Chapter 698: Madison's Cry

Well, the New York fans who have forgotten their scars will always be the funniest fans in the NBA. Seeing Marbury bring the Knicks into the playoffs, Liu Mang scored 60 points two months ago. Forget it.

Encountering Liu Mang's strong anger, Knicks fans are now on fire. Seeing the Eagles players enter the field, especially when Liu Mang enters the field, the audience boos.

When the Knicks players came out, the audience immediately turned into cheers. When the Knicks were terrible in the first two seasons, this situation was rare. New York fans really have "personality".

After Liu Mang entered the arena, he saw a lot of people holding up the "Son of New York" sign. If he got the title of "King of Madison", how would this relationship be calculated?

Feeling the malice from Marbury, Liu Reck felt that it didn't matter. Marbury couldn't even give Liu Reck a mission in the Avengers series, so Liu Reck knew that this guy was not enough to be his enemy.

Enjoying the booing from Madison Square Garden, Liu Mang devoted himself to the pre-match warm-up.

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At half past six in the afternoon, the game is about to start.

Rasheed Wallace and Ratliff X crossed their arms and came to the center circle. Liu Mang and Boozer hugged and went on the field, and came to the free throw line in the backcourt to wait for the jump ball.

The possible opponents in the playoffs are the Knicks, who are now firmly ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference. The Eagles did not plan to keep their hands. They wanted to beat them to fear. Now because of Liu Mang's troubles, the starters did not stop. Then, all the main players came together, and the full starting lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff was sent to play.

The Knicks also want to win. Firstly, they have a clear advantage in competing with the Celtics for the eighth place. They are already a strong team in the playoffs. Secondly, because of Liu Mang's provocation and They even harbored the dream of being able to win eight again, so this game, which they didn't pay much attention to at first, now wants to win very much, and wants to increase their confidence in the first round of the playoffs. In this game, they were mobilized by Marbury , really want to win!

Even the former All-Star insider Antonio McDyess, who was plagued by knee injuries and was even reimbursed for the season last season, actively applied to play in this game.

Coach Lenny Wilkens, who was previously dismissed as head coach of the Raptors because he strongly wanted to prevent the Raptors management from trading Carter, took over after Liu Mang scored 60 points against the Knicks. The original coach Don Cheney became the head coach of the Knicks. His excellent coaching ability is also an important reason why the Knicks can gradually increase their record to nearly 50% during this period of time.

Coach Wilkens saw the Eagles, his most glorious old club team. Whether he was a player or a head coach, his most glorious years were in the Eagles. Now he finds that he is really with the Eagles. I can't get rid of the relationship, no matter where I go as the head coach, I will form a bridge with the Eagles, I can't afford to provoke, I can't hide!

Facing the team that was supposed to "belong to him", Coach Wilkens found that he couldn't hide, so just go!

The Raptors have been miserable in the past two years, but the Knicks are not bad now. The stars are always a little old, but there are many stars!

The Knicks sent Marbury, Anfernee Hardaway, former Eagles No. 6 pick DeMar Johnson, Kurt Thomas, who is known as Dirty Leg Kurt, and Antonio McDyess.

In this lineup, except for DeMar Johnson, if the others are three years younger, it would be really bluffing.

Rasheed Wallace came to the middle circle to jump the ball with his old rival and No. 2 pick in the same class, Antonio McDyess.

Both were once one of the top power forwards in the Western Conference. The stage where the two played against each other has become like this. When they stood together, both of them felt a little embarrassed.

After a moment of emotion, the referee blew the whistle to start the game, and the two immediately concentrated on the jump ball. The referee threw the ball into the air, and both of them jumped hard. Antonio McDyess, a former physical monster, won the jumper.

The moment Liu Mang received the ball, he quickly pushed forward and rushed towards the frontcourt.

Liu Mang just crossed the center line and was startled! Marbury, Penny, and DeMar Johnson on the opposite side blocked them together!

