"Say! Uncle, what do you want to do! Do you want to trick Dinah into buying you something? Dinah's pocket money is running out! No money! "Little Lori is hiding far away, last time I was tricked by an evil uncle into buying a laptop with an ice cream, and now Little Lori is quite jealous of Liu Mang.

"......" Liu Mang saw that Dinah's favorite dessert shop had a new product on the way home with training, and specially bought a box, who knew that it was regarded as a conspiracy to cheat her out of money!

Liu Mang is so angry, is he that kind of person?

Liu Mang angrily put the dim sum on the table, and angrily went to the backyard to take the ball to the backyard to continue practicing shooting.

Xiao Lori saw Liu Mang leaving, so she carefully opened the snack box, took a bite, it was not poisonous, it was delicious, and then she ate it barely......

During the three days from the 27th to the 29th, the Eagles players on the 27th had a day off, and the coaching staff met to continue to study the way to play the next game.

No. 28 is the remaining six opponents before the All-Star weekend, playing the Rockets away; play the Clippers, Bulls, and Timberwolves at home; Finally back-to-back to beat the Grizzlies, Supersonic.

On the 29th, he was in Atlanta for the game against the Rockets, and the game against the Rockets had four days off, so there was no need to take a rotational break, and it was also a preview for the first game after the All-Star Weekend - playing the Heat.

Liu Mang wanted to be a little better Lori because he was going to have his own child in more than nine months, but he didn't expect to be disliked!

Alexia is now avoiding Liu Mang when she sees Liu Mang's courtesy, for fear that Liu Mang will do something.

Liu Mang just wants to care more about his girlfriend who is pregnant with a child!

Only then did Liu Mang know what it meant to be too much, so he simply did the same as usual, and then spent the night with Levia for the past few days......

On the morning of January 30th, Liu Mang and Dina came back from a morning run, took a shower, and then set off for the airport, went to Houston, and beat Yao Ming!

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……

"Ace, you're terrible this year! That's amazing! Yao Ming sighed.

Liu Mang is now averaging 36.5 points per game, a steady beep, and because he is ranking 40+ times in the competition with Kobe, Yao Ming feels that Liu Mang's average points per game may rise.

Kobe Bryant is really an iron man over there, the team doctor said that he had to rest for a few games, but he was stunned to play, just like Liu Mang's memory, Kobe Bryant was stunned until there were two months left in the season, and Old Bass couldn't stand it and talked to him before he chose to rest.

And in this time and space, due to Liu Mang's relationship, Kobe Bryant's progress in the summer is a little faster than original, the Lakers are at this time, and Coach Tomjanovic has been out on and off for a month, and he has not completely collapsed, which is inseparable from Kobe's progress faster than Liu Mang's expectations.

However, for Kobe Bryant this season, Liu Mang feels that the threat is not great, Kobe can score more than 50 points when he is superb, but due to the collapse of physical fitness, he often makes dozens of iron games, this season Kobe Bryant has two "classic battles", the second time he played with the Bobcats, he threw 46 times, only hit 22 times and scored 55 points, the Lakers were beaten by the Bobcats by a 15-point difference, and the Bobcats beat the Lakers 133-118 this season.

Unfortunately, Boss Joe didn't watch the home game because of the last time he was hammered by the Hawks......

And when Kobe Bryant played more iron and shot less, it was miserable, and there was a game against the Pistons that only made 7 of 28 shots and scored 17 points, and the Lakers were pressed.

But with Kobe, who can always get a high score, Yao Ming feels that Liu Mang will feel the pressure, and there will definitely be more 40+ appearances.

Yao Ming is really envious, and he has been 40+ twice so far.

"Da Yao, you are also very powerful, the first center in the west, ...... you" Liu Mang laughed.

"Haha, that's because O'Neill went to the east, otherwise he would be the best." Yao Ming did not refuse the title of the No. 1 center in the West.

"He's older than you, and as long as you protect your knees and feet like he did, you'll be the No. 1 center in the NBA one day!"

