With the last experience, the Eagles did a better job of defending James at this stage. James played 12 minutes in the first quarter, 9 minutes in the second quarter, and two minutes in the third quarter, totaling 23 minutes.

Minutes, he scored 10 points on 2-for-13 shooting. This was a score that only came after a whistle. In addition, he also had 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Then he was replaced by Paul Silas and was never replaced again.

The Eagles returned to their home court and relied on the momentum of the Devils' home court. Except for James, everyone on the Cavaliers was completely withered. They couldn't make catch-and-shoot shots. James was even more tightly guarded.

114 to 83, a score difference of 31 points...

Liu Mang scored 41 points on 13 of 27 shots, his ninth 40-point performance this season, and led his team to an easy victory.

Last season, Liu Mang only had 11 40-pointers in the entire season. This season, he only played 31 games and already had 9 40-pointers. This is inseparable from the help of McGrady. McGrady once again scored a double-double with 17 points and 10 assists.

Four times, the ball was directly passed to Liu Mang to score, which means McGrady helped Liu Mang score by less than 10 points.

James was abused again. It was rare for ESPN TV broadcasters to broadcast back-to-back games. The commentators were saying that James was too young, his teammates were not good, etc. As another player that ESPN strongly praised, ESPN praised Liu Mang even more intensely than before.

After all, he is an American player.

Compared with James, Liu Mang is much better now. Liu Mang is the kind of player who relies purely on the offensive end, which is equivalent to the kind of player who focuses on offense but not defense. He can have an ability evaluation of 91. James relies on his all-around.

Ability evaluation of only 89.

Liu Mang may not have the talent of James to ensure the team's lower limit, but in terms of raising the team's upper limit, Liu Mang is too strong. When the team's lineup is already stronger than James, Liu Mang is crushing James.

Class.

Seeing James sitting on the technical stage after the game and refusing to leave, Liu Mang came to James before leaving the field.

James still had a smile on his face when he saw Liu Mang coming.

"LeBron, I always forgot to tell you that being able to use your body is a great thing. You are much better than Josh. His physical fitness is the same as yours, but he is far from shutting down on you." Liu Mang said.

James didn't know why Liu Mang said this, but he still smiled and said: "Thank you."

Both games were so miserable that even if the referee intentionally gave him more whistles, there was nothing he could do. James had nothing to say now. He actually didn't think about anything when he was sitting on the technical stage, and his head was in an empty state.

"but……"

Liu Mang said a but, which immediately attracted James' attention. James asked: "But?"

Liu Mang curled his lips and said: "But just being able to use your body to break through and counterattack to score is not enough. You and I play in different ways, but I know that you are only as strong as you are now...it makes me feel so boring to play with you.

Might as well play against Dwyane."

When communicating with James, Liu Mang felt that he might be the easiest among all NBA players. This guy has such a good personality.

This guy is a good guy, just help him...

Compared to Wade, who had O'Neal as his assistant in the early stage, Liu Mang suddenly felt that it was so boring to torture James like this! To torture the guy who was supposed to be the number one player in the future, of course he had to be stronger.

After Liu Mang said that, he turned around and left. No matter what James' understanding was, he was not much older than James, and unlike Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, people from the same country would have extra emotional bonuses in a foreign country. Although the relationship was good,

, but not yet to the point where you can "point" the other party.

At this time, Liu Mang understood why Stockton and Jordan were so different when they gave him guidance. Stockton really taught him as his apprentice, so he dug his heart out and directly told him where he didn't play well.

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Jordan, on the other hand, just regarded him as a junior, saying that Liu Mang was his apprentice, but maybe it was due to his personality. Like Kobe, Jordan taught him things in a vague way, which made Liu Mang confused.

Experience it yourself.

Liu Mang felt that he was not yet at the point where he could give James "some advice," so he just mentioned this matter, specifically... Anyway, James will become the number one player in the league one day, and he has his own way of progress.

, and as far as the future is concerned, it seems to be a very correct way to progress, and Liu Mang did not interfere.

I just want to give James a motivation, otherwise the Eastern Conference will be too boring after O'Neal gets older and before the Celtics' Big Three are formed.

The main thing is that James is a really nice person. Maybe James just wanted to create this image in people's eyes at the beginning, but slowly, he really became the kind of person with a good personality.

Liu Mang rarely saw James arguing with the opponent during the game. This made Liu Mang feel so boring. He was slapped on the floor by Kwame Brown, but he just got up and shot free throws...

Thinking of this, Liu Mang slandered again: He is so strong, he deserves to be beaten and bleeding without even a whistle.

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Liu Mang was sleeping soundly, and a little loli pushed his head: "Uncle! Get up! Dinah is hungry!"

"Sleep a little longer... Dinah, aren't you on vacation? Why don't you sleep a little longer..." Liu Mang turned over.

"Dina is hungry. If she wakes up from hunger, she will not grow taller!"

"..."

"Uncle!"

"Okay, okay, get up." Liu Mang got up helplessly, and was pulled up by the little Lolita to wash up in his pajamas.

