Chapter 845 844. The Powerful Silver Horn King
"Do you dare to agree if I call you?"
Every time he saw Nowitzki, Liu Mang couldn't help but want to go up and say this, but he still held back.
so similar!
After Nowitzki grew his hair a little longer this year, except for the color, it became the same as the second king!
If you go to film Journey to the West, you don’t even need to put on any makeup, just apply some silver powder, change into armor, and go up and fight Sun Wukong for 300 rounds.
Nowitzki was confused by Liu Mang. Thinking that the Hawks had a little guard nicknamed "Geisha" who seemed to be Liu Mang's follower, Nowitzki couldn't help but trembled and hurried back to the bench. , hiding in the crowd.
"Huh?" Liu Mang was admiring the appearance of the two kings. When he saw the other king running away, he seemed to be staring at others, which was a bit rude. Liu Mang touched his nose and returned to the bench. Stockton came to help Liu Mang. Mang squeezed his shoulders and relaxed.
The coaching staff put a lot of pressure on this game. The goal set in the morning pre-match meeting was to win.
But now in the league, there are basically no teams that dare to say they will win the Mavericks, and the Hawks don't dare to say they will win.
Unlike last season, when there were a bunch of top teams in the league, the league's pattern this season has undergone tremendous changes. The Hawks and Lakers, two super teams from last season, have disintegrated. Fortunately, the Hawks have been replaced. McGrady, the Lakers went directly from a super team to a playoff contender.
In this way, those top teams that maintain the integrity of their lineups will naturally become stronger. Especially teams like the Mavericks, whose power forwards are all defenders, will play even better under the existing rules.
"The boss of the system, Nowitzki's strength."
"Ding... Dirk Nowitzki, ability evaluation 94, offense 97, defense 75, 88 three-pointers, 93 mid-range shots, 90 layups, 79 speed, 83 strength, 91 rebounds..."
It’s almost reaching super strength!
But Liu Mang is not afraid of Nowitzki. He is already a top star or above, plus McGrady.
The main thing is that the entire Mavericks team is very close to the configuration of the Bulls! A large number of quasi-first-class stars are different from the Bulls' lineup that has been put together for many years. The Mavericks are American players and spent more than 90 million in salary this season to put together such a lineup.
Devin Harris, ability evaluation 70; Marquis Daniels, ability evaluation 77; Josh Howard, ability evaluation 82; Michael Finley, ability evaluation 84; Jerry Stackhouse, ability evaluation 81; Eric Dampier, ability evaluation 79; Keith Van Horn, ability evaluation 78...
The configuration is very similar to the Bulls, and they have a stable quasi-superstar Dirk Nowitzki!
A very powerful team, Harris is a rookie, the Dallas duo of Daniels and Josh Howard are only in their second year, Finley and Stackhouse, the two former Jordan successors, are still strong. Although Dampier is arrogant, But the defense is as high as 88, top-notch interior defenders, and bench players such as Darrell Armstrong and Sean Bradley.
Liu Mang felt that this game should not be wasted, and he should play well and not be careless like the last time he met the Bulls.
That's what Liu Mang felt. He had 50+ points in three consecutive games, but lost two games. This was a bit too self-respecting.
but……
Sometimes I'm afraid of whatever comes next.
With the end of the pre-match activities, the final warm-up time for the players of the two teams on the court was also coming to an end. The game was about to begin. Liu Mang had just sprinkled some powder on the court when the system prompt came.
"Ding...Temporary mission released: Hello, second brother."
"Hello, second brother: If you encounter Dirk Nowitzki switching defenses during the game, the host must choose to shoot in the golden rooster independent posture, and after the last golden rooster independent posture shot after establishing the victory, Dirk Nowitzki Tell the classic lines of King Silver Horn from Journey to the West and must leave the game before encountering garbage time. The host must make at least one Golden Rooster independent jump shot against Nowitzki in each quarter, complete the task requirements in each quarter, and win the game, and say this. Classic line. If you fail to use the golden rooster independent posture for any time, you need to increase the number of hits: the reward skill shooting package: the golden rooster independent jump shot. Failure penalty: randomly delete an existing action package. "
"Hello, second brother? Break the system, do you have any culture? Why don't you do it yourself! That's a power forward! Facing a power forward with a hard shot? I'm not that kind of arrogant! I'm a stable and mature player. Team boss!"
However, Liu Mang really wanted to complete this task!
