Chapter 570: 569. The Avengers Alliance
On October 31st, the opening game of the Lakers, Kobe arrived at the scene less than 15 minutes before the start of the game. He was too late to warm up. He went up and smashed the Nets with the ball. He scored 33 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists on 13 of 22 shots. Leading the Lakers to a 102-80 victory over the Nets by 22 points.
Kobe's famous hustle rule appeared at the beginning of the new season. I don't know who will be unlucky in the next court session.
After the three-day opener, the three focus games, the Spurs playing the Timberwolves, the Eagles playing the Magic, and the Lakers playing the Nets, are all over. The Timberwolves, the Eagles and the Lakers stand out.
This also indicates that the first competition month is about to begin.
It is expected that the Timberwolves and the Lakers will show super strength, but the Eagles, which has been criticized for signing in the summer, can actually perform such a performance, which surprises people.
But on the afternoon of November 1st, when the Eagles flew from Atlanta to Philadelphia, there was a game that started at 1:30 pm, and people didn't know how to describe the first brutal performance of the Eagles.
After being slaughtered by the Hawks in the opening game, the Magic returned to Orlando for a day off and ushered in a game against the Miami Heat.
The Heat were so bad last season, and now even Mourning is gone. The Magic players and fans are all ready to find comfort in the Heat.
Then, Lamar Odom had 30 points, 19 rebounds and 11 assists, one rebound short of 30+20+10, plus Dwyane Wade scored 15 points against McGrady for the first time, Caron Butler 20 points, Eddie Jones scored 15 points, the four new and old stars of the Heat scored 80 points together, and the Heat beat the Magic 113 to 73 with 40 points...
Moreover, the Heat are back-to-back. The day before on October 31, the opening game just lost at home to the New York Knicks...
This embarrasses the Eagles!
The point difference between the Eagles' victory over the Magic is not as much as the Heat's victory over the Magic.
Especially Juwan Howard, who was defended 1 of 15 by Rasheed Wallace and only scored 5 points, was defended 1 of 18 by Odom. It seems that Rasheed Wallace's defense is just a look Fierce, because Odom is notoriously inattentive on defense, and Juwan Howard was 1 for 18 when he was fierce.
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When the Eagles arrived in Philadelphia, they saw the news that the Magic were slaughtered by back-to-back Heat.
Liu Mang felt that his team had been hit by an arrow in the knee, and Rasheed Wallace, who desperately wanted to show his defensive ability, felt that he was not only hit by an arrow, but also felt like a thousand arrows pierced his heart.
I really want to make a call and ask McGrady, what does your team mean? As soon as they lost to us, they went to be slaughtered by the Heat with a bigger point difference.
This gives people the feeling that defeating the Magic is not because the Eagles played well. It has nothing to do with the efforts of the Eagles players. In other words, the Eagles have worked hard for a long time, and their performance is not as good as the Heat.
But Liu Wei suddenly remembered, it seems that the Magic team is going to create their own team history losing streak this year, it seems that there is nothing wrong with people thinking this way.
This made Liu Mang speechless.
Liu Mang knows how good Rasheed Wallace is at defending when he is serious, and he was serious in the last game, but the reality is a bit cruel. Juwan Howard is originally the type of opponent who is tough and will die. But Juwan Howard has returned to the East where the iron and blood atmosphere has rebounded, and most of the games are played against Eastern teams.
People's public opinion was so friendly to the Eagles before, mainly because the Magic seemed to have a strong lineup. The second reinforcement is right.
But now the Heat have also come to bloodbath the Magic.
Although those fans who don't like the Eagles and Liu Mang's black fans can't say that the Eagles' signings have failed, but the people on the Internet who have already started to praise Rasheed Wallace's defense, as well as the original signings of the Eagles Some fans who have already recognized it, led by black fans, returned to remain skeptical of the Eagles again.
This is very embarrassing. Liu Mang and Rasheed Wallace, who watched the news together because most of the news mentioned him, looked at each other. Both of them saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
"Rashid, you won't doubt your defense because of this, right?" Liu Mang asked worriedly.
"How is it possible! I defended Howard because I worked hard. Ace, you may not know Odom. I am an old friend with him. He is no worse than me in defense when he is serious. Howard is not difficult to defend. Odom Seriously, it’s normal to be able to defend Howard so badly.” Rasheed Wallace shrugged indifferently, looking down on Juwan Howard, just like other top players in the 90s, never treated Juwan Howard like that. The player who has proved himself as the first player to get a 20 million contract is dissatisfied. Of course, the feeling of being doubted by the media and fans still makes him uncomfortable.
