From today on is the king

Chapter 1538 1537. Climbing to the top (asking for a monthly ticket)

24 consecutive victories...

The old players on the Eagles side are actually not that excited.

26 consecutive victories have been won.

But the newcomers are living a dream right now.

There is news every day, and reporters interview every day.

Now in Houston, the city where Yao Ming used to play and Iguodala, who played next to Liu Mang, is still very popular in China. When I came to the Toyota Center, I was surrounded by reporters similar to when I returned to Atlanta.

The Rockets had two All-Star players, which allowed the Rockets to continue their popularity in China. Because of these two All-Stars and their good record this season, they did not fall behind in the top nine in the Western Conference. They also gained a lot of popularity in the United States.

After the Eagles came to Houston, they rested for one night. The Rockets played an away game in Dallas on the day the Eagles arrived in Houston. They beat the Mavericks 92-87 in the away game. Today, they returned home to play the Eagles back-to-back.

This is the first time the Eagles have played against the Rockets this season. After not seeing each other for a year, the Rockets have completely changed.

As a player like Bynum, there is no one to overwhelm him. Even if he has the strength, he can't perform well, but with a ruthless role under pressure, it becomes very different!

After arriving at the arena, Iguodala and Artest took the younger brothers to say hello to the stars of the Eagles and the old stars.

While chatting with Iguodala and Artest, Liu Mang looked at Bynum's ability evaluation.

"DeAndre Bynum, ability evaluation 87, offense 87, defense 85, rebound 95, three-pointer 44, mid-range shot 81, layup 93, speed 81, strength 88... Playing time: 34 minutes per game, statistics: 17 points, 12 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game..."

Bynum played half of the third year of his career, only 20 years, 3 months and 15 days!
At this age, with such strength, a genius can really do whatever he wants.

And Liu Wei watched some highlights of the Rockets last night. Bynum is also different from the traditional center in Liu Wei's impression. He moves quickly, has good explosive power, and bounces well...

Liu Mang thinks it’s probably because Bynum didn’t experience the serious injury that was reimbursed in the 2008 season, and he was trained as the absolute core of the Rockets. Although his brain is not very good, he has good physical talent and a high IQ. His progress is much faster than when he was a substitute for the Lakers and his knee was broken by his teammates. 07 points, 08 rebounds and 28 blocks in the time period are much better, but the pure IQ is not enough.

And the defense is not as good as Liu Mang's impression. There is one who wears No. 24. Although it is hard to say about other places, when he suppresses Bynum's jumping personality, even if Bynum has a knee, his defense is top-notch among centers.

But Bynum in this time and space has more playing time and more opportunities to get close to the basket, but his rebounding efficiency and blocking efficiency are far inferior to the one in the original time and space, only the scoring improvement is significant.

Apart from being severely injured by his teammates sitting on his knees, it was difficult for Liu Mang to judge which training method was better, the Rockets or the Lakers. In the Rockets, Bynum was a genius from the beginning. As the absolute core, he would not work so hard.

However, the offense of the Lakers has not been able to be used. It was not until Mike Brown was the head coach in the 2011-2012 season that he was reused. He was directly selected to the second team, but the defense is really good.

单说原本时空里2007-2008赛季拜纳姆大伤前28分钟场均10.3个篮板2.1个盖帽就够狠了。

Liu Mang felt that such a center would be very interesting if he really reached his peak. He wondered if he should remind Iguodala to stop Bynum from going bowling.

But thinking that the Rockets might sell Iguodala for a role player after this year's game to save money, Liu Mang thought about it and decided not to say it.

In case people really like bowling so much, they like bungee jumping so much.

Just like the Clippers will let go of talent for free, the Rockets in the Alexander era like to use talent cheaply for a few years, and then sell it when it comes to big contracts.

But Iguodala's ability evaluation, from the ability evaluation of a first-class star who reached 85 in the second half of last season, to now, a year later, Iguodala has improved to 86 ability evaluation, the improvement is not obvious, far inferior to Bynum.

Sometimes, if you don’t have a high IQ, high golf quotient, and good physical fitness, you will definitely become a superstar. Iguodala has many obvious flaws, such as unstable scoring, low shooting desire, and being too stable.

In terms of improvement in attacking ability, Iguodala is very slow, with little progress.

And Gay... This year the Rockets have Artest. Gay, a potential rookie last season, can only serve as a substitute for Iguodala and Artest this season.

Guy still has talent, and the improvement is obvious, and his ability evaluation has increased to 79.

Artest, with an ability rating of 90, averaged 20.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.3 steals and 0.7 blocks per game, and only averaged 2.1 fouls per game. He is still the best defensive small forward in the league, none of them.

He just turned 28 at the beginning of the season and he is still at his peak, but this peak is the peak of standing up again after being suspended for a season. Before the suspension, Artest was stronger than now in terms of offense and defense.

As for Jermaine O'Neal, Artest still didn't deal with each other, but the two teams were friendly teams, and the two didn't quarrel.

……

After saying hello, the Rockets players went back to the home team's locker room to rest. They returned to Houston in the morning and arrived at the arena at noon. Before warming up, their players had to take a nap to catch up on sleep.

