Chapter 1424 1423. Score a Goal and Roar (Ask for Monthly Votes)

"Ding... The tough guy mission is restarted."

"Tough Guy: Mission Objective 1: The host must win at least one game in the first two games of the series with the Chicago Bulls. Mission Objective 2: The host must win at least one 30 in the first two games of the series with the Chicago Bulls. +. Mission reward: Characteristics: Battle Cry level 1. Failure penalty: 1. The host needs to perform a bullfight before the start of the home game; 2. Characteristics: Matador. Note: Each time a mission objective is completed, one penalty will be waived. , the task can only be completed during regular hours.”

"War Cry Level 1: Exclusively for Kevin Garnett's characteristics. When Kevin Garnett roars after making a wonderful shot, if the host successfully responds and roars after making a wonderful shot, the war cry can be triggered, with a 10% chance Chance to offset the negative impact of the roar on the host team and the positive impact of suppressing the roar on Kevin Garnett's teammates."

"Matador: Whenever the host encounters the Chicago Bulls, the opponent will strictly guard against the host, which greatly curbs the host's performance."

"Ding...the old grudge is triggered. The Bulls players are full of desire to defeat the host's team and regard the host as their most hated opponent."

Sure enough, when Liu Mang played against the Bulls for the third time in the regular season, Garnett was injured and the task was put on hold. Now the task has been restarted and the goal has changed.

And the hatred of the Bulls players, which had escalated from grudges to long-standing grievances, was indeed triggered.

It was an expected thing, Liu Mang had expected it to be like this.

"Boss, do you think all American fans will like me next year?" Liu Mang was a little hopeful.

"Yeah...yes..." Boss Price felt a little headache.

"By the way, boss, will you come to BJ to watch the games in the Olympics next year, right?"

"Huh? Of course! I will definitely come back to cheer for your Chinese team!" The boss was in a great mood.

After chatting for a while and watching the boss in a complicated mood walk to the private room, Liu Mang felt that this was good. He put enough pressure on him before renewing the contract. Don't let the boss lose the pressure and make some troubles from time to time.

The game was about to start, and what Liu Mang felt were the angry looks from the Bulls team.

When he won the MVP award in an away game, the one he hated the most was naturally Garnett.

In this year's MVP voting, the players who received at least one first-place vote include Liu Mang, Nowitzki, Nash, Kobe Bryant, James, Tracy McGrady, Duncan, Yao Ming and Garnett!

Just these people.

Naturally, Garnett also wants to win the MVP, but he only has one first-place vote and his vote rate is also very low.

But as an MVP candidate, the one who hates not getting the award is naturally the one who does.

The young owner, who had just inherited his father's business and became the president of the Bulls, used a plan to kill two birds with one stone.

At 7:28, Liu Mang threw magnesium powder into the air, triggering boos from the fans at the scene, and came to the court with his starting teammates.

The Bulls' starters also took the court.

This series for the Eagles has changed from the starting lineup in the first round.

The starting lineup of Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Grant Hill, Marion, and Kwame Brown appeared.

This is the lineup arrangement that Liu Mang and his coaching staff and teammates such as Rondo, Grant Hill, and Blake have discussed for a long time in the past week or so.

For the Bulls, the starting lineup of Hinrich, Sefolosha, Luol Deng, Garnett, and Ben Wallace came on.

At half past seven, the referee blew the whistle to start the game on time and put the ball in the air.

Liu Mang was not worried at all about Kwame Brown's jump ball. Do you still need to watch Jordan's hand-picked No. 1 pick jump ball? As soon as I closed and opened my eyes, it was big again...

"I go!"

Liu Mang saw Garnett moving the ball backwards and hurried to the top arc. Unexpectedly, he missed the jump!

Garnett had a small explosion this time. In fact, he was in good physical condition during the playoffs and returned to the feeling he had in the past few years. In other words, after turning 30 this season, Garnett jumped the ball better than Kwame Brown. Slightly worse than before, the two of them had always been evenly matched.

Garnett just won the jump ball by one finger.

The Bulls attacked first, and Liu Mang waited for Hinrich to advance.

After Hinrich advanced to the frontcourt, just as Liu Mang expected, he started to play pick-and-roll passes with Garnett, creating high-post shooting opportunities or passing opportunities for Garnett.

After Hinrich and Garnett picked and rolled, the ball was passed to Garnett who came to the high post on the left, but... contrary to Garnett's expectations, the Eagles used an extremely fast rotation to defend!

