Chapter 1526 1525. Deadly Three Eagles, King Bomb Establishes Power! (Seeking Monthly Votes)
Kobe scored 25 points in the half. As the Lakers' only super perimeter, his half-time score was the highest among all players on the two teams.
The Lakers' three major insiders, Gasol had 9 points, 1 assist and 4 rebounds after halftime, Odom had 7 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and Yao Ming had 11 points, 2 blocks and 3 rebounds.
The performance of the Lakers' four major stars has exploded. The four of them scored 52 points.
This was even better than the Lakers' performance when Liu Mang watched the Lakers play the Warriors the day before yesterday.
But the Eagles still dominated the Lakers!
The three eagles have beaten the second one, and the third eagle continues to go into battle after the intermission!
The lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Tracy McGrady, Marion, and Kwame Brown appears!
Three eagles come together! Plus two of the strongest insiders!
As Coach Kruger expected, Yao Ming took a break just after half the second half of the second quarter, and re-assigned the inside combination of Odom, Gasol, and Wang Zhizhi, and the outside combination, referred to as "Tieke" The iron man Kobe continues to play, and Claxton retired after winning the championship last season. It is still very hurt for the Lakers, and they can only send their second-round pick Gavaris Christian to play point guard.
"Gavaris Christian, ability evaluation 62, offense 69, defense 59, three-pointer 67, mid-range shot 64, layup 83, speed 90, strength 79..."
At the beginning of the second half, Liu Mang saw the opponent's point guard Christian coming forward. When Liu Mang was studying the Lakers, he also noticed this Lakers' third point guard. He noticed this rookie because he was his alumnus from Georgia Tech. A well-known NBA player in Atlanta last season.
In fact, he is considered a combo guard, a fairly "balanced" rookie, with basically no outstanding advantages. Being physically fit, being able to jump, and wanting to participate in a dunk contest may be considered a strength, but in fact, he has a very weak and balanced body. A high-quality guard who was good in college, relying on his physical fitness and all-round performance, but in the NBA, he is very average.
But he's only 19, so he might be able to improve.
But there is no information about this alumnus in Liu Mang’s memory...
The Lakers' first attack!
Kobe Bryant's single three-pointer from outside the three-point line. Marion is now focusing on defense and positioning, keeping an eye on Odom and blocking Odom who wants to rush for the rebound. Liu Mang uses two big inside defenders to block the ball. Good defensive rebounding.
Kobe Bryant has a career-high field goal percentage of 47% this season. He happens to be averaging 20 shots per game, which means he can make between 9 and 10 shots per game. It takes at least a lot of iron to score one. one.
When the Eagles attacked, Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt and passed the ball to McGrady.
McGrady got the ball!
In the first half, McGrady scored 8 points on 3 of 7 mid-range shots and free throws. With two players on the team already scoring at least 20 points, McGrady performed very well in the first half.
Now that McGrady has the ball, the Lakers' defensive focus unconsciously tilts toward McGrady.
There is no way, the Hawks are too monster, Liu Mang and Jason Terry each scored at least 20 points in a single quarter. If McGrady comes in the third quarter, they will be better than the Lakers, and their mentality will completely collapse.
Actually... McGrady is quite tired now.
Originally planning to use McGrady and Marion to take turns guarding Kobe, due to Odom's outbreak, Marion had to guard Odom, and Grant Hill's defense against Kobe was not effective this time, and he was forced to guard Odom. In fact, even Marion can't guard Odom, but it is relatively better.
McGrady had to continue to guard against Kobe Bryant in the second half. In fact, he no longer had any extra energy to spend on the offensive end. McGrady only held the ball to pass the ball!
When the Lakers focused their defensive attention on Tracy McGrady, who they felt was starting to go crazy, Liu Mang used Kwame Brown's pick-and-roll to get a shooting opportunity on the right baseline!
McGrady didn't even enter the three-point line. He just assumed a triple-threat stance and immediately passed the ball to Liu Mang.
Odom and Gasol came towards Liu Mang. Liu Mang passed the ball to the basket and made a beautiful second pass. Kwame Brown turned back to the basket to catch the ball and dunk for two points.
