarter, Liu Mang scored 25 points, he originally thought that the difference between 20 points and the Warriors struggled, and he went up to play later, so he scored more than ten points to break through 40, and got his seventh 40+, and if he was lucky, he got 50+.

Unexpectedly, the Warriors said that the collapse would collapse, and Liu Mang didn't go up to continue playing, and he was almost 40 points at the end of the half, and the difference was almost 50 points after the third quarter.

Liu Mang felt that it was not the most important thing that he didn't get 40 or 50 points, he liked the data very much, but it didn't get to the point of changing to a No. 0 jersey to wear, but the most important thing was that his team actually won the opponent by 55 points!

In fact, if the two things are looked at separately, such as scoring 25 points in a single quarter, or just the team winning the opponent by 55 points, Liu Mang feels that there is nothing wrong with it, the first proves that he is the strongest in the same class, and the second proves that his team is strong enough.

However, when the two things were combined, especially before the game, Liu Mang also said that he would deal with Arenas, which was combined, and many so-called expert media expressed their opinions that night - Liu Mang is a cautious eye, has no sportsmanship, and wants to kill the basketball dreams of the Warriors players.

Liu Mang was quite ashamed of this view at first, it was indeed that he made a start, and then Jason Terry came up and beat the other party so that he couldn't take care of himself.

But several California morning newspapers are in this tone, and Liu Mang has read too much and is annoyed.

That's right, the master is going to kill the basketball dream of the Warriors!

Arenas? Jamison? Jason Richardson?

Go to your basketball dreams! I'll you next time...... Looks like you're not teammates next season...... Then do it three times!

……

At 6 p.m. on February 26, 2003, the Eagles made the last leg of their expedition to the west.

Holy City, ATT Center, Duncan stood in the Hawks halfcourt, looking at the Hawks' basket and wondering what he was thinking.

The surrounding Eagles players acted as if they hadn't seen this person, and they practiced shooting on their own.

Originally, when Duncan ran to the Hawks, Rahim would be very unhappy and push Duncan away, but this was too many times, so he simply ignored it.

Seeing Liu Mang ignoring himself standing next to him, and practicing his mid-range shots, Duncan came to Liu Mang.

Liu Mang was taken aback, this guy is not good to be a quiet background, what are you doing next to the master?

Liu Mang ignored Duncan, took a step, and continued to practice mid-pitching.

CIC is a good thing!

In the last game against the Warriors, I experienced a Arenas star card, and experienced the top-level mid-range shooting ability close to 90, although I don't know how dazzling the god-level mid-range shooting ability of Jordan, Kobe, and Nowitzki is, but the ability value of Arenas 89 is enough, and it is worthy of being a scoring master who can face the peak Kobe Bryant and score 60 points in a single game.

Every offensive method, regardless of high and low, O'Neal and Olajuwon's low-post singles; Curry, Durant's three-pointers; Cocciono's mid-range shots are all big killers.

After the three-point shooting reached some small bottlenecks of improvement, Liu Mang's development direction began to focus on mid-range and basket scoring.

Liu Mang's three points are already very good, even if they don't trigger the bench bandits, they are also the best three-point shooters for a team, and the next ones need time to precipitate, and they can naturally improve, and now Liu Mang's important development is to shoot and score under the basket.

Now it's time for Liu Mang to put pressure on himself to improve his strength, the Hawks may not have a home court advantage in the playoffs, which is very critical in the playoffs, without home court advantage, you must have the strength to crush the opponent, and only then can you dare to say that you have a solid chance of winning.

Duncan came to Liu Mang's side, Liu Mang didn't even look at him and continued to shoot, Duncan called faintly: "Ace......"

Liu Mang glanced at Duncan suspiciously, is there really something?

Liu Mang thought that Duncan was just coming to sell cute, and this uncle, who picked his feet, liked to sell cuteness forcibly.

Liu Mang asked, "What's wrong Tim?" Something? ”

Duncan replied, "Ace, don't you ......?"

Duncan said, pausing, turning his head to look at the basket with a worried expression.

