Chapter 1383 1382. Ambition: 700 Points per Month
As the saying goes, there is no worst, only worse.
But this saying is not appropriate for Arenas at all...
After five consecutive 50+ games, Liu Mang has averaged 31.8 points per game, exceeding Arenas' 1.1 points per game average.
Arenas scored 50+ points twice this season, one of which was 61 points, and 40+ points 6 times. His scoring explosiveness and sustainability are very good.
But he met Liu Mang who needed to score points to help the team win...
In Liu Mang's era, no one was worse off than Arenas.
In the same class as Liu Mang, he is older than Liu Mang, not as strong as Liu Mang, not as healthy as Liu Mang, and his team's record is not as good as Liu Mang's. Once in the playoffs, they were swept in a direct match...
The key is……
On January 21, 2007, the third episode of "Details" was released. In the show, Liu Mang analyzed how to defend Arenas' pull-up jump shot...
On the 18th, Arenas relied on 40+ points after 61 points to barely overtake Liu Mang, but Liu Mang scored another 50+ back-to-back, raising the average points per game to a level that Arenas could hardly catch up with. Moreover, Liu Mang also Add obstacles to Arenas and analyze your experience in defending Arenas...
There was a trend of "feeling sorry for the general" on the Internet.
The worst thing is Arenas...
Liu Mang analyzed Arenas based on his own defensive methods. From a technical point of view, Liu Mang actually did not defend Arenas that well. The main reason was that Arenas panicked when he saw him and wanted too much. Prove yourself and play very poorly.
This is called "icephobia".
If someone else used Liu Mang's defense against Arenas to defend Arenas, the effect would actually be average. After all, this is a player with extremely explosive scoring power who can face Kobe Bryant who scored 60 points in a single game.
However, when Liu Mang analyzed Arenas, his opponents used the same method as Liu Mang to defend Arenas, and the effect suddenly became excellent!
This is purely a psychological effect, but psychological factors have a great impact on a player.
On the night of January 27th, after two days of rest, the Wizards ushered in a home game against the Spurs. Arenas made 2 of 18 shots and scored 11 points...
Tony Parker, who was in the same class as Arenas, guarded Arenas!
Arenas played 25 minutes and only made two goals in 18 shots. The Wizards fell behind by 31 points 31-62 at halftime and were bloodbathed by the Spurs...
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"Uncle, Arenas is so miserable, please stop bullying him." The little Loli hugged Liu Mang's arm and looked at the blank Arenas on the TV screen. The little Loli couldn't help but feel pity for him. Arenas.
Liu Mang also didn't expect that Arenas's mental endurance was so poor that a program would actually affect him to the point where he couldn't even beat Parker.
The last time the Wizards went to San Antonio, they relied on Arenas' 47 points to defeat the Spurs 98-91. This time, they were defeated by more than 30 points.
After defeating the Magic back to back yesterday and avoiding a three-game losing streak, Liu Mang recorded the third episode of "Details" overnight in Orlando, which owns an ESPN affiliate, and it was broadcast at noon today.
As a result, Liu Mang returned home that night and watched with Little Loli the match between Arenas and the Spurs, another contender for the scoring title, and saw a one-sided massacre.
If Arenas hadn't made so many free throws this season, averaging 10 free throws per game, his free throws would have been relatively stable against the Spurs. He made 6 of 7 free throws, plus a three-pointer and a pull-up jumper. It would have been difficult to score in double figures.
"Dina, you don't understand. This is a spur to him. Only when he has pressure can he become stronger. Otherwise, your uncle and I will not be able to find a match." Liu Mang pinched the little Loli's face and said.
"...Uncle, you are so mean!" Little Loli rolled her eyes at Liu Mang.
Liu Mang ate the little loli tofu, and while waiting for tonight's second live broadcast of the Lakers and Mavericks game, he read the scouting reports for the next 10 days of games.
I have played 42 games, with 27 wins and 15 losses. It is very difficult to win 60 games!
Except for problems within the team in his sophomore year, Liu Mang won at least 60 games in the other four seasons.
And the upcoming schedule makes Liu Mang's brain explode.
I just want to take a rest after returning to Atlanta today. In the next ten days from the 22nd to the 31st, there will be six games, four home games and two away games. The last two games are back-to-back home and away games against the Knicks...
Then there are only 28 days in February and there is a 7-day holiday during the All-Star Weekend. There are 12 games in the remaining 21 days, and there are 16 games in March...
