Chapter 1345 1344. Easily Defeat the Raptors

Liu Mang's waist and stomach felt the soft touch of Bargnani's hips as he bent over and hit back with all his strength. Liu Mang tried his best to carry him up with his Iron Foot Skill Level 2 and Iron Elbow Skill Level 2. Although the impact of Bargnani's tonnage was much stronger than that of the outside line, Liu Mang actually managed to hold it up!

Too weak!

Although it was a bit strenuous, Liu Mang managed to hold it up!

The fans at the scene thought they would see Liu Mang become a background, and some fans couldn't help but close their eyes. Kwame Brown was also ready to block back and ignore TJ Ford.

But as soon as he moved his feet, he saw Liu Mang blocking Bargnani!

This is the first time I saw Bargnani back-to-back. He had scored inside before, but they were all tip-ins or dribbling breakthroughs. Bargnani's skills were similar to those of a small forward.

This is the first time I saw Bargnani back-to-back, and he was so weak!

Bargnani didn't knock down a point guard, he was very annoyed, and felt his face burning. He didn't pass the ball, and bumped again, turning around to dunk!

Liu Mang was not dislocated by Bargnani's turn. He took a step back and reached out to meet Bargnani when he jumped up to dunk...

"Pah..."

Liu Mang was knocked to the ground by Bargnani's huge body, but Liu Mang blocked Bargnani's dunk from the front!

The giant killer plus the hot pot feast matched with a weak power forward, and the back-to-back dunk was blocked by Liu Mang from the front!

The block was very clean, and the sound of the block was also crisp. The referee signaled that the ball was out of bounds.

That is, this was a successful block!

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, Liu Mang stood up holding Kwame Brown's hand. He didn't expect that he actually blocked the shot. This guy couldn't dunk the basket even if he jumped up! What was he thinking!

Liu Mang looked at the confused Bargnani. Did this guy think he was O'Neal flying in the sky?

After looking at the ability evaluation of Bargnani, there is no change. He is still a big man with strong offense and no defense. However, Liu Mang looked at two data that he had not noticed before. The strength evaluation is 82, and the weight is 98 kg... Is there any inside player with worse strength than this? This is a big man of 2.13 meters! Liu Mang thought that there seemed to be a big man in the future who was taller than Bargnani. He just entered the NBA and weighed more than 90 kilograms... Bargnani came back from his confusion and was about to cry! The referee signaled him to serve, but he didn't move. Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell called a timeout! The top pick baby doubted his life...

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"Lianzhu Level 2: If the host made a shot from the outside in the previous round, the host's teammates' mid-range and three-point shooting ability ratings will be temporarily increased by 2 points in the next offensive round; if the host completed the inside score in the previous round, the host's teammates' layup ability rating will be temporarily increased by 2 points in the next offensive round. If the host's inside score is a dunk, the teammates' layup ability rating will be temporarily increased by 4 points in the next offensive round.

Feature: Barricade Level 5: When the opponent has a player who supports from a high position, the host has a 30% chance of accurately predicting the opponent's first pass choice."

Others have defensive prediction awareness, while Liu Mang has a direct prediction effect! Direct prompts brought by the characteristics!

There is no doubt that this is a very powerful skill!

Because of the three consecutive championships, the Hawks did not get the desired support type inside line, and there was no such inside line to provide a method of how to deal with that type, so they had to rely on other methods.

The Eagles have good team defense and fast switching speed, but correspondingly, they are more likely to be mobilized by the supporting inside players standing in the high position, after all, the space under the basket is too large.

So Liu Mang needs this predictive ability, plus his team command ability, to play a very good role!

Moreover, the effect of Lian Zhu has also been strengthened. The improvement on the outside line is not very obvious, but the improvement on the inside line is very obvious. As long as he dunks in the inside line, he can improve the layup ability of his teammates who receive the ball by four points in the next round!

Although it is difficult to operate and requires better offensive mobilization and organization of offense awareness, Liu Mang is already good at those things, and will become stronger and stronger with the increase of ball age!

Combined with the 5th level of offensive transit station, there is a 15% chance that teammates will feel perfect when they receive the ball, and the 5th level of giant founder, when passing to teammates over 2.08 meters tall, the evaluation of teammates' layup ability is +5. At least in terms of helping the inside line score, Liu Mang will immediately become an excellent high-post supporting player. The field of vision limitation brought by height is inevitable, but it will definitely become stronger!

"System boss, upgrade the chevaux de frise to level 5!"

Liu Mang can upgrade the skill to the maximum level now that he has it. He has more than 600 skill upgrade cards that he drew when replenishing his potions. He was going to use them when he activated "Phaseless Star Shift", but he didn't choose Phaseless Star Shift in the end. Now that he has so many cards saved, he can upgrade all the upgradeable features directly.

"Ding... The host uses 295 skill upgrade cards to upgrade the feature: chevaux de frise..."