Liu Mang waited for Duncan to answer, but Duncan looked at the basket halfway through speaking, Liu Mang waited for a few seconds, took the ball speechlessly, changed places, and walked to the Spurs' half.

This facial paralysis is here to disturb the master's training? Okay, you're the uncle, Uncle Deng, you're the MVP, can't you hide if you can't provoke the master?

After Duncan finished his sad expression, he turned his head to look at "Liu Mang" and said, "Ace, you really can't see me......

Before Duncan finished speaking, he found that Liu Mang was gone!

looked around and saw Liu Mang, who was happily talking about something with Ginobili, a rookie who just arrived from the Spurs this year.

Duncan seemed to hear his heartbreak, Ace, buddy hasn't finished talking yet!

Also, when did your teammates become so enthusiastic?

Parker and Ginobili, two new generation players who entered the NBA at the same time as Liu Mang, had a lively conversation with Liu Mang.

Duncan's heart is not only shattered, it has been crushed into slag!

When their own team was training in their own half, their teammates didn't even give a ball, and when the opponent players arrived at their own half, because of the good relationship, Liu Mang, as the leader of the younger generation, was not bad, and he also had strong leadership skills, Parker and Ginobili were competing to pick up the ball for Liu Mang, and they were still enthusiastically complimenting Liu Mang, not wanting to see Liu Mang run away when he hit them, and he didn't want to be the next Arenas.

How strong is Arenas, these two rookies at the same time and sophomores and fellow Western team players know each other very well, Arenas was beaten like that by Liu Mang, it is estimated that they have psychological disorders, and the two don't want to be the next Arenas.

And they also have a Stephen Jackson on their own team who has a psychological shadow when he sees Liu Mang, and last year Liu Mang abused Stephen Jackson so badly, which made Parker, who witnessed everything at that time, particularly memorable.

Helping to pick up a ball is not a big deal, the atmosphere of the Spurs has always been wonderful, and the Spurs fans are also very strange, seeing Liu Mang, the opponent from his home team's half-court practice shooting, instead of booing, there are many people who cheered after Liu Mang played a dexterous crotch dunk after practicing the shot.

Duncan looked so popular among the young people of his own team, the fans at the scene were also cheering, and he was ignored no matter what he did, Duncan felt so sad and angry!

The players on the Eagles' side, seeing Liu Mang running to the other party's side to train, everyone was full of black lines, what is this kid doing?

Then when I saw Duncan standing in his own half, I immediately understood that it was the other party who occupied the court from home, and Liu Mang also went to occupy their court...... Wait, Raheem saw Duncan next to him, when did this thing come over?

"Hey, hey, Duncan, go back to you! Today is our half! Raheem saw Duncan and pushed him out of his three-point line......

……

Peak Duncan, you can't be provoked casually.

Clay people also have three points of fire, not to mention that Duncan is a stone man.

In the last game of the Hawks' consecutive away game against the Spurs, Duncan surprised everyone by saying that he went on a rampage "without warning."

Everyone doesn't know why Duncan suddenly went away today, which is not at all the same as his usual calm and composed, always Tarzan collapsed in front of him and his color remained unchanged, directly looking like "Lao Tzu wants to eat people", and he was crazy on the inside.

The Eagles had played five away games in a row, and they had played five games in the previous seven days, especially after a back-to-back game, and flew from the California-Utah metropolitan area to San Antonio, Texas, in the extreme south of the United States.

Mainly after getting a record of 4 wins and 1 loss in 7 days and 5 games, the Eagles are indeed tired and a little relaxed, and the Eagles have no expectations in this game.

First of all, the difference in strength is there, and then the Spurs are waiting for work, this is the best rated February, the Spurs have very few games, 10 games in the whole month, there is not a single live broadcast in the United States, and the Hawks and 76ers have not given them the opportunity to broadcast live.

The most important thing is the fatigue of the Eagles!

That's why the Hawks are 29-24 and still at risk of dropping out of the top eight in the East.

Including Liu Mang, the psychological fatigue can't be stopped.

5 battles in 7 days!

Then back in Atlanta, there were many more such consecutive games.

