Chapter 904 903. Bloody Revenge! (Monthly Ticket Requested.)

After playing against the Clippers on the 3rd, the Hawks faced the Bulls on the 4th.

It was Prince and Kwame Brown's turn to rest in this Hawks game. McGrady returned and Alonzo Mourning took the starting position to play against the Bulls.

Strictly speaking, except for Liu Mang, everyone else on the Hawks had to rest.

Although Liu Mang was the player with the most playing time on the Hawks, he was one of the only two players with an average playing time of 35 minutes per game, the other being Kwame Brown.

Liu Mang averaged 37.3 minutes per game, while Kwame Brown averaged 35.2 minutes per game.

These two players have the best physical fitness and the most playing time in the entire Hawks, but there is one difference.

Liu Mang played more time than Kwame Brown, but he played almost the easiest on the court of the Hawks.

Now the entire offense of the Hawks is serving Liu Mang's scoring.

McGrady passed the ball, Jason Terry had to pass the ball to Liu Mang, and Calderon and Iguodala were the same.

McGrady and Prince are responsible for single defense. Liu Mang is responsible for both of them except when he encounters players who are too fast for McGrady and Prince to defend. Iguodala on the bench is also responsible for helping Liu Mang.

Liu Mang is almost the easiest person in the Hawks in terms of scoring, rebounding and occasionally passing the ball.

Of course, this is the treatment of the team leader, and it is also the most comfortable point for a more specialized player like Liu Mang to play.

Players like Liu Mang are too easy to match with teammates. Just strengthen the aspects that Liu Mang is not so proficient in.

On the contrary, the Cleveland player has already started to rank first in the team in scoring, assists, and steals, second in rebounds, and third in blocks, and is moving further and further towards the road of being the first in the team in five all-around...

When a player ranks first in all abilities of the team, the team does not know how to strengthen.

For Liu Mang, Jordan, Kobe, etc., it is often easy to fit in with his style of play with a star player.

Liu Mang's style of play is relatively easy to prolong his career, and the all-around style, except for James's physical talent, most of the others have suffered serious injuries early.

Although Kwame Brown has good physical fitness, he is also in the ranks of rest. The faster the rhythm, the easier it is to get tired, and the more tired, the easier it is to get injured.

Although Liu Mang can help them cure those minor injuries and will not accumulate into major injuries, their physical energy consumption is very large.

Except for Liu Mang, the others on the Hawks, even Korver and Calderon, have to play defense and run hard in counterattacks to get scoring opportunities for themselves, otherwise they will not get playing time.

Of course, the role players in this system are also happy, because McGrady will send the ball to them as soon as they run out of position.

In turn, the running of other teammates also makes it easier for Liu Mang to get shooting opportunities.

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Revenge!

Bloody revenge!

The game between the Hawks and the Bulls is a bloody revenge feast!

In the match against the Bulls, the Hawks sent out Liu Mang, Korver, McGrady, Rasheed Wallace, and Alonzo Mourning.

The Bulls still played the same old game, with Hinrich, Nocioni, Luol Deng, Antonio Davis,

After Liu Mang finished spreading magnesium powder and went on the court, he saw Eddy Curry staring at Kwame Brown, who was wearing a suit on the sidelines, and knew what this guy meant by his eyes.

Jealousy, crazy jealousy!

Kwame Brown became the only two All-Star starters in the 2001 class, and Eddy Curry, who thought he was better than Kwame Brown, was crazy jealous.

Liu Mang is no longer considered as a peer by his peers. In terms of talent, only two players in the 2001 class have the talent to become Liu Mang's opponent. One is Kwame Brown, who might have been good at the beginning if he hadn't met Jordan, but he has met Jordan and has become Liu Mang's younger brother. The other is Eddy Curry, the center of the Hawks' opponent today. Eddy Curry does have the talent and strength to become a dominant center. This season, his field goal percentage has reached 69%, and he is getting better and better. His field goal percentage is higher than O'Neal's.

But Eddy Curry has no motivation to play except to score points and cheat for a big contract. With such a good physique, he is not as good as a guard in rebounding. Liu Mang averages 7.2 rebounds per game, which is two more than Eddy Curry's average of 5.2 rebounds per game!

Eddy Curry doesn't want to compare with Liu Mang. He just wants to get a big contract and fight Kwame Brown. No one in the 2001 class has the idea of ​​comparing with Liu Mang. Even Arenas, the strongest player besides Liu Mang, can't bring up the competitive mentality against Liu Mang.

However, Eddy Curry is still very motivated to keep stepping on Kwame Brown. In high school, the three centers of the 2001 class had hatred for each other.

