Chapter 518 517. No One Can Do Better than You!

"Ace, give me back the starter!"

Jason Terry lay on the floor howling after the afternoon extra practice after returning from Philadelphia.

"roll!"

"I'll take you to have fun. I know a few girls who are doing very well."

"Go away, you and the coach secretly negotiated to be a substitute, and gave me the starter. The starter is not something you want to sell, you can buy it if you want! I finally got the starter, will I return it to you? It's a good idea... ...By the way, what's the girl's phone number?"

"I won't give it to you. If I was found out doing community work, I would have to be dragged into the water. Want a girl? Go find it yourself at Georgia Tech!"

"mean!"

"..."

"..."

Liu Mang and Jason Terry joked for a while after the team practice, and then continued to practice.

The playoffs are coming, and there is no pressure to be in the playoffs. The pressure of the playoffs is coming. It is not easy for the first place in the Eastern Conference to play eighth!

The record of the Eagles became 40 wins and 36 losses after back-to-back home and away games with the 76ers, and the Magic team, which lost another game, was pulled a little further. The Magic team's record became 37 wins and 38 losses. There are still two back-to-back, and the opponents are very strong, the Magic's playoffs are basically cold.

The Eagles just finished the back-to-back home and away games. First, because of the first tactical change at home, the offensive performance was extremely unstable, and they were killed by the 76ers away.

Then after the Eagles flew to Philadelphia with the 76ers that night, they played well in back-to-back games and pulled back a victory. The four matches this season were tied 2-2.

The Eagles have back-to-back records of 1 win and 1 loss.

The main reason is that there is no pressure, and the whole team is cooperating with the transformation of Jason Terry and Liu Mang.

How much possession Liu Mang needs to hand over, and how much possession Jason Terry needs to increase, how to grasp this speed is the key.

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The season is still going on, and after winning back-to-back games with the 76ers, the Eagles ushered in two consecutive home games, the Seattle SuperSonics and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

As the saying goes, a modest gentleman is as gentle as jade.

In the NBA, it is probably Ray Allen. He is one of the few pitchers who have suffered enough from Liu Mang's misfortune and has not complained about Liu Mang outside the game.

The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and it is Ray Allen's character. He can make surprising moves, such as leaving Pierce, Garnett, and Rondo in the future to join the arch-enemy Heat.

But his character is like this, the game is the game, and he does not mix those personal grievances into his career.

After being traded to the Supersonics, after a period of running-in, Ray Allen successfully brought the Musketeer culture of the Bucks to Seattle, and Lewis, Radmanovich, Brent Barry Formed the Supersonic Musketeers camp. Relying on these four sharpshooters who averaged more than 1.5 three-pointers per game, the Supersonics' record gradually improved after getting Ray Allen. The same gap as the Knicks from the playoffs, but this is a real hope, Ray Allen is at his peak, Lewis and Radmanovic are gradually growing, Barry is old and strong, as long as there is a good pass Golfers join, their takeoff is just around the corner!

The goal of the Sonics is very clear, that is, not to be bad, and to show their strength to everyone. They are capable, and they only need a point guard.

If there is a team that wants the Nets to be eliminated in the playoffs more than the Hawks, it is only the Sonics. Kidd's contract expires after this season, and their goal is Kidd.

And the Eagles are probably Kidd's main opponent in the playoffs. Kidd will definitely pay attention to this game of the Eagles, so everyone on the Supersonic side played very hard! Both offense and defense work hard!

The Sonics are a strange thing in the West. They are obviously a big pitching team. The defense is actually good, and the offense is so-so. They averaged 7.1 three-pointers per game, but the overall offense averaged 93 points per game and allowed only 92 points per game.

Coach Nate McMillan's coaching ability is indeed outstanding. Although he is only in the third year of coaching, he has already shown outstanding coaching talent and organized the team's system in an orderly manner.

The team's plan is clear, the coaching staff is in place, and the players are also looking forward to attracting a super point guard to join in the summer, so they are working hard.

then……

The Eagles got wiped out by the Sonics.

The Eagles are still in the throes of adapting their new style of play. It’s okay to play slowly, but they can’t stand up to the Supersonic’s desperate efforts. The Eagles panicked when they played, and Liu Mang wanted to win the ball. To dominate the offense, but also to take into account Jason Terry's style of play, when encountering such an anxious game, he becomes unable to take care of the beginning and the end.

If there is a reason to lose to the already good Supersonics, then the Eagles and Cavaliers are so desperate for their two-game losing streak at home to the Cavaliers!

