Chapter 210 209. A Sudden Good Thing
After playing the Timberwolves on January 30, the Eagles returned to Atlanta the next day, and did not have time to rest. On the morning of February 1, the NBA officially announced the list of all-star substitutes selected by the coach.
Eastern Conference All-Star bench: Heat's Alonzo Mourning, Celtics' Paul Pierce, Pacers' Jermaine O'Neal, Nets' Jason Kidd, Magic's Trey West McGrady, Ray Allen of the Bucks and Jason Terry of the Hawks.
The Western Conference All-Star bench lineup is: Gary Payton of the Sonics, Chris Webber and Peja Stojakovic of the Kings, Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash of the Mavericks and Michael Finley, Clippers' Elton Brand.
Jason - Terry finally squeezed into the All-Star bench!
But the Eagles players didn't give Jason Terry time to celebrate. No. 1 and No. 2 ushered in back-to-back home games with the Warriors and Raptors.
The future old injured Gilbert Arenas is also one of the most popular players in this rookie class. He is one of the few players in this rookie class who can average double figures per game, but his knees are really fragile. A rookie After playing 37 games in the season, he was basically reimbursed, and withdrew from the ranks of the best rookie team. The prediction was to come back in April, but it was too late by then.
In addition to Arenas, the Warriors ranked first in the Western Conference last season and the second-to-last in the league, and Jason Richardson, who was selected with the No. 5 pick, is getting better and better.
Speaking of the 2001 draft, the Bulls and the Warriors were really bad luck for a team that was bad for a year last year. The Warriors didn’t get any of the top three picks and fell to fifth. The Bulls also failed to get the No. 1 pick. ——Kwame Brown, looking at it this way, the Bulls are not bad luck, and the boxing champion is not bad.
Kwame Brown's physical talent and high school basketball intelligence are really nothing to say, especially defensively.
Jason Richardson played badly at the beginning of the season and was suppressed by Arenas, who had a strong desire for performance. However, after Arenas was injured in early January and Jason Richardson had absolute possession of the ball, He averaged 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, which is very impressive.
However, Jason Richardson's performance in the first two months was very average. Except for dunks, there was nothing outstanding. As a result, the average has only exceeded 10 points until now. By the end of the season, he may average 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game. The data.
However, although Jason Richardson's recent statistics are good, it is a bit difficult to threaten Liu Mang's title as the number one rookie guard this year, and the record gap is too big.
Especially in this direct match between the two teams, the Eagles did not make the mistakes they lost to the Bulls last time. Regardless of whether the hand feels good or not, they have a firm belief in defense from the beginning, and they cannot belittle their opponents just because they are weak.
No. 1 in the East! It is rare to secure the No. 1 position in the Eastern Conference. How could the Eagles players give it back to the Nets or Pistons?
From the very beginning, the Eagles did not give the Warriors a chance. Liu Mang did not hold back against his opponents in the same class. After playing, he scored consecutively. He scored 15 points in the first half and firmly suppressed Jason Richardson.
The current slam dunk king is not the sharp shooter of the future, scoring all depends on wild shots. Of course, this is also the way the Warriors train rookies. Anyway, they are doing badly, so they give two rookies a wild shot. Unfortunately, the talent can be seen with the naked eye. The better season was reimbursed less than halfway through.
116 to 87, the Eagles slaughtered the Warriors at home and won two consecutive victories, improving their record to 32 wins and 13 losses, gradually widening the gap with the Nets who have lost 15 games and the Pistons who have lost 16 games.
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Having secured the No. 1 position in the Eastern Conference, and two more of their own players were selected to the All-Star bench lineup, the Atlanta media finally couldn't help but praise the Eagles.
I really can't do such a shameful thing!
Everyone thinks that facing the Raptors, who Carter is basically going to be reimbursed for this season, the Eagles can win easily. As a result, the Raptors came to Atlanta with the mentality that the underdogs must win. The Eagles who came down were overturned.
Carter is not really reimbursed, the application for reimbursement is just to have an extra quota and injury exception to sign the Puerto Rican player Carlos Arroyo with a short contract.
If Carter returns after recovering from knee surgery two months later, it will be fine to say that the injury recovery has exceeded expectations. This is a common thing in the NBA, and the league also turns a blind eye. Ten-day short contract space is not given to others, it is an operation that complies with the regulations.
After losing to the Raptors, the Eagles traveled all the way to Oakland with grievances and beat the Warriors again. The Warriors were also unlucky. They met the Eagles who had just lost and were beaten by more than 20 points , 121 to 97, the Eagles beat the Warriors away.
The Warriors are probably saving their character for the consecutive selection of several superstar players after the black eight, and they will probably have to save for several years.
Immediately after playing the Warriors, the Eagles flew to Phoenix again. In the last game of the first 5 days and 4 games, they played away against the 10th Suns in the Western Conference.
This game was not as easy as bullying the Warriors. With the combination of Stephen Marbury and Sean Marion inside and outside, and the second team led by Penny Hardaway on the bench, the Suns gave continuous battles. The already exhausted Eagles took a head-on blow.
