Relying on the relaxed schedule given by the league, the Hawks started the new season perfectly.

After the wild win over the Grizzlies, the Hawks came to Orlando to play the Magic back-to-back.

Yesterday's easy win against the Grizzlies gave the Hawks a good rest.

Back to back, there was no time to catch up with old teammates.

And with the relationship between Liu Mang, Jason Terry and Rahim's first generation of "Three Eagles", it has reached the point where there is no need to deliberately maintain the relationship, and when it was time to warm up in the afternoon, they met and chatted, and then they warmed up and prepared for the game.

The warm-up is almost over, Liu Mang holds the scouting report, there is not much time to read the scouting report when he is back to back, the other party is not strong, the start of this year is not good, and there is not much time and energy to read the scouting report, there is almost an hour before the game starts, Liu Mang took the scouting report to see.

"Kwamei, I'm going to play against the first pick center of high school students tonight, his stats are better than yours!" Liu Mang took the scouting report and approached Kwame Brown.

Kwame Brown hasn't read the scouting report yet, but after a look, it's true!

Dwight Howard made rapid progress as a sophomore, averaging 17 points and 13 rebounds per game in seven games at the start of the season.

After Kwame Brown played the game against the Grizzlies, he averaged 15.5 points and 12 rebounds per game, which is not as good as this sophomore!

I can't bear it!

Kwame Brown himself knows that his data has not improved much, mainly because he has not played as much as last season, because there is too much garbage time, he can average 15+12 per game, and thanks to Liu Mang, he has fewer shots this season.

Liu Mang averaged 20.5 shots per game this season, scoring an average of 31 points per game, holding less ball in most games, allowing others to hold the ball more, and also choose to pass the ball more, so that more teammates benefited.

Kwame Brown was also one of the beneficiaries, becoming one of four players on the team who averaged 15+ players per game.

However, when people face things, they often ignore some objective factors and choose to judge some things subjectively.

Now Kwame Brown is very unhappy with Howard, who is also the top center.

"Boss, can you pass me more tonight? I want to score more points than that imp! The data is better than him! I will be grateful to you for the rest of my life! A once-in-a-lifetime request! Kwame-Brown looked at Liu Mang with eager eyes.

“……”

Liu Mang originally just wanted to stimulate Kwame Brown to kill Howard, but he didn't expect Kwame Brown to be a little wild!

It's all said and done, a once-in-a-lifetime request...... Wait, Liu Mang feels a little familiar with this!

"Kwame, you said that last year!" Liu Mang said angrily.

"Uh......" Kwame-Brown remembered and seemed to have said...... "Boss, it doesn't matter, what matters is that the kid scored 34 points, two more than my 32!"

Liu Mang glanced at the scouting report again, yes, Howard scored a career-high 34 points, and the best statistic created in this season was 32 points for Kwame Brown, but Kwame Brown had 20 boards that time!

Liu Mang said that he always felt that something was wrong, Kwame Brown wanted better data than Howard in this game, and he just worked hard to prevent Howard, so why let him help?

It turned out to be for this!

However, this kind of thing is not something that Liu Mang can do alone, and it has to be done with the cooperation of his teammates.

Looking at Kwamei-Brown's expectant look, Liu Mang said helplessly: "Kwamei, you go and call the others, and we will discuss." ”

"Roger!" Kwame Brown immediately went to his teammates.

After the teammates got together, they took a look at Howard's sophomore opening performance, and it was indeed a bit strong!

The key is age, Howard will only turn 20 next month, which is 17+13!

With Howard being regarded as the core development of the Magic, the stats will not drop too much this season, basically 16 to 18 points, between 12 and 14 boards, which is quite impressive.

The last inside player who could get this statistic at the age of 20 was Shaq O'Neal.

It's all Magic centers.

In Kwame Brown's expectant eyes, Liu Mang said that he wanted to help Kwame Brown do Howard once.

The teammates have responded one after another, and everyone is duty-bound! Even Josh Smith, Howard's high school teammate, wants to see Howard deflated.

Why was Kwame Brown targeted by his peers? Why did the other interior players in his Wizards period take pleasure in stepping on him?

Champion show is the original sin!

If the champion show is not strong, all the players in the same class will want to abuse him when they see him.

Seeing this atmosphere of concerted efforts, Liu Mang felt that this season he had changed his playing style since the preseason, and it was not in vain.

Liu Mang was ready this season to help his teammates play well.

Liu Mang knows that with his own style of play and skills, the data will not be bad, and now for the Eagles, what matters is the team's enthusiasm, and it is more important to maintain enthusiasm.

This is a "lesson from the past", a lesson from the future 58 gods.

