Chapter 830 829. Rahim's Ambition

“hiahiahiahia…”

Liu Mang closed the forum he logged into with his secondary account. He just made a random comment and it became a popular reply.

If you don’t use your speech to attract attention from the Pistons, you can also use your game to attract attention from the Pistons.

Because the Pistons are very popular recently, and they beat the Pistons, and it was a massacre, Liu Mang’s rogue value increased by more than 300,000 per game! This is not yet the daytime in China, and the night in the United States is not yet completely over. Liu Mang estimates that it will eventually increase by about 500,000.

“It would be great if we could play against the Pistons every day. Maybe we can break Boss Joe’s average of 37 points per game…” Liu Mang sighed, surfed the Internet for a while, and took a shower. It was already past three o’clock.

After playing against the Pistons, the Hawks returned to Atlanta overnight. Detroit was too scary.

Speaking of it, Liu Mang felt strange. It was obviously the three guys from the Pacers who fought, but the reputation spread to the Palace of Auburn Hills and the city of Detroit. Even Liu Mang himself felt that it was a dangerous place.

After drying his hair, Liu Mang couldn't stop feeling sleepy and fell asleep.

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Nothing happened that night. Liu Mang woke up at almost 11 o'clock the next morning.

After washing up, Liu Mang came to the living room and found it very lively. Dina was playing small games on a laptop with Rasheed Wallace's daughter.

"Ace, you're up. Sharif, Rasheed, Jason, Tracy and others are here. I heard from Christine that you didn't get home until after 2 o'clock last night, so I didn't wake you up. They moved the pool table to the yard to play pool." Levia was chatting with McGrady and Rasheed Wallace's wife. When she saw Liu Mang coming out, she came up and said.

"Oh, really, these guys came to disturb people's sleep early in the morning. Aren't Tracy, Rasheed and Jason the three of them sleepy?" Liu Mang complained.

"Hey, Ace, what bad things are you saying behind our backs?" A strong arm hooked Liu Mang's neck.

This voice, Liu Mang has a psychological trauma!

"Sherif, how could I say anything bad, have you finished playing billiards?" Liu Mang said, if he confronted Rahim head-on, he would never be afraid, but if he was attacked from behind, he would not be able to beat him.

Yes, it was just because he was attacked from behind.

"Oh, not yet, it's just that my throat is a little dry because of the loss. Come in and get some water. Don't greet us. I know you find it troublesome. We will solve it ourselves." Rahim teased, and then went to the kitchen to get some water.

Liu Mang was a little surprised, and then inexplicably felt a kind of sadness. He didn't say anything, smiled, and went back to the room to change clothes. It's always not good to meet guests in pajamas, even if it's your own home.

"If it was Sharif in the past, he would have used an electric drill to attack and fix me..."

The Hawks will face the Magic at home for the second time this season tomorrow. Rahim returns to Atlanta again and has told Liu Mang about visiting him in advance. However, Liu Mang had just played five consecutive away games, and then because he was worried about an accident in Detroit, he rushed back to Atlanta overnight and slept until noon, completely forgetting about it.

After Rahim arrived in Atlanta, he first called Jason Terry, and Rasheed Wallace asked McGrady to come with him.

Liu Mang has now truly become a big boss. The key reason for becoming a big boss is that unfortunately it is because of Rahim's departure that Liu Mang has legitimately become the boss of the team, and McGrady cannot shake it.

Like now, although Liu Mang does not have any bossy airs, except for teasing Iguodala, he has never put on a bossy airs, but he is the boss of the Hawks.

At noon, Alexia took over lunch at the hotel and sent it to the villa, and invited teammates to have lunch.

Everything was harmonious. It was not the first time that Rahim, Rasheed Wallace, and McGrady changed teams. They were all used to former opponents becoming teammates, and their former teams becoming the main teams of others. They were used to replacing others to become the main force of a team. Jason Terry, who had never changed teams, had personally experienced more teammate changes than Liu Mang. In the past, he was still robbed of his position as the team leader by Rahim. These were already very common situations.

Liu Mang just didn't adapt to it at first. When Rahim appeared behind him, the psychological shadow of being ravaged by several unscrupulous teammates in the past was playing tricks.

But now, except for McGrady who would occasionally be stimulated by him to chase him, others no longer did, or dared not.

As for Liu Mang, he was not used to it at first, but now he enjoys this feeling. People always go higher and it is easy to accept situations that are beneficial to themselves...

