Chapter 652: 651. Defeat Ambition!
Defense against Francis on the outside, Morris Taylor on the inside, sticking his ass in the low post and hitting hard, Liu Mang used a Hayes star card to feel like Barkley!
This made the fans go crazy. Watching Liu Mang turn around and dunk with both hands, it was just like Barkley's style of play back then, everyone went crazy!
Not to mention, they are about the same height, and although they usually play differently, they still have the same tough style of play, except that one is fat and the other is lean. They really look like Barkley!
The fat man who was broadcasting live was lost in thought.
In the past, Liu Mang hated Malone, but he seemed to be a fan of Malone. Later, he followed Malone to learn the pick-and-roll and then shot in mid-range, and now he has a good mid-range threat.
Liu Mang also hated Barkley, and made him dance square dances with the aunts at the All-Star Weekend... But, in the current game, Barkley has a magical idea... Could this guy be himself? fan?
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Francis was completely intimidated this time!
It was time for the Rockets to attack again. He dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and instead of challenging Liu Mang's defense, he directly lobbed it to Yao Ming.
In the last three and a half minutes before halftime, Yao Ming, who had rested for half an hour, was replaced by Yao Ming in order to take advantage of Yao Ming's dominance at the basket, which is absolutely abundant.
Liu Mang saw Francis push forward to hang to Yao Ming, and immediately retreated to the basket, Raheem also surrounded him, Boozer was behind him, and Raheem went to the reasonable collision zone to make two-handed preparations, one side was prepared to rely on height The weight stepped out of the reasonable collision zone to block Francis' mid-air cut, while preparing to pinch Yao Ming immediately when Yao Ming hit Boozer with force.
When Yao Ming saw Boozer defending, Raheem double-teamed directly, and there was Liu Mang watching over him, one hit three? Yao Ming felt like he was being targeted!
Francis couldn't stand still when the top arc was empty. He reached out to ask Yao Ming for the ball. Yao Ming passed the ball back. Francis received the ball at the top arc. He didn't continue to rush inside this time. I chose the medium and long-range shots that I am least good at, and shot directly after receiving the ball from beyond the three-point line!
In the past two years, Francis's three-point shooting rate has been very stable, with a 289% three-point shooting rate, which is very touching. When Francis made a shot from the inside, five people could clearly see that the arc was crooked!
Yao Ming, Boozer, and Raheem squeezed together, and one person contained two people. The Rockets rebounded very well. It seems that the average of 43 rebounds per game can only be regarded as the middle and upper reaches, not the top, but they defended their opponents. 39 rebounds, averaging 4 rebounds per game, ranking third in the league! Yao Ming's role is to block people.
Yao Ming suppressed both Boozer and Raheem. Although he couldn't grab the rebound, he helped his teammates get stuck!
Maurice Taylor and Liu Mang huddled together, trying to squeeze Liu Mang away to grab a rebound, but on Liu Mang's side, the strength of his lower body was so stable that Maurice Taylor wanted to cry! Moreover, the strength of Liu Mang's lower limbs soared, and his rock-solid trigger probability almost increased to the level that it would definitely trigger. He turned around and stretched his long arms to squeeze back, squeezing out Morris Taylor who had stepped into the three-second zone!
The ball hit the right side of the basket and bounced toward Liu Mang and Morris Taylor. Liu Mang jumped up on the spot, leaning on Morris Taylor behind his back, and grabbed the ball with one hand!
Morris Taylor had no choice but hugged Liu Mang who had landed, and made a tactical foul to prevent the Eagles from counterattacking.
The referee blew his whistle, and the Rockets retreated quickly.
Due to the low number of fouls in the second quarter, before the free throw period, Liu Mang broke free from Morris Taylor's embrace, went out of bounds and handed the ball to the referee.
The referee blew the whistle to continue the game, and sent the ball to Liu Mang, Liu Mang sent it to Jason Terry, Jason Terry slowly advanced, already leading 60 to 48 by 12 points, and he was not in a hurry.
After Liu Mang came to the frontcourt, he continued to walk inside. The Eagles continued to open up space. When the Rockets fell into a defensive formation, Francis and Morris Taylor made eye contact and ran to defend the opening of Raheem in the left corner. Three points went, Maurice Taylor defended Liu Mang under the basket.
Jason Terry advanced to the frontcourt. He thought that Liu Mang would not back up when he met a power forward, but he saw that Liu Mang still sat up and pressed his opponent, and Morris Taylor couldn't squeeze a short man 13 The centimeter point guard was tightly pressed by Liu Mang, and Jason Terry immediately let Liu Mang hang him in without hesitation.
A star's brutal style of play will make his teammates equally excited! Jason Terry is now excited about Liu Mang's low position!