"Ding... Chevaux de frise level 5: When the opponent has a player supporting from a high position, the host has a 30% chance of accurately predicting the opponent's first pass choice."

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After the timeout, Bargnani was replaced and protected. After all, he was the No. 1 pick. Although this No. 1 pick gave the Raptors a big gap, Bargnani was the best performer among the 2006 inside rookies, averaging 11 points and 4 rebounds per game. The No. 2 pick, Radmarcus Aldridge, averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds per game in the Wizards. In general, the 2006 rookies were very weak. There were only five or six inside players who averaged more than 5 points per game. So far, the only four rookies who averaged double digits in the entire class were Tyrus Thomas of the Timberwolves, Brandon Roy of the Trail Blazers, Rudy Gay of the Rockets, and Bargnani of the Raptors.

Bargnani is not ranked among the bust No. 1 picks. In addition to his ability to average 20+ points per game in the future, the inside players in the 2006 class are indeed weak.

Although there are many future stars who are far beyond expectations, they are basically outside players.

Without Bargnani, the Raptors can only push Milicic to the power forward position and use former Spurs center Nesterovic to play center.

Without a flexible big shooter, Kwame Brown can guard the basket and let Marion defend Milicic's outside shooting. Nesterovic has no independent scoring ability. He played the role of a meat shield next to Garnett and Duncan.

This greatly limits Milicic's high-post coordination.

This is just one of the reasons!

Liu Mang grasped the timing of switching defense more accurately after returning from the timeout!

With McGrady and Prince defending the outside line, Liu Mang mainly focused on defending TJ Ford's inside running and Richard Jefferson's cutting.

As for TJ Ford's mid-range... If TJ Ford has no chance to attack the basket, Liu Mang can ignore him.

In terms of strength, the Raptors can rank fifth in the East. Compared with the Heat with Wade and Stoudemire, and the Hawks with three eagles, the gap is still obvious.

They have a core combination that can be called the Big Three in two years, but they are still missing two points.

One is the passing of the point guard with excellent second-pass vision, and the other is the defense of the blue-collar power forward.

The Raptors already have a core structure that can stir up the storm, but the role players are still a little bit lacking.

TJ-Ford can pass the ball and has speed, but his vision is not good. He usually passes directly after attracting double-teaming. He has no predictive ability. He also relies on the advantage of fast speed during counterattacks to score at the basket. In addition, Milicic feeds him the ball after opening up space, but he has no footwork.

Liu Mang thinks Rondo is too suitable for Milicic. He has excellent footwork at the basket, a long wingspan that can finish well at the basket, good passing, and an excellent mind to help Milicic organize the offense, helping Milicic, who is not mentally strong, to take the responsibility of leadership...

But why would Liu Mang keep Rondo in the East?

The reason why Ratliff and Rahim were traded to stay in the West was mainly because there was no other way at the time, and everything came very suddenly.

The trade of Josh Smith and Iguodala shows the Hawks' idea. The East is weak, so they should make it weaker.

Bargnani was so doubtful about his life after being blocked by Liu Mang that he was protected by the head coach of the Raptors, but TJ Ford was the one who was most affected. Rondo was able to develop an average three-pointer in the later period. At least he worked hard. TJ Ford relied on his speed and was too easy to be restrained. It was not without reason that he was abandoned by the Bucks last season with an average of 12 points and 6 assists.

Not to mention the hidden dangers of injuries, he has entered the NBA for three years, and his outside shooting has not improved at all, so he retired early before the age of 30 in the original time and space.

Injuries are one aspect, but his injuries are mostly related to the fact that he almost only scores at the basket. There will be more or less confrontation when he goes to the basket. It would be strange if a thin and fast point guard did not get hit and injured repeatedly.

The Hawks had the initiative to begin with. After Bargnani left, TJ-Ford had less room to move, and the Hawks played better defense!

As the game went on, Milicic became depressed again.

Was he waiting for that guy to get old? Or was he looking for a big leg?

Milicic felt very melancholy every time he played against Liu Mang.

Thinking that he was only three years younger than Liu Mang, Milicic felt even more melancholy...

There was no way he could win!

Last time, they were leading until the fourth quarter, but Liu Mang led the team to turn the game around...

As the core of the team, after Milicic began to feel melancholy, the Raptors' decline became more and more obvious.

Odom in the East began to wander in the void again. Just like Odom could get a double-double and four or five assists when he was dreaming, Milicic could easily get 15+10+5 when he was dreaming after he grew up.

In the eighth minute of the fourth quarter, the Hawks widened the gap to 18 points, leading 109 to 91, and the Raptors surrendered.

In the end, relying on Liu Mang's 24 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks, 1 steal and 3 turnovers, the Hawks overwhelmed Milicic's 16 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks and 4 turnovers, and defeated the Raptors 115-100 to get two consecutive victories!