Chapter 823 822. The Jealousy of the Strongest Team in History

Every time Liu Mang goes to New York, he always makes trouble.

Every time he goes to Madison Square Garden, Liu Mang can't hold back his urge to show off.

Not to mention mocking the American team, the American men's basketball team has been mocked in the United States in recent years.

This time Liu Mang made the scorers furious!

In Charlotte, Boss Joe, who watched the Hawks game on a whim, saw Liu Mang's post-match interview and pulled his team's players out for training the next morning, so that they would see the Hawks fight to death in the next game.

It's so mysteriously confident. The Bobcats have only won two games so far this season, but they are so confident...

In Los Angeles, a No. 8 player who is trying to defend the fifth place in the West was so angry that he practiced for a few more hours without shooting.

As for McGrady, who was on the same team as Liu Mang, he could only watch Liu Mang pretending to be cool after chasing him to no avail. However, McGrady didn't care. When he was interviewed, he said: Scoring champion, who hasn't won it before? It's not a big deal...

After the game between the Hawks and the Knicks, in addition to Liu Mang's pretending to be cool at least twice a year, the biggest attention the Hawks attracted was that they really started to attack at a fast pace!

The pace of these two games can be compared with the Suns!

The two teams' records are also the same, both 10 wins and 2 losses.

The Suns are now averaging 109.5 points per game, and the Hawks are 107.5 points. The gap is not very big, but the Hawks relied on the game against the Rockets to pull up their average points per game, which is still a little different from the Suns' stable average of about 110 points per game.

The media therefore inferred an incredible answer: Do the Hawks want to compete with the Suns for the title of the most ferocious offensive team?

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"Ace, why are you dressed like this?" Rasheed Wallace asked curiously.

"I'm afraid of the cold, winter is coming." Liu Mang put on a mask and a hat.

"But why do you even wear sunglasses?"

"…I'm allergic to sunlight!"

"…"

Looking at Liu Mang wrapped up like a terrorist, Rasheed Wallace was confused, but he still pulled Liu Mang out with him.

After two small-ball games, the Hawks players played happily. The average number of shots per game in the two games reached 98, which was a significant increase from the previous average of 85 shots per game.

The small-ball tactics not only brought more shots and points, but also more rebounds. Liu Mang was one of the beneficiaries.

The one who benefited the most was, of course, Kwame Brown. In twelve games, Kwame Brown averaged 14 points and 12.5 rebounds per game, which was a very outstanding performance and became the team's top scorer in the frontcourt.

Liu Mang benefited the most from the offensive end. Scoring became easier. McGrady's offensive containment and the offensive threat brought by the team's athletic ability, in the end, benefited Liu Mang, the core scorer, and his efficiency was greatly improved compared to last season.

The new rules, coupled with the offensive play similar to running and gunning, have greatly benefited Liu Mang, a player with comprehensive scoring ability.

The coaching staff worked overtime every day, and they could always see problems after each game. Although the opponent was confused and had no rules when playing against the Rockets, the Hawks coaching staff also saw a problem. Facing an opponent with huge containment in the interior, even if the opponent could not receive the ball, the opponent could slow down the rhythm; playing against the Knicks, they found that when encountering a chaotic team, the running and gunning team was not very advantageous.

The Hawks' away trip is still continuing. The day after playing against the Knicks, the Hawks came to another big city in the East - Boston.

After arriving in Boston, Liu Mang was taken by Rasheed Wallace, who had a strong liking for education and art, to Cambridge, a city across the river from Boston. It is called a city, but in fact it is just a large town connected to Boston. The population is only tens of thousands, but the people here are very rich.

This is the best educational place in the United States, with two very famous universities.

However... although it is called Cambridge, the most famous university is not Cambridge University, which is in the UK...

The most famous universities here are Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Rasheed Wallace took Liu Mang to visit the university town.

As for why Liu Mang dressed like that, after arriving at the university town across the Charles River where there are many students, Rasheed Wallace understood it. People kept giving the middle finger when they passed by the two of them.

Before Liu Mang came to Boston, he saw the results of an online survey. The city in the East that hates the Hawks the most is not New Jersey where the Nets are located, nor Detroit where the Pistons are located, but Boston.

According to the responses of Celtics fans in the post, Liu Mang roughly understood the mentality of Celtics fans, mainly because the Celtics' legend has been shaken.

The Celtics are the second most legendary team in NBA history, mainly because of their eight consecutive championships. Overall, they are not as legendary as the Lakers with 15 championships. So when the Bulls won 6 championships in 8 years, the Celtics' legend was hit.

Therefore, Celtics fans have a great aversion to the defending champions. Last season, the team they hated the most was the Spurs, and now the team they hate the most is the Hawks.

The city of Cambridge and the city of Boston are separated by a river, and they are actually in the same metropolitan area. They all support the Celtics, so of course they will be unhappy with the Hawks.

Seeing the disgusting-looking Rasheed Wallace, he naturally gave his middle finger as a greeting.

Rasheed Wallace originally wanted to bathe in the glory of education and cultivate his sentiments in the Holy Land of Education. Unexpectedly, after getting off the bus and not even entering the university gate, he felt that he would be beaten at any time, so he could only end it hastily. This college tour...

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After a night's rest in Boston, on November 22, the day of the Eagles' second consecutive away game, the Eagles' pre-game training began.

