After beating the Cavaliers, the Hawks had a day off in Atlanta, and on Nov. 27, the Hawks traveled to Toronto to take on the Raptors on the 28th.

The Raptors are now in an eventful season, a while ago just made a transaction that no one can understand, Raptors head coach Wilkens is also confused, he wants to strengthen, not like this, there was Carter, if you want to cultivate Milicic, it is difficult to distribute the ball, and now there is Jalen Rose, who averages 20+5 per game, is still a more sticky ball, and he doesn't know how to play without the ball, and now the Raptors are in chaos.

Carter used to endure a Milicic, but now he is partnered with Jaylen Brown on the front line, and he can't bear it anymore, and after a few games, the two began to fight for the ball.

However, this gave Milicic, who was forced to take on too much pressure from the beginning, a chance to develop correctly, he moved to the center position, began to develop from a role player center, grabbed rebounds, passed the ball, and did not have as many opportunities for him to play alone, but played more freely.

Although Milicic is talented now, he is not yet strong enough to hold the ball and lead the team like Duncan, and now that Carter and Jalen Rose are fighting for the ball, he has grown better.

It's just that such a Raptors, the strength is worse than the beginning, the Hawks who came to Toronto with a three-game winning streak performance of 22 points and 7 assists in the third quarter easily defeated the Raptors 101-89 to win four consecutive wins, the Raptors, Carter and Jalen Rose both scored 20 points, and scored 45 points together, but it was useless, the two made a total of 49 shots, which was outrageously inefficient.

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After defeating the Raptors, the Hawks came to Washington, D.C., the imperial capital of the United States, and played the Wizards in the second game of the two consecutive away games.

After the Wizards got Arenas, it was generally developing in a good direction, with a clear and talented ball control core, but the first three years were basically wasted, and the 2000-2001 season was a bad pick and then sent to the Hawks, and the Hawks were not so watery, but most people think that it is because the Hawks are the best team in the regular season in the East because of the overall strength, so that Kwame Brown looks not so watery, Now Kwame Brown is still relying on his body to attack and defend.

After 2001, the Wizards Jordan was in control, and Jordan's management ability shattered the Wizards' strength, and Hamilton was exchanged for Stackhouse, which was considered blind, but Larry Hughes, a defensive titan who attracted to follow Jordan, was the only treasure Jordan left for the Wizards.

The backcourt combination of Arenas and Larry Hughes gives Wizards fans hope.

It's just hope, it's just hope, the Wizards are now 3-12, the second-to-last in the league, and the record is only a little better than the Magic team that has lost 16 in a row, and worse than the Bulls, Clippers, and Suns.

The Hawks came to the MCI phone booth arena in Washington on the 30th, the second game of the two consecutive visitors, Arenas was desperate when he saw Liu Mang, and he wanted to cry but couldn't cry when he saw the Eagles' lineup.

Prince and Liu Mang's alternate defense made Arenas feel desperate again after ten days, scoring 23 points on 10-of-30 shooting, most of which came in garbage time when the Hawks had replaced the backcourt combination of Willie Green and Jason Terry, and Arenas scored 7 points on 3-of-20 shooting in the first three quarters......

Liu Mang got 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, helping the team take a 20-point lead of 92-70 in the third quarter, and finally the Hawks easily defeated the Wizards 117-106 and won 5 consecutive victories!

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At the end of the November schedule, the Hawks had a 13-3 record, further refreshing the best start in team history!

After 16 games, that is, almost a month later, the Eagles' run-in is almost over, and this time, the Eagles' signings have not gone wrong, and everything is moving in the right direction.

The win over James was an interesting episode for Liu Mang and the Eagles players, but for the Eagles, it was just a very ordinary game in a relaxed start.

The Eagles players have gradually determined their roles, and the Eagles players are generally following the general trend of the league, and the general trend of the league this year is - sacrifice.

The score of the OK combination has dropped sharply, Kobe's average score per game has slipped to 23 points, and O'Neal is only 21 points, you must know that Kobe Bryant has been the top five in the scoring list in the past three years, with an average of 27 points per game in the past three years, and last season was the second in the scoring list with an average of 30 points per game, and O'Neal was the scoring champion in 2000.