"I will, and I'm sure you'll be the first person in the NBA one day."

Liu Mang and Yao Ming glanced at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Business touting always puts people in a good mood......

In the afternoon, the Eagles arrived in Houston, and after Liu Mang took a nap, he received a call from Yao Ming and made an appointment to come to his house for dinner.

only made an appointment with Liu Mang alone, Yao Ming's main fear was that he would invite guests to dinner at home, and the Chinese food made by Ye Li, who accompanied Yao Ming in the United States after retiring from the CBA, was not used to eating by others.

Liu Mang hasn't eaten Chinese food for a long time, so he won't taboo it today, and he has eaten a big meal, and it's a big deal to train two more sets of fat loss training.

……

Liu Mang and Yao Ming were happily eating dinner together, and on the domestic side just after dawn, the day before the Hawks and Rockets game, the heat brought by this game had begun to heat up.

The Imperial Court Sports Station will broadcast live on the morning of February 1, Beijing time, that is, on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the day before the game, domestic fans are looking forward to this "Chinese derby" near the New Year.

The Hawks are now 38-7 in first place in the East.

Although the Rockets' record is not so good, their 30-16 record is also ranked first in the league, ranking fifth in the West, beating the Kings, the top team in the West in the past few years.

The stronger the Rockets

Not only domestically, but also on the American side, the game between the Hawks and the Rockets is also being watched.

The Hawks and the Rockets are the representative teams of the new and old styles of play in the NBA, the Hawks are naturally the representative teams of the "run-and-gun" tactics that are now rising strongly, and the Rockets are the representative teams of the traditional positional teams.

One of the characteristics of the Rockets is that the more they get to the middle of the season, the better they play! Very strange feature, at the end of December, the Rockets were once overtaken by the Nuggets and the Kings, but after playing, the Rockets returned to fifth in the West.

The main thing is that the Rockets seem to be able to restrain the run-and-gun team, the Rockets have played the Suns four times this season, losing miserably in the first game, losing by 20 points at 87-107, but in the second game between the two teams, the Rockets responded with a 20-point slaughter 131-111.

Relying on the rebounding advantage of Yao Ming and Richard Jefferson to rush to the frontcourt rebounds and reduce the Suns' direct fast-break opportunities, Yao Ming grabbed 22 rebounds in that game, including 11 offensive rebounds, setting a new career frontcourt rebounding record.

In the third meeting, the Rockets went one step further and limited the Suns' positional battle, Richard Jefferson only scored 6 points and 10 assists against Nash, and the Suns were killed by the Rockets 89-95.

In the seventh game that the Suns lost not long ago, teammates were the Rockets again, and both teams played well this time, and finally relied on the Rockets' new recruit Mike James to score 11 points in a row in the final quarter, and defeated the Suns by one point 99-98.

The Rockets also became the only team in the league with a record advantage over the Suns!

The Rockets can't be fast if they want to, mainly because of Yao Ming, Yao Ming's existence makes the pace of the game can't be fast, so no matter how the Suns speed up, the Rockets look like the Spurs, and they have been steadily landing in the battle.

Yao Ming has played a 70 percent win rate for the Rockets this season, and he has played a total of 40 games so far, winning 28 of them, and the Rockets have only won two of the six games he has not played.

When the Rockets, a team that seems to be inherently restrained by running and bombing, and the Hawks, the famous "running and bombing" team, meet, both Chinese and American fans are very interested in this game.

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On January 31st, that is, February 1st in China, at 7:50 p.m., the Hawks' away game against the Rockets was about to begin, and the players of the two teams had already entered.

Playing away from home in Houston is a wonderful thing for the Hawks, because there aren't too many boos, and the Houston natives are too calm, all of them are high-level intellectuals, and they "don't bother" to cheer or boo.

And the game attracted a lot of Chinese tourists, and fans from Chinatowns in Texas cities to watch the game, as well as many Asian fans, and Liu Mang's Eagles team also received cheers when they played.

