From today on is the king

Chapter 1413 1412. Playoff Progression

"When people play basketball, they play basketball. You play basketball with your IQ? You think about how to calculate your opponent all day long, okay?"

Iverson looked at Liu Mang and really wanted to ask what Liu Mang was thinking.

But... Iverson still has a little expectation: "There should be my analysis, right? There won't be that damned number 24 without me, right?"

On March 3, at noon on the day of the game between the Eagles and Bobcats, the Nuggets had arrived in Atlanta.

Strange to say, when the Eagles were still No. [-] in the league or No. [-] in the Eastern Conference, they always lost to the Bobcats once or twice every season, but this season is not No. [-] in the East or the No. [-] in the league. They won all three times against the Bobcats...

Instead, the Cavaliers and Bulls both lost to the Bobcats twice...the Mavericks swept the Bobcats.

The joke of "Eastern Boss Nemesis" was given to Mr. Joe by fans.

Liu Mang had dinner with McGrady, Iverson, and Anthony, and it was quite quiet. Almost no one spoke during the entire lunch time.

As the so-called friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, Liu Mang, Iverson, and Anthony are like this.

He chatted well with James, Wade, and Liu Mang, cared about Gasol and Liu Mang, Reed also had a sympathetic rivalry, and the little blacksmith...

But with Iverson and Anthony, Liu Reck can only say that the relationship is not bad. Liu Reck admires Iverson's strength, and Iverson also recognizes the strength of the best point guard today. Liu Reck is more curious about Anthony, and Anthony... Liu Reck has never been able to figure out what this guy's thinking is.

How did this guy make himself drift away from the other four brothers of the 03 generation?

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After having lunch with the Nuggets, Liu Mang went home to rest for a while, and the time was almost up, so he went to Xiao Luoli's school to pick her up and go to the arena with her bodyguards.

At [-] p.m., it was time for the Hawks and Bobcats to meet for the final time of the season.

Although the Eagles only sent Rondo, Liu Mang, Granger, David Lee, and Gortat to the starting lineup, they still played against the Bobcats throughout.

The Bobcats entered the NBA three times in the draft, three times... all by the wrong guy.

The draft was okay, people's expectations were actually high, and these guys were the ones who were more favored at the time.

But people don't care about what happened at the time. Anyway, Okafor is not as good as Josh Smith and Al Jefferson now, Felton is not as good as Paul, Deron, or even Jarrett Jack, who took the starting point guard to two years and injured three in the Blazers.

Adam Morrison this season...

The template Larry Bird's guy is the same as the template Nowitzki guy, averaging 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game, which is not too bad, but such a high pick is almost like water.

The main reason is that Morrison's performance in the NBA is far from that of the university. Morrison in the university is a Larry Bird-level dominance, with a shooting percentage of 50+43+92, 180 club members, entering the NBA, and his shooting percentage is only 30.00%. Seven, three-point shooting percentage is only 30.00%.

Facing Felton, a former North Carolina No. 44 junior, Rondo got his first triple-double in his career. He played 10 minutes and scored 12 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 12 steals. Joe, who was far away in Charlotte, was about to vomit blood.

Rondo is in good shape, so naturally he needs to play more. Liu Mang played 33 minutes and scored 30 points and 11 rebounds.

The ones who benefit the most from Rondo's pass are Granger, a corner shooter, and Swift, a pie-eating master on the bench.

Although the rotation was off, they won very easily. The Eagles beat the Bobcats 115 to 104 and won three consecutive victories.

……

"La Jian Beibi, come, uncle will reward you with a donut..."

Under Liu Reck's "coercion", Rondo reluctantly bit the donut and gestured V to the camera.

Rondo scored the first triple-double of his career, reflecting his progress in the last ten games.

Before and after the All-Star Weekend, the Eagles played the Bulls and the Lakers in two games. Rondo played poorly, which deeply hurt his self-esteem. After realizing his shame and courage, he studied hard and took the opportunity of the team's rotation to show his progress over the past half season. Finally, he successfully won his first triple-double.

This kind of thing, of course, should be celebrated!
So, after the game, Liu Mang went to the dessert shop in the arena to buy a donut as a "reward" for Rondo.

Every time this happens, Rondo deeply regrets his good statistics. The first time he scored in double figures, the career-high 20 points in a single game, the first assists in double figures, the first rebounds in double figures, the first rebounds + assists double-double... Every time Rondo was teased by Liu Mang and Jason Terry...

The Eagles had fun after the game, but the Nuggets had a heavy heart.

The Hawks played against the Bobcats. Four core players, Jason Terry, McGrady, Marion, and Kwame Brown, did not play, but the game was still easy to win. Liu Mang only played three quarters.