Although Kwame Brown did not play today, Eddy Curry is still very motivated and wants people to see that he is stronger than the All-Star starter!

Eddy Curry and Rasheed Wallace came to the center circle for a jump ball.

Rasheed Wallace probably hasn't had a jump ball for too long, and being one year older is probably one of the reasons. Eddy Curry, a 134-kilogram fat man second only to Yao Ming and O'Neal, jumped high and fast and won the jump ball over Rasheed Wallace's head.

Liu Mang immediately came to the route that Hinrich was moving forward, waiting to defend.

It's really weird. Every time I see Eddy Curry, whose body shape is even more out of shape than O'Neal's in the past two years, can move so flexibly and quickly, I feel weird.

It was a waste of talent. Liu Mang saw the little Lolita and Eddy Curry fall down at the same time. The little Lolita didn't help but helped Eddy Curry.

Xinrich advanced to the top arc and saw Liu Mang coming up to guard, and he was under great pressure.

In the first two fights, even when he won, he couldn't get any advantage from Liu Mang.

Seeing Eddie Curry leaning on Mourning in the paint to get into position, he immediately lobbed the ball to Eddie Curry, then moved to the top arc farthest from the basket to screen for Nocioni, a tall shooter. .

Liu Mang followed Hinrich to the top arc and quickly switched defenses with Korver. The two closely followed the defender after the switch.

Tracy McGrady is also trying his best to fight Luol Deng, not giving Luol Deng a chance to run out of space.

Eddie Curry did not consider passing the ball after receiving the ball. The Bulls' perimeter movement was just to contain the Eagles' perimeter and prevent the Eagles' perimeter from double-teaming Eddie Curry.

Eddy Curry slammed into Mourning. Mourning released a little strength and took half a step back. Eddy Curry missed the ball and almost fell down. Mourning rushed forward to steal it.

But Eddie Curry's low-post skills are really good. He stabilized his body, carried Mourning sideways, and quickly half-turned.

Mourning pushed forward ferociously, denying Eddie Curry a chance to shoot from the front of the basket, but Eddie Curry showed his dreamy footsteps and immediately turned left again, completely shaking Mourning away. Sideways throw...

"Snapped……"

Rasheed Wallace pounced on a big block and slapped the ball thrown by Eddie Curry away!

The ball flew out of bounds!

Rasheed Wallace and Mourning laughed and high-fived.

With a silent understanding and no negotiation, the two completed their defensive cooperation!

When Mourning has sufficient physical strength, he is still better than Kwame Brown in one-on-one defense, allowing Eddie Curry to concentrate on entering the singles state. Even Antonio Davis, his main passing target when encountering double teams, He couldn't even care about the mid-range shot. He had to go all out to defeat Mourning's defense. He couldn't care about Antonio Davis, so he naturally didn't notice Rasheed Wallace's supplementary defense.

Rasheed Wallace used Mourning to hold Eddie Curry up and hit him!

Partnering with Mourning, Rasheed Wallace has the feeling of partnering with Ratliff. He has someone to carry him, and he blocks shots, and Eddie Curry has several.

The two started together for the first time, and there was a natural sense of understanding. Unfortunately, Mourning could only last more than ten minutes in a game. Both of them are veterans over 30 years old...

The Bulls still have the ball, but there are only 9 seconds left. There is no time to give them the absolute strongest point, which is Eddie Curry's singles. Hinrich faced Liu Mang and started a singles. Liu Mang was very defensive. He stopped giving Hinrich physical contact, and Hinrich couldn't break through even if Liu Mang defended him. The physical fitness of this white point guard is too average. His model is Stockton, so you know what his physical fitness is like.

Hinrich could only take one step back and take a strong shot from the three-point line...

Ironclad!

This was the first time in Mourning's career that he faced off against Eddy Curry. He felt that with his current physical condition, he had to fight for rebounds with Eddy Curry, but what the hell, he tried his best. Go squeeze Eddy Curry, Eddy Curry just gets out of the way!

Mourning unexpectedly collected the defensive rebound easily, and Eddie Curry just watched Mourning grab the rebound, showing no enthusiasm for rebounding.

The Bulls retreated quickly, Eddie Curry retreated well this year, and the Hawks fell into a position battle.

Liu Mang received Mourning's pass and threw it to McGrady before running towards the frontcourt.

What posture should be used to score? Liu Mang thought it was better to throw three-pointers. If he threw a three-pointer, the team would still have a rebound advantage. The Bulls had a net loss in rebounds per game. They had 42 in one game and their opponents had 45 in one game. indivual.

