The Hawks returned to their home court and defeated the Trail Blazers 111-103 at home on January 21. This time they met the Trail Blazers away from home and the Hawks swept the opponent in the regular season.

Liu Mang scored 30 points in both games, with 6 assists in the away game and 30-10 at home.

The more his teammates integrate into the team, the more comfortable Liu Mang's performance becomes.

However, the Hawks just won 14 consecutive games, improving their record to 35-6, and the Spurs also won 9 games in a row, improving their record to 37-5.

"Three shameless men who took a salary cut were ganged up on by a young man!"

Liu Mang was reading the morning newspaper after eating breakfast.

Last night, Liu Mang knew that the Spurs had won nine consecutive games. The news he was watching now was the newspaper interview the Spurs accepted last night.

"This year may be our last chance to try to get 70 wins. We really want to try. What we want to try now is to tie the Aces who lost only 5 games in the 2005-2006 season."

Cheng Zhizhi."

Looking at the Q&A record of Duncan's interview, Liu Mang felt that the reporter did not write nonsense and directly copied Duncan's original words. This implicit yet domineering speech was the shameless salary cut man!

Duncan's entire answer revealed a sense of confidence, "Let's try to see if we can get 70 wins and see if we can only lose 5 games in the middle. The question is not about strength." Liu Mang got this feeling from Duncan's answer

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Moreover, although Duncan did not talk about being No. 1 in the league, his goal was to lose only 5 games in the middle of the season. That is to say, what Duncan wanted was not to lose until the All-Star Weekend!

This is clearly a disguised declaration of competition for the first place in the alliance.

"Okay, uncle, you are the best, be good, let's set off quickly." The little loli carried her schoolbag excitedly.

"I said Dinah, why does Levia want you to play consecutive away games with me?" Liu Mang was puzzled. When Levia left yesterday, she asked Liu Mang to take the little Lolita with her when playing away games.

, so as not to make a fuss at home, and Alexia can’t take care of it alone.

Even Price's Levia has been taken care of, and the team will help Liu Mang arrange a room with at least two bedrooms.

"Mom said that he will go back to New York for a few days. Grandpa's birthday is coming soon." Little Loli responded.

"Then why don't you go?"

"Those relatives didn't like Dinah and Mom."

After hearing this answer, Liu Mang stopped asking and chose to change the subject: "You Americans are really fed up. Junior high schools have a 50-day winter vacation."

Junior high schools in the United States only have two grades, and they have little to do with further education. Especially for those who go to private middle schools like Little Loli, after finishing eighth grade, they can directly enter the high school.

During this period, American students have a lot of spare time, allowing them to develop a variety of interests and hobbies.

Just like the current double-day holiday, classes for the next semester won't start until Valentine's Day on February 15th.

"Uncle, are you jealous of Dinah?"

"No, by the way, do you want to bring this thing with you again?" Liu Mang asked after he came to the parking lot and saw the big stuffed bear in the car.

"Of course! Dinah said that she can't sleep without holding the bear that uncle gave her!"

"Okay, okay...Aida, let's go."

Liu Mang checked the luggage in the trunk and found nothing missing, kissed Alexia on the lips as she walked them to the garage, got in the car, started the engine and left.

Alexia looked at the back of the car that disappeared at the gate of the yard, hoping that the little girl would follow him this time and keep a closer eye on Liu Mang.

Liu Mang was going to Los Angeles for the last game of his five consecutive away games. Alexia was not at ease at all, so she spent a "heavy sum" to bribe the little Lolita to play consecutive away games with Liu Mang.

What if Liu Mang really wants a Chinese girlfriend...

There is no sense of crisis on Levia's side, but Alexia, who has become a full-time housewife, is full of crisis.

…

Liu Mang didn't know Alexia's little thoughts, and he didn't think too much about anything else. He was on the rise in his career and had no time to think about anything else.

Together with the little loli who was eating and drinking, we boarded the team's chartered flight and headed to the icy and snowy Toronto.

The Eagles are visiting for five consecutive games this time. The first opponent is an Eastern Conference team, and the next four opponents are all Western Conference teams.

After getting on the plane, Liu Mang was sorting out some of the itinerary for this five-game trip in a small notebook. For example, when he arrived in Phoenix the day before the Suns played away game on the 29th, he wanted to treat Harden to dinner.

Little Loli sat next to Liu Mang and stretched her head to look closer. She pointed at the place where it said 'No. 29, Xiao Dengdeng' and asked: "Uncle, who is Xiao Dengdeng? Why do you want to have dinner with him?"

"This is one of my loyal fans, James Harden. You should have heard of it, Dinah. He wrote me a letter last time and wanted to meet me." Liu Mang responded casually, without doubting that he was there.

"James Harden? That guy from Los Angeles who imitated his uncle in college?" The little Loli thought for a moment. If she's not a woman, it doesn't matter. She continued to peek at the itinerary and saw that there were no other special schedules. The little Loli retracted her chair.

, adjust the chair back and prepare to sleep.

…

It's time to play the Raptors again.

