Chapter 1086 1085. High School Students and High School Students (Please Subscribe~)

Liu Mang scored three three-pointers in a row!

The Hornets kept scoring, but the Hawks widened the gap! From the smallest 1 point, the gap was widened to 7 points!

With more than three minutes left, Byron Scott quickly called a timeout!

Liu Mang scored three three-pointers in a row, and the Goose City fans at the scene went crazy!

Paul played very well from the second half of the third quarter to the fourth quarter. In more than one quarter, he scored 16 points and performed extremely well.

However, Liu Mang scored 10 points in three shots!

All of a sudden, Liu Mang's score soared from 19 points to 29 points!

Just like "playing casually", Liu Mang is about to reach his average score again!

The fans at the scene now understand a little.

What is a superstar?

This is a superstar!

Just like McGrady scored 15 points in just 14 minutes in the first half, it was too easy for these two people to score!

Paul was very good. When he scored 16 points with 7 of 11 shots, the fans cheered for him. However, now it is found that Paul is too tender in front of Liu Mang and McGrady!

Hearing that some fans shouted "MVP" to Liu Mang after Liu Mang scored a three-pointer and Byron Scott called a timeout, Paul felt so depressed now!

Paul was under even heavier pressure than being teased by the opponent in the first half.

Now Paul felt even more difficult than in the first half.

This feeling of trying hard to catch up with the score difference, and catching up with the score difference when the opponent was resting, and then widening the score difference again when the opponent came up, this feeling is more than the previous feeling of being teased.

A sense of despair!

This guy, how could anyone beat him!

Before being teased, played with, and beaten for fun, Paul did not have that kind of despair, because that was targeted.

Now in a direct one-on-one duel, Paul was ravaged even more miserably!

Paul was beaten directly by the opponent in a one-on-one match, and now his heart has cooled down...

And the Hawks' morale has been ignited by Liu Mang!

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After the timeout, the two teams did not make any substitutions.

Paul received the ball in the frontcourt and immediately passed it to JR Smith, who made a three-pointer against McGrady's defense...

This time McGrady's defense was very different from the lazy defense after resting for an hour. He was serious and very close.

But the nervous knife is the nervous knife, JR Smith made another three-pointer!

The score difference returned to 4 points again.

But before the Hornets had the illusion of a comeback, McGrady ran directly to the frontcourt after failing to block the defense. Kwame Brown quickly picked up the ball and passed it to Liu Mang. Liu Mang made a long pass. McGrady was chased by JR Smith and Paul, and passed it to Jason Terry in the middle. Jason Terry did not enter the three-point line, and shot a three-pointer from the top arc!

It also hit!

Jason Terry didn't want to let Liu Mang have all the glory. He also had a hot hand in the fourth quarter. Except for being intercepted once, he made both three-pointers. Now, he made three of three shots!

Still a 7-point difference!

There was hope to catch up, but the opponent immediately pulled away. There was hope to catch up again, and then the opponent made another three-pointer... Paul and his teammates were about to collapse!

It was more painful than being abused!

Finally, Paul couldn't help it, and used his speed to force his way to the basket. He forced a shot while being pressed by Liu Mang...

"Snap..."

Liu Mang used his height advantage to press the ball down directly!

The ball hit Paul's knee and bounced out of bounds!

Looking back, McGrady's three-pointer also opened fire!

McGrady received a pass from Liu Mang when Liu Mang was double-teamed by Paul and JR Smith, and made an open three-pointer!

96 to 86, a 10-point difference! 1 minute and 13 seconds left!

The Hawks locked the victory!

After Paul's mid-range jump shot from the Hornets was missed because of his mental breakdown, Liu Mang grabbed the defensive rebound that Paul hit at the front of the basket, and the Hornets started a tactical foul.

Liu Mang was sent to the free throw line, and he made one of two free throws, raising his data to 30 points, 8 rebounds and 13 assists, and the 30 points that were as stable as a weight were in his hands again!

With Paul's forced backward three-pointer against Liu Mang's defense outside the three-point line, he flew out of bounds. There were 31 seconds left, and the Hornets were 11 points behind. There was no foul, and the situation was over.

Byron Scott replaced all the main players, and Paul sat on the bench. Seeing Liu Mang get 30 points again, it was like a joke. Paul wanted to go to Cleveland to find his old brother for a hug and comfort... Ace was bullying!

In the end, the Hawks defeated the Hornets with a score difference of 97 to 88, 9 points.

29 wins and 1 loss, the Hawks won three consecutive games, continuing their irritable record.

There was no time to catch up with Paul. After a brief interview that night after playing the Hornets, the Hawks did physical therapy in the car and on the plane. They rushed to Minneapolis overnight. The second game within 24 hours would start at 5:30 tomorrow afternoon.

Paul, weak and helpless, was left alone in the corner drawing circles...

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On January 4, the Hawks arrived at the hotel in Minneapolis at 2:30 in the morning.

Liu Mang fell asleep at dawn. He was not used to it. The easy schedule of the previous two months suddenly became so tight. The Hawks players were not used to it.

He slept until 11 o'clock in the morning. Liu Mang had slept for about five hours, but his head was still a mess. It was not just Liu Mang, but other people on the Hawks were like this.

But we have to start preparing for the afternoon game. The Eagles continued to hold team meetings and did not conduct tactical training in the afternoon, allowing the players to continue to rest.

Most of the players did not sleep at noon. At four o'clock, the Eagles players came to the Target Center and started warming up.

It was the same last season. The schedule was easy at the beginning of the season, but it suddenly became tight in the middle of the season. The players did not adapt at first.