73 to 67, the point difference was once again widened to more than 5 points!
In this round, Jackson and even the three core players of Kobe, Gasol, and Odom on the opponent's field could feel that the Hawks wanted to use their mentality of attaching importance to McGrady to create opportunities for others.
But they felt it, and they didn't dare to underestimate McGrady, who was the scoring champion that year! McGrady will only turn 29 in May next summer. McGrady, who was at his peak and who once averaged a triple-double in the Finals, is too much of a threat when the Hawks have already beaten two of their three Eagles.
The Lakers can only rely on the combination of Kobe and Gasol and the efforts of Odom, who broke out for a long time today, to chase points.
In fact, the Lakers were only 6 points behind. They had the strength to catch up. No, in the fourth minute of the third quarter, with Odom's three-pointer, Kobe and Gasol connected. Er dunked and scored two points. The Lakers went on a 7-3 run, narrowing the point difference to 1 point in one fell swoop when they were only 5 points away.
Then... Jason Terry, who only made two field goals in the first four minutes of the third quarter, came again...
McGrady is responsible for attracting defense and organizing offense to help Liu Mang get assists or help Liu Mang score. McGrady is so talented. He imitates Rondo's style of play so well that Rondo on the sidelines has an expression.
Liu Mang was responsible for scoring and passing the ball. In the second minute of the third quarter, he had already scored 25 points, 10 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Together with Marion and Kwame Brown, the main role of the Maimang combination in the third quarter so far is to maintain the continuity of regular scoring. Liu Mang's stability, McGrady's passing, and Buma's inside combination of eating cakes have allowed the Hawks to maintain a slight lead.
When the Lakers began to exert their strength to hit a climax and were about to overtake the score, Jason Terry, who had accumulated a few minutes of big moves, made another three-pointer at the critical moment!
Seven consecutive three-pointers!
Jason Terry tied Liu Mang's record of seven consecutive three-pointers in team history!
"Here we go again! It's him every time!"
The Lakers players were stunned by Jason Terry's violent three-pointers again!
It's like this every time. Every time it comes to a critical round, Jason Terry will make a shot.
This reminds the Lakers players of the pressure they felt when they faced Liu Mang's 50+ in the finals of the 05-06 season!
Coach Kruger, who was standing on the sidelines nervously, saw the Lakers call a timeout and touched his forehead, which had already extended to who knows where. Jason Terry's three-pointer determined the trend of the game!
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After the timeout, the Hawks only replaced Kwame Brown with Gasol Jr., and the Lakers replaced the strongest five-man team of Odom, Kobe, Ariza, Gasol, and Yao Ming. They were going to fight.
Liu Mang, who had already scored 25 points, and Jason Terry, who had already scored 24 points, became the focus of attention.
McGrady's wonderful feeling came again... Odom defended him...
When Odom was serious, his defense on the perimeter was also close to the first-class level, but for McGrady, it was just close to the first-class defense... He didn't need to consider whether he was tired or not, just took three steps closer to the basket and shot!
McGrady didn't go to the inside to confront Yao Ming, saving his energy, and shot from the mid-range or the edge of the three-second zone to avoid contact with the opponent's big man.
Liu Mang and Jason Terry both had a good feel, especially Jason Terry made 7 consecutive three-pointers. The Lakers could only use Gasol to help defend McGrady more, and Marion could play pick-and-roll with Liu Mang. Liu Mang received the pass from McGrady after Gasol double-teamed him, and his scoring and assists continued.
No matter how Liu Mang was defended, he could maintain a stable score and assists. Today, the three eagles were in excellent condition and led the Hawks to suppress the Lakers!
The Lakers played very well. Odom had a near triple-double of 11 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists after three quarters. Yao Ming scored 17 points, Gasol scored 12+10, and Kobe scored 38 points after three quarters.
The Lakers scored 97 points in three quarters.
But the Hawks scored 105 points after three quarters!
In the third quarter, the Hawks and the Lakers played a single-quarter score of 34 to 30!
Liu Mang scored 31 points, 16 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks in three quarters!
105 to 97, the Hawks led by 8 points into the fourth quarter!
