Chapter 856 855. The Best Gift
The Hawks' home game against the Knicks is about to begin.
Over at the Knicks bench, Marbury and others saw what the Hawks were busy with. A group of players gathered around to discuss something, and it didn't seem like they were discussing anything related to the game. Marbury got angry just looking at it. .
Don't take them seriously at all!
But seeing the lifeless looks of his teammates, with expressions of "we're going to lose again" written all over their faces, Marbury also felt deep despair.
Originally, Larry Brown was here, and Marbury still had some expectations when the season started. This season, their lineup has been strengthened, and they forcibly acquired Jamal Crawford from the Bulls, and they also had Larry. -Brown, a head coach who has reached the Finals and reached the playoffs last season, thought he could perform better this season.
But they probably forgot that the previous coach Lenny Wilkens was no worse than Larry Brown in any aspect.
Lanny Wilkens also reached the finals three times, won a championship once, and won more than 1,300 regular season games in total, ranking first in history...
After replacing Larry Brown, the Knicks collapsed. So far, they have won 7 games, with 7 wins and 18 losses. They are only better than the Hornets, Bucks, and Raptors, ranking fourth from the bottom in the Eastern Conference.
The main reason is that Larry Brown and the Knicks players can't get along with each other at all, and they often yell at each other. The Knicks nursing home has finally been fully opened, and they all look like they love to win but not win.
Marbury is also a player with high spirits. Now he feels a deep sense of despair, but he is powerless. He is at best a first-class star, very similar to Francis. If he does not have teammates who are particularly good at off-ball offense, he must be given Paired with a particularly suitable teammate, such as a pitcher like Alan Houston, just like Francis became successful after partnering with Ray Allen, Lewis and others. Unfortunately, Alan Houston was directly reimbursed this year.
As the season progresses, Marbury gradually gets used to this despair...
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Liu Mang directed his teammates to prepare what they had to do after winning the game, and then called his teammates together.
"Ahem, today is Dinah's birthday, right? So, you all must pass the ball to me!" Liu Mang showed off his majesty as a boss.
"Hey, you are the point guard. What can we do if you don't pass the ball?" Jason Terry rolled his eyes at Liu Mang. "How many times have you passed the ball this year? Tracy gave us the ball every time. "
Liu Mang said angrily: "Jason, do you think I am this kind of person?"
Jason Terry nodded seriously: "You are."
"..."
"Okay, okay, Ace, I'll pass the ball to you, and you just make the shot. Don't delay my pursuit of the assists king." McGrady said in disgust.
Looking at McGrady, Liu Mang really couldn't refute him. McGrady mainly passed the ball this season, and his shooting percentage was particularly high. He averaged 9.2 shots per game, 5 hits, and 4.1 free throws. McGrady's true shooting percentage this season. It's broken 60%.
Although Liu Mang also has a field goal percentage of 48%, which is as high as 57%, but compared with Tracy McGrady, only Kwame Brown of the Hawks can compare, and Kwame Brown's true shooting percentage is It’s almost 70 percent.
Liu Mang and McGrady are regarded as examples of mutual achievement, but in terms of efficiency, McGrady is much higher, with fewer unnecessary shots and more passes, and Liu Mang is willing to waste shots. The two fit perfectly.
Tracy McGrady and Jason Terry have no problem with it, and certainly no one else has a problem with it.
Liu Mang sharpened his sword and was ready to kill, but he still had to have a strategy. Liu Mang called his teammates together and said a few more words.
The more my teammates listened, the weirder their expressions became...
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At six o'clock in the afternoon, the game, which was not broadcast live on any TV station, was about to begin.
As Rasheed Wallace roared, Prince began to twist his body, McGrady carefully applied magnesium powder on his palms and fingers, Liu Mang sprinkled the magnesium powder into the air, and the two teams started!
The Eagles sent Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown.
The Knicks' lineup also looks very strong, with the combination of Marbury, Crawford, Tim Thomas, Jerome Williams, and Kurt Thomas.
Accompanied by the cheers of the fans at the scene, Kwame Brown came to the center circle and jumped the ball with endless fighting spirit.
The self-proclaimed No. 1 center in the Eastern Conference has already stirred up the topic. Almost all the news today is talking about Kwame Brown. Except for the initial period when he entered the NBA and became a parallel import, it has been three years since he entered the major leagues for the first time. News media websites and newspapers dominate the screen.
It was just a game against the Knicks... indeed no TV station was willing to broadcast it live, which made Liu Mang feel quite regretful.
O'Neal has not responded yet, but Kwame Brown is indeed popular and has also attracted Kobe fans. According to reporters, a large number of fans in Los Angeles and California went to major polling stations to vote for Kwame Brown. Kobe's popularity is still quite good. Liu Mang's approach of letting Kwame Brown take advantage of Kobe's popularity now seems to be quite correct and has immediate results!
Kobe didn't respond, because he didn't say anything directly to him. Liu Mang estimated that laughter must be coming from Kobe's bathroom all day long.