The Cavaliers originally had 16 wins and 62 losses, only "leading" the Denver Nuggets by 1 loss, but the Cavaliers felt overwhelming in this game, and the Eagles played strangely again. The Cavaliers actually led from the beginning to the end! In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Eagles 95 to 89!

The head coach of the Cavaliers is heartbroken, and the record actually tied the Nuggets!

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The record has become 40 wins and 38 losses! It's not that the Eagles didn't worry about a big labor pain, but they didn't expect it to be so big that they lost two consecutive home games.

This is the moment when we are about to enter the playoffs. This situation is a bit bad!

This night after losing to the Cavaliers, the Eagles could not be calm for a long time.

Coach Kruger and the coaching staff stayed up all night to discuss countermeasures. They did not show pressure in the last four games on the surface, but encouraged the players to continue to play well according to the new strategy.

But in private, the coaching staff is under a lot of pressure!

Because in the past two years, the Eagles' starting lineup and the opponent's starting lineup have just faced each other. After Liu Mang came on the field, he dominated the ball and defeated the opponent. very successful.

But coach Kruger is not satisfied with the Eastern Conference finals. He knows very well that the Hawks are playing now. When they meet the Nets in the playoffs, the chance of winning is not high!

The main reason is that there is only Liu Mang, a serious core point guard who can organize offenses. Although Raheem and Jason Terry have good assists, they do not play as core ball handlers.

A second ball-holding point is bound to be needed.

Jason Terry's style of play with his starting partner is already fixed, so it needs to be changed. Putting him on the bench has proven to be a viable strategy, but it is an occasional one that catches the opponent by surprise, and Jason Terry has previously When I was put on the bench occasionally, I felt no pressure.

But now it's different, after it's become the norm, Jason Terry is under pressure.

Not only that, after Liu Mang arrived in the starting lineup, during the rotation period, he was not firm in choosing to take away Jason Terry's ball. Sometimes Liu Mang needed to control the ball more, but he was worried about delaying Jason Terry. The adaptation of his new style of play caused the offense to almost collapse!

Unless the team shoots smoothly like in the second game against the 76ers, the team's offense is stagnant most of the time!

The coaching staff considers whether the tactics are feasible or not. For such details, the players are in control. The coaching staff has a good idea, but when the players implement it, there are problems. In just a few days, the coaching staff also It is impossible to judge which link has a problem. The coaching staff can only work overtime to discuss whether the tactical structure is wrong.

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Liu Mang has had a rough time in the past few days. After starting the team, not only did the team not get better, but it showed signs of collapse.

This made Liu Mang very depressed.

Liu Mang is sure that the team will become more threatening after transitioning from a single ball-holding core to a two-player ball-holding core.

There are many examples of Liu Mang making such judgments, such as Paul and Westbrook in the single-core era in the future, they will collapse in the playoffs, and they will collapse in the playoffs, and they are in the West at that time, far more than where Liu Mang is. The environment in the Eastern Conference is harsh. Entering the playoffs, they can only reach the second round before being killed. Even if they played at the MVP level in the regular season, they lead the team all the way, especially Westbrook's style of play, leading the team alone. They can't even pass the first round of the playoffs, even if they are given superstar teammates.

Instead, after Paul and Harden partnered, they took off instantly.

Liu Mang roughly analyzed the problem that the Eagles are facing now, that is, he and Jason Terry are at a loss as to how to make a choice between holding the ball or not holding the ball.

When both players need to hold the ball, especially when both players want to be selfless, but they need to make choices, this situation has become a dilemma that the Eagles are now difficult to break through.

what to do

Liu Mang has no experience!

After playing the Cavaliers, he went home and took a bath, but Liu Mang still couldn't calm down. He thought that there were still 4 games left, and after a while, maybe there would be a solution suddenly?

But after taking a bath, Liu Mang not only did not get rid of these troubles, but became more entangled.

At the beginning, Liu Mang didn't resist the change from a single core to a two-man holding the ball. Instead, he felt that the pressure would be much less, mainly because he had a successful example in his memory--James and Wade during the Big Three period of the Heat. Both are first-class playmakers with an average of 7+ assists per game, but in the first year of the combination, the two quickly completed their integration and reached the finals that year. Although they lost in the finals, they found the best team. A good way of playing, and then won two consecutive championships.

But now Liu Mang has discovered a problem, that is, he knows that there are examples of successful integration of two outside cores with the ball, but in the history of the NBA, it seems that there are very few examples of such a successful integration of two superstars, a small forward and a guard. , It is difficult for him to find someone to learn from, especially this kind of example where both defenders have to control the ball, even fewer.

