Chapter 1193 1192. There Are a Hundred Ways to Prevent You From Dying (Part 1)

"Because LeBron James successfully met the host in the playoffs, he challenged the host. The King of New Generation Players series of tasks: The future is yours is triggered."

"The future is yours: When playing against LeBron James in the playoffs, the host must lead the team to sweep the team led by LeBron James 4-0, and after the sweep, say that famous saying to LeBron James, planting a seed for LeBron James. Failure penalty: 1. If you fail to defeat the team led by LeBron James in this series, the King of New Generation Players series of tasks will end; 2. If you fail to sweep the team led by LeBron James, the suppression of LeBron James will continue until the next encounter in the playoffs."

When the game was about to start, Liu Mang received a suppression task about James.

From the task, Liu Mang understood James' current mentality. As long as he could win a game, James would be greatly comforted.

James is not a person who is so easily defeated. Even if he loses, he will find a way to solve it. Liu Mang looked at a description in the task and planted a seed... Should he join or find a brother?

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At 5:28 pm, Rasheed Wallace's roar ignited the atmosphere on the scene, and the starting players of both teams came to the court.

The Cavaliers sent out Snow, Larry Hughes, James, Gooden, and Big Z as the starting lineup.

The Hawks sent out Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown as the starting lineup.

The Cavaliers players are in a very good state now, and they are fearless both physically and mentally.

If you win, you earn, and if you lose, you won't be scolded.

James represents the Cavaliers. James is a challenger, and the Cavaliers are naturally challengers, so they don't have much psychological pressure on whether to advance. It's just that the strength of the Hawks makes them feel pressured, and there is also a manic atmosphere on the scene.

But just do it. James now desires one thing, to defeat Liu Mang and eliminate the psychological pressure of never winning a game against Liu Mang.

And Liu Mang has only one goal, sweep!

Jump ball!

Kwame Brown and Big Z came to the center circle. The referee blew the whistle to start the game at 5:30 on time and threw the ball into the air. Kwame Brown won the jump ball over Big Z's head, who was 10 cm taller than him, with his excellent bounce speed.

Liu Mang received the ball and the Hawks attacked first.

Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt and faced Larry Hughes' defense. He passed the ball to McGrady and started playing without the ball.

Compared to Liu Mang, who would be greatly restricted by Larry Hughes, Larry Hughes was one of the few defensive players in the regular season who could defend Wade, Kobe, and Carter to less than 40% of their shooting percentages. McGrady, who received the ball and faced James, was much easier.

After Liu Mang passed the ball, he cut into the inside and compressed the Cavaliers' defense. McGrady received the ball and first grabbed the ball with one hand and swung it in a big loop.

James had long been prepared for the shameless behavior of several Hawks stars and subconsciously raised his head to avoid it.

While James looked up, McGrady swung the ball halfway through a big loop and slapped it behind James. At the same time, his body moved, his left leg stepped to the right, and his long legs stepped behind James in the first step!

In the first step, he stepped behind James with his long legs! The second step started to accelerate, and the third step directly threw James away!

James had tried very hard, but McGrady's steps were big and his timing was good, and his speed was getting faster and faster. Even James couldn't stop McGrady after he found an opportunity in the first step.

McGrady rushed directly into the three-second zone, and Big Z stretched out his hand to interfere, while not forgetting to stretch out his other arm to interfere with Kwame Brown's catch and eat the ball.

The Cavaliers' research and preparation for the Hawks were much more thorough than in the regular season. The key point was that Big Z tried hard to learn Yao Ming's way of defending Kwame Brown, which really worked!

However, the Hawks also expected that Big Z would definitely learn Yao Ming's defensive method, who was not much different in height. After McGrady entered the three-second zone, he did not pass the ball directly or shoot directly, but slowed down and made a fake move.

At this time, Kwame Brown, who had no chance to catch the ball due to the interference of Big Z, seemed to leave the three-second zone because of the three-second fast attack. McGrady grabbed the ball, shook it twice, and jumped!

Seeing Kwame Brown leave the three-second zone, Big Z did not doubt him. Seeing McGrady jump up, he immediately raised his arms above his head and jumped up with all his strength. It was a very standard vertical jump to interfere with McGrady's shooting space.

However, at this time, McGrady threw the ball towards Big Z's waist, passed the ball around Big Z to the air behind Big Z!

Liu Mang took advantage of Kwame Brown to block Larry Hughes, cut in and jumped, pushed the ball with both hands in the air, and the ball gently floated into the basket!

Liu Mang, McGrady and Kwame Brown cooperated simply and directly, one breakthrough, one block and one pass, and scored two points.

