Chapter 1417 1416. Who Else Can I Learn From? Let's Learn From Liu Mang (Two Updates, 11,000 Yuan, Please Vote for the Monthly Ticket)
As the playoffs approach, teams that need to fight for victory are fighting fiercely with their opponents.
For the Hawks, it is relatively simple. They can win if they can. Anyway, they can't lose too much. Although they don't have the strong dominance of the past three years, they still have obvious strength advantages against the remaining opponents, especially now that they have reached the best state they can.
It is unlikely that the top three in the East will change much, and there is really nothing to watch in the Eastern Conference playoff ranking competition. The gap between the top four and the bottom half of the playoffs is too big.
As in the past few years, when it comes to the playoffs, the Western Conference playoff ranking competition is the most exciting.
The Hawks run tactics in every game, and Liu Mang is also actively cooperating with the team's needs. Anyway, the scoring champion is very stable, and Liu Mang doesn't need to stubbornly shoot himself. He tries his best to help his teammates adjust their status.
There is still a lot of news about Liu Mang. The three episodes of the "Details" Bulls series will start broadcasting after April 10.
This is the broadcast time requested by Liu Mang. The purpose... is obvious, to trip up the Bulls.
If the Bulls can encounter greater trouble in the first round, it will obviously be a good thing for the Hawks.
Now Liu Mang is no longer doing this program alone. Some of Liu Mang's analyses are subjective, but most of them are still very reliable. The Hawks coaching staff will also join the discussion.
The series of programs targeting the three stars of the Cavaliers, Popovich of the Spurs and the other two carriages, and the Pistons have begun to be prepared, and it was the Hawks coaching staff who found Liu Mang to discuss together.
The first team to enjoy the changes brought by "Snake Science" to basketball and the advantages brought by "Snake Science" to a team with strong analytical ability is of course the Hawks. The closer the water, the better. When some experts and media are still analyzing Liu Mang's ideas, the Hawks can start using them directly.
Liu Mang never thought that the program that was purely made out of boredom at the beginning has become integrated into many parts of the team in just a few months, and even began to be integrated into the development of basketball.
The era of information explosion has begun, and most scientific developments will also enter a peak period of development. Basketball science... is also a kind of science.
As for the Bulls, Garnett was not as happy as Iverson when he saw the program about them, nor was he as "angry" as Iverson when he saw the short time. Garnett wished that there would be less analysis about them.
Regarding Garnett, the program was 15 minutes long, the same as Duncan, but this was only the time with Garnett alone. The Bulls' defensive system and other things were recorded separately in one episode each...
Similar to the Lakers, all aspects of the Bulls were taken care of...
Then the one who wanted to cry was the Cavaliers' star player LeBron James. His agent told him that ESPN was already in contact with Liu Mang about their team.
ESPN attaches great importance to this program because the NBA is developing, and each team will change more or less every year, and tactics, star abilities, etc. will change accordingly. In addition, young talents enter the NBA every year and young people grow up. In other words, Liu Mang's program will never worry about having no content to record!
Americans think differently from Chinese people. Chinese people like to stop when they are ahead, or put all their money and resources into the initial version, and then there is no follow-up, and the quality of the follow-up is not very good.
Americans just like sequels...
Liu Mang, a super popular star, will not worry about the attention even if he retires. ESPN wants to cooperate with Liu Mang for a long time and make a program with a long history.
Liu Mang did not refuse. It is very simple to record this. As long as he still wants to record it, he will continue to do it. If he feels that he does not want to do this anymore, he will end the program without hesitation, or let others do it. Anyway, no one can stop him.
On April 9, the Cavaliers became the second team in the league to get 60 wins.
On April 11, the Bulls became the third team in the league to get 60 wins.
On April 13, the Hawks and Lakers both won their 60th win of the season.
The last month of the Hawks' games looked very dull, mainly because the data was very average. Regardless of winning or losing, there was little time to score high points. Only Liu Mang scored 41 points against the Heat, and got the 20th 40+ this season, successfully completing this small achievement.
Unfortunately, he had already won the superstar achievement reward of 20 times 40+ in a single season, but this time he didn't get anything.
In the six games in April, the Hawks had a record of 5 wins and 1 loss.
