Chapter 1169 1168. Tie with 72 Wins!

"Destiny is like a rushing river. We, fifteen brothers, try to resist the torrent of fate, but unfortunately fate is like a river bursting its banks, pushing us forward. Everything is destiny..."

The reporter looked at Liu Mang and felt that his head was full of black lines.

"Ace, what does this mean?" the reporter asked bravely.

"Oh, I don't understand. Let me put it simply. They deserve to be unlucky. They happened to be our opponents just when we needed to win." After Liu Mang finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the player tunnel with McGrady, who was speechless next to him, leaving behind a message. Confused reporter.

So direct!

Neither Liu Mang nor Tracy McGrady had time to deal with reporters. They would have to fly to faraway Toronto in a while, and they would have to play the Raptors back-to-back tomorrow.

The day after beating the Lakers, on April 12, the Hawks came to Milwaukee to start a back-to-back series.

The first is back-to-back games with the Bucks and Raptors.

After a night's rest in Milwaukee, which is close to the northernmost city in the United States, on April 13, the first game of back-to-back games, the Hawks came to the Bradley Center, the home of the Bucks, with a furious mood. They showed off their power from the beginning of the game. They beat the Bucks 30-15 in the quarter and led by 15 points in the quarter.

The focus is still on defense. The Hawks are used to defending against the Lakers, and they all defended very actively. They defended the Bucks and only scored 15 points in a single quarter.

Liu Mang had 8 points and 5 assists in the first quarter.

After Jason Terry came up in the second quarter, the Bucks got even worse. In the last game against the Lakers, they only scored 9 points, which was not as high as the opponent's fish. Today, Jason Terry broke out. With 16 points in one quarter, Liu Mang's assists surged.

By the middle of the third quarter, the Eagles were already 79-49, leading the Bucks by 30 points.

Liu Mang played 27 minutes in two and a half quarters and clocked out with 17 points, 13 assists and 5 rebounds. Jason Terry led the lineup of Calderon, Horry, David Lee, and Mourning to play garbage time.

Jason Terry had no intention of letting the Bucks go. He scored 10 points and 4 assists in garbage time. He scored 26 points and 5 assists in 29 minutes, helping the Hawks to slaughter the Bucks 118-77. 41 points.

Originally, I didn’t want to do anything, just win the game, but I lost to Little Blacksmith, lost to Yao Ming, and lost a star card of an era-level superstar, although I had a more coquettish Little Blacksmith’s star card for the entire game. , but a loss is a loss!

I don’t know if Little Blacksmith and the others can break through to the west this year. Liu Mang may not have a chance if he wants to take revenge, so he might as well find two opponents to vent his anger on!

However, as the game continued, Liu Mang lost much interest and clocked out after getting two pairs.

But McGrady played 24 minutes and scored 31 points, Jason Terry played 29 minutes and scored 26+5, and Kwame Brown played 23 minutes and scored 7 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks, pushing the Bucks to the limit. hammer.

The Bucks players almost cried. McGrady, Prince, Iguodala, and Liu Mang took turns defending Reid, which made Reid collapse. Their efforts in guarding Reid were as hard as their defense. Kobe and Odom are equally positive.

The Bucks were so abused that they doubted their lives, and the Raptors players who were waiting for the Hawks to arrive really wanted to end the season now and give the opponent the victory.

The two weak teams in the Eastern Conference, the tenth and eleventh, are trembling and very sad. Why should they be held responsible for what the Lakers did?

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On April 14th, a historic day arrived.

Although Milwaukee is not particularly far from Toronto and the second game is only 27 hours apart, the Hawks' strength has not been greatly affected. After all, they have experienced a sweet schedule of more than ten days.

In yesterday's game against the Bucks, Jason Terry played the most minutes among the Hawks' main players. Except for Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady, the other main players played less than 24 minutes and were in good physical condition.

In addition, the Eagles players are now crazy about tying the Bulls' historical record, and they can't take into account the impact on physical fitness.

Milicic looked at Liu Mang and Kwame Brown who were as desperate as if they were playing in the tiebreaker of the finals. One of them was on the outside, and the other was on the inside. He was yelling at everyone he saw, showing a Minnesota style of iron-blooded play. I have a sense of déjà vu, and I feel like it’s better not to fight with them. The season will be over in a few games, so there’s no point in doing that.

Milicic saw Liu Mang make 7 of 12 three-pointers, 9 of 16 shots in the three quarters, 2 of 4 free throws, and get 30 points and 10 assists. Looking at the 85-54 point difference, he could only console himself: Anyway, we He also left his name in history... becoming the opponent of the Hawks' 72nd regular victory this season, it will also be recorded in the annals of NBA history... Moreover, it also got a national live broadcast...

Originally, except for the Hawks' last home game against the Knicks, after they beat the Lakers, the middle three games were not broadcast live in the United States. However, after the Hawks beat the Bucks and won 71 games, they played the Raptors. It was temporarily added to the broadcast, and the next game against the Jazz will also be broadcast live across the United States. This is a moment to witness history.