In the 2017-2018 season, the Warriors and the Rockets theoretically speaking, Liu Mang felt that they were the best two teams that season, and the results of that season were not important, the important thing was that in the new season, the boss of the Rockets took all the benefits, and the Warriors, the three Tsunami brothers, were willing to give up the power and help their teammates get good data, it seems that the data has become mediocre, yes, but because of this, some hidden dangers of the previous four years of the triple crown, such as impetuousness, such as wanting to be independent, etc., have been covered up, and they have successfully won three consecutive championships to establish a dynasty.

As the boss of the team and the soul of the team, Liu Mang knows that what he has to do is not only to play the ball well, the Eagles do not have that background, he has to build a team culture for the team.

At this stage, it is important to make the hidden dangers of the slack period after the two consecutive championships disappear.

At present, Liu Mang's plan is successful, when playing weaker teams, he reduces his shots, so that his teammates can also play happily; When it came to the crucial game, when his teammates couldn't do it, he took the ball back in his hands and led the team to victory.

Liu Mang learns all kinds of techniques, not to learn to put them away, like playing the Heat team, the opponent's interior line is too strong, he has no chance to fall into the low post, O'Neal is so big, falling into the low position is simply looking for death, using high back play and outside breakthroughs, choosing offensive methods according to the opponent's defense, and using his own personal ability to play himself when the team can't open.

Selective paddling and letting teammates play is very beneficial to Liu Mang to mobilize the enthusiasm of his teammates this season and win three consecutive championships.

And it didn't seem very deliberate, Liu Mang didn't shoot what he should have thrown, but he reduced the strong shots that shouldn't be thrown in the game where the opponent was not so strong, the team's tactics were still implemented steadily, and Liu Mang's efficiency also became better because his teammates got better, and after he had a better chance to shoot, the data did not decline much.

But......

This kind of day, Liu Mang has only been half a month, and he feels a little boring.

It's great to help your teammates score, but I always feel like there's something missing, and I have to do something!

Liu Mang scored 53 points last time, the fans feel normal, and they don't seem to be able to make any moves when they do things, the fans are used to his excellence, since this is the case, help his teammates do things!

There are so many inside lines of champions...... In the case of Kwame Brown, you can do it one by one......

When his teammates responded positively, Kwame Brown smiled like Michael Jordan and looked like he was full of ambition......

Liu Mang also thinks it's fun, the key is that this kind of thing is done, teammates are happy, cohesion is enhanced, and it fails...... Everyone worked together, and if you fail, you will fail, and you will just play it next time.

Sometimes, people shouldn't think too much, as soon as Liu Mang's idea came out, the system immediately followed up......

"Ding...... Because the host takes the initiative to build the team culture for the team and individuals, the special task: military heart trigger. ”

"Morale: The host needs to create a good team atmosphere and championship motivation for the Hawks in a season that is defending their title for the second year in a row. Reward: Title Buff: Atlanta Hawks Team Soul. Failure Penalty: None. ”

"Hearts of the Army Mission: Kwame Brown's Expectation Triggered."

"Kwame Brown's Expectation: The host needs to help Kwame Brown score at least 35 points in his next game against the Magic. Reward: Kwame Brown's score over 34 points multiplied by 1000. Defeat Penalty: When Kwame Brown scores less than 35 points, 3,000 Superstar points will be deducted for every 1 point missing. ”

"I'll go!" Liu Mang just wanted to do something, how did he come up with a task?

……

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At seven o'clock in the evening of November 12th, a high-profile game in the Southeast Division will begin.

The Eagles play the Magic team, and there are a lot of highlights.

The duel between Maddie and Rahim, the champion small forward, the two big helpers before and after Liu Mang, also helped Liu Mang win the championship, and when he partnered with Liu Mang, one won the assist king and the other won the rebounding king, and since last season, the two have been used for comparison.

In terms of lineup matching, Rahim is more suitable for Liu Mang, but there is no doubt that Maddie is stronger, but Rahim is not weak, and it is too normal for the two to be put together.

The direct confrontation between Kwame Brown and Howard, the top center of high school students, is also very interesting.

For example, Howard is only in the second grade, and the data is almost all over Kwame Brown.

In fact, Kwame Brown has played a price for only two years.

In addition to these two pairs of opponents, the two teams also have balloon stars like Liu Mang and Grant Hill, which have a lot to watch.

. The game was broadcast live on T Sports, and when the players of both teams entered, Charles Barkley's unrelenting disregard of the TV screen had cut to the commentary platform, and he hated the bosses of both teams, both had championships, and he chose to ignore them.

Kenny Smith was very professional in introducing the highlights of the game to the fans.

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On the Hawks' side, Coach Kruger laid out the tactical framework for dealing with the Magic team, and the specifics depend on the player's operation.