The key is that many strong opponents are concentrated in February and March, the devil's schedule!
I and Little Loli watched the Lakers vs. Mavericks game live on Time Warner. In the end, the Mavericks, who are now gaining momentum, narrowly defeated the Lakers 115-111 away. The Mavericks continued to maintain the league's first record, 36 wins and 7 losses. Currently on a 13-game winning streak.
Under the leadership of Nowitzki, who was in the same state as playing in the playoffs, the Mavericks entered their peak state early, and the Mavericks looked like they were going to win 70 games.
However, Liu Mang feels that the more the Mavericks are like this, the more dangerous they are. When he and his teammates were trying to win 70 games twice before, at this stage they began to take turns to gain strength, but Johnson, the head coach of the Mavericks, fought harder.
It had nothing to do with him anyway, and Liu Mang never thought of reminding them.
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On January 23, Liu Mang returned to Atlanta and rested for a night before facing three consecutive home games. The first one was against the Hornets, who are now ranked second to last in the Western Conference.
Arenas' mentality collapsed, but Liu Mang did not stop. He played 41 minutes in the whole game, made 24 of 39 shots, 9 of 20 three-pointers, and 7 of 8 free throws, scoring 64 points.
When the opponent's star player threw 20 three-pointers and maintained a 45% hit rate, it was basically impossible to play.
The main problem was Paul's injury. This season, the Hornets played 44 games before the match with the Hawks, and Paul only played 21 games. He didn't play in this game. The Hornets had no players who could defend Liu Mang. Liu Mang could shoot as much as he wanted outside the three-point line. The Hawks had no urgency in defense. They rested for a day yesterday, and had just played back-to-back games the day before yesterday and the day before yesterday. In this game, they simply attacked.
In the third minute of the fourth quarter, Liu Mang played for 41 minutes and scored 64 points to widen the gap to more than 20 points, forcing the Hornets to surrender. In the end, the Hawks easily defeated the Hornets with a score of 126 to 109.
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With 64 points in a single game, Liu Mang continued his record of scoring at least 60+ points every season since he started.
After defeating the Hornets, Liu Mang refreshed his second longest record of 50+ points in history, which was improved to 6 games.
Before, Liu Mang said that 50 points were easy, and people thought Liu Mang was pretending.
Now the fans really understand that although getting 50+ points is not necessarily related to winning, Liu Mang has proved with practical actions that he can get 50+ points if he wants to!
Of course, if some opponents in the game are infinitely double-teaming him, and he still insists on getting 50+ points, then there is something wrong with his head...
On January 25, the Hawks ushered in the second of three consecutive home games, the game against the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Trail Blazers are also a member of the Western Tank Corps, the kind that doesn't want to win a single game.
Liu Mang found it very interesting to play against Roy. This guy's skills are so good that he had already completed four years of college when he participated in the draft. In his senior year, he won the Pacific Ten Conference's best player. He ranked among the top in college athlete awards such as the Wooden Award, the Naismith Award, the Alf Rapp Award, and the Oscar Robertson Award.
However, the Trail Blazers did not come here to win today. Liu Mang was guarded by two people when he didn't hold the ball on the outside line. One went around the front and the other was ready to make up for the defense at any time. When Liu Mang went inside, Randolph was next to him...
It was no surprise that the game was one-sided. The Eagles established a 15-point lead from the beginning of the first quarter, leading by 15 points 31 to 16 in the first quarter.
Liu Mang certainly didn't want the record to end there. He played with a chance and played hard without a chance. He shot 10 of 29 shots, but even so, the Eagles maintained a lead of more than 20 points from the second quarter.
Finally, Coach Kruger couldn't stand it anymore. When Liu Mang was about to shoot for the 30th time, he called a timeout to replace Liu Mang.
In the end, Liu Mang played for 33 minutes, 10 of 29 shots, 4 of 15 three-pointers, 6 of 8 free throws, 30 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists. The Hawks defeated the Trail Blazers 113-89 and won three consecutive victories.
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In the capital of the United States, Arenas couldn't help but burst into tears when he saw Liu Mang's 50+ streak finally ended.
But… what can he do…
Liu Mang has averaged 32.1 points per game…
Arenas looked at his performance of averaging 30.5 points per game and could only shed tears.
Averaging just over 30 points per game is already Arenas' limit.
