Chapter 1534 1533. Goal: Winning Streak (Buddhist Style, Three Updates of 10,000 Words, Asking for Guaranteed Monthly Tickets)

The Suns beat the Lakers and Spurs consecutively, which was quite unexpected.

However, people's attention is on the competition between the Hawks and the Spurs for the first place in the league.

Although the Spurs' record of 39 wins and 6 losses still surpasses the Hawks' 38 wins and 6 losses.

But the two teams have the same number of losses!

Both have only lost six games!

And the Hawks continue their winning streak, 17 consecutive wins.

The next opponent of the Hawks happens to be the Suns, a team that just defeated the Spurs.

The Hawks have defeated the Spurs once before, but the victory or defeat of a regular season match will not have much impact on the fans and the media's judgment of the strength of the two teams.

But the two teams have encountered the same opponent one after another, and the win or loss against the same opponent is very intuitive!

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"Uncle, can't you find the way? Why don't you call a taxi?"

"I didn't ask you to follow me. Isn't it good for you to play games in the hotel?"

"Let such a beautiful girl stay alone in the hotel. What if she gets kidnapped?"

"Uh... it's really pitiful who kidnapped you..."

"Uncle, you're going too far..."

"Then why did Dina follow me?"

"Uncle, don't you know? The Arizona Sun Devils ended the UCLA Bruins' 23-game winning streak! Your fan is so awesome! Dina of course wants to see him."

This Liu Mang really didn't notice, and his energy was all focused on the game for consecutive away games...

While Liu Mang was chatting with the little Lolita, he drove around and finally found the restaurant Harden mentioned.

After flying from Seattle to Phoenix in the morning, Liu Mang and the little Lolita rested in the hotel for a while, and went out at 11 o'clock to go to the restaurant he had agreed to meet with Harden.

Chatting with the little girl while asking for directions...

The little girl knows much more about NCAA than Liu Mang. Liu Mang used to think that Harden was a member of the Wildcats. After listening to the little girl's introduction, he knew that Harden was a member of the Sun Devils.

The Arizona Sun Devils, although not as famous as the Arizona Wildcats, is also a member of the Pacific 12 Conference and a strong team in the first-level league.

At 12:10, it took almost an hour to finally arrive at the restaurant recommended by Harden, which is quite a suburban restaurant. Liu Mang parked the car and looked around. From the outside, it is indeed quite distinctive and a restaurant with a South American style.

Harden had been waiting at the door. When he saw Liu Mang and the little girl coming, he immediately rushed up excitedly.

"Ace, oh, Mr. Liu, ah... Ace... God, you are really here... Can you give me an autograph..."

Seeing Harden frantically taking out a photo and a pen from his notebook, the little girl was shocked. It turned out that her uncle was so popular.

Liu Mang was used to it, and signed his Chinese name on the front of the photo for Harden.

Harden took the autographed photo and looked at Liu Mang, excited like a 100-kilogram fat man, and didn't know what to say.

Liu Mang looked at Harden's happy face, and felt something was wrong. After thinking about it, he finally thought of it and asked, "James, right? Why don't you grow a beard?"

Harden saw that Liu Mang had been looking at him, and was looking forward to Liu Mang saying something to him, but Liu Mang said something out of the blue...

"Grow a beard?" Harden blurted out.

"Yes, if you grow a beard, I think you will look like ****."

"..."

The little girl looked at Liu Mang speechlessly as if she was an idiot...

And Harden, on the other side, was thoughtful...

"I have always been said to be soft, will changing the beard be scary?"

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After the friendly and kind fans met their idol, the three of them went into the restaurant together and ordered some things.

Mainly what Harden and the little girl wanted to eat, Liu Mang asked for a salad, and he would not eat anything at this stage.

After sitting down, after being stunned and thinking, Harden began to excitedly talk about his past and the process of growing up in the basketball world.

Liu Mang was very curious, and the little girl was also interested because of Harden's outstanding performance in the past two days.

Harden was worried that Liu Mang would feel annoyed, but he found that Liu Mang was very interested and talked more happily.

Through Harden's introduction, Liu Mang and the little girl learned that Harden's body developed late. He was very fat and had asthma when he was a child. He couldn't even join the school team in junior high school.

When he entered high school, he finally grew to 1.8 meters tall, but he couldn't dunk. He could only practice basic skills and three-pointers in the bottom corner. In the first year of high school, Harden averaged 13.2 points per game, and free throws accounted for half of his points...

When Harden was halfway through his second year of high school, his height grew a few inches, and various skills were gradually developed. Harden averaged 18.8 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in his second year of high school, and began to become the core of Adisia High School.

In his junior and senior years, Harden worked hard to become stronger, got rid of his asthma, and began to show his physical fitness. As an absolute main player, he led the school team to achieve a record of 33 wins and 1 loss and 33 wins and 2 losses in the past two years, and won the California High School League championship for two consecutive years.

In his senior year, Harden was selected to the National High School All-Star team and was admitted to Arizona State University with a full scholarship to join the Arizona Sun Devils.

On January 26, Harden led the Sun Devils to an upset 69-61 victory over UCLA, which had not lost a single game since the start of the new season and had won 23 consecutive games, 69-61 at America West Arena, home of the Phoenix Suns. The Bruins ruined the UCLA Bruins' dream of replicating the historical record of undefeated championships created by Larry Bird.

In the game against Russell Westbrook, Harden faced the sophomore who basically locked up the best defensive player in the Pac-12 Conference and scored 25 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 6 steals!

Harden has played 22 games since his freshman year, averaging 17.1 points per game, in addition to 6.1 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 3.1 steals.

