Chapter 1532 1531. Alternative 3+1 (Asking for Guaranteed Monthly Ticket)
The Eagles' tactics were very effective today.
When discussing the Raptors yesterday afternoon, the biggest headache for Liu Mang and his teammates was Milicic, the new superstar.
"Darko Milicic, ability evaluation 96, offense 90, defense 96, passing 86, rebounds 97, three-pointers 39, 87 mid-range shots, layups 94, speed 82, strength 93..."
If Duncan refuses to admit that he is a center, judging from his ability evaluation, Milicic is already the strongest center.
Why has Milicic been able to make big strides every year in the past three years and become a superstar?
It is because he is so comprehensive on both ends of the offense and defense, and every improvement is very targeted. The Raptors will always give Milicic the maximum room for mistakes and give him enough time to give Milicic a chance to improve.
By this season, it is true that Milicic's individual defense is not as good as Kwame Brown, but it is worse than Howard and Garnett. Milicic's assist defense is not as good as Garnett and Howard, but his individual defense is better.
Compared with the strongest, Milicic cannot do it, but that is a comparison with the strongest.
Milicic is like a modern-day Hakeem Olajuwon.
Olajuwon is better than most other interior defenders, and he is better than most interior defenders in both single defense and assist defense.
This is the case with Milicic. Compared with single defense and assist defense, Milicic is not the best, but he is among the top centers in the league!
The same is true on the offensive end. Milicic is not as good as Yao Ming in the low post and mid-range shooting, but his breakthrough and passing are better; his breakthrough and mid-range shooting are not as good as Garnett, but he is better than Garnett in the low post, and his passing is only half as good.
Milicic has shown talent in defense and passing since the first year he came to the Raptors. His rebounding also improved last season. This year, his scoring ability, which has been criticized for not being good enough, has also improved a lot this season. Improvement, averaging 21.5 points, 11 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 3.5 blocks and 0.7 steals per game so far.
On the offensive end, Milicic can make mid-range shots, singles under the basket, cut in, and break through with the ball. He is so comprehensive. Although he does not have any three-pointers, his three-point rating has even regressed from 50 in his rookie season to 39 because he is completely incompetent. He specializes in skills inside the three-point line. Milicic has already achieved at least first-class level in all offensive methods inside the three-point line.
Regardless of speed, Milicic is like Odom who has continued to maintain a serious state without three-pointers, and his defense is even better!
Just like during Michael Jordan's first three consecutive championships, he played against the Rockets six times in the regular season with 1 win and 5 losses. He was beaten by the Rockets led by Olajuwon, which made people imagine what if the Rockets had scored in those three years. The result of the finals will be the same, Milicic is very difficult to deal with now.
Milicic has no obvious weaknesses. He has a comprehensive offense and a comprehensive defense. He is currently the favorite for the best defensive player, and the MVP ranking has been in the top ten for a long time... The most egregious thing is that Milicic just turned 23 years old last June... …
The current Milicic's performance is similar to that of the 23-year-old Olajuwon in his sophomore year. In his sophomore year, Olajuwon averaged 23.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 3.4 blocks per game. Milicic stole far away. Far inferior to Olajuwon, but his passing is much better than Olajuwon. By coincidence, the two of them have two other weaker stars beside them to help the team reach second place in the division.
With Milicic like this, the Eagles have thought of countless inside combinations, but they feel like they can't limit them. Milicic doesn't have such obvious flaws as other super centers. This is the most difficult point to deal with. If you have to talk about flaws, That means there are no three-pointers, but with such a good mid-range shot, singles and passes, he doesn't need three-pointers at all. Milicic's scoring has been very stable this season, ranging from 15 to 25 points in almost every game. , not too high, but hard to prevent him from scoring.
The last time the Hawks faced the Raptors at home, they played very anxiously. They also started lagging behind, and finally won with the help of three hawks from the outside.
The players discussed for two hours with no results, and the coaching staff did not have a good strategy the next day. If such a center can have a good way to deal with it, Olajuwon will not be so difficult to defend, so he can only fight hard. strength.
But the Eagles' consecutive away games had just begun, and it was too head-to-head like the last time they met the Raptors this season. It was too unfavorable for the Eagles, so Liu Mang simply changed his mind.
Instead of thinking of ways to guard Milicic, start with off-field factors.
"Physical consumption war", Liu Mang put forward this suggestion to the coaching staff.
The Raptors are a very good positional team, and their power forward Lewis can play small forward. Although the defense is not good, the defense is very quick, which means it is active.
The other four people, TJ Ford is currently the fastest player in the NBA, Joe Johnson and Richard Jefferson are not bad in physical fitness, Milicic is also in good physical fitness, they can run and keep up, the Eagles are Bian pulled them to speed up at the fastest pace.
