From today on is the king

Chapter 599 598. Seize the second place in the scoring list!
After defeating the Cavaliers, the Eagles took a day off in Atlanta. On November 11, the Eagles went to Toronto, and on the 27th they challenged the Raptors away.

The Raptors are currently in an eventful season. A while ago, they made a trade that no one could understand. Raptors coach Wilkens was also confused. He wanted to strengthen, but this is not the way to strengthen. Originally, Carter was there, and it was difficult to distribute the ball if he wanted to train Milicic.

Carter could tolerate a Milicic before, but now he can't bear it with Jaylen Brown as a striker and defender. After a few games, the two began to fight for the ball.

However, this gave Milicic, who was forced to bear too much pressure from the beginning, a correct development opportunity. He moved to the center position and began to develop from a role player center, rebounding and passing. There were not so many opportunities for him to play alone, but he played more freely.

Although Milicic is talented now, he has not reached the strength to drive the team as hard as Duncan with the ball. Now that Carter and Jaylen Rose are fighting for the ball, he has grown better.

It’s just that the Raptors are worse than the start. The Hawks came to Toronto with the momentum of three consecutive victories. Liu Mang scored 22 points and 7 assists in three quarters, easily defeated the Raptors 101 to 89 and won the fourth consecutive victory. On the Raptors’ side, Carter and Jaylen Rose scored both 20 points and scored 45 points, but it was useless.

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After defeating the Raptors, the Eagles came to Washington, D.C., the imperial capital of the United States, and played against the Wizards in the second game of two consecutive away games.

After the Wizards acquired Arenas, they are generally developing in a good direction. They have a clear and talented ball-handling core, but the first three years were basically wasted. offense and defense.

After 2001, the Wizards Jordan was in control. Jordan's management ability broke the Wizards to pieces. It was considered blind to replace Stackhouse with Hamilton. However, Larry Hughes, a defensive champion who attracted him to follow Jordan, was the only treasure that Jordan left for the Wizards.

The backcourt combination of Arenas and Larry Hughes gave Wizards fans hope.

It's just hope, it's just hope, the Wizards are now 3 wins and 12 losses, second to last in the league, their record is only a little better than the 16-game losing streak of the Magic, and worse than the Bulls, Clippers, and Suns.

The Eagles were on the 30th, and the second game of the two-game trip came to the MCI Phone Booth Arena in Washington. Arenas was almost desperate when he saw Liu Mang.

Prince and Liu Mang took turns defending, making Arenas feel hopeless again after ten days. He made 30 of 10 shots and scored 23 points. Most of the points were scored in the garbage time when the Eagles had replaced Willie Green and Jason Terry in the backcourt. Arenas scored 20 points on 3 of 7 shots in the first three quarters...

刘莽拿到24分5篮板4助攻的数据，帮助球队拿下三节92比70领先20分的优势，最终老鹰队117比106轻松战胜奇才队，拿到5连胜！

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At the end of the November schedule, the Eagles achieved a record of 11 wins and 13 losses, further refreshing the best start in team history!

After playing 16 games, that is, after almost a month's schedule, the Eagles' running-in is almost done. This time, the Eagles' signings did not make mistakes, and everything is moving in the right direction.

Beating James was an interesting episode for Liu Mang and the Hawks players, but for the Hawks, it was just an ordinary game in an easy-start schedule.

The Eagles players have gradually determined their roles. Generally speaking, the Eagles players follow the general trend of the league. The general trend of the league this year is-sacrifice.

The score of the OK combination has dropped sharply. Kobe's scoring average has dropped to 23 points per game, and O'Neal has only 21 points. You must know that Kobe has been in the top five in scoring in the past three years. In the past three years, he averaged 27 points per game.

Duncan took a lot of shots due to the improvement of Parker and Ginobili, and his scoring average dropped to a new low since the 21st century, averaging 22 points per game. The number of stars averaging more than 23 points per game has hit a new low in more than 21 years.

The famous stars, especially the famous stars of the playoff-level teams, have all lowered their shots this season, either because of reinforcements, such as the Timberwolves, Lakers, and Mavericks; or for the growth of young players, such as the Raptors and Spurs.

In the past five years, the Lakers and Spurs have won five consecutive championships. Even in the past 13 years, there are only four championship teams. Bulls, Lakers, Rockets, and Spurs. If you can't balance it, you can only try to focus on the team.

Most of the Eagles stars have followed the general trend of the league. After playing for almost a month, the scoring trend of the league's stars has almost been determined. The Eagles only have two players who averaged more than 15 points per game.

Jason Terry, who ranks second in the Eagles scoring list, averaged 16.7 points per game, ranking No.1 among the league's bench players, and is regarded as one of the favorites for the best sixth man.

Raheem, who is third to fifth in scoring for the Hawks, averaged 12.7 points per game, Rasheed Wallace averaged 12.3 points per game, and Boozer averaged 11 points per game.

In addition, the rest of the Eagles have not averaged double figures per game. Everyone in the Eagles is determining their roles this year.

Raheem focuses on defensive air cuts, and Rasheed Wallace focuses on defensive shooting. The two will occasionally play singles when needed, but they mainly focus on the roles they have determined.

Jason Terry, the sixth man, played a scoring role, but since the Eagles didn’t have many strong opponents at the start, he shot with a substitute. He was quite happy, averaging 16.7 points and 4.4 assists per game, and his scoring fell to a new low since his rookie season.

