109 to 97. In the last few minutes, Jason Terry went up and made some blind shots, which was not very efficient. The point difference was narrowed by 12 points. The Eagles still easily won the game against the Wizards.

Liu Mang scored 34 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Tracy McGrady had 13 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, Kwame Brown had 17 points and 10 rebounds, sixth man Jason Terry had 18 points, Rasheed Wallace had 11 points, Karl

Deron scored 10 points, and six Hawks players scored in double figures, relying on McGrady's excellent offensive organization performance today.

Originally, people thought that with the addition of Tracy McGrady, the Hawks should have two stars shining, mainly on the scoring end. They might use a twin-star style of play close to that of the Celtics, with the two stars accounting for more than half of the team's points.

But I didn't expect this to be the case. The more Tracy McGrady played, the happier he became...

…

…

"When a flower blooms..."

"Ace, the call is coming."

"Who is it? Levia, pick it up for me...well..." Liu Mang found a grape in his mouth and bit it.

"OH, don't...wait, it's McGrady's call." Levia endured the strangeness in her body, found the phone from the bedside table, looked at the name and said to Liu Mang.

"Tracy? What is this guy doing so early in the morning..."

Liu Mang picked up his legs and answered the phone. Levia stuffed the quilt into her mouth and bit it as silently as possible...

…

Two hours later, Liu Mang drove to the villa McGrady rented, which was not far from Georgia Tech. The villa areas nearby were very quiet. McGrady had not bought a house yet because he was not sure whether he would settle in Atlanta for a long time.

The villa that Maddie rented did not have walls. Maybe Liu Mang was so insistent on having walls. Chinese people have a strong concept of community. Americans do not have the term community. Except for apartments, most houses in urban areas are directly in the blocks.

Arriving outside the door of McGrady's villa, Liu Mang honked the horn crazily: "Tracy, hurry up!"

Liu Mang received a call from this bastard who was disturbing his dreams. The bastard said that he forgot to refuel his car and asked Liu Mang to pick him up and take him to the airport.

Only then did Liu Mang remember that when he went to away games in the summer league, McGrady took the car of other teammates who had cars, and he couldn't bear to spend any gas!

Seeing McGrady running out with this bag on his back, Liu Mang thought it was wrong to ask McGrady as his partner to compete for the championship?

It would be nice to let this guy harm Yao Ming!

Liu Mang thought of a lot of things at this moment. For example, McGrady has been with the Hawks for several months, and he hasn't invited anyone over once! Kevin Willis wears a suit every day, and he has been invited twice.

"Ace, you're finally here. Oh, I'm so hungry. You haven't had breakfast either. Let's go eat together." McGrady threw the bag into the back seat and said positively.

"..." Liu Mang rolled his eyes at McGrady, he had to lose dozens of dollars today...

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The first game in November was against the Lakers. On November 2nd, the Eagles came to Los Angeles at noon on October 31st. On the 1st, there was a Sports Illustrated championship interview. Originally, this was supposed to be in July or August.

It was necessary to do it, but Liu Mang went to compete in the Olympic Games at that time, and then it was postponed until now.

After arriving at the hotel, he found his room and put his luggage away. As soon as Liu Mang sat down to rest, Tracy McGrady came. Liu Mang asked, "Are you asking Kobe to treat us to dinner?"

McGrady shrugged helplessly: "That guy won't see us at this time."

Liu Mang thought about Kobe's character and felt helpless: "What a heartless guy, we spent two weeks in love with each other in the summer."

"Wow, Ace, you won the Finals MVP here half a year ago! It's a miracle that he agreed to train with you. He also taught you techniques. It's damned that he will pay attention to you now." McGrady

joked.

"Forget it, Tracy, where are you going to play today?" Liu Mang didn't care that much.

"I'm not going out. I asked the trainer to help me prepare nutritious meals. I want to discuss with Tyshawn how to deal with Kobe." McGrady felt that being a 'mom' was too difficult, but thought that he had gotten it when he first came to the Hawks.

Triple-double. In the past, there were only a few double-digit assists in a season. Now I can easily get double-digit assists. The probability of double-digit rebounds may not be particularly high, but in this case, there is no chance to compete for the assists title! But defense is the most important thing.

Yes, defense wins championships, that's a truth.

"The Lakers are not as weak as O'Neal, but you are still so serious..." Liu Mang said strangely.

"Ace, you underestimate Kobe..." McGrady reported the scout to Liu Mang. This was obtained by the coaching staff from the scouts in front of him after arriving in Los Angeles. The Eagles now have more than 20 scouts.

In addition to a dozen of them moving between the 28 cities where each team is located, there are also a few who are 'traveling' around universities and Europe.

McGrady came to see Liu Mang. It was assistant coach Mike Woodson who asked him to deliver the report.

Liu Mang took a look and was shocked by the Lakers' opening performance.

The Lakers had a good start! They won three consecutive games, and the most important thing was the opening game, where they actually defeated the Heat! Damn it, the two teams went to overtime. Kobe Bryant scored 47 points and beat the Heat 105 to 104.

.

Liu Mang flipped through the Lakers' scouting report and found that Kobe had indeed started the season very well.

Liu Mang remembered that the Lakers had always had a good start to the season and had been in the playoffs for a long time. It was only after the All-Star Weekend that the strong teams started to compete for wins. After Kobe Bryant was injured, the Lakers began to decline.

