From today on is the king

Chapter 718 717. Not a brother, not a person

41 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists!

Liu Mang played 37 minutes and scored 20+ for the 40th time in his career. He helped the Eagles beat the Wizards 109-92 and won four consecutive victories!
After the Eagles relied on defense to widen the point difference to more than 10 points in the first quarter, the Eagles' defense was not so serious, except for one person... Kwame Brown!

Every time he faced the Wizards, Kwame Brown was extremely excited, and he was very active in rebounding and dunking.

Kwame Brown is now able to avoid the problem of his small hands. He relies on alley-oops, grabs offensive rebounds, and can directly make tip-ups and dunks. In this game, Kwame Brown’s teacher Ratliff took the initiative to give him a chance to perform. It was agreed at the beginning that he would only start to show his face in front of the fans. Of course, he had to show his face at the team’s most glorious moment, and then it was Kwame Brown’s performance time.

Liu Mang scored 41 points today. Except for dunks, the efficiency of other shots is not high. The overall shooting situation is 34 of 14 shots. Except for 4 dunks, the other shots are 30 of 10...

The main reason is that Kwame Brown broke out today!The rebounds knocked Raheem down to 5 rebounds and 7 points, and it didn't take long, because Kwame Brown had already grabbed the rebounds well enough to blast Haywood, who pushed him away, to tears!

Kwame Brown was excited when he saw Heywood. Jordan was the one who scolded him the most in the Wizards team, but Jordan is the teacher of the boss. Moreover, after Kwame Brown played it, he knew it was a spur. Although he didn’t like Jordan, he still maintained respect. Heywood Kwame Brown’s hostility was different. When he was in the Wizards, the guy who ran against him the most and taunted him was the guy at the end of the first round of the same class. .

Kwame Brown played for 41 minutes, scored 17 points, 19 rebounds and 4 blocks, three of which were given to Heywood!

Relying on Kwame Brown's rebound protection, Liu Mang shot like crazy, but what made Liu Mang very upset was that this little man who was like a blacksmith, obviously grabbed rebounds and scored so poorly in the second attack. He grabbed 8 offensive rebounds and only made four shots. He actually grabbed the rebound and didn't pass it out. Liu Mang's shooting rate was once less than 40.00%, and he finally got to 40.00% before leaving the field...

After defeating the Wizards, the Eagles' record has successfully improved to 68 wins and 11 losses!
Officially surpassed the Lakers' 67 wins and became the strongest regular season team in the new century!
When the final whistle blew, Liu Mang, who was sitting on the sidelines and crazily despised the boys with small hands who were all domineering, heard the system prompt, finally put aside his narrow mindedness, and excitedly entered the field to embrace and celebrate with his teammates.

"Ding... The task of the strongest team in the new century is completed, congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: Kobe Bryant's 99-00 season star card."

"Kobe Bryant 99-00 version, ability rating 90, offense 86, defense 95..."

"Ding... The host led the team to refresh the best record of the 21st century so far maintained by the Los Angeles Lakers, and obtained 1000000 rogue points."

Seeing the rogue value of 8412 million, which was less than 1600 million, Liu Mang was even happier!
In addition, after the game, Liu Mang's scoring average just exceeded 33 points!
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After the game, Liu Mang and his teammates accepted interviews together, gave gifts to the fans at the scene, and in order to celebrate Liu Mang’s goal of winning the scoring champion and MVP, the team interacted with the fans, drew a lottery to take pictures with the fans, and drew a lottery to customize jerseys for the fans, and Schwartz cooperated with Nike and the Eagles to give Liu Mang fans Liu Mang’s exclusive Ice II boots...

After being busy for more than half an hour, Liu Mang finally completed his task. He was exhausted, but he saw that the game ended more than half an hour later, and the game ended after eleven o'clock. It was almost 12 o'clock after the busy work, and [-]% to [-]% of the fans did not leave!Liu Mang was tired, but he was very happy in his heart.

Finally finished, Liu Mang looked at Jason Terry, who was still full of anger, and a few active teammates who were still interacting with fans and accepting media interviews. Liu Mang returned to the bench and put ice packs on his legs, ready to apply ice and take a shower before going back. Just now, Liu Mang took a photo with Dinah, and Dinah asked Levia and Alexia to wait for him in the parking lot.

Just as Liu Mang was tying the ice pack, suddenly, his heart felt cold!
"Ah... what the hell! You want to die!" Liu Mang threw the ice bag away, jumped up and screamed frantically, the water flowed into his mouth, and it was still a little sweet.

It was frozen orange juice!
Looking at the laughing teammates, as well as the watching fans around, and the bucket in the hands of the instigator Rahim, Liu Mang never thought that he would have this day!
After all the calculations, I didn't expect that I was actually deceived!
It's all my uncle's fault for others, okay!

Looking at the expressions of "Do you want to fight?" from a group of teammates, Liu Mang really wanted to fight!
but!

It seems that every time I fight, I am the one who is abused...

Liu Mang's heart immediately became extremely desolate... Longevity... A group of people bullied the team's youngest little brother...

