From today on is the king

Chapter 930 929. Tiger's Mentality
After easily defeating the Mavericks on the 27th, they took a day off. On March 3st, entering a new game month, the league's new best-of-the-month winners were announced.

The western side was won by Steve Nash. Nash won the best of the month for the third time this season. Except for being robbed of the best of the month by Francis in January, Nash won the best of the month in the Western Conference in November and December.

In the East, relying on 16 consecutive victories, the Eagles won all 2 games in February, and Liu Mang finally won the best of the month in the East.

The scoring average soared to 37 points per game, and stabilized, and continued to explode. Liu Wei finally let people see his "progress", and finally won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month.

Anyway, there is no season where you can't win the best of the month. Liu Mang even won the best of the month as a substitute in his second year. If he can't get it this season, he will die of depression. Fortunately, the league did not do so well in favor of the 03 generation...

In the afternoon, I got the Best of the Month trophy, and asked the special reporter to take a photo, and the league officials also took a group photo to use as a news picture for the official website. Liu Wei's obsession with the Best of the Month this season has dropped. In the first three months, James, Wade, and James were named the best of the month. Liu Wei was really upset.

Wade is okay, but he is third in the Eastern Conference anyway. James couldn't even make the playoffs in the second season.

Every time Liu Mang sees the 03 generation, he wants to have a shot, and this is also the reason.

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In the evening, the Hawks ushered in the first back-to-back of the new month, playing first the Bucks and then the 76ers.

Playing the Bucks, the Eagles sent a starting lineup of Calderon, Liu Mang, Prince, Muhammad, and Rasheed Wallace.

The Bucks are really desperate this season. Kukoc retired. The Bucks have no one to suppress a group of young people who are striving for the top. The most important thing is their point guard, TJ-Ford, who is recognized as the fastest player in the league.

The Bucks were a playoff team last year, but this year they completely collapsed. They never made it to the top ten in the Eastern Conference. They were bad from the beginning. Except for Reid's improvement from averaging 21 points per game to 23.3 points per game, the Bucks management had nothing to be happy about and was forced to start playing badly.

Coach Terry Porter has already prepared his resignation letter. He feels that being an NBA coach is much more difficult than being a player and an NCAA coach. As a player, he is a top point guard who just passed Magic Johnson. He is a top point guard who has scored 14.9 points, 10.1 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 1.8 steals.

In the past two years, many NCAA coaches have entered the NBA, but basically they coached for one or two years, and then went back to college.

However, even if the management of the Bucks decided to play badly, they were very desperate when they were badly played. They ranked third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference with 21 wins and 40 losses.

The Bucks, which ranks fifth from the bottom in the league, can't improve their record. They are not as bad as the worst in the league. Now the players have no intention of winning, even Reid.

People are like this, even if they are very competitive, they will not be troubled by money. The three-year, 3 million contract that Reed currently holds is not in line with his worth at all. At least Terry’s salary of 900 million is in line with his expectations. This season is Reed’s fifth season, the last year of his three-year contract. very bad.

Anyway, the team is rotten like this. Reid averaged 20.4 shots per game and only hit 8.5 goals, which is the lowest among players averaging 20+ points per game this season. Iverson's shooting percentage is 40.00%.

It was easy to win the game. As long as the Bucks' defense encounters a pick-and-roll, they will not defend. They have no defense at all.

At the beginning of this game, when Calderon was on the court, Liu Mang continued to focus on off-ball. In the last game, 40 points, 17 of which were catching and shooting points.

In the middle of the first quarter, Calderon was replaced by Iguodala, and Jason Terry replaced Prince. Liu Mang began to need to pass the ball, but Iguodala and Jason Terry mainly held the ball. Playing weak teams allowed Iguodala to take more responsibility.

Basically, I was playing tactically, so I treated this game as a training game.

Liu Mang clocked out of work in three quarters. He made 23 of 15 shots and 7 of 3 three-pointers. He was very efficient, but he didn't make any free throws, except that Reid was very hard at defending his shots from the outside.

靠着刘莽的36分，替补登场的莫宁拿到17分7板4盖帽，穆罕穆德4分12板，贾森-特里18分6助攻，佩尔森的14分，伊戈达拉6分5助攻4篮板，科沃尔的9分，卡尔德隆拿到7分9助攻，约什-史密斯垃圾时间把得分刷上双，老鹰队以115比90轻松击败雄鹿队拿到17连胜。

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The second day after playing the Bucks, the Eagles immediately ushered in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

The 76ers may be the Eagles' opponents in the first round. As far as the current situation is concerned, the situation in the West is stable. The Suns are 49 wins and 10 losses in the West.

