Chapter 1387 1386. The Raptors Can't Escape

Liu Mang scored 58 points in three quarters, the Hawks scored 79 points after three quarters, but the Raptors scored 81 points!

The Hawks' defense against the Raptors was pretty good. With Liu Mang, who could predict Milicic's first pass with a high probability, Milicic could at least block the first pass even if he was prepared for Liu Mang's prediction ability. The Hawks were also famous for their fast rotation and defense speed, which could limit Milicic's high-post support to a certain extent.

So even though the Hawks were passing the ball to Liu Mang, the Hawks were still overtaken at the end of the third quarter.

Compared with the Hawks' very concentrated scoring, the Raptors' scoring was very scattered. In addition to Joe Johnson's 19 points in three quarters and Richard Jefferson's 17 points in three quarters, the Raptors' third highest scorer was Milicic's 9 points. In addition, Milicic had 4 rebounds and 6 assists. Others scored more or less. Richard Jefferson, who had the least assists per game among their three stars, had 3.1 assists and played very selflessly.

The Hawks had no player who scored in double figures except Liu Mang, and they were fully committed to passing the ball to Liu Mang.

The Raptors had a chance to beat the Hawks, and they played very hard.

The Raptors did not double-team Liu Mang excessively. When Liu Mang was double-teamed, Rondo, McGrady, and Jason Terry would pass the ball to other point guard teammates. If the Raptors gave Battier, Kwame Brown, Marion, Granger, Blake, Gortat and others opportunities, they would have a good grasp of being open or eating cakes.

Popovich did not take the regular season seriously. Anyway, they had Duncan to guarantee 50 wins. Unlike Popovich's alternative thinking that he would rather lose in the regular season than annoy his opponent, the Raptors had a chance to win, and they really wanted to win!

The Hawks gave Liu Mang points, and their head coach saw it after the half, so they took advantage of this opportunity to limit Liu Mang's scoring efficiency as much as possible without excessive double-teaming. Finally, at the end of the third quarter, Milicic made a long two-pointer and caused McGrady to foul. After the free throw, the score was reversed by two points!

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"Boss, we have scored enough points today, and we have to win next!" Rondo secretly pulled Liu Mang aside during the intermission after the third quarter and said.

"Ok, I know, let's play the way we should play next." Liu Mang responded.

58 points, 69 points away from 700 points in a single month, the remaining two games are against the Knicks. Madison Square Garden is Liu Mang's Feng Shui treasure land. He averaged 35 points in the two games. He is still very confident against a team like the Knicks.

Moreover, even if he played normally, Liu Mang felt that he couldn't get no points in the last quarter. Even if Rondo or McGrady would use him as a distraction point to help other teammates pass the ball, he could at least get a few points.

60+ is definitely no problem.

Rondo saw Liu Mang immediately agreed and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although in the past half season, Rondo knew that Liu Mang was not the kind of person who didn't care about anything for data, but a player who took winning the game as his first goal like him, but 58 points in three quarters and 70+ in the whole game were possible. As a rookie, Rondo was still worried that Liu Mang would be angry if he said such a thing.

Fortunately, Liu Mang was not determined to score points regardless of winning or losing.

In the third quarter, the Raptors had a slight advantage, and Liu Mang's hit rate in the third quarter also dropped a lot, resulting in the score being overtaken.

Coach Kruger arranged a very conventional tactic. At this point, he knew what his players wanted to do. The first three quarters were too obvious, and... Liu Mang had already scored 58 points. Coach Kruger didn't want to see Liu Mang's 58 points in three quarters go to waste, so he let them make their own choices and arranged a tactical system that was suitable for the performance of the starting lineup today. Liu Mang was left to make decisions on the court.

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After the break, the Hawks re-deployed the starting lineup, with Rondo, Liu Mang, McGrady, Marion, and Kwame Brown on the court.

Jason Terry has been very tired recently. The fatigue accumulated over the past few years broke out in the middle of this season. Today, his shooting and passing were average. He played for 15 minutes and only made 2 of 8 shots, scored 5 points, 2 assists, and 4 turnovers. In the fourth quarter, Coach Kruger replaced Rondo, who played for 18 minutes in the first three quarters.

The Raptors also re-deployed the starting lineup. The starting five of the three stars plus Bargnani and TJ Ford are also quite competitive in the entire league.

After the fourth quarter started, the Hawks took the lead in attacking.

As discussed during the intermission, Rondo and McGrady dominated the ball, Liu Mang ran and helped people pick and roll or accepted teammates' off-ball pick and roll to help teammates create opportunities. The tactical running was very smooth, but... the Hawks missed three consecutive shots in the fourth quarter!

The Raptors took advantage of the Hawks' continuous iron shots and played a 4-0 wave, which widened the score difference to 6 points!