The most important thing is that no one expected that Duncan was crazy today, scoring 16 points in the first quarter, 14 points in the second quarter, and 30 points in the half!

Duncan is the heart of the team, and his performance has led to the madness of the Spurs, Duncan is crazy to chisel, and everyone else is crazy to defend.

At halftime, the Spurs led the Hawks by nine points, 39-30.

The score is so coquettish, it's just so Spurs.

The Hawks scored 39 points in a single quarter in the last game, and only scored 30 points at halftime in this game.

Liu Mang came up in the fourth minute of the first quarter, and then watched Duncan's offensive and defensive ends, the strength of MVP and the best defensive player in one, although Duncan couldn't get the best defensive player in his life, but Liu Mang really didn't think Duncan's defense was worse than Ben Wallace and Ratliffe, and even that kind of "stability" was something that Ratliff and Ben Wallace didn't have.

Liu Mang played 19 minutes in the first half, only 2 of 9 shots, got 9 points and 2 assists, and was gone.

Raheem had 5 points and 5 rebounds, and it was gone.

Jason Terry squandered 12 points.

Then except for Boozer, who was hell defended by Duncan from the three-point line, he actually caused Duncan to foul and play a 3+1, and the rest of the Hawks didn't score a point in the first half!

In the third quarter, Coach Krueger tried to struggle and sent a cavalry company, wanting to rush him, after all, the difference was 9 points, and the Spurs' offensive ability was not good, Parker and Ginobili were still in their infancy, although they had already seen their talent, but now they could give Duncan very little help, and the Spurs were even more stubborn in defense this year than last year.

However, it was clearly a mistake, and when Boozer and Mohammed came on the pitch, Duncan smiled as if he were facing a flock of sheep, smiling and venting his anger...... Yes, Duncan actually laughed after dunking between the two, and the referee narrowly held back and didn't give a technical foul.

It is true that at the beginning, the Spurs were hit by the Hawks several counterattacks, and Liu Mang quickly increased the score to 20 points in the third quarter, but the score difference did not narrow, and when the Spurs attacked, Duncan chiseled on the inside, playing and playing, and Duncan scored 40 points before the third quarter was finished.

Then on the Spurs' side, Popovich moved Duncan to center and replaced him with a big four small.

Now the Eagles can't fight back! Duncan is faster than Boozer and Muhammad! Before plantar fasciitis, Duncan's physical fitness was excellent!

The point difference was widened, and Duncan scored 15 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, leading the Spurs to a 24-18 score in a single quarter.

Except for Liu Mang's 13 points in a single quarter, the rest of the Eagles were all prevented from death, and the Eagles players were physically and mentally exhausted......

At the end of the third quarter, the Spurs extended the score to 63-48.

A difference of 15 points!

With the stability of the Spurs' sadistic demons, which is basically equal to the point difference that cannot be overtaken, the best thing for the Spurs is that as long as they have a little advantage, they can win steadily, and as long as the team does not have a strength advantage, it is difficult to beat the opponent.

After trailing by 15 points in the third quarter, Duncan scored 45 points in the third quarter.

The Eagles, on their part, had no choice but to succumb to Duncan's evil obscenity.

Liu Mang scored 22 points in the third quarter, his score was still very good, and his shooting rate also increased to 7 of 16, which was not bad, but there were only 3 assists, and there were not too many scoring opportunities for teammates.

Playing to the point where he was 15 points behind the Spurs in the third quarter, seeing that his teammates were all half-dead, Liu Mang had no choice but to surrender.

The schedule was too much for the Eagles to be injured, and it was inhumane to play a six-game game in 9 days!

The Hawks could only announce their surrender in the final quarter, and in the end, the Hawks lost 70-79 to the Spurs and ended their journey to the west.

When you meet Spurs, you really have no temper!

Liu Mang is so angry! He looked at Duncan, who had shown a lewd smile several times this year, and one day, he would kill this facial paralysis!

I can't do it now, just wait until he's old...... Waiting for him to get old?

Depend on!

Liu Mang remembered that when he was 40 years old, he seemed to be the most efficient in the center position! At the age of 37, it seems that the best team is coming!

Depend on!

