Chapter 1121 1120. Tie with Nash!

"Kwame! Tell me why it's you and not me on it!" Jason Terry wanted to jump up and break Kwame Brown's knee.

The Hawks came to the world's largest city, the Big Apple, New York, and started the last four consecutive away games before the All-Star Weekend. After the four consecutive away games, there were three consecutive home games, a total of seven games.

At noon on January 30, the 40-4 Hawks came to New York. There was a charity event that required the participation of the entire Hawks team to go to the basketball mecca Madison Square Garden. They suddenly discovered that a poster of NBA stars in the mall near Madison Square Garden was not a poster of Knicks players, but the three All-Star starters of the Hawks...

Kwame Brown was happy and embarrassed. In people's minds, he was already the third star of the team. The key was that the first and second stars were Liu Mang and McGrady. Kwame Brown didn't think he had a chance to be better than the two, but outside of the two, he was the most watched and recognized. Kwame Brown was very happy.

However, the oldest player in the team was a little unhappy.

Liu Mang teased, "Jason, this proves that you are old."

"You are old! I am only 28 years old! I will not be like those people who are old in their 30s. I will play until I am 40, and I have not made enough money yet!" Jason Terry seemed to be stepped on the tail, and he cared about this very much.

Looking at Jason Terry, Liu Mang felt that he was not afraid of short people being coquettish, but afraid that short people had goals!

If Iverson had long-term plans and goals like Jason Terry... it's a pity, Iverson is almost 31 years old.

In terms of his own long-term planning, Jason Terry may be the best among the short players, especially after becoming teammates with Stockton and Stockton staying on as an assistant coach, Jason Terry's training, maintenance, etc., are more planned, and he is still growing this season!

Jason Terry has a strange temper. Kwame Brown saw that Jason Terry was really unhappy, and quickly agreed to treat him to dinner tonight, so Jason Terry let Kwame Brown go.

Then... Kwame Brown just kept grinning at the big poster...

Liu Mang and the others felt so embarrassed that they quickly pretended not to know him and left... New York! There are reporters everywhere. How can there be such an unsophisticated teammate!

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As a professional player, and one of the most popular stars in the NBA, there are many things that must be done.

For example, Liu Mang has been forced to show up at charity auctions and other occasions every time he comes to New York in the past two years. This time he spent 7,000 US dollars to buy a useless headband, saying that it was the headband that Wilt Chamberlain had worn. Liu Mang saw that this was the cheapest, so he bought it...

On January 31, the Hawks started the first of a four-game road trip, challenging the Knicks away.

Larry Brown's reputation has been completely ruined this season.

9 wins and 35 losses, the worst record in the league! The recent wave of 18 consecutive losses has tied the seventh longest losing streak since the 1976-1977 season when accurate data statistics were available.

When the team was 9-17, it looked terrible. When the team was 9-35, people felt that it was hopeless.

This season, any team that came to New York looked like the owner of Madison Square Garden.

In the game between the Hawks and the Knicks, Liu Mang didn't exert much effort. He played for 20 minutes in more than two quarters and only had 11 assists!

As long as he passed the ball directly to the basket, it was an assist opportunity!

There was no defense at all!

Last season, under Larry Brown's high-pressure policy, the Knicks at least had some defense, especially when they met the Hawks and Liu Mang, they would fight hard.

But this season, the Knicks players and Larry Brown were almost fighting, mainly because of Nate Robinson. Nate Robinson played well in his rookie year, averaging 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists per game. A player in the late first round, with such performance, would be considered lucky if he was put in any team.

But Larry Brown just couldn't stand him. During the game, Liu Mang heard Larry Brown's vulgar words that didn't look like those of a university teacher.

Therefore, the Knicks players played their own games. Everyone played their own games with the ball. They pretended to be defensive, and didn't care about the open cuts or fill the open positions.

Stephen Marbury didn't compete with Liu Mang. Now Marbury is in a "seduction-rape" lawsuit and a conflict with the management. He scored 15 or 16 points and 5 or 6 assists in each game. Marbury, who was 29 years old and at his peak, returned to his hometown, the Big Apple, and instead sent his NBA career to the guillotine.

And Eddy Curry, who played very well last year, averaging 19 points and 7 rebounds per game, got a sky-high contract of 66 million for 6 years from the Knicks, and averaged 13 points and 4 rebounds per game this season.

Before the start of the season, the Knicks still wanted to enter the playoffs. They dug Eddy Curry so that they could have a super center to use against the Hawks, Heat, and Pistons. After all, in the past two years, Eddy Curry has performed very well whether playing against Kwame Brown, Ben Wallace, or O'Neal.

But... now I know that Eddy Curry's efforts were all for a big contract!

Now that he has a big contract, Eddy Curry is not in the mood to play against Kwame Brown, his "mortal enemy". He has a sense of superiority that his contract is bigger than yours.

Then, Kwame Brown scored 20 points, 17 rebounds, and 3 blocks... and beat Eddy Curry, who only played for 19 minutes and got 8 points and 0 rebounds.