It's just that this time it's more extreme. In the first two months, we have to play five fewer games than most other teams, and one less in the last month. That is, the three-month schedule from January to March has two more games than other teams. The normal monthly schedule is already quite a lot. There are usually 14 to 15 games in 30 days, which is an average of almost one game every two days. If two games are squeezed in, one more game may have to be arranged, and there may be two more back-to-backs.

Coach Kruger looked at the players who were all lazy and could only wait for the players to get used to it.

The main reason was that I didn't expect that the game yesterday would actually reach a critical moment. In the last 6 minutes, the game was forced to be a 50-50 situation. If it weren't for Liu Mang's good condition, he scored 30 points with 9 of 16 shots, and organized the offense well, and got 13 assists, and they almost lost the game.

This also made several main players of the Hawks still on the court at the last moment of yesterday's game.

Fatigue is the focus that Coach Kruger should pay attention to in the middle of the season.

Liu Mang's body is not tired. He took a physical potion when he got up in the morning. After eating a nutritious meal at noon, his body is no longer a problem, but his heart is very tired...

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At 5:10, Liu Mang led his teammates into the court of the Target Center. The Hawks' back-to-back challenge to the Timberwolves was coming soon.

Basically, except for holding a meeting and analyzing the opponent, there was basically no time to prepare, and everyone was still dozing off during the meeting.

The Timberwolves had rested for two days after playing against the Spurs on the 1st, waiting for the Hawks to come.

After Liu Mang entered the court, he looked at the opponent's players.

Garnett, with an ability rating of 98, is about to turn 30, but he is still in his prime, and his playing style can continue to be a superstar for several years. This season, he averaged 22 points, 13.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, and has achieved 20+10+5 data for six consecutive years. He is versatile and has no limits.

Except for Garnett, the best player of the Timberwolves is Ricky Davis...

The contract signed by Garnett in the summer of 2004 was greatly reduced in salary, from 28 million to 16 million, just to allow the team to recruit players. After seeing the great help brought by the two helpers, Alien and Madman, in the 03-04 season, he knew that he had to reduce his salary to find teammates, but the Timberwolves' mysterious operation did not need Cassell and Madman to commit suicide. No one else was willing to come to Minnesota, a ghost place in the ice and snow.

Garnett's salary cut is useless. This season, his salary is only 18 million, and the Timberwolves' total salary is only 45 million. It's not that the Timberwolves are unwilling to spend money, otherwise they would not have signed such a big contract with Garnett in the 1990s. They also wanted to make a private promise to give Joe Smith a maximum salary in three years in order to create bird rights. It can be seen that the Timberwolves owner is not reluctant to spend money and is willing to pay the luxury tax.

It's just that their general manager McHale did nothing last summer except helping the Celtics to eat Ricky Davis' contract. He finally got a first-round pick to select Rashad McCants, another North Carolina freshman besides the North Carolina Four Youngsters, but he turned out to be as bad as the other three North Carolina stars.

So far, the Timberwolves have played 34 games, with 12 wins and 22 losses, and have long left the playoffs.

There is nothing worth studying. Liu Mang sat on the bench and closed his eyes to rest. Since April last year, there has been no such situation of rushing to play games overnight for more than eight months. Liu Mang has a headache.

The players on Garnett's side didn't come to say hello or anything, so McGrady, who was wearing a suit, went over to chat with Garnett, who was also a high school student.

When Liu Mang opened his eyes and looked at the opposite side, he saw Garnett angrily pulling McGrady's arm, sending McGrady back to their bench, and pushing McGrady.

McGrady didn't get angry either, he smiled and put the things on his hand back into the pocket on the chest of his suit.

"Tracy, how did you offend that iron-blooded man again? What did you put in your pocket?" Liu Mang asked with a smile, anyway, it must not be a good thing.

"Oh, you are talking about this," McGrady took out the things in his pocket, "you have two of this thing."

Liu Mang looked at the championship ring in McGrady's hand... This guy, he has learned bad things! High school students are angry with high school students!

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At five o'clock, the referee urged the Hawks players to hurry up and go on the court.

Coach Kruger let McGrady and Jason Terry rest today, and Liu Mang, Prince, Horry, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown started.

On the Timberwolves side, the starting lineup of Marcus Banks, Trenton Hassell, Ricky Davis, Garnett, and Mark Blount appeared.

The Timberwolves' starting lineup has three players, Marcus Banks, Ricky Davis, and Mark Blount, who were returned from the Celtics by McHale with two second-round draft picks.

These three players almost didn't play in the second half of the Celtics' last season. They came to McHale, who also served as the head coach, and became Garnett's starting teammates...

Garnett and Kwame Brown came to the center circle for a jump ball.

Garnett was envious when he saw his old rival Rasheed Wallace averaging 9 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists per game this season, and he had a record of 29 wins and 1 loss without any effort, and he could even rest!

Garnett wanted to prove himself in this game!

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air.

Garnett, who was very excited, jumped high and won the jump ball over Kwame Brown's head!

Kwame Brown failed the jump ball for the second time this season.

After Banks received the ball, he immediately passed it to Garnett, and Garnett pushed forward and organized the offense himself.

This is so strange!

Compared to Odom, Garnett's organization of offense makes people look more amazing.

Rasheed Wallace immediately stuck to Garnett and directly defended outside the three-point line.

Garnett's defense against Rasheed Wallace has always been average, because he is a bit soft on the offensive end, and Rasheed Wallace is very good at bullying technical opponents.

But this time Garnett made a strong breakthrough to the mid-range...quickly stopped and shot a fadeaway jump shot...

Let's not talk about the problem of offensive selection, the key is that the iron-blooded mid-range shot went in!

Garnett jumped the ball, dribbled the ball, and made a breakthrough jump shot by himself!