Chapter 1048 1047.0+2 King!

Originally, the Clippers were ready for the Hack-a-Shaq tactic. When Kwame Brown played a good role in one attack and one defense, the Clippers were more determined to use the Hack-a-Shaq tactic.

Kwame Brown was fouled directly during three consecutive attacks, and only made two of six free throws, reducing the Hawks' score to 7 points.

But during these three Clippers' attacks, the Clippers' outside line went crazy. Maggette made a cut and caused McGrady to foul and got two free throws. Cassell made a three-pointer against Liu Mang's defense, and the Clippers also got 7 points!

After playing for three minutes, the Hawks called a timeout!

Kwame Brown's free throws were really bad today!

Coach Kruger did not expect Kwame Brown to be Hack-a-Shaq.

He did not expect the Clippers to play so actively in back-to-back games today.

The Clippers have many minimum-salary players, enough to foul Kwame Brown. Brand and Vin Baker can contain the inside defense on both sides of the three-second zone. Cassell and Maggette have good one-on-one or open-cut opportunities. Although Mobley has committed many fouls and is not as strong now, his open three-pointers are very accurate. This season, he averaged 2.1 three-pointers per game with a hit rate of 39%. He must be defended.

The Hawks started carelessly and were at a disadvantage.

Coach Kruger called a timeout early. Today, the Clippers' desire to win is stronger than expected.

"Josh, you replace Kwame, Rasheed, you play center, Josh, you try your best to defend Brand." Coach Kruger called a 20-second short timeout and made a simple adjustment.

After the timeout, the Clippers did not make any substitutions, even though Mobley had committed two fouls.

The Hawks have the ball, serving in the frontcourt. After Liu Mang received the ball, the opponent finally stopped fouling. The Hawks' current lineup has the highest serving hit rate of 89% by Liu Mang, and the lowest is 73% by McGrady. Josh Smith has few free throws, averaging only two per game, and the number is small. This season's hit rate is not bad, 75%, and they are not targets for the Sharks.

Liu Mang dribbled the ball outside the three-point line, and Cassell was still very tight in defense. Liu Mang's three-pointer threat was too great, averaging 4 three-pointers per game. He has only played 17 games and has already made 68 three-pointers. This is the number that many teams' outside lines cannot make in a season. Now there are still some teams that only average four or five three-pointers per game, and perhaps the record is not bad.

Liu Mang decisively chose to break through and aggressively rushed to the three-point line. The best outside defense of the Clippers is the 36-year-old veteran Cassell, but Cassell couldn't stop Liu Mang's breakthrough! This is also one of the important reasons why Kobe scored 80 points yesterday!

When Liu Mang rushed to the free throw line, Brand had already come to defend. If Liu Mang went deeper, he would be double-teamed by Brand, Vin Baker, and Cassell.

The Clippers' defensive goal was to block the basket and Liu Mang, and to defend Rasheed Wallace from the outside. Josh Smith was almost useless in such a crowded situation under the basket.

Liu Mang quickly grabbed the ball while moving and took three steps. Brand and Vin Baker immediately rushed towards Liu Mang. They all knew that Liu Mang's slow three steps were powerful, and Brand, a short and strong forward with extremely slow lateral movement, could not stop him.

However, Liu Mang's three steps were very fast this time. The first step went to the right, and the second step immediately jumped back and hit Brand who was making a big move to defend. After the collision, Liu Mang threw the ball into the basket...

The ball was slapped down by the fat man Vin Baker, but the referee whistled!

The Clippers committed a defensive foul!

This ball was not considered a shooting foul. The referee called an early foul, but the number of fouls for the Clippers had already reached 4 when they hacked the Shark!

Liu Mang still got two free throws!

This is what Liu Mang wanted!

What is the most feared thing about the slashing tactics?

In fact, it is not that the target of the slashing is accurate in free throws, but that the target of the slashing team was replaced after the number of fouls on the slashing team reached four early. Then they dared not slash the shark, but as long as they fouled, the opponent would go to the free throw line!

