Chapter 1394 1393. The End of the Halfway Point (Asking for Monthly Votes)

After winning nine consecutive games, the Hawks only had one day of rest. On the 6th and 7th, the last two games of five consecutive home games came, playing the Pacers and Grizzlies back-to-back.

The Hawks have entered a real period of fatigue. The players spend more time doing physical therapy than in the past few years. There are no two players in Josh Smith and Iguodala who can be trained as the absolute core in other teams. Young players, the Eagles do not have the ability to rest this season.

At the peak of the round, Liu Mang felt that Rondo and Granger would not be worse than Iguodala, but in the early stage, these two people really couldn't compare to Iguodala and Josh Smith.

Moreover, they have now lost two generals, Korver and Prince.

But the Pacers really don't want to win at all. If the Bucks and Celtics weren't so bad, they really want to finish last in the Eastern Conference.

Just when the Hawks were playing the Hornets, the Pacers and the Warriors reached a deal, and a new captain arrived in Oakland. The Pacers only received a lottery-protected 2007 first-round pick, and gave away Stephen Jackson, the league's first-tier small forward. Here comes the Warriors.

In fact, the Birds can send Stephen Jackson anywhere, at least in exchange for a high first-round pick, but Nelson still has a wide range of contacts. After Nelson promised to make the playoffs, the Birds Sending Stephen Jackson over helped the Warriors complete their lineup.

As for the Pacers... they only have O'Neal left who has not yet been sold.

O'Neal Jr. averaged just 20 points and 10 rebounds per game this season, and also averaged a very impressive 2.9 blocks per game. At the age of 29, he is still in his theoretical peak period.

But the Pacers no longer want him and have been selling him, but the return the Birds want is too high to trade him.

After all, this is the Pacers' only top star.

After a day off on the 5th, the Eagles faced off against the Pacers on the 6th.

It's not a big problem. The Pacers have no desire to win at all. With only 15 wins and 38 losses, they already don't want to think so much.

109 to 99, the Hawks easily defeated the Pacers and won the team's first 10 consecutive victories this season.

In addition to the Hawks, four teams have won at least 10 consecutive victories this season, namely the Mavericks' 14-game winning streak, the Bulls' 12-game winning streak, the Cavaliers' 11-game winning streak, the Suns' 10-game winning streak, and the Hawks' 10-game winning streak. Became the fifth team to win 10 consecutive games this season.

But in the game against the Pacers, the Hawks clearly showed a sense of fatigue. Rondo and Gortat, who encountered such a terrifying January and February schedule in their rookie seasons, seem to have entered the rookie wall recently. It feels like it's mainly due to fatigue. Even Battier and Marion, two Mesozoic players, can't stand the Hawks' recent brutal schedule.

Thinking about the past three years, the Eagles have played this kind of schedule, and in this kind of schedule, they have won at least 68 games in each season... The two of them can understand why they have a record of 36 wins and 15 losses this season, but fans criticized them. Their record is poor...

Finally, on February 7th, in the last game of this latest wave of 7 games in 9 days, when they played the Grizzlies, the Eagles were upset.

Against the Grizzlies led by Caron Butler, even Liu Mang scored 31 points in the first half, but his shooting collapsed in the second half.

It's not that Liu Mang's physical fitness was affected, but that his teammates just couldn't make long-range shots. The Grizzlies started to defend the basket inside in the second half and frantically attacked Liu Mang from the outside. Liu Mang made 12 of 17 shots in the first half, which was extremely efficient. to 31 points, but only made 5 of 18 in the second half.

If you want to score high points, your teammates must have enough restraint.

Liu Mang made 17 of 35 shots from the field, and his overall shooting percentage looked pretty good. He scored 47 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 assists. He scored 40+ points for the 16th time this season, ranking first in the league, but he once again became a bunch of empty-handed shooters. In the main game, the Hawks lost their 10-game winning streak to the Grizzlies 93-101.

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Blue sky and white clouds, clear sky...

Liu Mang looked at the clouds outside the airplane window and muttered: "Oh my god..."

Just finished 7 games in 9 days, on the morning of the 8th, the Eagles had to make a long journey to Oklahoma again. On the 9th, 11th, and 13th, 3 games in 5 days came again, and they were three consecutive visitors.

The key is whether to play the Bulls in the last game... or away from home...