Duncan took a lot of shots because of Parker and Ginobili's progress, and his average points per game fell to a new low since the 21st century, averaging 22 points per game, Pierce did not increase the ball after Walker left, but gave more ball to the role players, and the average points per game slipped to 23 points, the Celtics' role players are still good, so the Celtics are still among the top eight in the East, and the Mavericks, who are crazy about adding scorers, Nowitzki is only averaging 21 points per game, This year, the number of stars in the league who are averaging more than 20 points per game has set a new low in more than two decades.

Stars who have become famous, especially those of playoff-level teams, have invariably reduced their shots this season, or because of reinforcements, like the Timberwolves, Lakers, and Mavericks; Or for the development of young players, such as the Raptors, Spurs, etc.

In the past five years, after the Lakers and Spurs won five consecutive championships, and even in the past 13 years, there are only 4 championship teams, Bulls, Lakers, Rockets, Spurs, the league's superstars are eager for the championship to an unparalleled extent, obviously the most championship-looking teams are still the Lakers and Spurs, which forced other superstars to start making changes and trying to play team-oriented, the Spurs have Duncan, the Lakers have OK, the strength of these three in their respective positions makes other championship-level teams completely unable to compete, Can only try team-based.

The Eagles stars have also mostly followed the general trend of the league, and after almost a month of play, the scoring trend of the league's stars is almost certain, and the Eagles only have two players who average more than 15 points per game.

Jason Terry, who ranks second on the Hawks' scoring list, averages 16.7 points per game, ranks first among bench players in the league and is considered one of the favorites for the best sixth man.

Raheem, who averaged third through fifth points per game for the Hawks, averaged 12.7 points per game, Rasheed Wallace averaged 12.3 points per game and Boozer averaged 11 points per game.

Other than that, the rest of the Eagles are averaging a double-double per game, and everyone in the Eagles is determining their role this year.

Raheem, who is defense-oriented, and Rashid Wallace, who is defense-oriented, shoots the basketball, and the two occasionally go singles when needed, but mainly focus on the roles they have identified.

Jason Terry, the sixth man, grabbed the scoring role, but because the Hawks didn't start with many strong opponents, they took the bench and shot together, which was quite happy, averaging 16.7 points and 4.4 assists per game, and the scoring slipped to a new low after the rookie season.

Ratliff, Kwame Brown and Mohammed went up to defend, while Boozer and Stockton were responsible for organizing the second team's scoring, mainly creating chances for Jason Terry's shot and Kwame Brown's counterrun.

The whole Eagles team is sacrificing, and only one person is like a cancer, shooting like a cancer, shooting when he gets the chance, and the defense often depends on his teammates.

This person is Liu Mang, averaging 26.7 points, 4 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game.

Now the trend of the league's strong teams is to distribute the ball to more people, and the trend of weak teams is to concentrate the ball, such as the Magic, Maddy's average of 30.3 points per game, the league's first, the Bucks' Reed averaged 22 points per game, a career high, the Trail Blazers' Randolph, and the Clippers' Margeti both scored more than 20 points for the first time in their careers.

The Eagles are such a maverick team, with both the sacrificiality of the strong team and the characteristics of the weak team's focus on developing young stars, this team is a combination of selflessness and solitude, which makes people feel weird when they see the statistics of this team.

After his teammates determined their own style of play and gradually got used to their positioning, Liu Mang's more than 20 shots per game were also fixed, and now he has averaged 22.7 shots per game and hit 10.1 shots, just 44% of the shooting rate...... It's a bit outrageous, I don't know when, the steel plant moved from Los Angeles to Atlanta, and the largest Philadelphia steel plant is still in a state of shutdown.

This year's Liu Mang is really iron, on the one hand, the role has become heavier, the needs of the team, and the number of shots has increased significantly.

The second is this year's defense, this year's defense in the league has pressed to the peak of what may be the 90s Pat Riley's iron-blooded style after the league spread, this year there are only 3 teams in the league that average more than 100 points per game, namely the Mavericks average 107 points per game, the Hawks average 105 points per game, the Kings average 101 points per game, the number of teams scoring more than 100 has refreshed a new low since the merger of the NBA and the ABA, and a total of seven teams have scored no more than 90 points, a new high since 1981.

If it's a week or even two weeks into the game, the situation is okay and may get better, but it's been more than a month, and the offensive and defensive trends of the teams can almost be seen throughout the season, and it is unlikely that there will be big changes, and in December and January, the two months when fatigue begins, the scoring is only declining, and it is difficult to have an upward trend.