When Kobe had O'Neal, the Western Conference playoffs were so violent. No one dared to double-team in mid-range singles because Kobe was good at confrontation. It was easy to cause fouls as long as he double-teamed. Even if it was not a foul, O'Neal could shoot free throws because of too many fouls, which gave Kobe a lot of one-on-one opportunities. For Kobe, one-on-one... Is there anyone to defend? Without three people, it is an open space...

Liu Mang made two free throws!

9 to 7, the Hawks still have a slight lead.

It's the Clippers' turn to attack again.

Kwame Brown is not here, and Rasheed Wallace and Josh Smith are the new partners in the interior. Facing the combination of Vin Baker and Brand on the defensive end, the current interior combination of the Hawks is obviously not a good defensive combination.

Coach Kruger replaced Josh Smith to keep the rhythm on the court and not let the Clippers drag him into their slow rhythm, otherwise Cassell's strength can be better exerted. When the Shark-cutting tactic was used just now, the rhythm was slow, and Cassell dominated the scoring in two of the three attacks.

Brand played against Josh Smith in the low post. Josh Smith tried to defend Brand, but was pushed into the reasonable collision zone by Brand, and scored two points with one hand dunk across Josh Smith.

The peak captain is very unsolvable this season except for opponents with tonnage and mobility! Cassell activated the Clippers, but Brand is the strongest captain!

And those who have strong lower limb strength and mobility, the current inside players who can defend Brand, except Kwame Brown, only Duncan, Jermaine O'Neal, and Milicic can limit him.

Kwame Brown was replaced, and the Hawks' offensive crisis was relieved, but the defense was in big trouble.

Double-teaming is not enough. The Clippers were once a first-class team that occupied the sixth place in the West for a long time, second only to the top five in the West. From Cassell to Vin Baker, they all have long shots or mid-range shots, and they are all very confident. Even Vin Baker dares to shoot.

Attack and defense change, the Hawks attack, Liu Mang just received Rasheed Wallace's serve, and was stuck in the face by Cassell. The Clippers' full-court press!

Liu Mang was frightened by Cassell's face and turned around and made a big loop. His left hand holding the ball just hit Cassell's arm. Cassell subconsciously pushed Liu Mang out of bounds to grab the ball. Liu Mang reacted quickly and sat on the ground.

The referee whistled, and Cassell pushed and fouled!

Cassell's action was not so exaggerated, but Liu Mang's was exaggerated, and the Clippers had fouled Liu Mang before. The referee was nervous and blew a foul immediately.

Liu Mang continued to walk to the free throw line!

The Hawks chose to grind!

Liu Mang started the road of fouling!

The game was still fragmented, while grinding and playing low-post singles, he was constantly fouling.

The Clippers kept changing the center, and they could change players every two rounds. There were too many fouls! The game became dull and ugly.

The fans thought they could play as vigorously as Kobe scored 80 points yesterday, but they didn't expect it to be free throws against the low post!

The boos of the fans at the scene have not stopped. Whether the Hawks scored or the Clippers scored, they kept booing.

Liu Mang didn't care so much. Scoring was good. Whether it was a free throw or a goal, as long as he could score, it was fine.

When the Hawks called a timeout, it was Alonzo Mourning who replaced Rasheed Wallace. Alonzo Mourning had a 70% free throw rate. After the Clippers tried to hack the Shark and missed both free throws, they could only continue to double-team Liu Mang.

The Clippers didn't dare to double-team Liu Mang, and they couldn't steal the ball by pressing the whole court. Liu Mang had a strong sense of fouling, and the full-court pressing made it easy for the Hawks to turn him into a 5-on-4 situation.

Liu Mang would go to the free throw line almost every minute or so, and he would make both free throws almost every time. It is normal for Liu Mang to miss one of ten free throws this season. If he misses two of ten free throws, the opponent should be thankful.