The person standing in front of Garnett was not Liu Mang, but Grant Hill!

Compared to Marion, Grant Hill is taller!

Marion, Grant Hill, and Tracy McGrady, from power forward to shooting guard, are getting taller and taller from the inside to the outside.

Garnett had no chance of an easy mid-range shot when faced with Grant Hill's defense. At this time, Luol Deng pulled up from the corner to help Garnett block Grant Hill. Garnett dribbled the ball like a defender. Use the pick-and-roll to break through to the bottom line.

McGrady and Grant Hill quickly switched defenses!

When it came to the playoffs, McGrady still played casually in the first round, but when he played against the Bulls in the second round, he seemed like a different person, extremely focused on the defensive end!

Garnett first used a pick-and-roll to force the Hawks to switch defense and get rid of the sticky goblin Marion, who was 2.01 meters tall. Who knew that he would meet Grant Hill, who was 2.03 meters tall. Grant Hill was not as sticky as Marion, but he was a little taller, and his defensive awareness made Garnett very afraid. After all, the two entered the NBA at the same time. Garnett knew that Grant Hill was strong on the defensive end. Although he was old, he still made Garnett afraid.

Garnett wanted to use the switch defense to play against McGrady, whose defensive efficiency has seriously declined this year. But after meeting McGrady, who was the second tallest starter in the Hawks, Garnett found that McGrady was different from the regular season!

He has both Marion's stickiness and Grant Hill's single defense awareness!

The key is that McGrady is about 2.06 meters tall, has a long wingspan, and his physical fitness is the best among these guys!

But time is running out, Garnett forced a fadeaway jump shot... McGrady interfered well, and Garnett missed the iron-blooded shot!

Liu Mang switched defense with Grant Hill after the pick-and-roll, and stuck to Sefrosa who was always trying to cut. Seeing Garnett shooting, Liu Mang pushed poor Sefrosa aside. Kwame Brown blocked Ben Wallace, and Liu Mang easily received the defensive rebound.

The Bulls quickly retreated, and Liu Mang grabbed the rebound and immediately counterattacked, but unfortunately he failed. When he passed the ball to McGrady, McGrady wanted to pass the ball to Marion, but the opponent had already returned to defense.

Instead of using Rondo as a starter, Grant Hill was used. The Hawks' goal was to always have a player over two meters tall in front of Garnett to interfere with his shooting.

This defense was very successful. The Bulls' offensive tactics were not very good to begin with, and they adjusted a defensive lineup that could seamlessly switch from power forward to shooting guard, and Garnett's scoring was limited.

But Rondo was not there, and Grant Hill, a slow teammate, was on the court. The Hawks' counterattack was difficult to start. The Bulls only needed to block three people. Grant Hill's three-pointer was very average, and he did not have the ability of Jason Terry or Liu Mang to chase the three-pointer.

Marion had no chance, so he dribbled the ball to Liu Mang, and the ball returned to Liu Mang. Liu Mang dribbled the ball at the top arc and waited for Kwame Brown to get in and take position to contain the inside line. He looked very casual. Sefolosha stepped on the three-point line, not daring to be careless at all, ready to jump up to defend Liu Mang's shooting at any time. As for steals... the ball was played by the opponent, and there was no need to steal. Sefolosha believed that as long as he stretched out his hand, it would be a foul.

For defense, enthusiasm and physical fitness are very important. With these two points, you are at least a good defensive player, but to become an excellent defensive player, you need talent, that is, the so-called defensive awareness, which is difficult to cultivate.

Sefolosha is a player with attitude, physical fitness and defensive talent. After the baptism of defending Carter alone in the first round, his defense has improved again.

Liu Mang felt a little pressure. He watched all the first-round games between the Nets and the Bulls. Sefrosa defended Carter, and from the first game to the fifth game, each defense was better than the last.

After Kwame Brown entered the paint, Liu Mang passed the ball to Grant Hill who was asking for the ball in the low post. The one defending Hill was... Hinrich!

Marion pulled to the left corner and pulled Garnett out. Kwame Brown was ready to respond on the right side of the three-second zone, pinning Ben Wallace. Grant Hill singled out Hinrich in the low post and turned to shoot a small hook shot...

Hit!

You can't play fast breaks, but positional warfare has another effect!

It's not easy for Liu Mang and McGrady to single out Sefrosa or Luol Deng in the low post. These two forwards and guards with first-class defensive level are definitely defending Liu Mang and McGrady. Regardless of their weight and height, they are not at a disadvantage in single defense in the low post, and they defend well.

