Chapter 1412 1411. Snake Studies (New Week, Please Vote)

From mid-January to late February, the two-game winning streak finally broke in the second half of the season.

Unlike the past three years when there were excellent young players to take over during the rest period, the departure of players such as Boozer, Iguodala, Josh Smith, Rasheed Wallace, etc., made the Hawks lack the dominance of the past few years during the rest period.

After the game with the Lakers, the league added a malicious foul to Swift, one of the new players. His action of clamping Radmanovic's head after dunking was too dangerous. When the league reviewed Radmanovic's technical foul, it was unexpectedly discovered that Swift could be fined...

The Hawks started to lose because of the rest period, but the fans' attention was completely attracted by Liu Mang and... the Los Angeles Lakers for a long time!

As for Liu Mang, part of the reason was that he shot so well. After the All-Star Weekend, he scored at least 30 points in several consecutive games. Although he didn't score more than 40 points in a single game, he was terribly stable, scoring 33 or 34 points in each game, slightly higher than his previous average score.

But this is not the main reason why Liu Mang is so popular, because the Hawks only had a record of 6 wins and 3 losses in the brutal schedule of 4 games in 5 days at the end of February and 5 games in 9 days from the 2nd to the 10th of March, that is, 9 games in 15 days. Although it is not bad, with a winning rate of 67%, it is not good either, just average.

The Hawks' record has become 46 wins and 19 losses, which is still far behind the three teams that have already won 50 games, the Bulls and the Cavaliers.

The main reason is that Liu Mang made the Lakers crazy!

On February 25, 2007, during the halftime break of the Hawks' game against the Nets, Liu Mang's "Details" aired an episode analyzing Kobe's playing style and how to defend him.

This time, Liu Mang put a lot of thought into analyzing all the ways to defend Kobe that he could think of, the players who were effective in defending Kobe, the ways that players defended Kobe, tips, and systems that were suitable for defending Kobe... This episode was 30 minutes long. During the halftime break, there was only an overview and a preview of the post-game program. After the game, ESPN also made a program, and got several so-called experts and retired stars to analyze Liu Mang's long "Details" program.

On the 24th, ESPN began to announce that during the game between the Hawks and the Nets on the 25th, a program analyzing Kobe would be broadcast. When Kobe heard the news, he was very calm, thinking that he had expected it long ago.

But... he didn't expect his analysis to be a deluxe version, a full 30 minutes, with various tactics and more than a dozen ways to defend him...

Kobe himself also watched this program, and the more he watched, the more frightened he felt!

It's not that no one has analyzed him, but most of the time, some media, experts, and fans analyzed the reasons for his poor performance after a certain game in which he did not perform well. Maybe some people have also studied and analyzed it comprehensively.

But Kobe has never seen such a comprehensive analysis!

Kobe saw that Liu Mang's PPT broke down his own skills and analyzed them one by one, from the technical perspective, tactical perspective, defensive selection perspective...

After watching the entire 30-minute Liu Mang's personal program content, as well as the pauses in the middle, those experts and retired players' in-depth analysis, a total of 90 minutes of programs, Kobe felt cold!

He felt that he didn't know himself so well!

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After the details of the "deluxe version" were broadcast, the "highlight version" was replayed the next day. This was strongly requested by fans. Some fans didn't want to watch the analysis of those experts, but only wanted to watch Liu Mang's analysis.

For a time, there was a new "theory" in the basketball circle, called "Snake Studies"

Fans always like to over-interpret...

"Ace's show seems to be analyzing Kobe, but I think it's analyzing all the techniques! He just chose Kobe, who is proficient in almost all the outside techniques, as the protagonist to analyze. Using Kobe as a prototype, he analyzes how to defend a player with a comprehensive technique like Kobe.

Ace's success is not without reason. He probably understands his opponents better than his opponents themselves.

If this is Ace's regular homework, it's terrible."

First, a netizen put forward such an argument. At the beginning, it was okay. Not many people paid attention to it, but it gradually became popular!

The reason for the popularity is that on February 28, when the Lakers and Spurs played, another "deluxe version" of "Details" was broadcast.

The object of analysis this time is Yao Ming...

The Lakers lost the game, and the players were already depressed. Then, when they returned to the locker room, they saw ESPN, which broadcast the game live, broadcasting the second episode of the "deluxe version" of "Details"...

In analyzing Yao Ming, Liu Mang certainly worked hard. It was not as long as Kobe's 30 minutes, but it was 17 minutes, which was 70% longer than the normal program time of about 10 minutes.

After Kobe was analyzed, the Spurs really used some of the methods Liu Mang said. The effect... is hard to say, but the Spurs won.

Now Yao Ming is analyzed again!

But this... is just the beginning...

On March 2, the Cavaliers played against the Suns, on March 6, the Supersonics played against the Magic, and on March 7, the Jazz played against the Nuggets...

The five episodes of the program Liu Mang recorded that afternoon were broadcast by ESPN Sports after their popular games from the end of February to the beginning of March. Taking advantage of Liu Mang's popularity and the original popularity of the live broadcast, The popularity of the game has made Liu Mang's five episodes of "Lakers Series Deluxe Edition" and "Details" very popular!

A basketball knowledge called "Snake Science" has become popular in the NBA!

Correspondingly, the Lakers have entered a desperate stage...

Kobe, Yao Ming, Gasol, Odom and... Zen Master!

The four core players and a head coach have all been analyzed by Liu Mang!

Is it a big impact?

Of course it's very big!

