Chapter 586
The atmosphere of the Eagles is very tense. They lost to the Nets for two consecutive years, and they are going to be stunned. This time they all want to kill the Nets and prove themselves.
However, it's not just Liu Mang who thinks that the Nets are stronger this year than last year. It is recognized by the league that the Nets are stronger this year than last year.
Only the team that wins to the end may relax and don’t know where to strengthen, because they won to the end, and even the runner-up is a loser, and they will work hard to become stronger for the new season and make up for themselves The improvement of Richard Jefferson this year is favorable evidence that the Nets have become stronger, and the Nets already have a deep rotation lineup, as well as Mourning.
But the more so, the stronger the Eagles' desire to beat the Nets!
Especially Liu Mang, the eyes staring at the opponent's players are about to breathe fire.
"Ace Liu's hatred: Jason Kidd has become the host's mortal enemy, the season's mission, the host has an advantage against the Nets in the four regular season matches, such as the host led the team to win three games against the Nets One record advantage, you will get Jason Kidd's 03-04 season star card, if the host leads the team to sweep the Nets in the regular season, you will get a random star card of the strongest point guard in each era."
With the enmity in the playoffs and the mission, Liu Mang's fighting spirit has exploded!
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"Welcome everyone to watch the Atlanta Hawks' away game against the New Jersey Nets broadcast live by T.N.T Sports TV. I am your old friend Kenny Smith. Today I will..."
Before Kenny Smith finished speaking, Barkley disliked that Kenny Smith's introduction was not majestic enough, and introduced himself: "I am the great Jazz Barkley."
Kenny Smith is speechless to this shameless person. Barkley was only very good in college and was called "Mr.", but after Barkley became popular in the NBA, he forcibly upgraded the word "Mr." jazz".
Every time Kenny Smith heard Barkley say that Liu Mang was shameless, he wanted to say something.
Kenny Smith ignored Barkley's narcissism and asked: "Charles, which team do you think will win this game?"
Barkley glared at Kenny Smith in dissatisfaction: "Kenny, it's Sir Barkley! This game? Of course the Nets can win. The Nets have been winning for the past two years. The Eagles are just a regular season team. They Never proved themselves in the playoffs, and the Nets are different, they have proved that they can win in the playoffs..."
The Eagles will play the Nets in the away game first, and then they will play the Nets again when they return home. They will play against the Nets in two consecutive games. The schedule is the same as last year's playoffs. The two games between the Eagles and the Nets The game was originally used by the league to attract the attention of fans and wanted to detonate the ratings of the Eagles.
Now the ratings of this game are not bad, but there is only a little surprise, that is, the Eagles are not expected to win the Nets at all, because they have just been reversed by the Celtics.
Sometimes people's views are so strange. The Hawks are 6 wins and 1 loss, and they are not favored. The Nets, who also have a not-so-difficult start schedule, are 4 wins and 4 losses, but they are actually favored.
T.N.T TV, the live TV station of the game, still sang against the Eagles.
But as Barkley said, the Hawks did not prove themselves in the playoffs. A loser is a loser. A strong team has never made it out of the division. No matter how popular they are, the Mavericks have even been nicknamed a softball team, and the Eagles are not immune.
Now the consensus of the league is: Lakers, Spurs, and Nets, these three teams that have reached the finals in the past two years and have retained their core lineups or even strengthened them, and the Timberwolves that form the three-headed monster. level.
This kind of public opinion trend is also one of the key reasons for the Eagles' fighting spirit. No one wants to be underestimated. Although Liu Mang will comfort himself that he can develop insignificantly here, he also doesn't like to be underestimated!
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With the praise of the Nets from the TV media, the game is about to start here.
The Eagles sent Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff to the starting lineup.
The lineup of the Nets is still the same. After Mutombo left, Jason Collins’ starting position became more stable. Kidd, Kittles, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin , Jason Collins made his debut.