Depend on!

Liu Mang can understand Marbury blocking him, and Liu Mang can also understand Demar Johnson being squeezed away by himself, but Brother Penny, we also had afternoon tea together, what does this mean?

As soon as Liu Mang crossed the center line, he was flanked by three people before he could fully cross the line. The Knicks' defense was simply enough!

Liu Mang directly hugged the ball and turned around to protect the ball with his buttocks. When he turned around, he just took aim at Rasheed Wallace who had passed Antonio McDyess and rushed forward after winning the jump ball, with his back to the basket Throw the ball straight to the hoop!

Shooting from the center line with your back to the basket?

The fans at the scene were baffled, and the three defending Liu Mang were also dumbfounded, so they voted? They just want to force Liu Mang to pass the ball!

The ball Liu Mang threw with his back to the basket didn't even touch the backboard, and even fell half a meter away from the basket, and bounced on the ground. When he was in a hurry and made a blind shot, Rasheed Wallace, who rushed inside, received the ball bouncing off the floor, smashed the ball violently and smashed it into the basket!

From the secret joy that Liu Mang made a mistake, to Rasheed Wallace's dunk turning this "shoot" into a slam dunk contest-style passing and cutting cooperation, the hearts of the fans and Knicks players seemed to have been on a roller coaster!

The league officials at the technical desk had a quick discussion and decided that the ball was a pass! Added an assist to Liu Mang's statistics!

The three who double-teamed Liu Mang didn't expect to be able to play like this? What kind of self-confidence is this!

Just when Marbury felt that Liu Mang was "really big-hearted", Liu Mang made a surprised expression while retreating and said, "You can also get assists by throwing around? Good luck!"

With that surprised expression and explosive acting skills, Marbury almost believed it.

"This bastard!" Marbury felt deeply humiliated.

return!

Be sure to return it!

Marbury returned to the basket and was about to advance after receiving the serve when a guy who was a full head taller than him blocked in front of him.

Prince!

The Eagles' full-court press!

As soon as Marbury received the ball and was about to hit the ground, he hugged the ball quickly and was almost intercepted by Prince's long arms!

At this moment, Marbury felt that his heart was about to stop beating, it came too suddenly!

This guy Prince didn't talk much but he was a ruthless guy, and he was so sinister that he scared Marbury.

Marbury is worthy of being Marbury. After recovering, he pressed Prince's audience and quickly advanced to the frontcourt before the eight-second violation.

Seeing that Prince has been sticking to him, Marbury raised his head in disdain and gave Prince a contemptuous look, and the small steps under his feet moved continuously, probing to break through!

Marbury's breakthrough was really powerful. Prince looked at the tiny footsteps and didn't know which direction to move. After a moment of hesitation, Marbury played a crotch pass and passed the ball from Prince's crotch. Shoot, when Prince turned his head to watch the ball, break through from the right side of Prince!

It's such a cool feeling, Marbury likes to be defended the most, he likes this kind of extraordinary!

However, just as Marbury passed Prince to receive the ball, someone blocked him again. Liu Mang let go of Penny in time and defended Marbury.

Marbury did play unselfishly in the first year after returning to New York. After holding the ball, he immediately passed to the vacant Anfernee Hardaway, but the biggest gap between Marbury and the real top passer is that he The first pass is not fast enough!

Prince realized that he was being teased, but he was not discouraged. The moment he saw Liu Mang approaching the defense, he immediately switched defenses and ran towards Anfernee Hardaway. Running towards Anfernee Hardaway, Marbury's pass has just reached Anfernee Hardaway, and Prince and Raheem's pincer has arrived!

As a core player who was able to reach the finals in the Jagged East era, Anfernee Hardaway was terrified to see the Eagles' rapid defensive rotation!

He also played against the Eagles after he came to the Knicks, but he has never seen the Eagles so serious! This defensive rotation is simple!