It's similar to the Lakers' Zen master.

Mike Woodson's defensive layout is much more specific, mainly details, the defensive system of the Hawks has been clear since Liu Mang entered the NBA's second season, and it has been perfected in the third year, mainly to deal with the defensive details of the Magic players.

After the tactical arrangement, Coach Krueger watched Liu Mang pull his teammates together to discuss the specific details of the offensive end, Coach Krueger and Stockton arranged the tactical framework, and Liu Mang discussed the details with Maddy, Iguodala, and Calderon, the four players with more balls, which is the offensive tactical play determined by the Eagles this year.

Don't look at Calderón who doesn't play much, but he has a really good brain, a player who plays with his head and hands, and is very proficient in tactics.

Liu Mang has a new task, although there are some pits, but just complete it, he now 292197 superstar value, and urgently needs to complete the task to replenish the superstar value, make up one million, and draw a lottery!

The Hawks are very motivated and united to help Kwame Brown, while the Magic team is not in a good mood this year.

Raheem didn't have as much of a season as he did last season, not because he had less balls and didn't play well.

He is the kind of player who rarely gets injured as long as he is willing to play, is very grass-tolerant, and has not been absent from playing due to injury except for a ban.

He's shot more this season, averaging a career-high 22 shots per game in the first seven games of the season.

averaged 25 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game, setting a career-high in assists.

But his shooting percentage slipped to a career-low of 42 percent, the lowest of all seasons of his entire career, except for a season.

The main reason for this is that Grant Hill has slipped heavily this year, more than anyone on the Magic team expected.

Grant Hill played in more than 60 games last season, averaging 13 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists per game, and performed well, but this season's form has plummeted, the kind of avalanche.

It's not that Hill can't play hard, but he really can't stop the decline in strength, he can still score more than 10 points per game and have four or five rebounds, but the organizational offense is declining rapidly.

He averaged 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game, with four fewer assists.

It's not as simple as eight points, it's that Grant Hill doesn't have the energy and ability to organize the offense!

The Magic started much worse than last season, with only 3 wins and 5 losses, and Raheem and Howard, sophomores, became the only two pillars of the Magic team.

If it weren't for Raheem's average of 25+8+4 per game and Howard's average of 17+13 per game to help the Magic keep rebounding, making the Magic the league's third-highest rebounding average in the league after the Heat and the Clippers, it would have been difficult for the Magic to win.

Since the beginning of the game, the Magic team has averaged 90 points per game, third from the bottom of the league, and conceded 92 points per game, second in the league, second only to the Spurs, and the defense is very good, but there is no offense! With an average of 44.5 rebounds per game, if it weren't for a lot of offensive rebounds, they would almost have become a team with less than 90 points with the Magic and the Trail Blazers, and so far this season, only the Rockets and Trail Blazers have averaged less than 90 points per game, and only 5 teams have scored less than 95 points, and the Spurs have averaged 97 points per game.

If you play well, you have a good atmosphere, because if you play well, you prove that the team's arrangement is right, and there is a reason for players who play a lot of time to play, because it can help the team win.

But when they played poorly, everyone complained, especially the players who didn't get that much playing time, and they started to complain and start to be dissatisfied.

Grant Hill has only played 10 games this season, but the naked eye is visible to the naked eye, the key is that Grant Hill has a salary of 16 million, and there is also a year of maximum salary, which is higher than Rahim, who also has a maximum salary, of 14.9 million US dollars this season!

Raheem didn't mind that, he took the initiative to sign a six-year contract and didn't get the biggest contract, in order to help the Hawks get Maddie.

But others are different, just like the future Rockets players will accept Harden's contract and not accept the guild president, the Magic team has begun to have contradictions.

Turkoglou, for example, felt he could replace Hill in the starting line-up, but the manager didn't give him a chance.

Raheem saw a group of people on the bench opposite happily chatting, looking at the cold atmosphere on his side......

The road was chosen by himself, Rahim had prepared for the worst at the beginning, and although he now feels nostalgic for the old days, this feeling of playing as the strongest player in the team also made him reluctant to let go.

Rahim, who only turns 29 in a month, doesn't want to be a little brother to someone else when he is at his best.

It's just that...... Raheem looked at the only player on the team who was still laughing, why his best teammate was actually this thing!

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The pre-match preparation time was over, and both teams started on the field.

The Magic fielded a starting lineup of Nelson, DeSean Stevenson, Hill, Raheem, Howard.

On the Hawks' side, the starting lineup of Liu Mang, Maddy, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown appeared.

Howard, who had been laughing, suddenly felt a chill after coming on the court, came to the middle circle, and found that everyone on the Hawks was staring at him, which was not good!