Chapter 1164 1163. I'll Have Plenty of Time to Rest After I Die!

Josh Smith dribbled the ball and faced Yao Ming head-on for the first time!

Josh Smith and Yao Ming played against each other for the third time, including this time, in his rookie season against the Rockets, and Josh Smith did not get a chance to play.

This was the first time Josh Smith dribbled the ball and met Yao Ming under the basket. That feeling... He finally understood why James' hit rate against the Rockets never exceeded 35%!

For a ball handler with average footwork and no close-range shooting, Yao Ming's huge body was too scary!

"So, Boss Ace just took on this monster under the basket?" Josh Smith was so scared that he hugged the ball. He felt incredible that Liu Mang could shoot with Yao Ming just now!

But at this time, Josh Smith couldn't pass the ball! Being sandwiched under the basket by the twin towers of Odom and Yao Ming, Josh Smith and James' vision was not a little different. The two had similar physical talents, but their basketball IQ was indeed a bit different.

Josh Smith made a forced lob shot, at least he was not blocked by Yao Ming and Odom, but it was also ridiculously off, the shot was a bridge, the ball hit the right outer edge of the basket, and it almost missed!

Fortunately, someone appeared on the right side of the three-second zone at this time!

Liu Mang, wearing the No. 1 jersey of the Hawks!

When Josh Smith was determined to break through, Liu Mang expected this situation, and actively rushed into the basket, leaning against Kobe who was defending him, and jumped when the ball hit the basket and fell down, pushing the ball in the air, and the ball flew back to the top of the basket and fell in.

Liu Mang made a tip-in and scored two points!

2-2 tie!

The Hawks also got into trouble!

After more than five minutes, the two teams were tied at 2-2!

2 points and 4 rebounds, Liu Mang didn't expect that one day he would have more rebounds than points...

Both teams scored, and the fans felt that the two teams were finally going to start a scoring battle.

However, things did not develop as the fans imagined.

When the Lakers attacked, Liu Mang saw Kobe receiving the ball on the left side of the free throw line with Prince, and immediately rushed up to double-team, leaving Fisher open, and ran to double-team Kobe before his teammates could rotate to defend.

However, Kobe is now in a hot state, and the triggering of Kobe time also triggers another characteristic.

Stubbornness level 5! This is Kobe's full-level characteristic that will never decline!

Liu Mang rushed up to double-team Prince, and Kobe saw two people defending, this is an open position!

The biggest difference between Kobe and Jordan is that Kobe is more confident than Jordan. He didn't even move his feet to find a shooting space, but turned over directly, facing the two people's defense, and shot a backward jump shot...

Prince interfered well this time. He saw Liu Mang double-teaming and had a strong sense of cooperation. His main thing was not to interfere with Kobe's shot, but to press on and prevent Kobe from jumping!

Kobe didn't jump completely. Although he leaned back, he couldn't get rid of Liu Mang's defense. Liu Mang rushed from Kobe's left front and jumped with all his strength. The fingertips of his long right arm touched the ball!

The ball flew halfway, but because Liu Mang touched the ball, it lost its flying power and fell down.

Fisher rushed up to grab the ball, turned around and adjusted, and shot a mid-range shot...

"Snap"

Liu Mang exploded!

The enhanced blocking awareness when using Ben Wallace is getting better and better now. After landing, he saw Fisher picking up the ball and continued to rush towards Fisher as soon as possible. Fisher just raised the ball to his head. Liu Mang slapped Fisher from behind his head to the ball that Fisher raised to the top of his head when he shot with a cannon!

This slap was solid, and the ball was fanned out of bounds like a cannonball!

2 points, 3 blocks, 4 rebounds!

Liu Mang got 3 blocks and 4 rebounds in just half a quarter, 6 minutes!

These two consecutive blocks are awesome!

The fans at the scene were all excited!

There were no scores to watch, but there were blocks to watch!

The game was tied at 2-2 in six minutes!

Due to a dead ball, it was time for the official timeout, and the referee blew the whistle and entered the official timeout.

The TV broadcasters were speechless, it was too miserable!

Liu Mang high-fived his teammates and didn't care about anything else, just defend first!

The block interrupted Kobe's touch, and also blocked Fisher's shot who grabbed the offensive rebound. Liu Mang had already fought hard!

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After the official timeout, the two teams continued to grind their defense.

The physical confrontation became more and more intense, and the shooting became more and more unreliable.

Relatively speaking, the stars were okay, no matter how unreliable they were, they could occasionally score one. Kobe had a hit rate of 35% to 38%, and Liu Mang and McGrady had a hit rate of more than 30%. They also started to score as they played, but the physical confrontation had a greater impact on role players!

The more unreliable, the more the opponent dared to double-team, and the greater the confrontation!

The bigger the confrontation, the stronger the role players, and the harder it is for the super scorers to shoot.

Kobe started to throw randomly. When he was not blocked, Kobe always made a shot.

On the Hawks side, Liu Mang, McGrady, and Jason Terry began to take turns to play in pairs, mainly McGrady and Jason Terry took turns to play, and Liu Mang was always on the court.

