From today on is the king

Chapter 933 932.22 consecutive victories, the second in history! (asking for a ticket)

The Eagles have won 18 consecutive victories, and the media and fans are discussing that the Eagles have won the championship.

It is the characteristic of the media to act according to the wind and act on the wall. When the Eagles lost to the Suns before, they were saying that the Eagles were over, and now they started advocating the Eagles.

The Eagles have gotten used to this situation in the past three years. After playing well for a period of time, the media will blow it up, but as long as they miss a game, the media will be able to find 1 shortcomings to attack.

The Eagles didn't float up because of this, and continued their plan that they had planned long ago.

After 18 consecutive victories, there is no need to think about winning games. With 51 wins and 7 losses, the Eagles have already locked in the playoffs in advance. There is no problem with 60 wins. The Eagles coaching staff has no record pressure and continues to implement the rotation strategy.

After playing the Bucks and the 76ers back-to-back, the Eagles took a day off in Atlanta and made a short charter flight to Miami on the morning of the [-]th to challenge the Heat away.

O'Neal is still resting, and he will not be able to return until at least the middle of the month. The Eagles can continue to rest assured.

In the afternoon, when they came to the American Airlines Center for warm-up training, the Eagles got a piece of news, something that surprised Liu Mang but was conceivable. Wade, a second-year player, was also injured!
When Wade played against the Pistons in the last game, his knee collided with his teammates. At that time, Wade was not injured and retired and played the whole game. However, after the game, it was found that the knee joint was damaged and he needed to be absent for at least a week.

Only then did Liu Mang remember that Wade is a heavy injured man, and he has never been on full attendance in his career. Every season, if there is less, he will rest for five or six games, and if more, he will miss [-] or [-] games.

This is basically the case for the stars under Pat Riley. The Magic has never played full time. James Worthy retired in his early 30s. Better than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he did not play a full season under Pat Riley.

Both Liu Mang and Schwartz have reminded Wade to pay attention to this aspect, but they can only give suggestions and cannot influence Wade's thoughts.

When Kobe was 33 years old, Pelinka advised him to switch to a more relaxed style of play, and not to work too hard to score 25 points per game; Jordan was about to come back at the age of 39, and his agent David Falk advised him not to come back, so as not to affect his legendary status... It can only be suggested.

Seeing Wade's rookie contract and getting injured again and again, Liu Mang felt very sorry, but this is someone else's business. He knew it was a trap, but he still wanted to jump in order to be stronger. Liu Mang couldn't stop him.

After learning that Wade could not play, coach Kruger asked Jason Terry to also start preparing for the playoffs, that is, to participate in the rotation.

After announcing that the starting lineup for tonight is Liu Mang, Iguodala, Prince, Muhammad, and Rasheed Wallace, Coach Kruger asked the players to warm up and called Liu Mang to the waiting room first. He had something to say.

Liu Mang followed Coach Kruger to the office, took out some materials and handed them to Liu Mang: "Ace, take a look and see if there are any of these players that you think are good."

Liu Mang looked at the information of some college players.

"Ace, these are the information of the players we may select, and you should be in contact with these players." Coach Kruger explained, the draft, of course, must be handed over to those with the best vision to give some advice.

Liu Mang understands that it's March Madness, and the team has already started to prepare for this year's draft. The Eagles have their own first round this year, which may be the 29th or 30th pick, and it won't be higher. There is also a second round for the Jazz, which is probably the third pick in the second round.

Schwartz has also started to get busy recently, getting in touch with some popular players who may participate in the draft after this season. Of course, there are only a few popular players. Schwartz's special target is Chris Paul, and more targets are in the first round.

Again, college players projected as late first and early second rounders.

Liu Mang opened the first file and saw the first photo, without even looking at the name, Liu Mang spewed out "Fuck".

"What's the matter, Ace?" Coach Kruger stretched out his head and said, "This is our third-year student from Georgia Tech. He was recommended to me by our former assistant coach Elphick. You should have heard of this player. I have watched him play. He is physically strong, has a steady style of play but has a big heart, and is very suitable as a substitute..."

How could Liu Mang have never heard of it? Last year, he was the guy who led Georgia Tech to the NCAA finals, but the final was beaten. Georgia Tech’s dark horse road was amazing. Last year, it was even more popular than the Eagles, but this year was much worse. Some seniors graduated and failed to enter the professional league.

"Coach, you don't want to pick this guy, do you? We can't pick him either! Look, he is predicted to be the 20th pick in the first round." Liu Mang said weakly.

"If Ace thinks he can do it, we can trade next year's draft picks. We have two first rounds and two second rounds next year. If we can pick him, we can have more outside options, and he is a player who has played for three seasons at Georgia Tech. If he is selected, the fans will be happier." Coach Kruger explained.

Well, even in the NBA, it cannot be avoided. When the strengths are similar, of course you will choose the one with better connections.

"..."

Indeed, the player Coach Kruger mentioned is just as good as Liu Mang knows, he is very good, he can easily integrate into any system, and he played for fifteen seasons before retiring, but...