Although the Mavericks have had a great impact on their record during the recent pain period, they still have an advantage over the fifth Rockets with 35 wins and 25 losses. The gap between the fifth Rockets and the sixth Kings is also relatively large.

The Lakers fell out of 28% winning percentage, only 31 wins and [-] losses.

After that, the Clippers and Warriors only had 26 wins.

Relatively speaking, the situation in the Eastern Conference is more chaotic. The top five are as hard as iron. The Eagles ranked first with 50 wins and 7 losses, the Pistons ranked second with 48 wins and 11 losses, the Nets ranked third with 32 wins and 27 losses, the Heat ranked fourth with 44 wins and 16 losses, and the Bulls ranked fifth with 35 wins and 14 losses.

But the Magic, 76ers, Wizards, Pacers, and Cavaliers, which rank six to ten, all have a winning rate of almost 50.00%. Relatively speaking, the Pacers with a broken lineup and the Cavaliers favored by the league are not far behind. However, it is estimated that it will be difficult to determine who will get the three playoff spots until the last moment.

And there is another crucial point, everyone wants a higher ranking, and no one wants to play the Eagles, but the seventh position in the Eastern Conference is very eye-catching for those teams, because the Pistons were blacked out.

This makes it difficult for the Eagles to determine who their final opponent is, so they will fight to the death against these five teams.

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"There are so many Iverson fans here again, I said Tracy, why don't you have so many fans here." Liu Mang couldn't help complaining.

"My fans are here too! It's just that you are used to it!" McGrady emphasized.

At [-]:[-] in the evening, players from the two teams entered the field. When Iverson came out, even in the away game, many fans cheered for Iverson.

Iverson's fans are quite loyal, which Liu Mang admires very much.

Look at the overwhelming fans with "rogue" written on their chests. Liu Mang doesn't want these fans. He asked McGrady, "Tracey, I know you care about saving face. Look at these fans. Do you want to buy fans? I'll sell them to you, and I'll do whatever I want."

"roll……"

Liu Mang tossed McGrady for a while, went up to practice shooting and waited for the game to start.

Iverson does this every time, and he usually plays well, not to mention the close relationship, at least he plays well.

But when it came to the game, he acted as if he refused to be thousands of miles away. He arrived in Atlanta yesterday and was still sitting in a box to watch the game.

That's right, just sitting in a box, Iverson is always so pompous when he is rich.

But after watching the Eagles game, he also came to say hello to the Eagles players, not to mention having a meal together, so Liu Mang felt that this guy was afraid that he would get away with it?Is he, Liu, that kind of person?

Just like now, the game was about to start, and Iverson was discussing something with Webber over there, and he didn't come over to talk to Liu Mang or the Eagles players.

Although the style of play has changed, the character remains the same.

Liu Mang didn't have a hot face and a cold butt in the past, he was a big boss.

Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy, Liu Wei looked at the players on the 76ers side.

Allen Iverson, with an ability rating of 96, is still a bit worse than when he was at his peak, but he is a little better than when he just came back from injury last season. Overall, he is still at his peak, averaging 27.3 points, 4 rebounds, 8.4 assists, and 2.4 steals per game. His shooting percentage is 40.00%.

It’s still the same Iverson, whether it’s his personality or his toughness on the court, if he said that he has changed, he has really changed a lot.

Seeing Iverson's statistics, Liu Mang found it difficult to deal with.

It's still three or four months away from 30!However, Liu Mang thought of the original time and space. Iverson’s injuries were more serious before he was treated. In the 04-05 season, he adapted for a year. In 05-06, he averaged 33 points per game. If not for a certain Los Angeles player, he would be the player with the highest scoring average in a single season since Jordan.

But now, everything is floating clouds, Liu Mang is ready to surpass Jordan's highest scoring average.

Willie Green...Liu Mang's former teammate, was traded to the 76ers after the All-Star Weekend, played shooting guard, rated 72, not bad second-year player, averaged 7 points per game.

Childress, with an ability rating of 76, averaged 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists per game.

There are more than 20 games left in the season, and the characteristics of rookies have already been fully understood. Childress' characteristics are clearly written in the scout report that Liu Mang got. His shooting is not accurate but he has three-pointers.

Webber, with an ability rating of 88, has passed his peak, but his strength is still there. After coming to the 76ers, he averaged 15 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game. His role is similar to that of Rasheed Wallace, but he is not as good as Rasheed Wallace.

Mark Jackson, with an ability rating of 74, averaged 12 points and 5 rebounds per game, is a muscular tough guy with a good ability to eat cakes.

After seeing the strength of the 76ers team, Liu Mang knew that to deal with the 76ers, the main thing is to deal with Iverson!

At 35:138, the previous game live on ESPN ended. The three-point battle between the Supersonics and the Suns, after Ray Allen came back, the battle with the Suns reached overtime.

