"Coach, what are we going to Miami for? Can't you watch live TV? Liu Mang asked strangely.

"The night before we played the Cavaliers, Riley came to our arena as well." Coach Kruger responded.

"That's right, that's okay, it's close anyway, and I'll be able to come back in the evening."

On the afternoon of February 5, Liu Mang and the coaching staff and Maddy, Calderon, Iguodala and other teammates went to Miami to watch the Cavaliers' away game against the Heat.

The Heat team performed strongly, James performed average when facing big centers like Yao Ming and O'Neal, and he was better at dealing with opponents like Rashid Wallace and Kwame Brown who moved better and could jump, and against centers like Yao Ming and O'Neal who had a large interior footprint, or Duncan, who didn't like to jump, and performed poorly.

James, who scored 37 points against Kwame Brown the day before yesterday, played the Heat today, with O'Neal, who only shot 4 of 15 and relied on a god-like whistle to get 20 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists, and the Cavaliers lost 73-101 by nearly 30 points.

So far, James has only shot 35 percent from the field in six games against Yao Ming, and only 39 percent from the field in seven games with O'Neal.

In the original time and space in Liu Mang's memory, James played against Yao Ming for six years in his career, from James' rookie season to the 08-09 season when James won his first MVP, James played against Yao Ming for the last time, and the shooting rate was only more than 30 percent.

Liu Mang watched this game and recalled that James played Howard and Garnett, who have good movement ability and love to jump, and when these two were at their peak, James could have a five-five winning rate, but against Yao Ming, James only won 3 times and lost 8 times in his career; Playing Duncan and O'Neal, they are also more losses and fewer wins, playing O'Neal 7-12, playing Duncan's regular season winning rate is okay, and the playoffs are 5-11.

James was weak before, Liu Mang didn't think about these things, and now James is getting stronger and stronger, according to the original history, even if James doesn't have good teammates to join, only one All-Star level teammate Larry Hughes, and the big Z is past its peak, James 06-07 season can have MVP level and lead the team to the Finals, if it weren't for the Celtics Big Three being born out of nowhere and Howard entering his prime, James would have dominated the East since the fourth grade.

Liu Mang began to be jealous of James who had to improve ahead of time and began to polish his skills in history, and it was necessary to have a big center!

But don't worry for the time being, this season is not over yet, Liu Mang keeps this matter in mind, and when the summer draft comes, the Hawks still have two second-round picks, and a Jazz lottery protection.

Liu Mang is now very hopeful that the Jazz can make the playoffs and have a first-round pick in the summer, and the Jazz are currently ranked ninth in the West, the same record as the Hornets in eighth.

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After watching the Cavaliers and Heat game, the Hawks returned to Atlanta in the evening, and the next day, the Hawks began to prepare for the game against the 76ers.

Playing the 76ers is much more serious than playing the Cavaliers, a team with a real MVP.

The Hawks had a team playroom meeting at 9 a.m., followed by two playroom sessions for the 76ers.

The focus will be on the big four lineup of Iverson and Webb, Childis, Samuels, Matt Barnes, and the 76ers' sixth man, former Hawks player Willie Green.

Iverson averaged 28.4 points, 4 rebounds and 8.6 assists per game this season, playing an average of 43 minutes per game, the first in the league, and it was impossible to see that he was a 31-year-old short guard, with a shooting rate of 46.2 percent, a career high.

Webber averaged 20 points, 9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game this season, Webb's performance this season was amazing, he was full attendance for the first time in his career, he didn't fall a game, and he looked healthier than in the Kings, but the defensive end declined significantly, as the rebounding king of the shrinking season, he only averaged 9 boards per game this season, except for his third year of season reimbursement, which is currently a new low in career rebounds, and assists are also a new career low, and it is obvious that the decline can be seen.

But having such an interior teammate who can shoot, pass and play alone is already the best offensive interior teammate Iverson has encountered so far in his career.

The foundation of the 76ers' foothold is the core offensive combination of Iverson and Webber, Iverson has an ability rating of 95, Webber has an ability rating of 85, a superstar with a first-class star-level interior line, in the East, there is no problem in making the playoffs, and there is a superstar, which will always make opponents feel a headache, the biggest difference between superstars and top stars is that they can really shake a championship-level team on their own.

In the final seven games, at least five of them will have to be won for the Hawks to break the Bulls' all-time record.

Catching up with Liu Mang is unacceptable, it must be broken! Otherwise, the third phase of King's Landing will have to be postponed to next season!