Targeted and fast in rotation defense, Anfernee Hardaway was helpless when he saw DeMar Johnson standing still outside the three-point line, but he could only pass it.

You cut it anyway! What are you doing with such a good physical fitness!

DeMar Johnson received the ball and didn't take advantage of the fact that no one broke through the inside line, picked up the ball and threw it outside...

If DeMar Johnson can make a three-pointer, he will not be given up by the Eagles. The sound of "bang" was heard by everyone on the scene, and Ratliff under the basket pushed Antonio McDyess away , Rasheed Wallace protected the rebound.

"Back to defense!" Marbury actually began to pay attention to defense, and immediately yelled back to defense the moment DeMar Johnson threw the ball and was grabbed by Rasheed Wallace for a defensive rebound.

Marbury would say that his leadership ability is really not bad. If he doesn't have such a bad personality and so many off-court chores, he is indeed a good leader, such as him after he is old and realizes the reality.

Driven by Marbury, the Knicks retreated quickly, and the Eagles failed to make a defensive counterattack. This surprised Liu Mang, and it deserves to be a playoff team!

But this made Liu Mang even more interesting!

Liu Mang received a pass from Rasheed Wallace and advanced steadily.

For the first ball, Liu Reck wanted to hit the opponent by surprise, but the opponent actually saw it, so Liu Reck was lucky, and had the opportunity to directly send an assist, mainly because his teammates had a good understanding.

This time Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, seeing the Knicks' defensive formation, it's really not bad!

Glancing at coach Wilkens on the sidelines, the veterans of this team really brought something very different to the Knicks after they came to the Knicks.

The Knicks defended a zone defense!

Liu Wei saw that the opponent didn't seem to pay much attention to the defense of the three-pointer. The three of them defended the line, as if to block the breakthrough and cut, and guard the rebound. DeMar Johnson, Kurt Thomas, Antonio -The three of McDyess are not tall, all three are 2.06 meters, but they all have strong mobility and good rebounds. Even DeMar Johnson averaged 5 rebounds per game.

After Liu Mang saw the opponent's zone defense intentions, he let out a "beep", and Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway on the line immediately became alert. Liu Mang ducked down, and his teammates immediately rushed inside.

Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway were going to block the cut, but Liu Mang, who had been the most concerned in their sights, also broke through!

Liu Mang charged straight from the middle! Marbury and Anfernee-Hardaway attacked together, just sandwiching Liu Mang in the arc position outside the free throw line. Marbury and Anfernee - Hardaway's defense, two long shots!

Under the pincer attack of Marbury and Penny, Liu Mang's mid-range shot was purely blind, and there was no spectrum at all, but Ratliff and Rasheed Wallace occupied the commanding heights in the air, squeezed in forcibly, and knocked each other out. The three people under the basket were all attracted, and Raheem got up after grabbing the offensive rebound and smashed the ball into the basket!

The Knicks' zone defense is good, but they have an inherent disadvantage, they are too short! In addition to Liu Mang, the Eagles even Prince, the shooting guard, is as tall as the opponent's center!

If the Knicks honestly block the rebounds and play normally, they will not give Rasheed Wallace and Ratliff such a good opportunity to attract rebounds and block people. The Eagles will not be so easy to attack rebounds, but Who made the Knicks want to play zone defense to force the Eagles to shoot outside!

Of course, no team can play like the Eagles, with one shot and four rebounds, and the key height is still so high. The Knicks have never encountered such a style of play!

4 to 0, the Eagles scored two goals in a row!

The teammates are very happy. In the past, Liu Mang scored in the opening game and then continued to score. Today, they scored the first two goals. Liu Mang's teammates feel that something good is about to happen today! Just like what Liu Mang said!

However, as the party involved in undermining the enthusiasm of his teammates, Liu Mang felt sad in his heart. The Knicks were determined to prevent him! Obviously Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway have the opportunity to block Prince and Raheem, but they will not let Liu Mang open the shot!