This guy's name is Jarrett Jack!

This guy is poisonous!

Liu Mang is the starting point guard himself, so he chose Jarrett Jack as his substitute?Do you think you are too lucky?
"Ahem, coach," Liu Mang coughed, and began to babble: "Jack is good, but we have too many players with the ball on offense, and the physical fitness on the outside is not good enough. We should choose better physical fitness. Jack's physical fitness is average, and the catch and shoot are not good. We just choose a player who is good at catching and shooting three-pointers and cutting."

Coach Kruger heard what Liu Mang said, although it felt weird, but what Liu Mang said seemed to be correct, nodded and said: "Ace, what you said is also reasonable, we need more players to play with the ball, we are not in a hurry, you can ask your company to do more research."

It seemed that coach Kruger's idea of ​​choosing Jarrett-Jack was dispelled a little. Liu Mang heaved a sigh of relief, and his life was saved...Suddenly, Liu Mang's bad water began to be hated again...

"By the way, coach, we don't choose Jack. I also want to help this junior. We can let out a little bit of information that we are actively trading up draft picks to prepare for him." Liu Mang looked like he was thinking of the school's juniors.

"If we don't choose Jack, it's okay to help him..." Coach Kruger didn't refuse, it was a matter of convenience.

In the draft for three consecutive years, starting with Liu Mang, the Eagles' low-to-middle pick ability has been valued by other teams. Since last year, some teams have been inquiring about the inside story of the Eagles' draft, and this year there will definitely be more investigations.

"I'll go back and ask Jeff to help me investigate the information. I'll warm up the coach first..." Liu Mang finally got over the matter of choosing Jack, and hurried away...

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Without O'Neal, not even Wade, Odom and Butler were traded away, and the Heat were led by Eddie Jones...

The starting lineup sent by the Heat is Damon Jones, Kenyon Dooling, Eddie Jones, Haslem, Michael Doriak.

This lineup is so miserable that people want to cry. The best player is the 34-year-old Eddie Jones who averaged 12 points per game.

The Eagles sent a lineup of Liu Mang, Iguodala, Prince, Muhammad, and Rasheed Wallace.

The game became very simple. In the starting lineup stage, Liu Mang began to be a father and a mother on the offensive end, scoring and passing the ball.

On the defensive end, Iguodala and Prince defended Damon Jones and Eddie Jones' mid-range shots.

When it comes to the stage of the bench lineup, Iguodala or Calderon will hold the ball, and Persson or Korver will be the support point. Liu Mang starts to play off the ball and mainly scores by himself.

No big surprise, the Heat rely on dual cores to win. Except for Liu Mang who played the most minutes on the Eagles side, most of the other four positions are substitutes. They are very motivated and play very actively.

刘莽全场打了41分钟，拿到36分8板7助攻的数据，率领老鹰队以108比97，轻松击败热火队拿到19连胜。

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After playing the Heat, the Eagles returned to Atlanta and took a day off. On the 6th and 7th, they ushered in a back-to-back home and away game.

First, it ushered in a game against the Warriors at home. In this game, McGrady, Jason Terry, and Kwame Brown returned to the lineup, and had a vigorous offensive battle with the Warriors.

最终老鹰队以127比120击败勇士队，刘莽拿到44分9板3助攻，场均得分终于提升到了37.1分，追平了乔丹生涯最高的赛季的场均得分。

Liu Mang's score was raised to tie with Jordan, as expected by the fans, of course it caused a heated discussion again.

After defeating the Warriors, the Eagles tied the record of 20 consecutive victories created by the Bucks and became the third team in NBA history to win at least 20 consecutive victories.

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After playing the Warriors that night, the Eagles continued their winning streak to Chicago and started a defensive battle with the Bulls. Only Liu Mang had an absolute strong point on the outside. Tracy McGrady and Jason Terry both rested.

Coach Kruger began to experiment with the possibility of Calderon and Iguodala holding the ball. When encountering a situation, he asked Liu Mang to go up and score. Then he was infinitely flanked by the Bulls and asked Iguodala or Calderon to pass the ball to other teammates.

The effect was not bad, Liu Mang desperately broke through the 30 points, and at the same time, he was ruthless and led his teammates and the Bulls to defend.

In the end, Liu Mang scored 31 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists. The Eagles defeated the Bulls by 91 to 84, 7 points. They won 21 consecutive victories, surpassed the Bucks, and dominated the second longest winning streak in history!

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On March 3th, the Eagles came to New York and had a rest for the night in the luxurious Big Apple. On the 8th, Liu Mang came to Madison Square Garden to enjoy the cheers of the fans.

The Knicks have already collapsed, fourth from the bottom in the Eastern Conference, and are currently in a 9-game losing streak. Seeing the Hawks coming, the fans turned their backs.

刘莽拿到本赛季第26次40+，46分3板11助攻的数据，帮助老鹰队以121比99大胜尼克斯22分，轻松拿下比赛。

The Eagles record has been improved to 56 wins and 7 losses! 22 consecutive victories!