Ratliff, Kwame Brown, and Muhammad went up to defend. Boozer and Stockton were responsible for organizing the scoring of the second team, mainly creating opportunities for Jason Terry's shooting and Kwame Brown's counterrun.

The entire Eagles team is sacrificing, only one person is like a cancer, shooting crazily, shooting when he catches the opportunity, and the defense often relies entirely on his teammates.

This person is Liu Mang, averaging 26.7 points, 4 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game.

Now the trend of the strong teams in the league is to distribute the ball to more people, and the trend of the weak teams is to concentrate the ball. For example, the Magic, McGrady averaged 30.3 points per game, ranking first in the league, and the Bucks’ Reed averaged 22 points per game, a career high. Randolph of the Trail Blazers and Maggette of the Clippers both broke through 20 points for the first time in their careers.

The Eagles are such a maverick team, with both the sacrifice of a strong team and the characteristics of a weak team focusing on cultivating young stars. This team is selfless and aggressive, making people feel weird when they see the statistics of this team.

After his teammates determined his style of play and gradually got used to his positioning, Liu Mang took more than 20 shots per game and settled down. Up to now, he has averaged 22.7 shots per game, 10.1 hits, and just 40.00% four-point hit rate... The iron is a bit outrageous. I don’t know when the steel plant moved from Los Angeles to Atlanta. As for the largest Philadelphia steel plant, it is still in a state of suspension.

This year's Liu Mang is really strong. On the one hand, his role has become more important, and the number of shots has increased significantly due to the needs of the team.

The second is this year's defense. This year's defensive oppression in the league may be the peak after Pat Riley's iron-blooded style spread in the league in the 90s. This year, only 3 teams in the league averaged more than 100 points per game. Highest since 107.

If it was the first week or even two weeks, the situation would be fine, and it might get better. But it’s been more than a month, and the offense and defense of each team can almost see the trend of the whole season. It is unlikely that there will be major changes. Moreover, in December and January, the two months when fatigue begins, the scoring will only decline, and it is difficult to have an upward trend.

This caused a headache for league officials and paved the way for the rules to encourage offense starting next season.

The season has been played for so long, and the teams in the league know that Liu Mang is the number one scorer of the Eagles, so they must take a lot of shots, all of which are aimed at Liu Mang's defense. Liu Mang's defense is also more fierce than before.

For the drop in shooting percentage, Liu Mang was not used to it at first and felt very uncomfortable, but found that people were only surprised by his skyrocketing points and shots, and he became a candidate for the Most Improved Award, rather than surprised by his shooting percentage. No.11 among the top ten players in the league scoring list, only the top four insiders have a higher shooting percentage than themselves!
Even among the only 15 players in the league averaging 20+ points per game, Liu Mang found that his shooting percentage was ranked No.6. Except for the four insiders, only Maggette had a shooting percentage 40.00% higher than his own. No, probably on the same level as Kobe's teammates in his 81-point season.

Liu Mang didn't expect that he would be able to play like this, and his efficiency was still the highest among the guards with the highest score in the previous example!But Liu Wei thought about it, it seems that the scorers at the beginning of the century did not have a high shooting percentage, and all of them like to shoot, and the more teammates dare not shoot, the more they want to shoot, so most of them are very determined, which is similar to the reason why they shot a lot this year, because they need them to shoot.

There is no sense of superiority without comparison. Liu Mang suddenly felt that he seemed not so strong, mainly because of his peers...

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On December 12st, after returning to Atlanta from Washington, the Eagles did not have much rest time. Take a break today, and there will be a back-to-back home game on the 1nd and 2rd starting tomorrow, so the Eagles rest today to let the players prepare for the next two days of games.

After returning to Atlanta, Liu Mang just in time for lunch at home.

Liu Mang looked at the upcoming schedule in the scouting report while eating lunch. The Eagles’ schedule in December was very regular and well-regulated. There was not even a staggered home and away game in a row. It was similar to last month. The away and home games were continuous. Time to adjust and play better at the beginning.

This year, the Eagles did not waste the easy start schedule like last season, and played a better start than Liu Mang's rookie season. This year is expected to hit 60 wins again this year!
Liu Mang was watching the scouting reports coming back to back. A little loli slipped into Liu Mang's arms from under Liu Mang's arms, sat on Liu Mang's lap habitually, looked at the scouting reports and asked, "Uncle, who will you hit next?"

"Here, tomorrow we will play the Grizzlies." Liu Mang turned to the Grizzlies scouting report he had just read.

"Wow! Grizzlies! Gasol! Uncle, Gasol is so handsome! Uncle, I'm going to the game tomorrow!" Dana exclaimed as she looked at the shaved ID photo of Gasol in the scouting report.

Seeing that Gasol was really handsome, especially when he was young, he was handsome and didn't have so many wrinkles on his face. He only had forehead wrinkles on his forehead, which made him look more attractive. Liu Mang pinched the little loli's face with gusto: "Hmph, nympho!"

"Oh, uncle is the most handsome," Dinah comforted Liu Mang, and then continued to be a nympho: "But Gasol is also so handsome! Only a little bit worse than uncle!"

"Hmph!" Liu Mang looked at his sister-in-law who had a good relationship with him in the photo, and Liu Mang became more and more unhappy!

"This damned eighth woman, why is she so handsome! Such a handsome mouth with such a big mouth, it's really annoying, by the way, ask Rashid to make this guy look good!" Liu Mang cursed silently in his heart...

Gasol, who had just arrived in the parking lot of the Atlanta airport, sneezed, thinking that Atlanta is much colder than Memphis...

(End of this chapter)