This is a headache for league officials and sets the stage for rules that encourage offense to begin next season.

The season has been played for so long, and the teams in the league know that Liu Mang is the first scorer of the Eagles, and they must shoot a lot of shots, all against Liu Mang's defense, and Liu Mang's defense is more ferocious than before, and it is normal for the shooting rate to decline.

For the decline in the shooting rate, Liu Mang was very uncomfortable at first and felt very uncomfortable, but found that people were just surprised by his skyrocketing scores and shots, and he became a candidate for the Most Improved Award, not surprised by his shooting rate, after the first month of playing, Liu Mang saw the statistics of the November game month in the scouting report, and saw the top ten scorers in the league, including O'Neal and Duncan, Garnett, Nowitzki, the four strongest insiders, His 44 percent shooting percentage actually ranks fifth among the top ten players in the league scoring list, and only the four major interior shooting percentages are higher than him!

Even among the only 15 20+ scorers per game in the league, Liu Mang found that his shooting rate ranked sixth, except for the four major interior lines, only Margeti was 0.7 percent higher than his own shooting rate, and the shooting rate of forwards like Randolph and Anthony was lower than his own, and the shooting rates of Kobe, Reed, Maddy, Carter and other players were in the early 40s, and Maddie's shooting rate this year was even lower to 41 percent, and the Magic team had no one to play this year except Maddy. It's about the same level as Kobe Bryant's teammates in the season with 81 points.

Liu Mang didn't expect that he would play like this, and his efficiency was still the highest among the guards in the previous example! However, Liu Mang thought about it, it seems that the scorers at the beginning of this century did not have a high hit rate, and they all liked to shoot, and the more teammates did not dare to shoot, the more they had to shoot, so most of them were very iron, which was very similar to the reason why he shot a lot this year, because they needed to shoot.

There is no sense of superiority without comparison, Liu Mang suddenly felt that he didn't seem to be so iron, mainly relying on his peers to set off......

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On December 1st, after returning to Atlanta from Washington, the Hawks didn't have much time to rest, and they took a break today, and there was a back-to-back home game on the 2nd and 3rd starting tomorrow, so the Hawks rested today to get the players ready for the next two days.

After returning to Atlanta, Liu Mang just in time for lunch at home.

Liu Mang looked at the next schedule in the scouting report while eating lunch, the schedule of the Eagles in December was very regular and orderly, there was not even a staggered home-and-away continuous replacement, similar to last month, the away and home games were continuous, although the league did not arrange a surprisingly easy opening schedule for the Eagles like last season, but relatively speaking, it was also taken care of, and the first two months were let the Eagles play home and away in a row, and the maximum number of consecutive away games was not more than 5, Give the Eagles plenty of time to adjust and play better in the opening game.

And this year, the Hawks did not waste an easy opening schedule like last season, and played a better start than Liu Mang's rookie season, and this year is expected to hit 60 wins again!

Liu Mang was reading the next back-to-back scouting report, a little Lori got into Liu Mang's arms from under Liu Mang's arm, sat on Liu Mang's lap habitually, looked at the scouting report and asked, "Uncle, who will you hit next?" ”

"Here, tomorrow we'll fight the Grizzlies." Liu Mang flipped to the scouting report of the Grizzlies that he had just read.

"Wow! Grizzly bear! Gasol! Uncle, Gasol is so handsome! Uncle, I'm going to watch the game tomorrow! Dinah exclaimed as she looked at Gasol, who had a shaved ID photo in the scout's report.

Seeing that Gasol was indeed very handsome, especially when he was young, he was handsome, there were not so many wrinkles on his face, only there were forehead lines on his forehead, but he looked more attractive, Liu Mang pinched the face of the little Lori with taste: "Hmph, nymph!" ”

"Oh, Uncle is the most handsome," Dinah comforted Liu Mang, and then continued to be a nymphomaniac: "But Gasol is also so handsome!" It's only a little worse than the uncle! ”

"Humph!" Liu Mang looked at the sister-in-law who had a good relationship with him in the photo, and Liu Mang became more and more unhappy!

"This damn eighth woman, why is she so handsome! It's really annoying to have such a big mouth and look so handsome, by the way, find Rashid to make this guy look good! Liu Mang cursed silently in his heart......

Gasol, who had just arrived in the parking lot of the Atlanta airport, sneezed, thinking that this Atlanta was much colder than Memphis......