There are always teams and players who will try the defensive methods Liu Mang mentioned. There are always teams that have the players Liu Mang imagined to be the most suitable for guarding Kobe, Yao Ming, and Gasol, causing a lot of trouble for the Lakers.

Liu Mang attacked one after another, five consecutive attacks, which made the Zen Master want to vomit blood: "Didn't I just trick you? That's all!"

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"Snakeology? How could it be named after that guy's nickname?" Liu Mang looked at the "Snakeology" that already had an entry on Wikipedia. It was so popular!

The founder of "Snake Theory" is named Liu, with both Chinese and English names, which makes him very satisfied. However, the name of this "snake theory" is actually named after "Black Mamba", which is a snake. named.

"Forget it, for the sake of being a hooligan, please forgive you fans who are so imaginative."

Liu Mang felt really amazing when he saw the rogue value starting to rise rapidly again.

He just wanted to spite the Lakers, but unexpectedly he came up with a basketball theory.

To be honest, for a basketball player, this is a huge thing. It is difficult for sports to be related to knowledge, but it is not always the case.

For example, future data basketball is closely related to probability, statistics, etc. The psychological warfare used by some coaches or players also has a lot to do with applied psychology.

But those are not to the extent that Liu Mang is regarded as a "doctrine" now!

Maybe not so many people accept this or recognize it now, but once it starts, it may really develop to a level that even Liu Mang himself can't imagine.

"Leave a name through the ages? I don't know how long basketball can last, but as long as the NBA exists for one day, my name will not be erased!"

Thinking of this, Liu Mang couldn't help but get excited.

But... after getting excited, he has to do something that Liu Mang is not willing to do...

I had just returned to Atlanta and hadn't even had a good rest yet. I had just read Wikipedia for a while when Schwartz called...

"Interview on SBC TV station? Not going!... 1 million? I'm going!

Georgia State University Athletics Institute Lecture? What can I say...Nike sponsorship? Have money? ……have! Then I'll go!

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After hanging up the phone, Liu Mang felt like his body had been hollowed out...

The Eagles finally got a chance to rest for three days. There were no games from the 11th to the 13th. Of course, that means there were 11 games from the 14th to the 31st...

The Hawks have holidays on the 11th and 12th, start training on the 13th, and play back-to-back home games against the Bobcats and Nuggets on the 14th and 15th.

Liu Mang originally planned to practice shooting and spend his rest day on the 12th, but he didn't expect to receive four notifications in one day...

After hearing that the four announcements totaled US$3 million, Liu Mang agreed without thinking...

In the afternoon, the little girl who came back from school immediately ran to Liu Mang's room and jumped on Liu Mang. Seeing Liu Mang's half-dead look, she was very puzzled. The uncle who always loves to show off is so popular now and shouldn't be energetic. Are you dragging her around to show off? Why are you so soft today?

Little Loli is very excited recently. The theory of "Snake Science" has become popular in the past few days, that is, when the Eagles went to play three consecutive away games. Due to the strength of the Eagles, the Atlanta sports world has been Basketball is the main focus, and the Eagles are often discussed in the school. Little Loli wants to share with Liu Mang the things he heard from his classmates boasting about Liu Mang. As a child, he boasts without limit...

But I didn't expect to see a softened uncle when I came back...

"Uncle, stand up!"

"If you don't get up, uncle is so tired."

"Why? Are you sick?" Little Loli touched Liu Mang's forehead, "I don't have a fever!"

"...Dina, do you think it's okay for me to get a master's degree or a doctorate or a postdoctoral degree? It seems very simple!"

"watt?"

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tired!

More tiring than playing ball!

It’s more tiring than being a commercial spokesperson!

On March 12, Liu Mang went to do a talk show live broadcast at 9 a.m., gave a speech to a youth basketball club in the afternoon, and went to talk to a publisher in Atlanta about licensing the literary work "Snakeology" in the afternoon. As soon as the word "Snakeology" became popular, I registered the trademark...

Later in the evening, there were also presentations from the Georgia State University Athletic Institute…

When a student who was even bigger than Liu Mang asked Liu Mang, "Why did you create the basketball theory?"...

Liu Mang couldn't help but said: "Actually, I just hate the Lakers. I just briefly analyzed them. I don't know how I embarked on the academic path..."

A simple analysis?

Obviously no one believes this...

Some people even think that the account that proposed the concept of "Snake Studies" is Liu Mang's fake account...

But Liu Mang's operation has indeed added something different to basketball!

There are many people who look down on sports from the bottom of their hearts, of course, those who have not made a name for themselves.

But even those athletes who have made a name for themselves will be given the impression of "strong limbs and simple minds".

Many vampire-like agents specialize in finding athletes to cheat.

But now Liu Mang's analysis is more inclined to combine mathematics with basketball, and it is not the kind of data analysis that Morey, the general manager of the Rockets, did in Liu Mang's memory, but a comprehensive analysis based on actual performance, player characteristics, tactics and data.

Morey is not a real basketball player, and does not have Kobe's ability to analyze from "feeling", and Kobe does not have Morey's mathematical ability...

But Liu Mang, just for fun, combined the two.

Of course, Liu Mang himself did not really combine the two here, he did not have that ability.

But the experts who analyzed his program helped him improve "Snakeology". Liu Mang didn't think so much about it, but when he saw the experts, Liu Mang had to think so much...

This made basketball a little different, so although many people suspected that the person who proposed the concept of "Snakeology" was Liu Mang's trumpet, the evaluation of Liu Mang was almost all positive.

No basketball player doesn't want basketball to be better. Let basketball get out of the category of "strong limbs and simple minds" people play, which is the goal of many basketball players.

Now there is such a person... Liu Mang!