From today on is the king

Chapter 1146. Chapter 1145. The Second Half of Crazy Begins

After the All-Star break, the league is buzzing.

The playoff battle, the ranking battle, whether the Eagles can break the historical record of 72 wins... and so on, make the second half of this season full of suspense.

In addition, Liu Mang's speech mocking Kobe in the All-Star Game, and the stimulation given to Kobe after O'Neal and McGrady won the All-Star MVP, made fans and the media look forward to the next game this year.

The bosses of some teams vying for the playoffs expressed in interviews their own strength and the strength of their own teams. The East is okay, except for the Eagles, Heat, Pistons, 76ers, Cavaliers, and Nets.

The main reason lies in the playoff competition in the Wild West. After the All-Star Weekend, each team still has about [-] games to play. From the end of the All-Star Weekend, most teams have officially entered a fierce competition for rankings and playoff positions.

Liu Mang found that his own team became the only team this year, and there was no team competing with them in the regular season...

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On the morning of the 19th, Liu Mang practiced for a while. At 10:[-], the Eagles held a team meeting and made targeted arrangements for the next five games. The arrangements were relatively simple, and the next training time was not so much, so I mainly introduced the current situation of the opponents in the next five games, as well as the general style of play.

At the beginning of January, the Hawks players were still a little unaccustomed. Compared with the leisurely preparations for the game in November and December, the three-month schedule was a headache, but the headache hurt and I got used to it...

On the 20th, the Eagles ushered in their first home game after the All-Star Weekend, playing against the Sacramento Kings at home.

The Kings are gradually moving away from the playoffs. Due to the influence of Liu Mang, the Kings did not use Peja and Artest to swap. This season, the management of the Kings has not thought about winning the championship.

In the first game back from the All-Star Weekend, the Eagles let Rasheed Wallace rest on the inside and McGrady rested on the outside.

但就算如此，老鹰队这边也很轻松的击败了国王队，刘莽打了37分钟，14投7中，三分9中4，拿到24分6板14助攻3抢断2盖帽的全面数据。

The Kings have no defense at all, so they rely on the outside line to throw and throw, and now they only have three points left to talk about.

Under the support of Liu Mang's pass, the youngsters of the Eagles played very well. They scored when they cut in, and had three-point opportunities when they moved. They played very easily.

117 to 104. In the final quarter, the Eagles sent Calderon, Barry, Horry, David Lee, and Mourning, and finally won by 13 points.

The 12-game winning streak came easily.

But the next thing was a lot of trouble. The next morning after playing the Kings, Liu Mang followed the team and left Atlanta. He started two consecutive trips in the Eastern Conference. On the 22nd and 24th, he played against the Bucks and the Pistons.

The Bucks encountered some troubles. After the first three quarters, the Eagles were still 6 points behind. However, relying on Liu Mang's 14 points in the last quarter, Jason Terry hit two key overtakes and extended the advantage to a 5-point three-pointer. The Eagles finally defeated the Bucks 97-94 and won 13 consecutive victories.

In this game, Liu Mang scored 41 points, scoring 40+ points for the fifth time in the season, helping the team to win. The assists were a little less. His teammates felt bad today. McGrady rested for two consecutive games. Liu Mang was a little uncomfortable.

Playing the Bucks, which is temporarily ranked tenth in the Eastern Conference, was very difficult. Instead, they played against the Pistons, the third in the Eastern Conference. It was like playing for fun. Rasheed Wallace scored 22 points and 6 rebounds, scored 3 three-pointers, and dunked twice.

Ben Wallace's basket defense has indeed declined seriously. It was fine at the beginning of the season, and the decline became more serious as it progressed. It already has the feeling of collapse in the original time and space after going to the Bulls in the 06-07 season and getting a contract worth tens of millions.

Liu Mang scored 14 points, 15 assists and 3 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown both scored 20+ points. McGrady also scored 21 points. The Hawks scored 20 points and beat the Pistons 101-80, winning 14 consecutive victories.

The opponents in the east are easy to deal with, which is expected by Liu Mang.

The Hawks have become the league's first 50-win team for three consecutive years, and not many people are surprised now. Fans and the media will be surprised if the Hawks don't win 50 games quickly.

But after playing these two games, the real difficult schedule began!

On February 2, the Eagles came to Dallas to challenge the Mavericks away.

The 14-game winning streak ended in this game, and the Mavericks played even crazier. McGrady, who had always defended Dirk Nowitzki very well, could not stop Novitzki's terrible mid-range shot this time.

Although Liu Mang scored 33 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists, the Mavericks played very well and scored 115 points in the game, while the Eagles only scored 109 points. Director Zhang said well that when the opponent scored more than 110 points and his own team scored less than 110 points, the game was lost.

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Losing to the Mavericks, the Eagles suddenly suffered their first loss after the All-Star Weekend. There was no time for Liu Mang to be depressed. The next morning after the Mavericks game, Liu Mang flew to Denver with the team. Tomorrow, the 28th, will usher in the last game in February and challenge the Denver Nuggets away.

When Liu Mang arrived in Denver and saw the news, he realized that he was about to usher in a small milestone.

From November 2003, 11 to Liu Mang's game against the Mavericks yesterday, Liu Mang has played 28 consecutive games. The next game against the Nuggets is a small milestone for Liu Mang not to miss 199 consecutive regular season games!
Liu Mang was very motivated when he played against the Nuggets. Anthony defeated him once, and he is still impressed!
Liu Mang said that he is definitely not narrow-minded, but the other four of the top five picks in the 03 generation have never defeated him... This guy did it once when he was not prepared!
(End of this chapter)