Chapter 1030 1029. Start Feeding Cakes

As a team that has been at the bottom of the league for many years, the Warriors don't have the courage to play against the Hawks.

However, they also want to win!

They are in good shape at the beginning of this year. Although they are only ranked tenth in the West with 6 wins and 6 losses, they are not without chances. They are only two wins away from the fifth place. They have only played one-eighth of the season. Everything is possible.

NBA is a dream stage for those who love basketball.

The players of the Warriors also want to achieve their dreams with their own hands.

If they can beat the Hawks and end the Hawks' eight-game winning streak, it will undoubtedly be a good confidence-boosting thing for them.

Confidence is not given by others, but earned by their own efforts. The Warriors, who are mainly young players, understand this very well.

If there is a chance, you have to seize it!

The Warriors are also unlucky. Being in the West may be another peak season. The top eleven teams in the West have a 50% winning rate so far. Compared with the East, only five teams have a 50% winning rate. The Warriors have no other adjectives except unlucky.

On November 18, the Hawks ushered in the first match against the Warriors this season.

Liu Mang looked at the big screen and saw his team had 8 wins and 0 losses. They had only played eight games, and he always felt strange.

The other team had played 12 games!

However, with two days of sufficient preparation time, Liu Mang and Stockton learned some methods of organizing offense. He learned a lot about the running tendencies of teammates such as McGrady, Iguodala, Calderon, and Josh Smith, who passed the ball a lot, and was ready to start organizing offense.

The pre-match preparations were over, and Liu Mang went to the Warriors to greet the opposing players.

Bearded Baron Davis, who used to be a player in the East, now traveled to the West. Coming to the Warriors gave the Warriors an organizational core and the strength to compete in the playoffs.

The two were not familiar with each other, nor were they mortal enemies. They were just in the same point guard position and did not play against each other much. Baron Davis in the Hornets period was lucky to play one game with Liu Mang a year. Baron Davis was injured every year. It was a courtesy to greet each other. There was no hatred between the two teams. This courtesy was still necessary.

Jason Richardson and Liu Mang have a good relationship. They still have the friendship from their rookie season.

McGrady also went to say hello to Foyle. They were rookies in the same year and ranked next to each other. Foyle was the eighth pick and McGrady was the ninth pick. They have had a good relationship since the tryout. After McGrady became famous by defeating Lamar Odom in the McDonald's All-Star Game, he chose to participate in the draft early. His pick was predicted to be in the lottery area, which was similar to Foyle's predicted pick. The two had almost the same tryouts afterwards, and they were finally selected in similar positions.

Liu Mang said hello to Baron Davis by the way. After saying hello, he came to Monta Ellis who was practicing shooting alone.

Seeing Monta Ellis, Liu Mang felt very happy. In the original time and space, Monta Ellis was Liu Mang's second favorite player. Especially now that he was also a second-round pick, he had a better impression of Monta Ellis, a rookie who was about the same height as himself and seemed to play in a similar way.

However, Monta Ellis's face is really unpleasant, with a pointed face and a bitter gourd-like expression. He just turned 20 last month and was selected with the tenth pick in the second round. So far this season, he has not had a chance to play, but he is still working hard in training.

Ellis shot a three-pointer and it bounced back. Just as he was about to jump up to catch it, a guy who jumped higher grabbed the ball with one hand.

Ellis looked at the player wearing a jersey that was not his team's jersey in astonishment. It was the MVP on the opposite side!

Liu Mang grabbed the ball, stepped back, raised his hand and threw it out, and hit it hollowly.

Ellis looked at Liu Mang's soft three-pointer and felt so envious... but... so ugly...

"Hi, Monta." Liu Mang greeted Ellis.

"Hello... Hello, Ace." Ellis' personality... is very cold, perhaps it can be considered lonely.

But at this time, Ellis felt too incredible in his heart that the other party actually took the initiative to greet him, but his slightly lonely personality made him look very cold.

Liu Mang didn't expect the other party to be so cold. He was ready to give him some pointers as a senior. Now, it's a bit embarrassing!

But since he was here, Liu Mang still said with a stiff upper lip: "It doesn't matter if you're ranked lower. My ranking is lower than yours. Maybe you will become the best shooting guard in the future."

It's true that Ellis was very excited to hear this. The top three players in the league came to encourage him, but he said with some doubt: "Shooting guard? I'm a point guard!"

Point guard? Are you kidding! Liu Mang rolled his eyes and said: "Why are you playing point guard? Play shooting guard and shoot. Don't waste your speed and touch."

The Warriors players next to him didn't have any bad feelings towards Liu Mang. The relationship between the two teams was not bad. Liu Mang came over and greeted the team boss Baron Davis, which was considered to be a face-giving. Seeing Liu Mang shooting in their half, he didn't say anything.

