Chapter 1084 1083. Dare to Fight and Fight in Garbage Time (10,000 Words Today)

Nearly five minutes into the game, the Hawks beat the Hornets 11 to 4. Horry missed twice, and Liu Mang didn't pass the ball to him. He simply did it himself. He broke through to the left side of the free throw line twice and encountered Sneijder's double team. He used slow three-step layups, scored 2+1 once, and scored 5 points in a row with a layup, forcing David West, who was defending Josh Smith, or Desmond Mason, who was defending McGrady, to double team. Liu Mang easily sent out two assists, McGrady made a three-pointer, and Josh Smith made a layup.

In addition, Kwame Brown grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled, making one of two free throws.

After Horry missed two consecutive shots and didn't score, the Hawks scored in five consecutive attacks.

The strength gap is obvious.

Paul, after feeling the malice of the Hawks players, played smarter, with talent and skills, and passed the ball faster. The Hornets also started to score, but Byron Scott's offensive system was gone. Byron Scott was a coach who was very good at training point guards. He created a breakthrough pass and pick-and-roll tactics for Paul, but they were all positional battles.

Paul passed the ball quickly, and others received the ball before they were in the best position, and their shooting efficiency dropped sharply.

In nearly five minutes, the Hornets only scored 4 points with 1 of 4 shots.

The gap in strength was obvious.

Seeing Liu Mang doing whatever he wanted on the court, easily getting 5 points, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Paul felt that he was going to collapse. The boss was serious!

However... Paul naively thought that this was Liu Mang's performance of paying attention to him.

Of course, Liu Mang does value him, but the emphasis is a little different...

Because in the West, Paul, except for being beaten once by Billups and once by Kidd, most of the opponents he encountered were point guards such as Smush Parker, Devin Harris, Nash, Francis, etc. Although the team also lost more than won, just like being beaten by Harris for 33 points last night, Paul can at least make contributions on the offensive end.

He played for 5 minutes today, except for two free throws, he either missed or made mistakes.

And it will continue!

Liu Mang's bad taste made his teammates puzzled, but also felt quite interesting, playing with Paul with Liu Mang.

Except for David West, Paul's other teammates were quite average, either old or really bad.

After the first quarter, Liu Mang scored 7 points and 4 assists.

After Jason Terry came on in the second quarter, he was much more direct, crazy shooting, crazy scoring, and then Paul continued to be targeted.

As a rookie with an 82 ability rating, it is really awesome, and not only in talent, but also in combat effectiveness, it is stronger than the British Jordan and Jordan on the bench of the Bulls last season.

But no matter how strong Paul is, he is just a rookie, and he does not have teammates with outstanding talents like Deng Yingqiao and Ben Dengqiao. The Hornets rely on Paul and David West to win.

The Hawks have been widening the gap. The other players of the Hornets can score and pass, but Paul is double-teamed.

Others can't make shots even if they have open positions!

Kwame Brown is guarding the basket, and he will be blocked if he enters.

In the middle of the third quarter, Liu Mang scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists, helping the Hawks easily lead by 22 points with 67 to 45.

When the official timeout came, the Hawks replaced the main players with Calderon, Iguodala, Granger, Horry and David Lee, treating the game as garbage time.

However, the Hornets still kept Paul on the court, letting him play against the opponent's substitutes to find confidence.

Byron Scott felt that Paul was doubting his life.

After the timeout, Paul looked at Liu Mang and McGrady sitting on the bench of the Hawks, looking at the 22-point deficit, and looking at his own team that had played half of the third quarter and had not scored 50 points.

And his own data of 1 of 7 shots, 4 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 turnovers, Paul held his breath and went on the court, starting the key man mode!

The most praised thing about Paul's rookie season was his excellent performance in the second half. The classic battle was when facing LeBron James. He scored 14 points in the last quarter, 25 points in the second half, and 33 points in the whole game, becoming the first player of the 05 generation to score 30 points, leading the Hornets to reverse the Cavaliers.

Now, Paul is in garbage time, and he still dares to fight!

Paul, who only scored 4 points in the first two and a half quarters, scored 6 points and 3 assists in the second half of the third quarter, helping the Hornets to score 14 points in half a quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the score was chased to 59 to 74, narrowing the gap to 15 points.

Paul still stayed on the court, which the Hawks did not expect.

However, the Hawks were still not in a hurry. Coach Kruger only replaced Granger with Jason Terry, and let Calderon, Jason Terry, Iguodala, David Lee, and Josh Smith go up to suppress the pressure.

The Hawks did not think that the Hornets could turn the tables.

However...

After the start of the fourth quarter, Paul singled out Calderon and Jason Terry and scored 8 points in a row!

After the Hornets came up in the fourth quarter, they played a wave of 12 to 6!

The score difference was suddenly narrowed to 9 points!

The Hawks called a timeout!

Liu Mang was chatting and laughing with McGrady, but he did not expect the score difference to be forced to close!

"Jason, what are you doing... Uh, you made two three-pointers in a row, that's nothing." Liu Mang originally wanted to complain about Jason Terry, but when he saw the statistics in the fourth quarter, Jason Terry made 2 of 2 shots.

It’s just that the Hawks were too lax. The defenders didn’t mark the players, and the defenders couldn’t defend. The Hornets scored 12 points in a row, and the Hornets made 5 of 5 shots! The key is that the Hawks actually played on their own side. Iguodala once dribbled the ball to the fans on the sidelines...

There were 8 minutes and 58 seconds left in the game, and the opponent actually had the possibility of a comeback!

Coach Kruger was in a big headache. If the game was overturned, it would be a big loss of face!

After looking at Liu Mang, Coach Kruger thought that Liu Mang should rest more. The schedule was so tight. Although Liu Mang’s physical fitness has always been like a monster, he rarely gets injured except for being fouled. He is an iron man, but he still needs to be used with care.

And there is McGrady!

McGrady only played 14 minutes today, made 6 of 7 shots, and scored 15 points. If he hadn’t missed the buzzer-beating three-pointer before the halftime break, McGrady’s hit rate today would have been 100%!

"Tracy, you go up and control the ball. Jason, Keller, Josh, Kwame, you go up and win the game." Coach Kruger himself looked down on the Hornets and made a simple and rough arrangement.

The players of both teams returned to the court.

Paul's touch has been warmed up now, so hot!

He is holding back a lot of energy now! He wants to turn the tables!

Although they have a good relationship, he still wants to smash the faces of those shameless hooligans of the Hawks!

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Sorry, only 10,000 words today.