The victory over the Lakers, and the sweep of the Lakers in the regular season, if it can be done, will undoubtedly bring huge confidence to the Hawks, a team of young players.

In particular, Raheem, who has been in the doldrums for many years and has managed to regain the high-spirited spirit he had when he graduated from college and entered the draft, needs to further strengthen that confidence.

Coach Kruger has been preparing for the game against the Lakers since he finished playing the Spurs, and as for playing the Hornets in the middle, he won so easily, it was purely a surprise, and he kept his fitness very well and waited for the Lakers to arrive.

The two most critical points, the first point is O'Neal's continued absence, Kobe Bryant leading the team alone, and Jason Terry's point has been in great form recently, averaging nearly 30 points per game in recent games.

Jason Terry is in good shape, Raheem is confident, and there is a rookie who does things from time to time, and Coach Kruger is still very confident in winning the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant alone.

It's not that Kobe Bryant said that he can't lead the team, it's just that he is better at being a champion who can make the playoffs to the top of a team, not the kind of player who can support a system on his own.

Offensive sharp knives, strangling opponents at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends at critical moments, this is what Kobe Bryant is good at.

It's okay to let Kobe Bryant lead the team alone, and if you can't keep it, this guy will pick up sixty or seventy points by himself, and abuse the opponent to cry, but it is also relatively easy to play.

The combined reason for these is that Coach Kruger has little confidence in playing the Spurs, but he wants to beat the Lakers twice.

Just before the pre-game training with the Lakers, Coach Krueger had just put pressure on the players to motivate them, and the tragedy came.

Ratliff had a broken ankle during training and was checked to have no major injuries, but he would have been out for at least two weeks!

This is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the Eagles!

Ratliffe's injury is inseparable from the Hawks' serious schedule of six games in the last nine days, mainly eight days of rest, and then immediately playing nine days and six games.

Averaging 7 points and 8 rebounds per game may not be important, but blocking people when grabbing rebounds, blocking and defensive interference under the basket for players who break through to the opposing team, and defending at critical moments, although Ratliff can only play 278 minutes a game, his role is irreplaceable by anyone on the Hawks except him, and in the entire NBA, except for Ben Wallace and Mutombo, no one else can accomplish these things like Ratliff.

For a time, the Eagles, who had won seven in a row, were cast a shadow over their heads.

The core center was injured, and people found out that the Eagles seemed to have nothing but those five main players!

No matter who these five people are absent, it will be a huge blow to the overall structure of this team!

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"Hopefully Theo can come back soon, he is a key part of our team, we have no one in the whole team, otherwise it would not be the Eagles." Raheem said in a pre-match interview.

"We'll wait for him to come back, we'll win and not worry him, hey buddy, Theo just sprained, OK? We'll see, he'll be back in two weeks, he's still the best block king, and we'll still be one of the best teams in the East. "It's Jason Terry, who has always been confident.

As for the last of the Hawks' three All-Stars, he was locked in the locker room by the head coach and did not let him come out for an interview......

Liu Mang doesn't care very much about whether he accepts interviews or not, it's not that he has any prejudice against domestic reporters, the main thing is that domestic reporters sometimes really have some problems that are too irritating, and now domestic reporters account for almost half of the number of reporters when the Eagles play at home, you must know that the Eagles are now a popular fried chicken team in the East, and they can't compete with the number of domestic reporters who come across the ocean.

always asked Liu Mang how he evaluated Battle's strength and Wang Zhizhi's strength......

I haven't played with these two people, how do you want Liu Mang to evaluate it, Battle is in the Nuggets, he has no playing time, he was put in the newly established Development League, and the Mavericks have never played.

These questions are acceptable, after all, to have playing time in the NBA, there is no suspense that it is one of the more than 400 players in the world, and it is the pride of national basketball to put it in any country.

But these reporters asked Liu Mang to predict which other national players besides Yao Ming could make it to the NBA......

More than one or two reporters asked.

So after Liu Mang's All-Star Weekend, except for the first two or three games honestly interviewed, he never went again.

But, today is playing Kobe!

If you don't go to talk to Kobe Bryant, look at the future mamba snake's annoyed and angry appearance, how can you be worthy of Peter Pan, who only comes to Atlanta once a year.

Make Kobe angry, this kind of thing is the most interesting, okay!

As a result, Coach Kruger, who had long expected Liu Mang to do something, was forbidden to be interviewed, and Liu Mang could only regretfully warm up before the game in the locker room.

Speaking of which, the three Kitty Hawks played the Lakers today, and after Ratliff couldn't play, they were even more excited than they were original!

As for what to do with the first two weeks of the game in March after playing the Lakers, I don't know, anyway, now playing the Lakers, the other party let an O'Neal, the Hawks lineup is sure to have an advantage, even if it is just a season up, and it has not yet been determined that the season will be the first in the East.

But if you want to play against Kobe Bryant, who is so competitive, anyone wants to be "fair", you let one O'Neal, and we have to let one Ratlleaf!

Yes, the three Kitty Hawks forcibly took Ratliff's injury as a big center for the Lakers!

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Strategically wanted to be "fair", but in reality the Eagles were still under a lot of pressure.

I don't know what started to go wild after the All-Star Weekend, Kobe Bryant, who led the Lakers to 4 consecutive 40+ games and also won the All-Star Weekend after the All-Star Weekend, is indeed very strong!

The key is that this guy shoots iron, his heart is even more iron, and his will is too strong!

At the end of the pre-game event, Kobe Bryant took the Lakers players onto the court, and obviously felt that this Lakers team was very different from the Lakers who played against him before!

In the past, when O'Neal was there, the atmosphere of the Lakers was the kind of feeling that everyone played together, and before the game, O'Neal would greet and chat with the opponent, regardless of the relationship, O'Neal smiled at everyone except when he saw Duncan and the Clippers.

And now, the Lakers are all serious.

That very vivid feeling of Kobe Bryant and Jordan's high-pressure domination!

Kobe Bryant may not have any ideas before winning the championship for the first time, but for the second championship, those who didn't get the fmvp began to have ideas, and on the way to the third championship, the battle for OK has obviously begun!