Chapter 579
Unconsciously, the stars of the 1998 and 1999 generations have become Mesozoic players. They have reached the sixth or fifth year of their careers. Kidd, who entered the NBA in 1994 and has already entered the tenth season, has become a veteran.
As for the players who entered the NBA from 1990 to 1993, and those who were still able to start in the NBA, they couldn't make up ten of them.
Since the 1996 generation, the teams led by the Mesozoic and new generation players have been active in the NBA. Liu Mang and Baron Davis, two unconventional point guards of the new generation and the Mesozoic generation, are often taken as representatives. for comparison.
Liu Mang wants to hit the best team this year, that is, one of the six best guards in the league. Baron Davis, Francis, Nash, Marbury, Sam Cassell and others are what he wants to enter The worst enemy of the best team.
Of course, the small goal Liu Mang set for himself is that the third team would be the second team. It doesn't matter.
As the pre-match activities ended, Liu Mang and Boozer walked onto the court after embracing as the referee whistled to urge the start of the game.
The Eagles continued to send their meat grinder starting lineup, Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, Ratliff.
The Hornets sent a starting lineup of Baron Davis, David Wesley, Jamal Mashburn, PJ Brown, and Jamal Magloire.
Rasheed Wallace and Magloire came to the middle circle to jump the ball.
The two are of similar height and have excellent physical fitness. The referee ran the ball into the air, and the two ejected at the same time. Magloire sent the ball to the backcourt with a very slight advantage.
When playing in an away game, of course you have to keep a low profile. Liu Mang has been staring at the two jumping balls. When Magloire touched the ball with his fingertips, Liu Mang rushed out instantly and rushed to Baron-David Si wanted to steal the ball in front of him. Baron Davis had just received the ball and protected the ball vigilantly. He was startled when he saw Liu Mang rushing up, but fortunately he was not intercepted.
Liu Mang retreated to the half-court defense resentfully.
Baron Davis was a little annoyed. He didn't expect the opponent to attack unexpectedly. Baron Davis advanced to the frontcourt, and it was Liu Mang who defended him, which was exactly what he wanted.
The Hornets' three outside scoring abilities are all top-notch. The three starting outside points accounted for more than half of the team's total points. The Hornets averaged 93 points per game this season, and the three outside lines averaged 57 points per game. The Eagles The defensive ability of the three major outside lines will be tested, so no one changes rooms, just defend their own defenders.
Liu Mang faced Baron Davis at the top arc, Prince defended David Wesley, a short shooting guard with excellent cutting ability and three-point ability, and Rasheed Wallace The Warriors defend Jamal Mashburn, who is known as the league's strongest scoring small forward.
After advancing to the frontcourt, Baron Davis, unlike most point guards, suddenly accelerated to break through beyond the three-point line.
Don't look at the bloated figure, especially the lower body looks bloated, but Baron Davis's lower body is full of muscles, and the explosive acceleration is quite fast.
But Liu Mang had expected it a long time ago, and took a quick step back to the left, standing in front of Baron Davis, trying to stop Baron Davis.
However, when Liu Mang and Baron Davis collided, Baron Davis turned his body sideways during the march, dug his butt when he was in contact with Liu Mang, forcibly squeezed Liu Mang away, and then quickly He half turned around and left Liu Mang behind!
Big ass clears the way!
Baron Davis entered the free throw line, and Rasheed Wallace was pulled out by PJ Brown, who mainly scored mid-range shots. Baron Davis was intercepted outside to avoid being dunked by this guy. At this time, Baron Davis just turned around and stepped into the free throw line, suddenly grabbed the ball and raised his hand and threw it to the right side of the basket!
Magloire!
Magloire rushed in from the right side of the three-second zone and pressed the ball into the basket!
"kuang"
Baron Davis and Magloire Airlink!
Liu Mang is not saying that he was unprepared, but this came too fiercely. Liu Mang was kicked away by Baron Davis, causing problems in the interior defense.
Looking at the lob connection between Baron Davis and Magloire, Liu Mang thought of a word - the city of lobs!
