freeallnovels Chapter 1055 1054. The Wild Christmas Eve is Coming!
Chapter 1055 1054. The Wild Christmas Eve is Coming!
Chapter 1055 1054. The Wild Christmas Eve is Coming!
Liu Mang knows more about the NBA than anyone else now.
In the original time and space, before the Celtics Big Three started the group mode in 2008, the NBA has been in the mode of competing for the title for a long time.
The Big Four of the Lakers team did not make teamwork popular. A 41-year-old veteran and a 36-year-old veteran did not give people the feeling of being together at the time. Liu Wei personally experienced the same. People regarded Payton and Malone joining the Lakers as two people who "hugged thighs".
So before 2008, it was very rare to win more than a dozen consecutive victories. In the original time and space, when the Rockets won 22 consecutive victories, people thought that the Rockets' Yao-Mike combination had really risen.
However, after 2010, in the age of superstars, since many teams no longer have top stars, and some teams even have no top stars, for super teams, winning streaks sometimes come very easily.
After 73 victories against the Warriors, they won more than 20 consecutive victories at the beginning, and the result...
On December 12th, after the Eagles rested for one night in Phoenix, they prepared for tomorrow's Christmas game against the Suns in the rented university arena.
24 consecutive victories must be a good thing for Liu Mang, why not win 24 consecutive victories, teammates' confidence in the three consecutive championships has skyrocketed.
But Liu Mang clearly felt that his teammates were becoming complacent.
I felt it when I played against the Bobcats in the last game, and the shots were very casual. Fortunately, the team's defensive discipline was very good, and they defeated the Bobcats without any risk.
But in fact, Liu Mang already felt the pride of the team.
Playing against the Suns tomorrow, the Eagles are still serious about training, but the atmosphere is not as tense as it was when they played against the Heat at the beginning of the season, and the mentality is very relaxed.
This made Liu Mang feel very complicated. Everyone on the team has the right to shoot, and everyone has hope. This is very good for the enthusiasm of the team.
The relaxed atmosphere can also allow them to have a better mentality to prepare for the game, and they can also use bold running tactics during the game. The second-year substitute players dare to take on the role of organizing the offense, and the role players dare to shoot, which can make their tactics better.
But it also made Liu Mang feel that his teammates no longer took any opponent seriously.
After the tactical training, Liu Mang practiced mid-range and long-range shots, and McGrady, Korver, Barry, Horry, Jason Terry, Calderon, and Korver also practiced one or two sets of shots.
This made Liu Mang feel even more contradictory, and his teammates are very serious about improving themselves.
After the extra practice, the teammates went back to the hotel one after another.
Phoenix is a well-known face-saving city. The city is more beautifully built than Los Angeles. However, the economy is getting more and more depressed. Phoenix is not a tourist city, an agricultural city is not an agricultural city, and an industrial city. It was once the fourth largest city in the West. In the past year, Phoenix’s GDP is not as good as that of Detroit. The NBA’s 30 teams are ranked in the city’s ranking. The Suns only rank No.19, which is lower than Detroit and San Antonio. Let the Eagles players go to play, and the players have brought their families. Tonight, on Christmas Eve, they all went back to the hotel to be with their families.
Liu Mang and McGrady left last, and said to McGrady with some anxiety: "Tracey, don't you think we've been too relaxed recently!"
"Of course," McGrady asked strangely: "We've been winning! Of course it's easy, what's wrong with Ace?"
Liu Mang felt that he might be overthinking, and his sense of crisis might be too strong.
After seeing the Heat with a 27-game winning streak that was almost overthrown by the Spurs, and watching the Warriors start their 24-game winning streak with 73 wins but failed to win a championship, Liu Mang has a strong sense of crisis and pays attention to this aspect.
Liu Mang began to change his style of play, at first because he had a strong sense of crisis.
"It's okay, I think we are too relaxed, come to my house for dinner? My mother made a big meal tonight." Liu Mang sent out an invitation.
"Cool! Auntie's dishes are strong, but I like them very much. I'll pick up my wife and come to your house later." The eldest cousin will not miss the opportunity to take advantage.
