Chapter 837 836. The Rise of the Bulls

These few days are the carnival days for fans.

The official website of NBA has published headlines related to the competition for the highest score in a single game, which is obviously to fuel Liu Mang's challenge to all scorers in the league.

It is said that he is challenging all scorers, but in fact, it is the four major shooting guards, and among the four major shooting guards, McGrady is still on the same team as Liu Mang. Carter has always been tepid in scoring. He has scored 50+ in the playoffs and 50+ in the regular season in his sophomore year, but he doesn't care too much about the scoring champion and is obsessed with dunks.

So the players who really compete with Liu Mang for the highest score in a single game are Kobe and Iverson. There are only a few players in the league who have scored 50+ in a single game.

Iverson didn't respond before, and Iverson's shooting rights have decreased a lot this season, and he also has Webber as a teammate. It doesn't seem like he wants to respond to Liu Mang.

After people were waiting for Liu Mang to respond to Kobe, Kobe responded to Liu Mang again. Unexpectedly, it was not Kobe who responded to Liu Mang, but Iverson, who didn't seem to be a little disgusted with getting high scores but not winning the game after winning the scoring title three times!

Iverson came in and scored 56 points in a single game!

At the same time when the Lakers were beaten by the Pistons by 40 points with a score of 72 to 112, the 76ers played against the Knicks at home. Iverson played the full 48 minutes. He and Webber worked together to make trouble for Liu Mang. In the last minute, Iverson scored two points with Webber's pass and layup, just 56 points!

20 of 41 shots, 14 free throws, only three three-pointers, but with the help of Webber, they were all open shots in the first quarter, 2 of 3 three-pointers in the first quarter, and he didn't throw any three-pointers in the next quarter, but relied on the three-point threat in the first quarter to score in the last three quarters with breakthroughs and Webber's high-post support.

He played a full 48 minutes just to get 56 points.

Although Iverson is not obsessed with the scoring champion, he has won it three times, and no one will question his scoring ability. He wants to win now.

But he is still very unhappy with Liu Mang's map cannon attack.

It was just that Kobe had taken over before, and Iverson originally thought that he didn't need to shoot. Who knew that Liu Mang would overtake Kobe again, and Kobe played back-to-back. Iverson knew Kobe very well. Iverson was a very smart player in basketball. He could see at a glance that Kobe's current body shape didn't match his characteristics. He was completely relying on his talent to force such a large weight to play, and back-to-back didn't seem to work.

So Iverson took action himself, and discussed with Webber. When playing against the Knicks, he went crazy and scored 56 points.

When Iverson scored 56 points, the fans were boiling. Not only Kobe stood up, but Iverson also "couldn't stand" Liu Mang's arrogance!

Whether Liu Mang could respond next was something the fans were looking forward to.

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On December 6, the day of the game between the Hawks and the Bulls, McGrady came early in the morning to practice passing, that is, hitting the ball on the ground and bouncing it to a designated point on the wall.

But McGrady just saw Liu Mang practicing three-pointers again.

McGrady certainly knew that people were hyping up the topic of Liu Mang vs. Iverson. It was so hot.

McGrady thought he should practice passing more and more accurately, watch more Bulls game videos, and find their bad defensive habits to take advantage of.

He advised Liu Mang to calm down. This kind of thing was too troublesome. McGrady thought it would be easier for him to practice passing better and become a better point forward.

When McGrady went to the locker room to change his training clothes, the phone rang.

It was that guy. It was really rare! He might not receive a call every three to five years. McGrady smiled and answered the phone.

"Allen, you really pissed off Ace this time." McGrady smiled at the person on the phone.

"It's interesting, isn't it? That's how we challenged No. 23 back then, but unfortunately No. 23 was about to retire, and we weren't as good as Ace."

"What if Ace scored more than you today?"

"God, you said he wanted to get 50+ in three consecutive games? That's impossible... It's still possible, that guy can get 60+ twice in a season, damn it, I don't know when this kid became so good, the guy in Los Angeles and I called Vince, but Vince didn't seem to be interested in this matter."

"Vince? You'd better not look for him, he won't be interested in this kind of thing, it's better to talk to him about dunking."

"That's right, then Tracy, do you want to play?"

"No."

"Are you really going to grab assists? Offensive champion, right?"

"I'm different from you. I didn't want to be the scoring champion from the beginning. You didn't average 30 points per game, and I averaged 32 points per game, so I won the scoring champion."

"Go away, Tracy, you are still so annoying, I won't talk to you anymore."

