From today on is the king

Chapter 610 609. A Good Hooligan Who Considers His Compatriots

Liu Mang and Yao Ming's Chinese players fought against Biao, which aroused huge repercussions after the match.

Needless to say domestically, Yao Ming's 43 points in three quarters and Liu Mang's 35+12+6 all made domestic fans and sports media extremely excited.

Liu Mang’s side is alright, he has already got better statistics, he scored 50 points in a single game in his rookie year, while Yao Ming, as a center, scored 43 points in the second grade. Not only the domestic fans really saw the world’s top dual core inside and outside the national team, but the American fans and the media were shocked.

24投16中，罚球居然13罚11中, 拿到43分, 8篮板有点磕碜, 但面对拿到20分14篮板的夸梅-布朗和9分15篮板的拉希姆，只拿到8个篮板也不是什么特别不能接受的事情，篮板没抢好，但姚明有7个助攻！
Yao Ming has averaged only two assists per game so far in his career, and this is the first time he has more than five assists!The main reason is that Van Gundy is not very good at supporting center. He is an old-fashioned coach. His style of play is similar to that of Pat Riley and Mourning. He only needs to dig inside and lacks flexibility. He is far inferior to his teacher Pat Riley.

Can score, can be a pillar of the basket, and can pass the ball when needed!
In addition to O'Neal, perhaps Duncan is also considered a center. Except for these two, after the other three of the four major centers have aged, it has been several years since I have seen any other center who is as dominant as Yao Ming. Yao Ming is popular in the United States this time!
Not because of the No. 20 pick, not because Barkley kissed the ass when he scored [-] points against the Lakers when O'Neal was injured, but because of his truly dominant performance, he became popular in the United States!
After O'Neal knew that Yao Ming played such a performance in three quarters, he said that Yao Ming was his only opponent.

Although facing Liu Mang temporarily at a disadvantage in the domestic No.1 competition, Yao Ming's popularity in the United States has soared!
Everyone loves a dominant center, and everyone is crazy about a dominant center, from ancient times to the present and even in the future.

In the original history, Yao Ming also scored 40+ in the second grade, and he scored 41 points, 16 rebounds and 7 assists, made 21 of 15 shots, and played 50 minutes, three overtimes, and scored 8 points in the last overtime.

However, just like Yao Ming’s physical problems in this game, it seems that Yao Ming played 3 minutes in the 50 overtime game, but he basically didn’t play much in the second and third quarters of the game.

But despite physical problems, Yao Ming still let people see the hope of the traditional center!

O'Neal is a non-traditional center, as he said himself, he is a unique genius in NBA history, a true traditional center is a player with low post and shooting, such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Olajuwon, and now Yao Ming has also shown this ability.

Controlling Yao Ming's time on the court and having a really super giant perimeter allows him to play easily in regular time, which is definitely much higher than his original achievements.

Except for the first time he won the championship, O'Neal worked hard to win the scoring champion and double MVP. During the next two championships, he had to rest for more than ten or twenty games each season.

And Yao Ming has Olajuwon to guide his footsteps from time to time. Of course, he can’t be as exaggerated as O’Neal in terms of body, but he is also the number one inside killer in the NBA besides O’Neal and Duncan. Yao Ming also has mid-range shooting ability.
There are big centers with shooting and low positions, and their careers are very long. The best example is Sabonis, whose legs were injured like that, and he played until he was 39 years old before retiring.

In the same way, let the next opponents of the Rockets have a way to deal with the Rockets, which is to consume Yao Ming!
Once again, Liu Mang exposed Yao Ming's weaknesses in advance. After seeing the media's various analysis posts or newspaper news on Yao Ming, Liu Mang said that he deserved this little giant for wanting to grab his domestic No. 1... No, he felt sad and relieved for Yao Ming. This is to hone his national team partner!Let Yao Ming understand his physical problems early, learn how to allocate his physical fitness well, communicate with the team early, and make choices that are more beneficial to him.

This is for the good of Yao Ming!
Liu Mang felt that he was too considerate of his compatriots.

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After playing the Rockets, the Eagles did not leave Houston immediately, because the next game was played on the 13th, and the Eagles had three days to rest.

This time is quite embarrassing, let’s go back to Atlanta, it’s too short, let’s go to San Antonio, that exotic place in San Antonio, whether the players can control their three legs is a very serious problem.

During this trip to Texas, the Eagles coaching staff discussed with Liu Mang, core players such as Raheem, Jason Terry, Rasheed Wallace, and the veteran Stockton. The last game against the Spurs is very important!

The top three in Texas, since the mid-to-late 90s, have inexplicably become the deadly road trip of other teams in the league. Since the three teams are in the same state, all teams in the league will come here for a three-game trip almost every year. The weird thing is that no matter what the records of these three teams are, every time other teams come here to play a three-game trip, they will peel off their skin. No, but inexplicably, as long as the opponent plays the Texas three-runner, they are as fierce as tigers.

In addition, in the past 80 years from the 20s to the present, the Rockets, Spurs, and Mavericks have reached their peak one by one. The first two teams have won the championship in the past ten years, and the Mavericks have also become the favorite team for the championship. This year, the top three in Texas collectively ranked in the playoffs.

If the Eagles lose in the first two games of this trip to Texas, the third game against the Spurs will not be so critical, but it is precisely because they have won the first two games that the last game against the Spurs becomes particularly critical.

In the past three years, no team has been able to win all three games when the schedule has a Texas three-game streak. The last time this was done was the Lakers in the 1999-2000 season.

