After playing the game against the Bulls, the Hawks flew to Orlando that night.

There were back-to-back the next day.

4 consecutive 50+ games, tying Liu Mang's own record of the second longest consecutive 50+ in history.

But...... Not to mention reminiscing about the 50+ consecutive records, even thinking about the reasons for losing to the Bulls, I didn't have time, I started sleeping from the plane, I continued to sleep in the hotel, and on the morning of the 20th, I was called to the hotel conference room for a meeting after getting up.

With a 26-15 record, the record is not unacceptable, but it is still much better than the 24-19 Raptors.

The outside media did not attack the Hawks players because the Hawks lost to the Bulls, the Hawks played well overall, Liu Mang also scored 50 points, and the media's argument was that the Timberwolves who got Garnett were really strong!

It's true that there are no attacking players, and the best attacking players are Rohr Deng and Dujon, neither of whom are first-class attacking players, but they are strong overall.

And Liu Mang scored 50 points on the Hawks' side, proving that the Bulls are not without weaknesses, but they just want to crush their weaknesses, and only one person scoring 50 points is not enough, and they need more help from their teammates.

In this game, Liu Mang also felt the team's shortcomings, and the feeling that he couldn't win even if he tried his best, gave him the desire to become stronger!

The Hawks are only 26-15 halfway through the game, and fans are a little unaccustomed to it, but from what they know...... That's normal!

The Eagles' first three seasons, mainly the second and third, were so abnormal, what team could win 68 after 70 wins, and still get 73 wins the next year?

The Eagles' struggling record after winning back-to-back championships makes people feel that this is reasonable.

Maddy's defensive seriousness has decreased, defensive Kwame Brown's offensive performance has declined, Jason Terry is tired and often out of shape, rookies and sophomores have bright spots and obvious shortcomings, and there is a superstar among superstars, Liu Mang, who carries the team forward......

That's what a defending team after a back-to-back title should be.

And the 26-15 record has not fallen behind, and it is still the first echelon record this season, which is not easy.

Now for Liu Mang, the trouble is the characteristic of wolf fear.

This season is almost certain to play the Bulls in the playoffs, either in the second round or in the Eastern Conference finals.

Compared to the Cavaliers, the Bulls are more difficult to deal with, and the team has a feeling that they can't beat the Bulls......

Liu Mang had such a voice in his heart telling him: The Bulls are terrifying!

Liu Mang believes that other players in his team also have such thoughts, and it is obvious that this is the negative psychological impact of the characteristic "wolf fear".

Liu Mang himself has the characteristic of "cold-blooded", which will not have any effect, but his teammates are different.

You'll have to find a way to beat the Bulls once.

And then there's the task you just got - grudges!

"Grudge: The host and the Chicago Bulls have become mortal enemies, and every time they play against the Bulls, the host's team players and the Bulls players will go into a state of excitement and give their all. Mission Goal: Defeat the Bulls in the playoffs with no time limit. Quest Reward:

This task, if it was a previous season, Liu Mang was willing to have a "grudge" with all teams, which was similar to a BUFF task, but now, it has become an obstacle for Liu Mang to defeat the Bulls!

Garnett + Bulls' super role player group, just like the 2008 Big Three in the original time and space, has become a super powerhouse in the East.

Although they don't have a tough attacking player like Pierce, their role player group is several notches better than the original Green Army Big Three! Even the Eagles of previous years can't compare with them.

For the Red Bull team, Liu Mang has a different view: "Maybe there is a new way to build a team, choose a group of role players to make the playoffs, and attract a superstar to the top?" ”

This Liu Mang feels very feasible! Liu Mang believes that the Bulls may also become a template for other teams to build teams.

The "Gift of Appreciation to Chicago" mission has been put to an end.

This task...... Before the Bulls disintegrated, they ushered in a superstar and became a more stable and strong team, so Liu Mang's winning streak against the Bulls ended, and the mission was ended.

"It is said that the birth of a dynasty means that everything has to start again, although the situation of the master is not as bad as starting again, but it is almost ......"

Liu Mang felt that he couldn't keep holding the complacent mood of 'Lao Tzu's second and first in the world is dead', and after being killed by Shuangniu and the Lakers this time, it will definitely make his team's deterrence greatly reduced, and he will have to re-establish the team's deterrence......