The referee selects the ball and comes to the court, directs the two teams to stand, and then blows the whistle to start the game and throws the ball into the air.
The excited Kwame Brown suddenly rose up and pushed the ball backwards.
After Liu Mang received the ball, he immediately passed it to McGrady and ran towards the frontcourt.
The Knicks were too slow to retreat. After Liu Mang rushed to the front court, no one was in position to retreat. McGrady passed the ball to Liu Mang, who easily dunked and scored two points.
Seeing Larry Brown cursing at the beginning of the game, Liu Mang mourned for the old coach for two seconds.
The last time they played, the Knicks still had some momentum. Now, the only one who has fighting spirit in the Knicks is Marbury.
Crawford has been playing in bad teams for many years. In the first four seasons of his career, there was no season that he was not fighting for the top three picks. When he first came to the Knicks, thinking that it was a playoff team and a coach in the finals, Crawford was still very motivated to score and organize the offense, but now, the team has a poor record and the Bulls have directly moved from the bottom three in the league to fifth in the East! This gap is too drastic. Crawford now throws the ball as soon as he receives it.
The Hawks took advantage of the Knicks' mentality and carried out high-speed rotation defense. The Knicks' passing was very different from the last time they played. Now they are completely rotten. They were completely brainless because of the Hawks' devilish home court. They just threw the ball directly against the defense.
That is, the Knicks have a good lineup. They can score 97 points per game. However, Larry Brown, as a defensive coach, makes the Knicks lose 102 points per game!
The Hawks fought back continuously and started with a 17-7 scoring shock wave, which made Larry Brown call a timeout.
17-7 in 4 minutes, the Hawks scored again.
13 of them were scored by Liu Mang! 4 points were scored by Kwame Brown's tip-in.
After the Knicks called a timeout, the offense seemed to "improve". After Larry Brown started to curse again, the Knicks started to pass the ball. This pass really "torn" the Hawks' defense. The Hawks did not switch defense in time after the double-team, and the Knicks also had an open shot opportunity, and the score began to normalize.
The two teams began to make a fuss about the score difference of about ten points. After the first quarter, the Hawks led the Knicks by 11 points with 35 to 24. Liu Mang scored 19 points in the first quarter. After the first timeout, he was double-teamed by the Knicks infinitely, even without the ball.
In the next game, the Knicks seemed to have exploded today, playing very well, and keeping close to the score difference.
Until the end of the third quarter, the Hawks still only led by 12 points with 87 to 75, and maintained a lead of about 10 points, but they did not widen the score difference.
Liu Mang scored 44 points in three quarters. It was really difficult to score. Marbury and Crawford of the Knicks and Anfernee Hardaway who was on the rotation side all double-teamed him.
Liu Mang secretly sighed that fortunately he was smart enough to ask his teammates not to widen the gap too much. Otherwise, it would not be easy for him to score points in a team like the Knicks, which now has no rules and blindly double-teams.
First of all, he and the Knicks have a big hatred. The opposing players will definitely double-team him when they see him wanting to score points. The Knicks are playing very badly now. They don’t even have the momentum at the beginning of the season. They are completely blind on the offensive end. The Hawks are too serious on the defensive end and may widen the gap in one wave. Therefore, Liu Mang asked his teammates to help him for his own selfish interests and not to widen the gap.
Of course, once the Knicks shoot accurately and Liu Mang misses a little more, McGrady will use Liu Mang to contain the defense and pass the ball to others, widening the gap to more than 10 points, and then let Liu Mang score points.
The Knicks don’t have the defensive strength that the Bulls have to seize the opportunity to win, and they were played around by McGrady, who was controlling the game more and more.
The Knicks were still happy that they could hold the score difference with the strong team today. Marbury was one of them. He was desperate, but who knew there would be hope! So he kept fighting. He had already scored 37 points in three quarters, and his personal score was not much different from Liu Mang, which made Marbury more motivated.
But after the fourth quarter... Marbury was not feeling well. He saw that the Hawks were playing with them!
Because the Hawks had played for three or four minutes in the fourth quarter and had opened up the score difference to more than 20 points! Marbury didn’t get a single point in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter, and was defended by McGrady!
Liu Mang was a big waste today. After three quarters, he played for 31 minutes and had thrown the ball 30 times. He scored 14 of 30 shots, which means he shot once almost every minute of playing time...
Luckily, his shooting percentage was good, and the Knicks' double-teaming was not that good. Liu Mang scored 44 points in three quarters.
In the fourth quarter, Coach Kruger wanted to let Liu Mang rest and let McGrady lead the others to win the game easily, but Liu Mang wanted to score more points and even used the excuse of "daughter's birthday". Coach Kruger had to replace Liu Mang.
This is good. The Knicks double-teamed Liu Mang when he didn't have the ball, and three players when he had the ball.
In the fourth quarter, Liu Mang finally started to miss shots crazily, but the score difference was gradually widening, because Liu Mang was playing singles at the top of the arc, and the Hawks grabbed 2 rebounds out of 4 at the basket. Liu Mang missed a lot of shots, and his teammates played well in the second attack...