However, there was not much passion in this moment of witnessing history. The Raptors were beaten by the Hawks players who were in rampage mode. In the end, they relied on Liu Mang with 30 points, 10 assists and 3 rebounds, Tracy McGrady with 19 points, and Korver with 18 points. , Jason Terry scored 14 points, Kwame Brown had 17 points and 15 rebounds, and five Hawks players scored in double figures. With a score difference of 121 to 83 and a score of 38 points, they slaughtered the trembling Raptors back to back and tied the Bulls. The team’s historical record of 72 wins!

The Raptors made no substantial resistance, and the Hawks slaughtered their opponents for two consecutive games, tying their 72-win record!

After ten years, a team once again won 72 games in the regular season!

Ever since the Hawks won 70 wins, they have caused a sensation in the basketball world. Whether they like the Hawks or not, fans are looking forward to this day.

Except for a pair of old brothers who were drinking with a female model in their arms in Charlotte, and some Bulls fans who were unwilling to accept this fact, fans of other teams were happy to see this scene.

The Hawks were very lively after the game after defeating the Raptors, and Hawks players were being interviewed by reporters outside the locker room or inside the Canada Flight Center Arena.

It makes this place look like Phillips Arena or Staples Center, full of Chinese reporters and fans.

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Liu Mang was so tired that he would definitely give priority to the exclusive interview with Chaotingtai. After the game, he even went to physical therapy and went directly to accept the exclusive interview with Chaotingtai.

Followed by Sports Illustrated, ESPN, T.N.T, Los Angeles Globe, Asian Herald, British Daily Mail... and other media interviews one after another.

This is just tying the record. Time Magazine has made an appointment to conduct an exclusive interview with Liu Mang after the Eagles regular season. This is the second time Liu Mang may appear in Time Magazine. They are planning to interview Liu Mang. After leading the team to break the historical record of the Bulls led by Jordan, Liu Mang was given a cover.

The editor-in-chief of Time Magazine has no doubt that the Hawks can break the historical record. There are two remaining opponents, the Jazz and the Knicks at home. As long as they defeat any of them, the record will have been broken.

As for these two opponents, one will make the Eagles go all out to defeat their opponent once, and the other is last in the league and has constant internal strife. It is now 19 wins and 60 losses, and is the only team in the league that has not broken 20 wins. Whether the team can win 20 games or not when they play the Eagles is a question.

No one doubts that the Hawks can break the record. Even those Bulls fans who are unwilling to accept the facts cannot expect that the Hawks will lose two consecutive games against the Jazz and Knicks.

After losing to the Lakers, the Hawks went crazy and almost slaughtered their opponents by 40+ points in two consecutive games. However, the points difference of 35+ points in two consecutive games was the longest since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robert in the 1973-1974 season. Sen together led his team to kill the opponent in two consecutive games with at least 39 points, a new high!

In the two games combined, he slaughtered his opponent by 79 points, which was even higher than the two games in Jabalgan where he slaughtered his opponent by 78 points!

Judging from the performance of the Raptors, these teams that do not have the strength to compete with the Hawks do not even have the idea of ​​​​upsetting or expecting the opponent to be in poor condition.

After Liu Mang accepted interviews from more than a dozen large TV stations, newspapers, and news media, it was already past three in the morning when he returned to the hotel.

But he is very excited. The rogue value is more than 96.79 million, which is just a little bit away from breaking 100 million. Moreover, the increase is now amazing!

The rogue value will once again exceed 100 million. The next step is the playoffs. Break through the Eastern Conference in the playoffs, reach the finals, and suppress the rising stars of the same generation. The task is complete!

The playoffs are about to begin, and Liu Mang can't wait to play against James and Wade, and then kill them!

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On the afternoon of April 15, the Hawks returned to Atlanta after a long journey.

There are two opponents left. Although the opponents are not strong, the Eagles players have no idea of ​​relaxing. Unless they win 73 games and ensure that they break the historical record, the Eagles players will not relax.

The Eagles players are so confident. They originally had Liu Mang's "strong heart" buff, and they are all very proud. Now fans, media, and even opponents believe that they will definitely break the record, and they are now extremely eager to win it. a match.

Liu Mang watched this group of teammates actually get off the plane and go back to the arena to watch the next two opponents' game videos. Thinking of yesterday's interview, some of these people opened their mouths and didn't care about the record, while others shut up and said, "We just want to Winning doesn't care about these...

Too fake!

As a result, Liu Mang also joined the army of watching videos, preparing for games, and discussing tactics.

Who doesn’t want to leave a name in history? Liu Mang also thinks that when his daughter grows up and can understand things, he can take his daughter to the field, point at the big-name players and say: Your dad, I will take them. They all cried.

Liu Mang was discussing with Rasheed Wallace, Josh Smith, and Malone how to deal with the Jazz's pick-and-roll, and he approached Malone. Of course, it was because the trainer himself was the best pick-and-roll player in history. I originally wanted to find Stockton, but Stockton was in a meeting with the coaching staff.

When Liu Mang was having a heated discussion, Emmanuel came to call Liu Mang and asked Liu Mang to go to Coach Kruger's office.

Liu Mang came to Coach Kruger's office, and everyone on the coaching staff was there.