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On March 3, the Eagles came to New Jersey. Finally, the winning streak came to an end. Taking advantage of Tracy McGrady and Kwame Brown’s rest, the backcourt combination of Carter and Kidd, known as the league’s second strongest, defeated the Eagles led by Liu Mang’s single-core team.

97比105，刘莽连续两场拿到40+，最后时刻愣是把得分突破到了40分，狂砍40分4板5助攻，但抵不过合力砍下51分20助攻的卡特和基德。

The Eagles have worked very hard, but they still lost a bit against the Nets led by the healthy Kidd and Carter.

The Eagles' winning streak was fixed at 22 consecutive victories, and the record became 56 wins and 8 losses.

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The Eagles' crazy winning streak made a lot of limelight, and even the extremely popular NCAA March Madness was taken away by the Eagles.

Starting with their 2-game winning streak on February 27, the Eagles have been dominating the headlines in basketball news since March. Even after the news of March Madness hit the headlines, as long as the Eagles finished the game, no matter how much they won or how little they won, they would immediately steal the headlines.

Even if the 22-game winning streak is ended, the headlines belong to the Eagles.

David Stern watched the game on his knees throughout, hoping that the Eagles could continue their winning streak, so that they could compete with the NCAA's March Madness game in terms of ratings.

Then, David Stern saw that the Nets, one of the ratings killer teams he once hated, killed the Eagles. Although the Nets now have Carter, Carter’s popularity has declined and he is one of the most popular players in the league.
In addition to the headlines of the news, Liu Mang has also continued to appear in the topics of discussion among fans recently. Relying on his 22 consecutive victories, Liu Mang has pushed Nash to No.2 in the MVP rankings for three consecutive weeks. Finally, he has made up for the situation. Let people see that Nash is not the only candidate for MVP, he is also an MVP candidate!

The Eagles are on a crazy winning streak, Liu Mang's MVP calls are getting louder and louder, and Nash in the West is not idle. He is working hard to win and get good statistics.

Nash has been sitting at No.1 on the MVP ranking list for most of the season. Before the All-Star Weekend, he had never dropped from the MVP ranking list. How could he give up the MVP competition when he encountered Liu Mang's strong pursuit?Nash averaged 21.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 11.6 assists since the All-Star break, which is also impressive.

With Liu Mang winning 22 consecutive victories, the battle for MVP between the two has become fierce.

The winning streak was ended, and the Eagles felt sorry, but the pressure of the winning streak on their backs suddenly relaxed.

Although Coach Kruger insisted on resting before, he also tried the possibility of Calderon and Iguodala holding the ball to organize the offense in McGrady's resting game, but he could only taste it.

When the winning streak reaches a certain number, the mentality of worrying about breaking the winning streak is actually not a good thing for a team. Of course, a lot of winning streaks can give the team great confidence, but the mentality of worrying about breaking the winning streak will put pressure on both the players and the coaching staff.

It's a pity that the winning streak was ended, but it also allowed coach Kruger to relax Liu Mang's pressure. Before Liu Mang's 22-game winning streak this season, he had only 41 assists with more than 9 assists in 5 games, but during the 22-game winning streak, there were 14 assists with more than 5 assists.

Now the pressure of winning streak is gone, and there is another 4 wins gap with the Suns, and there are 18 games left. Finally, I can really test tactics for the playoffs!

The Hawks' 22-game winning streak is over. The fans are a little bit regretful, but there are still things to watch. Liu Mang has already scored 27+ 40 times this season, and he is one game away from getting the 28th 40+ this season!
In the next game, the Eagles' 65th game of the season, the opponent of the game is too coincidental. The Eagles will face the Los Angeles Lakers at home!
Kobe has scored 15 40+ times this season, tying his personal record of 40+ times in a single season.

But there is no doubt that Kobe is 100% unable to catch up with Liu Mang's 40+ times in a single season. Liu Mang has 12 more 40+ times than Kobe!

But this game has become more insightful because of this. After Liu Mang has scored 27 40+ times, will Kobe let Liu Mang get the 28th 40+ on his head to tie with Rick Barry and become the outside scorer second only to Jordan in NBA history?
The Eagles still have 18 games left. Even if Liu Mang surpasses Rick Barry, it is a certainty, but based on what the fans and the media know about Kobe, Kobe will not let this happen in front of his eyes, and Liu Mang will definitely want to get this record immediately.

It's not just that people think that Liu Mang will want to complete this record when he plays the Lakers. After the Hawks returned to Atlanta on the morning of the 12th, Liu Mang began to prepare for the next game against the Lakers.

After playing the Nets, the Eagles got two days off, and the 14th and 15th were back-to-back.

Liu Mang didn't care who he played in the second back-to-back game, he just wanted to beat Kobe and get 28+ for the 40th time!

Thinking of the little blacksmith's panic-stricken look, Liu Mang couldn't help becoming a little excited.

(End of this chapter)