After Liu Mang entered, he looked at the strength of the opposing players.

Yao Ming, Ability Evaluation 90, Offense 92, Defense 89, Three-point 61, Shooting 88, Layup 98, Speed 72, Power 98.

What a coquettish strength, the mid-range shot and the basket are so strong that they beep!

Richard Jefferson, 87 Rating of Ability, 86 Offense, 88 Defense, 85 Three-pointers, 77 Shots, 92 Layups.

The strength of the core duo of the Rockets is still very strong, and it is the key to the Rockets' ability to rank fifth in the West, but the others are average.

The Rockets' guard Bob Sula has an ability rating of 74, and power forward Juwan Howard has an ability rating of 76, and the best player in the starter except for Richard Jefferson and Yao Ming is actually the 34-year-old veteran David Wesley, who was traded from the Hornets at the end of December!

David Willis has an ability rating of 79, offense 79, defense 80, three-point range 84, mid-range shooting 79, layup 85, power 77, speed 92.

However, the Rockets bench lineup really doesn't know what kind of players they have put together, Mike James from the Bucks, Joan Barry from the Nuggets, and Mutombo from the players cut by the Knicks...... Either it's a homeless guy or a player who can't get any older.

Liu Mang felt that Yao Ming was really pitiful, and then when the more than 2,000 fans who could speak Chinese or simple Chinese at the scene shouted to "snipe", they went up and threw a Los Angeles-style sniper, and the "bang" was wonderful and pleasant.

Yao Ming hated it so much, how could he not see so many Chinese fans in ordinary times! The usual home stadium is not angry at all, and the players are not interested in playing at home.

Van Gundy Jr. is also very depressed, usually the fans don't move at all, and he also gives free tickets to college students, so that college students pretend to be fans of the away team to boo their own team, so that their team has the feeling of playing away from home.

Of the 30 games the Rockets have won, 21 have been away victories and only nine at home, and Van Gundy Jr. really can't figure it out.

Liu Mang and Yao Ming had a very friendly relationship when they got together the day before the game, but it was different the next day.

Such a game is about the "face" of the two again, and now it's almost the New Year, the game between the Hawks and the Rockets has high ratings in China, and it has broken 1 for a long time, and the ratings of this Chinese derby will be higher.

Who doesn't want to win in the game that fans in their home country are most concerned about? Liu Mang and Yao Ming both wanted to, and their parents called before the game, talking about getting up and waiting to watch the game, so both of them would work harder!

The game is about to start, the Hawks are practicing their own here, and those who should do pre-game actions are going to do pre-game actions, and when Prince dances, there are fans with Asian faces dancing with him, except for playing the Knicks, he was booed when he danced away, but he didn't expect to come to the away dance in the West, and the opposing fans actually gave him cheers! Makes Prince even more excited!

On the Rockets' side, playing at home, Van Gundy Jr. habitually called the players together.

"You have to win the honor for the home fans! Hopefully, no, yes! We have to score more than 100 points today, we have to score more than 100 points for the 10th time this season at home, and win hamburgers and cokes for the fans...... "Van Gundy is helpless, why does he have to do such a job!"

But just as when he said that he won the honor for the home fans, the players unconsciously looked at the fans who didn't react when the game started, he could only say that strange way to encourage the players.

These home fans, hamburgers and cokes can make them high.

And the Rockets players will mysteriously cheer up the spirit of winning hamburgers and cokes for the home fans.

As for why these high-level intellectuals, senior white-collar workers with an estimated annual per capita income of 100,000 US dollars are rewarded with a hamburger and coke package, and the Rockets' management and coaching staff are also confused.

And why the Rockets players are excited to give gifts to the fans has also puzzled the Rockets management and coaching staff.

The Rockets have scored 13 times this season, and the most ridiculous thing is that the home win rate is so low, but 10 of the times they have scored 100 have been completed at home.

