129 to 112, the Hawks defeated the Mavericks and won their fourth consecutive victory.

Liu Mang was a little regretful that he did not see the Mavericks reaching the end. The western part of this time and space was very different from the original time and space, and Liu Mang could not predict what the outcome would be in the western part of the world.

The Spurs, who did not win the championship and have no sense of slack, Kobe, who got a super center in his peak period, and the Mavericks, who are still strong, which of the three teams can have the last laugh? Anyway, the last ten games of the Hawks and these three

Two of these teams will definitely play each other for the last time this season.

However, the Mavericks gave up strategically, and Liu Mang had already expected this after opening the point difference to 21 points.

There is nothing wrong with the Mavericks' strategic abandonment. The coaches brought out by Nelson are relatively utilitarian and very accurate. Popovich and Johnson both consider the team's playoffs. If it does not affect their own playoffs,

Ranking, they will even take the initiative to lose. For example, in the original time and space in the 2006-07 season, the Mavericks finally let the Warriors into the playoffs and did not want to compete with the Clippers in those two years of "peak period"...

Revenge against the Mavericks, the Eagles won 4 consecutive games.

The day after the game, the Hawks immediately flew to San Antonio, where they would rest for one night before challenging the Spurs away from home on the 31st.

With 66 wins and 7 losses, 73 games played, and nine games left before the playoffs, the Eagles' playoff atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger.

In the afternoon in San Antonio, the four main ball handlers Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Calderon, and Iguodala were called to the hotel conference room by the coaching staff to discuss playoff issues with the coaching staff.

The Eagles have secured first place in the league. Although there is still a small goal in the regular season, the focus is on the playoffs. Once there is any problem at the end of the regular season, the Eagles coaching staff will decisively give up the goal of breaking the historical record and focus on the postseason.

race.

The start time of the Eagles' playoffs has been determined. It will be on April 21st, and they will play the league's first playoff game this season with the eighth team in the Eastern Conference as the playoff opener.

As for the eighth opponent, the Eagles don't particularly care. The focus is on the opponents in the second round and the Eastern Conference Finals.

The most likely opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals is the Heat. The Pistons are currently ranked third in the Eastern Conference purely because of their strong lineup. It seems very difficult to defeat the Heat, which made massive reinforcements last summer.

As for the opponent in the second round, it’s really hard to say.

The main reason is that Liu Mang feels that the Cavaliers will not be too bad in the playoffs. No matter who ranks fourth in the Eastern Conference between the 76ers and the Nets, Liu Mang does not feel that they are sure to win.

What impressed Liu Mang deeply about James in the original time and space was that he had never been eliminated in the first round. Playing in the playoffs for the first time in his career, he broke Arenas' psychological barrier, and Arenas was in the original

In the 2004-05 season in time and space, he had already led the team to the second round.

However, the 76ers and Nets are not Wizards. Neither Iverson nor Kidd has such a fragile mentality. Coupled with the changes in Iverson's style of play and Webber, who averages 20.9.3 per game at the tail end of his peak, Kidd is also injured.

Carter.

Even if James usually performs better in the playoffs than in the regular season, Liu Mang cannot predict the outcome of the Cavaliers' encounter with these two teams.

The Hawks coaching staff did not want to guess the playoff goals through a simple meeting. It is not like there are no upsets in the NBA.

There will be many such meetings, and they will definitely happen every three to five. They will not be finalized until the end of the regular season, and if there are any changes in the playoffs, they will be adjusted immediately according to the changes.

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On the last day of March, after a night's rest in San Antonio, the Hawks came to the ATT Center to prepare for the game against the Spurs.

For the Spurs, the schedule at the end of the season is not so friendly. When the Hawks came to San Antonio yesterday, they just went to New Orleans to play the Hornets. They won the game and the number of wins increased to 55 wins, further solidifying the first place in the Western Conference.

position, but when we return home today, we will face the challenge of the Eagles.

By the end of the season, the Eagles finally enjoyed the feeling they had at the beginning of the season when their opponents had tough schedules and they could easily cope with them.

The race is loose in the front, tight in the middle, and loose in the back. After passing the most difficult stage, the sea and the sky will be bright for birds to fly!

Popovich finds it difficult to understand Liu Mang's continuous evolution year after year.

How can someone keep making progress?

During Liu Mang's rookie season, Popovich wanted to bring him into the team. He originally wanted to use the same trick as the Wizards to poach Arenas, but in the summer of 2003, the Hawks announced that they had extended Liu Mang's rookie contract for one year.

, this approach is the first time in NBA history after the salary cap and Bird Rights clause. No team is willing to sacrifice their wallets like that.

Even the Rockets' initial offer to Yao Ming was not a maximum salary. Until Yao Ming's showdown negotiations, the Rockets were still expecting Yao Ming not to renew his contract with a maximum salary...

The Hawks would rather let Liu Mang get the maximum salary starting from the fourth grade, and the maximum salary on a long-term contract. They would rather give Liu Mang more in the second contract than other teams can give him like Arenas, which is more every year.

The salary Liu Mang could get in other teams was almost 50% more, and if he wanted to keep Liu Mang, Popovich knew that it was impossible to get Liu Mang.

Now Popovich feels that he still underestimated his original expectations for Liu Mang.

