Chapter 893 892. 40+ for the 15th Time in the Season! (20,000-Word Activity Completed, Monthly Vote Requested!)

After Rahim made a free throw, he regained his composure to defend, and the Eagles still had the ball.

Rahim knew Liu Mang too well, so he quickly focused his attention, while Howard was very angry.

But what's the use of anger? The Magic team is missing a key figure today!

Grant Hill is definitely one of the players with real organizational skills in the league.

But this kind of team that determines a playmaker and launches an offense around the playmaker often has a big problem.

Rahim is still the same Rahim, and his performance is still as good, but without Hill, Rahim can only score by himself.

When Hill was there, he could take advantage of Raheem's almost unstoppable strength in the fourth position to create opportunities for others. But without Hill, Raheem's scoring was his alone, and he could not Translate into team advantage.

For a team with a determined playmaker, if the playmaker has real organizational ability, such as Hill, he can try his best to bring out the strengths of his teammates and organize the offense in an orderly manner. He may not have many assists, averaging 7 per game, but due to When he sends a pass, his teammates will feel that they have a good chance whether they are shooting or passing the ball.

While Hill was away, Nelson's breakthrough pass was pretty good and he passed several balls to Howard. His breakthrough pass allowed Howard to dunk a few times, but Liu Mang's breakthrough pass was immediately passed to Kwame Brown for a dunk in return. offset.

With Korver back, the Hawks' outside assist defense has become even better. Korver's assist defense is really good when he can't defend alone. He is active, conscious, and dares to use his handsome face to hit his elbow. You can say that with a willful face. it's him.

The rapid rotation of Prince and Korver on the outside prevented Christie and DeShawn Stevenson from using their catch-and-shoot three-pointers.

Moreover, as Liu Mang used to defend Nelson alone and got used to Nelson's wild shots, he let Kwame Brown no longer need to help defend, and tried his best to interfere. Nelson was knocked down, and he just made the shot from his side. Nelson couldn't make the shot from Liu Mang and Liu Mang. Kwame Brown and Rasheed Wallace grabbed rebounds together.

Nelson's biggest feature is that he can't see the movement of his teammates on the outside! Rahim was already in the middle distance, and he didn't even know how to pass.

That won't be the case when Hill is here. When Hill is here, he can use Nelson's cutting ability, Raheem's physical fitness and mid-to-close shooting ability to create opportunities for pitchers. The ball is divided only by clamping.

There was no other way, Rahim could only ask for the ball, but it had no effect on the team's overall offense.

When Mourning came on the court, the defense inside became more stable. When Kwame Brown was there, he was a defensive impact. Mourning turned into a stable defense when he came up. The Eagles' rhythm also changed from fast to slow seamlessly. switch.

The Eagles that played against the Magic this time are the Eagles that have learned the playing styles of the Bulls and Mavericks, and have also experienced battles with the Suns and Spurs. The most important thing is that they have added Mourning!

The Magic team feels so different from the Hawks team they played against last time!

In addition, the Magic team with Hill and without Hill are completely different styles of play, and the Magic team was steadily suppressed by the Hawks.

The Magic lacked Hill, and their style of play collapsed, turning into a singles situation between Nelson and Raheem. Although the Hawks were without McGrady, they already had a very important tactical link in singles. Liu It was too easy for Mang and Jason Terry to deal with Raheem and Nelson.

Although Howard dunked 4 times and scored 11 points, he only had 7 rebounds. Kwame Brown was determined to get stuck with Howard. His own data was only 10 points and 8 rebounds, and he didn't care if the data was lowered. Damn it, Mourning even blocked Howard 3 times after coming up! Two of them were consecutive blocks on the same possession.

Howard once again felt the malice in the world... The key is that in a few days, he will have to play against the Eagles!

Howard felt that he really needed to find a few young ladies who were lost in the world, and use the "name of God" of great charity to influence those helpless young ladies with little clothing in the world, so that he could comfort himself. Heartbroken, it can also save them by the way.

Just be careful not to get caught by the police again.

Rahim made 11 of 23 shots and scored 33 points and 13 rebounds. Nelson scored 12 points and 5 assists. However, Liu Mang made 14 of 30 shots and 4 of 10 three-pointers. He scored 41 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. In addition, Jason Terry, who came up in the second quarter, showed his prowess again, scoring 28 points and 4 assists. Together, the two scored 69 points and 11 assists, helping the Eagles win 97 to 88, a 9-point advantage. A Magic team without a playmaker.

Liu Mang said no, but his body was quite honest, 40+ for the 15th time this season! The average points per game has remained stable at 36.5 points.

