"People just play basketball, but you play basketball with your IQ? You secretly think about how to outwit your opponent all day long, is that okay?"

Iverson looked at Liu Mang and wanted to ask what Liu Mang was thinking.

However... Iverson still has a little expectation: "There should be my analysis, right? There won't be that damn No. 24 without me, right?"

On March 14, at noon the day of the game between the Hawks and Bobcats, the Nuggets had already arrived in Atlanta.

It's strange to say that when the Hawks were first in the league or first in the Eastern Conference, they would always lose to the Bobcats once or twice every season, but this season they are no longer first in the Eastern Conference or first in the conference. They won all three games they played against the Bobcats.

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On the contrary, the Cavaliers and Bulls both lost to the Bobcats twice... but the Mavericks swept the Bobcats.

The nickname "Buster of the Eastern Gangster" was given to Mr. Joe by fans.

The four-person dinner party between Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Iverson, and Anthony was quite quiet. Almost no one spoke during the entire lunch time.

As the saying goes, the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and this is true for Liu Mang, Iverson, and Anthony.

I can chat well with James, Wade, and Liu Mang, and care about each other with Gasol and Liu Mang. Reed also had a sympathetic rivalry, and the little blacksmith...

But I can only say that the relationship with Iverson, Anthony, and Liu Mang is okay. Liu Mang admires Iverson's strength, and Iverson also recognizes the strength of this best point guard today. Liu Mang is more curious about Anthony.

, and Anthony... Liu Mang has never been able to figure out what this guy's thinking is like.

How did this guy let himself drift away from the other four brothers of the 03 generation?

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After having lunch with the Nuggets, Liu Mang went home and took a rest. It was almost time and he went to pick up Little Lolita from her school and went to the arena with her bodyguards.

At 7 p.m., it was time for the last meeting of the season between the Eagles and Bobcats.

Even though the Hawks only fielded a lineup of Rondo, Liu Mang, Granger, David Lee, and Gortat, they still dominated the Bobcats throughout the game.

The Bobcats entered the NBA and participated in three drafts, and all three times... they selected the wrong person.

The draft was fine at the time, people's expectations were actually very high, and these people were the more promising ones at that time.

But people don’t care what it was like back then. Anyway, now Okafor is not as good as Josh Smith and Al Jefferson, Felton is not as good as Paul, Deron, and even not as good as the Trail Blazers who can hold the point guard to two sides.

Jarrett Jack, who took the point guard position after three injuries this year, looked outstanding.

Adam Morrison this season...

The guy who is modeled after Larry Bird is the same as the guy who is modeled after Nowitzki, averaging 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game, which is not too bad, but with such a high pick, it is almost as good as water.

The main reason is that Morrison's performance in the NBA is far different from that in college. In college, Morrison was a Larry Bird-level dominant player with a shooting percentage of 50, 43, 92, 180 club members. After entering the NBA, his shooting percentage was only 100%.

Thirty-seven, the three-point shooting percentage is only 33%...

Knowing shame and then being brave refers to Rondo in the recent period. After the team finished playing the Lakers and began to take a break, his playing time began to increase. Facing the former North Carolina four-year-old Felton, Rondo got his career

For his first triple-double, he played 44 minutes and scored 10 points, 12 rebounds, 14 assists and 4 steals. Mr. Joe, who was far away in Charlotte, wanted to vomit blood. Felton only scored 12 points, 8 assists and 3 rebounds.

He was defeated by Rondo, a rookie.

Rondo is in good condition, so he naturally needs to play more. Liu Mang played 33 minutes and scored 30 points and 11 rebounds.

The ones who benefited most from Rondo's passing were Granger, the corner shooter, and Swift, the pie-eating expert on the bench.

Although they had a rest, they won quite easily. The Eagles defeated the Bobcats 115-104 and won three consecutive games.

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"La Jian Beibi, come here, uncle will reward you with a donut..."

Under Liu Mang's "coercion", Rondo bit the donut helplessly and made a V sign to the camera.

Rondo scored his first career triple-double, reflecting his progress in the last ten games.

Before and after the All-Star Weekend, the Hawks played two games against the Bulls and Lakers. Rondo played very poorly, which deeply hurt his self-esteem. He knew his shame and then became brave. He studied hard and took advantage of the team's rotation.

Opportunity, I worked hard to show my progress in more than half a season, and finally succeeded in getting my first triple-double.

Of course we should celebrate this kind of thing!

So after the game, Liu Mang went to the dessert shop in the arena and bought a donut as a "reward" for Rondo.

Every time he encounters this situation, Rondo deeply regrets his good statistics. He scores in double figures for the first time, a career-high 20 points in a single game, assists in double figures for the first time, rebounds in double figures for the first time, and

2 rebounds and a double-double... Rondo would be teased by Liu Mang and Jason Terry every time...

The Hawks had a lively time after the game, but the Nuggets had a heavy heart.

The Eagles played against the Bobcats. The four core players of Jason Terry, Tracy McGrady, Marion, and Kwame Brown did not play, but the game was still won easily. Liu Mang only played three quarters.

With so many main players taking turns, they must be going there for them!

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After beating the Bobcats, the next day came the day when the Hawks and Nuggets met for the second time this season. Obviously, it was another focus battle.

Can the Nuggets secure fourth place in the Western Conference and still beat the Suns or do the Jazz have home court advantage?

This is the most exciting thing in the West at this stage.

