Chapter 1512 1511. Why Are You so Useless? (Asking for Monthly Votes)

Not to mention, Liu Mang felt quite special when facing an opponent like Durant who was taller than Tracy McGrady with the ball. He had never encountered such a tall defensive player in normal singles.

The key is that this guy seems to be growing taller in the future!

After Liu Mang used the star card, he repeatedly watched the technical moves brought by the star card in his mind.

But... Durant's style of play from beyond the three-point line...

With the height and shooting ability of Durant in the 13-14 season, there is no need for any fancy skills at all, just throw it!

Liu Mang really didn't find much three-point shooting skills. The three-point shooting method brought by Durant's star card is to just sway against the defense a few times and throw it directly regardless of whether he can get open!

Seeing Durant lowering his waist and wiping sweat from his hands on his shorts, Liu Mang didn't bother to worry about how tough Durant's play was. He pulled up on the spot... and shot a three-pointer!

"Ding...Running attack is triggered at level 3, bounce +3..."

"Ding... trigger level 5 other than dry pull-up. This take-off will not be affected by other factors. Correct the shooting angle deviation caused by leaning back..."

Two white characters invisible to others appeared in Liu Mang's sight.

Liu Mang suddenly made a three-pointer. Durant, who was fully focused, immediately reacted and pounced on Liu Mang.

but……

Durant did his best but couldn't cover Liu Mang's take-off height and backward angle! The ball flew past Durant's fingertips and went straight to the basket like an anti-aircraft gun...

"Shua"

Liu Mang faced Durant and hit a three-pointer!

After following Rondo into the paint, Paul, who had been preparing to defend against Liu Mang's breakthrough, couldn't help but smile.

This is amazing!

Even Liu Mang would dare to vote in this situation!

And when this situation happened, what Paul felt was not shock, but helplessness!

This season, Liu Mang has a 45% three-point shooting rate and averaged 3.3 three-pointers per game. Although the number of hits has dropped a bit compared to the past two years, the hit rate is terrible. The drop in the number of hits is just a matter of shots. It’s just less, and the average of 3.3 three-pointers per game is still the first in the league. The Cavaliers’ Peja and the Suns’ Jason Richardson, the two super three-pointers who are tied for second, only average 3 three-pointers per game. .

After Liu Mang made the shot, he retreated as if nothing had happened. He would do this once or twice in every game, shooting against the defense and forcing the opponent's three-point defense on him to the tightest, so that he could more easily shoot in the mid-range and short range. Score or pass the ball.

However, Liu Mang didn't seem to care about the three-pointer he just made over a 2.08-meter player. He was actually very excited! This time it was just pure luck. Durant would be beaten when he defended Antetokounmpo's outside line, but he was really good at guarding against skilled outside lines because his wingspan was so advantageous.

But running attack is very useful for Liu Mang! A certain skill judged by the system for others is the player's strength or playing style characteristics, but for Liu Mang, it is a real bonus.

In terms of skill comparison, there is no difference in strength between the king of pull-ups and the running attack. For McGrady, the pull-up is more effective. McGrady's biggest feature is that he can take off suddenly and with all his strength. Durant relies on his height. With wingspan, it doesn't rely so much on bounce, as long as the take-off height is sufficient.

Although McGrady's height and wingspan are also excellent, he is obviously not as good as Durant, who will be 2.11 meters in the future. McGrady relies on his sudden full takeoff and ignoring interference to make his shooting rate very stable.

But for Liu Mang, running attack is more effective!

The King of Ganpu only allows Liu Mang's bounce to not be affected by sudden jumps, allowing him to jump with all his strength. In order to achieve the desired effect when the sprint trigger is triggered, Liu Mang's bounce has received an additional bonus.

At this time, the extremely lucky pull-up king and the running attack were triggered together. Adding the two together, Durant's current height of 2.08 meters and a wingspan of 2.20 meters allowed Liu Mang to throw the ball in. !

In transition between offense and defense, the Hornets attack.

Unlike the Hawks, the Hornets are a pure team basketball team. A center with excellent cake-eating ability and good pick-and-roll, coupled with three players with mid-range or long-range shooting ability, maximizes Paul's ability. Organizational skills.

Much like the Cavaliers, the Hornets are also a team that relies purely on their core.

After Paul advanced to the frontcourt, Rondo defended him.

Two outstanding new-generation point guards who dislike each other are at odds with each other.

Rondo is faster than Paul, even faster than Liu Mang, sticking to Paul's side like brown candy.