The Eagles began to prepare for the battle, discussing how to deal with the three-star lineup composed of Bynum, Artest and Iguodala.

Nobody wants to lose!
The old players of the Eagles want to keep the first place in the league, and the new players from last season and this season also want to continue this dreamlike feeling.

The Rockets' lineup was pretty good when their "three young men" were still on rookie contracts. The highest salary was Artest with $800 million, so the role players were pretty good.

Iguodala, Artest, Bynum's three stars lead the starting lineup of Alston and Landry, with Gay, Mutombo, Bobby Jackson, Bunche Wells as the main bench lineup, and Aaron Brooks, Mike James and other substitute players.

That's it, the Rockets' salary is only more than 5400 million, which is still a long way from the salary cap of 6100 million.

With such an excellent lineup of role players, and led by Artest's tough bones, the Rockets are one of the toughest teams in the league this year, and the Hawks don't dare to be careless.

By 03:30, the Eagles players gathered around the TV to watch the game between the Spurs and the Magic.

The Spurs are now 45 wins and 6 losses, and the record is already the same as that of the Eagles. In other words, the Eagles recovered the games they played less in the previous two months in January and the first ten days of February.

At six o'clock in the evening, crazy cheers came from the Toyota Center visiting team lounge!

The Magic defeated the Spurs 121 to 115 at home!
Relying on the Magic's outside line to rain three-pointers, the Spurs played very well offensively, but they were blown by the Magic.

It's not that the Spurs didn't defend well, but that Carter, Turkoglu, and Maurice Evans each made 4 three-pointers, plus the other three-pointers of the Magic, they made a total of 21 three-pointers.

The Spurs' [-]-point defense isn't much use when opponents are feeling this hot.

There was a precedent for the Magic's three-pointers in the playoffs last season, and they almost counterattacked all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals. This season, the Magic has added Carter and introduced more pitchers. In the eyes of many fans and the media, the Magic may become a spoiler in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

It's too good to shoot. Once the Magic feels blown up, they can't stop it at all.

……

At [-] o'clock in the evening, the national live broadcast of the Eagles and Rockets, as well as the live broadcast of the court TV and some European TV stations began.

The Hawks' fantasy run doesn't look like it's going to end here in Houston.

Liu Mang made 5 of 5 shots in a single quarter using a zombie jumper in the first quarter!Among them, 3 of 3 three-pointers plus two free throws!

With 15 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, Iguodala's defense against Liu Mang was almost suspicious of his life.

As an opponent, Iguodala can feel how exaggerated Liu Mang's progress is. Last season's half-baked zombie jumper can already be used as a regular shooting action this season.

Led by Liu Mang with 15 points and 3 assists in the first quarter, the Eagles scored 26-19 in a single quarter.

The focus is on the defensive end!
When the Eagles were in the starting lineup in the first quarter, Kwame Brown did a good job of defending Bynum, and Marion defended Artest very well. In the second half of the first quarter, Bynum was replaced. Lineup offense.

As far as the offensive end is concerned, except for Liu Mang, who has exploded, the others played so-so under the defense of Iguodala, Gay, and Artest. Kwame Brown can defend Bynum, and Bynum can also lock Kwame Brown.

But the Eagles did a great job defensively!

梦幻的连胜没有中断在休斯顿，靠着刘莽全场打了44分钟，24投14中，三分10中7，拿到41分12助攻4篮板4盖帽，老鹰队以103比87，客场力克火箭队拿下25连胜！

The better his teammates are, the better Liu Mang's performance will be!
The Rockets also failed to end the Eagles' winning streak. Although some fans regretted it, this was expected. The most stable thing about the Eagles during this period was defense. Occasionally, the offense was not working well, but since Wade, the Eagles' bench defense continuity is too strong.

Today, although the Rockets did a good job of defending against the rest of the Eagles, Liu Mang continued his excellent touch in the past few games and couldn't stop them at all, while the Eagles defended the Rockets players. Except for Gay who came off the bench and scored 21 points, Artest scored the highest score among other Rockets players with 17 points, followed by Bynum with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Only three players scored in double figures.

"Is it only one game away from the 26-game winning streak? That's too simple, we must... umm..." When Liu Mang was about to brag about it in an interview after the game, he was covered by McGrady and Kwame Brown next to him, and was dragged away by his teammates.

Rondo, who scored 4 points, 3 steals and 7 rebounds today, saw the boss's unsteady look when he won the game, and he took the words helplessly: "The opponent is very good, it is not easy for us to win today..."

Even Rondo was forced to make polite official remarks to the media.

This is at home. If you win the game, you win. Even Rondo can't stand it. Wade doesn't want to steal the limelight, Grant Hill, O'Neal and other veterans have gone back to the locker room early. McGrady and Kwame Brown are preventing Liu Mang from stimulating the next opponent. Rondo has no choice but to be prudent.

The coaching staff has said many times recently that Liu Mang cannot be allowed to irritate his opponents with his big mouth after winning. Didn't he see that Jason Terry has been very stable during this time?

Rondo is also very helpless, he has to bear the pressure that his age should not bear.

With such a big boss, what can I do?

(End of this chapter)