After all December games have been played, the Eagles' record improved to 26 wins and 5 losses.

With an easy December schedule, the Eagles are now ranked first in the league!

The Suns, second in the league, have played 33 games and have 26 wins and 7 losses. The Pistons have played 32 games and have 26 wins and 6 losses. The Hawks are temporarily leading the two teams.

Except for the Hawks, Suns, and Pistons, among the remaining 27 teams, the only one that has lost within 10 games is the SuperSonics, which is second in the Western Conference, with 24 wins and 9 losses. The Spurs and Heat both lost.

Played 10 games, 23 wins and 10 losses.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The top eight teams in the Western Conference, from high to low, are the Suns, SuperSonics, Spurs, Mavericks, Rockets, and Kings.

Grizzlies, Lakers.

The Lakers are gradually falling behind when coach Tomjanovich's physical condition is getting worse and he starts to miss games. Of course, it also has a lot to do with Kobe's inability to maintain unlimited physical fitness.

The Lakers are about to be overtaken by the Nuggets.

In the Eastern Conference, the top eight teams in descending order are the Eagles, Pistons, Heat, Bulls, Nets, 76ers, Wizards, Pacers, and the Nets because they are first in the division.

Ranked third in the Eastern Conference.

After playing back-to-back with the Cavaliers, the Hawks got two days of rest.

Liu Mang had a good sleep after playing back-to-back. It was around eight o'clock, almost nine o'clock, when he got up under the torture of the little Loli.

I simply fried two eggs, toasted a few slices of bread, grabbed some lettuce and ham, and ate simply.

After breakfast, Dinah asked Christine Wagner to drive her out to practice guitar with Rasheed Wallace's daughter. I don't know when the little loli started to like musical instruments.

I lost my enthusiasm after a few days, so I started playing again and again.

Liu Mang didn't care, he would always find a hobby he liked.

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After Liu Mang finished his breakfast, he planned to rest for a while and then go to the open-air court in the backyard for training. The team did not train today and the coaching staff was preparing for 15 games this month.

While Liu Mang was resting, he took a look at the general scouting report, team plan, etc. for January that the coaching staff placed in each player's wardrobe after the game last night.

Before each game or every back-to-back, there is a scouting report given by the scout at that time, but before the game starts every month, there is a general scouting report.

Liu Mang looked at the schedule and felt a chill in his heart.

There are only 15 games in January, and only two are back-to-back, but the opponents in the 15 games, except for the Bobcats and Knicks, are all playoff teams!

Even the Knicks were originally regarded as opponents in the playoffs. On the contrary, the Suns, who were originally regarded as opponents to slow down the Hawks, became second in the league...

The Hawks are now not only the most popular team in China that needs to be used to boost ratings in February and March, they are also the most popular team in the United States. Liu Mang himself plus Tracy McGrady's popularity, coupled with the Eagles' record and extraordinary

With a good-looking style of play, they are the most popular duo in the league right now.

The Lakers used to gain popularity in January, but now that the Lakers have collapsed, this matter has fallen to the Hawks.

This month, 8 of the 15 games were broadcast live in the United States illustrate this point.

Three games against the Celtics, two against the Magic, Rockets, Spurs, Suns, Nets, SuperSonics, Wizards, Heat, Kings...

Except for the Knicks and Bobcats, no game is easy to play!

Moreover, the Bobcats have defeated the Eagles once. This team is poisonous!

Just like the Lakers are to the Universe...

The first opponent in January is the Knicks. They will face the Knicks at home on the 3rd. They are not a threatening opponent, so the Eagles coaching staff has time to generally plan the game strategies for the next 14 opponents.

Check out the latest scouting reports to prepare for specific pre-match training.

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The two-day break passed quickly, and on January 3, the Hawks had a home game against the Knicks.

By the middle of the season, some teams have completely entered a stage of numbness, especially teams that lose more and more, and the more numb they become. This is the case with the Knicks.

Now there is no point in scolding Larry Brown. He signed a five-year, 50 million contract with the Knicks. He thought he would show off his skills, but now he has the highest salary among all coaches and has a record of 9 wins and 24 losses.

record, they are competing with the Raptors for the third-worst spot in the Eastern Conference. If the Bobcats and Bucks hadn't been chasing 10 wins this season, the Knicks would have dared to compete with them for vice president.

In the game against the Knicks, the Hawks played very relaxedly throughout the game. This time they did not catch the Knicks in a blow, they played very relaxedly, and the point difference remained at just over 10 points.

Marbury has little fighting spirit now, because Larry Brown arrived a year early, and he entered a situation of constant conflict with the coaching staff a year early.

After Crawford completely failed in the Knicks, he became more and more "accustomed" to playing, because he had always been like this in the previous four years with the Bulls...

Liu Mang played 38 minutes and scored 36 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Tracy McGrady had 21 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists. Kwame Brown had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Jason Terry had 22 points. The Hawks easily defeated the Knicks 108-95.

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Chapter completed!