Every time the Raptors played away games, it was very sad for Liu Mang. After the plane landed, Liu Mang started to put on clothes, and even put on a coat on the outside.

Then he put some loose clothes on the little Lolita and wrapped her in a coat.

it's too cold!

Fortunately, because of the greenhouse effect, summers are getting hotter and winters are getting colder, and the league's schedule is also much more reasonable. The Eastern teams in the southern United States basically only play the Raptors three times a season.

The four teams from the Southeast Division, such as the Hawks, Magic, Heat, and Bobcats, only come to Toronto once a season.

However, the Wizards, who are in the same division as the Hawks, Magic, Heat, and Bobcats, are too far north, even further north than the Cavaliers in the Central Division. They are almost on the border with New Jersey, and they have to play the Raptors four times a year.

The worst thing was for Rondo. It was winter and he had a lot of luggage. He had to help Liu Mang pick up the luggage and push a mountain-like luggage cart to the parking lot.

Fortunately, Gasol and Scola were there to help, and someone helped Rondo share Liu Mang's six large boxes of luggage.

Looking at the two ball-shaped "fathers and daughters", one tall and one short, one male and one female, who were walking in the front, Scola asked Rondo: "Rajan, boss, do you have so much luggage when you play away games in winter? I thought it was...

The first time he went to Los Angeles was because his girlfriend and children were also here, so he had so much luggage."

"They have a villa in Los Angeles, and women buy their things now..." Rondo sneered, but did not say it out loud. He just responded: "Yes."

Watching Rondo speak only one word, Scola, a mature and steady old man, didn't know how to find something to talk about...

After arriving at the hotel and putting everything away, and resting for a while, the teammates gathered in the living room of Liu Mang's suite.

The competition with the Spurs for first place in the league is becoming fiercer, and the Eagles players attach great importance to this fifth consecutive away trip.

It is not easy to continue the winning streak with the Raptors, Nuggets, SuperSonics, Suns, and Clippers. The end of the month is not as brutal as the games against the Hornets, Cavaliers, Bulls, Nuggets, and Cavaliers at the beginning of the month, but it is not far behind.

The Raptors are second in the Eastern Conference, and the Suns have temporarily climbed to third in the Western Conference. Although the second place in the Western Conference was taken away by the Lakers, and the third-place Suns also climbed up, the Nuggets have a better record than the Trail Blazers.

Ranked firmly among the top four in the Western Conference.

Fortunately, the Eagles rarely have back-to-backs. In the 16 games played this month, they have only had two back-to-backs. They have played them all before.

Under such a schedule, the coaching staff did not arrange for the players to train. It was already in the middle of the season, and there were consecutive away games. They played every other day. When they arrived in a new city, the coaching staff asked the players to stay in the hotel to rest.

But the Eagles players spontaneously arrived in the new opponent's city the day before each away game and gathered together to discuss how to deal with the upcoming opponent.

The little Lolita, who was playing games on the TV in the bedroom, stretched out her head and glanced at the Eagles players who were having a heated discussion, and sighed: "It's so tiring to be an adult, but Dinah should just be a cute beauty."

Just be a girl..."

…

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With consecutive away games and one game every other day, the schedule is very tight.

This situation is not just for the Eagles, this is basically the case for popular teams.

None of the Raptors' stars are popular individually, including Milicic, who was not very popular during the All-Star voting.

But when discussing strength, Milicic is often regarded as the strongest among the four young centers. Many people even think that Milicic is stronger than Yao Ming.

It is true that Yao Ming is more dominant in the basket, but as the core of the team, Milicic is almost recognized as the best inside core in the league.

Therefore, the Raptors are also considered a popular team and have a tight schedule in January.

The Raptors have only lost 11 games so far, with 31 wins and 11 losses, ranking second in the Eastern Conference and third in the league. Their performance is quite outstanding.

However, the Eagles took a small advantage here. When the Eagles came to the Raptors, the Raptors were playing a game against the Bobcats in Charlotte. They rushed back today and will soon have back-to-back games with the Eagles at home.

The second game.

In today's game, the Hawks' lineup is still Rondo, Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Marion, and Kwame Brown.

For the Raptors, the lineup of Ford, Joe Johnson, Richard Jefferson, Lewis, and Milicic appeared.

Speed ​​up!

It is the core of the Eagles' tactics today!

No matter how much the Raptors try to slow down the pace and play position, the Hawks speed up.

At the beginning of the game, the steady Raptors had the upper hand.

With Milicic as a big center, Lewis as a power forward, and Joe Johnson as the core of the outside offense, they played very well in positional warfare. The Raptors can rank second in the Eastern Conference and third in the league, becoming only three teams in the league.

Teams that have a chance to win 60 games are capable. Positional warfare and controlling the tempo are their specialties.

Because they retreated very quickly. Even though Milicic is white and weighs 120 kilograms, he looks like a standing center, but his mobility is very good. He averages 3.5 blocks per game, ranking third in the league.

It can be seen from the first glance that when assisting in defense, it is very fast, and it is also very fast in retreating from defense.
To be continued...