79 to 85, the Hawks were 6 points behind!

Marion's three-pointer in the bottom corner, McGrady's mid-range catch and jump shot, and Kwame Brown's high-up catch and throw shot all failed!

"My teammates' touch has cooled!" Liu Mang discovered this!

In fact, in the third quarter, except for Liu Mang, the Hawks felt that their touch had cooled down. Unlike the first half, when they were given a ball occasionally, they could maintain good efficiency, so they were overtaken by two points by the Raptors.

In the third quarter, except for Liu Mang's 17 points in a single quarter, the rest of the Hawks only scored 17 points in total, and the rest of the Hawks took more shots than Liu Mang!

This is why Liu Mang is unwilling to score. He shoots a lot, and the team's tactics revolve around him as the end point. His teammates can only catch the ball temporarily and throw it, and there is always the possibility that the touch will cool down.

Not letting teammates touch the ball, and throwing it to them at the last moment, there will definitely be such problems.

"Do you want to call a timeout?" Coach Kruger on the sidelines saw Rondo advancing across half court, but he didn't call a timeout in the end.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the players played better than Coach Kruger imagined, but they didn't shoot well. Rondo and McGrady's basketball IQ allowed them to do a very good job in taking advantage of Liu Mang's 58 points in three quarters. The opportunities came out, but they just didn't make the shot. Even if Coach Kruger wanted to adjust the tactics, it would not be better than the opportunity he just got.

As for substitutions... Liu Mang was busy today. Although Liu Mang "only" shot 34 times in the first three quarters, Liu Mang's shots were all at the best time, while the timing of other people's shots was relatively worse. They only gave shots to other people after Liu Mang had no chance, and their shooting was cold in the third quarter.

After Rondo pushed through half court, he saw Liu Mang asking for the ball directly at the top arc, which felt a bit strange, so he gave the ball to the team.

After Liu Mang received the ball, he gestured to let his teammates open up space.

Going to go it alone!

Liu Mang found that Rondo was still a little young, and he was careless just now. He didn't think so much. When his teammates' shooting was cold, he should let his teammates shoot less, and the core scorer should shoot more, at least in this game.

The three attacks just now showed the opponent that the Hawks' players other than Liu Mang really had a cold feeling in mid-range and long-range shots. Liu Mang now felt that it was more difficult for him to score.

Timing!

It was a matter of timing. The timing just now was wrong. After Liu Mang received the ball, he leaned against Richard Jefferson to protect the ball. When observing the opponent's defense, he found that the opponent was obviously more inclined to double-team than before. Liu Mang felt that if he rushed in to deal with it, he would definitely choose to double-team in advance.

And when he ran to the front court without the ball just now, Liu Mang had this feeling!

Liu Mang controlled the ball and looked at Rondo's side, TJ Ford... Liu Mang felt that if he asked Rondo to pick and roll, this guy would immediately stick in front of him. Rondo was the worst shooter on their side, and it could even be said that he had the worst shooter in the team, so he could only bully the No. 1 pick...

Liu Mang gestured for Rondo to cut inside, contain the fast TJ Ford, and then waved to Marion for a pick and roll!

Marion came up to help Liu Mang block Richard Jefferson. With the help of Marion's pick-and-roll, Liu Mang directly pulled up for a three-pointer before Bargnani's slow-motion switch was in place...

"Ding... Pull-up King Level 5 triggered..."

The pull-up king prevented Liu Mang from being affected by the insufficient jump height caused by the pull-up jump shot. Liu Mang's own three-point ability and today's hot hand are the key!

Liu Mang's first three-pointer in the fourth quarter, and it was a dribbling around the pick-and-roll that seemed unreasonable to current players and hit a three-pointer!

82 to 85, Liu Mang helped the team narrow the gap to three points!

Attack and defense transition, the Raptors attacked, Milicic helped TJ Ford pick-and-roll, received the ball in the high position, did not choose to pass the ball again, but rushed into the inside with the ball, and stuck to Kwame Brown who chased back after the pick-and-roll, causing Kwame Brown to shoot fouls, Milicic took to the free throw line and made two free throws.

87 to 82, the Raptors are still leading by 5 points.

When the Hawks attacked, Liu Mang continued to screen with Marion. This time, Joe Johnson, who was in a high position to defend McGrady's running, blocked Liu Mang and passed the ball to McGrady.

McGrady rushed into the basket from the right mid-range, Milicic hurried to defend McGrady, and McGrady lobbed the ball to the left side of the basket!

After Liu Mang passed the ball, he squeezed out from the top arc of three opponents and a teammate and cut into the inside. When Milicic went to the right side of the three-second zone to help defend McGrady, Kwame Brown came out to help Liu Mang block Joe Johnson who was chasing him. Liu Mang received the ball and made a layup to score two points under the defense of Richard Jefferson who came in from the inside of Marion's screen, and also caused Richard Jefferson to foul!

