Yao Ming took Liu Mang and them to the parking lot, and saw the Rockets players move some cardboard boxes out and put them in an open location in the parking lot.

After a while, the fans came out one after another, and there were many of them, putting the hamburgers handed out to them by the staff at the end of the game into the large cardboard box that Mutombo had prepared long ago, and then left with a coke.

The point is that at this time, almost no fans came to sign autographs and take photos, and they all spontaneously put the hamburgers neatly in the box and left.

Most fans don't come by car, and Houston is one of the largest cities in the United States, with traffic jams, and many people take the light rail to watch the game, and come to the parking lot specifically to "hand in" hamburgers.

There were more than 20 boxes, each box could hold more than 100 hamburgers, a total of almost 3,000, until half an hour later, no fans came, and the cars in the parking lot were almost gone, Mutombo and Mike James drove over in two very wild pickup trucks, and the Rockets players carried the hamburgers into the car.

Liu Mang's head was full of question marks: This group of people still snatched the hamburgers of the fans? It's shameless, isn't it......

Of course, Liu Mang didn't believe in this strange idea, and looked at Yao Ming suspiciously, what is the situation?

"Do you know why we do so much better at home when we only score 100 points and hand out hamburgers and Cokes to the fans? We started with eight straight home defeats.

Later, we won 9-7 at home, and our home record improved so much, because of the proposal of Debeken and Mike, they organized an event to give hamburgers to children in the slums, and many fans responded to us, of course, if they didn't respond, we wouldn't insist that they give us hamburgers, if we didn't win the home game, we would pool 10,000 yuan to buy 3,000 hamburgers and send them to the volunteers.

We didn't make it public to the team or the media, and as long as we had the opportunity to get 100 points at home, we would never give up.

Although we players have money, but it doesn't fall from the sky, many players are old and retire, and soon go bankrupt, and now many players understand this, and they are a little conscious and will not spend lavishly.

So we do charity, better is to use our appeal to drive everyone together, we donate 1 million alone, it is better to use our influence to drive everyone to donate a few dollars, like these burgers were originally given to fans by the team, and many people are willing to accept ......," Yao Ming said to the Hawks players, mainly to Jason Terry, who obviously had a mustard.

Liu Mang now knows that when the Rockets trailed by only a few seconds in the final moments, Mike James rushed up to steal Jason Terry at this time, and counterattacked and dunked to increase the Rockets' total score to 100 points.

Not for those two points and a steal, but for the fans, so they did such a provocative act at the expense of face.

Liu Mang knew why it was just a 4-dollar hamburger and Coke package that could make the Rockets players so excited.

The Eagles players were silent, Jason Terry was a good guy with a big mouth, but he was really a good guy, and after hearing Yao Ming's explanation, he stepped forward and found Mike James, who had just moved the burger into the car with his teammates and was going to drive to the slums.

"Mike, I'm sorry." Jason Terry apologized simply and straightforwardly, without so many bells and whistles.

Mike James was stunned, the guy who used to look at him with his nostrils turned to the sky, actually apologized!

The black brothers were nervous, and when Mike James heard Jason Terry's apology, the little mustard in his heart suddenly disappeared, and he smiled and hugged Jason Terry: "Haha, it's okay, I still earned it, one more steal and one assist." ”

Jason Terry has a complicated heart, there is a feeling of being a bad guy, of course, this feeling may be gone after a sleep, it is not a big deal, but the mood is very complicated at the moment, and he didn't talk much to Mike James, but left first.

Mutombo and Mike James drove away in the pickup truck, and the volunteers were still waiting for the hamburgers to be delivered, and it was past 11 o'clock.

The Rockets players said hello to the Hawks, and the relationship was still good, but there was a little dispute in the game.

Now that the players on both sides have said a small contradiction, there is nothing more, Liu Mang and Yao Ming did not fight, Jason Terry and Mike James also hugged, and the players of the two teams returned to the stadium from the fan tunnel together.

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Back in the locker room, the Eagles players saw a furious Coach Kruger.

"Where have you been?" Coach Kruger's eyes widened, and his brain glistened in the light.

I couldn't find any players in the post-game interview just now, not to mention that Liu Mang and Maddy didn't go, Jason Terry didn't go, even Kwame Brown couldn't be found, and even Vallejo at the end of the bench was gone, and Coach Kruger was on the verge of going out.