That being the case, Liu Mang's heart was also swayed, thinking that he still has a 2.6 point average scoring gap with McGrady anyway, so let's do it like this today!

revenge!

Must revenge!

It was the Knicks offense again, and Marbury was pressed again by the audience as soon as he received the ball!

Marbury expected this, and was ready to catch the ball and throw Prince away with speed, but the pressing person in the audience changed!

Changed to Liu Mang!

Marbury caught the ball and couldn't get rid of it at all. Liu Mang learned the mad dog defense from a "rubber material, leather and metal percussion symphony" lover in a seaside city, like a mad dog with rabies. Bite Marbury tightly!

Liu Mang's defensive enthusiasm also made the Eagles' defensive oppression stronger. Ratliff guarded the basket, Rasheed Wallace and Raheem prepared to defend in the middle and short distances, and the basket was handed over. To the most solid back is Ratliff, Prince chases Anfernee Hardaway.

Marbury was pushed to the frontcourt before the eight-second violation by Liu Wei. Seeing that Demar Johnson was leaked again, Raheem saw Demar Johnson leave his team for two days. After years, he still hasn't made much progress, so he gave up decisively and blocked other people. If he can make it, Rahim will admit it!

But it's not just Raheem who looks down on DeMar Johnson, even Marbury, his teammate. If it weren't for Alan Houston's reimbursement for the season, it would be impossible for the Knicks to sign this rookie contract before he finished playing. The No. 6 pick cut by the Deer.

After Marbury got used to Liu Mang's defense, he took a step back. When Liu Mang pressed up again, his tiny footsteps suddenly accelerated, rushing from Liu Mang's left side!

Marbury's breakthrough was really powerful, and Liu Mang couldn't prevent it, so he chose to press the defense. Anyway, the breakthrough can't be defended, so just put pressure on this guy.

Marbury broke through from the left side of Liu Mang, and Liu Mang posted it again immediately, trying his best to put pressure on Marbury, but the pressure was not enough. The 27-year-old Marbury, who was at the peak of his physiology and technology for a few years, was too difficult to guard. With a better head coach to make better offensive positioning arrangements, Marbury's breakthrough has become a duck to water.

Marbury rushed to the basket from the left, and even Raheem couldn't react immediately to block it. Marbury went to the basket!

Fortunately, Ratliff's lateral movement was good, and he moved over and raised his hands in front of Marbury.

Marbury was very disdainful of such a defense. He jumped up, folded his waist and abdomen in the air, pulled the bar to avoid Liu Mang's block who was chasing him, and threw the ball to the backboard from the right side of Ratliff's raised arm with his body sideways. !

One hit two, and completely evaded the defense of the hand. When Marbury made a series of moves from breaking through Liu Mang to tossing and turning in the air, Madison Square Garden was already boiling!

But surprises are always difficult to achieve easily. Just as the ball in Marbury's hand was thrown, Rasheed Wallace appeared! Before the ball was about to hit the backboard, the ape stretched out his arms and placed the ball on the backboard with his big hand!

It was not in vain that Ratliff stood up and seemed to be actively blocking people in the background. He gave Rasheed Wallace the perfect chance to make up the cap!

Rasheed Wallace and Ratliff's tacit defensive cooperation!

The ball was bounced off the backboard by Rasheed Wallace. Liu Mang actively grabbed the ball, received a defensive rebound, and immediately counterattacked!

Run towards the frontcourt!

Marbury was shocked how the Eagles' defense was so strong, they were almost at the level of the Spurs and Pistons. He was shocked and immediately chased after Liu Mang.

Marbury, who had been delayed by a second, couldn't catch up with Liu Mang, but he did catch up!

When Demar Johnson saw Liu Mang as an "enemy", he didn't care about anything, he just came to block Liu Mang, clamped Liu Mang with Marbury who was chasing up from behind, and blocked Liu Mang in the center line!

