Chapter 1087 1086. Strange Wolf King

Garnett has many black spots, bad personality, many tricks when playing, and dirty mouth. In the 1990s, when the salary cap was only more than 20 million, he took more than 15 million in salary, which made the team unable to renew Marbury's contract. Moreover, because they could not directly sign Joe Smith, the Timberwolves could only make private promises, which led to a 5-year first-round penalty, and they never recovered from it...

But in terms of strength, Garnett is very strong!

Very strong!

In the original time and space, Garnett, who won the regular season MVP in the first year after Cassell and Sprewell, has never reached the first place in the league, but has been the top three and top five players in the league for many years.

It's just that in this time and space, Garnett is less recognized, and the only MVP has not been snatched by Liu Mang.

Now Garnett is compared with Rasheed Wallace. The key is that in the hearts of fans, Garnett is not as good as Rasheed Wallace, who took the initiative to play and took the initiative to reduce his salary to renew his contract.

Weakness is the original sin. Garnett played for the Timberwolves for ten years and only won two rounds of series. The team's weak strength became Garnett's original sin.

But in terms of personal performance, Garnett is not inferior to Duncan and O'Neal, and his data is also the most gorgeous among the league's inside players. This season, the only ones who can compare with Garnett in personal performance are Yao Ming, who has double-digit rebounds when Kobe is given, Duncan who played the worst performance of his career, and O'Neal, who is about to pass his peak.

Garnett went crazy from the beginning of the game today.

No one knows how much Garnett wants to prove himself. He saw Duncan, Kobe, Rahim, Rasheed Wallace, McGrady, who entered the NBA at the same time, and won the championship one after another. He really can't wait!

Especially the Hawks and Spurs are in their heyday, dominating the East and West, and they don't look like they are going to decline. The Lakers, Mavericks, and Suns have also entered a better period or recovery one after another. Garnett can't wait. In five months, he will be 30 years old.

So every time Garnett played against a strong team this season, he went crazy, but he didn't have much good data against a weak team.

Today was the same. Garnett scored 7 points and 4 assists in the first quarter, 10 points and 3 assists in the second quarter, and 8 points and 3 assists in the third quarter.

On the Hawks side, whether it was Rasheed Wallace or Josh Smith, they were all beaten by Garnett...

As Rasheed Wallace got older and heavier, he could adjust from counterattacking the basket to following up with three-pointers when counterattacking on the offensive end, but his defense gradually became more suitable for defending power forwards like Duncan and Gasol who played as centers. For power forwards like Garnett who played beyond the times, this season, they couldn't defend.

The Hawks' scoring efficiency was very poor today, and the whole team was in a slump. The Timberwolves took the initiative in the game from the beginning.

Under Garnett's pressure, the Timberwolves have been playing very hard this season, and they have to fight regardless of whether they win or not.

Today, the Hawks' defensive rotation was not timely, and they were still adjusting after a long flight overnight. Kwame Brown, who was so good at jumping, was so limp today, squatting under the basket and not coming out.

So...

The game was messed up...

It was not that the Timberwolves were messed up by the Hawks, who had a wild 29-1 record and the highest winning rate in history, but that the Hawks were messed up by the Timberwolves!

Liu Mang scored 31 points in 10 of 24 shots in three quarters, while the Hawks only scored 59 points in three quarters, and Liu Mang scored more than half of them...

The key is that they couldn't defend!

Garnett scored 24 points and 10 assists in three quarters, and the Timberwolves exploded today! The Hawks' lazy defense allowed the opponent to score 81 points in three quarters, the first time this season that the Timberwolves scored more than 80 points in three quarters.

Garnett was efficient in singles, making 8 of 17 shots and many free throws.

When Garnett didn't have the ball, the illegal pick-and-roll between foul and no foul gave the Timberwolves plenty of space to break through with the ball. The Hawks had no enthusiasm for switching defense today. They fell behind from the beginning of the game. After three quarters, they only scored 59 points, averaging less than 20 points per quarter!

After the Timberwolves took the lead from the beginning, they played more and more actively, broke through more fiercely, shot more decisively, and double-teamed Liu Mang desperately if he didn't score.

On the Hawks side, the players may be thinking: Let's fall behind, anyway, the boss is here.

But the boss said he couldn't lead!