Liu Mang had already gone to the free throw line for the eighth time in the tenth minute of the first quarter!

He made 14 of 16 free throws, and only scored two field goals, one hook shot and one three-pointer, but he had already scored 19 points in nine minutes!

People always focus on the negative situation, are always affected by the negative situation, and forget how many positive influences there are.

The Clippers were just holding on in the second half of the first quarter. They were a little impatient after getting through the foul crisis. Liu Mang went to the free throw line four times in three minutes from the official timeout in the sixth minute.

The Clippers seemed to have forgotten that they were able to play so well in this quarter because Kwame Brown was replaced and Brand showed his scoring and assisting abilities.

The Clippers were worried about too many fouls, so they didn't dare to double-team Liu Mang in the last three minutes, but double-teamed him in advance. Liu Mang didn't continue to waste time. He only took one shot in the last three minutes and scored. He passed an open opportunity to Korver, who came on as a substitute, and Korver made an open mid-range shot.

At the end of the first quarter, the Hawks scored 27 points and the Clippers scored 26 points. The Hawks were only 1 point ahead. The key point was that they couldn't defend the inside.

Liu Mang scored 21 points in a single quarter!

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The negative impact of the Hack-a-Shaq tactic on the Clippers made them want to finish the first quarter quickly, but they didn’t know that both teams used the negative impact of the Hack-a-Shaq tactic on the opponent to ensure points in the first quarter.

The Clippers didn’t know, but the Hawks knew very well, because Liu Mang relied on this to score, and he took advantage of the opponent’s foul crisis from the beginning.

However, Liu Mang knew that the opponent would definitely not continue to foul in the second quarter. It can be seen that the opponent was impatient because of too many fouls, although most of the fouls were committed by substitutes.

Since the Hawks had more than a dozen free throws in one quarter, their teammates had fewer shots, and the Hawks’ outside touch was obviously worse. Liu Mang passed 4 balls in the last two minutes, and only Korver made one shot.

The opponent’s double-teaming will definitely be stricter next. Liu Mang used the side effects of the Hack-a-Shaq tactic to score on the opponent, which actually had a deeper side effect on the team, but the opponent didn’t notice it.

During the intermission, Liu Mang was thinking about how to change his style of play in the second quarter.

In the last attack just now, Liu Mang broke into the low post and scored a turnaround jump shot with Mobley's help defense...

The opponent didn't double-team him in the low post, nor did they dare to double-team him. It was too convenient to pass the ball in that position. All his teammates were in front of him. He only needed to turn his head to observe the whole court. Liu Mang averaged 9 assists per game this season. If the Clippers wanted to win, they would not double-team him in that position.

However... low post...

Compared to the high post back-to-back, Liu Mang is much weaker in the low post. He doesn't have as much experience as the key position, which he had practiced for half a season and a playoff last season...

Liu Mang opened the system panel and looked at the star cards. He saw a star card that was the third most valuable last season. The most valuable ones were naturally the two star cards of Nash and Jordan. Those two had been used, and the third was this one. Liu Mang's eyes lit up!

Use this!

Liu Mang saw the blacksmith on the sidelines with his hands on his chest, gritting his teeth and staring at the court expressionlessly, and he started to have bad thoughts again.

It's time to prove who is the teacher!

"System boss, use Kobe star card!"

"Ding... The host uses Kobe Bryant's 04-05 season star card, ability rating 97, offense 99, defense 90, three-pointer 80, mid-range shot 90, layup 98, rebound 79, pass 84, speed 89, strength 92... Talent skills: Black Mamba's Bite Level 4 (uncoordinated state). The degree of fit is 70%, the effective game time is 10 minutes, and the matching bonus is in..."

Liu Mang was puzzled: Why is the degree of fit so high every time I use this iron god's star card? It seems that the increase in strength is effective, but it is related to the increase in strength, not to the fighting method!

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