"Golden Rooster Independence Level 1: If the leg extension movement during a jump shot does not kick someone, the referee will not call a warning for a kicking foul, and when taking off from one foot, the body stability will not be affected by taking off from one foot. Standing still on one foot Jump height increased by ten percent."
This is the first time Liu Mang has encountered a skill-based shooting bag! A graded shooting bag!
Standing on one foot increases the take-off height by 10%? what does this mean?
Liu Mang had never experienced this skill-based shooting bag, and he didn't know how effective it was. He tried lifting his right foot and jumping with his left foot... It seemed that the height and distance of the jump were different from the time when both feet were on the ground. a lot of! The main reason is because one leg cannot jump high enough and the displacement is not that large, making it difficult to escape from the space.
Nowitzki is too tall and plays from the outside, so he doesn't need to bounce very well.
And when this feature was digitized for Liu Mang, the bonus provided to Liu Mang was the bonus to the jumping height of one foot!
Liu Mang really wants this skill!
Liu Mang watched Kwame Brown go to the center circle to jump the ball after provoking the opponent's fans. He felt very sad: I didn't insist on it, I was forced to do it!
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There was no live broadcast in the United States, and the first match of the season between the Eagles and Mavericks was broadcast live on Chaoting Channel.
"Chaoting TV, Chaoting TV, welcome everyone to watch the Atlanta Hawks' away game against the Dallas Mavericks brought to you by Chaoting TV. I am the commentator Yu Jia. Today our guest is still everyone's favorite Zhang Weiping, Director Zhang. Today The starting lineup sent by the Hawks is still led by Ace and Tracy McGrady, the two NBA scoring champions. The other three players are the little prince, Roaring Tianzun and Brown, who Ace calls the strongest high school center. The starting lineup is rookie Harris, Michael Jordan successor Finley, iconic small forward Josh Howard of the 2003 generation, German tank Nowitzki, and iconic center Dampier of the 1996 generation. Director Zhang, what are your thoughts on today? What do you think of the game?”
"I think this game is a challenge for the Hawks. The Mavericks' lineup is very similar to the Bulls. They are better than the Bulls. They are better because they have a superstar at the power forward position, which means the Bulls have A player who can stably play the strongest inside offense throughout the whole process. We have all seen the strength of the Bulls when Curry plays a strong offense. He has activated the Bulls' outstanding overall strength. The Mavericks are the Bulls who have activated all their strength. The Eagles The most difficult team to deal with now is this kind of team.
And the record gap between the two teams is not very big. The Eagles are 17 wins and 4 losses, and the Mavericks are 14 wins and 8 losses. They are 4 games behind. The Mavericks may not be able to catch up with the Eagles, but the strength gap is not as big as last season. "
Director Zhang's analysis, even without the host Sun Zhengping who probably didn't even know he couldn't kick a basketball with his feet, was still very professional. No one was making trouble, and the analysis was clear and logical.
"After listening to Coach Zhang's analysis, this game is worth watching... The starting lineup of both teams has already started. Let's cut the scene back to the game scene..."
It’s actually quite troublesome for the Chaoting Channel to broadcast Eagles games. The Eastern time is a bit far behind the Western time and the Imperial time. The Eastern game time is too early compared to the Imperial time. During home games, the Imperial Channel can only broadcast For games that start later, the league cannot schedule all the Hawks' home games very late, so when the Hawks go to the West to play away games, almost all the strong teams they encounter are broadcast live.
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Kwame Brown faced Dampier, who claimed to be the strongest center in the Western Conference after O'Neal left the Western Conference. He was very motivated to fight. In this game, he was even more dissatisfied. He had performed explosively in two consecutive games, but both He was replaced when he was about to get brutal statistics. He was more motivated in this game! Facing the Mavericks, whose rebounding ability is relatively average, Kwame Brown wants to continue trying to grab 20 rebounds!
Liu Mang waited for the jump ball and became more and more satisfied with Kwame Brown. As the season progressed, Kwame Brown played better and better. After two consecutive games with almost 20 rebounds, Kwame Brown's average per game The rebounds are almost 12! The Hawks' rebounding average has also risen to fourth in the league, averaging 43.3 rebounds per game.
In Liu Mang's view, it is really a pity that Kwame Brown was wasted for two years at the beginning. If it was clear from the beginning that he was positioned as a super blue-collar worker, he might not be much worse than Howard in the future. Now he has wasted two years. Even in the fourth grade, he averaged 13.8 points, 11.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, which shows his talent.
However, Howard averaged 15+12 per game in his second year and already averaged 20 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks per game in his fourth year. Such a comparison is a pity.
