Chapter 815 814. You Are Still Too Young.

Watching McGrady hit three-pointers again and again, watching Liu Mang dash through the crowd gracefully, taking advantage of his teammates' pick-and-rolls, or taking advantage of his opponent's mistakes in double-teaming to score or pass the ball...

Wade felt like he was doubting life.

Once again, he was bullied by Liu Mang and McGrady.

Liu Mang also made Wade feel a little dignified. At least he used skills and other techniques, relying on breakthrough changes to get the open position before taking action.

McGrady was different. When Eddie Jones took the initiative to guard Liu Mang and Wade guarded McGrady, McGrady made 5 of 5 three-pointers in the first half.

McGrady’s idea is: since we want to play, let’s play together.

I am very happy to accept Liu Mang's idea of ​​​​playing. Just like last season when he faced James and hit eight consecutive three-pointers, McGrady faced Wade today and hit five consecutive three-pointers in the half...

McGrady had 19 points and 4 assists in the half, Liu Mang had 17 points and 3 assists in the half, and Wade was the man with the background.

Both of them are much better than Wade now!

Wade's ability evaluation of 89 is considered to be one of the best among young players, even better than James, Anthony, Arenas and others at this stage, but he is still just a basket attacker. Facing Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady bombarded each other in turns, and actively "reported" that they were strong in drawing fouls but had not yet developed a mid-range shot. The defensive end was also restricted by the opponent and could not effectively counterattack!

When O'Neal looked at Wade, he felt like he was playing with Kobe Bryant in his third or fourth grade. He could only wipe Wade's butt after beating him, and started playing non-stop individual singles.

Kwame Brown began the process of enjoying being abused again. Every time he asked O'Neal to put in more effort, he became more motivated.

In O'Neal's view, Wade is similar to Kobe, who just turned 20 years ago four or five years ago. He is a lot ahead of his peers, but he is not strong enough to represent a championship-level team on his own, but he still has the kind of desire to challenge at the same time. The energy of the strongest player of the generation.

At first, Kobe wanted to challenge Iverson, but now Wade wants to challenge Liu Mang.

The second-year Wade is better than Kobe, who just took the starting position in the third year, and Liu Mang is not as good as Iverson, who has reached his peak at the age of 24 or 5, but he can't stand up to Liu Mang with Tracy McGrady next to him, so the two work together. Bully Wade.

The most important thing is that O'Neal himself was not the most dominant center in NBA history when he was in his 27s and 88s and at his peak.

In the entire Heat team, O'Neal alone has the absolute advantage, and other positions are not as good as the Hawks. In terms of chemical reaction, the two teams are evenly matched. The Heat's tactical quality is not as good as the Hawks. O'Neal is no longer the one who can play 60+20 when he is angry. It was him who played hard in the first half, scoring 23 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. He wanted to help Wade deal with Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady, but was unable to make up for Wade's 3-of-13 shots from the Hawks' defense. miserable performance.

11 points in the half and 5 of 6 free throws. Although he only had 1 assist in the half, Wade's performance looked pretty good. However, Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady combined for 36 points and 7 assists, which made Wade lose his expression.

If O'Neal hadn't created nearly 30 points by himself, giving Damon Jones a three-pointer and Haslem making a mid-range shot and causing a foul and two free throws, the point difference would have been earlier. was pulled away.

At halftime, the Eagles led the Heat by 7 points, 54-47.

The half-time score failed to surpass Tracy McGrady, and Liu Mang was a little annoyed. Why was this guy so powerful?

However, it feels great to use all your strength!

In the first half, Liu Mang tried almost all his skills and made 7 of 12 shots. It felt so good.

But O'Neal is really good. He supports the Heat alone. If Wade doesn't make so many single mistakes and attempts to draw fouls, O'Neal may be able to compete with the Hawks alone.

The role of the inside line is indeed much greater than that of the outside line, but O'Neal is so powerful alone that he cannot hold up the rest of the Heat!

Liu Mang is very calm now. As long as he plays steadily, O'Neal's Heat team is not that difficult to deal with. After Tracy McGrady came off the court to rest in the third quarter, Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Andre Iguodala, and Muhammad , Rasheed Wallace, Jason Terry, who only scored 4 points in the first half, started to attack with the ball.

At this time, Liu Mang's advantage over McGrady was revealed, his off-ball offense!