After defeating the Bucks 94-85 at home in the last game, the Hawks' regular season record was fixed, 61 wins and 21 losses, the fifth time in six years that the Hawks had at least 60 wins!
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"Come on, cheers!"
The Hawks players raised their glasses to cheer themselves up and ended the team dinner on April 17.
Of course, they couldn't drink, only at the end of the end, they drank a glass. The Hawks' playoffs start on April 19, which is coming soon.
The Hawks easily got a 5-1 record and ended the last month of the regular season. They finally ranked fourth in the league and third in the Eastern Conference.
The record of 61 wins and 21 losses is already very proud. If the Cavaliers had not acquired Chandler and Peja and had an excellent performance in the regular season, and the Bulls had acquired Garnett and became the strongest defensive team, 61 wins would have been enough to get the first place in the Eastern Conference.
It is not as good as in the past few years, but it is also very good. Some teams have not won 60 games in their history.
Liu Mang is very satisfied with such a record. Before the crazy 13 wins and 1 loss in the middle of the season, Liu Mang thought that he would miss 60 wins this season.
Although both are third in the Eastern Conference, there is a big difference between a 60-win season and a 50+ win season.
It is not reflected now, but it is very important when looking back on the performance of career history.
The reason why Duncan only has two championships and two MVPs, and can compete with O'Neal and Liu Mang for the first place in the history of active players, is that he has won at least 55 wins in all seasons except the lockout season in his career so far.
Yesterday and the day before yesterday, all the regular season curtain calls of the league were played one after another. The Cavaliers had 64 wins and 18 losses, ranking first in the Eastern Conference.
James won the first Eastern Conference regular season championship in his career. Liu Mang knew that James' long peak period had begun and he had become his future rival in the East.
After four years, James could finally threaten Liu Mang in the playoffs. Liu Mang felt that he had been waiting for a long time.
The Bulls had 63 wins and 19 losses, one win behind the Cavaliers. Although the Bulls had a record of 7 wins and 1 loss in April, they still failed to catch up with the Cavaliers.
The top three teams in the East all had 60+ wins, and starting from the fourth place... it was very ordinary.
With 45 wins and 37 losses, the Raptors won the fourth place in the East.
However, this is already a huge improvement for the Raptors. This is the first time in the history of the Raptors that they have won the division championship and the first time they have entered the playoffs as the fourth in the East. This has never been done in the Carter era.
The first division championship flag in the history of the Raptors will also be raised above the Raptors' stadium.
The Magic retained the fifth place in the East with a record of 43 wins and 39 losses.
The Pistons fought hard in the last few games, but they were unable to overtake the Magic. They are ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference with 42 wins and 40 losses. They will meet their old rivals, the Hawks, again in the first round.
The seventh in the Eastern Conference is the Nets, with 40 wins and 42 losses, and the eighth is the Wizards, with 36 wins and 46 losses.
There are the top three teams with extremely good records, and there are other teams with extremely poor records. The winning rate of the last two teams that entered the Eastern Conference playoffs is less than 50%, which is similar to Jordan's rookie season when he entered the playoffs with more than 30 wins. That year, the top four teams in the Eastern Conference were very strong, and the rest were very weak. Of course, Jordan beat the Eastern Conference in the 1990s and there were no strong teams.
The Celtics ranked last in the Eastern Conference with 16 wins and 66 losses, just a little bit short of breaking their lowest win record in team history. In the 1996-1997 season, the Celtics only won 15 games.
The Heat won a lot of games in the first two months, and even if they played badly, they "only" lost 60 games, ranking second to last in the Eastern Conference with 22 wins and 60 losses.
In the West, the Mavericks had 67 wins and 15 losses, winning the regular season championship with the highest wins in the new century except for the Hawks, tying the 67 wins of the Lakers in the 99-00 season.
The Lakers had 61 wins and 21 losses, the same record as the Hawks, ranking second in the West.
The Spurs ranked third in the West with 56 wins and 26 losses, and the Nuggets ranked fourth in the West with 53 wins and 29 losses.
The Jazz ranked fifth in the West with 52 wins and 30 losses, and the Suns ranked sixth in the West with 51 wins and 31 losses.
The Suns lost too much in the past and finally failed to overtake to fifth.