When he encountered a double-team, if his teammates couldn't make the shot, he would go one-on-two. When the opponent double-teamed, Liu Mang had no choice, because the third person to help defend besides the double-team was Garnett!

He scored 31 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists with 10 of 24 shots. This was the game with the fewest assists for Liu Mang since December 2004.

In the fourth quarter, Coach Kruger saw the team's shooting percentage of 21 out of 57 today, and saw the players' sluggish look. He thought it was better to forget it. They were 21 points behind in three quarters. That was it.

It was just a regular season game. Next, they had to play away against the Pistons and Cavaliers. Those two opponents were the key.

Liu Mang wanted to play in the last quarter. Regardless of winning or losing, the data was not up to standard! The score was just 31 points per game, which was up to standard, and the assists were too bad.

But Coach Kruger replaced the main players for the sake of the overall situation, and let Calderon, Barry, Granger, Horry, and David Lee play garbage time.

Liu Mang sat on the bench and complained to the suit man No. 3 who squinted his eyes and disliked his teammates' performance today, "It's all your fault that he stimulated him. 24 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 blocks in three quarters! Look at what you did!"

Maddie is also depressed! He just wanted to take revenge on Garnett. A long time ago, before McGrady went to the Magic, when Garnett adopted his first child, he invited two high school players, McGrady and Kobe, to be guests. When he showed off his double-team trophy in the 1999-00 season, McGrady had nothing at that time.

Later, Tracy McGrady also had a season, but Garnett had a double season.

Now that McGrady finally has a championship ring that looks a million miles away from Garnett, of course he has to show it off.

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Garnett played half of the fourth quarter's garbage time, pushing his numbers to 27 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists. After completely sealing the victory, Garnett left the game.

In the end, the Eagles suffered their second loss of the season 83-106.

The Eagles were careless and underestimated the enemy, had poor rest, poor touch, random shooting, and the coach's inability to respond on the spot. Yesterday, they were also careless and underestimated the enemy, forcing the main team to come back to play in the fourth quarter and delay their rest... Coach Kruger found many reasons to help the players. They explained, taking the blame all over themselves.

Garnett performed very well today, scoring a triple-double, 3 steals and 4 blocks. He performed very well, and he performed against a strong team again.

Garnett has a total of 40+ times in his career, two of which were achieved this season. He has had 4 triple-doubles in more than 30 games, and his performance is quite outstanding.

Garnett's title of "loyalty" started when he faced strong teams this season.

At the end of the game, there was nothing Liu Mang could do. If he lost, he would lose. It was just that he had been winning this season, which felt a bit strange.

Just as Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady were bickering and preparing to walk to the players' tunnel, they suddenly heard a roar.

During the interview, Garnett grabbed the microphone and yelled at Liu Mang: "Ace Liu! Tracy McGrady, I am no worse than you! I can do better than you!"

Liu Mang was startled by Garnett's loud voice, which was exactly the same as Rasheed Wallace!

Liu Mang didn't know what Garnett meant. He won first place in the league. Was he so happy that he went crazy?

After Garnett finished yelling, he threw the microphone away and turned towards the home team's tunnel.

Liu Mang and his teammates were confused. What does this guy mean?

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The next morning, after a good night's sleep, the Eagles players finally felt the displeasure of losing to the Timberwolves after recovering mentally.

Liu Mang has been wondering, what did Garnett mean by what he said last night? Was he just showing off how well he played in yesterday's game?

That's too stupid. It's just a regular season game. The Timberwolves are currently third from the bottom in the Western Conference, only slightly better than the Trail Blazers and Warriors. They are showing off for a regular season victory...

Liu Mang always felt that something was wrong.

But I couldn't figure it out for a while.

Confused, Liu Mang boarded the 10 a.m. plane with his teammates and flew to Detroit. After a night's rest, on January 6, they continued their fourth consecutive away game.

Against the Pistons, the Hawks were unhappy with their loss to the Timberwolves in the last game and were ready to give the Motor City team a hard blow.

The Pistons' record this season is not bad. They have played 35 games and have 22 wins and 13 losses. They are ranked third in the Eastern Conference. They are not far behind the Heat, which is 24 wins and 11 losses. They are still steadily suppressing the Cavaliers and Bulls. Both teams are outside the top four.

However, at this time last season, the Pistons had only lost 7 games, which was a huge difference.