It was about to jump the ball. Nowitzki came over to say hello to the visiting Eagles players. When he high-fived Liu Mang, he saw Liu Mang gritting his teeth. There were a series of question marks in Nowitzki's head. He felt that Liu Mang today It seems very specific to him!
Don't mess with this guy! He remembered that when Nash was here, Nash invited the two of them to watch the Dallas Cowboys game together. Although the relationship was not close, it was still friendly at least! Nowitzki clearly felt that Liu Mang didn't like him today.
Is it because Nash was not left?
Nowitzki probably thinks this is the reason. He is also helpless. He knows that Nash may be stronger than him, but there is nothing he can do if the boss doesn't keep him.
At half past seven, the referee selected the ball and came to the center circle, pointed to the positions of the two teams, blew the whistle to start the game, and threw the ball into the air.
Kwame Brown burst into excitement. Although his fingers were short, he jumped more than ten centimeters higher than Dampier, who was also physically fit. He pushed the ball backwards. Liu Mang caught the ball and immediately threw it to McGrady in two steps. .
The pass master's level 5 passing accuracy and predictability can accurately deliver the ball to McGrady.
Liu Mang rushed towards the frontcourt. At first, he did not wave, but played steadily, driving the team's offense and using his running to disrupt the Mavericks defense.
Liu Mang rushed directly into the inside line, Nowitzki and Harris chased after Liu Mang, then Liu Mang ran from the basket to the left, bringing Dampier and Harris who were back to the basket to the left corner, Kwame Brown cut in from the middle, Nowitzki had to go back just as he was about to expand, Rasheed Wallace blocked Finley who was defending McGrady, McGrady took a step to the right 45-degree angle mid-range, and took a long two-point shot in the open space!
McGrady made a mid-range shot at the beginning.
McGrady actually shot first at the beginning, which was a bit beyond the Mavericks' expectations, and also made the Mavericks players more focused. The Hawks seemed to be going all out today. Liu Mang was creating opportunities for his teammates. If Nowitzki hadn't blocked Kwame Brown despite his poor defensive ability but good attitude, Kwame Brown would have been able to catch the ball and dunk directly at the beginning due to Liu Mang's running position.
Attack and defense transition, the Mavericks attacked.
Liu Mang waited for Harris to advance, this guy was fast, he had to defend himself.
Devin Harris, ability rating 70, offense 73, defense 69, three-pointer 71, mid-range shot 67, layup 82, speed 94, strength 75...
This speed is too fast! Liu Mang has only a few players in the NBA who can compete with him in speed, and Harris is one of them.
However, Harris is very self-aware. Although he is a starter, he only takes 7 shots per game. After halftime, he gave the ball to Nowitzki who was outside the three-point line on the left side of the basket, and then took Liu Mang to the three-point line on the right side of the basket, giving Nowitzki space to play one-on-one.
A power forward asks for the ball outside the three-point line to play one-on-one. In the history of the NBA, it is estimated that only Nowitzki and Larry Bird can play superstar-level offense with this style of play. Odom can't do it. Wang Zhizhi also has this style of play, but his ability is not good.
Seeing Nowitzki stepping forward, stepping forward again, and then stepping forward again, with his head and shoulders pushing forward, he faced Rasheed Wallace after finding the feeling, and took off on one foot and shot a golden rooster stand jump shot. Just like that, he separated the space, and threw the ball out without being interfered with. Nowitzki also made his first single three-pointer!
Rasheed Wallace had interfered very well, but Nowitzki's face-to-face singles this season had reached its peak. He had an offensive ability rating of 97 just by facing the frame, which was too strong!
The golden rooster stand jump shot had been practiced to perfection. Nowitzki, who was bullied by Rasheed Wallace before, was no longer afraid of Tianzun's ferocious face!
There was no chance to counterattack. After receiving the serve, Liu Mang made a gesture and chose to play steadily. After advancing to the frontcourt, he made a gesture. He did not play a small ball style of quick running and empty cutting, but waved for a pick-and-roll.
The pick-and-roll target he was looking for was, of course, Rasheed Wallace!
Liu Mang decided to give it a try first.
The Hawks have been training a lot these days to integrate the switching of positional warfare and small ball. They are not as uncomfortable as they were against the Magic and the Bulls. They quickly switched to positional warfare. McGrady and Prince opened up space on both sides. Prince went to the left corner, McGrady went to the right corner, Kwame Brown received the three-second zone and pinned Dampier under the basket, and Rasheed Wallace came out to block Harris for Liu Mang.