The seventh-placed Rockets had 45 wins and 37 losses, and the combination of Iguodala, Gay, and Bynum made the playoffs in the first season.
However, people's expectations for the Rockets are... Iguodala is in his third year, Bynum is in his second year, and Gay is a rookie. In four years, will the Rockets owner be willing to pay three maximum salaries or salaries close to the maximum salary?
Eighth in the West... The Warriors with 42 wins and 40 losses!
The Mavericks' regular season record this season was very exaggerated. Originally, they even had a chance to win 68 games. However, on April 14, the day of the Mavericks' regular season curtain call, they rested five starters and lost to the Warriors.
The purpose is obvious. They don't want to face the Clippers who performed well in the playoffs last year and the Supersonics who have been ranked fourth in the West for the past few years.
In theory, playing against the Warriors, who have not entered the playoffs for 12 consecutive years, is much easier than playing against the Clippers, who are now strong, and the Supersonics, who have been strong teams for more than a decade.
After Liu Mang knew that the Mavericks took the initiative to let the Warriors lose on the 14th, he knew that the wheel of history was rolling...
After the Supersonics traded Ray Allen, their strength plummeted. After all, this is a top star. The originally stable playoff ticket flew away, and was overtaken by the young Rockets, and ran to compete with the Warriors and Clippers for the eighth place in the West.
The three teams have similar records, but the other two teams originally had more advantages because the Warriors will face the Mavericks in the last game.
But... they never expected that the Warriors would beat the Mavericks, and the Mavericks actually rested!
Originally, people thought that the Mavericks would tie the Celtics and 76ers' 68 wins for the fourth place in the best record of NBA teams in history. The top three were the Hawks' 73 wins, the Bulls' 72 wins, and the Lakers' 69 wins.
The fourth place was originally the 68 wins maintained by the Celtics and 76ers. The Mavericks had a chance to tie, but they gave up on their own initiative because they had to pick a playoff opponent.
This kind of behavior has been heated up by the media these days, mainly the Los Angeles media and the Seattle media crazily criticizing the Mavericks.
Now that the Mavericks have been brought to the forefront, many media and experts have come out to accuse the Mavericks of "unsportsmanlike basketball behavior."
In this regard, the Mavericks' answer was: "The Hawks have a bye every year, we only have one bye."
When Liu Mang saw this news, he was so helpless... If it's not good to imitate someone, why should you imitate him...
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With the end of the regular season, the playoff matchups and various data kings are revealed.
The Cavaliers play the Wizards, the Bulls play the Nets, the Hawks play the Pistons, and the Raptors play the Magic.
Seeing the matchup in the Eastern Conference, Liu Mang felt very sorry for Arenas.
"The young master just abused the general. That guy, Xiao Zhanzhan, is the general's nemesis..."
Liu Mang felt that Arenas' mental breakdown and drawing a gun to play might happen in advance...
It's too awful!
The matchups in the Western Conference include the Mavericks playing the Warriors, the Lakers playing the Rockets, the Spurs playing the Suns, and the Nuggets playing the Jazz.
"I really want to watch every playoff in the Western Conference!" Liu Mang couldn't help but pinch the little Loli's face and said.
"But uncle can't watch them all. He also has to play games, so Dinah can't even watch. What's the point of playing the Pistons in the first round? Can't the league just let us advance to the second round?" Little Loli also really wants to watch the Western Conference. playoff matchup.
From Xiao Loli's point of view, except for the fact that the Mavericks and Warriors are 25 games apart and there is no suspense at all, the other three series are too interesting to watch.
The duel between the Lakers' giants at their peak and the Rockets' three young men, the grudges between the Spurs and the Suns, the multi-star duel between the Nuggets and the Jazz...
In comparison, in the first round of the Eastern Conference, except for the Magic and Raptors, who were equally powerful, the other three series were completely different teams and had nothing to watch.
The only interesting thing is probably whether James can abuse Arenas like Liu Mang did. This weird angle has become James' "achievement" in whether he can hope to catch up with Liu Mang...
"Uncle, it's done." Little Loli handed the newly written card to Liu Mang's hand.
"Oh, got it."
Liu Mang took the card and went to the "Honor Exhibition Room" to place it on the position of his third scoring champion trophy.