Don't be old, don't be old from this future immortal!

……

……

After the Western Expedition, the Hawks didn't have time to enjoy the warm Southwest weather, and after playing the Spurs, the Eagles flew back to Atlanta early the next morning.

Back in Atlanta, you can only rest for one night, and the next day it will be back-to-back again.

Host the Magic and Knicks.

One is the Magic, who are eyeing the top eight, and the other is the team that is fighting against the Hawks in the basketball mecca.

It's not a good game.

With 29 wins and 25 losses, the Hawks' record is about the same as the 30-27 Magic team, and according to the number of games played, one win equals two losses, and the number of wins is the same.

It's just that the Hawks have a chance to be won more by the Magic than the Magic in the same number of games, so they are still in eighth place in the East.

The Hawks had previously played the Magic once last December, when the Hawks struggled in the quagmire, losing 89-96 to the Magic.

Counting the next game that will start soon, the Hawks will play the Magic three times in the next month!

This can be regarded as a real eighth card battle in the East!

……

When the Hawks returned to Atlanta, the Magic had already arrived in Atlanta.

Originally, the Hawks played the Magic and had an obvious lineup advantage, but now it's hard to say, the Magic team has played several home games in a row before, and Orlando is so close to Atlanta.

The Eagles were treated by the other side.

Back at home, Liu Mang had only been out for 9 days this time, but it felt like he had been out for more than half a month, too tired.

Finally returned home, Liu Mang wanted to seek a hug from Little Lori to soothe his tired soul.

But......

"Uncle, where's Dinah's gift? What the? Uncle actually forgot! ”

"Uncle is too much! Say yes and bring a gift to Dinah! ”

"Dinah doesn't listen! Dinah is angry! ”

"Don't listen, don't listen......"

“……”

“……”

Liu Mang completely forgot about buying gifts for Xiao Lori, in the past, when he went to play away, Liu Mang would bring a little gift to each away game, this 9 days and 6 battles are indeed too tired, the kind of spirit, Liu Mang completely forgot about it.

Coaxed for a long time, Dina still looked like "Ben Lori is very angry and wants to cry to her uncle", Liu Mang can't help it.

Liu Mang didn't expect that he originally went home to relax his nerves, but now he has become more nervous, and he is really reluctant to cry when little Lori looks.

Looking at Liu Mang's helpless face, the little devil in Dinah's heart was laughing.

"Uncle," Dinah called.

"Yes!" Liu Mang hurriedly responded.

"Do you want Dinah to forgive Uncle?" Dinah asked.

"Dinah, say whatever you want! Uncle is rich now! Liu Mang decided to break the bank and avoid disasters.

Little Lori cried, first of all, she was distressed, and then she could be subjected to domestic violence.

Although this really has to be said, there is no blood relationship or family relationship, but the outside world thinks that they are a family, and if it is spread out, it will be as tragic as Kidd and Artest.

Hearing that Liu Mang agreed to everything, Dinah's eyes suddenly changed from dim and wanting to cry to sparkling.

Liu Mang saw the change in Dinah's expression, and felt as if he had been tricked again!

Dinah got into Liu Mang's arms, grabbed the clothes on Liu Mang's chest and said, "Uncle, Uncle Xia is going back to China, right, take Dinah and Mom back together!" Only with Aida-sensei, Uncle is too bad! ”

"......" Liu Mang finally understood, this little Lori played for a long time, and the original purpose was this!

Liu Mang just wanted to refuse decisively, but Xiao Lori immediately had an expression of wanting to cry again, and Liu Mang's heart softened again......

Liu Mang is so desperate, little Lori is really not a good person!

……

……

In general, when he returned home, Liu Mang's mood was much more beautiful, and the irritability caused by the tight schedule also dissipated a lot.

Over the next 32 days, the Eagles played 18 games, 10 at home and 8 away.

5 back-to-back!

This kind of schedule is probably the first time in the history of the NBA.

Who's called David Stern can't wait to open up the Chinese market?

And the Eagles are really competitive, playing really well in the past two months, playing a 24-7 record, and advancing to the top eight in the division.