The team fell out of the playoffs. Kobe wanted to play through injury, but Buss gave him a rest. The Lakers lost 14 of the last 16 games. Kobe may not have been able to make the playoffs without injury, but the Lakers

The team's late fall behind must be closely related to the fact that Kobe gained too much weight this season and suffered many injuries later in the season. Facts have proved that Kobe's elegance is more powerful than his strength.

I saw the comparison between Kobe’s latest photos and old photos. I saw Kobe doing a lot of strength training when we trained together. Liu Mang couldn’t see any changes because he kept looking at them. So when he compared the photos, he was like a kid.

Malone!

Those arms are thicker than the inside line.

Liu Mang thought of the comparison between Kobe Bryant's and Yao Ming's arms. A shooting guard's arms are much thicker than those of the tallest player in the league...

Thinking of McGrady and Prince who had to guard Kobe Bryant, Liu Mang gave McGrady a sympathetic look.

McGrady felt Liu Mang's eyes and shrugged helplessly again. Being a 'mom' is not easy. You have to take care of this and that. You have to handle both offense and defense. His teammates are on vacation in Los Angeles and he has to work overtime...

…

I saw Tracy McGrady going to Prince, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown and others to discuss defense with Mike Woodson. Liu Mang was the player who was "abandoned" on the defensive end.

It's not that Liu Mang is not good at defense, but that Liu Mang has to do too much in terms of scoring. He has been playing high-pressure for three consecutive years and even played in the Olympics in the summer. The team is very afraid that Liu Mang will be injured, otherwise they will not let Liu Mang look for him.

The agency behind the scenes recommends a defensive three-point rookie.

Just like the management of the Eagles believes that Liu Mang's vision has a lot to do with the agency behind him, public opinion also thinks so. Regarding the fact that Liu Mang opened his own agency, many people said that he has a good vision, but there are also some

his attacker.

Liu Mang also gave up the idea of ​​going out for a walk. He had a long-term mission: the Black Mamba's counterattack.

This mission requires Liu Mang to suppress the Black Mamba's counterattack and sweep Kobe Bryant in the regular season. The mission reward is the Kobe Bryant star card for that season.

This is very important to Liu Mang. If he meets the Spurs in the finals... Kobe is more suitable than anyone else to deal with the Spurs.

Liu Mang asked the videographer to get the videos of the Lakers' first three games and the preseason. He watched the videos in his room to prepare for the game the day after tomorrow... Not to mention, Kobe Bryant had a back-to-back game with the Pacers yesterday against Artest.

The scene of a hand-to-hand fight that never fails is so shocking...

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On the first day of the new month, the Eagles were invited to Sports Illustrated's headquarters in the Time Warner branch building in Manhattan Beach.

Led by the editor-in-chief of Sports Illustrated, the Eagles visited the Sports Illustrated headquarters building. The first floor is the staff restaurant and reception desk, the second floor is the gym, and the third floor is the reading room.

On the fourth floor are some photos and awards from the North American Press Association that Sports Illustrated has received. Photos of various celebrities who have been interviewed, including the NBA area. Since 1976, when the ABA and BAA leagues were completely annexed by the NBA, Sports Illustrated has

It is regarded as the only NBA in North American basketball. The photos of the championship team during the annual NBA championship team interview and the photos of the Finals MVP interview are all here.

It's just that this year will be a little different. Except for the fact that the Bulls didn't have a group photo during the lockout year, it was probably the second year after the Eagles won the championship that they were able to break up most of the young lineup.

The fifth to seventh floors are the major editorial offices, and the eighth floor is the interview hall and several main offices.

After looking at it, Liu Mang felt that the benefits of big companies were pretty good!

It started with a group interview session. Everyone was interviewed together. This time we were playing on the road. Tony Allen, Ariza, and Kevin Willis, who were not on the active list, all came to Los Angeles with the team. One of them wanted to occupy the sports team.

It is not easy to have a large-scale interview on the entire front page of the pictorial, and the team has not forgotten them.

McGrady said that joining a championship team will allow the team to continue its glory days.

As for the rookies, they all want to strive for more playing time, and several veteran players said they will continue to work hard, etc.

These are very official answers. The press officer has already told the team members the answers to the questions they may encounter.

Sports Illustrated is not very satisfied with this answer, but it is also expected. It is like this every year. In this kind of large-scale interview session, it is difficult to get any explosive answers.

But the Eagles have a plan, and Sports Illustrated has a ladder.

…

After the group interview, several Eagles players were taken to small interview rooms for individual interviews.

Of course, in terms of exclusive interviews, Sports Illustrated didn't think they could dig out any news with several other people. Their main target was Liu Mang.

Sports Illustrated sent 20-year-old Georgia sports columnist, model and former gymnast Jenny Skate, who they had just signed out of college, to deal with Liu Mang.

A 20-year-old girl, youthful and beautiful! She is more than 1.7 meters tall, has a cute appearance, and has a curvy front and back. Liu Mang looked at the reporter's introduction in the card and looked at Jenny Skate in front of him,

As soon as the two sat down, Jenny Skate asked first before starting the interview: "Jenny, is it because you are too tall and have such a good figure that it affects your movements, so you don't become an athlete? I don't remember Georgia.

Athletes have you!"

Jenny Skate felt that this question came too suddenly. Not to mention, being praised for having a good figure would be annoying as long as the person opposite does not let girls see it. It is always a happy thing, Jenny Skate said with a smile.
To be continued...