Looking at the schedule, Liu Mang has never looked forward to the All-Star Weekend so much.

Seeing the schedule, Liu Mang could only sigh: "Oh... forget it, let's torture CP3 first to ease my unhappy mood."

Liu Mang saw the efforts of his teammates. They had won ten consecutive games and no one wanted to lose.

But it's true that he can't keep up with his steps. Caron Butler can rush in and dunk, so what else can Liu Mang do?

I definitely can’t blame my teammates, nor can I blame me for playing so well in the previous three years and winning championships every year.

"I've won too many championships, it's so lonely!" Liu Mang couldn't help but sigh up to the sky.

On the plane, this is really like looking up to the sky and sighing.

Maddie, who was sitting next to Liu Mang, watched Liu Mang start to have convulsions again. He didn't know what he was talking about, so he rolled his eyes and closed his eyes to sleep.

Behind Liu Mang, Gortat, who was carefully holding the water glass for Liu Mang, felt that his boss might need to see a doctor...

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With 14 wins and 39 losses, Liu Mang was very satisfied with the Hornets' record. They were second to last in the Western Conference, second only to the Timberwolves.

With such a record, it is very possible to get the top three picks.

Paul only played 30 games this season. He was injured and stopped, which was quite miserable. This time Paul missed the game again.

But for Liu Mang, when the team is in a period of fatigue, meeting the Hornets, one of the top three teams in the league, is the same as having someone give him a pillow when he wants to sleep...

Beating the Hornets was even easier than the Pacers. There was no need to consider tactics at all. Liu Mang just threw the ball after receiving it.

He played 41 minutes and made 17 of 37 shots, including 7 of 20 three-pointers and 9 of 11 free throws. Liu Mang easily scored 50 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks. Data that helped the Eagles win. Easily defeated the Hornets 122-105, improving the record to 37 wins and 16 losses.

Paul complained to Liu Mang after the game: "Boss Ace, I really want to go back to New Orleans. There is something wrong with this city. I have been unlucky since I came here..."

Liu Mang responded this way: "Chris, you have to be patient. When you select Durant in the summer, your good days will come."

Chris Paul, who was new to the world, saw that Liu Mang praised the big pitcher so much, and he also started to look forward to it: "Boss Ace's vision is not wrong. He wanted us to win over Stojakovic and Chandler last year. , now these two are playing so well in the Cavaliers..."

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On February 10th, it was already mid-February, spring was here, and everything was recovering...but it was still freezing and snowy in Toronto, and there seemed to be a feeling of "late spring cold".

It's already cold in Toronto, but basketball fans here feel like another cold wave is coming.

Ace Liu is here again!

"No, I'm not afraid at all...I'm not surprised at what kind of performance Ace can perform. He has been the strongest player in the world since I entered the NBA. My opponent is Kwame, not Ace." Si..." When Milicic was interviewed, he seemed to have accepted the fact that he had been abused by Liu Mang...

In general, Milicic's heart is still very fragile. It is only because the Raptors have been caring carefully that he can gradually grow to where he is now.

People with fragile hearts often accept their fate easily, and Milicic is like this. He no longer has expectations of defeating Liu Mang.

Every time I thought I had a chance, the result was worse every time.

In this case, Milicic thought it would be better not to look forward to it.

Milicic is the absolute core of the Raptors and the team boss, but... he is not suitable to be the boss at all.

Richard Jefferson and contemporary Jordan also do not have the temperament of a boss, and are not even as strong as Milicic's domineering degree in the paint.

When Milicic said something like this, Raptors fans could feel his despair, not to mention his teammates.

On February 11, the Eagles came to the Canada Flight Center Arena for the second of three consecutive away games to challenge the Raptors away from home.

In this game, the Hawks did not play much better than they did against the Grizzlies and Hornets before. They were in a very bad state, but the Raptors were in even worse state!

The Raptors were in a collective downturn, and the Hawks were also in a downturn. The two teams contributed a feast of iron...

Liu Mang's touch was average today, and he was attacked by the Raptors. But just like that, the rest of the Eagles couldn't make any shots and kept hitting the ball.

But the Hawks are already like this, and the Raptors are even more powerful...

