Chapter 874 873. The Strong Are More Selfish

The tactics were well prepared, the tactics direction was clear, and the tactics intentions were correct. The first time this tactic was used, the performance was normal. Although there was no extra burst, after Jason Terry scored 15 points in the first half, he only scored 7 points in the fourth quarter in the second half. But his crucial 15 points from the end of the first quarter to the middle of the second quarter became the turning point of the game, and the Eagles took advantage of this!

Neither Liu Mang nor McGrady was considered explosive. Liu Mang played 39 minutes and scored 37 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. McGrady played 31 minutes and scored 19 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Jason Terry scored 22 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. , Kwame Brown’s 11 points and 13 rebounds were normal performances.

But when Jason Terry's scoring was transferred to the rotation time, he led the role player lineup to defeat the Heat's second lineup. In the end, the score was maintained by the stronger Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady with Prince and the double center. Together they withstood the impact of the powerful combination of Wade and O'Neal and maintained the 10-point difference until the end!

In fact, Jason Terry's garbage time play is no different from his regular time play. They are both so wasteful and there is no difference at all. If you let him play in garbage time, he will still get 20 points and let him open up the connection period. Point difference, playing with teammates with stronger defense, he can still score 20 points.

In this case, it would be better to put him in the key transition period to play against the opponent's second team than to put him in garbage time to defend the point difference!

It was this key change that broke the plan that the fortune teller had been planning for more than a month since the last game against the Hawks and Suns!

In the end, the Eagles won the game steadily with a 112-102, 10-point advantage!

When playing against a strong team like the Heat, Jason Terry helps Liu Mang and McGrady... mainly to help McGrady reduce the pressure, so that McGrady and Liu Mang can work with Jason Terry to defend the point difference in the fourth quarter. The first time we played against the Heat, I had Jason Terry guard the point difference and play more steadily! There was no chance for the Heat to overtake the score!

Played for 46 minutes, only taking a break in the first two minutes of the fourth quarter. Wade played the rest of the time. The three top perimeter players in the top five picks of the 2003 generation were all used by the team as iron men. They played in the rookie season. They all averaged more than 35 minutes per game. The most powerful player was James, who had 41 minutes in his rookie year. This is still the case this season. Wade was okay in his rookie year, 36 minutes, and this season he has 39 minutes.

On the contrary, the two big insiders treat them like babies. Bosh averages only 32 minutes per game this season, and Milicic only plays 33 minutes. The three big outsiders are obviously stronger, but they are like stepmothers...

Wade played 46 minutes and scored 26 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists. He scored 15 points in the first half and only 11 points in the second half. Compared with Liu Mang’s stable performance of 8 to 10 points per quarter, Wade had another Defeated.

Wade was very unhappy, why could Anthony beat Liu Mang?

This is not just Wade's mood after losing to Liu Mang this time. After the Eagles lost to the Nuggets, the other four top five picks in the 2003 generation all had the same feelings as Wade after meeting the Eagles. The mood is the same.

Speaking of which, not only did Liu Mang divide the top five stars of the 03 generation and the players after the top five into two levels of players, the media and fans also viewed it this way, including their five brothers and himself. think.

So the Bulls upset the Hawks, and the five brothers didn't feel envious or jealous. But Anthony beat Liu Mang once, and the other four were extremely jealous.

Strong people are often selfish deep down, just like wanting to win the championship. This kind of thing seems to be the mentality that athletes in every competitive sport should and must have.

But in fact, this is the most selfish thing, because if they want to win the championship, other teams are not allowed to be better than them... In a certain aspect, wanting to win the championship is extremely selfish...

Wade knew that if he wanted to win the championship, he must first overcome Liu Mang's hurdle, otherwise he would be stepped on by Liu Mang.

Now Wade, in addition to feeling as pitiful as James, feels that Anthony is too lucky, and the latter feeling is stronger than the previous one!

When none of the top five picks of the 2003 generation defeated the Hawks, they all stayed together to keep warm. But now, Wade is so jealous of Anthony!

Wade decided to punch Anthony the next time he saw him!

Wade himself is confident against Anthony and his team against Anthony's team!

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After finishing the physical therapy and enjoying a relaxing massage from the masseur sent by James to accompany Liu Mang on the away game, Liu Mang returned to his room.

James paid for the masseur and air tickets, but Liu Mang didn't let James pay for the hotel... but asked the team to open an extra room.

"94,133 superstar points, 35.12 million rogue points... not bad." Liu Mang looked at the increase in superstar points on the main panel. The superstar points increased by more than 2,300 points against the Heat, and he was very satisfied.

Open the task interface and look at the tasks related to the Heat.

"Dancing with Giants Completion Level: Defeat Heat (2/4); Defeat Rockets: (1/2)."

There are still three games left, and we have to beat the Heat twice and the Rockets once.