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At five o'clock in the afternoon on the 20th, the second game of the Eagles' second consecutive back-to-back was about to begin.

The Hawks had two back-to-backs in six days, and just had a defensive game with the Bulls yesterday, and Liu Mang played a full 48 minutes to score 50 points, which made the Magic players very excited!

Howard, in particular, the Eagles the most he wants to win!

He doesn't know why the Hawks have targeted him since he entered the NBA, and Liu Mang has triggered a wave of super dunks wanting to dunk him, Liu Mang, Kobe, Maddy, Carter, James White, Ginobili, Wade, James...... A group of people have detained him.

Unlike Duncan's "passive skills" that are unwilling to avoid being unexpectedly deducted, the super dunking generals followed Howard after Liu Mang blocked Howard, making Howard hate the Hawks to death.

In addition, there is Kwame Brown, the top center of the Mesozoic generation, and Howard competing for the position of the strongest center of the younger generation, Kwame Brown, Howard, Chandler, Milicic, the four centers are hostile to each other, and the dual motivation makes Howard want to win the Hawks crazy.

Liu Mang just played the whole game yesterday, and Howard is very motivated today!

When the game was about to start, Liu Mang looked at the opponent's ability evaluation.

The Magic have two old friends of Liu Mang, one is Raheem, and the other is Ariza, who was sent to the Magic in a previous trade at the end of December to play the fourth and fifth forward and is still struggling at the bottom of the league.

Rahim, with an ability evaluation of 91, has just turned 30 years old, Rahim's ability evaluation has declined slightly compared to last year, and although he has maintained a good form, his style of play with this physical fitness flow has also begun to decline at the age of 30.

Howard, ability evaluation 88, is stronger than Kwame Brown on the offensive end, has a certain single ability by relying on explosiveness, the main offensive means is still the secondary offense, the single defense is not as good as Kwame Brown, the co-defense is much stronger, and the rebounding Howard is slightly stronger.

The most surprising thing for Liu Mang is that Grant Hill has maintained good health this season, and has not been injured again until now, averaging 11 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists per game, and is an important organizer of the Magic team.

From the video of the Magic team's game studied by Liu Mang, it can be seen that Grant Hill's style of play is more restrictive, and he is still quite afraid of injury, and the ability evaluation shown is inferior to Grant Hill, who is older in the Suns in Liu Mang's impression in the future.

However, Turkoglu was still miserable, and without Big Van Gundy, he was still not reused, and was put on the bench for Hill and Rahim as substitutes.

The Magic frontcourt is made up of Raheem, Howard, Grant Hill, and Tegekru, and it's so strong that it explodes!

They also had the likes of Tony Barty, Pat Garriti, and Beat Outlaw on the bench.

"Give such a front-court to the master, and the master can win four consecutive championships...... No, you can't think like that, wheat and hemp and small hands are actually not bad......"

After the start of the game, the Magic players wanted to play a wave of ferocious offense at the beginning, and the strategy of the Magic team today can be described as a big opening and closing with martial arts.

The Magic wanted to play fast and use the ferocious impact of the frontcourt trio to crush the Eagles, and what the Magic wanted to take advantage of the Eagles' physical weakness.

Yesterday, in the fourth quarter of the Hawks' fight against the Bulls, the Hawks were able to help Liu Mang break through and attract the attention of the Bulls, so that Liu Mang scored 17 points in a single quarter in the last quarter, and the others could hardly score points!

And Liu Mang played the whole game yesterday, and today after less than 24 hours of rest, the Magic want to take advantage of the Eagles' fitness problems.

But......

After playing fast, Liu Mang found the feeling of playing the Suns' starting lineup, Nuggets, and superSonics......

The Magic team is also good defensively, Raheem and Howard are the two favorites for the best defensive lineup, Grant Hill's defense is also okay, although he is afraid of injury, but he is not holding back, Nelson's defense is okay, but compared to the Bulls, it is far worse!

The Bulls temporarily ranked first in the East after defeating the Hawks, and the Magic barely ranked sixth in the East, with a record not much better than the Wizards and the Nets, which can reflect the difference in strength between the Magic and the Bulls.

Yesterday I played the Bulls, who had the strongest defense, and today I played the Magic...... Liu Mang felt like he had no defense!

