From mid-January to late February, the two consecutive winning streaks finally began to break in the second half of the season.

Different from the past three years when there were outstanding young players on the rotation, Boozer, Iguodala, Josh Smith, Rasheed Wallace... and other players left, allowing the Hawks to take the rotation.

At that time, it no longer had the dominance it had in the past few years.

Among the new players, Swift, after the game against the Lakers, the league added a flagrant foul to him. His action of clamping Radmanovic's head after dunking was too dangerous, and the league re-examined Radmanovic.

When Vicki received a technical foul, he accidentally discovered that he could also fine Swift a sum of money...

The Hawks began to lose games due to the rest period, but for a long time the fans' attention was completely attracted by Liu Mang personally and... the Los Angeles Lakers!

On Liu Mang's part, this was partly because his shots were flying. After the All-Star Weekend, he scored at least 30 points in several consecutive games. Although there was no game with more than 40 points, it was frighteningly stable.

The game averaged 33.4 points, slightly higher than the previous average.

But this is not the main reason for Liu Mang’s high attention, because the Eagles played 4 games in 5 days at the end of February, and 5 games in 9 days from the 2nd to the 10th at the beginning of March, that is, they played 9 games in 15 days.

In the brutal schedule, they only achieved a record of 6 wins and 3 losses. Although it is not bad, with a winning rate of 67%, it is not good either, it is quite satisfactory.

The Eagles' record has become 46 wins and 19 losses. There is still a gap between the Bulls and the Cavaliers, the three teams that have won 50 games.

The main thing is that Liu Mang made the Lakers go crazy!

On February 25, 2007, during halftime of the Eagles' game against the Nets, Liu Mang's "Details" aired an episode analyzing Kobe's playing style and methods of defending him.

This time, Liu Mang tried his best to list all the ways he could think of to defend against Kobe, the players he thought were effective in defending Kobe, the way that player defended Kobe, tips, and the system suitable for defending against Kobe...

After analyzing everything, this episode lasted for 30 minutes. During the intermission, there was only an overview and a preview of the post-game program. After the game, ESPN also put on a program and featured several so-called experts and retired athletes.

Football stars come to analyze Liu Mang's long-form "Details" program.

On the 24th, ESPN began to preview the game between the Hawks and the Nets on the 25th, and would broadcast a program analyzing Kobe. When Kobe knew the news, he was very calm, thinking that he had expected it.

But...he didn't expect that his analysis was a deluxe version, which lasted for 30 minutes, with various tactics and more than a dozen ways to defend against him...

Kobe himself also watched this show. The more he watched it, the more terrified he became!

It’s not that no one analyzed him, but most of them were after a certain game in which he performed poorly. Some media, experts, and fans analyzed the reasons for his poor performance at that time. There may also be people who have studied and analyzed it comprehensively.

But Kobe has never seen such a comprehensive analysis!

When Kobe saw Liu Mang's PPT, he broke down his skills and analyzed them one by one, from a technical perspective, a tactical perspective, and a defensive selection perspective...

After watching the entire 30-minute Liu Mang personal program, as well as the pause in the middle, experts and retired players conducted in-depth analysis. The program lasted for 90 minutes in total, and Kobe felt like his chrysanthemums were getting cold!

He felt like he didn't even understand himself that well!

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After the details of the "Deluxe Edition" were broadcast, the "Essence Edition" was replayed the next day. This was strongly requested by fans. Some fans did not want to see the expert analysis and only wanted to see Liu Mang's analysis.

For a time, there was a new "theory" in the basketball circle called "Snake Science".

Fans always love to over-interpret...

"Ace's program seems to be analyzing Kobe, but I feel like it's analyzing all skills! He just chose Kobe, who is proficient in almost all outside skills, as the protagonist to analyze. Using Kobe as a prototype, he analyzes to us how to defend like

How to defend a player with Kobe's personality and all-round skills?

Ace's success is not unreasonable. He probably knows his opponents better than the opponents themselves.

If this is Ace's regular homework, it would be terrible."

First of all, a netizen put forward such an argument. It was okay at first and not many people paid attention to it, but it gradually became popular!

The reason for the popularity is that on February 28, during the game between the Lakers and Spurs, another "deluxe edition" episode of "Details" was released.

The object of analysis this time is Yao Ming...

The Lakers lost this game. The players were originally depressed after losing, but as soon as they returned to the locker room, they saw the ESPN TV station that broadcast the game broadcasting the second episode of the "Deluxe Edition" "Details"...

Analyzing Yao Ming and Liu Mang, of course, also worked very hard. It was not as long as Kobe Bryant's 30 minutes, but it was still 17 minutes, which was 70% longer than the normal program time of about 10 minutes.