And because of the "non-contest" characteristic, Liu Mang's off-ball offense is very casual, which perfectly matches Jason Terry's ball-concentrated style of play. When Jason Terry passes the ball, Liu Mang will throw it. If he doesn't pass it, he will throw it away. Try to help Jason Terry take away the defense as much as possible, so that Jason Terry can have a better one-on-one opportunity.

This time McGrady's star card allowed Liu Mang to experience the NBA from a very different perspective.

When Liu Mang used the previous star cards, his goal was to win, which was very purposeful.

But after using McGrady's star card, Liu Mang felt like he was "playing". The early McGrady loved to "play" more than the current McGrady. The current McGrady has become McGrady's mother. His indisputable characteristics are Liu Mang's performance in this game made McGrady seem to see himself three or four years ago when he just arrived with the Magic. He played with no purpose. , the top three MVP vote-getters, and the scoring champion are all here...

Seeing Liu Mang displaying his abilities in all aspects on the court, McGrady's eyes were filled with shadows of his former self...

But the more he saw Liu Mang's casualness, McGrady felt that he could no longer be like before. Liu Mang liked to play, but he was successful. McGrady thought he was the "big brother" and had to take responsibility when Liu Mang liked to play.

In the third quarter, the Hawks and the Heat played anxiously. During the halftime break, Wade not only did not lose confidence because of the abuse in the first half, but became very angry. In the third quarter, when McGrady was away, he ignored Iguodala's various "touches" when playing against rookie Iguodala, forcing Iguodala to confront him physically. Iguodala is not as strong as Wade now. In the third quarter, Wade scored 13 points in a single quarter, and O'Neal scored 10 points in a single quarter. The two worked together to help the Heat score 26 points in a single quarter. In other words, except for the two, the only other person was Eddie Jones who threw in a three-pointer.

In the absence of McGrady, the combination of Wade, who has not yet reached his peak, and O'Neal, whose physical fitness has declined, confronted the Hawks head-on.

Liu Mang scored 9 points in a single quarter, Jason Terry scored 12 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, helping the Hawks score 25 points in a single quarter, and the score difference was narrowed by one point by the Heat.

But in the fourth quarter, after McGrady and Liu Mang joined hands again, Wade, who just felt that he was about to stand up, was pressed to the ground again.

Liu Mang continued his casual style in the fourth quarter, anyway, he had McGrady.

McGrady also took responsibility, sending 4 assists in a single quarter and scoring 8 points. Liu Mang scored 10 points in a single quarter, mainly because the two of them worked together to lock Wade. Whether it was Damon Jones or Kenyon Durant, they couldn't make a shot from the outside. Liu Mang and McGrady pressed Wade together...

"Dwyane, you are still too young, keep working hard." Liu Mang was replaced when the score difference was more than 15 points and there was only more than a minute left. Before leaving the court, he said to Wade who had not been able to defend him just now.

Without giving Wade a chance to fight back, Liu Mang and McGrady got together, and the two of them ended up talking and laughing. With 69 seconds and a 17-point difference, the Hawks sent Iguodala, Prince, Josh Smith, Muhammad, and Varejao up, and they didn't believe that the Heat could still turn the tables.

And Wade had nothing to refute.

These two are too strong! It's not an exaggeration to say that they are the strongest outside line combination in the league!

It's like a replica of Jordan and Pippen, or the kind of enhanced offense. Of course, the defense is much weaker, after all, Jordan and Pippen are double-one defense forwards and guards.

But for Wade now, this is completely irresistible!

"Why am I injured again... Why again?" Wade looked at the two big demons with the same smile, and easily scored 18 points and 5 assists in the last quarter, widening the gap. Wade cried in his heart... and decided to start training himself to death again.

O'Neal was fine. He scored 33 points in three quarters. He failed to score in the fourth quarter, mainly because he didn't have the strength to score. Wade's passing skills were still a little lacking. He couldn't pass the ball without attracting the inside defense. O'Neal only scored two points in the last quarter. He scored 35 points and 14 rebounds in the whole game. He beat the inside line of the Hawks. His hit rate of 12 out of 19 shots was over 60%.

But he couldn't win!

The opponent had only one McGrady, and Liu Mang who scored 36 points today. Wade was still too young. O'Neal now missed a certain No. 8 player who was starting his iron journey...