With so many main players on rotation, it must be for them!

……

After playing the Bobcats, the next day will be the day when the Eagles and Nuggets will play against each other for the second time this season. Obviously, it is another battle of focus.

Can the Nuggets still be able to overwhelm the Suns or the Jazz with home court advantage while locking in the fourth place in the West?
This is the most interesting thing in the West at this stage.

The Mavericks have 54 wins and 11 losses. The regular season is hot and explosive. Although the state has declined after the All-Star Game, the last ten games have only [-] wins and [-] losses.

The Lakers have 50 wins and 14 losses, and they are also firmly in second place. There are two teams in the East and West that have won 50 wins. The West is the Lakers and the Mavericks.

The Spurs have 46 wins and 19 losses, which is the same record as the Eagles, ranking third in the West.

The Nuggets with 41 wins and 24 losses, the Jazz with 40 wins and 25 losses, and the Suns with 40 wins and 26 losses are fiercely competing for the fourth first-round home court advantage in the West.

At present, the Warriors, whose strength has greatly improved after getting Stephen Jackson, have the upper hand.

Although the Nuggets are the first in the Northwest Division and fourth in the Western Conference is unshakable, but when entering the playoffs, if the fifth record in the Western Conference is better than them, the fifth in the Western Conference still has home court advantage.

东部这边，骑士队51胜15负高居东部第一，公牛队50胜16负排在第二，老鹰队46胜19负排在第三，猛龙队39胜25负排在第四。

The Magic temporarily ranks fifth, the Pistons sixth, the Nets seventh, and the Wizards eighth.

The major teams basically have 16 to 18 games left in the regular season. The competition for the playoff rankings in the lower half of the East and West has entered a fierce battle, and the rankings may change several times in a day.

However, the team's record in the playoffs is excellent, especially because there are three teams in the east and west that have a chance to win 60 games, which makes the record of the teams with poor records look really bad...

There are three teams in the East and the West that have only won a dozen games so far. The West is relatively good. The No. 10 has a winning percentage of less than 33%. The Eastern Conference has no team with a winning percentage of more than 32% since the sixth place in the Eastern Conference. The Pistons are just [-] wins and [-] losses.

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They didn't let the two guns down. On the night of March 3th, the Eagles played the Nuggets in the second back-to-back game. The four stars who rested yesterday were all on the activation list today.

After warming up and entering the court, Iverson saw the Hawks' starting roster and knew it was like that.

The Eagles sent Rondo, Liu Mang, McGrady, Marion, and Kwame Brown to the starting lineup.

Rondo is a rookie. Iverson watched his game yesterday. Rondo grabbed more rebounds than he scored yesterday. He scored an economical triple-double.

Rondo also grew up watching the 96 generation play.

Iverson was surprised by Rondo's performance. He seemed to see the controversial Jason Kidd in his college days.

Without good teammates, Jason Kidd would not be able to reflect the value of his statistics, and Rondo would be the same. Without Liu Mang to contain the defense, without Swift, a physical insider who is good at cutting and eating cakes, without Granger's stable wing three-pointer in the last game, what would Rondo do?It's hard to say.

The Mavericks selected Kidd with the second overall pick, and the Eagles actually selected a talent who seemed to have that kind of development momentum in the middle and late stages of the first round. It was selected in a young super draft year. Iverson was in a very complicated mood.

For the Nuggets, the starting lineup of Iverson, JR-Smith, Anthony, Nene, and Camby debuted.

Every time he played against Iverson, Liu Mang was very excited. Recently, the status of the Eagles players can be said to be quite good. In the past ten games, they have 7 wins and 3 losses. Although they are not as good as the Mavericks with 8 wins and 2 losses.

The record is not as good as the Mavericks, Cavaliers, and Bulls in the recent period of 8 wins and 2 losses, so the Eagles have not attracted much attention in terms of winning or losing.

Almost all the attention of the Eagles is due to Liu Mang, but this does not represent the state of the Eagles. On the contrary...the Eagles have been in excellent form recently!
The fact that the Eagles are in good shape does not lie in how explosive their performance is. If the 7 wins and 3 losses are won by Liu Mang or a certain player's data explosion, then it is not in good shape.

In the case of rest, McGrady has only played 6 games in the past 7 games, Jason Terry has only played 4 games in the past 5 games, Kwame Brown has only played 7 games in the past 3 games, and Marion once rested [-] games in a row. The Eagles still have a record of [-] wins and [-] losses.