However, the Suns' game was really too fast, and overtime was played. As a result, the estimated game time was only more than 5 minutes, that is, without overtime, the game had to end about 10 minutes earlier.

The referee gets the news that the last game is over and informs the players of both teams that they can play.

The lights dimmed as Kwame Brown patted chalk-covered hands and Muhammad thought about his pose. Rasheed Wallace's ferocious roar detonated the audience. Liu Mang sprinkled chalk into the air, and McGrady, who had communicated with the referee, stepped onto the court together.

Today, Prince and Rasheed Wallace continued to rest, and did not break the rest because the 76ers were possible first-round opponents. The Eagles sent a combination of Liu Mang, McGrady, Korver, Muhammad, and Kwame Brown.

For the 76ers, the lineup of Iverson, Willie Green, Josh Childress, Chris Webber, and Mark Jackson started.

McGrady went up and said hello to the players on the 76ers side. The 76ers are considered friendly teams, but it's hard to say when they really meet in the playoffs.

As the referee whistled the ball into the air, Kwame Brown easily won the jump ball. After receiving the ball, Liu Mang passed the ball to McGrady and ran forward.

After Liu Mang arrived in the frontcourt, he saw that Iverson was defending him, so he immediately interspersed and ran under the cover of his teammates. He thought that the 76ers could easily get rid of them because they averaged 99 points and lost 99 points per game.

Playing off the ball, I am most afraid of this kind of opponent who is fast and likes to compete!Just like Ray Allen, Alan Houston, and Hamilton got headaches when they saw Liu Mang, Liu Mang can be said to be the fastest off-ball shooter in the league when he plays off the ball, but it is a bit difficult to meet Iverson!
Liu Mang immediately felt that there are flaws in playing without the ball. Thinking of the development direction he chose, it was written to improve the efficiency of singles at critical moments, and he suddenly understood this matter.

McGrady saw that Liu Mang didn't run out of the opportunity and was bitten by Iverson, so McGrady came by himself.

McGrady made a horizontal pull to the right, and made explosive first three strides towards the three-point line, leaving Childress, who was extremely poor in defense, behind him.

McGrady broke into the inside, Webber and Mark Jackson both defended, and Willie Green, who defended Korver from the bottom corner, also attacked. McGrady accidentally fell into the encirclement!

Too careless!

I didn't expect the 76ers' defense to be so fierce at the beginning!

The passing route was blocked by Webber and Mark Jackson in the pass, Willie Green blocked the passing route from Korver who passed to the left at a 45-degree angle, and Liu Mang's direction outside the three-point line on the left side of the basket was blocked by Childress who was chasing back.

The main reason is that Rasheed Wallace is not there, and Muhammad at the power forward position is also active on the edge of the three-second zone on the left side of the basket, and no one is responding in the left corner!Can't open the space completely!

On a whim, McGrady thought of Liu Mang's "God's Pass" and jumped up.

Sure enough, Mark Jackson, Childress, and Webb all jumped up to block the shot. McGrady turned his back to the backboard in the air and threw the ball toward the top arc.

When Liu Mang saw McGrady jumping up and turning around, he said "MMX" in his throat. He guessed that McGrady wanted to play a trick!

What is this guy thinking?

Before Iverson figured out what McGrady was going to do, Liu Mang saw McGrady turning around and making a throwing motion, and immediately rushed towards the direction McGrady was facing, that is, the top arc.

Seeing that Liu Mang used his "exquisite lead with the ball" to deceive Iverson, basically he was able to grab the ball when the ball was thrown, and McGrady's face was full of complacency when it landed.

When Liu Mang was about to touch the ball, Willie Green, who was closer to the top arc, rushed to the top arc first, knocked down Liu Mang and grabbed the ball!
The referee didn't blow the whistle. Liu Mang was knocked down because McGrady's pass was too sudden. When he rushed over, he didn't even notice that there were people grabbing the ball together, and was knocked down by Willie Green who was ready to fight.

The two collided without touching the ball, and they collided together. It was not a matter of who insisted on colliding with the other. It was a reasonable confrontation during a ball scrimmage!

Willie Green grabbed the ball and rushed to the frontcourt and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!
The fans at the scene saw Willie Green knocking Liu Man over, so they didn't care whether the collision was reasonable or not. If the referee didn't give the whistle, the fans booed.

But in the next scene, the fans booed and exploded!

After Willie Green scored a goal, he actually picked up the ball, pasted it on when Liu Mang made a foul, and then threw the ball into the air to throw a sky cannon...