As expected, the Cavaliers did not defend the Hawks' offense, and even felt that they were toyed by the opponent's three All-Star starters. They had long been accustomed to it. Big Z immediately picked up the ball and passed it to James.

Liu Mang and McGrady immediately retreated after the cooperation. James had no chance to counterattack with Larry Hughes. He held the rhythm and waited for Big Z to get to the front court.

McGrady immediately defended James after he got to the front court.

Facing McGrady's defense, James crushed the opponent!

James could not defend McGrady's strongest first three steps. Conversely, McGrady could not defend James' crushing breakthrough.

James rushed to the inside, and Kwame Brown was pulled to the baseline by Big Z. When he pounced back, James was a little slow. When Prince came back to help defend, James pulled the lever and licked the basket to score two points.

Fast and accurate!

James' biggest improvement this year is to greatly improve his success rate at the basket while limiting his layup steps to four steps.

The talent is there, and when he is forced to improve, James' layup accuracy improves tremendously.

Unable to prevent it, McGrady and Prince looked at each other. Prince nodded. Seeing this, the other three Hawks players understood what to do in the next round.

Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt. This time when Liu Mang reached the frontcourt, he found that it was James who was guarding him.

This is something the Cavaliers have discussed many times. They used James to defend Tracy McGrady and Larry Hughes to defend Liu Mang. The result was that they couldn't defend both ends. Larry Hughes couldn't defend Liu Mang without the ball, and James couldn't defend him. Live McGrady's breakthrough.

But to put it another way, they think it's better. James can't prevent McGrady's breakthroughs with his body and faster and faster footsteps, but the impact-resistant outside line has always done a good job. He can withstand it and keep up with the speed. In the beginning, he was repeatedly beaten by pitchers, but fans still believed that one day he would be able to practice defense well.

McGrady played against Larry Hughes, and his performance was neither bad nor good. The two entered the NBA a year apart. McGrady averaged 20 points per game against him and shot 45% from the field. Of course, counting It was the two years when McGrady met Larry Hughes on the bench for the Raptors.

When Liu Mang reached the three-point line, James used his strong body to press up, trying to use his defensive aggressiveness to pressure Liu Mang. This was something he learned from Liu Mang during the All-Star weekend. He was preparing to play with Larry- Hughes started a poor man's version of Janeway's pressing defense mode.

As the saying goes, the master taught his apprentice to starve to death. Liu Mang guessed what James wanted to do when he saw James eager to try after changing defense.

James was still too young. When he came up with his thick bow legs, Liu Mang slapped the ball towards James' crotch. He passed by James with his waist and caught the ball he shot, and quickly headed towards the basket. Advance!

Larry Hughes turned his head away in pain. It was so miserable that he was penetrated by the opponent before he even got close to him.

Larry Hughes can limit Liu Mang's performance below the normal level. When James defends him, Liu Mang can obviously perform above his average level. The gap between first-defense players and non-defense players is still obvious.

Liu Mang easily broke into the paint and made a pull-up jumper from the free throw line...

Liu Mang's shooting was a bit erratic. He was a little unaccustomed to breaking through so easily against the Cavaliers this season. Mainly because he was a little proud, and his mid-range shot hit the basket.

Big Z blocked Kwame Brown, and Gooden got back one step ahead of Rasheed Wallace and grabbed the defensive rebound.

When James saw that Liu Mang didn't make the shot, he silently comforted himself that he had guarded him if he didn't make the shot.

Just so confident.

James received the ball from Gooden and quickly advanced towards the frontcourt, but was blocked by Prince. James did not rush blindly. The opponent's center returned to defense very quickly.

Still falling into a positional battle, James was shocked when he saw that the one guarding him had turned into Prince!

What James is least afraid of are defensive players like Prince and Battier. In the original time and space, in the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals, James beat Prince to death, just like Prince's defense. Kobe, who was at his peak this season, was very good at guarding him, but he was forced to beat him when he was in a state of collapse last season. The Hawks generally don't use Prince to guard James, a muscle monster like him. Instead, they use Tracy McGrady, Iguodala or Josh Smith.

But today the Hawks used Prince to block James' fast break.

Since he was blocked by Prince during the counterattack, James subconsciously thought that the Eagles had Prince coming to guard him. This was an opportunity!

Prince's characteristic is that he is very good at preventing shots and fake moves. When James looked for opportunities to shoot outside the three-point line, he found that there was no chance at all. This was what he expected. Therefore, James waited until Big Z and Gooden After opening up the space, I chose to force a breakthrough!

As soon as James stepped into the three-point line, he saw Prince retreating quickly, retreating directly towards the back. However, James had already started to speed up. Even after Prince retreated, James was confident that he could rush into the three-second zone.

At this moment, James found two people rushing towards him!