From today on is the king

Chapter 1125 1124. A Comforting Hug

On one side are the Eagles, who are trying their best to get revenge, and Liu Mang, who is frantically delivering shells to his teammates and using the opponent's chaotic defense to drive his teammates' offense.

On the other side are the Pacers whose three first-class stars only know singles, and the three leading stars are all ready to leave.

It seems normal that there will be no television broadcasting this Eagles revenge game.

Just as the Eagles coaching staff expected, they were playing against the opponent.

It's not that the Pacers are not trying, they are desperately collecting data.

Artest wanted to press the steals, Stephen Jackson only dared to use his height to face Liu Mang to force a three-pointer, and O'Neal was scoring and blocking shots, shooting more than 30.00%, and got 20 points and 4 blocks in a daze.

But despite the fact that Jermaine O'Neal sent out as many as four blocks in three and a half quarters, he basically didn't substantially interfere with the Eagles' offense. To be honest, he only blocked five or six shots in the game, which doesn't fully reflect the effect of the league's seventh-average number of blocks per game. The top six brothers are all defensive players.

Usually, Liu Mang organizes the offense and rarely holds the ball in his hands like a player obsessed with sewers, waiting for his teammates to have a direct chance to score before passing it out, but today Liu Mang did just that!
Because as long as teammates run more and make more use of off-ball pick-and-rolls, it is easy to get opportunities to directly attack the basket or open shots. Liu Mang played 37 minutes and held the ball for 14 minutes!That is, during Liu Mang's playing time, the Eagles held the ball for nearly 20 minutes, and Liu Mang's ball possession rate exceeded 70.00%...

Triple double king than triple double king!

Liu Mang took very few shots today. He played 37 minutes and only made 11 shots. He made 11 of 4 shots and all of them were three-pointers.

But with 21 assists!
He didn't hide his assists at all, and he scored 21 assists on the Pacers!
In the 4th minute of the fourth quarter, the Eagles opened the score to 107 to 85, with a 22-point difference, and the Pacers surrendered.

In the second half, Coach Carlisle didn't want to call a timeout. Calling it was useless, but Coach Carlisle was indeed a good coach. He knew that players needed data in order to be traded to a better new team by the team.

In this game, Artest scored 23 points, Jermaine O'Neal scored 20 points, Stephen Jackson scored 18 points and scored 5 more three-pointers than Liu Mang.

It seems that the "Big Three" scored 61 points together, which is pretty good.

但是，阿泰斯特17中7，小奥尼尔19中7，斯蒂芬-杰克逊16投6，三分14投5中……

Liu Mang holds the ball and does not indulge in assists, and his food is not as ugly as the three brothers.

Even the post-match news about the Eagles' seven-game winning streak didn't mention that Liu Mang's assists were made. People always need to rely on their peers to set off...

刘莽打了37分钟拿到16分21助攻3篮板，将自己的场均助攻提升到了11.5次，强势反超史蒂夫-纳什的11.3次助攻！
麦迪拿到12分7板3盖帽3抢断，伊戈达拉11分1盖帽，夸梅-布朗13分16板3盖帽，大卫-李16分，贾森-特里12分，科沃尔11分，约什-史密斯20分6板……

The Eagles scored in double figures with seven players and easily avenged the Pacers with a 120-99, 21-point difference!
……

After the game, Artest looked at the arena. He knew that his playing time in this arena was getting less and less every day. After the game was over, there were still fans booing and swearing at him on the sidelines. Artest was used to it.

After every home game this season, Artest will stay on the court for a while to watch the arena where he played his peak performance. He knows that since that fight, everything can't go back.

The Pacers management needs to give the fans an explanation. Larry Bird's heartlessness now is to satisfy the team. Artest is actually very delicate.

There are no teammates to communicate with Artest. The bad situation of the Pacers now is because of Artest. At the beginning of the season last season, Artest, Stephen Jackson, and O'Neal seem to be the perfect future for the Pacers. Now the three have not communicated for almost a year.

Moreover, because of the label of "violent" on Artest's head, not many opponents responded to him, except for Marbury, Odom... these players who were born in New York and entered the NBA at the same time.

Amidst the boos of his own fans, Artest glanced at Reggie Miller's retired jersey hanging above the court. He himself knew that he was sorry for the big brother, but there was nothing he could do about it. Things were already like this.

"Ron."