This is also a headache for the Eagles' coaching staff, because Liu Mang's style of playing with the ball after he came on the field was too successful, and Jason Terry's style of scoring focused was also very successful. It is too difficult to change this suddenly!

Liu Mang thought about it, and it seems that there really is no example of two star guards with the ball working together when both of them have to hold the ball.

Instead, the small forward has it!

Liu Mang suddenly thought of a person, asked him?

This thought could not be stopped, Liu Mang ignored that it was already midnight, picked up his mobile phone, and dialed a number...

...

Far away in the suburbs of Charlotte, in a luxurious villa, a middle-aged man who has just retired and has the title of a god in the basketball world is holding out his belly that has started to grow after retirement, on the body of a beautiful female model plowing.

Charlotte is good. The city is not too developed, with green mountains and green waters, and a beautiful environment. Doing reproduction work in this kind of place is very interesting.

Just when this man was working hard, his cell phone rang suddenly. This man almost fell into a catastrophe, but fortunately he held back at the critical moment. After coming back and playing for two seasons, his body became stronger again, which is still somewhat useful .

That's right, this man is Michael Jordan, the god of basketball. After buying a house in Charlotte and settling down, Mr. Joe was full of food and thought about sex, and found a female model to have sex. Unexpectedly, his phone rang at a critical moment!

Jordan directly wanted to smash the phone, but still glanced at the screen to see who it was.

It’s okay if you don’t look at it, but it’s even more annoying to see it!

It turned out to be that bastard!

It's been two months since Jordan retired. This kid didn't call once to say hello. He actually called at a critical moment when he rarely wanted to have a good time after he got older!

Calling at this time, Jordan immediately guessed that this kid must be in a hurry.

Jordan was even angrier, he didn't make a phone call to greet him when he had nothing to do, and only called when there was something urgent!

Jordan picked up the phone blankly.

Sure enough, an urgent voice came from the other end of the phone: "Michael, I have something to ask..."

"Wait, Ace," Jordan interrupted Liu Mang, "Do you know what time it is?"

"Eh..." Liu Mang on the other end of the phone really didn't pay attention to what time it was, and looked at the alarm clock: "11:30."

"Yeah, you know it's 11:30..." Jordan couldn't help pinching a mountain in anger, and the female model couldn't help but let out a coquettish cry...

Liu Mang broke out in a cold sweat, and when he heard the voice on the phone and Jordan's unsalty tone, he guessed that he had ruined the old rascal's good deed!

The worst possibility is that the 40-year-old hooligan may have a problem with some aspect of function!

Depend on! Liu Wei didn't expect that the 40-year-old hooligan would still have such a carefree attitude!

what to do?

Knowing this situation, Liu Mang asked Jordan to give him advice...it would be very difficult!

what to do

This dog will jump over the wall when he is in a hurry, let alone a little hooligan, he really figured out a way for him all of a sudden.

Pretending not to hear the woman's voice, Liu Mang continued to say in an anxious tone: "Michael, there is really no way to call you so late, because you are my teacher, the only teacher, and you have encountered the biggest problem in your career , I can only find you."

"Teacher?" Jordan trembled, "Wait a minute, Ace, I'm going to the balcony, the phone signal is not good."

This title is so fresh!

Moreover, what Liu Mang said made Jordan feel that he was valued!

Although it feels a little wrong, but I have to say that when people reach middle age, the mentality of the elders will naturally rise.

Hearing that Liu Mang was the first to find him, and he was so anxious, it could be seen that Liu Mang was indeed in a hurry, and immediately thought of himself when he was in a hurry, Jordan felt a sense of responsibility from an elder!

I am Liu Mang's master!

At this moment, Jordan completely forgot that Liu Mang was yelling at Liu Mang just now in the center of his anger and didn't call him because he had something to do.

At this moment, Mr. Qiao's old brother suddenly became sluggish, and the female model's eyes showed a disappointed expression.

There is something to talk about, Mr. Qiao left the female model aside, this kind of woman who wanted to use his name to be famous, he came here with a wave of his hand, put on a bathrobe and went to the balcony, although some things are not shameful, But when discussing things, Jordan prefers not to be disturbed, but he did not expect to give such an impression to the female model he recruited this time, so that his road to picking flowers will become a bit bumpy in the future...

Coming to the balcony, blowing the warm sea breeze in April, Jordan picked up his phone: "Ace, what did you just call me?"