Although Rasheed Wallace has just joined the Eagles, since he is a member of the Eagles and has renewed his contract, at least in the short term, he is a member of the Eagles. Rasheed Wallace has hatred for the team Empathy, excited to come to the middle circle and jump the ball with Jason Collins.
With the whistle of the referee, Rasheed Wallace won the jump ball from Jason Collins with absolute advantage, and Liu Mang received the ball and advanced quickly.
The Nets guarded against Liu Mang's jump ball fast break. Except for Jason Collins who jumped the ball, the other four were ready to return to defense from the beginning.
Liu Mang twitched his lips, stabilized his speed, and slowly pushed forward to wait for his teammates to settle down.
The first attack at the beginning has already been fixed to Liu Mang.
Rahim has long been prepared to focus on defense and passing this year, scoring cuts and open shots. In the past two years, he has already touched his own ceiling. Keep the player for the entire game.
Rasheed Wallace has learned a lesson from the last game, and now he is decisively focusing all his energy on the defensive end, and it's okay to make trouble for himself.
After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he took a quick look at the Nets' defense. It was true that the stronger his own strength, the more he could see how strong his opponent was!
Although Richard Jefferson is not well-known, he is very similar to Liu Mang. He makes big strides a year, and only cuts in the rookie season. He started defending in the second year and became a good defensive counter-attack player. When I was in the third grade, I already had the level of perimeter defense. The most important thing is that I was able to reach the highest stage of the NBA Finals in the rookie period. The defensive confidence and experience I brought is huge, especially now facing two former players. The opponents he defeated in the playoffs made Richard Jefferson more confident.
The perimeter defensive circle composed of Kidd, Kittles, and Richard Jefferson of the Nets made Liu Mang feel airtight. After observing for two seconds, Liu Mang decisively let Rahim out catch the ball.
Seeing Liu Mang beckoning, Raheem ran to the top arc without hesitation. After Liu Mang handed the ball to Raheem, he led Kidd into the inside lane empty-handed.
Seeing this scene, Kidd had a bad feeling, and followed Liu Mang into the inside line. Sure enough, when Liu Mang reached the right edge of the three-second zone, Kidd's bad feeling came true!
Liu Mang wants to play low-post singles!
Liu Mang leaned on Kidd to ask for the ball, Kidd wanted to go around the front to defend Liu Mang, Liu Mang swung his arm back and hit Kidd's arm, becoming more and more proficient, and already had a level 1 iron elbow skill. Pushed Kidd back who wanted to bully him!
Seeing that Liu Mang was stuck in the position, Rahim immediately threw the ball to Liu Mang, feeling a little envious in his heart: This little brother's wings are getting harder and harder, and the gap between him and his boss is getting smaller and smaller. surpassed myself...
After Liu Mang received the ball, Kidd tried his best to resist Liu Mang. He tried to withdraw the chair last season, but Liu Mang's reaction made him dare not withdraw the chair to Liu Mang again.
Feeling the power coming from behind, Liu Mang first dribbled forward lightly. It seemed that he was about to break away from Kidd's post defense. As for the emperor's nemesis Barea, Liu Mang felt the force of Kidd's blocking, and immediately turned his body to the left, leaning his left shoulder against Kidd's left shoulder, turning around and rushing into the basket following the force of Kidd's pressure!
Kidd was almost staggered and fell to the ground by Liu Mang's strength and his own pressure!
Liu Mang turned around and cut into the basket, stepped half a step into the three-second zone, kicked his left foot heavily on the ground, and jumped!
Jason Collins was already ready to defend. He raised his arm to block Liu Mang's passing route. He believed that Liu Mang would definitely pass the ball. However, Liu Mang turned 90 degrees to the left in the air to avoid Jia. Sen Collins' arm, and did not pass to Ratliff who can pass out on the other side of the three-second zone, but stretched out his right hand, and threw the ball from bottom to top to the basket, and the ball bounced on the backboard into the basket!
A pull-bar layup with a low turn!