In the next three consecutive home games, the weakest is the 76ers, in order to ensure that they can break the historical record in case of losing to the Suns and Lakers, the relatively weak 76ers must win!

Not only Liu Mang thinks so, but the coaching staff also thinks the same, in order to prepare for the next game against the Suns and Lakers, the two championship opponents, the Hawks are ready to play all the main forces today!

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At 6:10 p.m., Liu Mang and his teammates entered their team's court, and the game with the 76ers was about to start at half past six.

Before the game, Liu Mang and Maddie went to greet Iverson together, and the relationship between the three was getting better and better, Liu Mang heard from gossip that a guard who did not want to be named and had the league's top player as a teammate was very unhappy with the better and better relationship between Maddie and Iverson.

So, Liu Mang deliberately dragged Maddie to hug and take a photo with Iverson before the game, which was not broadcast live on the imperial court but was broadcast live in the United States by Time Warner......

Iverson's arrogant personality made his friends in the NBA ...... Very little, similar to Garnett, Iverson is similar to "no one in sight", the kind that is more eye-catching than Kobe, Garnett...... In most people's eyes, it is well deserved.

Matt Barnes has been wandering since he left the Hawks, and his personality is a big problem, and he hasn't been very agitated with a bunch of big guys on the Hawks, but on other teams, he often clashed with his teammates.

But he is really good, and he has a championship title, he can find a job anywhere, after the previous three-year contract was rejected for the third year, he signed another two-year 7 million contract with the Knicks last summer, and was sent to the 76ers by the Knicks before the All-Star weekend.

Matt Barnes is one of Liu Mang's first teammates, the old teammates have a good relationship, and they greeted him, but they were just greetings, after all, they had been separated for a long time, and they didn't get together every day like the original Mitaka did.

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At half past six, with a roar from Rashid Wallace, Liu Mang scattered magnesium powder into the air, and the Eagles were driven by Rashid Wallace on the spot!

As we get closer to the playoffs, the Hawks have a stronger atmosphere at home and already have a playoff feel.

Stronger than Iverson and Webber are feeling the pressure from the visiting fans.

The 76ers didn't continue with a big or four lineup today, sending out a starting lineup of Iverson, Samuels, Childis, Webb, and Hellam Porter.

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

The 76ers, who are now trying to secure a playoff finish as fourth in the East, started the game with a lot of hard work compared to the Cavaliers the day before yesterday.

Iverson has played very well this year, very well, shooting 44 percent overall from mid-range, especially the pull-up jump shot from the free throw line, which is as high as 47 percent, and the long two points are also 140 percent, just from close range...... Thirty-three percent shooting percentage is still terrible, 53 percent......

If the Hawks hadn't sent Rashid Wallace on the line, or if the 76ers had stuck to playing one big or four and weren't afraid of the Hawks' interior twin towers, Iverson might have been able to play better with better space.

But 76ers head coach Morris Cheeks didn't have that boldness, giving up on the big four that they averaged 103 points per game this season, and instead sent a twin-tower lineup with much lower offensive efficiency, and the offensive efficiency plummeted.

Although Iverson played well today, shooting 9-of-22, 1-of-6 from three-point range, and 9-of-11 from the free-throw line to get 29 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists, Webber performed badly and returned to the power forward position, his speed decline affected his play at the power forward position, although he was only two meters and six, Webber's current age and weight were more suitable for playing center, and Dyrem Porter was on the court, his range of movement on the inside was reduced, and he could only pass and shoot in the middle and long distance, only 4-of-12 shooting, and got 13 points, 5 boards and 5 assists.

On the Hawks' side, Liu Mang easily got 21 points, 7 rebounds and 14 assists, Maddy scored 27 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Korver scored 22 points, Jason Terry scored 17 points, and the Hawks easily defeated the 76ers with a score difference of 109-97, 12 points.

The Hawks beat the 76ers to win seven in a row and improve their record to 69-7, tying the third-highest number of wins held by the Bulls and Lakers in history.

This thing is not terrible, what is terrible is the attitude of the Hawks facing the playoff team and crushing the whole process!

It's so stable!

Although it is not as big as the score difference between the Heat and the Cavaliers in the Jenway matchup yesterday, it looks more stable!

After the Hawks established a 10-point lead, they experimented with Liu Mang and his teammates' various tactical cooperation, and just like that, they still won the 76ers, the fourth team in the East, by 12 points!