Liu Mang waited here for more than a minute. This minute seemed to have passed a year. He was too anxious. He didn't know whether Jordan was still angry or not. Finally, Jordan's voice came again, but the content of the words made Liu Mang Mang is so speechless.

Damn! This old rascal just wants to take advantage of the young master!

However, after all, the two of them have a teacher-student relationship, and it won't hurt them to call out, Liu Mang called out inwardly: "Teacher."

Hearing this title, Jordan said with satisfaction: "Well, well, I won't blame you this time, remember to call me earlier next time, I'm getting old, and I'm going to sleep by now, yes Ace, what's the matter with you?"

Jordan doesn't know the current situation of the Eagles. In his impression, the Eagles have been performing very well since they put things right. The playoffs shouldn't be a big problem. Now that the playoffs are coming, why is there such an urgent problem? Calling him in the middle of the night to harass him?

In the past two months after retiring, Jordan completely stayed away from basketball and planned to wait until the playoffs to pay attention to it. Now he really doesn't have the mind to pay attention to basketball anymore. He has discovered many interesting things outside of basketball.

If you have been in touch with something for too long, you will feel bored one day, just like what Kobe said when he announced his retirement, which made the fans very sad: I find that I really don't want to stick to it now.

As paranoid as Kobe, there will be a day. It is normal for Jordan not to want to touch basketball for the time being. After all, he has just completely left the NBA for two months. It is not yet time to recall his youth and refocus on the NBA. He needs to change his identity from a player. After seeing the mentality of fans and celebrities, he will devote himself to the NBA again.

Even watching Liu Mang's talk show, Jordan only watched the news from entertainment newspapers, otherwise he would have been almost cut off from the NBA in the past two months.

Liu Mang sighed inwardly, this old guy, the older he gets, the more naughty he becomes. Is it true that I didn't hear the voice of the woman on your side? Don't you just want my master to call me teacher again!

Really enough!

But now that he has coaxed the increasingly mischievous basketball god, Liu Mang asked his own question: "Teacher, I want to ask, how did you balance your possession of the ball when you and Pippen became teammates? "

Jordan thought Liu Mang had something to ask, but it turned out to be this question, the key is that there is no cause and effect, how would he answer it?

The only thing Jordan guessed was that the Eagles had a problem with the possession of the ball. This is a troublesome matter! He asked in a deep voice, "Ace, please be more specific. What's wrong with you?"

Liu Mang talked about the changes the Eagles want to make, the goals they want to achieve, and the imminent problems that arise.

"...or should we not change?" After speaking, Liu Mang was a little uncertain. Is such a change really good?

After listening to Liu Mang's doubts, Qiao Dan finally understood the question Liu Mang wanted to ask.

Jordan seems to have seen himself when he was young. He controlled everything about the Bulls in his early years. In the first year of partnering with Pippen, he once averaged 8 rebounds and 8 assists per game, but lost to the Pistons in the playoffs. Mainly because the ball is too concentrated.

At this time, Pippen showed his strength. After Jordan realized the weakness of excessive concentration of the ball in the playoffs against a real strong team, he began to surrender some of the ball. But there is no doubt that Pippen is far inferior to Jordan himself. Organizational offense, Pippen plus Jordan is definitely not as strong as Jordan plus Jordan. Jordan saw that Pippen sometimes couldn't complete the work of attracting double-team passes. He wanted to get the ball back, but he was worried about hindering Pippen's progress and the ball. The team's new style of play forced them to refrain from grabbing the ball, but they didn't see Pippen making significant progress. In the playoffs, they were still killed by the Pistons.

At that time, Jordan also had the same confusion as Liu Mang, whether he should change or not, but he was sure from the bottom of his heart that change is good, but how to grasp the appropriate degree of choice between giving up the ball and taking it back is difficult. master.

Jordan thought of when he was young, and he really missed it.

They were confused for a year!

It wasn't until the third year that Jordan and Pippen partnered that the Zen master came and taught Jordan what to do. Although they still lost in the Eastern Conference that year, they played the tiebreaker with the Pistons, which was just a little bit, that is, their The run-in can actually be considered truly complete.

What the Zen master taught Jordan was not a great truth, but a very simple sentence.

Liu Mang waited here for a long time, and he didn't know if Jordan was asleep or what. Just when he couldn't help asking questions, Jordan finally spoke.

"Ace, you should follow your heart. When you feel that the ball is more suitable for you, you can take it away! One thing you have to believe in is that no one can do it better than you!"