Chapter 1105 1104. Make This Era Feel Uneasy
19 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, Liu Mang got his tenth triple-double in his career.
Liu Mang passed 8 direct passes to Kwame Brown, and the Hawks had 29 assists, 17 of which were contributed by Kwame Brown!
In addition to his own 12 points from high shots and tip-ins, and 5 free throws, Kwame Brown scored 51 points!
Milicic played all three quarters except the second quarter, and got a triple-double of 28 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists.
The Raptors' counterattack in the fourth quarter was quite scary. At one point, under Milicic's strong attack and organized offense, the score difference was narrowed to 7 points in the middle of the fourth quarter, but Kwame Brown scored 6 points with 4 consecutive offensive rebounds, widening the score difference again.
117 to 105, the Hawks defeated the Raptors by 12 points.
The process was a bit difficult, but Liu Mang thought it was not important.
The important thing is that Kwame Brown's score calculated according to the task is 51 points, Milicic's score is 28, plus double the assists, which is 20, the combined score is 48 points, Kwame Brown "narrowly won by 3 points"!
The entire Hawks team was feeding Kwame Brown, McGrady scored 22 points and 4 assists, Iguodala scored 6 points and 2 assists, Jason Terry scored 13 points and 2 assists, Calderon and Josh Smith each had 1 assist for Kwame Brown, and finally Kwame Brown couldn't get any more points.
Kwame Brown was in the limelight today.
He originally just wanted to get 20 or 30 points to get a little bit of limelight, but he didn't expect his boss to be so awesome! He helped him get 51 points!
Kwame Brown scored a career high, and it was 50+, and he happily went to participate in the post-match interview.
Liu Mang received a reminder that the task was completed and got Mike James's star card, which was better than nothing.
Liu Mang is more concerned about the opponent's big man now. It seems that Milicic's reaction after being beaten this time is a little different from before!
It seems that he has matured a little bit...
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As the saying goes, everything is determined by fate.
Liu Mang led his teammates to help Kwame Brown shoot 23 of 31 shots and 5 of 11 free throws, scoring 51 points. However, Milicic was not so frustrated when he was beaten so high by the opponent this time. Instead, he played with anger.
Such Milicic is rare.
Milicic's psychological endurance has always been weak. He was beaten by veterans who are much older than him, just Yao Ming, who is only 5 years older than him, and he felt like the sky was falling.
But this time he was facing Kwame Brown, one of Milicic's future opponents, and that was different.
Yao Ming... Milicic's idea was that when he was in his twenties, Yao Ming was already thirty-two or thirty, and he was probably about to retire. Kwame Brown was different, and the two might have overlapping peak periods!
Being beaten by Yao Ming and his group, Milicic still had some childish complaints.
But being beaten by Kwame Brown, and beaten in this way, he was not convinced!
Milicic rarely had such direct anger. He was only 17 years old when he participated in the NBA tryout and was only a few days away from turning 18. He was just 18 and six days old when he was drafted. Since entering the NBA, he is only 20 years old and still half a year away from turning 21. That childlike sadness and depression made him cry countless times. The crybaby was publicized by Garnett after he knew Milicic's flaws.
But this time when he met such a despicable Kwame Brown, Milicic seemed to have grown up overnight. He was beaten by the opponent and the team fell behind by a large score. He did not give up in frustration as before, but fought to the end.
However, Milicic also saw the fierce physical fitness of Kwame Brown at the last moment, and knew that Kwame Brown was not just a dunker in the Hawks. He was strong in rebounding, single defense, and impact on the basket, and these aspects were much stronger than Milicic himself.
A man always needs something to make him mature.
Today, Kwame Brown shamelessly yelled that he was awesome because he had a boss, which made Kwame Brown more determined to assist Liu Mang.
Milicic met Kwame Brown, a "lucky" guy, who stimulated himself and gave him a deeper understanding of the cruelty of the basketball world, and also made him understand what he really wanted in his heart.
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Liu Mang was very focused on defending Mike James during the game, and Mike James shot 4 out of 11, scored only 9 points, only made one three-pointer, and did not give the opponent a free throw opportunity. On the offensive end, he had to find ways to create opportunities for Kwame Brown. He did not notice Milicic's changes during the game.
But after the game, recalling Milicic's performance in the second half, he almost helped the Raptors gain momentum. Fortunately, Kwame Brown grabbed several rebounds beautifully and made good tip-ins to suppress the opponent's momentum.
Now Liu Mang feels very different about Milicic, who performed very well in the second half.
Only with such a mentality and not crying all day long can he become a real top player.
Otherwise, no matter how talented he is, he will cry when he meets Garnett, and he will not fight.
This makes Liu Mang very excited!
From the beginning of his career, Liu Mang wished that all his opponents were fakes. Now he is looking forward to it. In the future, when these young players grow up, he can compete with them!
But the current 03 generation...Except for Wade, the others are still far behind...
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Continue to maintain the winning streak against the top five picks of the 03 generation. If it weren't for Anthony's defeat, Liu Mang would have won all the top five picks of the 03 generation.
Liu Mang is still quite depressed about this.
However, on the Nuggets side, Anthony does not have a point guard like Billups or Kidd, so it is unlikely to make it to the second round. The system does not include Anthony, who is not very persistent in winning, in the suppression range, which makes Liu Mang feel better.
38 wins and 4 losses, defeating the Raptors makes Liu Mang's goal of surpassing the Bulls' lowest loss record before the All-Star Weekend closer and closer.
The next day after playing against the Raptors, the Hawks had a day off and did not arrange training. Liu Mang did not go to the gym today, and continued to help his mother, Alexia, Levia, and bodyguard Christine Wagner prepare for the New Year's Eve party.
It's a pity that the opponent in this game is not the Lakers, otherwise it would be great to have two more Chinese players, and it would also make someone angry.
At noon, McGrady, Jason Terry, Rasheed Wallace, who live nearby, and Iguodala who came all the way, came to Liu Mang's house to help with the decoration.
The last opponent before the game against the Spurs, tomorrow's game, against the Timberwolves, after the teammates came, Liu Mang couldn't help asking McGrady about some doubts about some things: "Tracy, you are all high school students, tell me, why does Garnett yell at the opponent's star every time he wins a game recently?"
What do you mean they are all high school students?
McGrady was too lazy to argue with Liu Mang, it was too much! McGrady is going to register for college one day. By then, he will be a college student. Let's see how Liu Mang can still use this matter to make a fuss.
However, McGrady didn't pay much attention to what Liu Mang said before. He is not the kind of person who cares about other people's affairs. Now he heard about it and thought about it, and he had an idea that he was not sure about.
McGrady responded: "Ace, Kevin probably wants to show his strength to other stars so that other teams want to get him... No, he takes loyalty as his motto. He cut his salary by 12 million before, and it is impossible for him to leave the Timberwolves."
"Impossible to leave?" Liu Mang was negative about this matter.
Not skeptical, but directly negative.
Because he knew Garnett would definitely leave, but he didn't expect that he would want to leave so soon.
"Maybe, Garnett's loyalty..."
Liu Mang and McGrady chatted casually, preparing for the New Year's Eve party the day after tomorrow. He already felt that there would be good shows to watch in this offseason!
The summers of the past three years have been very lively.
The most obvious characteristic of the arrival of a basketball era is that the stars often change, mostly because of anxiety!
And Liu Mang is the one who makes the stars of this era feel uneasy.