2+1!

Going to the free throw line, Liu Mang also made the free throw!

Scored 6 points in a row!

Liu Mang scored 64 points in a single game! He has tied the highest score in the league this season!

There were 4 60+ scores this season. Liu Mang scored 64 points, Kobe scored 62 points, Arenas scored 61 points, and Liu Mang scored 60+ for the fourth time!

And 64 points... is not the end!

The Raptors finally missed the next attack. Joe Johnson missed the three-pointer from the bottom corner. Liu Mang cut into the inside and attracted Milicic to expand to the free throw line. Rondo passed the ball to Kwame Brown, who scored two points and the Hawks tied the score!

Liu Mang suddenly broke out and turned the situation around!

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In the first three quarters, the whole team made passes for Liu Mang, which certainly made his teammates' mid-range and long-range shooting feel cooler, but also cultivated Liu Mang's touch.

Most of Liu Mang's shots were one-on-one, which just made his touch hot after three quarters of the game. And unlike most other stars whose physical fitness would decline in the fourth quarter, Liu Mang took a physical potion before going on the court in the fourth quarter, and now his touch is so hot!

The Raptors wanted to win, so they didn't over-double-team Liu Mang, giving Liu Mang a chance to build up his touch!

In the fourth quarter, double teams couldn't stop Liu Mang. Liu Mang could pass the ball, and his teammates would pass the ball back to him when there was an offensive opportunity. Rondo and McGrady's passing accuracy was good, so Liu Mang exploded in the fourth quarter!

The Raptors had no idea how to stop Liu Mang!

Liu Mang's first choice in the fourth quarter was to throw!

The second choice was to pass the ball to Kwame Brown under the basket when Milicic, who was the top defensive player, came out to double-team him. It could be passed by himself or by his teammates, so that Milicic didn't dare to come out too far and could only help defend on both sides of the three-second zone. He had to take care of Kwame Brown who was eating the cake.

So... Liu Mang shot a terrifying hit rate of 8 out of 12 in the fourth quarter!

2 out of 6 three-pointers, 5 out of 6 free throws, Liu Mang scored 23 points in a single quarter!

In the last quarter, in addition to Liu Mang's 23 points, Kwame Brown and Marion cut into the basket and scored 10 points together!

33 to 27 in a single quarter. After the Hawks were reversed in the third quarter, they were beaten 4 to 0 at the beginning of the last quarter. In the last quarter, they reversed and scored 33 to 27 in a single quarter. With 19 seconds left, Liu Mang made the 11th three-pointer of the game, which was also his second three-pointer in the last quarter, widening the score difference to 4 points and locking the victory.

The Raptors missed the last shot. There were only 7 seconds left, and they did not foul. In the end, the Hawks defeated the Raptors 112 to 108!

Liu Mang scored 21 points in the first quarter, 20 points in the second quarter, 17 points in the third quarter, and 23 points in the fourth quarter. The last three-pointer hit, what a coincidence, Liu Mang just scored 81 points!

Liu Mang played crazy in the fourth quarter. The outside line was blocked very tightly. Except for the first shot in the fourth quarter, he missed all four three-point shots. However, he had a lot more scoring opportunities in the interior, accurate mid-range jump shots, and good offense under the basket. He got 6 free throws in a single quarter.

He made the calmest choice. Even if he couldn't make a three-pointer, he would occasionally shoot. Including the first three-pointer in the fourth quarter, he had already made 10 three-pointers in a single game. No matter whether he made it or not, as long as he had the tendency to shoot three-pointers, the opponent would be more afraid of his three-pointers in the next round, giving him a better three-pointer opportunity.

The Raptors were completely stunned by Liu Mang in the fourth quarter!

Their physical strength declined, and Liu Mang, who had been running all the way, was able to throw in a three-pointer against Richard Jefferson at the last moment!

28 of 46 shots, 11 of 22 three-pointers, and 14 of 17 free throws, Liu Mang scored 81 points in the whole game and led the team to defeat the Raptors away!

At the end of the game, Liu Mang was also shocked to see his score. He didn't even notice that he had scored so many points in the last quarter!

At that time, Liu Mang entered that state of concentration. He shot when he should shoot and passed when he should pass. The Hawks shot 23 times in the last quarter, and Liu Mang "only" shot 12 of them. He didn't expect that he would score so many goals!

Seeing the expressions of "bad viewing experience" written all over the faces of the fans at the scene, the opponents...mainly Richard Jefferson felt like he was going to collapse, and the teammates were celebrating wildly...

Liu Mang felt that, except for a certain No. 3 player who was inseparable from 58, the Raptors and 81...seemed to have an inexplicable relationship...

It's yours, you can't escape it even if you try to escape...