"......" The Hawks players stared wide-eyed and forgot about the team, and they were all touched by the things on the Rockets' side at that time.

Donating hundreds of thousands of US dollars, everyone will be heartbroken, everyone eats young food, and the vast majority of players have no income after retiring.

But doing charity in this way doesn't cost too much money, most of the time at most it costs a little time and gas, and it's not a particularly difficult thing, but they haven't thought of it.

But now I can't care if I'm moved or not, Coach Kruger is going to bite!

Liu Mang looked around his teammates, found the best bully, and kicked Iguodala out of the ass with a kick.

“*&…… &*......" Iguodala scolded in a slang word, turned his head and saw Coach Kruger's unkind expression, and immediately said: "Coach, I'm not scolding you, I'm scolding myself for forgetting to tell you in advance, just now we helped the Rockets go to carry hamburgers for the slum kids." ”

Liu Mang saw that Iguodala reacted so quickly, and he was extremely shameless, and praised it, he hadn't followed the master for so long in vain.

There was a reason for the incident, Coach Kruger's expression softened a lot, and he still said coldly: "Next time you have something to tell us in advance, we will send security to follow you, this is the away game, you must pay attention when you go out." ”

Most people are kind by nature, of course Coach Kruger is like this, when he heard that it was related to children, and nothing happened, he was half angry, turned around and left the locker room, and was angry when he saw this group of guys.

Seeing Coach Kruger leave without pursuing it, the players breathed a sigh of relief and the locker room began to stir up again.

All-Star Weekend is just five games away, and it's the same feeling as when I was a student with a few days left on winter break.

For most players, All-Star Weekend is winter break.

Liu Mang went to take a shower, his sweat was dry, and his whole body was uncomfortable.

After coming out of the shower, I saw Maddie talking on the phone at the door, writing something with a pen, and curiously leaned in.

“…… 42K6......, OK, I know, Dibaken, I will ask my agent to donate 500,000 to your charity fund, I can't help, I can only do what I can...... It's okay, you're the hardest one, so I'll leave it to you. Maddie promised to donate 500,000 US dollars to Mutombo's charity fund, put away the notebook and prepared to put it in the bag in the closet, and as soon as she turned her head, she saw Liu Mang looking at herself with stunned eyes.

"Ah, I'm going to do physiotherapy first, go take a shower, Tracy." Liu Mang didn't debunk anything.

Unexpectedly, this guy who slammed the door was the one with the coldest expression when he was in the parking lot just now, but he also donated money behind it.

Liu Mang really couldn't see that the guy who often came to him to cheat on gasoline was not stingy in this regard.

Maddie also said something, still that casual look, Liu Mang can take a bath now and dominate the bathroom before others can wash it, Maddie didn't fight for anything, Liu Mang is done now, some of the other teammates have already gone to take a bath, and Maddie also took out a bath towel to take a bath.

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Liu Mang got 40+ for the 17th time this season, and he got it when he played the Rockets, and there are 36 games left, and he has to get at least 12 times 40+, Liu Mang continues to struggle.

The game between the Hawks and the Rockets has created a lot of topics for fans, such as the conflict between the Hawks and the Rockets, with a "grudge", which has become the focus of discussion among fans, and the Rockets' bench lineup is miserable, the highest-paid player on the Rockets this season is Morris Taylor, with 9 million US dollars, that is, a 10 million US annual salary, Yao Ming is in the third year of his rookie contract, Richard Jefferson is in the fourth year of his rookie contract, and the Rockets have a salary of more than 48 million US dollars, It stands to reason that there should be a whole bunch of four or five million dollar quality role players.

As a result, the Rockets have a lot of players with four or five million dollars, but they are either old or contract-year......

The management of the Rockets was slapped again.

After beating the Rockets, the Hawks got another 5-game winning streak, with a 39-7 record ranking first in the East, whether they can get 10 consecutive wins before the All-Star weekend has become a matter of concern, only the Suns and Pistons have won at least 10 consecutive games this season, does the Hawks have a chance to become the third team to win 10 in a row?

There are 5 games before the Hawks All-Star Weekend, 5 games in 10 days, two back-to-back, although the opponent is not very strong, the SuperSonics are probably the only strong opponent, but the schedule is tight, although the Hawks have been in good shape recently, but it seems to have started the mid-season rotation strategy every year, so fans have become the focus of fans' attention on whether the Hawks can get 10 consecutive wins before the All-Star Weekend and enter the rest of the All-Star Weekend to accumulate a little advantage for the next brutal schedule.