Liu Mang was originally the first player on the Eagles side, who knew that Demar Johnson was waiting for him to counterattack, and was ready to block the defense early. As a former teammate, Demar Johnson played against the Eagles. The team's cavalry company shock is too familiar.

Liu Mang watched as Prince and Raheem, who were obviously slower than his reaction, rushed past him, and Anfernee Hardaway and Kurt Thomas couldn't keep up behind him. Liu Mang burst into tears Throwing the ball forward, no scoring, no assists...

But... Liu Mang didn't even get an assist!

Seeing that no one was chasing after receiving the ball, Raheem also had fun and threw the ball to the backboard. Prince jumped high, received the ball bounced off the backboard and pushed the ball into the basket!

Beautiful lob, but Liu Mang was bleeding in his heart watching this scene!

Liu Mang is completely angry now!

DeMarre Johnson! Stephon Marbury!

It's all these two people's fault!

Not only did he not score, but he also did not assist!

Liu Mang originally planned to refresh the single-game assist record of the Knicks' home court, Madison Square Garden. Kidd maintained 19 assists in a single game. He just wanted to refresh the assist record here.

But I didn't expect these teammates to waste his assists... It's not a waste. Liu Mang can't blame his teammates, and it's useless if he blames him. Then blame Marbury and DeMar who double-teamed him- Johnson!

Isn't it just defense!

Liu Mang looked up, it was 6 to 0... guard against the Knicks!

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Marbury showed his leadership ability to mobilize the enthusiasm of the Knicks and want to get rid of the Hawks.

But there is a very real problem. A player who is so confident in Marbury does not take this kind of thing to heart at all, that is, the strength gap between the Knicks and the Eagles!

The Knicks' proactive offense and defense, and their unwillingness to give up, made the Eagles more active!

In particular, their strict defense against Liu Mang did allow Liu Mang to hit the iron a lot and score very few points, but it made Liu Mang become like a man with rabies on the defensive end and caught them madly. Liu Mang is the soul of the Eagles. It may not be the boss in name, and the low position at the core of tactics is not as good as Rasheed Wallace, Raheem, and Boozer. He is just a scorer, but he is the real soul of the Eagles. Liu Mang The enthusiasm of the Eagles has completely mobilized the enthusiasm of the entire Eagles team!

The most important thing is that as long as they defend, the Eagles will have a chance to counterattack. Liu Mang didn't take advantage of the fact that he sent the ball out when he was flanked, even if he didn't have an assist. In this case, it is impossible for Liu Mang to score, either by assisting the board or passing it out. The opponent's defense is too much, but the defense is Liu Mang's own will.

Today, Liu Mang caught Marbury and defended himself to death! Together with your teammates, let's defend crazily together!

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Eagles defended against the Knicks twice and played a wave of 6-0, suppressing the morale of the Knicks' start. Then when Liu Mang went completely crazy, the Knicks suffered the strongest crit in team history!

In the first seven minutes, until the seven minutes before the official timeout, the Knicks only relied on Kurt-Thomas to make a tip-up to get a sports game goal, and there was no other sports game goal, except Marbury got 4 free throws, 4 With 3 free throws, the Knicks were defeated by the Eagles' super fast rotation defense and oppressiveness at the basket, as well as Liu Mang and Prince's top single defense. The Knicks didn't score any other points!

21 to 5, the Eagles scored 16 points in half a quarter!

In this regard, the Eagles' crazy defense kicked off, and it was out of control!

Even Jason Terry, who came off the bench, became more active defensively. Together with Liu Mang, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown, he had no intention of holding back in the second half of the first quarter. , Defensively.

Coach Kruger also cooperated with Liu Mang's emotions, and at most put a defensive black hole, and the other four must have defensive capabilities, and frantically attacked the Knicks defensively.

The Knicks were "playing well" in the first half of the first quarter. After they entered the rotation lineup, Antonio McDyess was off the field and replaced by an older veteran Mutombo with a maximum salary who did not know how old. , The Knicks couldn't keep up at all!