Two regular season MVPs, three Finals MVPs, three scoring champions, one assist champion, three first teams, one third team, one second defense, two Best Sixth Man Awards, one Most Improved Award, and Best Rookie ...There are also All-Star Triathlon Three-Point Contest Champions, Slam Dunk Contest Champions, Skills Challenge Champions, All-Star MVPs, Rookie Game MVPs...
Liu Mang looked at the special trophy display cabinet that Alexia brought the little girl to pick out. It was almost full. He might have to buy a new cabinet next season. He couldn't help but exclaimed.
Yesterday, on the day of the Eagles' season summary and team dinner, the league had already given the scoring champion trophy to Liu Mang. There was no doubt that he was snatched away by the little Lolita when he got home.
However, since a special room in the house was converted into an honorary exhibition room, being snatched away and Liu Mang keeping it by himself had the same meaning.
It’s just that the little loli wants to emphasize that this is “her thing”.
Back in the living room, Liu Mang took a look at the various data kings. They had all come out the night before yesterday, but the season was over and Liu Mang had been busy. Only now did he have time to take a closer look. Before, he only roughly knew who the other data kings were. Who, after all, was pretty much decided towards the end of the season.
Liu Mang scored a total of 2,690 points this season, ranking first in the league in total points, averaging 32.8 points per game, also first in the league, much higher than Arenas' average of 30.3 points per game.
Arenas is at his peak, and he does have the ability to score high points, but the limit of his ability is there. He can average 30 points per game, but it cannot be higher, and the ceiling has been reached.
As for the assist king, Nash averaged 10.9 assists per game and cried with joy when he won the assist king. Finally, no one could compete with him...
In terms of rebounding, Tyson Chandler won the rebounding title with 12.8 rebounds per game, beating Dwight Howard who averaged 12.4 rebounds per game.
After Garnett went to the Bulls and sacrificed his statistics, the competition for the rebounding king went to three of the four new generation centers. Except for Milicic, whose rebounding is not top-notch, Chandler, Howard, and Kwame Brown are all Good rebounder.
Relatively speaking, Kwame Brown is slightly inferior and unable to hold the ball...
In terms of blocks per game, Kevin Garnett averaged more than 3 blocks per game for the first time in his career. He averaged 3.4 blocks per game and won the block title, defeating Marcus Kanbi.
With Ben Wallace and Big Z, Garnett's defensive power has been fully demonstrated, and his number of blocks has increased significantly, which is a big improvement from his previous career-high average of 2.2 blocks per game.
In terms of steals, Andre Iguodala of the Rockets won the steals title with 2.6 steals per game.
The stars who get the positive data king are very happy, but the players who get the "data king" without the trophy board are not so happy.
Howard, who did not win the rebounding title, ranked first in the turnover list with 4 turnovers per game, beating Steve Nash's 3.8 turnovers per game, Eddie Curry's 3.7 turnovers per game, and Liu Mang's 3.4 turnovers per game. turnovers, James and Iverson averaged 3.2 turnovers per game.
The foul king was won by the center Zaza Pachulia of the Supersonics. His fouls were more than normal positioning actions. His average playing time was only 24 minutes per game, and he averaged 4.1 fouls per game...
A walking foul machine.
Liu Mang looked at the season summary manual issued yesterday. This season, the Hawks averaged 109 points per game, ranking second in the league, second only to the Suns; 47.07 rebounds per game, ranking first in the league; 25.1 assists per game, ranking third in the league, second only to the Suns' average of 25.7 assists per game and the Jazz's average of 25.4 assists per game.
These three teams averaged more than 25 assists per game, followed by the Warriors averaging 24.1 assists per game, the Nets averaging 23.9 assists per game, the Cavaliers averaging 23.3 assists per game, and the Lakers averaging 23 assists per game.
A total of 27 teams have more than 23 assists per game.
Compared with last season, the league's average points and assists per game have increased a lot after the league's pace has further accelerated.
After looking at the team data, Liu Mang looked at the data of his own team players.
Liu Mang's own average data of 32.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.5 steals and 2.4 blocks per game is very beautiful, but... 3 assists per game with 3.4 turnovers...