As soon as Liu Mang received the ball, Morris Taylor pressed towards Liu Mang, trying to suppress Liu Mang with his height and weight, but Liu Mang was not only as tough as an inside line, he was also a real point guard, flexible Like a loach, follow Morris Taylor's oppressive defense, turn right flexibly, enter the three-second zone from the middle, and face the basket!
Morris Taylor also reacted quickly. He stepped into the reasonable collision zone and faced Liu Mang head-on. His footsteps were fast, blocking the space for Liu Mang to dunk directly, but... Liu Mang turned left again and returned to the right of the three-second zone. The side edge throw shot easily fell into the basket.
It's so easy!
The Rockets were beaten!
After Francis advanced to the frontcourt, he saw Liu Mang retreating to the free throw line again. This time, his anger was gone, and he did not hang to Yao Ming. Switching defenses with Raheem, Liu Mang went inside to defend Morris Taylor.
Francis saw Raheem who was guarding the free throw line, saw Maurice Taylor who was blocked by Liu Mang under the basket, and could only hand the ball to Mobley, and then Francis went to pick and roll for Mobley, Mobley and Francis picked and rolled Finally, facing Raheem's single defense, there was no good chance, so he could only pass the ball to Jim Jackson.
Jim Jackson was shot by Jason Terry with a strong three-pointer. Fortunately, today he felt really good and was lucky. The strong three-pointer bounced a few times on the basket. Mang Dan bounced into the basket when his heart was about to collapse behind him.
51 to 62, the Rockets finally scored one.
It was the Eagles attacking again, still playing the same way, Liu Wei continued to go low.
Yao Ming returned to the basket to defend, Maurice Taylor went to guard Boozer's mid-range shot, Yao Ming stayed under the basket, even if Liu Mang wanted to take advantage of his speed and retreat to make a mid-range shot, the Rockets didn't care. A 193 dwarf is so powerful in the paint!
And double-teaming Liu Mang's low post... a player who is 1.93 meters can't defend in singles in the paint, even if he can't defend, but also double-teaming? Don't want to lose face!
Liu Mang continued to catch the ball on the right side of the three-second zone and played singles. Seeing Yao Ming take a step back and step on the edge of the reasonable collision zone, Liu Mang had an impulse!
Now is an opportunity!
This impulse can't be suppressed when it comes!
After Liu Mang received the ball with his back to the basket, he turned around and faced the basket and dribbled the ball in singles. Yao Ming was ready and Liu Mang would throw it if he jumped up and shot, so his height would always give him an advantage.
Luckily, Liu Mang started it suddenly. It wasn't Yao Ming's prediction that Liu Mang would retreat to shoot, but he sprinted towards the basket!
With a lower body strength of 91, Yao Ming gave another step to start the speed, and Liu Mang's strongest first step was triggered!
Liu Mang strode into the three-second zone, Yao Ming didn't even have a chance to block it, he couldn't react at all, it was too fast!
Stepping in front of Yao Ming, Liu Mang stepped heavily on the floor with his left foot, and immediately exploded!
Although Yao Ming did not block Liu Mang's starting space, he was standing in a good enough position. He was on the line of the reasonable collision zone and took off vertically. Cover Liu Mang.
However, Liu Mang's strongest first step was triggered, because the strength of his lower body has increased to 94 jumps, plus the explosive speed of the strongest first step. When Yao Ming just jumped up, Liu Mang was already pressing Yao Ming smashed the ball into the basket!
Yao Ming's eyes darkened, and he was dunked head-on by Liu Mang's low singles!
With this dunk, the Rockets are about to collapse!
Seeing Liu Mang's ferocious expression when he landed, and feeling the frenzied atmosphere at the scene, Yao Ming was a little dazed.
Relying on several consecutive low-post attacks and defenses, Liu Mang forcibly turned the atmosphere of the scene into the feeling of the devil's home court when Rasheed Wallace was away. Everyone stood up and cheered frantically. They were humiliated by a point guard, and their offense was messed up. The tactical arrangement was Yao Ming's low-post singles, but Yao Ming was completely unprepared for such a defense, and he didn't know how to play, and the entire Rockets team didn't know what to do. How did you attack!
Jim Jackson received the ball again, facing Jason Terry, who had the worst outside defense of the Eagles, and continued to shoot. This time the luck was not so good. Three-pointer, Liu Mang once again carried Morris Taylor to grab the defense Rebound, Maurice Taylor can only foul, the number of fouls by the Rockets is up, Liu Mang gets two free throws!
With Liu Mang making two free throws, the Eagles opened the gap to 15 points 66-51!
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In the second half of the second quarter, the defensive strategy discussed by Liu Mang and Mike Woodson was successful, obliterating Yao Ming’s low-post threat, and the Rockets could only make long-range shots. I have encountered it. The Rockets coach Van Gundy Jr. is similar to his brother in directing on the spot. Every time he encounters an unexpected situation, he can only catch him blind. The Rockets were beaten to collapse in the second half of the second quarter.
