Chapter 507 505. After the Battle in March, the Beasts to Be Unleashed!
What is it like to laugh at Mamba Brewer facing Uchiha Harden?
Liu Mang understood now.
Why is it that Brewer's peak ability value of 79 is only close to the quasi-first-class, and not the closest to the quasi-first-class, and the star who does not even have an ability value of 80 can score 50+ in a single game astonishingly.
Defensive eyes have the same effect as symbolically stretching out your hand when there is hopeless defense in your eyes.
Originally, after Liu Mang triggered the bench gangster, his ability value was the same as that of Arenas, which was 80, but when Arenas saw Liu Mang and couldn't raise his fighting spirit, Liu Mang played like a superstar!
This kind of thing is not uncommon. For example, when Brewer scored 50 points, his ability value was only 79. Harden was already a top star with an average of 25+5+6 per game, but Brewer, who never got it. Ordinary starters who have passed 30+ scored 51 points.
Liu Mang shot a three-point shot without any pressure, and the opponent double-teamed him. Liu Mang broke through in the direction of Arenas. Arenas made a symbolic stop, and Liu Mang rushed into the inside lane, causing the Warriors to fly under the basket. The dog jumps.
Brewer was the same as before Harden became a real strong team player. Brewer cut Harden and left Harden at once. It is easier for Liu Mang to pass Arenas than Brewer to pass Harden. When the double-team came up, Arenas was like a big road at four o'clock in the morning, completely undefended, and Liu Mang crossed it suddenly.
Originally, the Eagles had just experienced a two-game losing streak, and four more generals had to take turns. The fans on the scene were a bit depressed. The Warriors are not bad this year, and they are not such easy opponents.
However, the game was one-sided from the very beginning, and Liu Mang completely regarded the Warriors as a cash machine.
After Liu Mang made a good start against Arenas, Arenas didn't have the fighting spirit to fight anymore. Not only did he defend badly, but he was also overwhelmed by Liu Mang's close defense on the offensive end.
The Hawks' lineup, short of major generals, actually beat the talented Warriors at the beginning!
It's not just that Arenas lost his fighting spirit, the entire Warriors couldn't afford to compete with the Eagles.
Exactly one week ago, after Liu Mang led the team to beat the Warriors by 20 points in a single quarter in the first quarter, Jason Terry went up and led the team to almost beat the Warriors by 30 points in the second and third quarters. !
The scene of being abused is still vivid, so how can the Warriors have the confidence to fight recklessly with the Eagles?
Jason Terry, on the other hand, mainly organizes the offense when he starts, and scoring is the second choice.
Ever since, Liu Mang and Jason Terry played a double wave in the backcourt, Liu Mang scored, Jason Terry passed the ball, and the two led the Eagles to press the Warriors all the way to the end.
However, the Warriors have no fighting spirit, but their talents are there. There are really some people who can score. The point difference has not been completely opened by more than ten points, allowing Liu Mang and Jason Terry to go all the way to the end of the game.
In the end, the Eagles easily defeated the Warriors at home, 122 to 109.
If you don't just look at the score, but look at the process, you can use a big victory to describe the performance of the Eagles.
Liu Mang made 21 of 35 shots and scored 52 points and 3 assists. Jason Terry assisted well and scored 18 points and 14 assists!
Eat, sleep, fight warriors!
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After the victory over the Warriors, the Eagles' tragic game month continued.
Immediately ushered back to back to the Hornets, who are firmly in fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
The Hornets are a good team. After Mashburn sacrificed a season last season, this year Mashburn is full of attendance and the king returns, sustaining the team's injury wave that started poorly. When Baron Davis After returning from injury, the Hornets are on the right track.
Originally at the beginning of the season, when the Eagles were aiming for the regular season championship, the Hornets were the Hawks' imaginary opponents in the second round.
Now, the Eagles... still regard the Hornets as their imaginary opponent in the second round, but they have become the side without home court advantage, and they may not be able to enter the second round...
In today's game, Prince came back first, adding a No. 1 outside pitcher to the Eagles, but the frontcourt was still a bit miserable. Raheem and Ratliff had to wait until the next back-to-back to come back.
The Hornets finally seized the opportunity to take advantage of the Eagle's illness and kill the Eagles. A group of people were so passionate that they caught the Eagles and beat them up.
This year, Baron Davis' back kicks began to mature, and Liu Mang enjoyed a big butt friction in this game.
It's really too buggy!
Although Baron Davis's shooting was really bad, and he made at most two out of five shots, but he was full of lethality and had many free throws. Liu Mang really couldn't guard against it.
Prince's side was tough enough to face Mashburn. This first generation of Jordan's successor was able to shoot well. In the last year of his peak, after the "sacrifice" of last season, he actually played this year since the end of his rookie contract. In his best form in seven years, Prince was so abused that he couldn't take care of himself.
Although the Hornets' defense is not doing well now, they can't hold back their fierce offense. The Eagles don't have Ratliff, a big center inside, and the defense is defeated.
In the end, the Eagles suffered another home defeat, defeated by the Hornets 107-95.
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They all say that sooner or later they will have to pay back.
