Chapter 1330 1329. There Is Always a Way to Improve (3/5)

Chapter 1330 1329. There is always a way to improve (35)

The zombie jump shot is awkward, but the shooting characteristics when it falls after jumping up, combined with the bonus of the king of pull-up shots who can grab the ball and jump with all his strength while dribbling, combined with the bonus of the sharpshooter who ignores rhythm interference... It really feels different in my heart...

The zombie jump shot is very easy to defend. When Westbrook was the scoring champion, his hit rate was almost less than 40%. His three-pointer hit rate was less than 30% all year round. His mid-range shooting ability is good but his hit rate is only 35% to 36%, because his shooting action is very easy to defend.

In addition, this jump shot is a pull-up shot method that is purely a gamble on the feel and personal ability. This shooting action should not be used too much.

But occasionally showing off to scare the opponent is still good.

Liu Mang is famous for his varied playing style. He can really scare the opponent by using a move package.

Iguodala, who knows Liu Mang's varied playing style best, was shocked first.

That weird shooting rhythm...

Developed a new style of play? Or simply used a new shooting action?

Iguodala pushed forward to the frontcourt and looked at the opponent's three-man lineup. Each had its own characteristics. Liu Mang was reliable in single defense and top-notch help defense; McGrady was strong in single defense, especially in interference with shots, and had perfect physical conditions; Granger, a sophomore, Iguodala had a lot of one-on-one training with him last year, and knew that this guy looked bulky, but his hands were fast, his height and wingspan were excellent, and he was good at confrontation.

He has a big head, but he has to fight!

Iguodala handed the ball to Gay. Relatively speaking, Gay had the most advantage against Granger.

Gay used his explosive speed to force his way to the left side of the three-second zone and made a layup...

After bouncing on the basket, it fell into the frame, 38 to 45, and the score difference was narrowed to 7 points.

It still looked promising, and it was only the second quarter, but...Liu Mang was reckless!

Liu Mang pushed forward to the frontcourt and shot again over Iguodala's head...hit again!

Any shooting posture of Liu Mang, after he scored a goal, could not give him shooting space!

Liu Mang made two consecutive three-pointers!

Iguodala did not dare to let go of Liu Mang half a step. He needed to adjust to the weird rhythm and could only defend the shooting instead of the breakthrough.

Under the leadership of Liu Mang, the Hawks played a 12-7 scoring shock wave, once again widening the score difference to 11 points.

When the Rockets called a timeout, Iguodala gradually got the rhythm of Liu Mang's new shooting action.

This rhythm is really easy to defend, otherwise Westbrook's mid-range and long-range shots would not be so bad.

Forget about the shooting choice of this shooting action. The grasp of the feel, the angle of the shot, etc. are all more likely to be restricted by the opponent.

But Liu Mang immediately switched back to normal shooting, that is, the standard shooting action, which made Iguodala unable to get used to it again after he just got into the rhythm of defending Liu Mang's zombie jump shot...

After defending too much weird shots, it feels like normal jump shots are not normal...

Liu Mang scored 18 points and 2 assists in a single quarter!

Helped the Hawks to play a 25-13 wave in the seven and a half minutes after four and a half minutes in the second quarter. The focus is still on defense. The Hawks have been emphasizing defense after playing the first half of the first quarter today.

The score of 29 to 24 in a single quarter, the Hawks opened the gap to 17 points after halftime!

In the third quarter, the Hawks did not want to cause any more trouble. McGrady and Jason Terry played together, with Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown. The lineup opened the gap to 22 points in the third quarter. After three quarters, the Hawks led the Rockets by 22 points, 91 to 69, and locked the victory!

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Liu Mang watched Jason Terry lead Rondo, Granger, Battier, David Lee and other teammates to stabilize the score difference on the court. Liu Mang, who only played in the first half and scored 20 points, did not care too much about his own data. 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists were not bad.

Liu Mang's biggest gain today was to get the correct way to use Rondo and a new path for his own progress!

Progress requires not only training, but also opportunities. Liu Mang's shooting ability, which he has worked hard to train, allows Liu Mang to quickly find the feeling of using a new shooting package.

I didn't notice this before. When opponents defended him before, they mainly defended his comprehensiveness, his ability to break through and shoot, and his ability to fire at will within one meter outside the three-point line gave opponents a headache.