On the offensive end, Liu Mang was able to kill all directions in the low post, forcing the Rockets to shrink their defense. Liu Mang began to pass inside and outside. The five players of the Eagles all have the ability to shoot mid-range or long-range shots. Liu Mang, Boozer, and Raheem It can also guarantee rebounds. When Raheem and Boozer went to carry Yao Ming, Liu Mang's rebounds skyrocketed.
After halftime, the Eagles led 73 to 55 by 18 points!
The Rockets' halftime offense was good enough, but the Hawks scored as much as they should have in three quarters!
Liu Mang had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in the half!
In the third quarter, Van Gundy Jr. was forced to let Yao Ming play the entire quarter. After the intermission, Yao Ming received the ball in the low post and played more resolutely. Opportunities at the basket, even though Yao Ming has a good hand, against Boozer and Raheem's pincers, the shooting rate is half, and the chance of making the shots is half and half. Maurice Taylor easily took off the rebound and counterattacked directly.
And the Rockets still dare not replace Yao Ming and Cato together. With Cato, Yao Ming will directly face a three-man pack of Raheem, Liu Mang, Boozer or Kwame Brown and Ratliff. Clip, no need to fight.
Liu Mang saw that the point difference was widened to more than 20 points, and the offensive end not only went to the low post, but also made waves!
In the third quarter, Liu Mang scored 18 points and 5 assists, leading the Eagles to completely defeat the beaten Rockets! 100 to 77, the Eagles lead by 23 points after three quarters!
After playing for more than 4 minutes in the fourth quarter, the Rockets saw a score of 111 to 81. The point difference was opened by the Eagles to 30 points, and the Rockets announced their surrender!
For the Eagles, Liu Mang hasn't played enough! In the fourth quarter, he focused on passing the ball and sent out two assists. Before scoring, the Rockets fell down! Liu Mang had a mouthful of old blood stuck in his throat again, and he planned to score 40 points, but Coach Kruger had already replaced him!
Liu Mang scored 35 points, 14 rebounds, 14 assists and a large triple-double plus 5 steals. Although he also made 6 turnovers, he was too short and hurt a little when he was pinched inside. He missed three passes. It doesn't matter anymore.
Liu Mang could only watch the old man Stockton, who was struggling because of facing his old opponent Mark Jackson, went up to have fun, led Korver, Barnes, Boozer, and Kwame Brown to continue to beat the Rockets.
In the end, under the hurricane of the little hooligan and the 40-year-old man who dared to fight and fight during the shameless garbage time, relying on the big triple-double of the little hooligan, as well as Stockton's second assist in double figures this season, the first time With a double-double of 10 points and 12 assists, the Eagles slaughtered the Rockets 141 to 99, 42 points!
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Naturally, the fans cheered from the second half of the second quarter to the end of the game. The fans in front of the TV had different reactions. The American fans were mainly surprised by Liu Mang's style of play, while the domestic fans saw Liu Mang bullying Yao Ming so much. , What kind of enmity is this!
Seeing that Yao Ming was reduced to 13 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, and was dunked, the domestic fans started to scold again. There are many fans, black and white, all kinds of black, and then the real fans just lamented that Yao Ming is indeed far behind the best scorer in the league, and they were also brought in. This is the first day of the new year, just waking up in the morning Seeing such a massacre, the fans were about to lose control of their emotions, and many domestic forums were about to collapse again.
After the game, Liu Mang, who won a large triple-double and defeated the Rockets with an alternative style of play, could not escape the post-match interview. Yao Ming played so badly, so naturally he did not have the opportunity to be interviewed, so Liu Mang was interviewed by domestic reporters. and surrounded by American journalists.
There is still a certain difference between watching the game on the spot and watching the game in front of the TV. It is more intuitive. The Eagles use the whole team to defend Yao Ming. It is normal for Yao Ming to play so badly. The reporters mainly care about Liu Mang's low singles !
After the intermission, a certain retired ball commentator blatantly clamored that Liu Mang was his fan, and that Liu Mang had learned his style of play. Regarding this point, the reporters had long wanted to ask Liu Mang about this matter. True or false, but Liu Mang did not accept an interview during the halftime break and went back to the locker room directly, and interviews are not allowed during the intermission. This is a league rule.
It was only then that Liu Mang knew that that brother Qiu was so shameless, he was even more successful than Er Qiu. When the reporter asked him if he was a Barkley fan as Barkley said, Liu Mang showed a disgusted expression on his face: "Dude! , are you cursing me for not being able to win the championship?"
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I’m sorry, I forgot to post it and went to bed after writing it. A friend just called and got up and updated it immediately. Thank you for the monthly pass. My head hurts from staying up late. I’ll go to sleep again and get up in the afternoon to update! By the way, this passage is free, and it will be added after the update is released.