Liu Mang followed Prince to the corner and saw Rondo entangled with Paul. He silently muttered in his heart: Spit on his face, spit on his face...

However, Rondo, who had never been a teammate with Garnett, had a lot of little defensive moves, but he was still very good. Paul turned around and pushed him away with his big butt.

Paul did not pursue a pick-and-roll as Liu Mang thought, but directly attacked hard!

The explosive speed exceeded Liu Mang's expectations and he quickly rushed to the free throw line. Fortunately, Marion made up the defense in time and blocked Paul.

Paul made a move to pass the ball to West. At this time, Liu Mang let go of Prince and switched to West, but Paul was fake! He gave the ball to Durant who was running towards the top arc, and Prince blocked McGrady who was chasing Durant!

When Durant received the ball, Rondo immediately switched defenses. The high-speed defensive rotation was very good, but this little time difference was enough for Durant. Rondo was more than 20 points shorter. With a height of centimeters, if Durant hadn't been close to Durant immediately and Durant could lift his hand, he would have been left open!

Durant's three-point shot from the top of the arc...

Such a shot is definitely an opportunity for Durant, and it is also one of the Hornets' tactics, but Durant is really iron...

Durant's three-pointer didn't go in!

Liu Mang turned around to block West, and the Rock Solid Level 5 was triggered, blocking West who wanted to rush for the ball, and Marion turned around to receive the defensive rebound.

The Hornets' attack this time, Liu Mang felt that he was not defended. Paul's vision was too outstanding, and he had a good grasp of the position of each teammate on the outside.

And the breakthrough pass was not a high-post support, and Liu Mang could not judge it by "barricade".

The key is Paul's breakthrough! In the previous two seasons, Paul was not so strong as a rookie, and Paul in the second year suffered from injuries. In the third year, Paul's ultimate evolution-like breakthrough made Liu Mang feel incredible!

If Paul plays pick-and-roll, it will be much easier to defend, but if his breakthrough is so strong that he can tear through the first line of defense by himself, then there will be a big problem...

However, Liu Mang will not consider so much for the time being. The game has just started, and it has only been 33 seconds. There are still more than 9 minutes of star cards. Let's experience Durant's star card first.

Liu Mang did not catch the ball, but ran directly to the front court. Seeing that it was still Durant defending him, Liu Mang waved to Rondo who was advancing for the ball.

Durant was so nervous that he immediately pressed forward to defend Liu Mang from the front outside the three-point line.

This is what Liu Mang wants. Following Durant's pressing action, he cut into the three-point line and went straight to the basket!

Rondo, who just passed the midline, was really daring and sent the ball directly to the basket!

In the inside, Kwame Brown withdrew from the three-second zone, and Armstrong followed him out. David West looked at Liu Mang who rushed in and fell into deep thought: Should I go in to make up for the defense? Should I? Or not...

"Bang..."

While West was thinking, Liu Mang rushed in and passed the ball to the left side of the basket with one hand and pressed it in.

This ball was passed so smoothly, just rush in and touch the ball.

After two rounds, Durant wanted to cry!

Last year was okay, in 2006, the rookie was not good, and Liu Mang did not bully young players. Durant thought it might be because Liu Mang had become a superstar and was disdainful of bullying rookies.

But when Durant was still in high school, Liu Mang was notorious!

From the 2002-03 season to the 2005-06 season, for four years, Liu Mang was like a devil full of resentment for the draft picks, and he ravaged the high-ranking stars back and forth, especially the top five picks in the 2003 generation. So far, Anthony is the only one who has beaten Liu Mang in the regular season...

During those four years, the talented rookies in the entire NBA were in panic. The head coaches and management of their teams were extremely reluctant to let their talented players play against Liu Mang, fearing that they would be ruined by Liu Mang.

Don't you see that the generals of the Washington Guards are useless now...

Even Paul, Durant's current boss, was bullied by Liu Mang in the past, as if he was playing.

Durant thought that Liu Mang would not have the bad interest of bullying "children" now that he was successful, but he didn't expect that he would actually encounter it!

"I'm still a child, is it wrong to be a genius?" Durant really wanted to cry.

In the following games, Durant seemed to have no fighting spirit, and he didn't want to face reality from the beginning.

Iron! Iron! Iron!

After a few rounds, Liu Mang found that he might have overestimated Durant's ability to bear!

Different from Durant's rookie season in Liu Mang's impression, Durant's running position was more organized than Liu Mang's impression!

The Hornets are still good at training rookies, and their high-ranking rookies rarely fail.