It's too easy, fouls under the basket, mid-range jumpers, outside waves......

Although the rest of the Eagles only scored 5 points in the first quarter, Liu Mang alone scored 22 points in the first quarter! Help the Hawks beat the Magic 27-25 in the first quarter!

The Magic's defensive strategy is based on the Hawks' fitness crisis, mainly in preparation for the physical decline of Liu Mang, who has played more than 40 minutes in each of the last four games and played 48 minutes yesterday.

But the players of the Magic team can't see that Liu Mang seems to have played 48 minutes yesterday, and today he is attacking more fiercely than yesterday!

Magic head coach Brian Hill took it for granted, he thought it was an opportunity, but it turned into Liu Mang's opportunity!

Liu Mang scored 22 points in a single quarter in the first quarter, allowing his teammates to get through the most fatigued stage, and after helping his teammates get through the weak period at the beginning of the second game of the back-to-back, the Hawks began to exert their power......

In the second quarter, Maddy had 6 assists in a single quarter, Granger and Battier who came off the bench each scored two three-pointers, and Gortat and Kwame Brown ate cakes successively, although Liu Mang was strictly guarded in the second quarter and only scored 4 points, but the Hawks played a wave of 33-22 single-quarter scores, stretching the difference to 13 points in one fell swoop!

After the Hawks players recovered, they began to vent their anger at yesterday's loss to the Bulls on the Magic.

The Eagles are getting better and better, and the tactical arrangement of the Magic team trying to pinch soft persimmons has become an absolute failure!

After scoring 22 points in the first quarter, 4 points in the second quarter, and 13 points in the third quarter, Liu Mang scored 15 points in the final quarter, shooting 19 of 31 from the field, 5 of 11 three-pointers, 11 of 12 free throws, and scoring 54 points!

The Bulls are powerless to stop Liu Mang from scoring, let alone the Magic team!

Compared with the Bulls, who can rely on the overall defense to cut off Liu Mang and his teammates while putting pressure on Liu Mang, the Magic's defense that suddenly becomes messy after a strategic mistake, Liu Mang scores the same as chopping melons and vegetables, and Rondo and Maddy's organizational offense also did a good job at the beginning of the second quarter.

Although Howard scored 16 points and 11 boards, Kwame Brown also had 12 points and 15 boards, and he didn't fall behind!

In the end, with Liu Mang playing 44 minutes and scoring 54 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, the Hawks defeated the Magic team with a score difference of 118 to 99 and 19 points!

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Magic fans quickly exited the game after the game.

It's miserable!

Just like after the Hawks lost to the Bulls, Liu Mang clarified the gap between his side and the Bulls, Magic fans know the gap between their own team and the first-class team, this gap is too obvious, their interior line has a certain advantage over the Hawks, but the outside line is blown up.

After the whistle blew at the end of the game, Liu Mang took the initiative to find Grant Hill.

It can be seen that Grant Hill has been in a much better mood in the past two years than before, playing 59 games last season, 47 games last season, and is in good health.

Liu Mang and Grant Hill hugged and said, "Grant, your contract is about to expire this year." ”

Liu Mang obviously felt Hill tremble, and heard a soft voice of doubt in his ear: "Ace, what do you mean by this?" ”

"It's not interesting, it's just...... I want to teach you to win the championship. Liu Mang's tone was very firm.

"You can't even care about yourself winning the championship, and you are still so confident?"

"Confidence? No, no, no, I was born to win championships......"

After Liu Mang finished speaking, he let go of the hug and looked at Grant Hill.

Grant Hill felt so incredible what he had just heard: "What kind of confidence is this? ”

The key person has done it!

"The Eagles won the championship this year...... Unlikely, then next year is very likely! And it's never been bigger! Grant Hill admired Liu Mang's strength and immediately thought of this.

"I'm still a Magic player." Grant Hill replied with a smile.

Liu Mang was a little puzzled, but immediately reacted: "That's right, we are not teammates now." ”

I didn't go on, that's it!

When he walked to the players' tunnel and returned to the locker room, Liu Mang thought: "Since we are all in a relationship with Hill, why don't you also talk to Van Gundy?" Woodson is leaving, there is no defensive assistant coach! Are you looking for Thibodeau? ”