Liu Mang officially tied the record for the most 40+ times in a single season among active players!

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After playing the Magic, the Hawks returned to Atlanta early the next morning.

Liu Mang continued to dominate the screen, with three consecutive 40+ games, and his 15th 40+ game of the season. The Eagles continued to grab headlines in January.

Just five games ago, when Liu Mang scored 11 times with 40+ points, people were still discussing whether Liu Mang had a chance to become the third player in NBA history to reach 30 times with 40+ points in a single season after Chamberlain and Jordan. Players, things are looking promising right now!

The Hawks' record has improved to 35 wins and 7 losses, and there are 40 games left. According to Liu Mang's recent state, he is likely to get at least 40+ in 15 of the remaining 40 games!

Unknowingly, it was Monday again. Liu Mang followed the Hawks back to Atlanta. When he got the Sports Illustrated morning newspaper at the airport, he saw that he won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.

It's so rare. Compared with last season, he won at least two Eastern Conference Player of the Week in a month. He won 14 Eastern Conference Player of the Week in 23 weeks throughout the season. This season, Liu Mang feels so miserable. January is almost over, and he has only won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the fourth time. He won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month five times in six game months last season, but he hasn't won it once so far this season. James took it away in November, and Wade in December. These two sophomores have performed very well this season. Before January, Liu Mang just maintained his personal performance of last season and did not "improve". The league did not give him this award, and the reason was quite "sufficient".

It's mainly to promote newcomers, which is a common way for the league to promote newcomers.

However, Liu Mang has averaged 41.3 points so far this month. This month, he has increased his average score by a full 3 points. He has scored 40+ points 8 times, including 50+ points twice, becoming the top favorite for the Eastern Conference Player of the Month. This comforts him a little. He has to get one or two points! Otherwise, how can he compete with Nash for the MVP.

Seeing Nash continue to dominate the MVP rankings, Liu Mang has nothing to say. The last loss to the Suns put him at a disadvantage in the MVP competition with Nash.

After arriving at the parking lot, Liu Mang drove to the Phillips Arena

When he returned to Atlanta, the first thing Liu Mang did was to sign a contract for the team to pay the fine on his behalf. Directly deducting it from the total salary is one of the league's reasonable tax avoidance methods, which is equivalent to an internal fine within the company. The team does not have to pay the tax once, and the players have to pay the tax fine.

A first-level malicious foul does not require a suspension, but after the league determines that the malicious foul will not be cancelled, a fine of 25,000 US dollars must be paid, and a technical foul fine of 2,000 US dollars must be paid.

When it came to the fine, Liu Mang was really heartbroken.

We have to play the Magic in two days, beat them to death! Use Alonzo Mourning to block them in the paint! And we have to play the Suns after returning from the All-Star Weekend next month. Liu Mang can't wait.

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"Uncle, does China really have Kung Fu?"

"I think so!"

"It would be great if it really existed. The Speedy One can run a thousand miles a day. That's amazing!"

"That's an exaggeration. I think he can run... 100 miles a day..."

"That's amazing too! By the way, uncle, are you going to get up for a morning run tomorrow morning?"

"Yes."

"Then Dinah will run with you!"

"Why?"

"It's too cold in winter. Dinah didn't go out to play. She has gained weight on her belly. Look at her, uncle..."

"No, no, no... It starts in three years... Ah, Dinah, you're not a child anymore. How can you lift your clothes in front of boys? Go to bed!"

"Oh..."

After reading a story, Liu Mang finally coaxed Dinah to sleep. He closed the little girl's door and walked downstairs alone.

I can live at home again. The Hawks will have eight games before the All-Star Weekend, including five home games, and two consecutive home games and three consecutive home games. After the first game between the Celtics and the Magic, they will go to Houston for an away game, and then come back for three home games. There will be a back-to-back away game in the last two days before the All-Star Weekend, and then it will be the All-Star Weekend.

So I can stay in Atlanta for a longer time.

The night I returned to Atlanta, Liu Mang wanted to do something, but Levia was on her period, and Alexia had been feeling unwell in the past few days, but she didn't have a cold or fever. I asked a private doctor to check and didn't find anything wrong. Tomorrow at noon, Liu Mang will take Alexia to the hospital for a check-up. Tonight, Liu Mang can only spend it alone... Before going to bed, Dina called her to her room to tell her stories that had to be told between 105 men and three women.

Dina's Chinese is getting better and better, and she likes Chinese stories more and more.

It’s just that there’s something very strange about Chinese stories. For example, girls like to read stories that are mainly about men, while according to a survey, 95% of readers of Dream of the Red Chamber, which is mainly about women, are men.

