Chapter 1098 1097. 10 Three-Pointers in Three Quarters!

Carter felt like his hands were being trapped!

This feeling was strange and familiar to Carter. Liu Mang seemed to be stuck to him. His weak body seemed to contain infinite energy, and Carter couldn't get rid of him!

If Carter wanted to force a breakthrough, he could only send the ball to the opponent's inside defense under the opponent's close defense.

Moreover, if Carter hadn't been afraid of Liu Mang's nearly two steals per game, he would have almost been stolen when he was stuck with such a strong and oppressive defense at the beginning!

Just when Carter was about to step back and throw a three-pointer, Liu Mang's chest suddenly exerted force, and Carter almost lost his center of gravity. At this time, Liu Mang reached out to grab the ball. Facing Liu Mang, who was dominant with both hands, Carter was almost poked by the ball again, and hurriedly hugged it.

Fortunately, Harrington, the former famous receiver of the Pacers, came out to respond, and Carter immediately passed the ball to Harrington.

Harrington received the ball. If his teammates were not in an open position so that he could directly get an assist, he would not pass it.

Harrington was followed by Josh Smith, so he chose to force a breakthrough and made a sideways shot from the left side of the three-second zone...

Harrington is indeed a strong candidate for the best sixth man. The angle of the ball was very correct, but unfortunately the force was a little lacking. The ball fell to the left side of the basket and bounced off the cylinder of the basket. Kwame Brown jumped high and grabbed the rebound.

The Nets had already started to retreat. Carter watched Liu Mang catch the ball and was shocked!

Still improving!

And still improving so rapidly!

Carter thought of the first day of the new year when Liu Mang played a quadruple-double and six steals against the Lakers. For the first time in his life, he felt that his talent was suppressed. He had never felt this feeling even from McGrady!

At this time, Liu Mang had already dribbled the ball forward, and Carter hurried to defend Iguodala who was cutting into the inside.

Korver also started running. After he went up to help Iguodala block Carter, he moved to the bottom corner. After the Nets switched defense, Harrington chased Iguodala and was unable to double-team Liu Mang.

The Hawks replaced Korver, Iguodala and Josh Smith, two experts in cutting, and Kwame Brown, an All-Star center, under the basket. After the Hawks' first attack with this lineup, the Nets did not dare to double-team in advance.

Liu Mang faced Kidd's defense at the top arc and rushed to the left.

Kidd quickly moved in advance to block Liu Mang's left hand. At this time, Liu Mang stopped suddenly, slapped the ball behind his back with his left hand, changed direction, received the ball with his right hand, and broke through from the right!

Kidd is worthy of being a player in the best defensive lineup for many years. In this situation, he still did not lose his position. He stuck to Liu Mang and forced Liu Mang to enter the basket from the right edge of the three-second zone, without giving Liu Mang the opportunity to directly attack the basket.

Liu Mang got to the free throw line, grabbed the ball, and started the human creeping essence step!

With just the first step, Kostic was shaken off. Liu Mang kicked his right foot and bounced to the left, grabbing the ball for a layup... Suddenly feeling something was wrong, Liu Mang switched the ball to his left hand, and a pull-up shot hit the backboard and fell into the basket.

When Liu Mang switched the ball to his left hand, his right arm had been hit by Kidd, but unfortunately he was in the blind spot of the referee's vision and did not get the whistle.

Liu Mang already had 18 points!

The Hawks led by 7 points with 20 to 13!

It was the Nets' turn to attack again, and Carter continued to want to play singles. Although he successfully broke through to the right side of the three-second zone this time, he used his height and touch under Liu Mang's defense and made a mid-range emergency stop shot, but Carter had already felt that Liu Mang's defensive improvement was real!

The last time he met Liu Mang, he and Liu Mang had several matchups, and Carter had already felt that Liu Mang's defense was better than last season, and it was much better.

However, at that time, Liu Mang had only completed less than half of the designated training of Gary Payton's defensive training card. Now, Liu Mang is only one training class away from completing the training of Gary Payton's defensive training card, and has completed 15/16!

The training card is fully completed to allow Liu Mang to have additional defensive skills, and the training in the middle has the memory of which training the training card allows Liu Mang's muscles and consciousness to strengthen. Liu Mang's own defensive awareness, footwork, and defensive choices have already begun to become stronger and stronger in the actual application of training and competition in the past 20 days!