Just a day later, the Eagles travel next door to New Orleans, La., in the Southwest Division.
Raheem and Ratliff are back!
I took two charter flights with the Hornets, came to New Orleans one after another, and had a night's rest. The Eagles came to the New Orleans Arena, and it was a fat beating to catch the Hornets.
With the return of Raheem and Ratliff, the Eagles' frontcourt strength has surged. Even without Boozer, it is not PJ-Brown and Magloire, two pure blue-collars around 10+8, who can compete. The Hornets' top two It's been a good day in Atlanta, and this time the loss was straightforward. Seeing the Eagles chasing after them, their eyes were red and they wanted to take revenge. The Hornets were beaten by the three Kitty Hawks who ran away at halftime. In the case of the collapse, there was not much struggle, and the surrender was announced in the second half, which was quite decisive.
This year's Hornets have a Rockets-like posture. They are worthy of being the same team in the Southwest Division, and they all have the same characteristics.
The main reason is that the Hornets have no sense of belonging in New Orleans, and the ball market is very poor. The fans have no sense of identity with this team called the Hornets, because New Orleans is a seaside city. There are no Hornets, only various seabirds. It is also the reason why the Hornets changed their name immediately after changing their owners more than ten years later. The ball market is really bad.
The Eagles lost Game 1 and won Game 2 easily, 99-85.
After the game against the Hornets, the Eagles took another flight that night and flew to Miami on the south coast, which is less than an hour away.
For physical considerations, and in preparation for the playoffs, which is less than a month and a half away, Ratliff did not play in the second back-to-back game. When the Eagles came to Miami to challenge the Heat, Ratliff truce.
Miami changed its head coach this year. Pat Riley really couldn't bear the torture of playing badly, and Pat Riley really couldn't play badly, so he replaced his disciple Stan Van Gundy to take over the Heat.
Sure enough, after losing Pat Riley's iron-blooded field, the Heat's players played very relaxed and loose, and their defense and record were a lot worse than last season. "The Cavaliers.
But "good times don't last long", Stan Van Gundy really has two brushes, in the case of Mourning being bought out due to surgery season reimbursement, Jim Jackson and Strickland both left the team, Stan - Van Gundy really found some ways to coach the current team, with Eddie House as the core, rookie Caron Butler and veteran Brian Grant as supplements, and also dug out this year's original team from the bench. The second-round pick of the season, Rasoul Butler, won several games after the All-Star Weekend, and was successfully "overtaken" by the Raptors, and his record was promoted to the third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference.
There are rumors in later generations that Stan Van Gundy will always make the wrong choice. He should have a poor record in the current season. The teams that clearly entered the playoffs forcibly messed up to get out of the playoffs.
The Heat have played very well recently, with 5 wins and 4 losses, and Pat Riley has the heart to fire this disciple.
Facing the Heat, who sit at home and have been in a hot state recently, the Eagles performed poorly, feeling collectively cold. Including the three Kitty Hawks, the collective shooting percentage was less than 40%, trailing 33 to 53 at halftime.
How can I fight this?
There was no other way, Coach Kruger played half of the game, and simply asked Liu Mangrang to take a bunch of substitutes to check the statistics, and announced his surrender.
Liu Mang was very sorry that he could not win the game, and he was also very upset. Who would be happy to lose?
Ever since, Liu Mang hinted that he was wearing the No. 24 jersey. He dared to fight and fight hard despite the extremely poor hand feeling. He scored 10 goals in the second half with a shooting rate of 37%. He made 12 shots and scored 31 points on 32 shots, just relying on a large number of shots.
The Eagles also failed to get the score back. In the end, 79 to 91, they lost to the Heat in the second back-to-back away game.
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After the Heat, the Eagles' record became 31 wins and 29 losses.
Finally, the first node in March that can be regarded as a buffer period has arrived. There will be a day off on March 10. Starting from March 10, the Eagles will only have three games in the next week, which is the March schedule The easiest part of the race.
On March 10, the second day after playing the Heat, the Eagles did not return to Atlanta, but came to Orlando, the place where the children most want to play.
The penultimate direct game against the Magic is here again.
This time it is finally the Eagles' turn to be lucky!
When McGrady went to Sacramento a few days ago, he scored 30+ triple-doubles but lost.
Two days later, after the Magic returned home, they played against the Kings for the second time at home. McGrady went berserk again, scoring 44 points in three quarters, leading the Kings by a big score at home.
The Kings refused to surrender. Of course, the Magic will stay with them to the end. Winning one of the best teams in the league will definitely greatly improve their morale. 68 led by 18 points, so they continued to play McGrady in the fourth quarter.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, McGrady rushed inside and fouled the Kings' backup small forward Bobby Jackson. With a swipe, McGrady wiped the jersey in disgust. Bobby Jackson instantly became angry and came up to punch McGrady.
Then McGrady fought back, and the fight was so hot that he pushed Bobby Jackson to the floor and hit him!
At this moment, McGrady seemed to be possessed by Oscar De La Hoya. He used De La Hoya's good at chasing after the victory. After hitting Bobby Jackson on the ground, he didn't give Bobby Jackson a chance to fight back. They fought until the players from both teams and the referee came up and pulled them apart.