The games between the Hawks and the Heat this season have been the highlight since O'Neal came to the Heat, whether in the United States or in China, so the time for the games is evenly distributed, once in November and once from January to March.

Liu Mang looked at the schedule. The next game against the Heat will be after the All-Star Weekend. The next game against the Rockets won't be long. The last game at the end of the month will be January 31st, which is February in China. On the 1st, the night of Little New Year’s Eve.

"The alliance's arrangements are really thoughtful!" Liu Mang was quite moved when he thought about the domestic live broadcast of his game in the early morning of New Year's Eve.

After checking the system, Liu Mang felt sleepy. He went to bed early. He had to go to Boston tomorrow. Next was a back-to-back home and away game, playing the Celtics...

Liu Mang feels that the league sometimes arranges its schedule strangely, always playing the same opponent in back-to-back games.

Liu Mang asked the older player Tracy McGrady. According to McGrady's understanding, this should happen when the schedules of top teams and ordinary but not particularly strong teams are arranged.

The Cavaliers and Celtics are like this. They are on the edge of the playoffs. They are not particularly strong, but they are interesting.

If a top team plays against an ordinary strong team like this, there won't be much to see if they are separated. It's just that the strong beats the weak, and being upset is just an upset. But if they play together in back-to-back games, there is a possibility of strong opponents. After a team loses an upset, it angrily abuses its opponent in the second game, or after a strong team defeats a relatively weaker team, is it possible for the weak team to counterattack in the second game?

If it were separated, although there is also the possibility of a counterattack by a weak team in the next match after losing, it would be more exciting for fans if the team did not reverse the game immediately.

Liu Mang thought it made sense.

As for why McGrady knows so much...because he was the one who was abused before...

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They defeated the Heat on a national live broadcast, and although the point difference was not large, it was obvious that the Eagles won steadily, and the Eagles' positional warfare strength was recognized again.

On the contrary, not many people noticed the adjustment in the time when the Eagles players played, because the data did not change much, but the time when the data appeared was adjusted to the time when it should appear.

People are paying more attention to Mourning, after all, he was a former superstar.

After Mourning joined the Hawks, he played against the Heat in this game and truly demonstrated his role. He scored 5 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks. He only blocked Haslem and Wade once each, and did not block O'Neal. , but Mourning's role in consuming O'Neal, and Kwame Brown's defensive habits have also become better with Mourning, Mourning's role suddenly became highlighted.

Although O'Neal scored 31 points, in the critical fourth quarter, O'Neal could only rely on free throws to score points. He made 4 of 6 free throws and did not score in sports games. You can see the role of Mourning after joining.

However, in terms of team strength, the Suns and Pistons, two teams with almost the same record, are clinging behind them, and the Hawks have not distanced themselves.

The three strongest players in the alliance continue to stand tall.

The day after playing against the Heat, Liu Mang went to Boston with the Hawks to prepare for the Celtics game.

Liu Mang originally felt that the Challenger series mission "Jealousy of the Strongest Team in History" related to the Celtics was just useless, but this month he had to play against the Celtics three times, and Liu Mang suddenly felt different. .

After playing the game against the Celtics this month, he will be able to gain an additional 9,000 superstar points, which is 10,000 points less. Liu Mang feels much more excited when he thinks about it!

And can’t lose! If you lose 9,000, the feeling will be even more different...

However, nothing unexpected happened. The performances of Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady stabilized after a while. In the two games against the Celtics, Liu Mang scored 35 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists in the away game, and back-to-back games at home. He scored 38 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. McGrady scored 18 points, 13 assists and 4 rebounds in the away game. In back-to-back home games, he scored 15 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds. Both of them were normal performances.

What broke out was Kwame Brown, who is very active and excited at this stage and wants to be selected as an All-Star starter, and Jason Terry, who gave more shooting opportunities to the first half!

When Kwame Brown played in the paint composed of LaFrentz and Antoine Walker, the rebounds exploded again, scoring 14 points and 22 rebounds. He returned to the home court and scored 18 points and 15 rebounds, beating LaFrentz consecutively. Twice.

But LaFrentz didn't seem to care very much. He got a big contract, which will last until the 2008-09 season. He has already earned a guaranteed US$85 million in his career, and he has no interest in playing football anymore.

And LaFrentz was actually laid off before the contract was finished. He averaged 1 point and 1 rebound per game in the 2007-08 season, and retired directly in the last year...

Jason Terry's side, although he still only scored 20 points in the two games against the Celtics, he managed to close the original six- and seven-point deficit in the second quarter and help the team pull back. When it reaches close to 20 points, just let Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady come up to consolidate their advantage.

Recently, he has been given more opportunities to perform... not more shots, but more opportunities to perform in regular time, opportunities to show his ability, and he is very excited to play.