Liu Mang took advantage of Rasheed Wallace's pick-and-roll and quickly cut into the middle distance on the right. Rasheed Wallace immediately opened up to the left 45-degree angle middle distance and took Harris away. Nowitzki switched to Liu Mang.
Something unexpected happened to Nowitzki. He thought Liu Mang would continue to break through and was about to give up struggling. He was definitely not able to keep up. Unexpectedly, Liu Mang stopped in the middle distance, seemingly wanting to challenge him!
Nowitzki was so frustrated. The opponent was targeting him! Is this the rhythm of a playful breakthrough?
Then, something even more unexpected to Nowitzki happened. Liu Mang did not break through, but dribbled and suddenly jumped backwards, shooting directly from mid-range!
Nowitzki rushed over immediately. He did not think he could interfere with Liu Mang's jump shot, but he did not expect Liu Mang to jump so low, and his jump was very strange, indescribable. Nowitzki tried his best to jump up and block the shot, and he really blocked Liu Mang!
Harris rushed up like an arrow from a string to grab the ball and counterattacked directly. Liu Mang chased after him, but he could not catch up, and Harris counterattacked and made a layup to get two points.
5 to 2, the Mavericks took a 3-point advantage at the start!
Nowitzki covered his crotch after blocking the shot. When he blocked the shot just now, he felt a breeze in his crotch... One leg almost hit his brother!
Fortunately, the guy did not jump too high. Nowitzki could not help but sweat on his back. What on earth was that bastard going to do? Did he want to destroy his buddy's buddy?
But Liu Mang was even more painful, and it really didn't work!
It's so awkward for him to jump on one foot! He had never practiced this kind of shooting before. His own flick shot and regular shot, as well as Iverson's step-over shot, Dragic's layup, Marbury's step-through and pick-and-roll breakthrough, Kobe's high-post back-to-the-basket, have covered almost all of his offensive moves. How can he have time to practice Nowitzki's one-legged stand jump shot!
I tried it just now, and it's not as easy as I imagined. I can't even exert force. It feels completely different from Nowitzki's shot!
What's wrong? Liu Mang saw that when Nowitzki stood on one leg, he floated a long distance backward! He felt that he had almost no sense of displacement in the air.
Let's not try it for now. Winning the game is more important. Liu Mang ran back to the half court to receive the ball from McGrady, passed the ball back to McGrady, and ran to the front court to prepare to play without the ball. He had to see how Nowitzki shot first and learn it carefully.
After McGrady organized the offense, the Hawks' offense began to flow smoothly, and they started to compete with the Mavericks. They played team offense and singles tactics at the same time. The game entered a tense situation from the beginning.
Liu Mang mainly focused on receiving the ball and shooting and cutting. He did not act blindly on the offensive end and played at the level he should have. At the same time, he also led his teammates' offense and created opportunities for his teammates, allowing McGrady and Rasheed Wallace to get several mid-range shots. The Mavericks' defense to block three-pointers rotated quickly, but the mid-range was indeed their weakness. McGrady's pick-and-roll came to the mid-range, and the opponent's defense was messed up all of a sudden. Coupled with Liu Mang's running three-point threat and cut threat, the Hawks' offense played very smoothly.
The Mavericks played one-on-one without any double-teaming. They passed the ball when they were double-teamed. They also played very well on the offensive end.
When the official timeout came in the first quarter, Liu Mang scored 6 points and 1 assist, McGrady scored 5 points and 2 assists, and the Hawks scored 15 points in the second half under the leadership of the two.
Nowitzki scored 9 points and had a hot start. The Mavericks scored 18 points in half a quarter, leading the Hawks by 3 points.
The shooting efficiency was very high, especially Nowitzki, who deserves to be regarded as the strongest offensive power forward in the league. It was so accurate! Rasheed Wallace was blown up by Nowitzki's face-up singles, which had reached its peak!
He made 2 of 3 three-pointers in the first quarter, all of which were singles, and his passing ability was good. Although he failed to get an assist, he attracted Liu Mang's double-teaming and passed the ball very quickly, helping the Mavericks to tear apart the Hawks' defense, forcing the Hawks to call a timeout at 6 minutes and 27 seconds in the first quarter.
When the official timeout came, Liu Mang did not return to the bench, but asked the referee for the ball to go to the mid-range. After Nowitzki played several singles, he found something. From Nowitzki's shooting action, Liu Mang found a misunderstanding of his own! He wanted to give it a try. There was still half a quarter left. After the official timeout, he must face Nowitzki and shoot a shot!
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