At this stage of the game, the first game month has come to an end, and the teams in the league have begun to lose more games.

Only the Pistons, with a start of 12 wins and 1 loss, can fly!

The main reason is that coach Flip Saunders already has a very good relationship with Billups. The first time Billups gained a firm foothold and got rid of the title of parallel importer was when he attended all 82 games for the first time with the Timberwolves in the 2001-02 season. He scored 12+3+5 and helped the Timberwolves achieve 50 wins and 32 losses. Coach Sanders can be regarded as Billups' mentor.

So historically, when Coach Sanders took over the Pistons in the summer of 2005, he led the Pistons to a record-high 64 wins in the 2005-06 season despite an aging lineup.

Now that I have taken over the Pistons a year early, the lineup is one year younger, especially when Ben Wallace, who is aging rapidly, is at his peak. More importantly, Chris Bosh is better than Rasheed Wallace. , which made Coach Sanders feel familiar and brought Bosh's ability to full play. The Pistons' lineup was already strong and they occupied the first place at the beginning of this season.

Except for the Rockets, who were beaten 50-50 in away games under normal circumstances, the Pistons showed strong dominance in the other 11 games.

The two strongest remaining teams are the Suns and Hawks, who have lost two games.

Other teams have begun to lose more games. Except for the top three teams, the Heat and Spurs, which have lost the least, have also lost four games.

A more chaotic league means that strong teams lose games earlier than in previous years.

The main reason is that many teams that used to win with iron-blooded defense were blown to pieces at the beginning of the game, and no one could adapt.

On the contrary, the Hawks, Suns, and Pistons, whose lineups and playing styles have changed a lot, have made good use of the current rules.

But this does not mean that the Eagles dare to relax easily. Today's game against the Celtics cannot be as casual as the Knicks game, and the game against the Knicks almost overturned, making the Eagles players and coaching staff even more vigilant.

Opponents in the regular season do not have as much research time as in the playoffs. They only start researching one or two days before the game. If it is back-to-back, there will be very little research.

The players rested all afternoon yesterday and got the scouting report to read for themselves. The coaching staff was studying countermeasures. This morning before coming to the rented university arena for tactical training, they told the players the studied tactical strategies and then started training. .

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Eagles came to the North Shore Garden Stadium. Today's game started very early, mainly because it was too cold in Boston, located in the Northeast!

Especially at night in Boston, there is a kind of weather in the United States called a Boston storm. This is what it means. In Boston in winter, after nightfall, there will be a snowstorm from time to time, and then at dawn, hey, the snow has stopped.

Therefore, the most profitable workers in Boston are winter road cleaners who can mechanize operations. They can work for four months and enjoy a full year. They are the snow clearers in Boston.

Liu Mang was very motivated today. He is always so motivated when facing a team with 16 championship flags.

At 4:15 in the afternoon, Liu Mang and his teammates came to the stadium together. As visiting team players, they received "cordial" greetings upon entering.

As the defending champion, Liu Mang felt the feeling of being resented by Celtic fans, and he quite enjoyed it.

Liu Mang thinks it's a good feeling to be envied by fans of the team that has won the most championships in league history.

Liu Mang's attitude affected his teammates, and they all showed no fear. After Liu Mang entered the court last, the whole team walked into the court with their heads held high.

The next players to play were the Celtics' starters, Antoine Walker was the first to play, and Pierce was the last to play.

At 4:30, the game started on time. Liu Mang walked onto the court after a handful of powder was sprinkled on him, which attracted bursts of boos.

The Eagles' starting lineup has not changed. It is so stable that other teams are jealous. Other teams can only envy the Eagles for their "good fortune". Their role players are great, mainly because of their strong draft selection, which allows the main players to play more easily. Their tactics are good because of their talent. , changed at the drop of a hat, which made Anji, who had been saving draft picks for two years, envious and jealous. He couldn't select people with the draft picks!

The Celtics' starting lineup is Payton, Delonte West, Pierce, Antoine Walker, and Reeve LaFrentz.

Seeing that both the Gemini stars were there, Antoine Walker had a failed season with the Trail Blazers and was sent back to the Celtics for free. In other words, the Celtics got a few draft picks for nothing... Liu Mang seemed to Dreaming back to two years ago, the Celtics' record this season is similar to that of two years ago. They started with 6 wins and 6 losses and ranked in the top eight in the Eastern Conference with a winning percentage of just 50%. The core players are still Pierce and Antoine Walker. Pierce is no longer humble to the big brother, but has firmly established himself as the boss.

However, Liu Mang feels that the Celtics only have a 50% winning rate this season, which is purely unlucky. Who will let a large number of stars travel east this season?

Otherwise, with this lineup of the Celtics, they would be able to compete for the top four in the 2002-03 season, but this season they must compete with the Nets for the top spot in the division to have a chance to enter the top four with the advantage of the top spot in the division. Kidd and Carter are getting better and better this season, and the Celtics don't seem to have much chance.

The two teams, whether they hate each other or have a one-sided hostility, will affect the players of both teams. After the players of both teams entered the court, no one greeted the other side because of the strong hostility of the fans on the scene to the defending champions.

Just as Kwame Brown, who had just walked onto the court and provoked the visiting fans by patting magnesium powder on the sidelines, was about to jump on the court, Liu Mang suddenly received a task...

"Ding... Legendary Task: The Jealousy of the Strongest Team in History."