The Hawks only have 14 games in November, and their schedule is quite easy. After all, they were predicted to be one of the top four teams in the Eastern Conference before the start of the season, so they got a bargain.

Although the Eastern Conference is weak, at least it sounds like the top four are strong teams, so the Eagles are also lucky. The schedule is loose at the beginning and tight at the back according to the standards of strong teams. Except for a few opponents at the beginning, most of them are weak teams.

As for weak teams, do they have to be tight at the front and loose at the back? That doesn't exist. Why are weak teams called weak teams? It's because they basically can't win against anyone, so the entire season schedule seems very tight.

On December 2, the Hawks faced the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers at home.

The tragedy of small cities is that they can't make money. Now is not the time when NBA revenue has further skyrocketed and big city teams will share money with small city teams. The goal of weak teams is to reach the playoffs and get playoff bonuses. At the same time,

Because you enter the playoffs, you can sell more tickets for a few more games, and the regular season market for playoff teams will also be good.

If they can't make the playoffs and the box office won't do well, they have only one option, which is to mess up and try to get the No. 1 pick and select a super talent who can lead the team to victory.

This is the case for the Cavaliers. Although Cleveland is the capital of Ohio, it is only ranked 28th in the United States, a small city in the lower reaches of the 50 states in the United States. The entire NBA, that is, the Hornets

Charlotte and Memphis are poorer than Cleveland.

Therefore, the Cavaliers are sadly one of the victims of the last NBA lockout. They can only choose to play with the No. 1 pick. This year's goal is to pick the one that can turn the team from losing money to making huge profits without having to think too much.

Big guy.

The main beneficiary of the Cavaliers' failure is their main point guard Andre Miller. He always holds the ball, and his teammates will shoot immediately after passing it out, and his assists will skyrocket. In fact, Andre Miller's assist ability

Although it is good, it is far from the level of assist king. In the years when the overall strength of the entire career was the best, it was only 6 or 7 assists. After playing more than a dozen games this year, it was surprisingly averaging 10 assists per game.

Amazing statistics of 16 points, 12 assists and 5 rebounds.

The Cavaliers also have an amazing record, leading the team in assists with a record of 3 wins and 12 losses.

The Eagles continued to fight against the defense as always, first holding on to contain the offensive firepower brought by Andre Miller when he made an assist, and then Liu Mang from the second team came up and scored a wave to widen the point difference.

It is unlucky for a young hooligan to meet an old gangster, but when meeting Ricky Davis, who clamored that the little emperor was chosen to be his assistant, Liu Mang had to fly, because the guy in front of him was even more gangster than Liu Mang.

He never lets go of the ball and is obsessed with data. On the defensive end, he doesn't care about the shooter at all and is always ready to rush back inside to grab defensive rebounds.

Liu Mang got a lot of completely open opportunities, making 5 of 9 shots from beyond the three-point line, and even got a three-point foul. He easily scored in the second and third quarters and the first few minutes of the fourth quarter.

18 points, plus in the first quarter when he played against Andre Miller, he broke through the inside on a pick-and-roll and caused damage with his weird inside steps, a total of 25 points!

The characteristic of the Eagles' second lineup is that Liu Mang plays well if he can rush forward and soar in. Liu Mang's own offensive containment has never been enough. He must rely on scoring more to attract the opponent's attention and have a chance to win.

assist opportunities, otherwise Liu Mang will make too many shots and fail to make them. When he needs to slow down and adjust his feelings, he can only rely on two unreliable guys, Muhammad and Ratliff, to hit hard in the paint and hit high.

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But if the opponent is the Cavaliers, there will be no such thing. In this game, Liu Mang came off the bench and scored 25 points and 5 assists in 27 minutes! Both points and assists set a new career high! The previous highest score was 24 points, and the highest assist was

During a game against the old hooligan, the old hooligan gave up defense and forced the rest of the Wizards to cover up the four assists sent by Liu Mang.

The Cavaliers...even if they don't cover up, it's easier to get assists than it is against the Wizards.

97 to 82, the Eagles easily won this game against the Fishbowl team and avoided another losing streak.

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After defeating the Cavaliers, the Hawks' record became 10 wins and 5 losses, stabilizing the precarious fourth position in the Eastern Conference.

Currently, the Pistons still hold the first place in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 12 wins and 4, half a game ahead of the Nets, who have 11 wins and 4 losses.

The NBA's winning margin is when the losing games are the same, one more long game victory will lead to half a game, because the side that wins less has a chance to win the next game.

