822. The jealousy of the strongest team in history
Every time Liu Mang went to New York, he would cause trouble.
Every time he goes to Madison Square Garden, Liu Mang can't resist the urge to show off.
Let alone ridiculing the American team, in recent years, the American men's basketball team has been ridiculed in the United States.
This time Liu Mang made the scorers furious!
Over in Charlotte, Boss Qiao watched the Eagles game on a whim. After seeing Liu Mang's post-game interview, he pulled his own team's players out for practice the next morning so that they could watch the Eagles in the next game.
Beat him to death.
They are so confident that the Bobcats have only won two games so far this season, but they are so confident...
Over in Los Angeles, a No. 8 player who was working hard to defend fifth place in the Western Conference was so angry that he practiced for a few more hours.
As for Tracy McGrady, who is on the same team as Liu Mang, his pursuit of Liu Mang was fruitless and he could only silently watch Liu Mang pretend to be cool. However, Tracy McGrady didn't care. When interviewed, he compared it and said: Well, no one has won the scoring title.
It seems like it's not a big deal...
After the game between the Eagles and the Knicks, apart from Liu Mang's show-off moments at least twice a year in the Holy Land of Basketball, the biggest concern that the Eagles attracted was that they really started to attack at a fast pace!
The pace of these two games is completely comparable to that of the Suns!
The records of the two teams are already the same, both 10 wins and 2 losses.
The Suns currently average 109.5 points per game, and the Hawks average 107.5 points. The gap is not very big. However, the Hawks improved their scoring average by relying on the game against the Rockets. Compared with the Suns, which averages a stable 110 points per game, it is still the same.
There's a bit of a gap.
The media therefore concluded that there was only one incredible answer: Do the Hawks want to compete with the Suns for the title of the most ferocious offensive team?
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"Ace, why are you dressed like this?" Rasheed Wallace asked strangely.
"I'm afraid of the cold. Winter is coming." Liu Mang put on both a mask and a hat.
"But why are you even wearing sunglasses?"
"...I'm allergic to sunlight!"
"..."
Seeing Liu Mang wrapped up like a terrorist, Rasheed Wallace was confused, but he still pulled Liu Mang out together.
After two small-ball games, the Eagles players were quite happy. They averaged 98 shots per game in the two games, which was a significant increase from the previous average of 85 shots per game.
Small ball tactics not only bring more shots and points, but also more rebounds, and Liu Mang is one of the beneficiaries.
The one who has benefited the most is, of course, Kwame Brown. In twelve games, Kwame Brown has averaged 14 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. With a very outstanding performance, he has become the team's leading scorer in the frontcourt.
Liu Mang benefited most from the offensive end. Scoring became easier. McGrady’s offensive restraint and the offensive threat brought by the team’s athletic ability. In the end, it was the scoring core Liu Mang who benefited. His efficiency was higher than last season.
There has been a substantial improvement.
The new rules, coupled with the offensive style of play similar to run and gun, have greatly benefited Liu Mang, a player with comprehensive scoring ability.
The coaching staff works overtime every day and can always see problems after every game. Although the opponent was confused and disorganized against the Rockets, the Eagles coaching staff also saw a problem. Facing an opponent with huge internal constraints, even if
If the opponent cannot catch the ball, the rhythm will be slowed down by the opponent; when playing against the Knicks, we discovered that when encountering a chaotic team, the running and gunning team does not have an advantage.
The Hawks' road trip continues. The day after playing the Knicks, the Hawks came to another big city in the East - Boston.
After arriving in Boston, Liu Mang was pulled together by Rasheed Wallace, who had a strong affinity for education and art. The city of Cambridge, which is across the river from Boston, is said to be the same city, but in fact it is connected with Boston.
It's just a large town with a population of only tens of thousands, but the people here are very wealthy.
This is the best place for education in the United States, with two very famous universities.
However... although this place is called Cambridge, the most famous university is not called Cambridge University. Cambridge University is in the UK...
The most famous universities here are Harvard University and MIT. Rasheed Wallace took Liu Mang to visit the university town.
As for why Liu Mang was dressed like that, Rasheed Wallace came to understand after arriving at the university town across the Charles River where most students were. People kept raising their middle fingers when they passed by.
Before Liu Mang came to Boston, he saw the results of an online survey. The city in the East that hates the Hawks the most is not New Jersey, where the Nets are located, nor Detroit, where the Pistons are located, but Boston.
According to the replies from Celtic fans in the post, Liu Mang roughly understood the mentality of Celtic fans, mainly because the legend of the Celtics has been shaken.
The Celtics are considered the second most legendary team in NBA history, mainly because of their eight consecutive championships. Overall, they are not as legendary as the Lakers who won 15 championships. Therefore, after the Bulls won six championships in eight years, Kyle
Te Ren's legendary nature suffered a blow.
Therefore, Celtics fans are very disgusted with the defending champion. The team they hated most last season was the Spurs, and now the team they hate the most is the Hawks.
Cambridge and Boston are separated by a river. They are actually in the same metropolitan area. They both support the Celtics, so of course they will be unhappy with the Eagles.
Seeing the disgusting-looking Rasheed Wallace, he naturally gave his middle finger as a greeting.
Rasheed Wallace wanted to bathe in the glory of education and cultivate his sentiments in the Holy Land of Education. Unexpectedly, after getting off the bus and not even entering the university gate, he felt that he would be beaten at any time, so he could only end it hastily.
This college tour...