The Eagles now have a chance to do just that!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Mang wants to let the team really establish the momentum of the favorites for the championship!For Liu Mang, this is the key to making the team truly strong!
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On the night of the 10th, I went out for a little gathering with Yao Ming. After returning to the hotel, Liu Mang looked at the latest scouting report, about the Spurs. However, his attention was focused on his own team's record.

17 wins and 4 losses.

Unknowingly, the Eagles have widened the gap with other teams.

The second Pacers in the league are only 15 wins and 7 losses, and the third Timberwolves are 14 wins and 8 losses. The Eagles gradually have the feeling of standing out in the regular season.

It is true that this start can only rank ninth in the history of the NBA, which is a bit worse than the Lakers' 1999-2000 start in the 20-4 season.

However, this is the best start in more than 50 years for the Eagles, which has never had such a good start.

Similarly, it is Liu Mang's best start in the three years since he entered the NBA.

Moreover, judging the strength of the team by comparing the record should be compared in the same season. The Eagles are now the team with the best record in the league!
However, it was not enough for Liu Wei. It may be that the Hawks have been playing in a humble manner because they lost to the Nets in the playoffs in the past two years.

Of course, this is no problem, even a good mentality, maintaining pressure and motivation, and responding with a humble attitude, can avoid being often upset in the abuse of food, and can better play your own strength when playing against strong teams.

But humility alone is not enough!Liu Mang hopes that his team can have that kind of confidence!

For his own team, Liu Mang always felt that something was missing.

After the game he lost to the Celtics, Liu Mang thought about this question from time to time. Although he didn't think too much about it at first, he played game by game with a humble attitude, and his record gradually pulled away from other teams, ranking first in the league, but he still felt that something was missing.

Until this trip to Texas, the Spurs are about to be played, and Popovich said that he doesn't care who is the first in the regular season, they are the defending champions.

Liu Mang felt that he might have found the lost thing.

Yes, that's what's missing. In Liu Mang's rookie season, the Hawks were desperate, and I was the number one in the Eastern Conference.

Although the loss to the Nets in the first year was a bit miserable, at that time the Eagles counterattacked all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, relying on the barefoot posture that was not afraid of wearing shoes at the beginning.

But now the Eagles are always worried about being surpassed by this and that, and they lack that fearless temperament.

Of course, the current Eagles must not be barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes. Liu Mang feels that his lineup is no worse than the Lakers, but that feeling is similar. Liu Mang feels that his team now lacks a kind of pride and confidence as the strongest team!
Just like the OK combination, it is domineering vertically and horizontally.

Or like the Spurs, they don't talk much, but when they hear their names, they know that they are a championship team, and they also have such confidence.

No matter how bad it is, you have to be like the Nets. After losing the finals, the opponent recruited. Kidd bluntly said that he was only 8 points away from winning the championship, because the Nets only lost 6 points in two games in the finals. Kidd has great desire and confidence to say that.

The Lakers are the first dynasty team in the new century, and the Spurs have won two championships in the past five years. Even the Nets, except for the Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Bulls, Rockets, Bulls, Lakers, and Jazz, are the only team that has reached the finals for two consecutive years since the 80s.

Although the Eagles are a veteran team in the NBA, their team history does not have a deep foundation, and the core lineup is also young people who have just risen. At the beginning, they could have the momentum of being barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, but after becoming a stable and strong team, they put their attitude too low.

Humility is not impossible, but only the strong can use the word humility to describe it!

A humble attitude can keep the Eagles from being too careless when dealing with weak teams, but an attitude of incomparable confidence in themselves, even a little bit of the arrogance of the Lakers and Spurs, is the attitude that a real championship team should have!
What's the use of losing a few less games to weak teams in the regular season?Really want to say, fart useless.

The Spurs have only won 20 championships in 5 years, and the Lakers have won 11 championships in 5 years. Of course, Liu Wei knows that this cannot be generalized, but Liu Wei thinks there is some truth to it. After Duncan failed to win the championship in 13, he obviously made more efforts against strong teams in the second year of the regular season.
The humble attitude keeps the focus on the game, and the arrogant attitude allows the team to show the momentum that a strong team should have. When encountering other strong teams, don't be overwhelmed by the opponent in terms of morale. Liu Mang doesn't know if this idea is too extreme, but it is definitely not wrong.

And this trip to Texas, Liu Mang felt that it was the best opportunity to build the proud capital of his team!
As the core of the team, Liu Mang is ready to take on the responsibilities that a core should have. The team does not have the arrogance in this aspect, so he needs to inspire this arrogance!
Duncan's Spurs are undoubtedly the best opponent to establish the team's psychological advantage. Whether it is the last game of Texas' three-game streak or not, as long as they can defeat the defending champion Spurs, the Eagles will have a huge psychological advantage. It happens to be the last game of Texas' three-game streak.
Duncan is undoubtedly the best and most natural background board!

Liu Mang excitedly made up his mind, and just as he was about to find his teammates to start a wave of head power, the system task came.

"Ding... The system task is released, the heart of the strong in Atlanta."

"Atlanta's strong heart: because the host has obtained his own understanding of how to compete for the championship from a personal understanding, special reward: characteristic: cold-blooded. At the same time, because of the host's ambition, a special task, Atlanta's strong heart. The host needs to announce the team's goal with teammates and the media before the next game against the Spurs—the championship, showing the host's understanding of how to win the championship, and lead the team to defeat the defending champion Spurs in the next game because of the host's rhetoric. buff: strong mentality, effective time this season, failure penalty: the morale of the players of the team where the host is located has dropped sharply for a long time, and the time when morale is low depends on the specific psychological quality of each person."

The sudden critical attack, Liu Mang was stunned for a long time and then screamed miserably: "...Your sister! I just think about it!"

(End of this chapter)