Chapter 1388 1387. Dragon Slayer

《The Top Scorer in History》

This is the headline ESPN gave to Liu Mang.

The only player in history to score 80+ in a single game twice.

Although it was more difficult to score 90 points this time than the last time, and it was not until the last 19 seconds that he "only" scored 81 points by scoring the 28th goal, but compared with the last time, this time is more amazing!

Before the game, not many people thought that Liu Mang could score so many points in a single game after Kobe scored 80 points.

When playing against the Clippers, the Clippers knew that Liu Mang would definitely score high that day, but they didn't think that Kobe had just scored 80 points the day before, and Liu Mang could continue to beat them the next day.

But this time was different. Liu Mang had proved that he had the ability to score 90 points in a single game, and the Raptors also carefully prepared a strategy to defend him. Liu Mang relied on the help of Rondo and McGrady to create one-on-one opportunities and scored 28 goals, plus 11 three-pointers in a single game that can rank in the top ten in history.

Refreshing the second place in personal single-game scoring, and raising his previous second highest personal score of 71 points in a single game to 81 points!

However, fans also found something more terrifying. Liu Mang has hit 10+ three-pointers in a single game for the sixth time. In addition to Liu Mang, as of now, other players in NBA history have only hit 10+ three-pointers in a single game 7 times, Kobe once, Marshall once, Ray Allen once, Brian Shaw once, Joe Dumars once, Denis Scott once, George McLeod once, and Liu Mang alone is almost catching up with the total of all others!

If the scope is expanded to hit at least 9 three-pointers in a single game, there have been 56 times in history, 35 times for others, and 21 times for Liu Mang alone. After Liu Mang are Kobe and Ben Gordon, who is only in his third year. Both of them have hit 9 three-pointers in a single game 5 times, but the total is less than half of Liu Mang!

The most regrettable thing is that McGrady once made eight consecutive three-pointers, and he made them against LeBron James' defense, but after the touch was broken, he never continued, and his physical strength did not allow him to continue to soar.

After the last month's games, Liu Mang's average three-point hits soared from 4.1 three-point hits per game in the first two months to 4.5 three-point hits per game!

Fans thought that with so many strong teams with big lineups, players like Liu Mang who "run and gun" would be greatly restricted, but unexpectedly, Liu Mang became even more powerful!

After defeating the Raptors, the Hawks' record improved to 31 wins and 15 losses, winning a five-game winning streak!

Liu Mang was not expected to score 700 points in a single month, but he scored 81 points in this game. With two games left, he is only 46 points away from 700 points in a single month. The Hawks' opponents in the next two games are the Knicks. There is basically no suspense. Liu Mang will become the second player in history to score 700 points in a single month.

The United States discussed the recently very popular Liu Mang from the data level, while the domestic... the style of painting was unique...

"The sword slays the dragon, commands the world, and no one dares to disobey"

This sentence, which was completely incomprehensible to American fans, became the commentary given by the commentator of the court TV after Liu Mang's game. The classic quote was also used as the headline by major sports media.

What's more, "Dragon Slayer" was directly used as the title.

Compared with Liu Mang's last 90+ and the previous 70+, the fans' feelings this time were very different.

When Liu Mang got such a high score before, the fans felt shocked, but this time they felt crazy!

Wilt Chamberlain scored 70+ 7 times. Although there were superstars who could get 70+ in a single game later, it was only once at most. The first person in NBA history, Michael Jordan, had a highest score of "only" 69 points, and played an overtime for 50 minutes, which was basically the top embodiment of Jordan's scoring ability. In terms of scoring explosiveness, most fans think Liu Mang is stronger than Jordan.

Now Liu Mang has scored 70+ three times, and he is only 24 years old, 100 points in a single game... This record is basically impossible for Liu Mang to break. After all, the opponent is not a fool. After Liu Mang scores to a certain extent, he still wants to score. The opponent will definitely attack him endlessly. He would rather lose than become the background of Liu Mang breaking the historical record. After all, Liu Mang has scored 90 points, and it is not so difficult to accept that he scored 81 points.

But in the future, Liu Mang is very likely to break Chamberlain's record of 70+ games in a single game!