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, McGrady and Liu Mang went to rest, and Rondo, Jason Terry, Wade, Grant Hill, and Kwame Brown went up to hold on for a while.
The Hawks were ready to play the key moment, and the 8-point advantage gave Coach Kruger some confidence.
The Lakers only sent out Odom and Kobe as the two core players, Anfernee Hardaway and Barnes partnered with Kobe on the outside, and Wang Zhizhi partnered with Odom on the inside.
The Lakers wanted to rely on the left-handed Magic and the small-handed Jordan to hold the score and finally play the key moment.
But...
In the second half of the third quarter, Jason Terry made 0 of 2 three-pointers, interrupting his consecutive three-point shooting. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he received a pass from Rondo and made a three-pointer directly...
108 to 97, the score difference was only 11 seconds after the beginning of the fourth quarter, and it suddenly opened to more than 10 points, the highest in the game!
Just like when the Lakers played the Mavericks in the second round of the 2010-2011 season playoffs in the original time and space, Jason Terry became the nightmare of the Lakers players!
In terms of strength and overall performance in this game, Jason Terry is obviously far inferior to Liu Mang, but this kind of ball that hits the opponent's morale, Jason Terry did too well today, better than Liu Mang and Kobe!
Like Kobe, from time to time he scored two or three in a row, which would normally make the opponent collapse, but this time although Kobe also played that kind of performance from time to time, he could not beat Jason Terry's sudden three-pointer!
Such a fierce one just came on the court in the fourth quarter!
Jason Terry's seventh three-pointer in the fourth minute of the third quarter determined the trend of the game, and the first three-pointer in the fourth quarter, Jason Terry helped the Hawks win!
This time, Zen Master couldn't save the Lakers from their decline. Kobe wanted to fight, and he led the Lakers to score 28 points in the fourth quarter and 125 points in the whole game, but the Lakers were depressed on the defensive end. They began to unconsciously double-team Jason Terry, even without the ball...
After the score difference was widened to 10 points, it was not narrowed to within 10 points. After the Hawks' lineup of one big and four small lasted for a few minutes, the Hawks re-deployed the combination of three eagles and Buma.
Liu Mang only scored 6 points in the fourth quarter, but he had 6 assists in the last 7 minutes of the fourth quarter!
Jason Terry only scored one goal in the fourth quarter, that one three-pointer, but the Lakers didn't dare to give him any chances, and they tried their best to block Jason Terry from receiving the ball.
McGrady scored 10 points in the fourth quarter...
With the three eagles surging, he led the Hawks to 33 points in the final quarter!
Relying on Liu Mang's 37 points, 5 rebounds and 22 assists, Jason Terry's 30 points, McGrady's 25 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Kwame Brown's 9 points and 12 rebounds, Rondo's 4 points and 8 assists and Wade's 12 points, as well as Gasol's low-post defense, Marion, Grant Hill and other players' contributions, the Hawks defeated the Lakers 138 to 125, 13 points difference!
The Lakers have performed very well, Kobe scored 45 points on 17 of 30 shots, Yao Ming scored 26 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks, Gasol scored 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Odom scored a triple-double of 14 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists...
But the three eagles were super gods, and the three eagles scored 92 points together, and the king-like performance defeated the Lakers!
The Hawks' super outside group established their prestige in one battle!
Compared to last season, the Hawks were obviously suppressed by the Lakers. This season, even if Jason Terry's explosive performance is included, TV commentators do not think that the Hawks are weaker than the Lakers.
The Lakers have a super inside combination, while the Hawks have a super outside combination!
Seven consecutive three-pointers, 8 of 10 three-pointers, 9 of 17 shots in total, plus 4 of 4 free throws, Jason Terry scored the third highest 30 points in the game, ranking behind Kobe's 45 points and Liu Mang's 37 points, but became the MVP of this game!
Liu Mang looked at his own data, 37 points, 5 rebounds and 22 assists. Seeing that he had the second highest assists in his career, he didn't get the MVP of this game. The reporters all went to surround Jason Terry...
"This damn shorty stole my limelight!"
Liu Mang was angry and squeezed next to Jason Terry to get the camera...