Baron Davis is too good to pass the ball inside.
Moreover, Baron Davis' breakthrough came very suddenly, and he broke through directly when the Eagles' defensive formation was not stable. The timing was very well judged.
The Eagles' attack changed from offense to defense. Liu Mang received the serve and pushed forward. He also directly chose to break through. When he was outside the three-point line, he stepped forward to the right!
Baron Davis rushed towards the back left, but Liu Mang was not prepared to go in at all with the ball. He just stepped into the three-point line and suddenly retreated!
For Liu Mang's step-back jumper, Baron-Davis was prepared and rushed out immediately, but Liu Mang's retreat was not a step-back, but a step to the left. Baron-Davis judged When it came to Liu Reck's retreat step, he jumped out when Liu Reck kicked forward with his right foot, but he jumped past Liu Reck, and Liu Reck bounced to the top arc to the left and back, and shot with a sniper!
Basically, there is no interference, Liu Mang's three-point shot has a perfect rhythm and hits easily.
On the offensive end, Baron Davis is very strong, but his defense is simply eye-catching, and he loves to rush. When defending, he often presses up without fear, and then is wiped out by the opponent.
It’s the Hornets’ offense again, and this time the Eagles’ defense has tightened up. Liu Mang knows a lot about Baron Davis, the guy who later made a black eight in the Warriors. He knows the characteristics of this guy. The suddenness was a complete accident.
This time, Liu Mang didn't give Baron Davis another chance to attack suddenly. When Baron Davis was transported, he pressed towards Baron Davis to avoid being thrown by this guy when he was fully accelerated. Bumped away, but sticking to Baron Davis, although Baron Davis couldn't stop Baron Davis from breaking through, but Baron Davis wanted to rush in the same way as last time, but he had no chance. Reckless can only rush in from both sides.
Isn't this an opportunity for the Eagles to double-team the defense? Baron Davis is not afraid of Ratliff when he rushes in from the middle. The ability made Baron Davis very afraid, so Baron Davis decisively started the outside jumper.
It's so witty, but if Baron Davis has an excellent mid-range shot, but he has shot 39% from the field so far in his career, which is still 55% of his shots at the basket The overall hit rate in the case of .
Playing and playing, Baron Davis focuses on the mid-to-long range no matter whether he organizes the offense or shoots. The main reason is self-confidence. The pass is very good, whenever his teammates have a chance to qualify, he can send it to his teammates as soon as possible.
For the Eagles, the starting lineup is mainly defensive. Liu Mang also relies on the overall defensive strength of his teammates. Liu Mang's restrictions on Baron-Davis are not good. The only thing he can do is to limit Baron-Davis. Davis' breakthrough, as for Baron Davis' shooting, he can't restrict much, mainly because Baron Davis himself is really strong.
Prince, Raheem, and Rasheed Wallace, who focused on defense, defended David Wesley, Mashburn, and PJ Brown, and the ball passed by Baron Davis The probability of converting into assists is very low, and the Eagles win at this point.
The offense of the Hawks' lineup is basically aimed at Liu Mang. The Hornets are not the Raptors, so they are not so easy to deal with, so Raheem and Rasheed Wallace focus on the defensive end, and the offensive end Catch and shoot, helping Liu Mang open the space.
The offense of the two teams is on the point guard, and the fight is defense and the point guard's scoring ability!
On the defensive end, the Eagles undoubtedly have a huge advantage, and Liu Mang's offensive options are much better than Baron Davis', and his offensive methods are much more comprehensive than Baron Davis'.
Baron Davis stuck close, and Liu Mang broke through, but Magloire's ability at the basket was too far behind Ratliff, and Liu Mang repeatedly rushed to the basket, stepped and made layups.
If Baron Davis let go of a little distance, Liu Mang would play a step back.
Baron Davis didn't dare to press too hard, and Liu Mang's ability to draw fouls is considered a masterpiece in the league.
Playing and playing, the Eagles slowly opened up the point difference.
