Chapter 911 910. The End of the Half Season (Asking for Monthly Votes, 22,000 Words Have Been Updated Today.)
What 20+ times, what the fifth 50+ in a single season, are all clouds. Liu Mang is most excited about Ray Allen's star card now!
"Ray Allen 2004-2005 version, ability rating 91, offense 94, defense 83, three-pointer 94, mid-range shot 88, layup 91, speed 90, strength 82..."
Good stuff!
The only star card Liu Mang has "personally" seen with a higher three-point ability rating than Ray Allen is Thompson's star card in the 15-16 season during the Splash Brothers period.
After turning off the system panel, Liu Mang took a shower and called Levia. He took the masseur "sent" by James and did not attend the post-game press conference after scoring 53 points. He went directly to the airport.
The team management booked the first-class cabin for Liu Mang. Liu Mang had a physical therapy on the plane. A group of flight attendants peeked at the muscles exposed during Liu Mang's massage.
Although not as explosive as Wade and Iguodala, it is also pretty good. With a weight of 91 kg, he is not as thin as he was in the first and second grades, and has sharp edges.
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Liu Mang fell asleep during the massage, and was awakened by the masseur at 2:30 in the morning.
When he arrived at the airport parking lot, Liu Mang first drove the masseur to the Hilton Hotel to open a room. He swiped the card painfully and pretended to be generous to swipe the pre-authorization, so that the masseur could order anything to eat, and then drove home.
It was already 3:30 when he got home. Liu Mang deliberately did not step on the accelerator to reduce the noise. He parked the car in the garage, and when he walked to the door with his backpack on his back, the door was already open.
"Mom and Dad, and Levia, didn't I call you to go to bed first?" Liu Mang looked at the three people in surprise, thinking that they were all asleep.
"Nizi, come in quickly, look, you have lost weight again, it's okay to come back tomorrow morning, and you can catch an early flight and have lunch..." Liu Mang's mother Tong Xiaoying pulled Liu Mang to chatter.
Liu Mang obviously felt that he had naturally become stronger this season, but in his mother's eyes, he always looked thinner...
At this time, something weird happened, and Levia came up enthusiastically to take the bag...
"Ace, take a shower first, uncle and aunt, you should also go back to your room and sleep early, it's almost four o'clock." Levia saw that Liu Mang's mother couldn't stop talking, and Liu Mang's father was already yawning. But tracheitis is difficult to cure, this is a difficult problem in the medical field, and she didn't dare to say anything more, so Levia hurriedly said.
"Yes, yes, yes, son, you just played a game, you are so tired, go to bed quickly." Mom then remembered that it would be dawn in a few hours.
Liu Mang was touched and sleepy, and nodded quickly: "Mom and Dad, go to bed early."
Liu Mang was about to go to his room when Levia pulled him upstairs. It turned out that his largest room on the first floor was "requisitioned" for the two elders to live in. Liu Mang did not sleep upstairs. When he slept with the two girls, he slept downstairs, fearing that the noise would wake up the little girl.
As soon as he got upstairs, he turned a corner and reached an angle that could not be seen from downstairs. Sure enough, the bag was thrown back into Liu Mang's hands.
Liu Mang followed Levia to her room, closed the door, put the bag against the door, and saw Levia walking to the bed. Liu Mang rushed up from behind and put his hand directly into her clothes.
Levia almost cried out, and quickly closed her mouth. After a muffled groan, she turned her head and glared at Liu Mang and said in a low voice: "Ace, you want to die!"
"I want to die on you..." Liu Mang said without giving Levia a chance to reply, and kissed her...
After a symbolic struggle, Levia still gave in, biting the bed sheet and breathing heavily for an hour...
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On the morning of February 8, which was the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, although Liu Mang fell asleep after 5 o'clock, he still got up at 9 o'clock and followed his parents, Alexia and Dina who had already gotten up to work.
One of his parents is the owner of a breakfast shop, and the other is an electrician. They are both in the hard industry. Liu Mang asked them to stop working and have fun, but they were not happy. They were still busy with their own work, so they were used to going to bed late and getting up early.
Liu Mang had no choice. They liked to be busy, and Liu Mang could not stop them. As long as they were happy, that was fine.
After working all morning, he prepared a table of dishes, all Chinese food.
When it was time to eat the "New Year's Eve dinner", Liu Mang's mother saw the bodyguard Christine Wagner standing at the door and called her to eat together.
Liu Mang didn't care so much. He would not deliberately treat the bodyguard well, nor would he make things difficult like a sarcastic boss, or take his anger out on the bodyguard.