And Liu Mang's courage to still shoot when being double-teamed by three people is something Arenas can't do… His team can't give him such an opportunity to waste time.
Liu Mang's latest record of 50+ points in a row is 6 consecutive games with 50+ points. This month, Liu Mang played 13 games and scored 40+ points 9 times, including 6 50+ points and 1 60+ points. With 4 games left, Liu Mang scored 546 points!
12 games with an average of 45.5 points per game!
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"Ace, you are still 55 points away from Jordan's monthly scoring record this month." McGrady said while watching the news.
Liu Mang looked over and saw that there have been 8 times in NBA history when a player scored more than 600 points in a single month. The first six times were Chamberlain, and the highest score was 854 points in a single month. Chamberlain played 14 games that month and averaged 61 points per game...
Then there were 57 points per game, 56 points per game, and 51 points per game...
Almost all of them were Chamberlain's seasons with an average of 50+ points and 44 points per game.
After that, it was Elgin Baylor, who scored 600 points in a single month in 1962.
Then, in March of the second half of the 1986-1987 season, Jordan scored 601 points in a single month.
Except for Baylor, the other two who have achieved such an achievement were the scoring champions of the season. Who said that Baylor averaged 38 points per game in the season, while Chamberlain averaged 50.4 points per game...
After that, although Kobe Bryant had 4 single-month averages of 40+, and Liu Mang had 3 times before, both of them did not complete 600 points in a single month because there were not enough games in the month.
And this time, Liu Mang still has 4 games to play, and he has already scored 546 points!
Breaking 600 points in a single month is almost a foregone conclusion, and Liu Mang also feels that 700 points is hopeful!
As for 854 points... That guy is a monster...
However, if Liu Mang scores 700 points in a single month, he can also rank third in history!
The media also predicted that. The Eagles have four games left this month. Liu Mang may score at least 154 points in the remaining four games and become the second player in history to score 700 points in a single month. player of.
This is even more amazing than Chamberlain's performance back then. In contemporary basketball, Liu Mang has produced statistics from the ancient basketball era!
As for the fact that we have played 13 games now...most fans only care about the results. To be able to complete such a performance has already made the fans crazy.
"If I get 700 points this month, that guy will definitely give up, right?" Liu Mang didn't notice this before. He had been waiting for Arenas to give up, but Arenas seemed to still want to To struggle.
Liu Mang thought of this and asked McGrady: "Tracy, please help me make an idea. Should I try to get 700 points?"
"You can take it if you want." Maddie smiled.
This season McGrady averaged 20.5 points, 4.7 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game, almost 20+5+5. If he passed the ball less, he could score more points. But for him, 20 points is enough, and the difference is rebounding. It's not assists. After he became less motivated, he didn't grab as many rebounds as last season. Instead, as Liu Mang moved to shooting guard, his assists this month increased from 6.8 per game before to 7.5 per game.
"OK, I'll give it a try." McGrady had no objection. Of course Liu Mang also wanted to get 700+ in a single month!
"Ding...temporary mission: epic scoring show triggered."
"Epic scoring show: The host needs to publicly state that his goal is to score 700 points in a single month, and successfully complete the goal. Mission reward: random star card of the scoring champion. Failure penalty: help another scoring champion release an English single, Objects are randomly selected.”
Liu Mang was thinking about how to play in the next four games to get 154 points, when the system prompt suddenly came!
"Publicly stating that you want to score 700 points? Then you must not be prevented by the other party!"
Liu Mang was overwhelmed when he saw this task! No difficulty to increase the difficulty?
"Spurs, Raptors, Knicks, Knicks..." Liu Mang looked at his opponents in the remaining four games. Let alone scoring points in the first two, it is not easy to score well.
Liu Mang felt that the Knicks, a team that was going to lose anyway, would not give him a chance to score points!
But the missions have already come, and the rewards of the missions... are too tempting!
Any scoring champion is amazing, let alone Jordan's ten scoring champion seasons, Kobe Bryant last season, Tracy McGrady before... As long as it is from the outside, Liu Mang is very impressed by the star cards of those scoring champions in their peak seasons. interest!
But the penalty for failure... the objects are randomly selected. If someone with a bad relationship comes, such as someone wearing the No. 24 jersey, Liu Mang's head will be huge!
But the task has come, and Liu Mang has not received such a big task for a long time, and he also wants to complete it.
The next opponent is the Spurs, who are facing each other for the second time this season...