In mid-to-late January, Liu Mang's wild scoring helped the team start a wave of ten-game winning streak. At first, it was because his teammates played extremely unstable in the middle of the season. Maybe he just scored 30 points in the last game, but in the second game he made two or three of a dozen shots and only scored a dozen or so points.

The rest of the All-Star weekend and the subsequent rotations allowed the Eagles to recover well from the physical fitness that was on the verge of collapse before the All-Star weekend.

The Eagles are playing with all their main force, and they are in good shape recently. After the players come back after a break, they can maintain a stable performance. For the Nuggets, which are only in the second echelon of the Western Conference, it is obviously a disaster...

The Eagles played steadily today, and the Nuggets didn't have an explosive performance. They also played steadily, and the result of the game was obvious.

The Eagles established a 5-point lead in the first quarter, leading the Nuggets 31 to 26.

There is still more than a month until the playoffs. After the Eagles began to rest, they gradually adjusted towards the playoffs. Rondo also entered a better state after experiencing a short-term "rookie wall".

After halftime, the Eagles had led the Nuggets by 59 points 48 to 11.

The Nuggets counterattacked in the second half, but the Hawks sent a trio of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, and McGrady for a long time in the second half to counter the firepower of the trio of Iverson, JR-Smith, and Anthony.

最终，靠着刘莽打了41分钟33投14中，其中三分13中6，拿到41分，麦迪打了31分钟拿到17分4板4助攻，贾森-特里打了29分钟拿到17分，隆多的3分5板9助攻、夸梅-布朗和马里昂合力抢下31个篮板球，老鹰队113比106击败掘金队。

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After defeating the Nuggets, the Eagles won four consecutive victories.

After the game against the Nuggets, Liu Mang has scored 40+ games twice after the All-Star Weekend, raising his 40+ games this season to 19 times.

Liu Mang once again set off a discussion about his scoring ability.

With 15 games left, fans and the media believe that Liu Mang can score at least 20 times 40+ in a single season again.

Among active players, only Liu Mang and Kobe have scored 20 40+ times in a single season.

As for the star who has scored at least 20 40+ times in a single season many times, only Wilt Chamberlain and Jordan have never done it.

And Liu Mang... before he knew it, he was about to complete this achievement.

On March 3, the day after the Eagles played against the Nuggets, Liu Mang and the team went to Rose City to start a series of consecutive home and away games with games the next day.

The first stop is the Trail Blazers with the strongest No. [-] pick, the starting point guard killer, Z-Bo, and the No. [-] pick of CIC Liangzi.

He played against the Blazers at home once before, and McGrady was very interested in the match against Roy. In that game, McGrady scored six three-pointers in a row, making Roy, who was defending him, suspicious of his life, just like James who made eight consecutive three-pointers...

The Blazers are now cleaning up the group of people in the "Portland Prison". Before the trade deadline, the Blazers were the team that made the most deals. On the contrary, the two roaring teams of the Sonics and the Nets did not move.

Now the Trail Blazers have a new look, only star Zach - Randolph and sixth man Travis - Outlaw.

And these two became honest after the All-Star Weekend after their old teammates were purged. Although they are still far away from the playoffs, their recent performance has not lost to some playoff teams.

The main reason is that the Trail Blazers are really tough!
Randolph, Roy, Jack, plus Magloire and Webster, who were acquired before the trade deadline, are all very tough players.

And they are strong inside!

The inside combination of Randolph and Magloire has fierce shooting ability and fierce rebounding. No. [-] pick Radmarcus Aldridge, as the first substitute inside, is also a power forward with excellent shooting ability.

The Eagles did not dare to be careless in this game, and some commentators also said that the Blazers, who have performed well recently, have certain hopes of defeating strong teams.

However, the media doesn't seem to have much interest in the game itself...

On the afternoon of the 16th, Liu Mang had a rest at the hotel, and went to the Rose Garden Arena to prepare for training. It was time for the playoffs, and Liu Mang’s training volume became even greater. How much he could improve before the playoffs, he tried his best to improve this improvement through training.

As soon as he arrived at the arena and got off the taxi, a group of reporters surrounded Liu Mang.

"Ace, may I ask that you are about to score 20+ 40 times in a single season again, is this relying on the help of your basketball philosophy "Snakes"?"

Liu Mang thought he was asking a question related to the Blazers' two high-ranking stars this year, and he had prepared an official answer, but he didn't expect it to be this question.

Liu Mang feels disgusted when he hears this word now...

Liu Mang was annoyed: "No, I'm going to get 20 times 40+ again, this is very like love."

"It looks like love? Why? Does this matter have anything to do with love?" The reporter asked strangely.

"It doesn't matter much, it's just that I like to force two things that have nothing to do with each other."

"..."

(End of this chapter)