In the last match, Liu Mang's miraculous three-pointer made Popovich feel like he would be killed in 39 seconds every time he played against Liu Mang...

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At 6:30 in the evening, the game between the Eagles and the Spurs officially started.

This time, it was finally the Hawks' turn to play the game as a better-prepared team. The Spurs played back-to-back games and had almost no time to prepare.

After the game started, the Spurs were afraid of Liu Mang's three-pointers and defended very closely. Liu Mang used his three-point threat to get many opportunities to break through and shoot mid-range jumpers, forcing the Spurs to start flanking him in the mid-range.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If you can't guard against Liu Mang's three-pointers, you will not be able to guard against Liu Mang's breakthroughs. If you just let Liu Mang go to the three-point position that he is not particularly good at, Liu Mang will not be like him now.

Before the Spurs played against each other, they were still worried about efficiency, and they were forced to shoot three-pointers that they were not particularly good at! If they scored, they would win, and if they didn't, they would be fine on defense.

Playing against the Spurs, Liu Mang gets more and more frustrated the more he plays!

The Spurs were playing hard and fast, and were forced into the same mode as when they encountered Nowitzki and Kobe Bryant. Either they would be flanked in the mid-range and be passed to death, or they would be killed by Liu Mang in the mid-range.

After the All-Star Weekend, Liu Mang's shooting became better and better, and his condition became better and better. Part of the reason was because his physical talent had been strengthened. Although the training in the middle of the season failed to improve his mid-range shooting, it did.

He has gotten better at maintaining the consistency of his mid-range shots.

In addition to Liu Mang, Jason Terry, who is in great form, also shot well today, and Tracy, who hates Duncan for not going to the Magic. He faced the Spurs during the Magic period and lost 7 games in a row without winning a game. Now he is very excited to play against the Spurs.

McGrady, he was also furious today.

Liu Mang had almost no three-point opportunities, but had many mid-range shots. He passed the ball when flanked, and decisively played one-on-one mid-range singles without flanking. He made 11 of 21 shots from the field, including 7 mid-range shots and 1 three-pointer.

3 layups, 5 of 6 free throws, 28 points, in addition to 12 assists!

McGrady has more three-point opportunities, and he has an obvious height advantage. When he wants to wander, he can have three-point opportunities in any position. He made 5 of 11 three-pointers and 8 of 16 from the field, scoring 23 points steadily.

Jason Terry also scored 21 points, and Mitaka scored 72 points together!

Sanying made accurate shots from mid- to long-range. The Spurs' defensive focus was mainly on defending the perimeter. Liu Mang passed a lot of balls to Kwame Brown, Josh Smith, and Iguodala who were cutting in. The Eagles took advantage of this.

He was weak against the Spurs and suppressed the Spurs from the beginning.

On the Spurs side, although Duncan's smile is still warm, Ginobili, who is in poor physical condition, performed very badly in this game. Although he is a super nerve knife, he is still a nerve knife after all. There are times when he performs poorly. This game is auspicious.

Nobili made only 2 of 9 shots against Prince and scored only 5 points.

Even though Duncan scored a steady 27 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists, Sprewell and Finley both scored 15 points, but they were unable to save the defeat.

Parker scored 6 points on 2 of 7 shots, and Ginobili scored 5 points on 2 of 9 shots. It was too painful for the Spurs. No matter how good the role players performed, two of the three core players only scored 11 points together.

, the rest of the Spurs can't do anything, the opponent's role players also performed very well, and all three main scorers scored 20 points!

109 to 91, the Hawks easily defeated the Spurs and won their 5th consecutive victory.

67 wins and 7 losses, 8 games left!

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The Mavericks and Spurs were rubbed against each other by the Hawks one after another, leaving fans who had high expectations for these two teams to defeat the Hawks feeling a bit overwhelmed!

The Eagles have won 67 games!

The Eagles only need to win 5 of the next eight games to tie the Bulls' record, and if they win 6, they can break the record!

The media naturally found Boss Joe, who was taking advantage of the team's weakness to lower the price and wanted to buy most of the Bobcats' shares.

Boss Qiao didn't look very good when he was being interviewed, but he still managed to smile: "Records are always broken. My six championships, two three consecutive championships, and six finals MVPs will also be broken one day.

People break it, so I don’t feel worried at all, but I hope to see this scene. I hope that my six finals MVPs can be broken by others one day.”

Returning to Atlanta the next day after playing the Spurs, Liu Mang was finally able to take a good two days of rest before playing the last regular season game against the Cavaliers this season on the 3rd.

So Liu Mang saw Boss Qiao crazily hinting at his six Finals MVP awards while having afternoon tea...

With Boss Qiao's behavior, normal people can see that Boss Qiao is angry.

But Liu Mang couldn't control what the teacher thought. The best thing was to challenge the strongest.

Next, there are games against the Cavaliers, 76ers, Suns, and Lakers, four games in 11 days, a wonderful schedule.

Liu Mang finally had enough time to study his opponent and make preparations.

On April 1st, Liu Mang returned to Atlanta and refused ESPN's invitation to record a live show. He really didn't have the heart to care about that this year. 73 wins is important!

Boss Qiao’s 1995-96 star card makes me drool when I think of Liu Mang.

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On April 2, the day before the Hawks and Cavaliers met for the fourth time this season, James and his teammates came to this sad city.
Chapter completed!