Then McGrady heard the sound of "beep beep beep"... and smiled and hung up the phone: "This guy is still the same, he only knows how to do things according to his own ideas."

The four major shooting guards are now in a "decline" period. Carter and McGrady have become the "second brother" and the boss position is gone. Iverson and Kobe are struggling for a place in the playoffs. The league is dominated by power forwards and centers... or it has always been dominated by centers, except that Liu Mang broke the rule of O'Neal and Duncan last season.

Under this situation, the relationship between them eased a little... Of course, it was based on the fact that they had a common enemy like Liu Mang.

They didn't expect that, since when, the kid from China who was always making trouble had become their biggest enemy in dominating the title of the four strongest players on the perimeter.

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The players of the Bulls are now in a highly excited state.

Finally, since Jordan retired, the Bulls have gained attention again!

Iverson responded that after Liu Mang scored 56 points, the game between the Hawks and the Bulls became a hot game.

This season, the Bulls' national live broadcasts are pitiful, and even if they play well, not many TV stations will broadcast their games, mainly because they don't play well.

The Bulls' average score this season is only 92 points, and the average loss is also 92 points. You know, the Spurs have averaged 96 points this season, and the Pistons have averaged 98 points. The average score of the entire league is 97.4 points. Only the Hornets have an average score below 90 points. The Bulls' average score is at the lower end, and the game is slow and ugly. The center is the core positional battle offense and defense as the main play. So even if the record is improved significantly, from the second to last in the Eastern Conference last season to the strength of the playoff contender this season, not many TV stations are willing to broadcast their games.

And now, relying on the fight between Liu Mang and Iverson and Kobe, the Bulls' exposure rate has risen all of a sudden.

The Bulls have good defense and slow rhythm. They have a giant center, Eddy Curry, a backup center, Tyson Chandler, a power forward, Antonio Davis, and a backup power forward, Othella Harrington. The inside line must have strength and depth.

The small forward position has Luol Deng, who is a very powerful rookie. The back line consists of two point guards who are extremely good at defense and spot three-pointers. Kirk Hinrich and Chris Duhon are both point guards with accurate three-pointers and strong defense. This combination of first and second graders, in addition to averaging 20 points per game, also contributed 10 assists, 7 rebounds and 3 steals, which is very strong.

There are also Argentine shooter Andris Nocioni and Ben Gordon, the favorite for the best sixth man, on the bench.

The Bulls' 9-man rotation is strong. People only realized at this time that the Bulls have accumulated amazing talents after five years of playing badly without realizing it!

The starting lineup has Eddy Curry, a strong offensive point, and Ben Gordon on the bench. There are two point guards who are good at passing, shooting and defense, and a group of strong defensive inside players.

People found that it would be difficult for Liu Mang to surpass Iverson's 56 points again!

Very difficult!

Liu Mang also noticed this, so when he knew that Iverson was also involved, he couldn't help but swear.

But there was no way. In order to get the reward of +1 for all-round shooting ability and to completely establish the position of the scoring champion this season, Liu Mang had to fight!

If it weren't for the requirement of provoking the opponent who competed for the scoring champion every season, Liu Mang would not take the initiative to make trouble.

Liu Mang could see that Kobe and Iverson had not planned to compete for the scoring champion this season, but now it's hard to say.

Liu Mang could conclude that if he didn't play well against the Bulls and his average points per game declined, it would be hard to say whether these two people would change their minds.

And there was also that task. For every game delayed, he would be punished by deducting 10,000 superstar points!

A game with 50+ points only had a superstar value of just over 3,000 points, and ordinary games had a superstar value of about 2,000 points. For this, Liu Mang had to fight!

Kobe's physical condition can't support him to keep scoring, and Iverson's change of playing style makes him uninterested in the scoring champion. These two points are the key to Liu Mang's goal of completing the scoring champion task this season, and not wanting to lose superstar value is also Liu Mang's goal.

I can only fight!

Liu Mang practiced for a while and saw McGrady came to practice passing. Not long after, it was only eight o'clock, and Kwame Brown also came!

Liu Mang was very curious: "Kwame, what are you doing so early?"

"Boss, we have to play Curry and Chandler tonight, I have to prepare well."

By the way, Liu Mang remembered that Kwame Brown, Tyson Chandler, Gasol, and Eddy Curry were the top four picks in 2001. Kwame Brown fought hard every time he saw them.

Can this be used...

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The next chapter may be a little bigger, maybe it will be updated later or I will finish it tomorrow morning.

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Xiaofeng looked at it and it seems that the difference between the second and the second is less than 100 votes. Otherwise, let the danger of being exploded be handed over to Tucao!

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