From today on is the king

Chapter 879 878. The Sun Strikes!

After playing the Bobcats, the Eagles continued to play consecutive home games, and Liu Mang's scoring journey officially started.

First ushered in the game against the Wizards on the 17th.

Arenas continues to improve this season. As the head of the Wizards Warriors, his progress is the key to the Wizards' strong ranking in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

After entering January, if it wasn’t for Liu Mang’s scoring explosion, Arenas would be the most explosive scoring player. He scored 1+ points in one game and 50+ points in three times. In the 3 games played by the Wizards in January, Arenas averaged 40 points per game. This month may be the first time in his career to average 1+ points per game in a single month. players.

It's just that Arenas is afraid of the cold, and when it comes to the game against the Eagles, he falls ill again.

In this game, Larry Hughes said that he can't move this group of scumbags!
In this game, the Eagles have changed their defensive lineup, and Tracy McGrady has also started to become a coolie, and he is willing to do so. Given that he is surprisingly effective against shooting power forwards like Nowitzki, in this game against the Wizards, Tracy McGrady was used to guard Jamison when he chose to attack from the outside. Rasheed Wallace defended Jamison, who chose to attack from the interior, and successfully locked Jamison. , mainly defending Larry Hughes.

On the other hand, Liu Mang has a lot of experience in defending against Arenas. He knows himself better than Arenas himself when he is at the peak of Arenas. Arenas, who is not yet at the peak, is completely restricted by Liu Mang.

Mainly due to the psychological pressure, Arenas was abused too badly by Liu Mang!
James and Wade are miserable enough. Anthony beat Liu Mang once, Billups also beat Liu Mang once in the Timberwolves, and the Pistons also won twice in the 02-03 regular season, but the playoffs were even worse.

But Arenas, since entering the league in the same year as Liu Mang, has never won. The key is how unlucky he is. When the Eagles were so poor in the first half of the 02-03 season, unfortunately, there was no game against the Warriors.

More miserable, among Liu Mang's opponents, Arenas is the worst.

To make matters worse, the Wizards are currently ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference. If they enter the playoffs like this, they may face the Eagles directly...

When Arenas thought of this, he lost all thoughts of playing.

Liu Mang is now fully committed to scoring and defending. It is impossible to pass the ball, and it is impossible to pass the ball this season... Playing against competing teams is another story.

The Wizards actually played well in this game, mainly because some players broke out!
Not Jared Jeffries, a power forward who is five centimeters taller than Prince, but Larry Hughes!

Originally the Eagles blocked the inside line, but unexpectedly Larry Hughes rushed in with a pack of explosives. Heywood, who saw Kwame Brown and thought he should be the No.

Larry Hughes made 22 of 14 shots and 14 of 13 free throws. He didn't make a single three-pointer, but he hit 60.00% of his three-pointers.

The main contribution made by Larry Hughes is not only scoring, but also fouling Kwame Brown 5 times!Among them, 3 times were fouls by Kwame Brown caused by Larry Hughes, and the other two were fouls by Kwame Brown's normal defense against Arenas and Jamison.

In addition to causing Kwame Brown 3 fouls, Mourning also caused 8 fouls and Muhammad 7 fouls. One person caused [-] fouls, [-] of which were converted into passes!
It seems that his man-made fouls are not distributed to each opponent, but they also have other fouls. Kwame Brown made five fouls in 16 minutes in three quarters, Mourning made four fouls in 11 minutes, and Muhammad played four fouls in 4 minutes. It is easy to be targeted by opponents with strong fouls, and the Wizards are that kind of team with strong fouls.

At the end of the first half, Arenas and Jamison played so badly that the Wizards led the Hawks by three points 59 to 56. The main reason was that Jason Terry failed to make his due contribution between the second half of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter.

In the first three quarters, due to the team's consecutive fouls, Liu Mang didn't fight back and his sense of rhythm was not good. He only scored 13 points in the three quarters, which is too far behind his usual average of 29 points per game in three quarters.

At the end of the three quarters, the Eagles trailed the Wizards by two points, 81 to 83.

At the end of the quarter, the Eagles were forced into a three-person rotation of Josh Smith, Rasheed Wallace, and Varejao. Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, and Iguodala went up to Josh Smith and Rasheed Wallace to grind the defense in the third quarter. After the combination of Josh Smith and Rasheed Wallace, the two insiders who control fouls well, the Hawks' rhythm is finally right. When they were grinding against the Wizards in the last 3 minutes, the Hawks finally relied on Josh Smith to overtake the score with an alley-oop.

The key to the decisive victory still lies in the stars. In the last 3 minutes, Liu Mang and McGrady scored a three-pointer. Liu Mang rushed to the basket with 57 seconds left. Heywood was struggling for 40 minutes. In the case where Liu Mang’s footsteps were slow, Liu Mang was able to directly violently smash the ball into the basket through Heywood, scoring 2+1.

After making an extra penalty, Liu Mang scored 22 points in a single quarter in the final quarter, helping the Eagles score 36-24 in a single quarter. With 57 seconds left, they overtook the score to 117-107, taking a 10-point lead.

这时候拿到41分5板7助攻的拉里-休斯也飚不动了，奇才队在还剩3分钟的时候领先一分，被老鹰队打出一波11比0的得分冲击波的期间一分未得，直接被反超10分。

The two teams failed to score in the last 57 seconds. Liu Mangqiang missed two three-pointers and finally scored 35 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. McGrady scored 27 points, 9 assists and 4 rebounds. Thanks to the outstanding performance of the two in the final quarter, the Eagles reversed the Wizards and won two consecutive victories in the final quarter, improving their record to 32 wins and 6 losses.