At the beginning of the season, the first month and the whole month did not score more than 100, and the Rockets once fell to ninth in the West because of their poor offense, so that the Rockets management and McDonald's, which sponsors the Rockets, thought of a way to get a home score of 100 and gave the fans a hamburger and a Coke package.

Who knew that as soon as the event came out, the Rockets players became active playing at home, and as soon as the burger plus cola was mentioned, the players were excited.

This is something that the Rockets' management and coaching staff don't understand at all.

Anyway, Liu Mang, who came to Yao Ming's side and raised his hand on Yao Ming's shoulder, didn't understand.

"Dee Bain, don't worry, playing the Eagles today, the pace is so fast, we will definitely get 100 points!" Yao Ming said to his substitute Mutombo next to him, then saw Liu Mang, and patted Liu Mang's shoulder and said, "That's right, Ace, we will definitely get 100 points!" ”

"Uh-huh." Liu Mang hurriedly responded twice.

Yao Ming turned his head to encourage his other teammates to concentrate at home, when he suddenly felt that something was wrong...... Liu Mang, why is that bastard here!

Yao Ming turned his head to stare at Liu Mang, and the Rocket team players also felt that something was wrong when they heard Liu Mang's voice just now, and then everyone in the Rocket team stared at Liu Mang.

So......

Liu Mang was tossed back to the Hawks bench by Mutombo and Juwan Howard......

This scene happened to be noticed in advance by the sharp-eyed cameraman, and the picture of the live TV broadcast was given to this scene, and the fans in front of the TV sets in China and the United States were laughing so much that their stomachs hurt, especially Yao Ming also patted his shoulder, I don't know if he was "discussing tactics" with Liu Mang, and finally the 12 players of the Rocket team who had the opportunity to play today reacted together and stared at Liu Mang, which made the fans laugh and explode.

When Liu Mang was brought back to the away bench by Juwan Howard and Mutombo, the fans were already laughing......

Liu Mang originally planned to sneak over to listen to tactics, the Rockets, the only team in the league that has defeated the Suns at least twice, have any way to restrain the fast break, Liu Mang wants to know, who knows that the other party is discussing hamburgers!

Could it be that when a hamburger is handed out to the home fans, they can also get a share of it? Got a hamburger and cola that adds up to only 4 US dollars?

That's enough!

Liu Mang didn't know what kind of material composition the brains of the group of people on Team Rocket were.

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At eight o'clock, Liu Mang maliciously sprinkled magnesium powder in the direction of the Rockets' bench, and walked onto the court under the speechless gaze of a group of league officials on the technical desk.

On the Hawks' side, today's game was due to a four-day break, so the whole main force went into battle to deal with the most experienced opponent in this legendary team against the running and bombing team, this time it was Vallejo's turn to play in the development league, because Vallejo almost didn't get the opportunity to play, Korver's three-point point is getting better and better, and the running pitcher in the 45-degree angle to the bottom corner area on both sides of the three-point line is very good, and the actual combat experience in the development league gives him the opportunity to run in the official game, but it has an unexpected effect.

Liu Mang, Maddy, Prince, Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown started the game.

The Rockets fielded the starting lineup of David Wesley, Bob Sula, Richard Jefferson, Juwan Howard, and Yao Ming.

Yao Ming and Kwame Brown came to the center circle to jump the ball, there was no suspense, Kwame Brown met the "first center" as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, jumped up, and flicked the ball back on the head of Yao Ming, who only had a matchbox to bounce.

Liu Mang received the ball and threw it to Maddie and rushed towards the front court.

To Liu Mang's surprise, when he rushed to the middle line, he was hit by Yao Ming in a posture of blocking people, and was almost knocked to the ground, but finally stabilized his body, and the speed was unloaded at once, watching the Rocket Team retreat in place, Liu Mang stared at Yao Ming, Yao Ming didn't know when he had become very thick, and completely ignored Liu Mang's eyes.

Liu Mang was so angry, glared at the referee and pointed at Yao Ming for an Orlando-style complaint: "Referee, he hit me!" ”