From today on is the king

Chapter 918 917. Target 18 consecutive victories! (seeking a monthly ticket)
The Pacific Division is about to go "brilliant".

In the Pacific Division this season, the Kings temporarily rank sixth in the West, the Lakers temporarily rank ninth in the West, the Clippers temporarily rank tenth in the West, and the Warriors temporarily rank No.

According to this momentum, the Clippers and Warriors are likely to enter the playoffs in the next two years. The Lakers will return to the ranks of the playoffs next season after Kobe loses weight. The Suns will be the top team for many years in the future.

On the morning of the 21st, after Liu Mang abused Jimmy Butler, who was still a child, to doubt his life, he left a sentence, "You are still far away..."

At noon, the team held a tactical meeting focusing on the Clippers, allowing Prince and Rasheed Wallace to take turns to rest, and announced that Iguodala will be the starting small forward for tonight's game, Josh Smith will be the starting power forward, and two strong rookies will go with Tracy McGrady to deal with Maggette.

Korver finished playing the Development League game in Chicago the day before yesterday, and flew directly from Chicago to Los Angeles yesterday. After the next round, Korver also returned to the 12-man roster, but this time he served as a substitute. Tracy McGrady and Iguodala are two strong players used to deal with Maggette, the strongest perimeter player in the league today.

The five-day, four-game away game needs a good start, so McGrady stayed to deal with the Clippers, maintaining the stability of strength as much as possible.

The current record of the Eagles is 48 wins and 7 losses, and they will reach 50 wins for two consecutive seasons with two victories, so the fighting spirit is high now!
Especially Iguodala and Josh Smith, who are going to start, are very excited.

After training in the afternoon, Liu Mang was going to watch the game clips about the Suns. There was not much time to prepare for the Suns, and it was a little bit of time. After being kicked out of the Toyota Center training hall by Kobe yesterday, Liu Mang went back to the hotel and started to watch the game clips of Nash’s completely different style of play this season from previous years.

Liu Mang came to the waiting room, watched the game video and waited for the meal time before warm-up training in the afternoon. At this time, a task that Liu Mang had been waiting for for a long time came!
"Ding... The second phase of King's Landing triggers the task: Master triggers."

"Overlord: So far in NBA history, there have been at least 7 consecutive victories 18 times. The teams with 18 consecutive victories in these seven times have won the championship of the season. Mission goal: The host needs to lead the team to win at least 18 consecutive victories this season. When the goal is completed, the second phase of the King's Landing mission can be triggered. Mission reward: multiplied by 1000 superstar points."

There is no failure penalty, but the second phase of King's Landing cannot be triggered.

Liu Mang has been looking forward to this series of quests in King's Landing for a long time. The reward for the first phase of King's Landing missions before the finals of last season was a high-level stamina fruit, which raised Liu Mang's stamina to 94. Now he needs to win the Suns to get another common stamina fruit, which can reach 95 stamina.

King's Landing also has a branch mission to defeat Duncan in the playoffs, that is, to defeat Duncan in the finals, but the second phase of the mission has not started for a long time. Liu Mang thought he would not come back until the playoffs or even the finals, but he did not expect this time to come.

However, it was actually a trigger task!

And it was an outrageously difficult task of winning 18 consecutive victories!
Liu Mang kept hinting to himself to calm down.

Just like the system's task introduction, there have been nine seasons in the history of the NBA, but there have been only seven times of 18 consecutive victories!

The last time was the Lakers in the 99-00 season. In that season, the Lakers won 67 wins and won a 19-game winning streak in the middle of the season.

If this task does not come, then it will be so cruel!

And now that the team is starting to rest, God knows if they will encounter a team that breaks out, and they are currently in a difficult consecutive away game of five days and four games, and the last away game is the Suns.

These troublesome things piled up all at once!

Liu Mang stroked his train of thought, first looked at the schedule.

Now there are 11 consecutive victories, which means at least 7 consecutive victories.

The opponents of the four consecutive players are the Clippers, Warriors, Jazz, and Suns.

Then on the 27th, I returned to the home court to play the Mavericks, and the first two days of next month to play the Bucks and the 76ers. Three consecutive home games, counting, it is three back-to-backs within 10 days!
It's so hard to die, when this task comes, there are still 7 victories, 7 games, and [-] back-to-backs!

This is very painful!

Liu Mang calmed down and looked at these opponents. There are only three opponents who are difficult to fight, the Suns, the Mavericks, and the 76ers. The other four opponents are all crushed by strength.

But the biggest problem is that now the team is going to start a rotation strategy.

Liu Mang wanted to trigger the King's Landing mission, but he couldn't delay the team's playoff plan.

He can guarantee that his teammates will not be injured, but he cannot guarantee their physical fitness. If in the playoffs, several core players have physical problems due to playing such a long game for two consecutive years, then health is useless!
Yu Yuyong gave up the regular season in the fourth year of the triple championship in four years, and failed to win 60 wins. Several All-Stars rested when they were injured, rested when they were tired, and fully prepared for the playoffs.

