Chapter 818 817. The Romance of Passing the Ball

"Chaoting TV, Chaoting TV, welcome everyone to watch the game between Atlanta Hawks and Houston Rockets brought to you by Chaoting Sports Channel. I am the commentator Yu Jia. Today we have invited Coach Zhang Weiping. Coach Zhang, please tell us what are the highlights of today's game." Chaoting TV finally changed the commentator!

"Today's game is worth watching. Yao Ming and Kwame Brown are both No. 1 picks, and they are only one year apart. Ace and Richard Jefferson are both the best players in their respective positions in the same class. The Hawks also have McGrady, the former scoring champion..." Coach Zhang began to blow the game as much as he could...

Today's game is not broadcast live in the United States, but it does not affect the enthusiasm of the two teams at all, because China's Chaoting Sports Channel will broadcast this game live, and the exposure rate is no worse than the live broadcast in the United States.

This is a real Chinese derby. Liu Mang was the double MVP last season, and Yao Ming was regarded as the top center in the West after O'Neal left the West. The match between the two really felt like a big boss showdown.

After defeating the US team in the Olympics, the domestic basketball atmosphere reached its peak. When the Hawks played the Lakers before, the match between Liu Mang and Wang Zhizhi was not an important game, and the ratings broke 1. This time, the domestic attention to this game is much higher than that against the Lakers!

Coach Jeff Van Gundy and assistant coach Tom Thibodeau, wearing couple striped ties, stood on the sidelines, watching Yao Ming and Richard Jefferson communicate with Liu Mang and McGrady, the league's strongest guard combination, on the court.

Little Van Gundy is very confident today. Houston's 50-50 start is not a joke. They can play very anxiously against the Mavericks and the Hornets. Now the record is 7 wins and 4 losses, which is a pretty good record. They have stood firm in the chaos of this season.

Van Gundy and Thibodeau have been preparing for this game for a long time. They have been preparing for this game since the schedule was announced. The reason is very simple. The boss's request is that anyone can lose, but not the Hawks.

It is mainly the competition between Yao Ming and Liu Mang. In the eyes of the two players, it is just a competition of strength, but in the management of the two teams, mainly the Rockets' owner Alexander, this is not just a game, but also about the Chinese market.

In terms of the Chinese market, the Rockets have always been suppressed by the Hawks, especially after Liu Mang joined the national team. Even the official publicity resources for the two teams are no different. Alexander feels that if they can beat the Hawks in the game, Yao Ming's momentum will definitely become bigger, at least it can gain more attention.

He didn't focus on how to use Yao Ming to make the team stronger, and didn't think about recruiting players, but thought about the Chinese market. Van Gundy was also helpless with the boss, but if he didn't do it as ordered, he would lose his job, and defeating the defending champion is a very motivating thing for teams that have ideas for the playoffs.

After arguing with Yao Ming, Liu Mang came to the sidelines and said to the system in his heart: "System boss, use the Marshall star card."

"Ding... The host uses the Kendall-Marshall star card, with a 100% fit, and the effective time is this game... Ability rating 68, offense 73, defense 59, three-pointer 73, mid-range shot 69, layup 75, speed 86, strength 71, pass 99, characteristics: engine level 5. Addition matching..."

"Ding... The host gets a temporary feature of the addition: engine level 5."

"Engine level 5: In fast break, the style of the characteristic owner can affect all teammates, the accuracy of the first pass is greatly improved, and the prediction of teammates' running positions is strengthened."

Once again, seeing Marshall's ability evaluation, his physical fitness is ridiculously poor, and this pass and characteristics are really wasted. No matter how accurate the pass is and how good the ability to send the ball to the right teammates is, it is useless without defense, confrontation, and scoring ability.

However, this just gave Liu Mang the opportunity to experience the two strengths of Marshall, who was said by Magic Johnson to have the vision of Steve Nash and by James to have the passing accuracy of Kidd.

The main purpose was to teach McGrady what the romance of passing is!

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With a roar from Rasheed Wallace, the Hawks' devilish home court was triggered. Liu Mang sprinkled magnesium powder into the air and walked onto the court with McGrady. Kwame Brown, who had finished clapping his hands, and Prince, who had finished dancing at the baseline, and Rasheed Wallace, who had finished roaring, went on the court together.

On the Rockets side, since last season, Rockets players have felt energetic when they come to Atlanta to play away games.

Bob Sura, Jim Jackson, Richard Jefferson, Juwan Howard, and Yao Ming went on the court together.

The Rockets players are very strange. Maybe it's because their home court is too quiet. It's full of intellectuals and senior white-collar workers. They watch the game like "gentlemen", which makes the Rockets players very uncomfortable. On the contrary, when they are booed in the away game, they are full of energy and feel that the lively place is the NBA...

This is the Rockets, the Houston away dragon team.

This season, the Rockets have a very strange rule. Every home game will invite hundreds of thousands of fans to boo themselves, just to give the Rockets players a feeling of playing away...

At 8:30 pm in Atlanta, it was exactly 8:30 BJ time. At this time that Atlanta and China can accept, the game started immediately.

Liu Mang watched Kwame Brown jump to the center circle, jumped up and waited for Kwame Brown to push the ball back from Yao Ming's head. Liu Mang rushed up and jumped to receive the ball, and ran to the front court.

Not only Liu Mang, but all five members of the Hawks were running wildly! Even Kwame Brown, who landed after the jump ball, bounced forward at the first time.

"What's going on?"

The Rockets were prepared to block Liu Mang, but they didn't expect the entire Hawks team to start a fast break!

Are they not afraid of mistakes and counterattacks?

Without giving the Rockets a chance to react, Liu Mang rushed to the center line and was blocked by Sura and Richard Jefferson. Liu Mang felt that the opportunity had come and threw the ball to the left at a 45-degree angle. McGrady just ran there, and Yao Ming and Jim Jackson immediately blocked him. McGrady did not dribble the ball after receiving it, but waited for the double team to come over and threw the ball to the basket. Kwame Brown cut into the basket and jumped up to press the ball into the basket!

After Kwame Brown scored, he ran out and excitedly bumped chests with McGrady. McGrady could have shot the ball just now, but he chose to assist Kwame Brown, playing it safe.

Very selfless, but Liu Mang was so angry! One assist, and that was it!

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Short and concise, there should be two more chapters later. I will try to finish writing this game tonight. I will eat something first. I was so tired after lifting weights in the afternoon that I fell asleep. I haven't exercised for too long.