Liu Mang breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Rasheed Wallace is a smart person who has a clear understanding of his own strength. If Kwame Brown is the one who encounters this storm of public opinion, his mentality will probably explode. So hard for a game, but the doubters said it was worthless.
Watching Rasheed Wallace go to Raheem to go to the opera that has been booked tonight, Philadelphia is richer than Atlanta, and the Philadelphia Opera House is quite famous in the art world they like. Angrily, Liu Mang felt that sometimes, the development of information and communication is not necessarily a good thing.
But Liu Mang thought about it in a blink of an eye, and it wasn't necessarily all bad things!
The media are so skeptical, the fans are so skeptical, these players who doubt their own Eagles can see it, and their opponents can also see it!
Doesn't this just satisfy the idea of wanting to develop obscenely on my side!
Liu Mang felt that this matter seemed less uncomfortable, so let's do it! Anyway, Rasheed Wallace himself has self-confidence, otherwise he wouldn't have been in that prison for so long without being sold in the Trail Blazers, and ended up going to the Pistons to help the Pistons win the championship.
It's just pity for Rasheed Wallace. He worked so hard, but he didn't make any mistakes. He was slapped in the back by the Magic when he was lying down, and the Magic didn't take the initiative to play... This is even more pitiful.
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On November 2, 2003, it was an away game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
There was no live broadcast of this game, and most of the interviews were with reporters from Atlanta, local reporters and Chinese reporters. The major TV stations and media had no interest in this game.
Because the goal of the 76ers this year is to perform badly. Since Iverson underwent surgery early and announced that he will not come back until February at the earliest, the 76ers got rid of the long-term contract of the mighty Van Horn. Before Iverson came back, except for the opening game, the 76ers did not have a national live broadcast in the first three months.
Similarly, the Eagles did not pay too much attention to the game against the 76ers.
Although it is said that there are no weak teams in the NBA, and any team cannot be underestimated, the 76ers announced before the start of the offseason that Iverson would be absent for at least eight months. After that, even Van Horn was traded away. Any player who can significantly improve the strength of this team joins, and the 76ers are ranked 23rd in the strength rankings. This ranking is only given after Iverson will return in the second half of the season.
This is how a strong team will not underestimate the 76ers?
Even if the Eagles say they won’t take it lightly, how could they not take it lightly? Maybe during the game, they want to beat their opponents to the ground and rest. They will be serious during the game, but the pre-match preparations are really not serious.
Last year, when the 76ers still had Van Horn and Iverson, the Eagles easily eliminated the opponent from the playoffs 4-1. The psychological advantage was too great.
And it's not just the players who don't pay attention to it, the coaching staff also don't pay attention to it. Yesterday and the day before yesterday, the Eagles' two-day off training was just an ordinary team training, and there was no special targeted training for the 76ers at all. train.
The 76ers have been ignored from the beginning of this year. It is difficult for their players to make it into national newspapers or TV news because it is meaningless. Except for Iverson’s injury, the rest of the 76ers’ team What people did, what happened, no other fans care at all, the cost of news is not as low as it will be in the future, national newspapers and TV stations will not waste resources on the 76ers, and the fans really don't care about the 76ers Man other than Iverson.
Just like Liu Mang, he completely forgot that the current "head star" of the 76ers is the big dog Glenn Robinson!
Until the team's regular pre-match meeting at noon, coach Kruger felt that the players were too loose, so he played a video of the sports news of Pennsylvania TV this morning. Liu Mang saw the shaved Glenn Robinson, a bald bearded man facing a fierce man, just remembered this one!
Glenn Robinson's final year contract was dumped by the Spurs to the 76ers!
In the picture of the projector, a reporter is asking the current 76ers "head star" Glenn Robinson for his views on the game against the former owner of the Hawks, and asking if Glenn Robinson is confident that he can beat the Eagles.
I saw Glenn Robinson's expression became very disdainful, and the answer was full of hostility: "I will prove that what they did last year was wrong. At that time, the Eagles were about to find a way to reverse the situation. Yes, it’s just that they have a domineering new core. He was upset that I was the team’s scoring leader, so he asked the Eagles to throw me in the trash. If I were there, the Eagles would not lose to the team in the playoffs. Nets, their signings this year are definitely a real mistake, this game I will make them look good!"
Glenn Robinson deserves to be a top student at Purdue University, a top academic university. This remark not only hacked Liu Mang, not only the Eagles, but also the newcomer Rasheed Wallace!
The Eagles players were shocked, what the hell!
Just when Liu Mang laughed angrily, a system voice sounded in his mind.
"Ding... The system mission is released, the season's continuous mission: Avengers."
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