Stephen Marbury scored 17 points and 15 assists, and Sean Marion scored 23 points and 19 rebounds. The two led the Suns to a 97-83 home victory over the Hawks.
Liu Mang saw that Marbury's offense was very strong, and he was not as independent as he imagined. He was even quite selfless, giving the ball when he had the opportunity. Except for a little more turnovers, he really couldn't see where he was independent.
What about the lone wolf?
Liu Mang handed over this doubt to Raheem, who is also in the 96 golden generation. Raheem was very surprised why Liu Mang had such an idea. Before Nash had not risen, Marbury was the player with the best assists in the 96 golden generation. , Although Marbury has the nickname of a lone wolf, he does not have the nickname of a selfish wolf.
The "independence" in the understanding of Chinese fans translates into English to mean selfishness.
Liu Mang learned about it, and found out that when Marbury broke up with the Timberwolves for a big contract and sought a deal, in the eyes of the Americans, the wolf king candidate who left the wolf pack was the one who failed. Wolf.
Lonely wolf, lone wolf... Liu Mang feels that his IQ is not enough, or that the Chinese people's language skills are too explosive. A name can actually "change" the characteristics of a player's style of play.
In fact, after watching Marbury's style of play when he was almost 40 years old, it should be clear that this guy is not unique at all...
In China, in fact, many media reported on the NBA after Yao Ming entered the NBA. They didn’t even know the existence of the NBA before. They thought that Yao Ming was the one who was invincible in basketball, and directly abbreviated Lonely Wolf as Lone Wolf...
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Finally, after the first five days and four games, the Eagles returned to Atlanta to get two days off. Counting the plane ride, it was actually just over a day. On the 8th and 9th, the Eagles will play back-to-back home and away games. What they call the "Eastern Finals Preview".
Back in the parking lot of the Atlanta airport, Liu Mang, who was exhausted, mainly mentally exhausted, just wanted to take the bus home. After receiving a call, Coach Kruger directly dragged Liu Mang into his car.
"Coach, what's the matter?" Liu Mang asked.
"Good thing, follow me to the arena." Coach Kruger seemed a little excited.
"A good thing? Could it be that Uncle Callahan brought his precious granddaughter and introduced him to me as my girlfriend?" Liu Mang learned from Emmanuel after staying with Emmanuel for a long time.
"Dream! If Steven knew that you were thinking about his granddaughter, he would probably fight you desperately. The cow eats grass and wants to stick his head out. Don't harm his granddaughter." Coach Kruger said helplessly.
Cows eat grass and still want to stretch their heads? Liu Mang didn't quite understand it, but he probably understood that the American version of the rabbit doesn't eat grass by the side of the nest.
But what is a scourge! Could it be that the young master is a person who harms other people's daughters in your mind, the coach?
Liu Mang was also joking, but he was really curious about what a good thing it was?
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An hour later, Liu Mang and coach Kruger came to the Phillips Arena. Coach Kruger took him to the office of the boss Steven Price. The boss came to the team today.
Besides Steven Price, Liu Mang also saw a picture of a man who looked a little familiar but had a strange style of painting.
"Oh, Ace, Lang, you are finally back, this is the official CEO Adam Silva." Steven Price was very excited and enthusiastically put the haired Adam Silva inside Erva introduced to the two.
It was the first time for Coach Kruger to meet the vice president formally, and he shook hands politely.
On the other hand, Liu Mang couldn't believe it when he shook hands.
The school belle actually has hair!
this……
What has happened to the school belle in the future!
Manu, you are not alone!
"Hello, Ace, I'm going to fly to Minneapolis soon, so I'll just say it straight, congratulations on becoming an alternate All-Star for the official game of the 2002 Philadelphia All-Star Weekend, replacing Vince who retired due to injury - Carter became the All-Star player of this year." Adam Silva finished speaking and handed out the trophy engraved with the English name of Ace Liu to Liu Mang.
Liu Mang, who was studying the beauty's hair, didn't realize it for a while. He took the small trophy and glanced at it. He was not as handsome as the All-Star MVP. When he took other people's things, he habitually said, "Thank you."
This came a little suddenly! It took Liu Mang a while to react. After Adam Silva had left, the boss excitedly took Coach Kruger to discuss something. Liu Mang walked to the parking lot and found that his "car" was not there. Thinking of myself as if I came in the car of Coach Kruger, my bicycle is still at home!
In the eyes of the other three, Liu Mang's performance was not very exciting, but he was very grand, full of the demeanor of a future "superstar", and his mental endurance was awesome.
In fact, Liu Mang did not react for a while simply because this matter, which he had never considered before, came too suddenly...
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PS: It seems that there is nothing wrong with it, it should be that I was too sleepy, and my head fell on the desk all of a sudden, which scared Ms. Yuan Mi. A very good colleague, Ms., made porridge for Xiaofeng today. There are still many good people in the world~