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After a night's rest in Boston, on November 22, the day of the Eagles' second consecutive away game, the Eagles' pre-game training began.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At this stage of the game, the first game month has come to an end, and the number of games that the league's teams have lost has begun to increase.
Only the Pistons, with a start of 12 wins and 1 loss, can take off!
The main reason is that coach Flip Saunders already has a very good relationship with Billups. The first time Billups gained a firm foothold and got rid of the title of parallel importer was when he attended all 82 games for the first time with the Timberwolves in the 2001-02 season.
He scored 12 3 5 and helped the Timberwolves achieve 50 wins and 32 losses. Coach Sanders can be regarded as Billups' mentor.
So historically, when Coach Sanders took over the Pistons in the summer of 2005, he led the Pistons to a record-high 64 wins in the 2005-06 season despite an aging lineup.
Now that I have taken over the Pistons a year early, the lineup is one year younger, especially when Ben Wallace, who is aging rapidly, is at his peak. More importantly, Chris Bosh is better than Rasheed Wallace.
, made Coach Sanders feel familiar, and brought Bosh's abilities to full play. The Pistons' lineup was already strong, and they occupied the first place at the beginning of this season.
Except for the Rockets, who were beaten 50-50 in every away game under normal circumstances, the Pistons showed strong dominance in the other 11 games.
The two strongest teams left are the Suns and Hawks, who lost two games.
Other teams have begun to lose more games. Except for the top three teams, the Heat and Spurs, which have lost the least, have also lost four games.
A more chaotic league means that strong teams lose games earlier than in previous years.
The main reason is that many teams that used to win with iron-blooded defense were blown to pieces at the beginning of the game, and no one could adapt.
On the contrary, the Hawks, Suns, and Pistons, whose lineups and playing styles have changed greatly, have made good use of the current rules.
But this does not mean that the Eagles dare to relax easily. Today's game against the Celtics cannot be as casual as against the Knicks. Moreover, the game against the Knicks almost overturned, making the Eagles players and coaching staff even more vigilant.
Opponents in the regular season do not have as much research time as in the playoffs. They only start researching one or two days before the game. If it is back-to-back, there will be very little research.
The players rested all afternoon yesterday and got the scouting report to read for themselves. The coaching staff was studying countermeasures. This morning before they came to the rented university arena for tactical training, they told the players the studied tactical strategies and then started training.
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At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Eagles came to the North Shore Garden Stadium. Today's game started very early, mainly because it was too cold in Boston, located in the Northeast!
Especially at night in Boston, there is a kind of weather in the United States called a Boston storm. This is what it means. In Boston in winter, after nightfall, there will be a snowstorm from time to time, and then at dawn, hey, the snow has stopped.
Therefore, the most profitable workers in Boston are winter road cleaners who can mechanize operations. They work for four months and enjoy a full year. They are the snow clearers in Boston.
Liu Mang was very motivated today. He is always so motivated when facing a team with 16 championship flags.
At 4:15 in the afternoon, Liu Mang and his teammates came to the stadium. As visiting team players, they received "cordial" greetings upon entering.
Liu Mang felt the feeling of being resented by Celtics fans as the defending champion, and he quite enjoyed it.
Liu Mang thinks it's a pretty good feeling to be envied by fans of the team that has won the most championships in league history.
Liu Mang's attitude affected his teammates, and they all showed no fear. After Liu Mang entered the court last, the whole team walked into the stadium with their heads held high.
The Celtics played next, with Antoine Walker playing first and Pierce playing last.
At 4:30, the game started on time. A handful of magnesium powder was sprinkled, which attracted bursts of boos, and Liu Mang walked onto the court.
The Eagles' lineup has not changed. It is so stable that other teams are jealous. Other teams can only envy the Eagles for their "good fortune". Their role players are great, mainly because of their strong draft selection, which allows the main players to play more easily. Because of their good tactics, they are talented.
He made the switch at any time, which made Anji, who had been saving draft picks for two years, envious and jealous. He couldn't select anyone with the draft picks!
The Celtics' lineup is Payton, Delonte West, Pierce, Antoine Walker, and Reeve LaFrentz.
Seeing that both the Gemini stars were there, Antoine Walker had a failed season with the Trail Blazers and was sent back to the Celtics for free. In other words, the Celtics got a few draft picks for nothing... Liu Mang seemed to
Dreaming back to two years ago, the Celtics' record this season is similar to that of two years ago. They started with 6 wins and 6 losses, and their winning percentage is exactly 50%, ranking in the top eight in the Eastern Conference. The core players are still Pierce and Antoine Walker.
Pierce no longer submits to the big brother, but has firmly established himself as the boss.
However, Liu Mang feels that the Celtics only have a 50% winning rate this season, which is purely unlucky. Who will let a large number of stars travel east this season?
Otherwise, a lineup like the Celtics would be enough to compete for the top four in the 2002-03 season. However, this season they must compete with the Nets for the top spot in the division to be able to enter the top four by virtue of being top of the division.
Kidd and Carter are playing better and better this season, and the Celtics don't seem to have a chance.
Whether the two teams hate each other or are unilaterally hostile, it will affect the players of both teams. After the players of both teams entered the stadium, no one greeted the opponent because of the strong hostility of the fans to the defending champion.
Kwame Brown, who had just stepped onto the court and was waiting on the sidelines to provoke the fans of the visiting team by taking photos of his fans, came on to jump the ball. Liu Mang suddenly received a task...
Chapter completed!