After Liu Mang arrived in the frontcourt, he immediately cut inside from the center. McGrady first asked Mourning to come out for a pick-and-roll. After Liu Mang entered the basket, he looked for Rasheed Wallace to pick-and-roll without the ball. Lai Shi suddenly accelerated when he ran out from the left side of the three-second zone during the pick-and-roll!

"Ding... The pick-and-roll master is triggered at level 5, and the host's speed +8 within two seconds..."

Liu Mang's already fast speed exploded again and he quickly rushed to the left at a 45-degree angle.

But to Liu Mang's surprise, the ball didn't come!

Looking back, Luol Deng, who was guarding McGrady, was blocking the passing line between himself and McGrady. That is, he was not guarding McGrady and Mourning's pick-and-roll, but was blocking his catch!

At this time, Liu Mang wanted to cut inside again, but Hinrich, who was chasing him, had already caught up with him. Without the ball, Liu Mang was blocked at a 45-degree angle by Hinrich and Luol Deng!

Maddie was shocked! Mourning failed to block anyone in the pick-and-roll, so he immediately cut inside. Antonio Davis followed out and guarded in front of McGrady.

McGrady looked at Antonio Davis in front of him. He forgot to take the open three-point opportunity before Antonio Davis defended him. He saw Mourning cutting in, and Rasheed Wallace and Mourning were inside. The two played Eddie Curry, and McGrady immediately lobbed the ball to Rasheed Wallace.

Rasheed Wallace attracted Eddie Curry to defend and passed to Mourning who just ran in. Mourning caught the ball and easily dunked and scored two points.

What do these mean?

Liu Mang didn't understand, but it was good if the team scored.

It was the Bulls' turn to attack again. Eddy Curry began to fear Rasheed Wallace's help defense, but because of this, Eddy Curry did not dare to focus all his attention on singles. His offensive ferocity was reduced a lot, and he chose a step-back jump shot!

A 134-kilogram center dribbled and stepped back to jump shot, which made Mourning angry! He rushed up to interfere with him, but Eddy Curry's hands were really good. He made a fadeaway jump shot when he had enough energy at the beginning.

It didn't look like a center's play at all!

Mourning has been with the Hawks for almost a month. He has played against O'Neal, Yao Ming, and Eddy Curry. Why does he feel like he is competing with the four major centers?

The main reason is that he can't beat any of them!

Time makes people grow old...

Fortunately, Mourning also dunked one, so it can be considered a fair match!

Mourning comforted himself and ran to the front court.

After watching Eddy Curry's coquettish performance when he had enough energy, Liu Mang was a little numb. He went in and picked up the ball and passed it to McGrady, then asked for the ball directly after passing half court.

McGrady passed the ball to Liu Mang and cut inside, creating a one-on-one singles opportunity for Liu Mang.

But... Liu Mang just received the ball and saw Hinrich and Luol Deng double-teaming him.

"Hey, brother, there's a scoring champion cutting over there, go get him!"

Liu Mang wanted to shout this sentence!

Seeing McGrady cut in, Antonio Davis took a step forward to block McGrady, three against two under the basket, good opportunity! Liu Mang made a strong shot before the double-teaming was in place!

Hinrich rushed up and slapped Liu Mang's arm, and then hit Liu Mang!

Liu Mang just raised the ball above his head, and he didn't expect the opponent to have such a rough move. He was knocked back several steps, sat on the ground and slid a long way. When he stopped, he was in the circle of the center circle!

What does this mean?

Seeing Hinrich calmly raising his hand after the referee blew the whistle, just like the teacher on the sidelines, Liu Mang pulled Korver's hand and climbed up.

The fans at the scene saw that the referee did not give a flagrant foul immediately, and immediately booed.

Liu Mang saw that the Bulls were targeting him!

Why is Hinrich's template Stockton? It's not that his playing style is like Stockton. Hinrich's pick-and-roll is not particularly good, but his shooting stability, passing accuracy... and defense are not clean at all!

Targeted again!

Fortunately, he got three free throws. Liu Mang's characteristic "cold-blooded" suppressed his anger. The game has just started. Today they have two main players taking turns to rest, and they can't get themselves out.

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line. Hinrich's defensive action was dirty. He kept his hands when he hit him and didn't push Liu Mang, so Liu Mang did not lose his center of gravity but landed steadily. He didn't mean to hurt Liu Mang intentionally, but the blow to Liu Mang's arm was really painful!

It was simply to hurt Liu Mang and to anger him.