"Mom, put this over a little bit..." Liu Mang pointed to the bitter melon meatballs in front of his mother. He hadn't eaten it for many years.
"Grandma, Dina and the little sister in the teacher's belly want to eat this!" The little girl said strongly that she wanted to eat it too.
"Okay, Dina, grandma will bring it to you." The cute little girl and her son, this choice is too simple.
"What about me?" Liu Mang asked in surprise.
"You go away!"
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Is it still a biological child!
Liu Mang felt that his family status plummeted!
"Dad..." Liu Mang looked at his father who was the head of the family.
Liu Mang's father had a strong desire to survive and said decisively: "Go away, Ali... No, it's Aida, come and eat more, Mangzi, you eat less!"
"..." Liu Mang was speechless.
"Laviya, you should eat more..." Liu Mang's mother didn't forget about Livia. Liu Mang could clearly see the look in her eyes. What she meant was: When will your stomach be better? Although she didn't say it, it was too obvious.
Seeing the two girls obviously trying to hold back their laughter, and a little girl eating her own food, Liu Mang felt desperate.
"What's the word? You should eat more." Liu Mang's mother was kind and didn't forget the hard-working bodyguard.
However, Liu Mang's mother completely ignored the language barrier. Christine Wagner didn't understand at all, and she really didn't know how to use chopsticks, so she held the bowl for a long time at first, until she was given a fork and Livia used new chopsticks to pick up the food for her in the bowl, and she ate a little.
Livia saw that the bodyguard was not sensitive to these high-calorie foods, so she didn't pick up too much.
"Christine, you should eat more." Livia translated and picked up some more food for Christine.
Liu Mang saw that most of the dishes were placed in front of the three girls, and there was only one dish left in front of him... It was too much!
Last night, Liu Mang was moved by the two elders waiting for him to come home and ask about his well-being. He didn't expect that at noon on the Chinese New Year, which happened to be the night of the Chinese New Year in China, they would not give him anything to eat!
The most important thing is that Liu Mang got up early in the morning to help with the processing of the raw materials for most of the dishes!
Yesterday afternoon, Levia, Alexia and Dina went to Chinatown to buy a lot of raw materials that were not available in supermarkets and only in Chinatown, in order to make this "New Year's Eve dinner" more Chinese. After Liu Mang returned to China for publicity in the summer, he had a proper Chinese meal at Yao Ming's house. Alexia would occasionally cook some Chinese food, and he also ate less. As for Levia's cooking...
Looking at Alexia who was eating happily, Liu Mang said jealously: "Aida, be careful not to gain weight!"
"It's okay, I will lose weight after giving birth to the baby!" Alexia is very strong.
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Finally, after the three girls had almost finished their meals, Liu Mang finally had some leftovers...
But this was intentional on the part of the three girls, who were afraid that Liu Mang would gain some weight if he ate too much, and that he would have to work hard to lose fat. Now it's the middle of the season, especially with the All-Star Weekend coming up, with more rest time, it's easy to gain weight. They have to supervise Liu Mang's diet at home recently.
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After a pleasant and warm lunch, it was already the New Year according to the lunar calendar.
In the afternoon, Liu Mang's parents gave red envelopes to the three girls and the bodyguards. They exchanged them for US dollars before coming to the United States. They were all 888 US dollars, 100 US dollars, 10 US dollars and 8 US dollars each.
Still, Liu Mang didn't have any.
Originally, Liu Mang should have had some, but who knew that Liu Mang hired a bodyguard, and then he didn't have any.
"Dina, let uncle see how much money is in your red envelope, okay?" Liu Mang said as he approached the little girl.
"Eight hundred and eighty-eight, Dina has counted!" The little girl clenched her hands tightly and refused to let go.
"Oh, what if I counted wrong? You are still young. You Americans are so bad at math. Let your uncle help you count." Liu Mang refused to give up.
"No! Uncle wants to cheat Dina again!" The little girl stuffed the red envelope directly into her collar.
"..." Liu Mang felt that the world was cold and people's hearts were no longer ancient. Even the little girl didn't know when she learned to be so stingy!
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Most of them slept very late last night. Alexia and Dina watched the game and chatted for a long time. It was Liu Mang's mother who asked them to go to bed first. They went to bed. After the red envelopes were distributed in the afternoon, the three girls went to take a nap.
Liu Mang also went upstairs with Levia to do some exercise before going to bed. How could he not exercise during the New Year...
Seeing Liu Mang go upstairs with his "daughter-in-law" again, the two old people were a little excited. They already had a grandson. They didn't know whether it was a boy or a girl, but it was the same. It would be better if they could have another one.