In the fifth minute of the first quarter, the Eagles widened the point difference to 13 to 7, with a 6 point difference.
The Hornets called a timeout. Coach Tim Fried asked Mashburn to hold the ball more. Baron Davis is powerful. The number of times he entered the playoffs was very small. On the contrary, when he was not the core, he made the playoffs in all four years of his rookie contract.
Baron Davis is amazing. Compared to his weight, Baron Davis' absolute speed is too abnormal.
Among the extremely powerful players, there are quite a few players with particularly good explosive power, but Davis is not only good at explosiveness, but also very fast.
But he has such a strong first step explosive power and big butt, but he is a player who mainly relies on mid-to-long distance to finish. In the past two years, he has averaged 7 three-pointers per game and his shooting percentage is 32%, especially when he was blocked by Iverson in the playoffs. They made more than 20 percent of their mid-range and long-range shots from the outside, which made their head coach Paul Silas jump in anger last season.
Coach Tim Fried distributed the ball from Baron Davis to the three outside hands, allowing all three outside players to have a shot.
Sure enough, this decision was right. Baron Davis's threat has not diminished after the reduction of the ball. His ability to open up space and attract defense with air cuts is the strongest among all the Hornets. Mashburn is still strong.
Coupled with David Wesley, who is a great threat whether it is an air cut or a three-point shot, although Mashburn is not as good as Baron Davis in passing, but Mashburn is willing to go inside, no matter what. Attracted to the defense, the passing effect is better, and the Hornets' offense begins to normalize.
But the Eagles have also changed their lineup, replacing Ratliff, Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and the Hornets. The outside line opened a fast-rotating offensive and defensive mode.
Liu Mang handed over the ball to Jason Terry, and he concentrated on marking Baron Davis, catching and shooting on the offensive end, and Prince did the same, and the Eagles can shoot from all five positions in this lineup. The firepower is stronger than that of the Hornets!
After the first quarter, the Eagles still lead the Hornets by 5 points 28 to 23!
Liu Mang scored 15 points in a single quarter! He had a good start, and Jason Terry also took the initiative to play for Liu Mang when he came off the bench, taking on the role of the core of the rotation lineup.
In terms of overall strength, there is not much difference between Liu Mang and Baron-Davis, but Liu Mang will rely more on his teammates and has better offensive options, mainly because of his accurate outside shots. He scored 15 points on 6 of 9 shots in the first quarter.
If the Hornets' starting lineup can still hold the Eagles' starting lineup, in the second quarter, when the two teams put in a rotation lineup, the Hornets quickly collapsed.
The Hornets' bench lineup is not bad, Baron Davis continues to stay on the court to lead the team, and the rotation lineup composed of Kenny Anderson, Steve Smith, David West, and Elton Campbell is also good. Very good.
But the Eagles sent Stockton, Jason Terry, Prince, Boozer, Kwame Brown.
After Stockton came up, he started a pick-and-roll tactic with Boozer. Both of them had long-range shots and were extremely threatening, but they were not the main scoring points. The main scoring points were Jason Terry and Prince. Doing everything for these two pitchers, the Hornets really can't do anything about the old and young version of Shuangsha. Stockton and Boozer play pick and roll, which is better than Liu Mang and Boozer. Dun has more experience, and has repeatedly sent out opportunities that Liu Mang and Boozer might not have seen when they cooperated.
Kwame Brown is also working hard to find opportunities for air cuts and pick-and-roll opportunities for teammates without the ball. Although the offensive end is very good, he is working hard to create his own space.
On the Hornets side, only Baron Davis is left.
Although Stockton is so old, he is ruthless in defense, and since he is not the core, he is not worried about fouls. As long as Baron Davis breaks through, he will be knocked down directly, and he has a teacher who is a teacher. The faceless Stockton, when facing the young Baron Davis, taught a good lesson to Liu Mang sitting on the sidelines, what is called a refined and elegant subordinate black!