Moreover, the Pistons have won most of the time this season by beating their opponents. They have lost their previous advantages against the Cavaliers and Bulls, and it is even more difficult to win against the six strongest teams in the league.

The atmosphere within their team is no longer as harmonious as it used to be after losing to the Eagles in the playoffs for four consecutive years.

The focus is still on the salary issue.

Billups failed to negotiate an early contract extension, and there were huge differences in the amount of Ben Wallace's contract extension. Ben Wallace wanted a 10 million contract, but the Pistons were unwilling to give it.

However, only Bosh and Hamilton got their contracts renewed. Bosh got a 3+1 maximum salary extension in advance, which took effect in the summer of 2007. Hamilton got a 6-year high-salary extension of 66 million. It comes into effect next season.

The attitude of the Pistons management is obvious. Pitcher Hamilton, who is only a month away from turning 28 and in his prime, and Bosh, who is only in the third year of his rookie contract, have both renewed their contracts, while Billups, who is over 30 years old, has already renewed his contract. Neither of them got the renewal offer they wanted. Billups' contract ended after the 2006-07 season, and Ben Wallace's contract expired after this season.

The current Pistons have a feeling of fighting on their own, without the feeling of fighting again after having a new coach and new system last season.

The current Pistons have lost their motivation to win against the Hawks. Billups and Ben Wallace, as the core, are no longer the same people they were four or three years ago. They can no longer afford to wait. , either get a lot of money, or... change a team and get a lot of money, maybe there is hope for a championship if you change the team.

The feeling of the Pistons now is that they are beating themselves up. Ben Wallace is trying his best to grab rebounds, and his teammates are grabbing rebounds. Billups was originally a waste, but now he shoots more, and they all want to get good data and win big. contract.

Last season, the Pistons relied on passing and pick-and-roll to play a smooth offense, but this season it is all gone. The only thing worth praising is the defense that is so slow again. With an average of 93 points per game and an average of 90 points lost per game, the Pistons' offensive efficiency has returned to the level before Coach Saunders came here.

As long as the team's contract renewal issue is not resolved, even Coach Saunders cannot make any major changes.

Billups and Ben Wallace, with an attitude of not wanting to reduce a penny, made it clear that they would either pay or leave.

In this game, Liu Mang played a simple style, with only two styles: breaking through and passing the ball and shooting three-pointers.

Simple and rough!

When playing against the Hornets, Liu Mang made three key three-pointers in a row. Now he is obsessed with that feeling and wants to find that feeling at that time and get familiar with that feeling.

Liu Mang feels that he is about to touch the feeling of shooting three-pointers at will, but he is almost there, just a little bit away...

The feeling that is more accurate than the most accurate in the league now is right in front of him, but it feels illusory and untouchable.

So Liu Mang increased his outside shots, and he mainly passed the ball to attract defense when he broke through or fell into the low post or high post. He would only shoot if he was not double-teamed.

He made 9 of 21 shots, including 6 of 14 three-pointers and 3 of 4 free throws. In this game, Liu Mang played 38 minutes, scored 27 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists, helping the Hawks to easily defeat the Pistons in the late stage of "ice phobia" with a score of 101 to 87.

Seeing Ben Wallace's 3 points and 14 rebounds, Bosh had only 3 rebounds for 21 points, and Billups made 8 of 23 shots, which was more than Liu Mang's shots.

When Liu Mang stepped onto the free throw line, the people of Esterli began to shout "MVP".

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Avoiding a losing streak, the Hawks continued to refresh the NBA historical record and became the team that won 30 wins at the fastest speed.

30 wins and 2 losses, the Hawks came to Cleveland the day after playing against the Pistons. On the 8th, they will play the last game of the five-game road trip with the Cavaliers to challenge the Cavaliers.

It was really unpleasant to play against the Pistons. After falling behind by ten points at the beginning of the third quarter, the opponent really had no fighting spirit and was just brushing up the data. The Hawks led by 21 points in the third quarter, 74 to 53. It was only in the last quarter that the Hawks sent out pure substitutes, and the Pistons dared to fight hard in garbage time to catch up a little.

Liu Mang was excited about the next opponent.

At this time, a player No. 23 who was blowing in the cold wind outside the Hawks' lower tower hotel couldn't help sneezing, and quickly wrapped his coat tightly, and had to go to the leader of the younger generation to say hello. He felt that being too young was not good, and he had to call everyone brother when he saw them.