In the last 5 minutes of the first quarter, the Knicks only scored 4 points and only 9 points in a single quarter. The Eagles scored 35 to 9 in a single quarter!

The scene is quiet!

While playing, when the Eagles scored more than 30 points in a single quarter and the Knicks failed to score in double figures, the sound of the audience became smaller and smaller, and it was completely quiet during the intermission!

During the intermission, the boss of the Knicks came again. Coach Wilkens is a good person. He has a different personality from Don Cheney who confronted the boss and was fired. Seeing this situation, seeing the Eagles actually Defensively and counterattack like crazy, I knew today was over. I saw the boss came and asked the players not to give up. Coach Wilkens actively cooperated. How good it is to be the head coach of the Knicks. The salary is so high, 600 In case of a year, Coach Wilkens will not have trouble with money.

In the second quarter, the Knicks switched back to the main force. On the Hawks side, Liu Mang, Prince, Barnes, Muhammad, and Kwame Brown played and continued to defend!

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On the island of Manhattan, New York, the originally clear night sky suddenly began to rain heavily.

The rain seemed to speak to the fans of the island's richest sports club.

The game between the Knicks and the Hawks didn't start until 6:30. Originally, 9:00 was the peak time for traffic jams when people left.

But it was only after eight o'clock, and a large number of vehicles began to leave several large parking lots with more than two thousand parking spaces around Madison Square Garden on Eighth Avenue. The traffic jam on Manhattan Island just went from six o'clock to eight o'clock. The big traffic jam at 1:00 was over, and another round of traffic jams started immediately, and the traffic police friends didn't even have a chance to rest.

At Madison Square Garden, there were 19,713 seats that were originally full, but less than half of the people were left, or they were diehard fans, but Spike Lee, who claimed to be the most diehard fan, left That's it, the rest are true diehards, or...fans who have turned their backs!

After three quarters, the Eagles are 121 to 67, leading the Knicks by 54 points!

This kind of point difference has caused many fans who returned because of the recovery of the Knicks record to leave at this stage. The rest of the fans are ordinary basketball fans who came to watch the excitement and the stars of the visiting team, as well as those real Knicks fans. team loyalty.

The Knicks' silly son, owner James Dolan, was still on the sidelines furiously asking his players, whose eyes were empty and completely dazed, to go up and fight, and the players didn't dare to say anything. -The most stringent team rules of all teams in the league formulated in the Riley era, and Pat Riley tried his best to use the league rules to formulate the league-approved team rules. If he refuses to follow the arrangement to play, he will directly deduct the game The salary of the game.

54 points behind, Rao is as conceited as Marbury, and when he played, he didn't have any fighting spirit.

Knicks still didn't give up, just in line with Liu Mang's wishes!

54 points? Is it far from 58? 58 is not far away, how far is there from 68?

Liu Mang, who scored 6 points, 11 rebounds and 16 assists, definitely did not go up because he wanted to get a triple-double! Absolutely not!

The Knicks players saw that Liu Mang was on the ball again, and Marbury couldn't find other pursuits. If he couldn't do anything else, Liu Mang couldn't score in double figures!

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In the final quarter, Liu Mang played for 6 minutes, but was finally replaced.

Coach Kruger couldn't stand it anymore. Although the Knicks' mentality had collapsed and they couldn't grab rebounds, the Eagles' offense had been running wild, but seeing Liu Mang's 1-of-17 field goal percentage, it was true. What is hot eyes.

When Liu Mang was replaced, looking at his stats of 8 points, 13 rebounds and 20 assists, he couldn't stop his grief and indignation!

In the end, the Eagles went wild again in the last quarter. Even though the owner of the Knicks, James Dolan, refused to give up, the Eagles did not hold back. Hi already!

In the final quarter, the Eagles hit another crit 29 to 13!

150 to 80, the Eagles crazily washed Madison!

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