"Okay, I'll go back first, see you in the evening."
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Christmas Eve, Christmas, one of the most important holidays in the United States.
In previous years, when there were four to six Christmas games every year, half of the eight to twelve teams that played against each other would complain about why they had to travel thousands of miles to play the Christmas game.
But now, the league let them rest, those stars still feel weird.
However, only four teams will participate in this year's Christmas game, which was already confirmed when the schedule was announced in September.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Christmas game between the Eagles and the Suns started first, and at eight o'clock, the Christmas game between the Heat and the Lakers continued after a half-hour break to broadcast commercials and some basketball programs on the TV station.
Both games are high-profile games.
The Eagles have not lost a game so far this season, 24 wins and 0 losses. The Suns are not as wild as last season. They played 29 games, 20 wins and 9 losses, ranking third in the West.
In the East, apart from the Eagles with the first record and a complete victory, the next best record is the Heat with 21 wins and 7 losses, the third is the Pistons with 18 wins and 10 losses, the fourth is the 76ers with 15 wins and 14 losses, the fifth is the Cavaliers with 16 wins and 12 losses, the sixth is the Bulls with 15 wins and 13 losses, the seventh is the Wizards with 15 wins and 14 losses, and the eighth Pacers is with 16 wins and 16 losses.
The ninth Bucks team got Joe Johnson, but it has improved. Although Bogut is not outstanding, he is not considered low. The passing line of the No. 14 pick, together with Joe Johnson and Reid, has a record of 16 wins and [-] losses. There is still a chance to enter the playoffs.
But the rest of the teams are almost collectively doing poorly. After two months of playing in the Eastern Conference, the top eight barely reached a [-]% winning percentage. The Magic, Celtics and other teams completely collapsed.
The Knicks, ranked first from the bottom, have only won 5 games, 5 wins and 24 losses, the last in the league.
In fact, the bottom one is not terrible. There is an Italian version of Nowitzki in this year's draft, which has made many bad teams look forward to it, but the key point is that the Knicks have already traded out the 06 draft pick in the original deal with Marbury, and it is still unprotected!
The Bulls provided room for the Knicks' junk contract in that trade, and they got the first-round pick. They didn't have much expectations, but it was expected to be in the middle of the first round. After all, the Knicks were still a strong team in the playoffs in the 03-04 season.
In the 2006 draft, the current tone is a super draft year.
The 2003 draft squeezed out the five most promising rookies, the 2004 draft squeezed out the immediate combat power, and the 2005 draft squeezed out the last four point guards and the last group of high school rookies. There is no talent left for the NCAA this season.
How smooth the labor negotiations in the past offseason were. The league is now making money, and the players are taking 50.00% of the total income. The five-year agreement was passed with almost no debate. It will take effect from the summer of 2006 until 2011. There is no need to worry about a lockout.
But when the labor agreement was finalized in the summer, the NBA officials introduced a new rule by the way, refusing high school students to participate in the NBA draft. They have to study in college for at least one year, or one year after high school graduation, before they can participate in the NBA draft.
Therefore, Kevin Durant, Greg Oden, Mike Conley, who were originally planning to participate in the draft in 2006, and OJ Mayo, who is already the top high school student in the United States even though he is only a senior in the new season, have no possibility of entering the NBA in advance, resulting in almost no highlights in the 2006 draft.
Originally, the summer of 2006 was a year filled with a large number of talented high school players. Garnett, Kobe, O'Neal, McGrady, Kwame Brown, James, Howard, Josh Smith and other high school students entered the NBA as pioneers.
Of course, based on people's current views on the players in the NCAA in the new season, Liu Mang knows that there are many outstanding stars this year.
But a super young year doesn't mean that no team is bad, but because it's a super young year, the bad performance becomes even crazier!
At this stage of the season, the management of some teams has clearly understood the strength of their own team, such as Boss Joe, he is sure that the team will continue to perform poorly, Bo that Italian Nowitzki.
