Chapter 1547 1546. Create History and Freeze 36 Consecutive Victories!
The day after playing the Lakers, the Hawks immediately set off to the West.
Three consecutive away games against the Kings, Jazz, and Spurs.
After playing the Spurs on the 29th, the Hawks had to return to their home court to face the Knicks on the next day, March 1st.
Fortunately, San Antonio is in the Southwest Division and Atlanta is in the Southeast Division, which is not too far away and within an acceptable range.
The current state of the Hawks is indeed unmatched. Not to mention the Kings, they have already started their journey of playing badly for many consecutive years. They are really good at drafting, but they don’t use their players well after they are selected. Let’s not talk about others. Their head coach Reggie Sherwood doesn’t know what the management thinks. Spencer Hawes, who they selected last year, looks very good. He averaged 10+7 in the first dozen games of the regular season. He is an excellent center with a height of 2.16 meters, but the management asked him not to use Hawes...
It’s just like in the future, they have a point guard Tyreke Evans who averaged 20+5+5 in his rookie season, but let Evans play shooting guard in the second year and small forward in the third year...
As a head coach, the arm can’t twist the thigh of the management. What else can he do except follow the instructions? Even the fans can see who has better talent, can’t the head coach see it? If he can’t see it, won’t he go online to check it? It’s just that the management is more important than heaven...
108 to 91, with Liu Mang easily getting 33 points and 7 assists, the Hawks easily defeated the Kings and won 28 consecutive games.
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Who can end the Hawks’ winning streak?
It seems that the Jazz and the Spurs are both good candidates for expectation. Both teams defeated the Hawks once last season.
And both teams have become stronger this season.
Liu Mang’s dance can cause such a huge sensation. In addition to the fact that he danced well and creatively, in line with the needs of the All-Star Weekend at that time, and catered to people’s sympathy for the disaster in New Orleans, the Hawks were in a crazy winning streak, and Liu Mang was the focus of attention.
Now most fans expect the Hawks to continue their winning streak. If they continue to win, they may break the historical record held by the Lakers!
Even Celtics fans hope that the Hawks can win.
However, there are many Lakers fans who don’t want to see this scene. As a result, the Jazz and Spurs suddenly have many more fans, and they started a war of words with Hawks fans on the Internet...
However, on February 27, the Jazz couldn’t stop the Hawks.
Sloan didn't want to fight the Hawks at all. Old coaches usually don't care too much about such trivial matters, just like Popovich doesn't care about face issues. Coach Sloan is the same. Seeing the Hawks' aggressive single-quarter score of 23 to 18 in the first quarter, he thought it was better to avoid the sharp edge, just play normally, and don't fight too much. There are many games to come, and it's not just this game against the Hawks. If you can't enter the playoffs if you lose, you must fight, but if fighting this game has little to do with the playoffs, then there is no need.
In the game against the five-star Jazz, the Hawks defeated the Jazz 92 to 81 and won 29 consecutive games!
At the beginning of the season, people thought that the Spurs would get 50 wins and 60 wins first. Although the Hawks had a good record at the beginning of the season, it was only better than last season, especially when they had 21 wins and 6 losses. People thought that the Hawks would have to lose about 10 games to get 50 wins.
However, the Hawks went against the trend and surpassed the Spurs, and their record became 50 wins and 6 losses!
29 consecutive wins!
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On February 29, when the Hawks came to San Antonio, the Spurs were fined…
The Spurs’ current record is 47 wins and 9 losses. They lost the game that Parker was not allowed to play after the All-Star Weekend, and the Hawks opened up a record gap of 3 wins.
It is difficult for Popovich to catch up. Since he can’t catch up, Popovich doesn’t care so much whether his team is the first in the league or the first in the West.
Seeing that the Hawks are in such a good state now, Popovich secretly rejoices. If the Hawks use their state in the regular season like the Mavericks last season, it would be the best thing for him.
So, Popovich is ready to "help" the Hawks and let the Hawks continue to win.
In this way, the Hawks can continue their good state and play out their state early, and the Lakers will be annoyed… If the Hawks really break the Lakers’ winning streak, Popovich will be happy. Anyway, the record is not the Lakers’, so he is happy!
Popovich was more direct than Coach Sloan, the three horses were resting...
Several major TV stations rushed to broadcast this game, but who knew that the Spurs announced that the three horses were "injured" on the night of the game.
This is too fake, too fake.
91 to 122, the Spurs lost to the Hawks by 31 points. There was nothing to watch throughout the game. The Hawks took turns to score points. Liu Mang drew a star card of Antawn Jamison after the first quarter to experience the play of this all-around forward who averaged 24.9 points per game in a single season.
After the game, the NBA officially announced that the Spurs were fined 500,000 US dollars for basketball reasons...
30 consecutive wins!
The second 30 consecutive wins in NBA history!