He defended desperately, shot randomly, and couldn't make the shot when passing to his teammates in open positions, so he could only shoot randomly.

The Lakers were worried about Liu Mang's ability to block shots in the three-second zone. In the first quarter, Liu Mang blocked 3 shots in a single quarter. Later, the Lakers did not take any shots within the free throw line. It was too scary. Other teams Fortunately, the Lakers were really a little scared when they met Liu Mang. The higher the opponent, the better the effect of Liu Mang's giant killer characteristics!

As for the Lakers, they also did a good job in defense at the basket. Yao Ming didn't have a good chance to attack inside today. As soon as he got the ball, the Hawks flanked him, but he couldn't open up to shoot. There were a lot of offensive rebounds, and he was more on the floor. In the second attack under the basket, although he was double-teamed in the second attack, he had more opportunities to grab the rebound and shoot directly, and his personal score also began to increase.

At the end of the first quarter, the Eagles led the Lakers by one point, 15-14. After halftime, the Lakers led the Eagles by one point, 34-33.

The two teams combined for less than 70 points at halftime!

The two teams actually took a lot of shots. The Lakers took 44 shots in the half and the Hawks took 46 shots in the half. The main reason was that Yao Ming had 9 rebounds in the half, including 4 offensive rebounds, and Odom had 8 rebounds in the half. The ball, including two offensive rebounds, gave them 6 more shots in the half, and it was relying on offensive rebounds that allowed the Lakers to score more than 30 points. The Lakers scored 9 points in the second half of the game. point.

The Lakers had 30 rebounds in the half, which was two-thirds of their season average rebounds!

Kobe scored 13 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block at halftime, shooting only 4 of 11 from the field. Yao Ming scored 12 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks and 4 turnovers at halftime. The two scored more than 70% of the Lakers' scores. !

The Eagles had more rebounds, 33 rebounds in the half. Liu Mang had 8 points, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks and 2 steals in the half. He only had 1 assist. The role players really couldn't make shots. McGrady scored 9 points. 3 rebounds and 2 steals, Jason Terry scored 6 points. The Hawks took 46 shots in total and only scored 33 points. Rasheed Wallace made 1 of 6 in the half, Korver made 1 of 5, about Smith was 0 for 4, Iguodala was 0 for 3, Mourning was 0 for 2,... Kwame Brown was 2 for 5 and actually had the highest shooting percentage of the Hawks! But he only scored 4 points.

No one thought that the most intense game this season would be the game between the Lakers and the Eagles!

A matchup between a player who could score 80 points in a single game by playing 4 minutes less and a player who could score 90 points in a single game could actually lead to a half-time score of 34 to 33 for the team!

The broadcasters can only analyze how well the two teams defended and on the offensive end...

This kind of iron fight is rare in the playoffs. There is really nothing to analyze on the offensive end. Both teams can't play well. Role players can't make shots. Stars are double-teamed. They can only rely on the personal abilities of super scorers. .

Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady and Jason Terry almost tied with the drug-addicted Lama combination!

However, the score is so low, the fans still find it not boring, mainly because of the process.

Stealing, blocking, chasing shots, counter-stealing...the most beautiful things on the defensive end, they are all there!

The Lakers had 7 blocks in the half, the Hawks had 8 blocks, the Lakers had 6 steals in the half, and the Hawks had 5 steals, but correspondingly, the Lakers made 12 turnovers in the half, and the Hawks made 13 turnovers in the half...

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He scored 8 points on 3-of-10 shots. During the halftime break, Liu Mang saw his own data. He really didn’t expect that one day he would actually be stronger than the little blacksmith...

However, Liu Mang also made contributions in other aspects. With three centers, Kwame Brown, Rasheed Wallace, and Mourning, they took turns competing with Yao Ming, Josh Smith, and others to rush for rebounds and attract players. When the opponent's attention was focused, Liu Mang grabbed 9 rebounds, including 3 offensive rebounds, which gave the Eagles a rebounding guarantee. Otherwise, they might not have scored more than 30 points at halftime.

This game allowed Liu Mang to experience the feeling of playing the Spurs in last year's finals, and it was even more intense. The Spurs did not have Kobe and a man with such an iron elbow, and the dedicated inside combination of Odom and Yao Ming was better than Duncan. The Spurs' interior defense is much stronger when supported by one person.

The key is that there are few free throws, which greatly frustrates Liu Mang's style of play. The penalty standards in the playoffs are very unfriendly to players who are strong in making fouls. The future king of JDZ, in the Western Conference Finals against the Warriors, was on the court. The average number of free throws shot has shrunk by nearly half compared to the regular season. These days, there are not as many foul calls as in the past. Liu Mang faced a playoff-level defense. It was difficult to draw fouls and only got 3 free throws. Two free throws were scored.

Not even a three-point chance!

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Liu Mang's balls ached here, and so did the visiting team's locker room.

Yao Ming played a full first half!

Fortunately, Yao Ming basically doesn't play in singles, he just stands in position and grabs rebounds.

"BIG-YAO, take a rest?" the Zen master asked.

"No! Let me stay on the field! I'll have plenty of time to rest after I die!"