This season Liu Mang is not so obsessed with how many regular season games he wins, because of these "experiences".

"The task must be completed, and the team's plan cannot be broken!"

Liu Mang thought about it for a while, and felt that it was time for him to take on more responsibilities!
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At dinner time before the warm-up training, Liu Mang came to the coaching staff's lounge after finishing the unpalatable nutritious meal delivered to the lounge by the nutritionist of the team. He wanted to talk to Coach Kruger about something.

As a result, I made a detour in the Staples Center and came to the lounge next to the interview hall where the Clippers arranged for the Eagles coaching staff. I just opened the door, and there was a smell of barbecue...

At this point in time, the coaches didn't expect the players in the team to come back to disturb them. Shouldn't they all rest and wait for digestion before doing warm-up training to prepare for the game in the evening?

A group of people stared at Liu Mang, it was so embarrassing!

Among them was Coach Kruger, who Liu Mang was looking for, who was holding an iron pick still dripping with oil, biting a piece of meat in his mouth and hadn't bitten it off yet!
The two coffee tables in the lounge were filled with iron signs, dinner plates, drinks and other things.

"Damn! We are suffering over there, but you are eating barbecue here! You agreed to eat the same food as us?" Liu Mang yelled angrily, pointing at the coaching staff, a group of trainers of the team, and Jimmy Butler and others who were eating delicious oil all over their bodies.

"Ace, you made a mistake. Today we finished a job and are celebrating!" Stockton lied without making a draft, and Liu Mang could clearly see the action of unconsciously picking up a napkin and repeatedly wiping his hands.

"John, do you think I'll believe it?"

"will not."

"Damn! It's too much!"

"Okay, okay, Ace, when your season is over, I'll treat you to a barbecue!" Coach Kruger put the iron pick back on his dinner plate, and said perfunctorily.

Liu Mang felt that he was being treated like a three-year-old child.

Before Liu Mang could continue complaining, Coach Kruger asked, "Ace, you must have something to do. Don't delay our meal, tell us quickly."

They were also complained about disturbing their meal!

Liu Mang was very tired, but the coaching staff and trainers were not athletes, so there was nothing wrong with them eating these, and they even secretly hid them to eat, which was considered "consideration" for the players.

"Coach, come out and I'll tell you." Liu Mang swallowed, turned around and walked out of the lounge. Coach Kruger looked at the two tables of food, and followed him, knowing that these things were too tempting.

When Liu Mang saw Coach Kruger coming out, he closed the door on purpose, as if he was doing something shameful, and this skilled operation habit, at a glance, he knew that it was not the first time he did such a thing.

Coach Kruger took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, then asked, "Ace, you must have something important to see me, right?"

Liu Mang didn't bother about the matter just now, and expressed his thought over and over again: "Coach, for the next game between the Suns and the Mavericks, starting from tomorrow's back-to-back, let Tracy and Tyshawn rest when they are playing the Warriors and Jazz, and start preparing for the games against the Suns and Mavericks in advance!"

"Give up two games for those two games? And Rashid and Kwame also need to rest." Coach Kruger asked strangely, whoever wins is not winning, although winning a game will benefit the Suns when they meet the Suns in the finals, but try your best.

And in comparison, it is easier to win the first three weak teams. Four games in five days is not a joke. When all teams in the league played four games in five days this season, the average winning percentage of the four games was only 30.00%. No team has won all four games.

"Even if Tracy, Tyshawn, Kwame, and Rasheed all take turns, and I bring a substitute to play the Warriors and Jazz, I am confident that I can win!" Liu Mang said confidently.

"Why?" Coach Kruger is still a little confused. This season doesn't need to work hard for the regular season. The second regular season win in history was just won last season. The players will not shake their confidence in the playoffs because of the regular season.

Liu Mang stated the reason simply and directly: "I want to win an 18-game winning streak!"

"watt?"

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From Coach Kruger's point of view, even if Liu Mang leads the team by himself, with a group of pitchers and a few muscular insiders, he still has the strength for the playoffs.

It's just a team led by outsiders. Although it has a chance to make the playoffs, if it faces a weaker team with a little strength, it has no chance to stop it. The Eagles have only lost 7 games so far. Although there are also teams that have been defeated by teams that have exploded, they are very rare. Most of the time, teams that encounter outbreaks hold on.

It's just that this is five days and four battles!Before the beginning of January, Kobe led the team alone in five days and four games, losing all, and quickly slipped from sixth in the Western Conference to eighth in the Western Conference, causing the Lakers to fall out of the top eight in the Western Conference in early February.

But it doesn't matter, Liu Mang's physical strength fights for a few games, coach Kruger thinks it can still be done, but Liu Mang said that he wants to win 18 consecutive victories.

That's the famous championship streak!
As strong as Jordan, he only completed an 95-game winning streak in the 96-18 season, and it happened to be only 18 consecutive victories.