Liu Mang had read Romance of the Three Kingdoms to Dina before, in the vernacular version, otherwise she would not understand it at all.

After coaxing Dina to sleep, Liu Mang went downstairs and spent a lonely night...

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Liu Mang got up at around five o’clock the next morning. After washing his face and brushing his teeth, it was exactly six o’clock. When he came to the living room, the little girl was already waiting.

“Dina, what time did you get up?” Liu Mang asked speechlessly when he saw the little girl who had changed into sportswear and was ready to go. He was going to call the little girl, but it would be fine if he couldn’t wake her up.

“Dina woke up at five fifty!” the little girl replied.

"It's only six o'clock. You changed your clothes and washed your face in ten minutes?"

"Of course. We just finished winter training. Dina can get up from the bed and change clothes in five minutes!"

"Well, let's warm up and stretch our joints first, and then go!"

Liu Mang just remembered that the ten-day classes after the Double Holidays in the fourth grade of the little Lolita were similar to winter camps. Although they were in school and went home at night, the content of the classes was related to physical fitness, discipline, etc.

It's nice to have a little Lolita running with you. Just looking at her makes me feel good.

But Liu Mang is so unhappy.

Dina's school will not start until mid-March, and there will be more than 20 days of vacation. In June, there will be another vacation. The summer vacation is almost 4 months long. Liu Mang feels that it's enough... The tuition is so expensive! There are so few class times!

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"Tracy, how do you feel?" Liu Mang's system prompts that McGrady's weak period has ended.

McGrady pulled the elastic band to exercise the shoulder joint and responded: "No problem, but the coaching staff asked me to rest today."

"OK, I understand. It's really tiring to lead you guys..." Liu Mang said and ran away.

McGrady threw down the elastic band and chased after Liu Mang, but he couldn't catch up.

"This bastard." McGrady picked up the elastic band helplessly and continued to train. The trainer next to him was used to it.

After running with the little girl and having breakfast, Liu Mang came to the gym. McGrady had come early to do recovery training under the guidance of his trainer Jack Bradley.

McGrady played against the Celtics today. To be safe, the team would not let him play. Liu Mang knew that he had to continue to take on the game of leading the team alone.

Without McGrady, it was really troublesome. Scoring became more difficult and missed more shots. With McGrady, he could contain the defense and pass the ball. In the last game against the old Christie, the legendary little emperor terminator, Liu Mang would not miss so many shots.

Liu Mang was relieved to see McGrady resume training. It was so happy to tease McGrady.

After returning to the locker room, he changed into training clothes and found a physical therapist to stretch. When Liu Mang arrived at the training ground, it was almost nine o'clock and he found that his teammates had arrived.

Why come so early?

Liu Mang hesitated at the entrance of the training ground, thinking about what day it was today.

January 25th doesn't seem like a holiday. Today we're playing the Celtics. Although Time Warner and American Cable TV are broadcasting the game, these two TV stations have a bad relationship with the Hawks. Most of the people watching the live broadcast of their games are black fans, so they can listen to the commentators who are against the Hawks.

For example, fans in Georgia would rather watch another Time Warner station, which is a live broadcast of local station signals in major NBA states, even if the price is 5% to 10% higher.

Liu Mang saw a group of people discussing something and went over to listen. People like to join in the fun.

"Boss, you're here. Do you think I can continue to lead in the last round?" Kwame Brown asked Liu Mang as soon as he saw Liu Mang coming, looking worried.

The last round? Can continue to lead...

The All-Star voting will be announced today! Liu Mang remembered! At 12 o'clock in the evening of the day before yesterday, when we played against the Magic, the voting for the All-Star Weekend had already closed. Yesterday, we had a series of processes such as counting votes and removing invalid votes. At 9 o'clock this morning, the league will announce the All-Star starting list!

Liu Mang immediately ran away, but was stopped by McGrady!

"Boss Ace, you are going to be selected for the All-Stars again this year, treat me!" McGrady stopped Liu Mang and expressed everyone's thoughts.

"Boss! Treat me! Boss! Treat me!" The others ignored Kwame Brown, who was now worried about gains and losses, and all shouted with McGrady.

Looking at the smile on McGrady's lips, his squinting eyes glowed like a fox, Liu Mang was in a bad mood: McGrady is so shameless! In order to retaliate against me for teasing him just now, he even called the boss! Who did he learn this from! A three-good young man, actually learned bad things!

The first day was completed with 20,000 words, to be precise, 21,000 words. I will take a break and have a meal, and continue to write the next chapter. There will be updates in the early morning!