The Eagles only scored 89 points, but the Raptors only scored 81 points. Liu Mang scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. Tracy McGrady scored 13 points and 6 assists. Marion scored 20 points. The Eagles were like this. The three of them scored in double figures, but the highest score was only 20, but they won in the end...

After the game, the domestic media headlined the game as "Rookies peck each other, old chickens win."

Although the title was derogatory, when Liu Mang saw the news, he felt it was so appropriate...

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"Stern finally did what a man should do!" Liu Mang sighed.

"Ace, don't go out and say this nonsense, otherwise the old man will find out and he will definitely target you." Shane warned.

"Yes, yes, I know, Mr. President." Liu Mang joked.

Before the All-Star Weekend this season, the Hawks had 55 games, which was similar to other teams. Most teams played 53 to 55 games before the All-Star Weekend. After a brutal 17 games in a single month in January, February After a brutal schedule of 7 games in the first 13 days, the Eagles have caught up with other teams in terms of games.

38 wins and 16 losses. Finally, relying on the recent record of 12 wins and 1 loss, the Eagles have improved their record and have the possibility of hitting 55 wins or even 60 wins.

Liu Mang looked at his average data of 32.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 2.3 blocks and 1.3 steals per game, as well as his current record, and felt very happy.

Yesterday, Liu Mang thought he was going to end his winning streak against Milicic, but he didn't expect that he could win even though he played so poorly.

Winning a game like that, a game won purely by luck, of course makes people happy, and good luck always makes people happy.

What makes Liu Mang even more happy is that his teammates are in high spirits after coming to Chicago today!

The reason is simple... All-Star Weekend is coming!

On February 12, the NBA officially announced the All-Star bench lineup.

Many problems arose during the selection of this year's All-Star substitutes, which resulted in a delay in the announcement of the All-Star substitute lineup.

Ray Allen's team change and Boozer's injury caused the Western Conference All-Star lineup to make many adjustments after being selected.

The main discussion is about Ray Allen, who was voted by the coaches before. After changing teams, does his previous choice count?

Coaches choose All-Star substitutes, except for the sake of face when they selected Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Choosing him as an All-Star substitute is basically a combination of data + record + coaching impression and other factors. Among them, Record plays a big part, just like the Pistons' top five in the original time and space, their statistics are average, but as many as four people were selected to the All-Star bench.

Finally, with two days left before the All-Star Weekend, the NBA officially announced the All-Star bench lineup, confirming that Ray Allen will still be a member of the All-Star bench lineup after changing teams to the Jazz.

In the Western Conference, Ray Allen, Steve Nash, Josh Howard, Carmelo Anthony, Dirk Nowitzki, Josh Smith, and Carlos Boozer were selected to the All-Star reserve team. .

Because Boozer was injured and unable to participate in the All-Star Weekend, Jazz's Memet Okur was selected to replace Boozer in the All-Star Game.

The reason why the Eagles are excited is not only that they will have seven days of rest after playing one more game, but also the Eastern Conference All-Star bench lineup!

Kwame Brown and Marion were selected to the All-Star reserve team!

Originally, only Kwame Brown was selected.

The original Eastern Conference All-Star reserve lineup was Gilbert Arenas, Vince Carter, Joe Johnson, Darko Milicic, Chris Bosh, Kwame Brown, and Tyson Chandler. .

However, due to Chris Bosh's chest injury, he was unable to participate in this All-Star Game. David Stern designated Marion to replace Bosh and be selected as the All-Star reserve team.

Liu Mang, McGrady, Marion, and Kwame Brown were selected for the All-Star Game!

The recent record has been good. In the last 21 days, the Hawks have achieved 12 wins and 1 loss. Now the two major insiders have been selected as All-Star substitutes and said that they would treat them to Las Vegas during the All-Star weekend to relax. Players Of course they are very happy.

Physical fatigue often leads to greater psychological fatigue, but reduced psychological fatigue will make the body more excited to a certain extent.

After receiving positive stimulation, the Eagles players discovered that they have been playing very well recently!

When other teams, including the Mavericks, started losing in the middle of the season, they bucked the trend and achieved a record of 12 wins and 1 loss. In the month from the second half of January to the beginning of February, their record ranked third in the league. One!

Although the overall record is only fifth in the league...but that is not important.

After relieving their psychological fatigue, the Eagles players are ready to go. The last game before the All-Star weekend, they want to have a good end to the half-season!

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