From today on is the king

Chapter 104 104. The Western Expedition Begins!
The Eagles only have 11 games in November, and the schedule is quite easy. At any rate, it was predicted that they would be the top four teams in the Eastern Conference before the start of the season, and they took advantage of it.

Although the Eastern Conference is weak, at least it sounds like the top four are also strong teams, so the Eagles are also considered lucky.

As for the weak team, are they tight before and then loose?It doesn't exist. The reason why a weak team is called a weak team is because they basically can't win against anyone, so the schedule for the entire season seems to be very tight.

On December 12, the Eagles played against the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers at home.

The tragedy of small cities is that they can’t make money. Now is not the era when NBA revenues are skyrocketing, and big city teams will give money to small city teams. The goal of weak teams is to make it to the playoffs and get playoff bonuses. At the same time, because they make the playoffs, they can sell tickets for a few more games, and the regular season market for playoff teams will also be good.

If they can't make it to the playoffs, the box office won't be good. They have only one choice, which is to play poorly and try to get the No. [-] pick and choose a super talent who can lead the team to victory.

This is the case with the Cavaliers. Although Cleveland is the capital of Ohio, it is only the No. 20 eighth city in the United States, a small city in the lower reaches of the 50 states in the United States. The entire NBA, including Charlotte of the Hornets and Memphis of the Grizzlies, are poorer than Cleveland.

Therefore, as one of the victims of the last NBA lockout, the Cavaliers can only choose to be the No. [-] pick. This year's goal is the Chinese big man who can make the team go from losing money to making a lot of money as long as they are selected.

The main beneficiary of the Cavaliers' poor performance is their main point guard, Andre Miller, who always holds the ball, and his teammates immediately shoot when it is passed out.

The Cavaliers' record is also amazing, with an assists leader and a record of 3 wins and 12 losses.

The Eagles defended as always, defending first to contain the offensive firepower brought by Andre Miller's assists. In the second team, Liu Mang came up with a wave of scoring to widen the point difference.

It is unlucky to meet an old hooligan, but when he meets Ricky Davis, who is clamoring to choose the little emperor as his helper, Liu Mang has to fly, because this guy in front of him is more ruthless than Liu Mang, and he will not let go of the ball. He is obsessed with statistics.

Liu Mang got a lot of completely open opportunities, made 9 of 5 shots from outside the three-point line, and even made a three-point foul. He easily scored a total of 18 points in the first few minutes of the second, third, and fourth quarters. In addition, when he played against Andre Miller in the first quarter, the pick-and-roll broke through the inside and caused damage by relying on weird inside footsteps, and he scored a total of 25 points!
The characteristic of the second team of the Eagles is that Liu Mang can rush up and advance, and he can play well. Liu Mang’s own offensive containment power has not been enough. He must rely on scoring more to attract the opponent’s attention and have a chance to get assists.

But if the opponent is the Cavaliers, it doesn't exist. In this game, Liu Mang came off the bench and scored 27 points and 25 assists in 5 minutes!Both scoring and assists set new career highs!The previous highest score was 24 points, and the highest assist was when the old hooligan gave up defense in the last game against the old hooligan, forcing the rest of the Wizards to defend the 4 assists sent by Liu Mang.

Cavaliers... Even if they don't help the defense, it is easier to get assists than against the Wizards.

97 to 82, the Eagles easily won the game against the fishy team, avoiding another losing streak.

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

Now the number one in the East is still maintained by the Pistons, with a record of 12 wins and 4 wins and a half game ahead of the Nets with 11 wins and 4 losses.

The difference in wins in the NBA is that when the losses are the same, the one more game won will be half a game ahead, because the side that wins less will have 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 Eagles, the third place is the leader of the Atlantic Division, the Celtics.

In fact, the Pistons and Eagles competed for the first place in the league at the beginning, and it was only a battle between the No. 1 and No. 2006 in the Eastern Conference. According to the provisions of the labor agreement at this stage, No. [-] in the six major divisions must be ranked in the top three in the east and west.

Liu Mang worked very hard against the Cavaliers. He studied his opponents well from the pre-game preparations, and he paid more attention to them than the last time he played against the Cavaliers, because the last time he was completely overwhelmed by strength, not to mention Raheem, Jason Terry was not the Cavaliers can deal with, but this time he was the first scorer. .

Just poor knights.

In addition to finding a punching bag for himself and avoiding losing streaks, another reason why Liu Mang worked so hard against the Cavaliers was to support Raheem and Jason Terry, whose suspensions will soon end!

After a five-match ban, Raheem and Jason Terry have finally lifted their bans and are coming back!
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"Hey, Ace, you got us suspended for so long and fined us so much for fighting for you, so you treat us to KFC? Looks like it's time to implement the team rules!" Jason Terry took a bite of the chicken leg viciously.

If you dislike it, don't eat it!KFC doesn't want money!Liu Mang was very aggrieved: "I was also fined. You see, I have been beating for a month, and the remaining money is less than 1 yuan."

Yes, pretending to be pitiful and acting cute, even though the other party is a bit disgusting from a few old men, but still forcefully acting cute, my brother is only 19 years old, you can just let it go.

A 1.9-meter tall old man is cute, and a few guys who ate chicken burgers almost didn't spit it out.

However, there is still such an honest person.

"Jason, Ace is right. His two-year rookie contract is estimated to be 50 million yuan." Muhammad is still a good man, but suddenly changed the subject. "Not to mention that what you said is very reasonable. The team rules must be implemented. By the way, Jason, what are our team rules, I forgot."

"Ahem, let me think about it," Jason Terry looked at the team rules he was thinking about: "I remembered, since our team was established in the 50s, there has been a rule that every rookie must do a pole dance. Come on, Ace, I know you are very good at this!"

"Why don't you die!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

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After playing 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 to treat these big eaters to dinner.

Complaining is just complaining. This group of people ordered KFC decisively and ordered more than 200 US dollars. Liu Mang wanted to support them to death.

The next game will be in the remote "Far West", playing against the famous Prison City Trail Blazers, and departing for Portland the next morning after playing the Cavaliers.

Go to Portland earlier for more rest time, because the easy schedule in November has passed, and the five-game streak in the Western Conference will begin in December, including games against the Supersonics, Kings and two consecutive defending champion Lakers, which is extremely brutal!
Seeing that the days of playing against the OK group are getting shorter day by day, Liu Mang is working hard to save skill upgrade cards.

In the game against Jordan, apart from getting 5000 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 of points added up, adding up to more than 6300 days of superstar points. Liu Mang used all of them for the lottery draw. He drew 161 skill upgrade cards, 5 steal cards, more than 20 physical potions and more than a dozen primary injury potions, plus the remaining ones before, a total of 165 cards, but it was still not enough!
It's still 5 cards away from raising the bench bandit to level 75, which is a bit far away!
The last game of the Western Expedition's five-game streak was against the Lakers. That game was broadcast live across the United States. Of course, the Eagles belonged to the live broadcast.

But Liu Mang doesn't care if he is lying or not, anyway, he wants to play well in that game!Not only to complete the task, but also to perform well in front of the OK group and win more fans!

Therefore, in the first four games, Liu Mang tried every means to collect enough superstar points to draw 75 skill upgrade cards. At least 3000 to 4000 points are enough, and there is a long way to go!

(End of this chapter)