When Jason Terry is in good form, he really has the feeling of blocking and killing the gods, making it easier for the Eagles to win.

96 to 91, 112 to 95. The Eagles encountered the Celtics' fierce defense in the first game. Both teams had a lot of irons, so Kwame Brown grabbed 22 rebounds and Liu Mang grabbed 10 rebounds. But the second game was easy. After the Celtics suppressed the energy, it became much easier to play.

After winning nine games in a row, the Hawks beat the Celtics in a row and refreshed the team record of seven consecutive wins before this season.

The back-to-back home games against the Celtics were the first of the Hawks' six consecutive home games, and there will be five more home games to come.

Although the opponent was a little stronger, the structure of the Hawks' schedule was still very good. Except for the back-to-back before the Rockets at the end of the month, the back-to-back against the Celtics, and the eight games between the next back-to-back, there was a day of rest.

Moreover, there were consecutive home games and consecutive away games, and there were very few games that went back and forth between home and away games. This was a good thing for the Hawks' physical fitness, and it was a standard schedule for a popular team.

After playing the Celtics, the Hawks' record became 30 wins and 5 losses. Although it was a little worse than last season when they only lost three games, it was still very good, with more than 60 wins.

If the Suns and Pistons hadn't been biting each other tightly, one with 30 wins and 6 losses and the other with 28 wins and 7 losses, it would have been even more perfect.

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On January 10, the Hawks, who had rested for a day after playing back-to-back games, faced the SuperSonics.

It was very sad that the Hawks, who had just won nine consecutive games and were trying to hit their first ten-game winning streak of the season, lost to the SuperSonics, who were a group of musketeers.

The main reason was that Francis changed teams like changing his life and came to the team that suited him best.

Francis, who was about to turn 28, should have been at his peak, but in the original time and space, he went to the Magic, which was completely unsuitable for him, and collapsed directly.

But this time he came to the SuperSonics and matched with Rahim.

Steve Francis, ability rating 88 (peak), offense 92, defense 75, three-pointers 68, mid-range shots 73, layups 95, speed 91, strength 89, rebounds 78, passing 84…

Francis is not the best point guard, but the SuperSonics are indeed the team that suits him best. Similarly, he is also suitable for this team that needs a strong breakthrough point guard like him.

When he arrived at the Supersonics, Francis was like a fish in water. His average points per game went down to 17.6 points per game, but he had 6 rebounds and 9 assists!

In terms of assists, Francis is now ranked fourth in the league, only lower than Nash, McGrady, and Brevin Knight, and only slightly lower than Brevin Knight's average of 9.2 assists per game. Who knows when he will surpass him in a few games.

The Hawks did not defend well in this game, or in other words, they could not defend against the three-point shooters of the Supersonics.

Ray Allen made 8 three-pointers, Lewis made 7 three-pointers, Luke Ridnour made 3 three-pointers, and Ronald Murray made two three-pointers. A total of eight players of the Supersonics made three-pointers. Except for center Jerome James, the other eight players of the Supersonics who played all made three-pointers!

The Hawks were all confused by the shooting. The faster they played, the more accurate the opponent's shooting was.

There was nothing we could do. The Sonics' Musketeers were scoring all the time. The Hawks chased them to the end and were still chasing points.

In the end, the Hawks won 118 to 122. At the last moment, Liu Mang made a three-pointer and scored 42 points. This was the tenth time this season that he scored 40+, but he only narrowed the gap to within 5 points.

The Hawks played very well. Liu Mang scored 42 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, McGrady scored 18 points, 15 assists and 4 rebounds, Kwame Brown scored 21 points and 7 rebounds, and Jason Terry scored 18 points. They all played very well or at least played normally.

But it was obvious from the rebounds. Not to mention that Liu Mang had few rebounds, Kwame Brown only grabbed 7 rebounds, and two of them were offensive rebounds. It can be seen how accurate the Sonics were in this game.

The two Sonics shooters scored 15 three-pointers, and the whole team scored 24 three-pointers in total. The Hawks were blown up alive!

Francis' 15 points and 15 assists were not much different from McGrady, Ray Allen scored 37 points, Lewis scored 33 points...

I can't defend him!

Liu Mang was so angry after losing to the Supersonics! He got angry when he saw Francis' smug face!

Liu Mang went back to the locker room after the game, looked at the schedule, and confirmed that the next game was against the Bobcats...

Liu Mang wanted to abuse Boss Joe's team to vent his anger!

At this time, the system prompt came.

"Ding... Scoring King Branch Task: A man who can score more than God is triggered..."

When I was going home from get off work, I dropped my keys and searched all the way. There was a young couple on the side of the road, and the man suddenly said excitedly: Whose is it? Whose is it? I hurriedly went up and said: Mine, mine, mine! Then the man chased me and beat me for several streets... Later I found out that the woman was pregnant and the man was still a virgin...