As early as 2003, when the 18-year-old Andre Bargnani led the Tewi Sobena team to defeat the Nets when Kidd was absent in the European game of the NBA preseason, Andrea Bargnani had already become famous in the United States.
Like Nowitzki's style of play, soft touch, excellent shooting ability, although weak, lack of explosive power, but the speed and flexibility to play outside, just like a replica of Nowitzki.
Liu Mang remembered that in the original time and space, the Bulls got the Knicks' unprotected pick in 2006, got the second pick, and sold them to the Trail Blazers at a low price, because they looked down on anyone who participated in the 2006 draft except for Bargnani.
Sometimes it doesn't mean that teams are bad in the draft year. In this extreme draft year, there is such a talented player with a promising future, which makes some teams more positive.
Because apart from getting the No. [-] pick, the other draft picks seem useless. Since they can't make it to the playoffs, it's better to give Bargnani a try, and it's only possible if they lose completely.
Boss Joe saw that the insider Okafor did not improve much in the second grade, and he had more defense than offense, so if he wanted to choose another insider with strong scoring ability, Bargnani was naturally the best choice.
However, the Bobcats are bad and the market value has become lower. For the current boss Joe, it is a good thing. He has a greater chance of buying the Bobcats completely, and it is cheaper.
In the West, the Spurs are 24 wins and 5 losses, leading the West far away. The second Mavericks are 20 wins and 8 losses, and they are fiercely competing with the Suns for second place in the West.
The Sonics ranked fourth in the West with 18 wins and 10 losses in the Northwest Division. The Lakers ranked fifth in the West with 19 wins and 9 losses. The Clippers continued to perform well, ranking sixth in the West with 17 wins and 13 losses.
The top five are very stable. From the No. 11 Clippers to the No. [-] Hornets, the winning percentage has reached [-]%. For the three playoff spots, the competition has now entered a fierce battle.
In addition to the Spurs and the Supersonics, the No. [-] and No. [-] teams are as stable as dogs. Among the top eleven teams in the West, nine teams are in fierce battles.
The Wild West... The point is, because of Liu Mang's relationship, the stars of the Pistons and Wizards also want to go to the West...
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The 24-game winning streak of the Eagles has always dominated the headlines. Some fans hope to see them continue their winning streak, and some fans hope that a team can end their winning streak.
But the Eagles' schedule in the first two months was too easy, and the Eagles gave people the feeling that they were invincible!
Even more invincible than the previous two years!
Averaged 116.5 points per game, averaged 102.5 points conceded per game, and a 14-point margin, that's too exaggerated!
Liu Mang's average of 32 points, 5.5 rebounds and 10 assists per game is exaggerated enough. If it weren't for the support of Kobe Bryant's 35.5 points per game and James' 32.4 points per game, Liu Mang would be second in scoring and assists.
But with all 90 points, no one would be surprised by Liu Mang's statistics.
老鹰队这赛季有四个场均15+的球员，麦迪场均21.5分4板7.5助攻，贾森-特里场均18分2板2助攻，夸梅-布朗场均16.5分12.7板，得分手表现强到爆！
Finally, in the Christmas game, there is a team that can compete with the Eagles.
With 111 points per game, the second-ranked Suns in the league give hope to fans who want to see the Eagles lose.
On the morning of Christmas, Liu Mang went to the hotel early to meet the team, team meeting, tactical training, the team held a luncheon at noon, and invited all the family members of the players to have a Christmas party together.
Of course, the players simply ate and ate, and they mainly played with their girlfriends or wives, without children.
When Liu Mang rested in the afternoon, he had been studying the Suns.
Losing to make teammates less relaxed?Liu Mang doesn't do this kind of thing, if he can win, of course he has to do his best to win!
Who wouldn't want a 33-game winning streak!
Instead of taking the initiative to seek defeat, it is better to go all out every game, and wait until the opponent is really defeated and loses, and then talk about it.
Now Liu Mang's goal is to go for 33 consecutive victories.
Liu Mang didn't pay much attention to the Suns before. The main point is that they don't have a threat to the playoffs. Last year's Suns were already at their peak in the regular season, but this season has declined a lot.