Although the overall strength of the league at that time was not as strong as it is now, the longest winning streak in the 90s was only 18 consecutive victories.

Winning streak is such a thing, if one of them accidentally loses a game in the middle, it is not winning streak.

But Liu Mang likes to make things so much, he will definitely do what he says, and he has the character of not giving up until he completes it.

Coach Kruger couldn't hold back Liu Mang, so he could only agree.

But it's enough not to publicize it. The game against the Clippers will be finished first.

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By [-]:[-] p.m., Game [-] of the Hawks' five-day four-game campaign began.

The Eagles sent Liu Mang, McGrady, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Kwame Brown to the starting lineup.

All men of steel and muscle!Liu Mang's confrontation is also very strong among point guards. He specially dispatched this lineup to deal with the Clippers' Maggette and Brand's two muscular forwards. Rasheed Wallace was scored 31 points by Brand in the last game against the Clippers.

Although the two major starters were rested in rotation, the lineup that the Hawks sent to specifically restrain the Clippers is still very effective. Putting others, Tracy McGrady and Iguodala flanking Maggette who holds the ball, or Tracy McGrady and Josh Smith flanking Brand, who is catching the ball and playing singles, are all effective.

The key is that the Clippers have no point guards!

Originally, there was Livingston. Livingston played very well in the first half of the season. Although he entered the NBA with constant injuries and only played 30 games in the first three months, he performed very well in his rookie year. He averaged 7 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists per game. He only played 27 minutes per game.

However, Livingston's body is too fragile. When he returned to training during the All-Star weekend, he had just recovered from an ankle injury before, and then he tore his calf muscle, and he was reimbursed for the remaining half of the season.

In fact, since the beginning of February, the Clippers have no point guards, and the offensive end can only rely on star singles.

After gaining experience playing against the Clippers in the last game, Coach Kruger used Tracy McGrady, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Muhammad to pinch Maggette and Brand in turn. Kwame Brown and Mourning guarded the basket. The defensive end restricted the Clippers' two singles masters.

Relying on the defense to restrain the Clippers, Liu Mang began to shoot wildly. Although his shots were inaccurate under the defense of Maggette, the most physically fit outside line in the league, he got a lot of free throws.

In the three quarters, he made 26 of 11 shots and 9 of 1 three-pointers. The efficiency was a bit poor, but Liu Mangbo made 14 free throws and made 14 of 12 free throws. He scored 35 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

The Eagles have won 12 consecutive victories!

The game against the Clippers was originally regarded as the easiest game by the Eagles, because it was easy to target the opponent. Liu Mang, McGrady and Jason Terry on the bench were all there, and there was no shortage of offensive firepower.

The offense is guaranteed, and the defense can limit the opponent, so coach Kruger is not worried about the first game.

The next morning, the Eagles took a 20-minute charter flight to Oakland, and the difficulty came.

At the team meeting at noon, Coach Kruger announced the new rotation arrangement for the next two games. For the game against the Suns on February 2, McGrady, Prince, and Kwame Brown will all take turns for the next two games.

Coach Kruger's arrangement is for the game against the Suns. The players can understand that the Hawks players can't accept being swept by a team in the regular season.

However, such an arrangement is too much of a test for Liu Reckless, because Coach Krueger’s arrangement is that after the game against the Warriors, Rasheed Wallace will go to Phoenix, Arizona with Prince, Tracy McGrady, and Kwame Brown, and wait for the Eagles to go to Salt Lake City to meet in Phoenix after the game and go directly to play the Suns together.

At this time, the pressure is on Liu Mang, can he lead the substitute lineup to win both games?Coach Kruger is not sure either.

If they win, Coach Kruger has nothing to say. If he loses even one game, he will have a chance to teach Liu Mang a lesson!Coach Kruger has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.

Of course, Coach Kruger still hopes to win, the head coach who has won 18 consecutive victories... is also very good!

But Liu Mang didn't have any fear, and he led the team to play two games alone. This kind of thing still made him look forward to it.

So far, Liu Mang's scoring average is almost fixed at 36.7 points. The more games he plays, the more difficult it becomes to improve his scoring average. The Eagles have played 56 games, with 45 wins and 7 losses. In other words, the next game needs to score 36.7 points more than 5.6 points, which means at least 43 points, before Liu Mang's scoring average can increase by 0.1 points.

Therefore, Liu Mang is now ready to brandish the long knife and start collecting points!

He wants to win, increase his scoring average, and win 18 consecutive victories!
In addition, there is another goal that makes Liu Mang's fighting spirit even higher.

Three starters will rest, and the next game will have four starters rest. The players in the first and second grades are all high!This means that they will have more opportunities to play!
Looking at his teammates in the first and second grades who are not strong enough, but full of enthusiasm, Liu Mang's fighting spirit is also burning.

Hit the Warriors!It is a beginning for him to step out of the footsteps of King's Landing NBA!
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