After Rahim made a free throw, he regained his composure to defend, but 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.

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

offset.

With Korver back, the Hawks' outside assist defense has become better. Korver's assist defense is really good if 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 became accustomed to Nelson's wild shots by guarding Nelson alone, 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 his outside teammates moving! Raheem has moved to the middle distance, and he doesn'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-range shooting ability to create opportunities for pitchers.

Clamp the ball.

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

switch.

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

The Magic feel so different from the Hawks 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 team is missing Hill, and their style of play has collapsed, turning into a singles situation between Nelson and Raheem. Although the Hawks are without McGrady, they already have 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. He was dead.

Damn, Mourning blocked Howard 3 times after coming up! Two of them were consecutive blocks in the same round.

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.

Sad, but 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 alone 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 with a 97-88,9-point advantage.

A Magic team without a playmaker.

Liu Mang said not to, but his body was quite honest. He scored 40 points for the 15th time this season! His scoring average was stable at 36.5 points per game.

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, scoring 40 points in three consecutive games, and getting his 15th 40 points of the season. The Eagles continued to grab headlines in January.

Just five games ago, when Liu Mang scored 11 40-times, people were still discussing whether Liu Mang had a chance to become the third player in NBA history to reach 30 40-times in a single season after Chamberlain and Jordan.

It looks promising now!

The Eagles' record has improved to 35 wins and 7 losses, and there are 40 games left. According to Liu Mang's recent form, it is very likely that he can get at least 15 40s in the remaining 40 games!

Before he knew it, it was Monday again. Liu Mang returned to Atlanta with the Hawks. When he got to the airport, he got the morning newspaper of Sports Illustrated and saw that he had won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.

It’s so rare. Compared to last season, when he won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week award at least twice in a month, he won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week award 14 times in 23 weeks of the entire season. Liu Mang feels so miserable this season. January is almost over, and he’s only the third player in the league.

Four times of Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Last season, he won 5 Eastern Conference Player of the Month awards in six game months. He has not won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award once this season. James took it away in November, and Wade won it in December. These two sophomores

Liu Mang's performance this season has been explosive. Before January, Liu Mang only maintained his personal performance from last season without "progress", so the league did not give him this award. The reason was quite "sufficient".

The main purpose is to promote newcomers, which is a common method used by the alliance to promote newcomers.

However, so far this month, Liu Mang has averaged 41.3 points per game. This month, he has increased his average score by a full 3 points. He has scored 8 40-pointers, including two 50-pointers. He has become the number one favorite for the Eastern Conference Best Player of the Month.

It's a little bit of comfort, I have to get it once or twice! Otherwise, how can I compete with Nash for MVP.

Seeing Nash continue to dominate the MVP rankings, Liu Mang had 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 Phillips Arena

When he returned to Atlanta, the first thing Liu Mang did was to sign for the team to pay the fine. It would be deducted directly from the total salary. This is one of the league's reasonable ways to avoid taxes. It is equivalent to an internal company fine, without the team having to pay it.

After the tax is paid once, the player still has to pay an after-tax penalty.

A first-level flagrant foul does not require a suspension, but after the league determines that the flagrant foul will not be cancelled, a fine of US$25,000 is required, and a fine of US$2,000 for a technical foul.

When it came time to pay the fine, Liu Mang became truly heartbroken.

In two days, they will play the Magic and beat them to death! Use Mourning to kill them in the paint! And after returning from the All-Star Weekend next month, they will play the Suns. Liu Mang feels very impatient.

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"Uncle, does China really have Kung Fu?"

"There should be!"

"It would be great if it really existed. Shenxing Taibao can run a thousand miles a day by himself. It's amazing!"

"That's an exaggeration. I can probably run...100 miles in one day..."

"That's awesome! By the way, uncle, do you want to get up for a morning jog tomorrow morning?"

"yes."

"Then Dinah wants to run away with uncle!"

"Why?"

"It's too cold in the winter. Dinah didn't go out to play. She has grown fat on her belly. Uncle, look..."

"Don't, don't, don't...it started in three years...ah, Dinah, you are not a child anymore, how can you open your clothes in front of boys! Go to sleep!"

"oh……"

After reading a story, Liu Mang finally coaxed Dinah into sleeping, closed the door of the little Loli's room, and then walked downstairs alone.

Now that they can live at home again, the Hawks will have eight games before the All-Star Weekend, including five at home, two consecutive home games and three consecutive home games, starting with the Celtics and Magic.

After the game, I will go to Houston to play an away game, and then come back for three home games. There will be one back-to-back away game in the last two days before the start of 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 he returned to Atlanta, Liu Mang originally 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, so she asked a private doctor to check her out.

I didn't see anything wrong. Liu Mang will take Alexia to the hospital at noon tomorrow. Liu Mang can only spend the night alone... Before going to bed, Dinah called her to her room to talk about 105 men and three women.

A story that two women have to tell each other.

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

But there is one wonderful thing about Chinese stories. For example, girls mostly like to read stories about men. However, "A Dream of Red Mansions", which is mainly about women, according to surveys, 95% of the readers are men.

Liu Mang had already read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms to Dinah before. He read the vernacular version, otherwise he would not be able to understand it.

After putting Dinah 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, he came out. At exactly six o'clock, when he came to the living room, the little Lolita was already waiting.

"Dina, what time did you get up?" Liu Mang asked speechlessly when he saw the little loli who had changed into sportswear and was ready to go. He also planned to call the little loli if he couldn't wake her up.

"Dina woke up at 5:50!" the little Loli responded.

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