It's not that they don't like Dina, but who wouldn't want a biological child?
Liu Mang's parents also knew that NBA players have chaotic private lives, so they were worried that Liu Mang was fooling around in the United States and brought two girlfriends home, so they couldn't help but think too much.
But when they chatted with Levia and Alexia last night, they hinted and learned that Liu Mang went home except for playing basketball, rarely went out to fool around, and rarely got drunk. As a professional player, he was very self-disciplined.
In this way, the two elders were relieved. If there were two, they could accept it... Most of the male parents were like this, thinking that it was not their children who suffered anyway.
The two elders wanted Liu Mang to have more children. After all, they were not in China and they were not short of money. It would be better to have two more children. Most of the elderly liked children. They had raised a child themselves. When they saw their son grow up, they naturally wanted to see their grandchildren grow up. Great-grandchildren...
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After his parents came to Atlanta, Liu Mang spent a warm day and did not toss and turn at night. There was still one game before the All-Star Weekend. He had to leave a perfect footnote before the All-Star Weekend so that the whole team could enter the All-Star Weekend more happily.
On the morning of the 9th, Liu Mang got up early at 5:30. He didn't even need to be called. The little girl who was on vacation got up early.
Although little Loli doesn't hate having little brothers and sisters, she has to defend her "sovereignty" and stay with Liu Mang longer, so that she can gain a higher status in Liu Mang's mind... Anyway, little Lolita Loli herself felt that this was useful, so she tried her best to act together with Liu Mang when Liu Mang was at home.
Running with a little loli was much more interesting for Liu Mang than running by himself listening to music, so he didn't care. After his morning run, Liu Mang came to the arena to prepare for the Timberwolves game.
Simple and crude tactics and strategies are just right!
This season, the Timberwolves are more like a blind team than the Hawks. The Hawks have a tactical framework, and the coaching staff has given several switching modes of play. However, the Timberwolves have no routine at all and insist on having any "tactics". "The three-headed monster and the sixth man Szczerbiak take turns playing singles, and they are fighting for the ball in singles...
It's one thing for two three-headed monsters to clamor for big contracts, but the key is that they don't have a head coach who can control the situation!
Coach Flip Saunders is a man that Garnett and future No. 1 pick Karl Towns can call "father". He has a very high status in the Timberwolves team and almost bought the Timberwolves with Garnett in the future. It's a pity that he died young.
When McHale became CEO, he caused the Joe Smith incident, which caused the Timberwolves to lose four mid-first-round picks. They were supposed to have five, but the last one was pardoned by the league.
As general manager, McHale basically didn't make any eye-catching moves to select Garnett and Marbury in the draft, but also messed them up himself. He would rather give Joe Smith a big contract than pay Marbury more.
Although Marbury is indeed greedy, he has talent, strength, and competitiveness, so there is nothing wrong with being greedy for money.
McHale has no so-called "prestige" in the Timberwolves. Halfway through last season, the Madmen and the Aliens started clamoring for a big contract because their performance was beyond their expectations, but coach Flip Saunders suppressed it. Come on, McHale is thinking about doing it by himself this season after almost winning the championship last season and firing coach Flip Saunders...
Then the Timberwolves collapsed immediately.
At 9:30 in the evening on the 10th, the Eagles' last game before the All-Star Weekend was about to begin. Liu Mang waved to his parents and San Niu. It was rare for the fans at the scene to see Liu Mang say hello, and they all shouted The cheers gave Liu Mang enough face.
When Rasheed Wallace roared and Liu Mang's fans were thrown into the air, Liu Mang's parents felt this atmosphere for the first time and started roaring like a fanatical fan!
With nine consecutive wins and looking forward to ten consecutive wins, and the All-Star Weekend coming soon, these two positive emotions combined, the Eagles' morale is high!
After Liu Mang finished training yesterday afternoon, he went to the finance department and asked for two tickets for the four seats next to San Niu and the bodyguard. The two elders came, so naturally they had to watch Liu Mang play on the spot.
Liu Mang heard what Levia said. While watching the live broadcast, his parents were actually analyzing where Liu Mang's investment was wrong and where it was unreasonable...
Since their children are the first in China to play basketball, the two elders went from not knowing anything about basketball to becoming professional fans.
It was just the tone that Liu Mang imitated from Levia, but how could he still hear the flavor of BJ words? It feels like some kind of guidance.
Liu Mang probably guessed which channel the two elders usually watched live.
The Hawks are first in the league with 43 wins and 7 losses, and the Timberwolves are 23 wins and 27 losses, ranking tenth in the Western Conference.