On the afternoon of Feb. 1, the Hawks returned to Atlanta for a night's rest and the next day for team practice to begin preparing for back-to-back games against the Clippers and Bulls at No. 3 and No. 4.

The preparation time was tight, the Hawks started the 02-03 season and were like this in the middle of the season, and on the night of the 3rd, the Hawks had the first game of a back-to-back game against the Clippers.

The Eagles began to rest, and that's when the Eagles' roster depth was shown.

Usually the depth of the lineup does not play a big role, the main players are five starters, plus Terry, Muhammad, Mourning, and the rest of the playing time is unstable, mainly because the rookies really can't play the role of those old players, and the strength of the Eagles is obviously declining when they play, and a strong team like the Eagles can't give too much playing time to rookies or sophomores too many opportunities to play, unless it's like Liu Mang, who can become the team's core scorer in the second year, But Liu Mang's performance in the first and second grades is historic, and these rookies obviously don't have that kind of strength.

Even Calderón and Iguodala, who are now the most powerful players in the first and second grades, only play when needed, and Josh Smith's playing time is inconsistent.

Rookies with good potential physical fitness play on a championship-contending powerhouse, you can learn from excellent seniors, but you also have to have a calm mentality, Willie Green, who was traded away in the middle of last season, just couldn't play on the court and was abandoned by the Hawks.

However, this season, although these rookies have obvious shortcomings, they also have obvious advantages and have become part of the future plan.

In the game of the Clippers, the Hawks took turns resting Maddy and Rasheed Wallace, and used the lineup of Liu Mang, Korver, Prince, Muhammad, and Kwame Brown to play the starter.

The Hawks' rotation strategy is that Maddie and Prince, the two strong individual defenders, take turns to rest, and use Korver, who is strong in defense, to make up for the decline in strength caused by the rotation to the greatest extent.

If you play the Clippers, the Hawks coaching staff and players are not under much pressure, if the Rockets and Spurs have the style of the Hawks, and the Clippers are of this type, Liu Mang specializes in them.

The Clippers are basically training young players this season, Carman is still in the growth period, averaging 9 points and 6 rebounds per game has improved a lot from last season, but they have a good forward line composed of at least second-rate stars, including Brand, a perennial power forward who averages 20+10 per game all year round, but there is no good point guard, except for singles or singles, after Odom and Andre Miller left the Clippers, the Clippers did not have anyone who could organize the offense.

The Clippers are also very good in singles, with a 19-28 record, which is a great improvement compared to the same period last season, but compared with the Hawks in singles, the Clippers are miserable, they learn the Mavericks' style of play, but the strength is the same as their 44 million league-bottom salary and the Mavericks' salary gap of more than 90 million.

Liu Mang's strength is strong and the Clippers' singles style of play, scoring 14 points in 9 minutes in the first quarter, and after Jason Terry came up, he also scored 15 points from the end of the first quarter to the second quarter, and Liu Mang also scored 7 points when he played with Jason Terry, and Liu Mang scored 21 points in the half.

In the third quarter, Liu Mang and Jason Terry led their teammates to continue to rely on singles to deal with the Clippers, Liu Mang scored 20 points in the third quarter, three of which were passed to him by Jason Terry, Jason Terry didn't know when he actually passed the ball so badly, and when he partnered with Liu Mang, there were always more assists, and Jason Terry was most puzzled by why the Clippers chose to wrap him instead of wrapping Liu Mang?

Clippers players wrap Liu Mang, a physical monster who can run up without taking the ball? The group of players who wait for the end of their rookie contracts to jump ship to get a big contract will not do such tiring things, Jason Terry just does it with the ball, and the style of play that stands still without the ball is the object of love of Clippers players.

Liu Mang scored 41 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in the third quarter for two consecutive 40+ games, Jason Terry had 17 points and 7 assists in the third quarter, and the Hawks led the Clippers by 22 points 87-65 in the third quarter.

113-97, the Hawks easily won six in a row.

After playing the Clippers, it was time to play the Bulls again, and Maddy, who wore a game suit, and Liu Mang on the bench began to sneer......