And Iguodala's successful defense against him this time made Liu Mang feel a little threatened, and then he made a little change. This change made Liu Mang suddenly enlightened. In addition to continuing to train to strengthen his shooting ability, he should draw more shooting packages and action packages. At critical moments, there may be very good results.

Even Iguodala, who was so familiar with his former teammate, couldn't adapt in a short time, let alone others.

Even if the opponent quickly adapted, Liu Mang could also change quickly!

In the end, the Hawks beat the Rockets 117 to 101, with a difference of 16 points, and improved their record to 11 wins and 5 losses.

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"Don't worry, boss, I am very restrained. The new team is different. I have to take them to play together..."

After defeating the Rockets, Iguodala wanted to invite his old teammates to the nightclub he often went to that night, but no one from the Hawks went...

The Hawks have strict rules. During consecutive away games, they cannot go out at night without permission...

This is a point that Liu Mang, as an old teammate, is worried about Iguodala. Don't let Bynum lead him astray.

Bynum was trained as the core of the Rockets, and his influence on the team is much stronger than that of the Lakers in the original time and space.

As the former boss, Liu Mang was not worried about offending Iguodala. He reminded him, and Iguodala knew it, but as a new boss, the atmosphere of the new team was like that, and he had to integrate.

The team characteristics of the Hawks were built around Liu Mang, and the Rockets... had been branded by Bynum last year.

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The day after playing against the Rockets, Liu Mang and his teammates came to San Antonio to prepare for the game.

San Antonio and Memphis, these two cities in the southwestern United States adjacent to Mexico, are full of exotic customs.

Like Memphis, San Antonio also has a strong Spanish style.

When Liu Mang came here, he remembered the promotion in Barcelona in the summer, and then thought of his brother-in-law there. He had to get him in the summer. In order to avoid being robbed by the Lakers, he had to find a way to get a late first-round draft pick this year.

The Hawks gave their draft pick to the Suns, and the top 20 picks were protected. However, the Hawks have three Hawks, so they can't fall out of the top ten in the league, and they can't lose on their own initiative. They still have to have the home advantage in the first round.

Using the Rockets' 15th and 16th picks is too disadvantageous, because the 2006 draft was too bad, and there were too many talented players in the 2007 draft. The draft picks are very expensive, and we have to think of a way when the time comes...

Thinking of this, Liu Mang had some ideas. He asked Rondo, who had a big bag hanging around his neck and two big boxes behind him, to put the luggage away, and he went to find Coach Kruger.

Rondo thought of the sympathetic tone of the opponent's outside core Iguodala when he came to chat with him after his outstanding performance of 5 points and 8 assists yesterday. He was very upset, but he also felt a little warm. He was not the only one who had experienced this kind of thing. When there were people who were as miserable as him, it didn't feel so miserable...

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The Hawks came to San Antonio, and rest was also one of the preparations. Three consecutive away games were still a test of people's physical strength and patience.

As for the Spurs, they have three days of rest. After a day of rest on the first day, which is the 27th, they are preparing for the game on the 28th and today.

Yesterday, Popovich secretly went to Houston to watch the game between the Hawks and the Rockets. There was no live broadcast in the United States, so he could only watch it in person. Anyway, it was close, so he could go in the afternoon and take a plane back to San Antonio in the evening.

The starting lineup of the Hawks is getting more and more tacit. Marion is an all-around defensive player that Popovich admires very much. He is good at changing his style of play according to the team's style of play and does not complain.

In the original time and space, Marion's ability seriously declined at the age of 31, with only 12 points and 6 rebounds per game. In the summer of 2009, he was able to get a 5-year, 40 million contract with the Mavericks, and it was a long-term contract, because he could bring positive energy to the team. Sure enough, he helped the Mavericks win the championship.

Although the Hawks are only ranked third in the East, Popovich still regards the Hawks as the biggest opponent. It is not that the Hawks have not dominated the West like the Lakers in the 1980s. It is possible to enter the finals seven or eight times in ten years! If the Spurs want to win the championship, they can't avoid the Hawks.

In addition, Duncan is now in the limelight, which is also a troublesome thing.

And this trouble is still related to the Hawks!