There is an obvious record gap, the gap in strength is the same as the gap in record. Although in terms of wins and losses, the Eagles have not theoretically locked in a playoff spot, but in reality, even if the Eagles are in the next 32 With a losing streak, they are basically guaranteed to make the playoffs.
The Timberwolves are still running for a 50% winning rate.
The Eagles were particularly excited about this game, mainly Liu Mang. He said before the game that after beating the Timberwolves, he would cover all the money for his teammates to play tonight!
You have to earn enough face in the competition that your parents can see with their own eyes...
Then……
The teammates really fought hard. From the beginning of the game, Rasheed Wallace was fighting hand-to-hand with Garnett, Kwame Brown was fighting hard with fellow No. 1 pick Olowokandi, and Prince was pestering Si. Prewell and Korver, who came on to replace the rested Tracy McGrady, stayed close to Trenton Hassell. Liu Mang also actively defended Cassel like his teammates.
On the Timberwolves' side, it's singles, with aliens, madmen, and the Wolf King rushing to fight. Garnett originally didn't fight, but the efficiency of these two people is not as high as his. He can only rush to fight, but every time Four of the shots in the game were taken by grabbing offensive rebounds, a quarter of the shots were taken through offensive rebounds, and a quarter of the shots were taken by grabbing defensive rebounds and pushing forward...
But today, Garnett was defended desperately by Rasheed Wallace, who was very experienced in guarding him. Kwame Brown, Liu Mang, and Iguodala rushed for rebounds. Garnett rebounded poorly. Got it!
Originally, because of the Eagles' devilish home court and Garnett's iron-blooded field, his teammates were not united and were not afraid of him... Thinking about it, he dared to rush to take action. Why would he still be afraid of him?
The Timberwolves' morale was already suppressed. When the Eagles went crazy on defense, the Timberwolves, except for the three-headed monster and Szczerbiak who came on the bench, had little motivation.
But...Liu Mang felt that something was wrong. These teammates should be proactive, so why are they still trying to grab the right to take action?
Fortunately, McGrady was not there. Liu Mang was the first ball-controlling core. While his teammates were actively positioning, asking for the ball, grabbing offensive rebounds and doing it themselves, and some people grabbed defensive rebounds and advanced themselves, Liu Mang played for 37 minutes and took 24 shots. Liu Mang played very focused today and his shooting choices were very "reasonable". When he was replaced after playing for more than three minutes in the fourth quarter, he made 14 of 24 shots, 6 of 9 three-pointers, and 3 of 5 free throws, scoring 37 points.
Playing reasonably, the lethality is low, and teammates can't make shots and have no chance to pass to him. He also shoots less pot balls. In fact, for a main scorer, it is not necessarily a good thing, but against the Timberwolves, there are two old men who say that he is unreasonable, so Liu Mang will show them how to be reasonable!
37 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists in 37 minutes, Liu Mang tried his best to use any skills that can help him be "reasonable", and tried to borrow the strength of his teammates as much as possible, and played a reasonable game.
Of course, only against the Timberwolves can he be so willful.
In the end, the Hawks beat the Timberwolves 105-94, 11 points away.
Garnett scored 16 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, with a hit rate of only 6 of 20. There was no other way except singles. The Timberwolves were completely in internal strife. No one passed the ball to the Wolf King in an open position. Sprewell was blocked by Liu Mang under Josh Smith, and he didn't pass the ball to Garnett. Sprewell just wanted to score more points. Cassell was a little willing to pass the ball, but he alone was not enough. The reason why the three monsters were so powerful last season was that the three of them worked together under the leadership of Coach Saunders.
With 44 wins and 7 losses, the Hawks led the Suns with 43 wins and 8 losses by one win and entered the All-Star Weekend as a half-time champion.
With only 10 seconds left and the score difference of 11 points, the Eagles teammates waved to Liu Mang's parents. They didn't take the initiative to say hello because they were afraid that the two elders would be harassed. The fans thought that the Eagles players were saying hello to them, but Liu Mang's parents knew that it was for them.
But when Liu Mang saw this scene, he wanted to kick them to death one by one!
If I wasn't so independent, the ball would have been taken away! The key is that the scoring efficiency of this group of people is not as high as Liu Mang's own!
Just when the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Liu Mang was surprised to receive a system notification.
"Ding... Dance with Giants Mission Completed..."
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Please give me a monthly ticket. There are only three days left for the double monthly ticket. After completing the mission on the 6th, I will have a good rest and sleep in. I will stop here for today.
Note: This word is pronounced ni. Not ne. It sounds similar to rebellious son.