Chapter 1328 1327. Rondo’s Talent! (1/5)

Chapter 1328 1327. Rondo's talent! (15)

Iguodala's physical fitness is great!

He has very good mobility. Liu Mang took a step back and was about to create space for acceleration. Iguodala immediately came up to him. When Liu Mang wanted to squeeze in and pass him, Iguodala followed him with swift steps.

Liu Mang wanted to play seriously. Iguodala had been preparing for his first match with Liu Mang for a long time. Perhaps... he had been planning this day since he left the Hawks.

Marion moved over to block the ball tacitly. After being blocked, Liu Mang turned around and used the pick-and-roll to break through the three-point line.

Hayes defended and pressed forward. Liu Mang stopped suddenly and took a long two-point shot...

It didn't go in!

But Kwame Brown in the interior left the three-second zone when Liu Mang was picking and rolling. Seeing Liu Mang's shot, he rushed forward and scored two points through Bynum.

The old ones are still the best!

Although Kwame Brown's offensive skills are not good, his awareness and use of his body are much better than Bynum, who just turned 19.

Liu Mang, on the other hand, has a new understanding of Iguodala's one-on-one defense. This guy must have planned for this day long ago!

Iguodala trained with him for two summers, and Liu Mang followed him and observed him during the two years when he made great progress!

Hayes is 1.98 meters tall and his lower limbs are too thick to keep up with the speed of playing outside, but he is very fast as a power forward! Iguodala and him defended Liu Mang's one-on-one and pick-and-roll defense very well.

It's interesting!

When the Rockets attacked, Liu Mang stayed at the top arc, waiting for Alston, the streetball king, to advance.

McGrady defended Iguodala very seriously. He was beaten by his former younger brother. Even if it was a confrontation, he didn't want such a situation to happen.

Bynum crossed his arms to block Kwame Brown in the paint. This was a bit too much. He elbowed Kwame Brown in the chest. When Kwame Brown was about to slap Bynum to death, the referee immediately gave Bynum an offensive foul.

Bynum went up to argue with the referee excitedly, but the referee ignored him.

The last time the Rockets played the Suns, Bynum almost got into a fight with O'Neal. Bynum crossed his arms to receive the ball and dunked over O'Neal.

The Rockets' first attack ended in vain, and the gunpowder smell rose all of a sudden.

Inexplicably!

Iguodala was the core of the outside line for the first time, and he was very caring for his teammates who were the core for the first time, and went up to comfort Bynum.

Liu Mang felt... Such a team is really suitable to be a troublemaker in the West!

A team that can make itself angry is so suitable!

The Hawks' sideline ball, Liu Mang received McGrady's serve, advanced to the frontcourt, and continued to single out Iguodala.

Iguodala's defense against Liu Mang was really great!

He did a great job predicting Liu Mang's pre-shooting movements, predicting Liu Mang's breakthrough changes, and switching defenses in pick-and-rolls!

Liu Mang gave the ball to McGrady, McGrady singled out Gay, broke into the inside and made a layup... but it didn't go in!

Liu Mang felt that Iguodala was an "ungrateful person"!

He worked hard to cultivate this kid's arm strength every time he played away games, and took this guy to play every summer, but this guy was always thinking about how to deal with him!

When it came to the Rockets' offense, Bynum was much calmer this time. He didn't force it if he couldn't get a position, and pulled it out of the three-second zone.

Kwame Brown's single defense is not something Bynum can deal with. There are only a few inside players in the league who can beat Kwame Brown one-on-one under the basket.

Liu Mang was facing Alston's breakthrough... He really couldn't defend it. No one could defend Alston's breakthrough. The key was that Liu Mang couldn't retreat to defend like before. Alston was really an inspirational role model. When Liu Mang first met Alston, his three-point rating was over 60, and it rose to 89 at the peak of his 30s!

This season, Alston has entered his peak period, with an overall ability rating of 80. Breakthrough is his strongest point. The soul of the jumper is not a nickname given casually. With a three-point shooting rate of 37%, he averaged 2.5 three-pointers per game, ranking seventh in the league, which is quite coquettish.