Unlike Chamberlain, who entered the NBA at the age of 23 and immediately began to dominate the scoring list and had an extremely strong scoring ability, Liu Mang has become stronger year by year. Although Liu Mang's average score per game this season is only 33.2 points, which is not as terrifying as the previous two scoring champion seasons, Liu Mang is obviously more difficult to defend than before. This time, the Raptors were prepared, but they were also scored 81 points by Liu Mang who relied on Rondo and McGrady to pass the ball. It is too difficult to win the Hawks and stop Liu Mang from scoring.

Either they defend the league's No. 1 team like the Bulls, or they block Liu Mang's scoring like Popovich did. Otherwise, with the regular season's whistle standards, they can't stop Liu Mang from scoring.

However, Liu Mang's 81 points in a single game this time made many TV stations regret it to the point of vomiting blood!

Because the Hawks played against the Spurs in the previous game, Liu Mang only made 6 of 19 shots, and the score of 27 points was normal, not high, and the possibility of hitting 700 points in a single month suddenly decreased. Liu Mang's 50+ streak was also interrupted. Playing against the Raptors, the fourth team in the East, the media felt that Liu Mang was unlikely to get high scores.

Who knew the Raptors were so tough? After Liu Mang scored 58 points in three quarters, they still had to double-team Liu Mang.

There is nothing wrong with wanting to win, but the Eagles only won by four points in the end.

But the fans only looked at the result. The result was that Liu Mang scored 81 points and the Eagles won.

And this 81-point game... except for the live broadcast in Canada, there is no live broadcast in the United States, and there is no live broadcast on the imperial court. There is a live broadcast in the UK, but there are too few countries and regions that live broadcast this game...

Liu Mang once again grabbed the headlines from the announcement of the All-Star starting lineup and the recent series of large and small trades and trade messages. However, this game was not broadcast live across the United States, which made those TV stations regret it.

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"Ace, and..."

"Rejected, rejected all, I can't stand it anymore!"

Liu Mang simply didn't want to listen to the team's press officer.

After playing the Raptors yesterday, a bunch of reporters gathered around to interview him after the game. When he arrived in New York today, Liu Mang was planning to take a day off to calm down his tired nerves for the upcoming home and away games against the Knicks. Pile of interviews.

After handling exclusive interviews with several large TV stations, newspapers, and magazines, Liu Mang didn't want to do any interviews anymore.

Press officer Gary Kyle didn't continue to force Liu Mang. The big TV stations in the past had to force Liu Mang to accept interviews. Those guys couldn't be offended. If the rest refused, just refuse.

After Gary Kyle left, Liu Mang breathed a sigh of relief and lay on the sofa in the room.

"System boss, cut off my system props."

Liu Mang thought it would be better to find something happy to calm his tired nerves.

"Ding... the host currently has a rogue value of 27146629 points, a superstar value of 312585 points, 792 skill upgrade cards, 69 primary injury potions, 119 physical fitness potions, 6 intermediate injury potions, and 3 rebound cards. , Special cards: Atlanta’s Fury, special edition of Kobe Bryant’s Peak Card, Jason Kidd & Deron Williams optional star cards…”

Looking at this pile of props, mainly a few star cards, Liu Mang felt much more comfortable.

Physical fitness potions and injury potions can still be used for a while. Liu Mang has used injury potions a lot this season. Sports, from another perspective, can be seen as a person constantly accumulating injuries for himself, especially the Eagles. Several major players have played in high-intensity playoffs for so many years, and now they are tired and prone to injuries. For example, Pippen, after two and three consecutive championships, went to the Rockets and got a big contract, and he immediately started to get injured. Sickness keeps coming...

Therefore, the Hawks have few injuries. Occasionally there are injuries, which look miserable. In the end, they are all sprains, contusions, strains, etc. They can recover after a few days of rest, which makes many fans and media feel amazing, even better than that of the Suns. Everything is magical.

The Suns can treat you even if you have a serious injury, but the Hawks have no serious injuries at all... And because there are Trail Blazers who are injured, even Zach Randolph, who has always been known for his grass resistance. Recently, he suffered a serious injury and had to rest for a month, which made fans think this was reasonable.

There are teams whose medical staff are incredibly good, and there are also teams whose medical staff is not even as good as their veterinarians...

Looking at the 312,585 superstar points, Liu Mang couldn't help but want to draw a lottery again.

"System boss, let's do a superstar value lottery and designate star cards."

"Ding... the host uses the intermediate superstar value to draw a lottery, designates the star card, and consumes 10,000 superstar value..."