With one minute left, Liu Mang finally scored his 20th goal of the game, a three-pointer, and scored over 60 points, getting 61 points!
Liu Mang threw 15 shots in the last quarter, and made 6 shots in total, scoring 17 points in a single quarter...
The Knicks stopped attacking and dribbled to waste time. Liu Mang felt desperate. They were already leading by 20 points, 118 to 98, and it was impossible for him to foul and score more points!
It’s OK to score normally. Liu Mang scored 60+ points for the Knicks last season, so they have the psychological tolerance. If they deliberately commit fouls to score points... they will have a fight.
The Hawks didn’t have any pressure defense. Before Liu Mang scored 60 points, they would try harder, but Liu Mang had already scored 61 points. There were still dozens of seconds left, so it was impossible for him to score 70 points...
As the Knicks used up the 24-second offensive time and threw the ball out of bounds, Coach Kruger also waited for a dead ball to replace Liu Mang after Liu Mang scored 61 points.
Liu Mang was substituted out of the game after listening to the prompt of mission failure.
“Ding... I can give you the whole world. Mission failed...”
He scored 61 points with 20 of 46 shots. For the first time, Liu Mang felt so depressed to score 60+...
Liu Mang scored 61 points, but failed to refresh his personal highest score in a single game, but refreshed the new high score of the Hawks’ home players! The Hawks scored 60 points in a single game at home for the first time in their history!
Phillips Arena has never witnessed a single-game 60+, but it has witnessed a single-game 50+ several times, most of which were created by Liu Mang. Previously, Liu Mang maintained a single-game 57 points, which was the highest score ever seen in Phillips Arena, but since Wilkins had also scored 50+ here before, it was not a special thing.
But now, Liu Mang scored 61 points in a single game, making Phillips Arena also present a single-game 60+ performance feast!
When Liu Mang scored the last three-pointer, the scene was already crazy. Liu Mang glanced and saw that the little girl was also jumping and cheering. Although he was upset when he was replaced, he was still very happy, mainly because he saw that the little girl was very happy.
In fact, as long as Liu Mang performs well, Dina will be very happy. The key to making the little girl happy is not how many points he scores.
How many points he scores is just about whether there is a penalty.
Liu Mang returned to the bench and carefully read the countdown task details that said failure and the penalty time had begun. The penalty did not say that he did not refresh his own scoring record, and the little girl would be unhappy.
The penalty for failure was just that he would be unlucky for a week.
The Hawks used up the time of the last attack and did not shoot again. They beat the Knicks by 20 points, 118 to 98.
Liu Mang scored 61 points and 3 rebounds, McGrady scored 11 points, 12 rebounds and 15 assists, and Kwame Brown scored 21 points and 20 rebounds, and had a great time with Liu Mang.
After the game, the DJ asked the fans not to leave immediately because there was something important.
Seeing that his teammates had already gone to get the banner prepared for Dina, and the team's press officer also called the media over, and the microphones were all brought over, Liu Mang put aside the penalty for mission failure.
Liu Mang came to the position facing the technical desk and took the microphone: "Today is the 10th birthday of Dina-Savishia, the cutest and most beautiful girl in our family. Today I scored 61 points. I think this is the best gift I can give to Dina!"
After Liu Mang began to "confess" to the little girl, his teammates pulled open the banner of "Happy Birthday to Dina". This was made by Liu Mang and his teammates in the afternoon in the store in the stadium that usually makes banners for fans.
Dina, Levia, and Alexia were originally going to go home after the game and wait for guests to come to the party, but they didn't expect this!
The little girl who turned 10 today was so excited that she burst into tears. Everyone cheered and sang the birthday song. The little girl almost ran to the court, but they sat relatively far back. The bodyguard Christine Wagner stopped the little girl's action to avoid accidents. If Liu Mang hadn't told the security guards to protect Dina and the other four after the game, the fans next to them would have rushed up. .
After Liu Mang said that this 60+ was a birthday gift for the little girl, he was ready to leave the court in style. Someone's handkerchief floated next to Liu Mang. Liu Mang turned around and stepped on it. His body turned forward and moved forward. The handkerchief was really high-end. It was made of silk, and the friction with the floor was very small. Liu Mang twisted his body and stepped on it with his right foot. His right foot slipped back and rushed forward directly, a dog eating shit...
The fans at the scene were originally singing the birthday song, but suddenly they were as quiet as if they were strangled.
Dina was excitedly crying and thanking the excited fans next to her. Seeing Liu Mang fall, her tears stopped...
The scene was quiet for two seconds. Seeing Liu Mang, who got up and ran towards the player's tunnel, stepped on a pool of sweat and almost fell to the ground, finally, the scene couldn't help but burst into laughter...
Marbury, who was preparing to leave the visiting team's player's tunnel, saw Liu Mang fall so badly and was finally happy because Liu Mang got 60+ and wanted to die: "This bastard, he really got his retribution!"