Alston rushed to the basket, Liu Mang followed closely and tried to stick to him. Kwame Brown came to defend, and Alston passed the ball to Bynum on the right side of the three-second zone.

Liu Mang was ready when he couldn't defend Alston, and quickly switched to Bynum. After Bynum received the ball, he raised it up and shot high, and Liu Mang jumped up to block it!

The giant killer's characteristics allowed Liu Mang to accurately judge Bynum's throw route, but after Bynum lifted the ball, he switched the ball to his left hand, pressed up against Liu Mang, leaned forward, stepped out with his left foot, and threw a left-handed rebound...

Got it!

This little detail was so well grasped that both Liu Mang and Kwame Brown were surprised!

Putting aside his brain, Bynum's basketball IQ and talent are really great!

On the defensive end, he has begun to dominate the basket and has a strong blocking ability. Just now, McGrady's inside throw didn't go in. On the offensive end, he has a soft touch and good footwork. Dawson and Olajuwon's teaching for a year was not in vain. The main thing is that he learns quickly!

And he is flexible and has good mobility!

This is probably the best traditional center Liu Mang has seen since Yao Ming and O'Neal!

In the next few rounds, the Rockets made excellent use of Alston's breakthrough, Iguodala's support, Gay's empty cut, and Bynum's scoring ability at the basket. The main thing was to be active and hardworking, the qualities that an excellent young team should have, all of which were shown on the Rockets!

This is the advantage of the Rockets' never giving up, and it is also the key to their repeated defeats and repeated rises, and even if the strength is poor, other teams hate the trip to Texas!

On the Hawks side, Liu Mang was targeted, and the main attacking points became McGrady and Marion. Marion's running and cutting, McGrady's breakthrough, competed with the Rockets.

When the official timeout was called in the seventh minute of the first quarter, the two teams tied at 15!

The offensive efficiency was relatively average, and no side had a clear advantage!

This surprised the Hawks.

The official timeout, Liu Mang scored 3 points and 1 assist in 7 minutes, with relatively bleak data, and was replaced by Rondo.

However, this time Coach Kruger did not replace a large number of substitutes. It is necessary to defend the interior. Kwame Brown was left on the court. In view of the fact that the opponent might replace Juwan Howard as the power forward, Battier went to play power forward. McGrady continued to stay on the court. Jason Terry was not replaced, and Korver was replaced to maintain the ability to assist defense.

After the timeout, the three core players of the Rockets did not leave, and Alston was not replaced. Only Juwan Howard was replaced as the power forward. The score against the Hawks was unexpectedly close. Their head coach Jeff Van Gundy was quite surprised. He had to let the main players play more. This kind of opportunity is rare. Van Gundy usually controls the playing time of the players better. In the original time and space, Yao Ming played an average of 25 points per game under Jeff Van Gundy because he was well protected, and he was not used to death like Alderman. But when it is time to give more time, Jeff Van Gundy will still give it.

Coach Kruger was still hesitating. In such a tense game, facing a group of young players with great impact, should he not replace a rookie like Rondo? But in the first round... Rondo stole the ball from Bynum from behind!

Rondo's defensive prediction this time was amazing!

In the case of failing to defend Alston, he predicted Bynum's movements in advance, and moved to the inside first. When Bynum received the ball and faced Battier's double-team to pass it to Juwan Howard, he grabbed the ball from behind!

The Hawks counterattacked!

McGrady's chance came. He got rid of the defense and shot a 45-degree three-pointer... hit!

As soon as Rondo came up, he used his defensive prediction on the defensive end to create a counterattack opportunity for the Hawks!

Under Jeff Van Gundy's excellent defensive system, the Rockets' young players defended actively, and even Bynum could chase and counterattack. The Hawks only succeeded in one counterattack in the first half of the quarter, which was Liu Mang's mid-range stop jump shot 2+1. After Rondo came up, the rhythm changed!

Why does Liu Mang feel that... Rondo's defensive talent is so much better than his?

It feels like their defensive talents are not on the same level?

So jealous!

He is indeed a genius who can be selected into the All-Defensive Team, the All-Star Team, and the assists list even though he is a supporting role and has not finished his rookie contract in his third or fourth year!