The Mavericks already have 54 wins and 11 losses, and their regular season status is explosive. Although their status has declined after the All-Star Game, with only eight wins and two losses in the last ten games, the accumulated advantages in the past are too great, and it is difficult to shake the league's number one ranking.

The Lakers have 50 wins and 14 losses, and are firmly ranked second. There are two teams in the East and West that have won 50 games. The Lakers and Mavericks are in the West.

The Spurs have 46 wins and 19 losses, which is the same record as the Hawks, ranking third in the Western Conference.

The Nuggets with 41 wins and 24 losses, the Jazz with 40 wins and 25 losses, and the Suns with 40 wins and 26 losses are fiercely competing for the fourth first-round home court advantage in the Western Conference. The SuperSonics... After losing Ray Allen, this period of time

His performance took a turn for the worse and he has already fallen out of the playoff ranks. The battle for eighth place in the Western Conference is very fierce. The Warriors, Rockets, and Clippers are fighting for this position.

Currently, the Warriors, whose strength has greatly improved after acquiring Stephen Jackson, have the upper hand.

Although the Nuggets are first in the Northwest Division and fourth in the Western Conference are unshakable, when entering the playoffs, if the fifth in the Western Conference has a better record than them, the fifth in the Western Conference will still have the home court advantage.

In the East, the Cavaliers rank first in the Eastern Conference with 51 wins and 15 losses, the Bulls rank second with 50 wins and 16 losses, the Eagles rank third with 46 wins and 19 losses, and the Raptors rank fourth with 39 wins and 25 losses.

The Magic are currently ranked fifth, the Pistons are sixth, the Nets are seventh, and the Wizards are eighth.

The major teams basically have 16 to 18 games left in the regular season. The competition for playoff rankings in the lower half of the Eastern and Western Conferences has become fierce. It is very likely that the rankings will change several times in one day.

However, the teams in the playoffs have excellent records. The special thing is that there are three teams in the East and West each with a chance to win 60 games, which makes the records of teams with poor records look really bad...

There are three teams in the East and West that have only won more than a dozen games so far. The West is relatively good, with a winning rate of less than 50% starting from the tenth place. The Eastern Conference has not had a winning rate of more than 50% since sixth place in the East.

As for the team, the Pistons also had just 33 wins and 32 losses.

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The two-gun team was not disappointed. On the night of March 15th, the Hawks played the Nuggets in their second back-to-back game. The four stars who had rested yesterday were all on the active roster today.

After warming up and entering the court, Iverson saw the Hawks' roster and knew it was like that.

The Hawks sent out a lineup of Rondo, Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Marion, and Kwame Brown.

Rondo is a rookie, and Iverson watched his game live yesterday. Rondo worked hard to grab rebounds yesterday, grabbing more rebounds than he scored, and playing an economical triple-double. It’s hard to compare to what Iverson watched live.

The ball doesn't matter.

Rondo also grew up watching the 1996 generation play.

Iverson was surprised by Rondo's performance. He seemed to have seen the controversial Jason Kidd in his college days.

Without good teammates, Jason Kidd cannot reflect the value of his statistics, and the same goes for Rondo. Without Liu Mang to contain the defense, without Swift, a physical insider who is good at cutting and eating cakes, without Granger.

How will Rondo perform with a stable wing three-pointer? It's hard to say.

The Mavericks selected Kidd with the second overall pick, and the Hawks actually selected a talent in the middle and late first round of the first round who seemed to have that kind of development momentum. He was also selected in a young super draft. Iverson felt extremely complicated.

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For the Nuggets, the lineup of Iverson, JR Smith, Anthony, Nene, and Camby appears.

Liu Mang is very excited every time he plays against Iverson. The Eagles players have been in pretty good shape recently. In the past ten games, they have 7 wins and 3 losses. Although they are not like the Mavericks, who got 8 wins and 2 losses, their fans are excited.

I still "dislike" such a good record, but this is the performance of the Eagles during the rest.

The record is not as good as the Mavericks, Cavaliers, and Bulls' recent 8-2 record, so the Hawks' wins and losses have not attracted much attention.

The Eagles have attracted attention almost entirely because of Liu Mang, but this does not represent the state of the Eagles. On the contrary...the Eagles have been in excellent form recently!

The fact that the Eagles are in good shape does not depend on how explosive their performance is. If 7 wins and 3 losses were won by Liu Mang or a certain player's explosive statistics, then it is not considered to be in good shape.

In the case of rest, McGrady only played 6 games in the past 10 games, Jason Terry only played 7 games in the past 10 games, Kwame Brown only played 4 games in the past 10 games, and Marion once rested for 5 consecutive games.

In each game, the Eagles still have a record of 7 wins and 3 losses, and the players who returned after the break can still maintain stable performance. For the Eagles, this is considered to be in excellent condition.

In mid-to-late January, Liu Mang scored wildly to help the team start a ten-game winning streak. Initially, it was because his teammates were extremely unstable in the middle of the season. It was possible that he had just scored 30 points in the last game and made two dozen shots in the second game.

Three, you can only get about ten points.

The rest during the All-Star Weekend and the subsequent rest allowed the Eagles to recover well from their physical condition that was on the verge of collapse before the All-Star Weekend.

The Hawks are playing with all their main players, and they are in good shape recently. The players can maintain stable performance even after returning from rest. For the Nuggets, who are only in the second tier of the Western Conference, this is obviously a disaster...

The Eagles played steadily today, and the Nuggets did not have an explosive performance. They also played steadily, and the result of the game was obvious.

The Hawks established a 5-point lead in the first quarter, leading the Nuggets 31 to 26.
To be continued...