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It is so difficult to increase the scoring average by 1 point!He only scored 35 points against the Wizards, and Liu Mang's simple addition is still considered good, that is, he must score at least 41 points in the next game... The good news is that the average scoring of the last game increased to 36.2 points. Because of this game, he only scored 35 points.

Larry Hughes' runaway was really unexpected. In this game broadcast live on TNT, Larry Hughes' performance surprised people. If Arenas didn't play too well, he only scored 13 points in 4 of 10. As long as he can perform normally and score more than 20 points, the Wizards have a chance to win.

Because Arenas was too dazzling before, Jamison was once regarded as a super-scoring forward swingman who had scored 50+ in a row. Larry Hughes, the three Musketeers of the Wizards, has always been the one that has been ignored.

After this game, people discovered that Larry Hughes was the most stable of the Wizards, averaging 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, superstar-level data.

However, the Wizards have too few live broadcasts in the United States. There are three Musketeers. This season, there are only 6 national live broadcasts. People only know that the Wizards have Arenas and Jamison. Many fans don't even know Larry Hughes.

But now, Larry Hughes has successfully entered people's attention through the game against the Eagles.

When it was discovered that Larry Hughes' contract would expire after this season, some teams began to have the idea of ​​poaching.

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After playing the Wizards, the Eagles took a day off and immediately won the game against the Kings.

Liu Mang didn't dare to be careless in this game. Although the Kings didn't have Webber, Bibby was a ruthless player. Brad Miller and Kenny Thomas' inside offense was still very good.

Bibby's ability evaluation is 87, Peja's ability evaluation is 85, Brad Miller's ability evaluation is 79, Kenny Thomas' ability evaluation is 75, Mobley's ability evaluation is 81, the king's starting lineup is particularly powerful, and Bobby Jackson is on the bench.

Although the Kings only ranked sixth in the Western Conference with a record of 22 wins and 16 losses, Liu Mang did not dare to underestimate the strength of the Kings, and the Eagles were ready to fight.

It's just that in the game, when the Eagles used the attitude of playing the Heat to defend against the Kings, the Kings now only rely on offensive play. As long as the Eagles put some pressure on the defensive end, the advantage will be obvious at once!
Because the Kings can't defend at all, and the Kings' offensive firepower is not as strong as the Eagles, but the Kings are a team that relies solely on offense to win.

Liu Mang played 41 minutes and made 29 of 17 shots, 13 of 6 three-pointers, 4 of 3 free throws, and easily scored 43 points. With so few free throws, it can be seen how lax the Kings' defense is.

It is said that the Suns have poor defense. In fact, the Kings have also been poor in defense in the past two years. So far, the Suns have allowed the opponent to score an average of 93 points per game when the opponent averaged 103 shots per game.

This is the same as O'Neal's free throws are too bad. People ignore Duncan's 60.00% free throw percentage in the first three years of his career. They forget that Duncan also played violently in the first three years, forgetting that his mid-range shooting percentage in the first three years was just 30.00%.

靠着刘莽的43分7板3抢断，麦迪的10分14助攻4板2盖帽2抢断，老鹰队以109比92，轻松击败国王队拿到3连胜，同时将战绩提升到了33胜6负。

刘莽在下场的时候好鄙视某个穿3号刷助攻的家伙，在已经100比80领先20分的时候只剩4分钟的时候，愣是还投了一个球将得分提高到10分……

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"Ace, get up!" Alexia squeezed Liu Mang's chest with her shoulder.

"I can't get up, I'm too tired." Liu Mang played for 41 minutes last night. When he came back at night, he couldn't help but do something to Alexia several times. He didn't go to sleep until after two o'clock in the morning.

The main reason was that Jason Terry performed poorly in the game against the Wizards and only scored 7 points. So when McGrady went to rest in the first half, Liu Mang gave Jason Terry the lead. Although Jason Terry had the ball for 10 minutes, Liu Mang played very hard on the defensive end. He was not physically tired, but his mental concentration was still very tiring.

"Nash sent a text message. They have already arrived at the hotel. Ace, didn't you ask Nash to have lunch? Get up soon!" Alexia reminded, and Liu Mang said this when he picked them up to watch the game yesterday afternoon.

"What time is it?" Liu Mang buried his head in Alexia's hair and asked, his hands began to be dishonest.

"It's 10:30! Get up and take a shower! Hmm..." Alexia suddenly snorted.

"It's so late..." Liu Mang had no choice but to get up, and let Alexia, who was sleeping in his arms, be released on the bed.

When Alexia was placed on the bed, her body was detached from something, and she couldn't help but groaned again.

Watching Liu Mang go to the bathroom, Alexia now has a magical idea: Do you want to stand on your head?I heard that's what Madonna does...

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Liu Mang took a shower, took a dose of physical medicine, relieved his physical fatigue, and drove to the Emory Hotel where the Suns stayed.

It is time to play against Nash, who has completely liberated his shackles, and Liu Mang can't help but get excited when he thinks about it!
With a record of 33 wins and 6 losses, since the beginning of the new century, only the Lakers in the same period in January 2000 and the Eagles themselves in the same period last season are better than the current record of the Eagles.

But the record of the Eagles is not far ahead. The Pistons are also 32 wins and 8 losses, 1.5 games behind the Eagles. In the West, the Suns, who played two more games than the Eagles, even have a record of 34 wins and 7 losses, which is equal to the record of the Eagles!
The situation of the three heroes is one of the biggest highlights of this season!

(End of this chapter)