Only then did people know that McGrady, who looked sleepy and had nothing to do with him no matter what happened, actually had such a hot side.
Then McGrady was suspended for three games.
This game happened to be the first game of Tracy McGrady's suspension, and it was rare for the Hawks to pick up a bargain. Facing the magic that McGrady didn't even have, Boozer also came back at this time. Coach Kruger asked Ratliff and Raheem to continue With a truce, the Magic failed to produce an effective struggle.
Originally, coach Kruger asked Ratliff to take a truce against the Heat and let Boozer come back in this game, just to deal with McGrady. Who would have thought that McGrady would be suspended for fighting.
Very easily, the Eagles easily won 101 to 77 in what could have been a very intense card game, improving their record to 32 wins and 29 losses.
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The March schedule, after the Eagles defeated the Magic, has played more than one-third, and the Eagles' general situation in March is the same.
The schedule is tight, fatigue is affected, sometimes they play well and win big, and sometimes even if they are all in place, they are not so strong teams.
And it’s not just the Hawks that are affected by injuries and fatigue, other teams are the same. Occasionally, they will encounter unlucky guys like the Magic and win the game easily. In the end win or regret to lose the situation.
Fortunately, throughout March, except for the Celtics, Magic, Mavericks, Bucks, Hornets and other strong playoff teams, most teams that are even stronger are just marginal teams in the playoffs. He held on, and has maintained a record of more than 50% winning rate of about two wins.
But what embarrassed the Eagles was that they dared to win the Mavericks, but lost to the Bulls...
In addition to the embarrassment of losing to the Bulls, since the three games between the Eagles and the Knicks this season were placed in March, the Eagles lost the first two times!
Lost to the Knicks at home twice!
On March 28th, after the Eagles played the last back-to-back of the season, finally, the Eagles' devil schedule is over!
In the first 28 days, the Eagles played a total of 17 games and achieved a record of 7 wins and 10 losses. There is one game left this month.
The record of the Eagles has become 37 wins and 35 losses, and they can still maintain a winning rate of 50% in the case of playing 18 games in a month. Although the Eagles have lost 10 games this month, they still make the Eagles fans very happy. , at least still in the playoffs!
And coincidentally, the last game in March, the game between the Eagles and the Knicks, will be played at Madison Square Garden.
On March 31, the last game of this month, the Eagles will go to the holy land of basketball to challenge the Knicks away.
On March 28th, after another back-to-back loss to the Bulls in the fourth game in a row, the Eagles players finally couldn't suppress the helplessness and anger after seeing the end of the first 28 days of the devil's schedule. .
That night, except for Liu Mang, who was specially sent home by coach Kruger, everyone else went to the nightclub and got drunk all night, and coach Kruger didn't interfere.
In March, there is really no way, the schedule is so tight, some games are really no way, struggling is useless, and because the schedule is so tight, in order to avoid a wave of injuries, various rotation adjustments have to be made... At the same time, after seeing the situation It's not that bad. Coach Kruger is consciously suppressing the team's state while maintaining a winning percentage of more than 50% against the Magic.
Because apart from the tight schedule in March, most of the opponents are not strong, so you can take multiple rounds of rest, and there is no need to increase the risk of injury in order to win those two or three games.
It is true that if some games are played with all their strength, they can win two or three more games, but even if they win, it is only the difference from eighth in the Eastern Conference to seventh in the Eastern Conference.
Just as the Nets consciously lowered their ranking to second in the Eastern Conference, the Eagles also had to respond by consciously placing themselves at eighth. No one wanted to meet the strongest opponent so early .
The Eagles do have a chance to improve the first 17 games from 7 wins and 10 losses to 9 wins and 8 losses or even 10 wins and 7 losses, but it is not necessary. Coach Kruger would rather the players take more rest than force them Fight hard, there is only one month left before the start of the playoffs. If something unexpected happens, it will be too sad. After several months of hard work, I can't make irrational choices for these two or three wins.
Fortunately, this difficult race month has finally come to an end!
Only the last game against the Knicks on the 31st is left, and coach Kruger can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Since the All-Star Weekend, the Eagles have been in a state of high pressure, especially in March. The impact of fatigue has caused Coach Kruger to take turns. In fact, the status of many players has been suppressed, except for Liu Mang, who is as steel. Men have been playing iron to get high scores, including Jason - Terry did not play two games.
Really tired!
The impact of this kind of fatigue has caused many players in the Eagles to be suppressed because they had to take a truce.
But there are also advantages. It is an unexpected good thing that the tight schedule did not force the players to play out the playoffs in advance.
Now there are only 10 games left in the playoffs, and the next schedule has become relatively easy. The Hawks' regular season finale is on April 18.
It's time to release the beast that has been tortured by the schedule for more than two months!
So after playing the Bulls, Coach Kruger let the players go to the nightclub to go crazy, and then in the last 10 games, they felt like playing in the playoffs!
First game after the madness, against the Knicks!
Refuse to be swept by the Knicks!