But after Liu Mang said that, Baron Davis couldn't stand it anymore and chased Liu Mang away: "Ace, don't teach the kid bad things!"

Liu Mang smiled, didn't say anything else, and turned back to his own half.

Monta Ellis, the Ellis who didn't score, is he still the second-best shooting guard in the West!

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With a roar from Rasheed Wallace, Liu Mang sprinkled magnesium powder into the air, and the fans who hadn't watched a home game for nearly half a month were suddenly ignited.

"Ding... The Hawks' devilish home court is triggered, the Warriors' morale is suppressed, and the Hawks' morale is boosted, from Rasheed Wallace and the fans at the Phillips Arena."

The Warriors players felt the atmosphere of the Hawks' home court and felt very depressed.

But they want to win today! Winning the Hawks may feel better than winning the Mavericks and the Suns, because they just think that they can beat the Hawks, and the feeling in their hearts is better than beating the Mavericks and the Suns.

The Warriors sent out Baron Davis, Jason Richardson, Mike Dunleavy, Troy Murphy, and Adonal Foyle's starting lineup.

The Hawks sent out Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown's starting lineup.

There was no suspense in the jump ball. Although Foyle is also a player with excellent physical fitness, Foyle, who participated in the draft at the age of 22, is now 30 years old. He entered the NBA in the same year as McGrady, but McGrady is now 26 and a half years old, and Foyle will be 31 years old in March next year.

Kwame Brown easily won the jump ball and continued the interrupted jump ball victory.

Liu Mang received the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt.

Baron Davis was surprised that Liu Mang actually advanced with the ball at the beginning, but Baron Davis had a good defensive awareness. Although he was so strong, he had first-class speed and kept up with Liu Mang's pace.

Liu Mang did not make a fast break, nor was he anxious. He protected the ball well. Baron Davis's steals were very powerful.

Liu Mang advanced to the top arc. After his teammates landed in position, Liu Mang took a step back and accelerated suddenly!

"Ding... The strongest first step is triggered..."

Liu Mang's speed suddenly increased and broke through from the right.

Baron Davis had made sufficient preparations for this game. When he saw Liu Mang taking a step back, he knew that Liu Mang was going to break through, and he quickly stuck to him, but he still didn't stick to him!

However, Baron Davis was not discouraged when he didn't stick to him. He followed Liu Mang closely. Liu Mang reached the right side of the three-second zone, and Foyle decisively made up for him.

Foyle ignored Kwame Brown under the basket. In his opinion, Liu Mang would definitely shoot the ball himself. If he didn't score, Kwame Brown would grab the rebound and attack again. So Foyle double-teamed decisively. When Liu Mang made the preparatory action for the breakthrough, Foyle was ready to assist in double-teaming first, and then turn around to grab the rebound.

However, Liu Mang jumped up on the right side of the three-second zone as Foyle expected, and he also raised the ball. But after Liu Mang raised the ball, he shook his wrist and threw it to the basket. Kwame Brown cut in from the left side of the three-second zone and received the ball and dunked it with both hands!

Foyle made a wrong judgment!

The Warriors are not a team with good defense. Foyle directly let Kwame Brown defend Liu Mang. In the eyes of others, this move was too uncalm. The Warriors don't have a good switch defense. Teams that are not good at switching defense should defend their respective areas.

However, Foyle didn't expect that Liu Mang would not shoot this "assist rebound opportunity" that he would usually shoot!

Foyle wanted to be clever, but he turned out to be a fool!

Kwame Brown was so excited!

Finally, he got a direct pass!

In the past, he always got a pass from McGrady, Iguodala, Calderon and others. This time, he finally got a pass from the boss, which was particularly delicious.

Coach Kruger saw Liu Mang didn't shoot the usual "chance ball" on the sidelines, and covered his head in pain. This kid is serious!

In the past two days, Coach Kruger has discussed many times with Stockton, Chip Englander and McGrady. The feasibility of Liu Mang's play style of letting the whole team participate in the offense has not been discussed yet.

The whole team participating in the offense is very different from the previous one of letting role players participate in the offense. Role players participating in the offense are mainly to serve Liu Mang. Now Liu Mang has started to pass the ball to his teammates. There is a big difference, and the team's play style may change dramatically.

But if it succeeds, then a hidden danger of the team will be eliminated.

The hidden danger is that the current tactics of the Hawks may be thoroughly studied by the main opponents. If they change their playing style, especially Liu Mang's 180-degree change, then for the opponents, it will be a new opponent.

The Hawks also have something to "kill the regular season".

McGrady revealed the reason why Liu Mang wanted to change to Coach Kruger. Although Coach Kruger was also a head coach who completed a defending title, his NBA career was only 5 years like Liu Mang, and he had no experience of three consecutive championships. Hearing the reason revealed by McGrady, he also became alert.

But this is not a simple matter!

Coach Kruger decided to see Liu Mang's performance in this game before drawing a conclusion.

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