Carter has nothing to say about Liu Mang's progress. He has already led the team to two consecutive championships and suppressed McGrady to be the second. Liu Mang can still improve! The offensive end has almost reached the peak that Carter can imagine, and it can still be improved. Carter admits that Liu Mang's touch is good.

But the defensive end can still improve so much!

Just now, Carter felt that he was facing Gary Payton, who was in a declining stage at the beginning of the century!

Although Gary Payton is over 30 and starting to decline, he is still a defensive player at the level of the All-Defensive Team!

Last season, Liu Mang was selected as the second defense, and many defensive and even offensive experts did not agree. They thought Liu Mang was lucky and met a bunch of defensive experts who split the votes to be selected.

But this time, Carter was very sure from Liu Mang's footsteps, defensive determination, awareness, etc. in the two defensive times just now that Liu Mang did not just happen to defend like that, but that he had the ability.

In other words, Carter could not rely on technology and explosive speed to score easily against Liu Mang as before, and could only rely on his personal ability to shoot hard!

Liu Mang had an easier time playing against Kidd. Although Liu Mang also started to miss shots in the one-on-one duel with Kidd, Carter missed more shots!

At the end of the first quarter, Liu Mang made 8 of 12 shots, 4 of 5 free throws, and 4 of 4 three-pointers, scoring 24 points and 3 assists in a single quarter.

Carter also made 6 of 11 shots, with a hit rate of more than 50%, 3 of 6 three-pointers, and two free throws, scoring 17 points in a single quarter, but just because of this, the Nets fell behind by 7 points!

Although Harrington played well and Kidd's pass also created some opportunities for the Nets, the Nets fell behind by 9 points after the first quarter!

35 to 26, the Hawks led by 9 points in the first quarter!

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The Hawks took a strong initiative at home!

During the intermission, the Hawks sent Jason Terry and Prince plus Liu Mang's outside trio, and David Lee and Mourning to the inside.

The Nets replaced Kidd, McGinnis, and Carter with a combined average of 16 assists per game, and continued to send Harrington and Kostic in the interior.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Nets prepared to double-team Liu Mangjin in advance.

Liu Mang's score alone almost caught up with the Nets' entire team. The Nets did not want to be the next team that scored less than one opponent.

But after the start of the second quarter, Liu Mang did not hold the ball, and let Jason Terry and David Lee receive the ball and play singles. Liu Mang used off-ball running to get opportunities.

Jason Terry and David Lee's singles were very effective, forcing the Nets to pay attention to their outside breakthroughs and David Lee's low-post singles.

At this time, Liu Mang took advantage of the effect of not running slower and slower during the running period brought by the speed, and took advantage of the gaps. The Nets could not keep up!

In the third minute of the second quarter, Liu Mang ran to the top arc and shook off the defense. David Lee passed the ball out, and Liu Mang received the ball and shot a three-pointer...

The fifth three-pointer of the game!

After this three-pointer, the Hawks led 43-32, the first time in this game to widen the gap to more than 10 points!

In the sixth minute of the second quarter, before the official timeout, the Nets were 39-51, 12 points behind. At this time, Liu Mang received a pass from Jason Terry at the top arc and hit another three-pointer, widening the gap to 15 points. Liu Mang took 3 shots in the first half of the quarter, all of which were three-point shots, 2 of 3 shots, and scored six points.

In addition to the scores of Jason Terry and David Lee, the Hawks played a 18-13 scoring climax in the first half of the quarter.

The Nets' offense has been very good, scoring 13 points in 6 minutes, which is about the same as their average of 97 points per game this season. Kidd, Carter, and McGinnis have done a good job in organizing offense and scoring.

But today Liu Mang habitually broke out!

Only half of the second quarter was played, and he had already scored 30 points!

If this goes on...

The Nets coach is a little bit unimaginable, is this going to be another 70-80 point rhythm?

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After the timeout, Liu Mang encountered a tighter defense.

However, Liu Mang expected this situation, and Coach Kruger also made a tactical adjustment to the Nets' defensive method of rotating defense against Liu Mang without the ball, so that his teammates could better enjoy the easy offensive opportunities brought by Liu Mang's defense.

The Hawks' score did not decline because Liu Mang was blocked, but played more and more smoothly, especially after Iguodala, Josh Smith and Kwame Brown came up, the Hawks played better in the second half of the second quarter.

And Liu Mang made his seventh three-pointer of the game in the eleventh minute of the second quarter, scoring 11 points in a single quarter!