Liu Mang ran back to the locker room in grief and indignation, took off his sticky jersey and shorts, and immediately went into the bathroom to wash it off.

"Hey, how can I have such a group of teammates who respect the old, love the young, and be friendly? Forget it, my fate is not good. Meeting them may be my doom! If I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, let's go to hell. Don't let this group of teammates harm others. I will bear it silently!" Liu Mang comforted himself while taking a bath...

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After winning 68 wins, the Eagles were completely relaxed and completely stress-free.

Officially entered the training mode at the end of the season.

It's not a rotation mode, but a training state, that is, using official games to practice various tactics that may be used in the playoffs.

Except for Liu Mang, a physical monster, the playing time of the others is uncertain. It is simply because of the practice of tactics that the substitutions are made to see which player is more suitable for which tactics. This is something that cannot be done by training alone.

With two years of experience in the playoffs, the Eagles’ coaching staff has a better understanding of the playing styles and characteristics of the teams that are threatening the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. With Stockton, they also have an understanding of the playing styles and characteristics of the major western teams in the playoffs. It has become more diverse, so it needs more actual combat to practice.

The Eagles have already secured the No. 72 spot in the league. If it wasn't for the chance to hit 68 wins, and Liu Mang's yelling that he would win at least [-] wins, the Eagles coaching staff would have wanted to start training a long time ago.

Achieving 72 wins is not an easy task. It seems that after the All-Star Weekend, the Eagles still have a chance to win 15 after winning 72 consecutive victories. However, NBA losses are always so unexpected.

During the 95-96 season, the Bulls finished half of the season with 47 wins and 5 losses. They lost only 52 games in the first 30 games. After the All-Star Weekend, they only lost 5 games with [-] games left.

The Lakers were once close to tying the Bulls' 72 wins. They had 41 wins and 9 losses during the All-Star Weekend, but after the All-Star Weekend, they won 17 consecutive victories, plus the two consecutive victories before the All-Star Weekend, a total of 19 consecutive victories.

After losing 10 games, the Eagles didn't have much hope. The reason why they didn't start preparing for the playoffs immediately after locking in the first place in the league like most strong teams in history was because Liu Mang wanted to get at least 68 wins, so he delayed until this time. Otherwise, when he got 63 wins and locked in the first place in the league, he could start practicing tactics.

Of course, such a result is not bad. The rest allows most of the Eagles to recover their physical fitness from the tough schedule from January to March.

On April 4th and 10th, the Eagles ushered in the last back-to-back of the season, playing back-to-back home games against the Heat and Pacers.

The first to usher in is the Miami Heat, also a team in the Southeast Division.

After the game started, Rasheed Wallace helped the Eagles win the jump ball.

After receiving the jump ball, Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt. Seeing the menacing Wade defending him, Liu Mang did not dare to carelessly protect the ball. This guy was already regarded as a favorite in the best defensive team in his rookie season, which made Liu Mang a little jealous. Liu Mang was also a favorite in the best defensive team last season, but after most of the defensive tasks were handed over to Prince and Raheem this season, he didn’t have many opportunities to play defensively. lineup.

Seeing that Wade was very serious today, Liu Mang immediately passed a pass to Rasheed Wallace who came to the high post. The tactic to be practiced at the beginning of today's game is the high post two-wing cut-in play.

The Eagles' offensive tactics are of course prepared for the best scorer, that is, the tactics prepared by Liu Mang, so Liu Mang is still the main point of attack, and the tactics are of course prepared for the players with the strongest scoring ability.

There is no big problem on the offensive end. Liu Mang and Raheem's cut-in, 90.00% of the game distracted Odom and rookie Haslem can't stop it. Butler on the front line and Wade who defends Liu Mang can't do much after encountering a pick-and-roll.

At the beginning, Liu Mang easily swayed Haslem away after receiving the ball in an air cut, and scored two points with a layup.

The tactics are quite good. Facing the Heat's weakened interior defense this season, the Eagles' attacking interior style of play is very effective.

On the defensive end, Liu Mang waited for Wade to come over. Wade was a nanny player who wanted to score and organize offenses. The main reason was that he passed the ball really well and was no problem playing point guard.

At the same time, Liu Mang is still very afraid of Wade's passing, and the Eagles are also very afraid of this, and are ready for a quick rotation.

However, unexpectedly, Wade rushed all the way inside without any intention of passing the ball, and was slapped by Rasheed Wallace...

Not just this time, next, Wade's offense basically came by himself.

When Wade was suddenly tired and felt desolate from being hated, he puffed out his big cheeks and gave Liu Mang a resentful look, and handed the ball to Eddie Jones for singles...

The Eagles tried various tactics, carried out a lot of rotations, and their offensive efficiency was up and down. They thought they would play very anxiously with the Heat, but the Heat's offense was even worse!

The four outsiders take turns playing singles...

I don't even want to win...

The Eagles played blindly like that, playing all kinds of tactics, smooth and not smooth, and they all led by more than ten points...

By the time there were three games left, the East and West playoff teams were all locked up.