Jason Collins stared so wide that his eyes seemed to burst out. Liu Mang took a step too fast! His first step to block Liu Mang's passing and throwing routes is already the limit!
The demonstration of Liu Mang's new trick!
The level 5 low post technique was triggered when Liu Mang turned around and passed Kidd. The effects of jumping +5, speed +5, and layup +5 played a vital role!
In the first seven games, Liu Mang didn't show some of his new tricks. The first six games were all victories or even big victories. He didn't need to use too many difficult methods to win the game, and the seventh game, even if it was In the last few minutes, the Celtics also failed to defend against the Eagles, but the Celtics' offense was too good.
And this low post is not what Liu Mang is best at, but at the beginning, he must give the Nets a strong look. Liu Reckless went to play a low post without hesitation. Kidd's low post defense is mediocre, without Pierce That's good, Liu Mang is very confident that he can at least draw a foul.
Of course, if you can score, you will be even more handsome. Liu Mang thinks that he will definitely score the top five goals of the day this time!
After landing, Liu Mang looked at his hand with a surprised expression, and ran towards his own half in a panic.
Indeed, the goal was really beautiful. Jason Collins was stunned for a moment before picking up the ball, slapped it hard on the ground, and sent it to Kidd after walking out of the baseline.
Kidd's face was gloomy, Liu Mang's embarrassing look really made him angry!
In the playoffs, Kidd could forcefully restrain his anger towards Liu Mang, and restrained it very well, but in this regular season, Kidd didn't care about the regular season record at all, even if he disliked the top three teams in the Eastern Conference. Well, the team with 50 wins tops the sky but is rushing to 60 wins, but he still doesn't care so much about the regular season record, so he has to vent his unhappiness first.
Kidd pushed forward. Generally speaking, if he fell into a positional battle at the beginning, he would give the ball to Kittles. For example, in the 01-02 season, last season Kittles could not degenerate into a pure 3D player. The season even canceled this link, and when they landed, they would wear defense and cooperate. But this year, Richard Jefferson became one of the Nets' only single points, and the other was Rodney on the bench. Rogers, this year the Nets have a new single point, and they are stronger than Kittles.
But today Kidd did not give the ball to Richard - Jefferson, but beckoned to Kenyon - Martin out pick and roll!
Kittles and Richard Jefferson pulled two three-pointers obediently to the corners on both sides. Kidd is so big in the Nets that even coach Byron Scott can't control it this year Kidd is gone.
Kenyon Martin brought Rasheed Wallace up to block Liu Mang for Kidd. Liu Mang did not choose to switch defenses, but planned from the beginning like a loach to block Kidd's mid-range shot. In the past two years, Kidd's other offensive skills have not improved much, and he is probably finalized, but the pick-and-roll mid-range shot and three-pointers are getting better and better.
Kidd originally planned to shoot after the pick-and-roll, but when he saw Liu Mang rushing over, he immediately gave up his plan to score, paused and picked up speed again. At this moment, Liu Mang chased behind Kidd.
On the other side, Liu Mang didn't block Kenyon Martin's shot. Kenyon Martin immediately cut in from the middle, a few steps slower than Kidd and entered the free throw line. Rasheed Wallace was caught by Liu Mang's defense. It's a little bit too much to take care of both ends, so I can only follow Kenyon Martin into the three-second zone at a position parallel to the Nets, and it seems that I can't prevent it.
When Kidd rushed close to the three-second zone, he was ready to pass the ball to Kenyon Martin, but no! Liu Mang didn't chase Kidd too much, let his teammates under the basket defend, and turned around to help Rasheed Wallace block Kenyon Martin who came in from an air cut!
It is not necessary to prevent Kidd from being unable to make a shot. Bring Kidd into the defensive range of his own center Ratliff. If Kidd makes a shot, he is considered a good player. , Kidd's shooting area is very fixed!
Liu Mang's biggest improvement now is that he is more willing to do less work and give more to his teammates, otherwise what are so many teammates doing!