When the Hawks' record became 51 wins and 6 losses, they won 30 consecutive wins!
However, the Hawks players had no mood or time to feel the ecstasy brought by the 30-game winning streak. After playing against the Spurs and accepting the interview, they hurried back to the hotel to sleep. The next morning, they immediately flew back to Atlanta. After taking a nap, they got up in the afternoon to prepare for the game and faced the Knicks in the evening...
However, why did Popovich think that as long as he let the Hawks go, the Hawks would have the possibility of breaking the Lakers' 33-game winning streak and making the Lakers unhappy? Why did the fans put their last hope of ending the Hawks' winning streak on the Jazz and Spurs?
Because the Hawks' first five opponents in March were the Knicks, Warriors, Celtics, Bobcats, and Heat...
Back at home to play the Knicks back-to-back, the Hawks' Wade, McGrady, Kwame Brown, and Marion were rested, and the Hawks still beat the Knicks 129-117!
The defense was not good at all in this game, but Liu Mang scored 56 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists with 21 of 37 shots, Rondo scored 11 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists, and the two led the second lineup to play a crazy offensive show.
Liu Mang got his fifth 40+ and second 50+ this season, helping the Hawks win 31 consecutive games!
On March 3, they played against the Celtics away, on March 5 and 6, they played against the Warriors and Bobcats back-to-back at home, and on March 8, they played against the Heat away...
In these games, the Hawks had at least three players rest, but Liu Mang started a crazy scoring show!
This was proposed by Liu Mang to the coaching staff, allowing teammates to rest more if they can, and to hold on to the winning streak. It doesn't matter if it is ended. The team's rest plan cannot be disrupted because of the desire to break the winning streak record.
Coach Kruger adopted Liu Mang's suggestion, so...
Liu Mang scored 40+ in 5 consecutive games, including 61 points in a single game against the Celtics. Liu Mang averaged 47.4 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists per game, leading the Hawks to a five-game winning streak in March!
After defeating the Heat, the Hawks' record improved to 56 wins and 6 losses, and won 35 consecutive victories!
After the Hawks narrowly defeated the Celtics 103-99 with Liu Mang's 61 points in a single game and won 33 consecutive victories, they have already tied the Lakers' 33-game winning streak record.
The NCAA is going crazy. Last year, the Hawks finally didn't steal their limelight, but this year it's happening again!
And it's even crazier than the three years when the Hawks won three consecutive championships!
Even in March Madness, they can't grab the headlines with the Hawks, let alone the ranking battle in the NBA playoffs.
On March 11, the Hawks rested for two days and came to Orlando to challenge the Magic.
In fact, the Hawks won the game against the Heat by relying on defense, beating the Heat 89 to 81. Except for Liu Mang who scored 41 points, no one else scored in double digits in the game between the Hawks and the Heat. The Hawks' state has been extremely low.
People think that the Hawks should lose now. After the Hawks won 34 consecutive games and broke the Lakers' record, many Hawks fans also hoped that the team would lose one or two games to avoid being exhausted in the regular season.
Who knows... When playing against the Magic, the Hawks are on the rise again.
The Hawks made 20 three-pointers in a single game!
Liu Mang made 7 of 10 three-pointers and scored 31 points in the game, Jason Terry made 4 of 4 three-pointers, McGrady made 4 of 8 three-pointers, Brad Miller and Marion made 5 three-pointers together, and the Hawks scored 60 points in three-pointers alone, defeating the Magic 115 to 106!
On the contrary, the Magic made poor three-pointers in today's game. Carter was blocked by Rondo and made 0 of 7 three-pointers. The Magic made 6 of 31 three-pointers, which was far behind the Hawks' 20 of 31.
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36 consecutive wins! Even the Magic were defeated by the Hawks. The Lakers fans are already desperate. After the Hawks won 34 consecutive games, fans who are not Lakers or Hawks don't want to see the Hawks continue to win.
However, the branded ghost won 36 consecutive games! Fans and the media are desperate that the Hawks' next few opponents can stop the Hawks from winning.
Originally thought that the Hawks' state was almost over, who knew that the Hawks made another 20 three-pointers in a single game...
Hawks fans were shouting "Who dares to beat me", and at this time the Rockets jumped out "I dare to beat you!"
On March 13, the Hawks, who returned to their home court, ushered in a game with the Houston Rockets.
Seeing Iguodala coming back, the Hawks fans applauded him enthusiastically. He was the hero of the Hawks' two consecutive championships. The players of the Hawks team that won three consecutive championships left a deep impression on the Hawks fans.
However, the Hawks fans could not continue to applaud during the game...
In today's game, the Hawks' overall offense was worse than that against the Heat!
How bad was it? You can see it from the score.
75 to 83, the Hawks scored less than 80 points for the first time this season and were defeated by the Rockets at home!
The 36-game winning streak ended!