The Eagles are the first in the league with 68 wins, the second Pacers are only 59 wins, and they are one win away from 60 wins. The third is the Pistons with 51 wins, the fourth is the Nets with 44 wins, the fifth is the Hornets with 40 wins, the sixth is the Heat with 38 wins, and the seventh is the Bucks with 38 wins. playoffs.

According to common sense, the teams entering the playoffs, if they are not the top four teams, want to improve their record as much as possible, because the better the record of the bottom four teams in the playoffs, the lower the ranking of the top four teams. For example, the Hornets, they are now working hard to win every remaining game and avoid falling to sixth.

But the Heat and the Bucks, after locking in the playoffs, don't want to win.

No team in the bottom four of the Eastern Conference wants to be the sixth in the Eastern Conference!
I would rather fall to seventh and play the Pacers who are second in the East, and I don't want to play the third in the East in sixth.

Because the third place in the East is the Nets. They rely on the first place in the division. Although their record is not as good as the Pistons, they still rank third in the East.

On the contrary, in New York, after the playoffs are locked, the fans don't want their home team to continue to win and compete for seventh.

Some Knicks fans want to "revenge" the Eagles. In the 98-99 season five years ago, they had created the magical experience of the eighth in the Eastern Conference all the way to the Finals.

Most of the people who use public opinion to force the Knicks to stay in the eighth place in the Eastern Conference are just to watch the excitement and play against the Eagles with Liu Mang. For many New York fans, winning or losing is not a problem, but being able to see Liu Mang playing at home is the key.

And the Knicks are an amazing team. In addition to not being thorough when they want to lose face, they also "respect the opinions of the fans". More importantly, their owner James How Rotten is also a well-known rich second generation in the American financial circle. He is the same type of person as Eagles owner Price. He hugged Liu Mang's thigh and stood up, and he also used the popularity of the team to advertise many properties of the family. Now in their circle, Price has a much better reputation than James Dolan.

Humans live in groups, and they have one characteristic, whether they are few or not. In the past, although James Dolan looked down on Price, he still talked and laughed when they met. But now, Price has no such dandyism, and has instead become a "successful boss". James Dolan and Price can no longer play together.

Therefore, it also led to the 60-point difference between Liu Mang's tyranny at Madison Square Garden and the 70-point difference between the Eagles' record in NBA history at Madison Square Garden.

Therefore, amidst the voices of the fans, James Dolan is determined not to compete for seventh in the Eastern Conference, and he wants the Hard Steel Eagles.

The Heat's head is not so strong. It is unlikely that they will compete for the fifth place in the East. They don't want to be sixth.

In this game, Van Gundy asked Wade not to worry too much, let go of the game, rest and think when he is tired, give the ball to his teammates, and play as he wants with physical strength.

The Heat completely regarded this game as a game for Wade to adapt to the defense in the playoffs, because although the Eagles played wildly on the offensive end, they still worked hard on the defensive end. Training does not mean that they don't want to win!

最终，老鹰队靠着刘莽23投10中拿到35分4板7助攻的数据，轻松以103比90击败热火，拿到五连胜……

They beat the Heat to win five consecutive victories, but it was not so easy when they played against the Pacers in the second back-to-back game. The Pacers are a team with 59 wins and 21 losses. They are not a team that can be easily defeated, and there are still two games left. The Pacers have to play the Eagles first, and then the Nets.

Although the Eagles also won 69 games, tying the Bulls and Lakers for the second record in history, and wanted to get 70 wins to dominate the history, but there is still a Grizzlies behind them.

The playoffs are the most important thing... Besides, there is a sister-in-law waiting for Lin Xing in the back. Liu Mang, a paranoid guy in his bones, would rather be wreaked by his sister-in-law than fight head-on with the Pacers, a team like mad dogs for 60 wins.

Facing the fourth-ranked defensive team in the league, there is still a big difference from the Heat, the tenth-ranked defensive player in the league. After one season, the Pacers have reached their peak state. Coach Carlisle's ability to control the rhythm is really amazing. If he hadn't met the Eagles in the past two seasons, he would not have been so miserable.

Coach Carlisle controlled the Pacers, allowing the Pacers to run in step by step, and gradually reached the peak of their state when the playoffs were about to start. The core defensive lineup composed of Artest, O'Neal, and Jamal Tinsley was too strong!It is difficult for the Eagles to just pass without playing hard, especially Artest, who has already locked in the best defensive player of the season.

The Eagles only scored 91 points in this game. As the main attacker, Liu Mang had a dismal shooting rate. He hit 15 irons and made 25 of 10 shots. He scored 31 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. The Eagles lost 91 to 107 to the Pacers who were desperate to win. The five-game winning streak was ended.

Losing is always very uncomfortable. It is indeed difficult to win 72 games. It seems that there are only two wins, but it is a thousand miles away.

But 70 wins, let's go for it!

Looking at the record of 69 wins and 12 losses on the big screen, Liu Mang sighed secretly when he saw the preview of the team's next game. It's not a buddy or a person, it's just that his sister-in-law is too charming!

(End of this chapter)