However, with Grant Hill on the court, although Hinrich is also a first-class defensive player, and the Bulls' five starters are at least first-class defensive players, the height difference between Hinrich and Grant Hill is too big!

This is something Rondo can't do.

The Bulls really didn't expect that the Hawks would let Grant Hill attack from the beginning.

Grant Hill became the main attacker for the first time in his Hawks career, and he played very hard. He didn't have the idea of ​​taking advantage of the opportunity to get promoted like young players. He is already this age, and he has no obsession with playing time and starting or not, but he just doesn't want to disappoint his teammates.

Grant Hill felt a sense of trust!

Even if they were to use a three-small forward lineup, Granger and Battier were both good choices. The two had three-pointers that Grant Hill didn't have, but the coach, Liu Mang, McGrady and even Rondo all suggested that he be the starting small forward, which made Grant Hill feel a strong sense of trust.

The first attack was scored, and Grant Hill was full of motivation!

Liu Mang retreated back and waited for the Bulls to come.

As expected, the Bulls still started from the outside, after all, their inside offense was really too poor.

However, this time Garnett did not serve as the end point of the offense, but directly pulled to the high position to ask for it, without playing pick-and-roll.

Garnett received the ball one step outside the free throw line and held it above his head, and the entire Bulls team started running.

Liu Mang followed Hinrich and kept an eye on the person Garnett was going to pass the ball to...

"Ding... The barricade was triggered..."

"Luol Deng!"

Liu Mang predicted that the person Garnett was going to pass the ball to was Luol Deng!

Liu Mang immediately blocked the direction where Luol Deng cut in. Sure enough, Luol Deng, who seemed to be going to help Sefolosha with an off-ball pick-and-roll, was the real end point. Luol Deng pretended to help Sefolosha with a pick-and-roll, but in fact, he just wanted to divert the Hawks' defensive attention to the young Sefolosha who could run and jump. Garnett lobbed the ball to the left mid-range, and Luol Deng received the ball and went straight to the basket.

When Liu Mang was about to block, he was blocked by Ben Wallace!

Luol Deng received the ball and entered the basket, jumped one step to avoid Kwame Brown's help defense, and scored two points with one hand.

The Hawks used Grant Hill to play the first attack, which the Bulls did not expect.

But the Bulls were also prepared. On the offensive end, they used the Hawks' defense method of focusing on mid-range and long-range shots to create an opportunity for an empty cut. In particular, they were afraid of Liu Mang's awareness of helping defense under the basket, and used Ben Wallace to block Liu Mang.

2-2 tie, the Bulls also got two points.

However... this is not Liu Mang's biggest headache, the more headache is that the Bulls' offense is strengthening the confrontation!

Then on the defensive end...

As Liu Mang expected, Garnett was already fighting with Marion when Liu Mang was advancing! Other positions also tried to make physical contact as much as possible.

If it was a regular season, such a big move without the ball would definitely attract the attention of the referee, but this is the playoffs, there is no obvious foul action, and the referee pretended not to see it.

After Liu Mang arrived at the frontcourt, he continued to pass the ball to Grant Hill. When Grant Hill was about to continue to single out Hinrich, Garnett shrank in from the left corner, and Grant Hill quickly passed the ball to Marion, and Marion made a three-pointer from the bottom corner...

Missed!

Garnett grabbed the defensive rebound.

"Increase the confrontation, make our players' muscles tense, and reduce our shooting efficiency..."

Liu Mang didn't have to think too much to analyze Garnett's thoughts.

It was too obvious. The Bulls were used to being able to maintain their mid-range and long-range shooting efficiency after a tough defensive confrontation. However, other teams, except for a few teams like the Spurs, found it difficult to adapt to the Bulls' defense.

"No time for probing? Are you getting straight to the point?"

Liu Mang felt the Bulls' determination to win. These guys didn't consider probing their opponents' strength at all, and they just went for the intensity.

When the Bulls attacked, the Hawks' confrontation was also brought up. Luol Deng received the ball in the bottom corner this time, but his three-pointer after confrontation and running didn't go in.

But the active Garnett rushed to grab the offensive rebound, stepped back after landing, and shot a close-range fadeaway jumper... and it went in!

4 to 2, more than two minutes later, the two teams scored six points in total, and the Hawks were two points behind.

But this is not the key, the key is... Garnett howled to the sky after scoring!

"Ding... Wolf howl triggered, the morale of the Chicago Bulls players soared, from Kevin Garnett."

"Damn! Howl at your sister!"