Among them, Harden's average number of steals per game as a freshman exceeded the Pac-12 freshman record of 2.9 steals per game set by the famous Gary Payton as a freshman!

Liu Mang and Little Loli listened to Harden's introduction about how he was rejected by the school team in junior high school, improved year by year in high school, and became the core of the school team in his senior year. In the end, step by step, he is now the second-best point guard in the NCAA this season. OJ-Mayo's performance, even for Liu Mang, felt too difficult.

When Liu Mang was chatting with Little Loli in the car, he learned that after Harden defeated UCLA, he was ranked fifth in the 2008 draft predictions by the draft prediction website!

The top four are OJ Mayo and Michael Beasley, who are tied for first and second place respectively.

There is nothing we can do about those two. They are so talented and performed well after graduating from college. Moreover, they have been known to basketball fans since high school or even junior high school. They have been geniuses since childhood and have always been geniuses.

Brook Lopez is currently predicted to be third, and DJ Augustin is currently predicted to be fourth.

The one who is currently predicted to be fifth is Harden, who just defeated UCLA, soaring further from the previous 10th pick in the first round.

The college point guard averaged 17.1 points and 6.1 assists per game, which is already very impressive. For now, Harden has entered the draft after his freshman year, and his predicted pick is higher than Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, and Kevin Durant. -Love and others are high!

Rose and Westbrook have one thing in common during their college years. Rose currently averages 14 points per game as a freshman, and Westbrook averages 13 points per game. Neither of them showed much offensive talent, and both are the best defensive players in their respective leagues. Popularity is completely different from how they will play in the NBA in the future...

At this stage, Harden, who is also a freshman, has more market! Of course, this also has something to do with Harden's intention to imitate Liu Mang's style of play.

"James Harden, ability evaluation 73..."

Before finishing his freshman year, Liu Mang was shocked when he saw Harden's ability evaluation. He was really talented.

And it was beyond Liu Mang's imagination. Harden performed so well as a freshman, which really surprised Liu Mang. However, considering that Harden was the third overall pick when he was a sophomore, Liu Mang didn't think it was that strange. .

Liu Mang has heard that Rose was selected as the No. 1 pick because he is from Chicago. He has heard that Westbrook was selected by the Thunder because of the Thunder's good vision. He has never heard that Harden became the No. 3 pick because he was lucky or the Thunder has good vision. Harden was originally the top three pick that year, but now that he knows it, Liu Mang knows that he has been a popular player since his freshman year.

But when Liu Mang asked Harden if he would participate in this year's draft, Harden replied: "I want to be selected with the first overall pick, I want to be the number one, and I will be your strongest opponent in the future!"

"Well, why are there so many people who want to be my opponent... Come on." Liu Mang could only reply.

Do you want to tell Brother Deng that there will be a white monster who will be the No. 1 pick in his freshman year next year?

From Liu Mang's point of view, Harden has no chance of winning the No. 1 pick if he runs for the election this year. His general statistics are better than those of the group of freshman point guards who started the trend of No. 1 point guards starting in 2010!

In the future, Kyrie Irving, the No. 1 pick in 2011, only averaged 17 points and 5 assists per game as a freshman, and John Wall, the No. 1 pick in 2010, only averaged 16 points and 6 assists as a freshman.

That is to say, from the perspective of talent and freshman performance alone, Harden is better than the two No. 1 picks, but in 2009, Blake Griffin was a lock for the No. 1 pick, and the Grizzlies bet on Thabeet. A wonderful choice of height, and Harden fell to third place.

Liu Mang felt that if Harden, Wall, and Irving were drafted together after their freshman year across time and space, Harden would most likely be the No. 1 pick, even if he didn't have a close eye. Harden would not be an upset choice like Westbrook. , Harden's talent has been recognized by fans and the media from the beginning. If Griffin were not so good and an inside man, and Thabeet is also a very talented inside man, Harden would have been the No. 1 pick.

Just... I saw the front page cover of Sports Illustrated that Harden took out as if he was offering a treasure, and looked at the data posted next to Harden's photo...

Liu Mang's balls hurt. Harden averaged 17.1 points per game, 7.6 of which came from free throws. He averaged 8.5 free throws per game and made 7.6 of them!

He actually averaged 8.5 free throws per game in college!

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After meeting the future king of JDZ, Liu Mang felt that his status in the porcelain world would be seriously affected in the future.

However, Liu Mang didn't have too many suggestions for Harden. Harden is still in college, so he just needs to practice his basic skills. There is no conflict between learning Liu Mang's playing style and practicing his basic skills. Liu Mang is now one of the top players in the league in basic skills. Three players, except for Nash and Kobe, there is really no other player whose basic functions are comparable to Liu Mang.

After chatting with Deng for a while and having lunch, Liu Mang sent Deng back to the Hasuwa Lake campus, took the little girl back to the hotel, took a nap, and was woken up by his teammates. They discussed the last strong enemy of the month tomorrow, which is the 29th - the Suns!

Playing against the Suns, this game is very important for the Hawks to compete for the first place in the league!

Now the Hawks are holding their breath. This winning streak is rare. Once the winning streak ends, they will inevitably enter an adjustment period.

Because the winning streak is too good, there is no need to consider many things, just play against the opponent.

But after this state is interrupted and the winning streak is ended, the opponents behind will find a breakthrough, and the Hawks will have to enter the adjustment state again, and adjust from the heavy heart of crushing everything without scruples to a normal heart.

And it has already won 17 games in a row, and another win will be the 18th consecutive championship winning streak!

Playing against the Suns, who have been so popular in recent days, this game is very important for the Hawks no matter from which angle!

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