There are many reasons for the decline of the Suns' record. The most important reason, Liu Mang feels, is Stoudemire's reimbursement for the season and the departure of Joe Johnson.
Although the performances of Dior and Raja Bell made up for the lack of Stoudemire and Joe Johnson, it also made Stoudemire appear "dispensable" in the Suns. The fans' prejudice against Stoudemire's strength began at this time.
However, it is true to insist that Nash can win 50 wins and 60 wins by just giving some people. Nash averaged 19 points per game this season, a career high, and averaged 11 assists per game, which is really amazing.
After Liu Mang rested, he went to the hall where his teammates were, and was going to the American West Arena to warm up. It was almost two o'clock, and he could practice shooting if he went early.
When I got to the lobby, I found my teammates gathered around the computer again.
This is……
Before Liu Mang could ask, Kwame Brown excitedly said to Liu Mang, "Boss Ace, I got more votes than O'Neal on the first day!"
Liu Mang remembered that there was no game in the NBA yesterday, and the All-Star voting started, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He was selected as an All-Star, but he didn't expect Kwame Brown to get more votes than O'Neal!
Liu Mang seems to have seen O'Neal go berserk against the Lakers tonight...
"Brother Yao! Come on!" Liu Mang sent his best wishes to Yao Ming, and then went to see the first day's ballots.
Yao Ming was the king of votes on the first day, with 19 votes on the first day.
In second place was Liu Mang with 17 votes on the first day, ranking first in the East and West.
The second place in the West is Kobe with 15 votes, and the second place in the East is Tracy McGrady with 14 votes.
But Kwame Brown beat O'Neal's 13 votes with 7 votes!
Kwame Brown really brought out his popularity!
Both McGrady and James were placed in the forward positions this time, fearing that it would affect James and Iverson's selection as All-Star starters. The temporary All-Star starters in the Eastern Conference are Liu Mang, Iverson, McGrady, James, and Kwame Brown.
The West is temporarily Kobe, Nash, Duncan, Garnett, and Yao Ming.
The three nail players in the east and the four nail players in the west continue to occupy the positions of the All-Star starters.
After playing together for a while, the Eagles players got on the bus and headed to the American West Arena to prepare for the evening game.
Liu Mang looked at the very bustling street outside the window, and there were red things everywhere on Christmas Road. Liu Mang was thinking wildly because of his opponents, his own team, and various future memories. Finally, the task reminder that Liu Mang had been waiting for for a long time came!
"Ding... The third phase of the King's Landing series of missions is triggered, the first mission: Wild Christmas Eve."
"Wild Christmas Eve: Mission objective 1: In the contest with Steve Nash, the number of assists is higher than Steve Nash. Mission objective 2: Get 25 consecutive victories. Mission reward: 10000 superstar points, start the next mission..."
Liu Mang woke up instantly from his confusion!
coming!
finally come!
Mission rewards... are a bit low!
But at least the mission is started!
Although the reward for the first mission was a little less, and it was only the superstar value of three games, but Liu Mang wanted to have another 100 million superstar value lottery!
It's best to get a training card or something, let him break through the bottleneck of 94 three-pointers!
Liu Mang seems to be shooting like Curry and Thompson.
Now Liu Mang's superstar value has reached 573961 points. He had already had 60 superstar points before he fought Bobcats, but he spent [-] superstar points to supplement the standing medicine.
This year the Eagles won too easily. Liu Mang didn't encounter any obstacles, and there were few tasks. Except for the 90-point superstar value that skyrocketed by 10,000+, there were no tasks in the next few games. Liu Mang was anxiously waiting.
The main reason is that one game has increased by 10,000+, and seeing the superstar value of about [-] per day in the future, there is a big psychological gap. In fact, compared with the previous two years, Liu Mang's superstar value has risen much faster this season.
at last!
Before the game against Nash, the task came!
The match against the assist king... Liu Mang seemed to feel the excitement of the match between McGrady and the assist master last year!
There is one more chapter~ have dinner and continue~
(End of this chapter)