At the end of the half, Liu Mang scored 35 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. In the second quarter, Liu Mang only had one assist, but he created a lot of space for his teammates to break through, pass or shoot! At the end of the half, the Hawks were 69 to 52, leading by 17 points at halftime!

Leading by 9 points in the first quarter and 8 points in the second quarter, the Hawks completely took the initiative!

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After returning from the second half, Liu Mang rested for a few minutes in the first half of the third quarter, letting Calderon, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Mourning play for a while.

The poor version of the Picchio combination on the Nets side could only continue to play, and the lagging side had no chance to rest.

Liu Mang listened to Coach Kruger's explanation of tactics on the sidelines. Coach Kruger analyzed the running routes of Liu Mang's five three-point shots in the second quarter. Liu Mang understood how to run in order to get a better chance to catch the ball and shoot.

In the first half of the third quarter, the Hawks had three second- and third-year players and an old man named Mourning. Even with Jason Terry's support, they still lost a few points and were beaten 16 to 12. When the official timeout came, the Nets had chased the score to 68 to 81, and the difference was narrowed to 13 points by the Nets.

The timeout called by Coach Kruger became an official timeout. The Hawks began to make substitutions. Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Iguodala, David Lee, and Kwame Brown came on the court.

The Nets replaced Ratliff, who had rested for two full quarters, with the full starting lineup, preparing to start chasing points. There was still one and a half quarters left in the game, and the Nets had no time to catch up slowly.

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After the timeout, the Hawks attacked, and Liu Mang pushed forward to the frontcourt. Thinking back to the running route just now, he felt that the running route selection summarized by Coach Kruger for him was very helpful.

After arriving at the frontcourt, Liu Mang saw that the Nets did not dare to double-team him like in the first half. Only Kidd came up. Liu Mang squeezed Kidd to the left side of the top arc, stopped suddenly, and hit the ball with his left hand.

Kidd immediately blocked Liu Mang's left-hand shooting space. Liu Mang received the ball, switched from behind to his right hand, and took a step to the right at the same time, and shot a three-pointer from the top arc...

Another shot!

8 out of 10!

Liu Mang has already made 8 three-pointers!

Then Carter made a three-pointer against Liu Mang's defense. Carter, who had already made 6 three-pointers, did not feel so good this time. The three-pointer hit the basket and was grabbed by Iguodala for the defensive rebound.

Iguodala threw the ball to the frontcourt. Liu Mang was already going down. He received the ball at a position beyond the midline and accelerated towards the basket. Carter and McGinnis both caught up. Liu Mang's acceleration made the two rush to the basket at full speed, ready to block Liu Mang.

At this time, Liu Mang stopped suddenly inside the three-point line, stepped back and jumped out of the three-point line, stepped back and shot a three-pointer at the most accurate position at the 45-degree angle on the left...

Hit again!

9 of 11 shots!

41 points!

Liu Mang scored 41 points in the eighth minute of the third quarter!

Liu Mang scored two three-pointers in a row, and once again widened the score difference to more than 15 points, 87 to 68, and the Hawks led by 19 points!

The Nets were forced to double-team Liu Mang again, and Jason Terry started to play singles. Although he failed to continue to widen the score, he also maintained the score difference at 18 or 19 points.

When the Nets were about to finish the third quarter, they felt that there was still hope. As long as the score difference was kept within 20 points, there was still a little hope in the last quarter. Even if the hope was slim, there was still hope. They dared not lose a single game. If they lost one more game, the 76ers would widen the gap again.

However, with 22 seconds left in the third quarter, Liu Mang, under Carter's pursuit, went around the top arc and received the pass from Iguodala and made a three-pointer...

Liu Mang made his tenth three-pointer in the first three quarters!

Liu Mang scored 46 points in three quarters, helping the Hawks to lead by 21 points, 97 to 76!

This was Liu Mang's fourth career three-pointer with 10+ hits in a single game!

With Carter's three-pointer at the buzzer missing, the Hawks led by 21 points into the fourth quarter!

Liu Mang scored 11 points in a single quarter again, helping the Hawks to defeat the Nets in the third quarter! The Nets' coach Lawrence Frank has asked the substitutes to take off their training clothes. The Nets were beaten by Liu Mang's 10 three-pointers and gave up the game!

There may be another chapter. Xiaofeng will clock out and go home first. I will go back to eat some porridge and lie down before getting up to write~There may be a short and concise chapter, and friends can read it tomorrow.