And Kidd was so close to the basket, the two outside shooters were marked, Kenyon Martin was blocked, and Jason Collins was behind the four people under the basket. Kidd had to come by himself and forcibly threw The shot was shot, and it was covered by a big hot pot by Ratliff!
Successful defense!
Kittles and Prince in the left corner rushed forward to grab the ball, but neither of them got it. The ball was hit by someone who missed the baseline. Defend.
The game came to a standstill, Liu Mang and Ratliff high-fived and praised Ratliff for his defense.
The defensive strategy of trusting your teammates and reducing your defensive pressure is working!
After the start of this season, Liu Mang was not used to seeing the easy defensive positions prepared by the team for him. He still felt that he should do everything.
But slowly, I found that I didn’t need that. Although my physical strength can be said to be endless, it still takes time to recover. With energy drinks and running for several rounds in a row, I have to pant heavily to slowly recover my body functions. Although it's fine as long as you slow down, you won't have a lower limit of physical fitness like others, but if you really encounter a game that is constantly anxious, there will always be problems of one kind or another, such as last season's Eastern Conference Finals.
Therefore, playing against the Nets today, this team is still the biggest opponent of his own team, Liu Wei wants to try and leave the back to his teammates!
Now it seems that the effect is very good. Ratliff, who has the third highest salary on the team and the highest salary among defensive centers in the league, is used to do this!
Not only did Ratliff not complain about Liu Mang's reassuring handing over his back to him, but he felt even happier because of the trust of his teammates!
The players on both sides waited for a while, and the referee watched the playback from several angles, and finally confirmed that when Kittles fell to the ground, he stepped on the sideline for the first time when he touched the ball. right.
Otherwise, Kidd has a big heart. He was beaten by his wife for five or six years before he dared to sue in court. How small can his heart be? After being blocked, he found that the ball was not his side, so he turned around and returned to defense without saying a word, for fear that Liu Mang was mocking him, and he couldn't help but want to fight again.
The Eagles' offense, down position, is the Eagles' favorite to play against the Nets.
Liu Mang pushed forward and found that the Nets had replaced him to defend him. In order to avoid being played by Liu Mang in the low position again, Kidd asked Richard Jefferson to defend Liu Mang. Speed, weight, strength, Richard - Jefferson is not afraid of Liu Mang anymore. He used to be able to keep up with speed, but not in strength. In the past summer, Richard Jefferson raised his weight to 106 kilograms, which is heavier than Raheem now. The reason why Simm can't touch Richard Jefferson in the low post.
Liu Mang looked at Richard Jefferson, who was stronger than Raheem, and glanced at Kidd. Kidd just looked at Liu Mang with provocative eyes, probably meaning: Go to the lower position again!
just go! Liu Mang stared back at Kidd, and gestured to Raheem.
This gesture has never happened once this year, and Raheem still misses it a little bit. He lamented why he has changed so much in the past two years, then looked at Kidd next to him, and decisively walked to the low position to press Kidd for the ball. !
If Kidd is a Chinese, his current mood can directly spray out the emotions deep in his heart with the nickname of love that the Chinese give to alpacas, and let the domestic Imperial TV, which is also broadcasting this game, transmit it to thousands of households in the ears.
Liu Mang glared at Kidd and lobbed the ball to Raheem.
Raheem's low post singles are not of the same type as Liu Mang, he is raw, which is also the reason why he no longer plays low post after losing weight this year, but now it is Kidd! Raheem's brutal three-step, directly crushing Kidd into the three-second zone, scared Jason Collins to take a step back, and Raheem smashed the ball into the basket with his right hand!
Kidd was already furious when Liu Mang, a shameless man, beat him up in various ways, but now he became even more angry.
Liu Mang yelled at Raheem: "Hurry up, Sharif! This is why I have no assists!"
There may be another chapter, if I can't finish it, I will post it before work tomorrow morning!