Although they trailed by 10 points at most at the beginning, after returning from the seventh minute of the second quarter, when the Eagles changed into a positional battle lineup and slowly played, the opponent's physical energy was severely depleted by the Eagles in the second game of back-to-back games. , Secondly, the Raptors were not used to the sudden slowdown of the Hawks, and were beaten 6-0 by the Hawks.
During the timeout, Milicic was silent on the Raptors bench, like a wronged child.
There were no substitutions on either side. The Eagles continued to field Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Grant Hill, O'Neal Jr., and Brad Miller.
The Raptors continue to send out a lineup of Kapono, Joe Johnson, Richard Jefferson, Delfino, and Milicic.
After the timeout, the Raptors played the ball in the frontcourt.
The Raptors wanted to play a stable offense. Milicic mentioned receiving the ball at the free throw line. The Raptors started to make tactical moves. The two three-point masters Kapono and Joe Johnson opened up a lot of space. Chad Jefferson went around Milicic and then cut back!
The connection between Milicic and Richard Jefferson passed the ball!
When Liu Mang's name floated across Delfilo's eyes, he immediately rushed in the opposite direction to Richard Jefferson.
Delfino was startled when he saw Liu Mang rushing towards him. He didn't catch the ball firmly and let go! The ball flew out of bounds!
Delfino didn't expect Liu Mang to block it in place at this time!
When Richard Jefferson cut in, Brad Miller was still one step inside the free throw line and couldn't catch up. O'Neal was struggling to catch up with him when he rushed to the basket. Chad Jefferson, only Liu Mang, who shrank back after switching defenses with Grant Hill, had the opportunity to block Richard Jefferson. Milicic took advantage of this to give the even more inconspicuous Delfino Pass the ball.
But Liu Mang judged that the target of Milicic's pass was not Richard Jefferson, who seemed too obvious, but Delfino, who was ignored on the other side.
Every time Milicic is in a bad mood, his passing movements will obviously feel a bit slower. Milicic's characteristic that is rated as "weak" by the system is difficult to bring out. In this way, the timing difference that he is good at is The pass is gone!
Milicic has rarely been frustrated this season. After all, he is basically the best center in the league. Milicic faced Yao Ming twice this season and actually had the upper hand, just like Gasol. The same restraint against Yao Ming, and even better.
But when meeting Liu Mang, Milicic would be easily frustrated as long as he encountered setbacks in the game, especially the feeling of being so far ahead and being quickly caught up.
If Milicic seizes the time difference in passing the ball this time, it will be difficult for Liu Mang to block it, but the key point is that Milicic's mentality is a bit broken!
His teammates didn't catch the ball properly, and Milicic was even more unhappy.
Seeing Milicic's frustrated expression when he returned to defense, Liu Mang felt that his opportunity had come!
A chance to completely turn the tide of the game around!
Liu Mang received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. When Jason Terry saw Liu Mang only staring at the basket, he knew what Liu Mang was going to do and immediately went to the bottom corner to open up space.
Brad Miller went to the other corner, and O'Neal Jr. also went to the mid-range. They have played together for half a season. Although the two veteran insiders couldn't understand Liu Mang's eyes, Jason Terry did. With such a move, everyone knew that Liu Mang was going to do it himself!
When Liu Mang came one step outside the top arc, Richard Jefferson came up and didn't give him any space to shoot a three-pointer. Richard Jefferson's defense had nothing to say, and Liu Mang didn't choose to break out directly. Milicic is too much of a defensive threat inside.
Liu Mang beckoned for Grant Hill to pick and roll. Grant Hill immediately came out to block Richard Jefferson. Liu Mang took a step around and shot directly!
When Joe Johnson encountered a pick-and-roll switch, he immediately rushed towards Liu Mang, but Liu Mang's backward arc was even wider now! Although he failed to trigger the King of Pull-ups this time, Liu Mang's retreat made Joe Johnson react very quickly and failed to cause any substantial interference!
Richard Jefferson, who forced his way through Grant Hill, could only reach out and pull Liu Mang away, but when he met Liu Mang, Liu Mang had already thrown the ball!
"beep"
"哐"
"Beep beep beep..."
The referee's whistle was fine at first, but suddenly it became very messy...
Milicic, who caught the ball inside, watched the referee make an action to interfere with the ball, and his mentality completely collapsed!
He just saw the ball hitting the basket, so he immediately jumped in and grabbed the ball. As a result, the ball did not leave the cylinder of the basket, which meant that it was possible for it to bounce onto the basket again or in. Of course, it might also bounce out. But Milicic touched the ball early and was called for interference!
Liu Mang originally only made three free throws, but the result directly became 3+1!
Not to mention that the Raptors players were surprised by this goal, Liu Mang himself opened his mouth wide...
Seeing Milicic smashing the ball to the ground in a frenzy, Liu Mang was stunned when he heard the system prompt: "Can it still be like this? With a self-destruction weapon?"
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