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After a small gathering with Rahim at noon, the teammates left in the afternoon. Jason Terry, McGrady and Rahim went home to catch up on their sleep. They were still very tired after getting up early in the morning. They almost fell asleep at two or three o'clock last night.

Liu Mang practiced shooting for an hour in the basketball court in the backyard in the afternoon, and then played games with the little girl.

"Dina, you will be 10 years old." Liu Mang thought that there were still 20 days left, December 19, and the little girl would be 10 years old.

"Yeah, uncle, Dina will grow up and become a big beauty!" The little girl seemed a little proud.

"10 years old is still a little kid." Liu Mang rubbed the little girl's head and said angrily.

"Hmph, when Dina grows up a little bit, uncle will know how beautiful she will be when she grows up!" The little girl looked at her chest which had just shown signs of development, "It will be better than my mother and teacher's figure!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Liu Mang said helplessly, "By the way, Dina, what birthday gift do you want?"

The little girl said excitedly after hearing the gift: "Dina wants a car!"

"I can't afford it, change it, and you are only 10 years old, what kind of car can you drive, wait until you are 18 and get a driver's license before buying it." Liu Mang decisively refused.

Buy a car? Just kidding, I haven't bought one myself yet!

"Stingy!" The little girl rolled her eyes at Liu Mang.

"Do you want a gift?" Liu Mang pinched the little girl's face and said.

"Yes!"

"What do you want?"

"Wait for Dina to think about what will be expensive enough for the stingy uncle to accept."

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The Hawks will have their last game of the month. The Player of the Week for the fourth week of the regular season was announced on the afternoon of November 29. Liu Mang won the Player of the Week for the first time this season. Nash has won the Player of the Week in the Western Conference four times in a row.

The first three Player of the Week were won by Billups, O'Neal, and Hamilton. Liu Mang finally won the Player of the Week for the first time this season by winning all four games in the past week and regaining the first place in the Eastern Conference.

It's a pity that there is no trophy.

And Liu Mang probably won't win the Player of the Month, even if he is the league's scoring leader. The players nominated for the Player of the Month in the Eastern Conference are the entire Pistons team, James, Wade, Liu Mang, McGrady, and Artest.

Although Liu Mang and McGrady were nominated, they have little chance of winning.

First of all, the Hawks did not improve much this season compared to last season. The start of 14 wins and 2 losses is in line with expectations.

James has led the Cavaliers to the eighth place in the Eastern Conference, although it is temporary, but the Cavaliers' record is similar to that of the Wizards, Bulls, 76ers, Celtics, and Magic. The records of the fourth to tenth places in the Eastern Conference are almost the same, and James' data has reached the level of 27+7+7, which is a huge improvement. He is the hottest for the best player of the first month.

The second hottest is the entire Pistons team, and it is also the only one that can shake James' nomination for the best player of the month, but because the Pistons just had a fight, they and Artest are basically ruled out of the possibility of winning the best player of the month.

Wade's average data of 24+5+7 per game has also become a hottest for the best player of the month, but it is not as amazing as James's performance at the beginning of the new season. After all, he has O'Neal next to him.

Liu Mang and McGrady are purely here to run with him, although they are the first in the scoring list with an average of 33.6 points per game and the second in the assists list with an average of 11.6 assists per game.

In the West, Nash has no suspense about winning the best player of the month in the first month than James.

Not only that, in the new MVP rankings announced at the same time as the best player of the week, Nash has been ranked first in the MVP rankings for four consecutive weeks.

Except for the beginning of the season when there were no games, Liu Mang was ranked first in the MVP rankings. Nash dominated the MVP rankings afterwards.

Liu Mang has been ranked second for four consecutive weeks.

The third place has changed frequently. Kobe, James, Artest, and Wade have all been ranked third.

Liu Mang looked at the MVP rankings and Nash's four consecutive weeks of Western Conference Player of the Week. Liu Mang felt very sad.

The league's awards have a characteristic, which is to look at improvement. Nash's data has skyrocketed, averaging 14.6 points and 12.8 assists per game. Although it has declined compared to the average of 15 points and 13.5 assists per game in the first four games of the season, it is still an amazing improvement. Moreover, the Suns are getting better and better. With 13 wins and 3 losses, they are tied for second place with the Pistons, and there is no trend of decline.

In other words, the Suns have established the posture of a truly strong team!

As for Liu Mang, although his performance is good, it is only regarded as a continuation of last season's performance. As for the improvement in shooting percentage, it is not considered in these awards.

It is a bit difficult to compete with Nash for MVP! Liu Mang deeply felt Nash's madness this season.