As a result, Baron Davis can only shoot from the outside. His biggest problem is that he is confident on the outside and timid on the inside. , so he was so cowardly that he shot from the outside.
Baron Davis's cowardly performance almost made his new head coach Tim Fried so angry.
Stockton came up with a bunch of substitutes and hit a 10-4 scoring shock wave, and the point difference was widened to 38-27, 11 points in one fell swoop.
It was the veteran Steve Smith who stepped up to take the ball and hit his old club twice. Steve Smith, who shot accurately, helped the Hornets stop the bleeding.
But Steve Smith is 35 years old, and he is not in a particularly good state. He won the championship with the Spurs last season with a contract of 9.9 million. He is already satisfied. This year, he signed a two-year 3 million Wan's contract was for retirement, and after two fights, it started to be ironed out, mainly because his strength couldn't keep up.
Six minutes into the second quarter, the point difference was widened to 45 to 32, and Jason Terry scored 10 points in a row! 3 of 5 three-pointers were shot, a beep!
It's just that there was a three-point foul and only 1 of 3 free throws was made.
The Hornets called a timeout. Tim Fried saw that David Wesley and Mashburn had almost rested. Solve unfavorable situations on the field.
The Hawks also made substitutions. Stockton, who got 3 assists, walked off the field in satisfaction. It seems that today’s assists have another chance to break through 5. The gap in the total assists of six assists, Stockton is really satisfied with coming to the Eagles to play...except when he saw Liu Mang go up to play, it seemed to him that his playing style was stupid pain……
Liu Mang is really crazy!
After becoming teammates with Liu Mang, Stockton refreshed his impression of Liu Mang. Yes, Liu Mang attaches great importance to cooperation, but almost every round of play is different. There is no fixed routine, and it may be three consecutive rounds. , Use the triangle offense, pick-and-roll tactics, and Princeton all over again.
Stockton really admired the Eagles teammates for not being driven crazy by Liu Mang.
Stockton asked Muhammad, who has been with Liu Mang for the longest time and plays a big role on the offensive end, and Muhammad, who often cooperates with Liu Mang, sighed and left a sentence: I am used to it...
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After the game restarted, the starting lineup of the Hornets came back, trying to compete with the Hawks as in the second half of the first quarter, and the lineup sent by the Hawks was Liu Mang, Willie Green, Barnes, Mu The lineup of Hammad and Kwame Brown made the Hornets feel that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it.
But... Seeing that Barnes's brutal defense increased the confrontation on the court despite his poor skills, and the rest of the Eagles also followed suit, including the five physical fitness men of the Eagles, who Liu Mang is very good in physical fitness. All started a fierce physical confrontation. The Hornets were baffled by defense. Mashben's singles was directly intercepted by Liu Mang and Barnes!
With this lineup, the Eagles' counterattack took off!
Kwame Brown ran as fast as a defender, and followed behind Liu Mang who was holding the ball. Liu Mang threw the ball into the air, and Mashburn and David Wesley who were following Liu Mang couldn't block it. , Kwame Brown slammed the ball into the basket, beat his chest and howled loudly after landing.
Tim Fried sat silent on the sidelines.
Just like Stockton's egg hurts now, Tim Fried watched Baron Davis hold the ball and was about to fuck, and Barnes swung it to the free throw line. One of the two free throws was not too big reacted.
When Tim Fried was still in the Bulls last season, he also saw the Eagles’ offensive waves, but they didn’t reach this level. The main thing was that Liu Mang did it alone with the ball. Generally speaking, there are traces to follow. Yes, it's nothing more than outside singles and inside breakouts and pick-and-rolls, and there are still traces to follow in general.
But this year, Liu Mang has different styles of play outside the three-point line, mid-range, inside and even off the ball. The Hornets started well, but how many games have they played? They are not teams like the Pacers, Pistons, or Nets. Facing the Hawks, who change a group of players and change their style of play, Tim Fried has only one idea now: The Eagles can play in a few minutes. Change your style of play, aren't you tired?
And the Eagles said they were not tired!
We are just a lot of people!