"Ding...congratulations to the host for getting the special card: the rebound card..."

"Uh... Okay, that's okay..." The rebound card was drawn again. Liu Mang thought this thing was a good thing, but he couldn't help complaining: "How long has it been since anyone did something evil to me!"

Seeing that the four rebound cards were useless, Liu Mang actually felt a little regretful...

"Bah, bah, bah, it's a good thing not to get hurt..." Liu Mang quickly dismissed the strange thoughts.

"System boss, do it again!"

"Ding... Congratulations to the host for receiving the Kenta Marshall Peak Star Card."

"...Why are you so unlucky today! With an ability rating of 75, this assist brush is not as good as even Brevin Knight except for passing, which is 99..."

Liu Mang turned off the system panel to avoid having to smoke again. His luck was not good today.

There are two games left this month. You only need to score a total of 46 points in these two games to get the scoring champion star card!

After turning off the system, Liu Mang turned on the computer and paid attention to the news about Grant Hill's buyout. Judging from the media reports, it went smoothly. Key negotiations are now underway on the specific buyout fee.

The buyout agreement does not mean that Grant Hill no longer wants money. Of course, he will get as much as he can get. The Magic will give him as little as they can, and it is going on smoothly.

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"Ace...Ace...Ace..."

On January 30, Liu Mang and his teammates came to the holy land of basketball, Madison Square Garden, to challenge the Knicks away from home.

The Knicks right now... their record is neither good nor bad. They are fourth from the bottom in the Eastern Conference and seventh from the bottom in the league. They have no chance of getting the No. 1 pick and they are even further behind in the playoffs. But, their boss James, who has a very strange mind - Dolan, he didn't allow the team to mess up, so he could only drag it out like this.

Knicks fans, like every year, come here just to watch the visiting team's stars.

When Liu Mang came to this arena, it felt like he was back playing at home.

Liu Mang waved proudly at the fans, drawing cheers, but... Liu Mang did not see any angry expressions on the opposing players, only numbness!

Liu Mang looked at the other player sitting at the end of the bench, as far away from Isaiah Thomas, the head coach and general manager of the Knicks, as possible. It seems that the rumors are true!

Earlier in early January, Marbury's father came to Madison Square Garden to watch a game. He had a heart attack during the game and was sent to the hospital. There was no hope of rescue, but the Knicks had a chance to win at the time. Isaiah Thomas did not let the staff tell Marbury about this. Marbury did not see his father for the last time, and Marbury hated Isaiah Thomas ever since.

Liu Mang looked at the Knicks' lineup... It's still pretty cool... With Marbury, Eddy Curry, and Quentin Richardson as the core, there are Malik Rose, Jared Jeffries, Jerome James, Shandon Anderson... and seven or eight other role players with middle-class or above contracts. Even if the head coach is terrible, their performance won't be particularly bad. If they are given a better head coach, they can actually make a playoff push in the East. With a salary of 130 million US dollars, they can definitely put together a good lineup.

But the Knicks' head coach is so bad that they have only 16 wins and 31 losses so far, with a winning rate of just over one-third.

There is no communication between the players of the two teams, and the people in the Knicks nursing home have long been numb. The fans can cheer for whoever they want, and they don't want to care.

The TV stations have learned their lesson this time. Anyway, the Hawks' games are not lacking in ratings, so they just add extra broadcasts when they think they should. They didn't add extra broadcasts when the Hawks played against the Raptors, which was a mistake. They can't make the same mistake again this time. The American cable TV station, which was supposed to broadcast the Knicks' home games live, broadcasted this game, and T.N.T also broadcasted this game. Unfortunately, this game was on Friday in China, and Chaoting TV didn't broadcast it.

Chaoting TV currently broadcasts four days a week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.

At 8 pm New York time, Liu Mang sprinkled magnesium powder into the air, which attracted crazy cheers from the fans in the basketball holy land, and the game began.

Kwame Brown won the jump ball over Eddy Curry with a contemptuous expression, and the Hawks took the lead in attacking.

The Hawks' starting lineup is still the same, with Rondo and the Hawks' four All-Stars.

On the Knicks side, Stephen Marbury, Quentin Richardson, Jarrett Jeffries, Jerome James, and Eddy Curry.

When Kwame Brown won the jump ball, Liu Mang immediately rushed forward. Unexpectedly, the Knicks retreated very quickly!