The third place in the Eastern Conference is not the Magic. Although the Magic's record has almost caught up with the Hawks, the third place is the Celtics, the leader of the Atlantic Division.

In fact, at the beginning, the lively battle between the Pistons and the Hawks for the league's first place was only between the first and fourth place in the Eastern Conference. According to the provisions of the current collective bargaining agreement, the first place in the six major divisions must be ranked according to the record.

The top three in the Eastern and Western Conferences did not have new regulations until the new version of the labor agreement in 2006, which slightly weakened the advantage of being first in the division.

Liu Mang worked very hard in the Cavaliers game. He studied his opponent very well before the game and paid more attention to it than the last time he played against the Cavaliers, because the last time he played against the Cavaliers was completely overwhelming, not to mention Raheem.

, Jason Terry alone was not something the Cavaliers could deal with, and this time he was the leading scorer. He had thoroughly studied the opponent's weaknesses in perimeter defense and pick-and-roll defense, and when he was targeted, he was finally abused by Jordan.

After one game, I found an opponent to vent my anger to and regained some face.

I just pity the knight.

In addition to finding a punching bag for himself and avoiding a losing streak, another reason why Liu Mang worked so hard against the Cavaliers is to catch up with Raheem and Jason Terry, who are about to end their suspensions!

After being suspended for five games, Raheem and Jason Terry are finally lifted from the ban and are coming back!

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"Hey, Ace, fighting for you caused us to be suspended for so long and fined so much money, so you treat us to KFC? It seems it's time to enforce the team rules!" Jason Terry chewed fiercely

Had a bite of chicken drumsticks.

If you don't like it, don't eat it! KFC doesn't cost money! Liu Mang felt aggrieved: "I was also fined. Look, I've been fighting for a month and the remaining money is less than 10,000 yuan."

Yes, you are pretending to be pitiful and cute. Even though the other party is a few big men, it is a bit disgusting, but you still forcefully act cute. My brother is only 19 years old, so you can just do it.

A tall man who was over 1.9 meters tall looked so cute, and several guys who were eating chicken drumsticks and burgers almost vomited.

However, there is still such an honest person.

"Jason, Ace is right. The total money he got from his two-year rookie contract is estimated to be four to five million." Muhammad was still a good old man, but the conversation suddenly changed, "I don't think you are right.

Logically speaking, team rules must be enforced. By the way, Jason, I forgot what our team rules are."

"Ahem, let me think about it," Jason Terry said as he saw the current team rules: "I remembered that since we established the team in the 1950s, there has been a rule that every rookie must do a pole dance.

, come on, Ace, I know you’re good at this!”

"Why don't you die!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

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After playing against the Cavaliers, Jason Terry and Raheem came back. Liu Mang also wanted to find a cheap place to treat them to dinner in Atlanta, but he only had one day off, so he went to Portland to order takeout.

It’s time for the big eaters to eat.

Complaints are complaints. This group of people decisively ordered KFC, which cost more than two hundred dollars. Liu Mang wanted to support them to death.

The next game was in the faraway "Far West", playing the Trail Blazers in the famous prison city. After playing the Cavaliers, they set off for Portland the morning after.

Arrive in Portland earlier to have more time to rest, because the relaxed schedule in November has passed, and December has been a brutal five-game trip to the Western Conference, including games against the SuperSonics, Kings, and the two consecutive defending champion Lakers.

Extremely cruel!

Seeing that the time to compete with OK combination is getting shorter day by day, Liu Mang is working hard to save skill upgrade cards.

In the game against Jordan, in addition to getting 5,000 superstar points because of that sentence, there were also some scattered points. The data in the game against the Cavaliers was also very good, with hundreds more points, adding up to more than 6,300 superstar points.

It was worth it, Liu Mang used it all for the lottery, and drew 161 skill upgrade cards, 5 stealing cards, more than 20 physical potions and a dozen primary injury potions, plus the remaining ones from before,

There are 165 photos in total, but it’s still not enough!

There are still 75 cards left to upgrade the bench gangster to level 5, which is quite a bit!

The last game of the five-game Western Expedition was against the Lakers. That game was broadcast live across the United States. Of course, the Hawks were the ones that took advantage of the live broadcast.

But Liu Mang doesn't care whether he is cheating or not, he wants to do well in that game anyway! Not only does he want to complete the task, but he also wants to perform well in front of the ok group and win more fans!
Chapter completed!