In fact, Liu Mang once averaged 4 turnovers per game. In the first two months of the season, Liu Mang made a lot of mistakes. New teammates did not understand his "flying passes in the air". Jason Richardson's passing tricks fooled his teammates. Liu Mang's "air magician" skill is to directly make teammates and opponents have the possibility of misjudgment... Only when the teammates have more and more tacit understanding, teammates' misjudgment will be reduced.
Later, Liu Mang passed less, and his assists and turnovers decreased. However, as the tacit understanding became more and more, his aerial pass error rate was also reduced.
However, the scoring champion is not what Liu Mang is most happy about, nor is it what the fans pay most attention to. It is a recognized fact that Liu Mang's scoring ability is the best among active players. In history, only Zhang Liangwan and the God of Basketball can be better than Liu Mang.
What fans find most incredible about Liu Mang is that he averages 4.5 three-pointers per game. Liu Mang has made a total of 369 three-pointers this season, continuing to refresh the historical record of the total number of three-pointers made in a single season and the historical record of the average three-pointers made per game, and has once again improved the record of 4.02 three-pointers per game and 329 three-pointers made per game last season!
The second-highest scorer in the team is McGrady, averaging 22 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1.2 steals, 1.1 blocks and 2.6 turnovers.
The third-highest scorer is Kwame Brown, averaging 15.3 points, 11.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, and he won the team's rebounding title.
The fourth is Jason Terry, averaging 14.2 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.
The fifth is Marion, averaging 11.5 points, 10.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.1 blocks and 1.9 steals per game, and he won the team's steals title.
With five players averaging double-digit points per game, the overall performance of the Hawks is still very strong.
As for other players, since they don't have the opportunity to play in every game, some players joined in the middle, and their average points per game cannot be added up to the team's total score.
Grant Hill has been with the Hawks for more than a month, and his data has declined. At the end of the season, he averaged 9.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists. Most of the assists were supported by the Magic period. He also has the ball in the Hawks, but he is more willing to let others play. He is unlikely to make any progress at this point. He needs to help his teammates get better.
The most eye-catching, of course, is Rondo, who became the team's assist king in his rookie season!
Averaging 3.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game, Rondo played 77 games this season and became the team's new assist king.
This is the first team assist king outside the "Three Eagles" in Liu Mang's six years in the NBA.
In Liu Mang's first two seasons, Jason Terry was the assist king, in the third year it was Liu Mang himself, in the fourth year it was McGrady, and in the fifth year it was Liu Mang himself. Finally, the first team assist king outside the Three Eagles appeared.
As for Liu Mang himself, he became the team's block leader this season...
Liu Mang looked at his own data and found that there would be some changes every year that he could not have imagined, such as last year's assist leader and this year's block leader...
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In the afternoon, Liu Mang came to the gym. Tomorrow is the day to play the Pistons in the first round.
The first round matchup was basically confirmed to be the Pistons on the 10th. By April, it was obvious that the Pistons would have a hard time catching up with the Magic. The Hawks had made all the preparations for the series with the Pistons. The opponent's strength was just like that. Although the lion had to do its best to fight the rabbit, there was really not much to prepare.
When I arrived at the gym, I saw my teammates discussing the topic of this year's MVP and best defensive player awards, who else had the chance to be selected for the first team, etc.
In terms of MVP, since January, Nowitzki has not been the only one to dominate the list. Although the record is a level lower than that of the Mavericks, Liu Mang has occupied the top spot for a longer time after January.
But it's hard to say. Liu Mang won the MVP last year. Even if he is the first for a long time this year, his data is very good and his record is not bad. 61 wins is not bad. Most of the star players of the team can commit suicide to apologize.
There is only one MVP, and Liu Mang has won it twice. The Hawks players don't discuss it much. The most discussed are the best team, the best defensive team and the best sixth man.
Tracy McGrady was selected to the first team in the past two years, but this year he is a bit miserable. The team's record is not absolutely superior. He averaged 20+5+5 per game, so it is difficult for him to be selected to the first team. The probability is being discussed.
For the best defensive team, McGrady is definitely hopeless. Liu Mang, Marion, and Kwame Brown have a chance to be selected. This is the coach's selection, so the probability is a little higher.
When Liu Mang came, he was immediately pulled over to discuss...