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On the morning of the 30th, Liu Mang came to the Phillips Arena to play against the Magic. The Hawks coaching staff took it very seriously, as this could be the opponent in the first round of the playoffs.

When the team meeting was held in the morning to analyze the Magic, Liu Mang realized that the Magic had changed a lot recently!

Rahim has now officially switched to a power forward. From the last match, Liu Mang saw that Rahim had gained some weight compared to last season. Now that he has truly returned to the power forward position, weight is still very important for Rahim's scoring.

Grant Hill has also gradually found his feeling. After playing for a month, his data has risen to an average of 13 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists per game, playing the standard data of an organizing forward.

Howard's progress is also obvious. The No. 1 pick is the No. 1 pick, and he has already averaged 10 points and 9 rebounds per game.

"The Magic are a bit powerful now! The older generation of stars, the peak stars, and the future rising stars, the Big Three!" Liu Mang complained.

"What's up, Ace, what do you think?" McGrady laughed when he heard Liu Mang's complaints.

"Beat them! It's still very troublesome to meet them in the playoffs. Sharif is not easy to deal with..."

After the team meeting in the morning, tactical training was carried out. In the afternoon, Liu Mang and McGrady studied the Magic's gradually changing playing style this month and found that it was a bit unpredictable because they could see improvement in almost every game.

However, Liu Mang finds such an opponent interesting. If it were like the opening game, Hill showed his old age, Howard was weak, and Raheem was at a loss. How boring would such a game be?

When playing against Raheem, of course I hope the other party can respond more.

That's how it is with old friends, always hoping for a wonderful showdown.

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By six o'clock in the afternoon, Phillips Arena was already packed with people. Both Raheem and Hill received cheers when they entered. Needless to say, Raheem was once the All-Star vote king, and he is still very popular. Play it out. After a good performance, even the visiting team fans were happy to give him applause.

A player who had been out for four consecutive seasons miraculously recovered from his injuries and returned to the game. Most people were moved by this. Such persistence is not something ordinary people can achieve.

For the home team players, Liu Mang was the last one to enter, and the cheers were even more enthusiastic. Rahim was just the leader of the team before, but now the leader of the Eagles is Liu Mang!

After Liu Mang entered the court, he saw the Magic's starting lineup printed on the big screen and observed the opponent's starting lineup. Rahim still had an ability evaluation of 92, which was at his peak.

Hill's ability evaluation has improved...or it has risen to 84.

It’s not easy! At the age of 32, he has been retired for four consecutive seasons and can still return to this state. He is close to a first-class star.

Liu Mang did not dare to have any contempt for Hill. This guy averaged 19.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game in his rookie season. A super all-around forward with 5 assists and averaging 20+9+7 per game for two consecutive years since his sophomore year!

Howard, after one month of playing, his ability evaluation has improved to 77. The Magic did not choose the wrong person. Howard may become better than Okafor in the second season. Okafor is basically at his peak when he enters the NBA. period, and he did not reach the level of a first-class star in his peak period.

It's not that Mr. Joe made a mistake this time, but that Howard has been taken away, not even giving him a chance to make a mistake.

McGrady went up to greet the visiting team's starters, high-fived the others, and hugged Hill when he met him.

Rahim saw Liu Mang sizing them up, and then Liu Mang walked to the sidelines to apply magnesium powder. When Kwame Brown applied magnesium powder and went to the opposite side of the technical stage, the lights dimmed.

Rasheed Wallace's roar, which Rahim was very familiar with before, has not been seen for a month. When he saw it again this time, Rahim once again felt the impact on his soul. He didn't know Rasheed until the opening game of this season. De-Wallace's roar of the gods puts so much psychological pressure on the opponent!

Feeling the deafening cheers at the scene, Rahim used to enjoy this feeling very much, but now hearing these cheers, he felt a terrible feeling!

The lights came on, Rahim looked towards the technical table, Liu Mang sprinkled a handful of magnesium powder on the court, and across from the technical table, Kwame Brown clapped his hands to mobilize the atmosphere.

Returning to play at Phillips Arena again, Rahim was shocked for a moment, and then his eyes gradually became firm.

Raheem vows to win this game!

The competition for fifth to eighth place in the Eastern Conference is very fierce. The Magic are now ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference with 9 wins and 8 losses. They are only half a game ahead of the Cavaliers with 9 wins and 9 losses. If they are not careful, they will be squeezed out of the top eight. It's time to work hard again to get into the top eight.

Raheem even made the opening move of spreading powder, but gave up after seeing Liu Mang spreading powder in the opening game. Everything was just to start over!