Liu Mang played for 8 minutes in the first quarter, 4 points and 4 assists, 5 minutes in the second quarter, 8 points and 1 assist, and 7 minutes in the third quarter, 3 points and 6 assists. He did not play again after the official timeout in the third quarter.

Because at this time, although Liu Mang only got 15 points and 11 assists, the Hawks were already 82 to 54, leading by nearly 30 points!

The Hawks started with a 4-day 3-game series against the Knicks, and played against the Knicks, Magic, and Pacers successively. There was a back-to-back game across the month, so they played very hard from the beginning today.

With McGrady and Prince both resting, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Kwame Brown all scored 20+. Liu Mang and Calderon each controlled the ball for half the game, and both of them had double-digit assists. The Hawks scored easily by receiving the ball.

In the end, with Liu Mang's 6 of 10 shots, 3 of 5 three-pointers, and no free throws, he scored 15 points, 11 assists, and 4 rebounds, and Calderon's 2 of 4 shots scored 5 points and 10 assists. The Hawks defeated the Knicks 129 to 95, with a 34-point difference.

The fans at the scene were shouting Liu Mang's name, wanting to see Liu Mang score points.

Liu Mang also wanted to score points! But the "former superstar nursing home" team on the opposite side, which was composed of 130 million yuan in salary, did not give him a chance!

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Easily won 5 consecutive games, the Hawks had a record of 14 wins and 3 losses in 17 games in January, ranking first in the league, 3 more wins than the second-placed Spurs with 11 wins and 4 losses! 4 more wins than the third-placed Lakers with 10 wins and 5 losses!

However, the difficult schedule in January just ended, and the difficult schedule in February came immediately.

From February 12 to February 19, it is the All-Star Weekend holiday for the Hawks. There are 20 days left, and the Hawks have 11 games...

On the morning of February 1, the Hawks rushed to Orlando to challenge the Magic away.

This game was relatively easy. Liu Mang's big brother Rahim couldn't lead the Magic this season. The Magic lost the competition with the Bucks, Bulls, Pacers, and Wizards for the seventh and eighth place in the East, becoming the fifth team in the East with a winning rate of less than 40%.

With 18 wins and 27 losses, the Magic has a clear gap with the Bucks with 21 wins and 24 losses.

Liu Mang was heavily guarded. He played for 39 minutes and only scored 14 points, but he had 16 assists. Liu Mang's average points per game this season were not as good as last season, but he was more intimidating to his opponents. Strong teams didn't have so many concerns about Liu Mang's scoring. On the contrary, weak teams, knowing that they had a high probability of losing, double-teamed Liu Mang fiercely. Rahim didn't give face to Liu Mang, the former younger brother, and double-teamed him madly.

Kwame Brown continued his high-profile performance in the past period of time in this game. It can be said that when Rasheed Wallace was resting, Kwame Brown supported the Hawks' inside line, allowing Rasheed Wallace to rest more at ease.

With 24 points and 16 rebounds, Kwame Brown overpowered Howard, who scored 18 points and 11 rebounds, and had a clear advantage in the inside line.

Facing two rebounding beasts, Rahim only grabbed 6 rebounds.

When the Magic team didn't have an advantage in rebounding, it was basically over.

With 14 points and 16 assists, Liu Mang managed the team's offense in an orderly manner. McGrady scored 27 points after his comeback, Jason Terry scored 17 points, Kwame Brown scored 24 points, and Korver scored 12 points. Five players of the Hawks scored in double figures, 121 to 104, and easily defeated the Magic to win six consecutive games.

Rahim has become the leader of the empty-cut group this season. His 30+ was lost again. With 33 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Rahim was forced to become an organizer.

Liu Mang was puzzled by this. The Magic had a Turkoglu on the bench. Magic head coach Brian Hill used Turkoglu as the sixth scorer. Turkoglu, who averaged 14 points per game, performed well as the sixth man, but for such a player who can be the core organizer of the championship team, he was used as a pitcher...

Liu Mang thought of Turkoglu being used as a pitcher by Adelman. It seems that Van Gundy is really brave to use people sometimes!

It's a pity that Van Gundy is still a consultant for the Heat. He can't leave even if he wants to. His contract still has more than two years left, and it will expire in 2008. According to the original history, Howard was traded to the Magic with a draft pick in the summer of 2007. Howard waited for Van Gundy to take off, and then he withered after leaving Van Gundy.

Liu Mang hugged his big brother after the game, and felt sorry for Rahim for a few seconds. He averaged 25 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game! He couldn't even make the playoffs...

After feeling sorry for a while, Liu Mang began to feel sorry for himself. There are five games in the next ten days, and after the All-Star Weekend, there will be 5 games in 9 days!

However... Liu Mang got good news after the game. After 16 assists in a single game, he tied Nash's average of 11.3 assists per game!

I want to ask... Is Xiaofeng's math really that outrageous? Xiaofeng feels good about himself!