It was clear that he was provoking Liu Mang!
Willie Green played half of last season and was given up by the Eagles. He has always hated the Eagles. This year, the 76ers finally traded away a bunch of players to replace Webber without a shooting guard. Playing the Eagles, he wants revenge!
It is true that he has nothing to do with Liu Reck, and whether he will stay or not has much to do with Liu Reck, but he was originally a "point guard", so he has naturally been brought into the mentality of a "competitor".

The fans booed loudly when they saw Willie Green's actions.

Liu Mang stood up and saw this scene, stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, pursed his mouth, didn't say anything, ran back and waited for the serve, and didn't show any expression when he passed Willie Green.

McGrady, who came back with Liu Mang, saw Liu Mang's expression, and felt Liu Mang's contempt and anger towards Willy Green with a delicate mind, and thought to himself: "It's over, that kid is over... But it seems that the game will become easier again..."

After receiving McGrady's serve, Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt without passing it to McGrady.

After arriving in the frontcourt, McGrady directed Korver, who wanted to go to the bottom corner to open up space, to a high position, and McGrady went to the right bottom corner to open up space.

This is not part of tactics!Korver came to the right side of the free throw line a bit overwhelmed, this is not where he can shoot!
Liu Mang came to the top arc, and Iverson defended him. Liu Mang saw that McGrady commanded Korver to a high position. What else needs to be said about this silent tacit understanding?It was Willie Green who defended Korver!

Liu Mang beckoned Korver to pick and roll, Korver finally knew what he was supposed to do, and immediately came up to help Liu Reck block Iverson, Liu Mang bypassed the pick and roll, Korver immediately ran towards the left corner, Iverson could only follow Korver to the left corner.

Willie-Green was prepared for Liu Mang's breakthrough after the pick-and-roll, and immediately switched defenses quickly, but found that Liu Mang was just waiting for Korver to take Iverson away and open up the space.

Liu Mang was dribbling the ball in the top arc, and suddenly took a step towards the right. Willie Green was highly excited, stealing Liu Mang, counterattacking for a dunk, provoking Liu Mang, all done!The key is that Liu Mang "dare not speak back"!
Seeing Liu Mang take a step, Willie Green, who was highly excited, took a step back. Liu Mang didn't move forward at all, and immediately retracted his feet. Willie Green cursed in his heart that he had been tricked, and rushed back.

Willie Green, whose nerves were highly excited, was still a little clear, and he threw himself back without taking off.

At this time, Liu Reck grabbed the ball and bent his knees to jump. Willie Green saw that Liu Reck was about to grab the ball and was about to shoot.
Liu Mang flew Willie Green, swung the ball and hit Willie Green, and threw a sky cannon...

The referee whistles, the thugs foul!
Liu Mang walked to the free throw line and made three free throws without even looking at Willie Green.

Liu Mang made a three-point foul, and Iverson couldn't say anything. He was originally defending Liu Mang, but was taken away by Korver. No wonder Willie Green is a second-year student.

To the 76ers offense.

Iverson advanced to the frontcourt, and he had to play out his offensive threat first.

Liu Mang came to the top arc to defend Iverson, and gestured for Korver to be ready to defend at any time.

Iverson used the flower-piercing butterfly step, changed direction drastically, and could stop and accelerate at any time. There was really no way to prevent Liu Mang from being left behind by Iverson.

But Liu Mang did not give up and continued to catch up with Iverson. At this time, Iverson saw that Korver had already defended in place. He did not pass the ball and chose a jump shot from outside the free throw line. Liu Mang, who was coming from behind to defend, interfered and was forced to adjust in the air and throw the ball.

Iverson missed his first shot of the start.

It was the Eagles offense again, and Liu Mang continued to play the pick-and-roll with Korver, forcing the opponent to switch defenses and single-play Willie Green.

Liu Mang still had the expression that he didn't take Willie Green seriously. He used fake moves again, and Willie Green was fooled again!

Liu Mang moved towards Willie Green and threw another sky cannon!

The referee blew his whistle again, and it was still a thug foul!

Only then did people realize that Liu Mang's two fouls were exactly the same as Willie Green's provocation just now!
Willie Green also reacted!He was completely teased by the other party!
The opponent didn't respond not because of anything else, but because they were too lazy to start a fight, and responded directly with competition!
The reason why Liu Mang didn't show an angry expression when he saw Willie Green's provocation, and he didn't say much, and he didn't even respond to Willie Green, was mainly because if he was bitten by a dog, would he want to pay back?

Tigers are powerful and can compete with lions and cheetahs in hand-to-hand combat, but when they encounter crazy dogs, they will avoid them if they are provoked.

If you defeat a lion, you will be feared by all the beasts. If you defeat a cheetah, you will be feared by all the beasts. But if you defeat a mad dog, there is nothing to show off. It would be bad if you get bitten.

As a tiger, you have to be ruthless when dealing with mad dogs!

(End of this chapter)