Liu Mang scored 36 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists with 11 out of 24 shots. McGrady scored 27 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists with 5 out of 5 three-pointers. Jason Terry scored 16 points and 4 assists. In the end, the Hawks beat the Heat 106 to 92, unexpectedly easily.

Since Miami is very close to Atlanta, Pat Riley came to the scene to watch the game. Seeing that the Heat had no advantages in other aspects except O'Neal, he was helpless. It was not the right time yet, mainly because Wade had not fully grown up, otherwise he could rely on his accumulated connections over the years to collect a bunch of high-quality role players immediately.

But it is not enough now. Wade still needs the ball to exercise. Today Wade only made 8 of 26 shots, with a hit rate of just over 30%. Except for 4 of 8 in the third quarter, the other three quarters combined only made 4 of 18 shots. He was still on the court, just to train Wade. This was Pat Riley's instruction to Stan Van Gundy.

Wade must grow up as soon as possible in O'Neal's last two or three years of peak period, otherwise this 100 million contract plus two potential stars Odom and Barrett will be wasted...

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After playing against the Heat, the Hawks firmly sat in the second place in the East, while the Heat fell to fourth place, suppressed by the Nets, who were the first in the division.

The Heat, who are fourth, and the Pacers, who are fifth, are in bad luck. The Pacers and the Pistons are in the same division, and the Heat and the Hawks are in the same division. Their records are much better than the Nets, but the Atlantic Division, where the Nets are located, is in a period of decline. Of course, it is only a relative decline. Now there are still three teams in the Atlantic Division in the playoffs, but four or five years ago, the five teams in the Atlantic Division, the Nets, Knicks, 76ers, Raptors, and Celtics, were all contenders for the top four in the East...

After the game, Liu Mang did not leave immediately. He wanted to feel the feeling of freedom in the game that just ended again, but he deliberately wanted to feel that feeling, but he didn't feel that feeling.

Liu Mang was so regretful. That feeling was really great. The ability to show all his strength as much as possible may be considered a talent!

Liu Mang himself does not have that kind of talent, so he can only choose to rely on hard work to make all the skills he knows stronger. One day, when he reaches his peak, even if he cannot use all the skills he knows 100%, if he practices hard enough and only uses 70% to 80% of the strength of each skill, it is still not good.

Just like what a certain blacksmith said, he does not need to be the first in every skill, or in the top five in every skill, that's enough.

Before Liu Mang left the stadium, he practiced three-pointers and found that the three-point evaluation of 90 was not much different from the previous 89!

But when Liu Mang saw the three-point evaluation of 90, he became more confident inexplicably.

In addition, although McGrady's feeling of showing all his abilities at will is gone, Liu Mang has become stronger with the confidence in his own strength! More confident in his own strength!

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After defeating the Heat, the Hawks' record became 8 wins and 2 losses. After a day of rest, they will usher in the last game of five consecutive home games at home to meet the challenge of the Houston Rockets.

Last night, Liu Mang practiced until the early morning after the game and went home. He slept until noon. Levia saw that Liu Mang was too tired, so she asked Alexia to take the little girl and the bodyguard out for breakfast in the morning.

However, at noon, Yao Ming came to visit Liu Mang with his new star teammates after arriving in Atlanta. Levia had to wake up Liu Mang who didn't get up until noon.

Liu Mang, it's not that he didn't wake up, but he practiced too late last night and wanted to stay in bed.

"Ace, get up, Yao and his teammates are here, Ace..."

Levia called twice, and seeing that Liu Mang didn't respond, she was helpless. She wanted to lose face and tell Yao Ming and the others to come later, and she would be the bad guy, but Levia accidentally saw Liu Mang's eyelids twitching.

"This guy is so kind to him..." Levia was angry and amused, and suddenly had an idea.

Levia came to the bedside, gently stretched out her left hand to the back of Liu Mang's head, gently lifted Liu Mang's head, then stretched out her right hand to Liu Mang's back, gently lifted Liu Mang's upper body, and Levia leaned forward with her own upper body.

Liu Mang was moved, and opened his eyes curiously. What is this girl going to do?

Liu Mang was confused, and then he saw two mountains pressing up towards his face...

The suffocating feeling of pain and pleasure came...