After Kobe Bryant was analyzed, the Spurs actually used some of the methods Liu Mang mentioned. The effect...it's hard to say, but the Spurs won.

Now Yao Ming is being analyzed again!

But this... is just the beginning...

On March 2, the Cavaliers will play the Suns, on March 6, the SuperSonics will play the Magic, and on March 7, the Jazz will play the Nuggets...

The five episodes Liu Mang recorded that afternoon were broadcast by ESPN Sports after their popular games from the end of February to the beginning of March. Taking advantage of Liu Mang's popularity and the original popularity of the live broadcast,

The popularity of the game has made Liu Mang's five episodes of "Lakers Series Deluxe Edition" and "Details" very popular!

A basketball knowledge called "Snake Science" has become popular in the NBA!

Correspondingly, the Lakers have entered a desperate stage...

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Kobe, Yao Ming, Gasol, Odom and... Zen Master!

The four core players plus a head coach were all analyzed by Liu Mang!

Is it a big impact?

Of course it’s very big!

There are always teams and players who will try the defensive methods that Liu Mang mentioned. There are always teams that have players that Liu Mang imagined are best suited to guard against Kobe, Yao Ming, and Gasol, which have caused a lot of trouble for the Lakers.

Liu Mang attacked one after another, five consecutive attacks, which made the Zen Master want to vomit blood: "Didn't I just trick you? That's all!"

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"Snakeology? How could it be named after that guy's nickname?" Liu Mang looked at the "Snakeology" that already had an entry on Wikipedia. It was so popular!

The founder of "Snake Theory" is named Liu, with both Chinese and English names, which makes him very satisfied. However, the name of this "study" is actually named after "Black Mamba", which is a snake.

named.

"Forget it, for the sake of being a hooligan, please forgive you fans who are so imaginative."

Liu Mang felt really amazing when he saw the rogue value starting to rise rapidly again.

He just wanted to spite the Lakers, but unexpectedly he actually came up with a basketball theory.

To be honest, for a basketball player, this is a huge thing. It is difficult for sports to be related to knowledge, but it is not always the case.

For example, the future of data basketball is closely related to probability, statistics, etc., and the psychological warfare used by some coaches or players also has a lot to do with applied psychology.

But those are not to the extent that Liu Mang is regarded as a "doctrine" now!

Perhaps not so many people accept this or recognize it now, but once it has started, it may really develop to a level that even Liu Mang himself cannot imagine.

"Leave a name through the ages? I don't know how long basketball can last, but as long as the NBA exists for one day, my name will not be erased!"

Thinking of this, Liu Mang couldn't help but get excited.

But... after getting excited, he has to do something that Liu Mang is not willing to do...

I had just returned to Atlanta and hadn't even had a good rest yet. I just read Wikipedia for a while when Schwartz called...

"Interview on SBC TV station? Not going!... 1 million? I'm going!

Georgia State University Sports Institute Lecture? What can I talk about...Nike sponsorship? Is there any money?...Yes! Then I'll go!

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After hanging up the phone, Liu Mang felt like his body had been hollowed out...

The Eagles finally got a chance to rest for three days. There were no games from the 11th to the 13th. Of course, that means there were 11 games from the 14th to the 31st...

The Hawks have the holidays on the 11th and 12th, start training on the 13th, and play back-to-back home games against the Bobcats and Nuggets on the 14th and 15th.

Liu Mang originally planned to practice shooting and spend his rest day on the 12th, but he didn't expect to receive four announcements in one day...

After hearing that the four announcements totaled US$3 million, Liu Mang agreed without even thinking about it...

In the afternoon, the little girl who came back from school immediately ran to Liu Mang's room and jumped on Liu Mang. Seeing Liu Mang's half-dead look, she was very puzzled. The uncle who always loves to show off is so popular now and shouldn't be energetic.

Are you dragging her to show off? Why are you so soft today?

Little Loli is very excited recently. The theory of "Snake Science" has become popular in the past few days, that is, when the Eagles went to play three consecutive away games. Due to the strength of the Eagles, the Atlanta sports world has been

Basketball is the main focus, and the Eagles are often discussed in the school. Little Loli wants to share with Liu Mang the things he heard from his classmates boasting about Liu Mang. As a child, he boasts without limit...

But I didn't expect to see a softened uncle when I came back...

"Uncle, stand up!"

"If you don't get up, uncle is so tired."

"Why? Are you sick?" Little Loli touched Liu Mang's forehead, "I don't have a fever!"

"...Dina, do you think it's okay for me to get a master's degree, a doctorate, a postdoctoral degree or something? It seems very simple!"

"watt?"

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To be continued...