Having a large number of shooting rights to throw is indeed a good way for tall pitchers to grow.

But having a point guard who can let tall shooters enjoy the most comfortable catch-and-shoot at the beginning of their careers is definitely another good way for this big man to grow.

Whenever Durant has a chance, Paul will immediately pass the ball to him.

The key is that for Durant, who has grown to 2.08 meters in his first year, playing as a small forward or shooting guard is a mismatch.

Durant's growth is a little different from his growth in the Supersonics in the original time and space. When he was in the Supersonics, his opponent had already come up to him when he received the ball.

Although there are few opportunities for large gaps in this time and space, when he received the ball, the opponent had just rushed up to defend, but before he could get close to make up for the height difference, Durant had already made a shooting move.

This is the little difference brought by Paul, allowing Durant to enjoy better shooting opportunities from the beginning of his career.

Better shooting opportunities mean more accurate shooting, more accurate shooting means more confidence, more courage to shoot, and the training effect can be better demonstrated!

In this way, although the pressure of carrying the team alone is reduced, Durant... he doesn't like such great pressure, and doesn't like to carry the team on his own. This makes Durant's progress faster than in the original time and space. In the original time and space, Durant was selected as an All-Star reserve for the first time in his junior year, and his three-point shooting percentage in his rookie season was 28%. But playing with Paul, Durant's three-point shooting percentage is 33% so far, which is much better, and the number of three-point shots is more than before. Because of the influence of Liu Mang, the Hornets' training of Durant is also more focused on three-pointers.

It's just that Durant's shooting ability is really poor now. Of course, compared to his peak, it's so bad that it makes people intoxicated. The most important thing is that Durant seems to be in a state of mind!

However, Liu Mang also felt the difference between the star cards of Durant and Curry in their first peak period!

Curry is a technical player. He relies on his strong ability to create space outside the three-point line to shoot the ball in opportunities that others don't think are opportunities. This is just that others don't think it's an opportunity. In Curry's eyes, a little gap is already an opportunity, similar to Kobe's feeling, but Curry's shooting is more accurate.

Durant is different. Durant is domineering inside and out!

Horizontal!

Too Horizontal!

Durant's height is too advantageous for a player who can play small forward and shooting guard. The ability to shoot anytime and anywhere makes Durant's offense reveal that kind of Horizontal feeling.

Liu Mang has similar abilities thanks to the effect of the star card. Although the ability bonus is weakened, the characteristics are the same.

If the defense was tight, Liu Mang would cut in and go straight to the basket. If the defense was not so tight, Liu Mang would use the running attack to directly pull up, and the efficiency was still very high!

However, Liu Mang was strong here, and Durant was even worse...

Byron Scott, the head coach of the Hornets, is also a peculiar coach. Maybe he played with superstars such as Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, O'Neal, Kobe, etc. for too long. He himself also scored with Jordan in the finals and almost got 1VP. He thought that talented people should be put under pressure, so he let Durant defend Liu Mang for half a quarter without calling a timeout.

In these six and a half minutes, Liu Mang made 5 of 7 shots, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 1 of 1 free throws, and 13 points in half a quarter...

The official timeout came when Durant threw a dead ball without touching it, and the referee called the official timeout!

Entering the official timeout, Liu Mang looked at Durant, whose eyes were a little sluggish, and was worried that he would play this guy badly!

"Kevin." Liu Mang called Durant.

"Ah?" Durant looked up in confusion.

It's terrible!

In the past five minutes, Durant felt unprecedented fear.

There is no way to defend! Durant never thought that there would be such a player in the world. He would not feel so terrible when facing Kobe. His arm span is very effective when defending Kobe.

In fact, if it is normal, Durant's arm span will interfere with Liu Mang's shooting, which will be very effective, but Liu Mang can't stand using Durant's star card to deal with Durant. He knows Durant's defensive habits very well.

So, Liu Mang's tyranny made Durant's little heart explode.

Seeing that Durant is not as cruel as the god of death, Liu Mang feels that it's not good! Don't let this nail be broken!

Liu Mang said with a "hmm", "Kevin, you are weaker than I thought. I used your style of play to deal with you. Why are you so useless!"

"Ah? My style of play?" Durant didn't even notice that Liu Mang's style of play was the same as his!

Liu Mang reminded him and then reacted!

Liu Mang's shooting method just now was the same as his, that he didn't shoot in the first place! Cut in if you're close!

Watching Liu Mang turn and leave, Durant became excited like a fan!

"My playing style is so amazing? If I can practice shooting as accurately as Ace, I can score like him?"