The Hawks' westward expedition has been broadcast live in China for four games, and the ratings have been red, continuously setting a new domestic ratings record for the NBA regular season.

After a night's rest, the Eagles embarked on a new journey, the final 32 days and 18 games.

First up is the Orlando Magic.

Now the two teams are direct competitors, and there is a feeling that either you die or I die, so Liu Mang and Maddie did not ask each other to have dinner or something before the game, and in the next three games, both of them are each other's biggest opponents, and they don't want to affect the game because of their personal relationship.

Unlike the Hawks, who came from behind, the Magic started high and went low this year.

In the first 30 games, before Grant Hill's reimbursement, the Magic team once ranked in the top three in the East, Maddie played the scoring champion performance at the beginning of this year, plus Hill, who was rarely healthy, the 30 games that the two teamed up, did have the feeling of Jordan + Pippen, but Maddie, who originally wanted to be Pippen, became the role of Jordan, and Hill, who was Jordan by Maddy, became the role of Pippen.

But the good times didn't last long, and when Hill played 20 games, he suffered another injury, and then lasted 10 games, and was forced to undergo surgery and be reimbursed for the season again.

And this time, not only this season's reimbursement, but also a bacterial infection during the operation, a high fever of 40 degrees for three consecutive days, fortunately, there was no danger and his life was saved, but the doctor predicted that in the next year, Hill would need to be treated in the hospital, that is, he would be directly reimbursed for two consecutive seasons!

As a result, the Magic's record also fell, falling from third to fourth in the East, and then the Hornets bucked the trend and climbed to the top of the Southeast Division, and the Magic fell directly from fourth to eighth, and then were overtaken by the Hawks.

At this time, the management of the Magic team also "stumbled" Maddy, in order to get Gordon Kirisek, the leading scoring guard in Yugoslavia who beat the Dream Team last summer, and sent Maddy's best teammate Mike Miller on the Magic team out in exchange for this older rookie who was drafted by the Mavericks in 99 and only entered the NBA this year.

If you want to talk about strength, Kirisek and Mike Miller are similar, but Mike Miller is only 23 years old, Kirisek is 26 years old, the key is that Maddie doesn't have many friends, and the best relationship with the Magic team is Mike Miller.

Mainly, Mike Miller is the catch-and-shoot and Kirisek needs to attack with the ball.

In the summer of 2000, Ben Wallace was traded for Grant Hill, Duncan's wife was not given a charter flight, and a young rookie pitcher was traded for an older rookie......

Of course, the idea that trading Ben Wallace for Grant Hill was a loss, and Maddie knew he was a bit of an afterthought, and in that case, Grant Hill played 74 games last season, was full attendance last season, and played more than 80 times in three of the previous four seasons, who knows if he will be reimbursed directly as soon as he comes to the Magic, or if he will be reimbursed for four consecutive years?

Some people think that Maddie and Grant Hill are incompatible, and Maddie is the spokesperson for the unlucky ghost.

Maddie can't trust the Magic's management anymore.

But the more this happens, the more Maddie wants to make the playoffs!

In this way, you can prove your value and be more valued by other teams!

This year is Maddie's real entry into people's eyes, being selected as an All-Star starter, the first favorite of the All-Star team, and the top five regulars in the MVP list......

Regardless of the Magic's management, Maddy's goal now is to make the playoffs! Show your worth!

Especially the three games against the Hawks, Maddie attaches great importance to it, and it is likely that these three games against the Hawks are the key battles for who of the two teams can finally enter the top eight!

At six o'clock in the evening, Liu Mang was warming up in the locker room, and the game started at seven o'clock.

Like Maddie, Liu Mang also attaches great importance to the next three games, and it is best to win them all!

How critical these three games are, not only Liu Mang and Maddie know, but the Hawks coaching staff and players know it very well, and they are all warming up attentively, watching video clips and thinking about how to play Magic, today's Magic is very different from the Magic lineup last time they met!

Just when Liu Mang was repeatedly watching the pitiful and scarce video highlights of the new Magic team, the system notification came.

"Ding...... Season Mission Released: Conquer the Sons of Jealousy. ”