When Artest was about to leave, he heard someone calling him.

Artest turned his head and saw that it was Liu Mang, and asked in surprise, "Ace, what's the matter?"

"It's okay, I haven't hugged you yet today, come on, I'll give you a hug." Liu Mang opened his arms towards Artest.

"Stinky boy, fuck you, you deserve a fight, right? I'm a terrorist who was banned for a season for fighting!" Artest cursed with a smile, and came up to hug Liu Mang.

Without much communication, Liu Mang and Artest hugged and left.

Liu Mang did not comfort Artest, but just gave him a hug.

At the risk of being hated by the Pacers fans, Liu Mang also did this. He felt that Artest might need this now, and Liu Mang might also need Artest in the future.

Liu Mang knows that the future NBA will be very different from the current and past NBA, and there is always nothing wrong with building a good relationship with the stars.

Artest's strength is there. The most important thing is that Artest's worth is very cheap, and he is also a player who is also very persistent in winning.

Artest watched Liu Mang turn and walk towards the player tunnel amidst the boos of the fans who hadn't left the scene. After watching for a long time, he didn't turn and leave until Liu Mang's figure disappeared in the player channel.

……

……

Liu Mang's ball possession rate exceeded 70.00%, which was not reported by the media. Instead, Liu Mang's hug with Artest after the game made the news.

Liu Mang looked at the rogue value brought by the hatred of tens of thousands of Indiana fans he had obtained, and felt that Indiana fans really hated Artest!
Liu Mang didn't care too much about the Indiana media's attacks on him, so he didn't care about that.

Before the All-Star weekend, the Eagles still have 4 games, and Liu Mang is busy.

Moreover, being criticized, it was the response of Indiana fans. ESPN, a media with a good relationship with Liu Mang, wrote a completely different content. The hug between Liu Mang and Artest after the game was written as close to caring for mentally handicapped children...

The biggest news about this game is that Liu Mang averaged 11.5 assists per game!

Liu Mang's scoring average fell below 30 points per game. Recently, Liu Mang's scoring average dropped to 29.5 points per game. McGrady averaged 20+ points per game.

The title of the strongest guard combination in history between the two has become even louder!
The combination of defenders who take turns to lead the assists is unique!

Many fans began to feel sorry for Nash. He averaged 11 assists per game, and it seemed that he might miss the assist king!
……

On the second day after playing the Pacers, the Eagles came to Milwaukee, where the Bucks, the last opponent of the four-game streak, were located.

After a night's rest, on February 2th, the Eagles' away game against the Bucks will come soon.

Not much time to prepare, just do it!
Compared with the Pacers who defeated the Eagles once, the Eagles coaching staff has studied how to deal with the Pacers. This time against the Bucks, the Eagles are pure hard work!
There is really nothing worth noting about the Bucks. The Bulls lost Eddie Curry and the Pacers played so poorly. The Bucks still couldn't do these two teams and were squeezed to ninth in the Eastern Conference.

Andrew Bogut, who claims to be at the level of Tim Duncan, has become a common target for all insiders in the league.

Too embarrassing!

Andrew Bogut actually sees himself as a superstar of Duncan's era who squeezed Grant Hill and Scott Pippen to the second team in his rookie season!

Originally the number one pick was easy to be targeted, but Bogut was targeted even worse, and now he averages 8 points and 7 rebounds per game... A feeling of needing water pervades Bogut.

Today, Kwame Brown and Mourning both showed their power. Kwame Brown scored 30 points and 22 rebounds in 10 minutes, and Mourning scored 13 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks in 4 minutes. Bogut had no offensive skills. When he met Kwame Brown and Mourning, two defensive centers who targeted him, he was miserably abused... After 19 minutes, he scored 3 points and 2 rebounds, and then never played again.

Reed watched Liu Mang score 27 points and 30 assists in 8 minutes, and went down to rest. He felt envious!

This season, Reid averaged 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game, reaching his personal peak, but the team agreed to choose a super powerful center for him. Reid looked at Bogut, who scored 6 of 1 and scored 3 points and 2 rebounds. Can this be called Australian Duncan?
Even if Reid played 40 minutes per game, the Bucks' record was only 22 wins and 25 losses, the level of the lottery champion.

这场比赛里德已经很努力的三节23投10中，拿到了30分6篮板，但是雄鹿队前三节全队才55分！
(End of this chapter)