Liu Mang held back his anger, and his teammates also held back their dissatisfaction. McGrady protested to the referee that this should be a malicious foul. The referee appeased McGrady and did not give a malicious foul. Instead, he went to the technical desk to confirm that Liu Mang's feet were outside the three-point line when he jumped, confirmed three free throws, and then warned Hinrich.

Liu Mang went to the free throw line, and the first free throw was iron. After adjusting, the next two free throws were hit.

The fierce fouls of the Bulls at the beginning of the game made the Hawks' defensive actions more aggressive.

After Hinrich held the ball to the frontcourt, he encountered Liu Mang's more fierce top defense, and the action could be described as rough.

Because Liu Mang had suffered a loss before, the referee wanted to make up for it, so he did not call Liu Mang for a foul.

Hinrich quickly passed the ball to Eddy Curry, and Mourning's defensive actions also became more aggressive. He was more experienced and knew that if the defensive intensity of a position increased, the referee would not whistle. Generally speaking, the whistle of the whole game would become looser.

Mourning was originally a hot-tempered person. When the young players of the team were bullied, he would bully them back!

Eddy Curry felt pain in his waist after being hit by Mourning's fist!

"This old man, is it because his kidneys are not good? Do you want to make mine bad too?"

Eddy Curry quickly turned around and stepped back. Seeing Mourning rushing towards him with a murderous expression, he quickly threw the ball out.

Eddy Curry's hasty mid-range shot missed!

Rasheed Wallace blocked Antonio Davis. Liu Mang, who was now in an angry mood, put his anger on positivity and rushed in to grab the defensive rebound.

Push forward by himself!

Liu Mang stopped giving McGrady the ball and pushed forward to the frontcourt by himself...

Then, Liu Mang's anger and excitement turned into sadness...

The opponent was determined to kill him!

Seeing McGrady running to a 45-degree angle without anyone defending him, and two guys with shining eyes rushing over, Liu Mang didn't want to look at McGrady anymore, and threw the ball to McGrady, then looked at the ceiling in silence.

McGrady received the ball, and Nocioni let go of Korver, who was running on the right sideline, to defend McGrady. McGrady threw the ball to Korver, who received the ball and made a three-pointer!

5 to 2, the Hawks began to take the initiative with Korver's three-pointer!

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When the Bulls played against the Hawks for the first time, they defeated the Hawks by relying on the high-speed rotation defense that the Hawks were not familiar with.

But as the Hawks learned the Bulls' high-speed rotation defense, and also learned the most authentic grasp of the timing of switching defense from the Mavericks, the Bulls became the ones who couldn't deal with the defense!

The Bulls could not take advantage of Eddy Curry's rage when he met the Hawks. Mourning and Rasheed Wallace had a better cooperation in the interior defense. After Eddy Curry received the ball, they did a better job of cutting off Eddy Curry's passing route when they double-teamed him.

On the outside, Korver's switching defense was more conscious than Prince's. Prince was better at single defense, but his help defense was a little worse. Korver was the best outside player of the Hawks in the rotation, better than Liu Mang and Iguodala, but his single defense was particularly poor.

Especially now that the confrontation between the two teams has started, the defensive actions have become rough, and it is too difficult for the Bulls to play tactics. It is completely a playoff-level confrontation.

The biggest feature of the playoffs is that the proportion of single-player scoring is much higher than that of the regular season!

Although Eddy Curry is good at singles, his physical fitness is a problem. At the beginning, he can still rely on low-post singles to compete with the Hawks. Even if Mourning's defensive actions have become rough, Eddy Curry, who is mentally prepared, also scored 9 points in the first quarter.

But after Eddy Curry got tired, the Bulls only had Jordan Ben Gordon on the bench.

And the Bulls' defense was almost "giving up"!

The Hawks scored too easily, mainly because Liu Mang was double-teamed!

McGrady and Jason Terry, who came off the bench, always got the ball first.

And the Bulls played hard enough! They didn't give Liu Mang a chance to directly assist, and didn't use the defenders who were defending Korver and Calderon who were on the bench to double-team Liu Mang. Instead, they used the defenders who were defending Jason Terry or McGrady to double-team Liu Mang, letting Liu Mang pass the ball to the two passers, and then freed up the third person to defend the two, just not giving Liu Mang any data!

The hatred of 58 points is irreconcilable!

The Bulls players remembered deeply that when Liu Mang was leading by 58 points, he yelled "58 points is enough", so they believed that the last time they were slaughtered by 58 points was Liu Mang's conspiracy!

Moreover, the media also claimed that Liu Mang "suppressed" them in that game, which made them not care about winning or not. Anyway, they couldn't win. They lost by 58 points when the opponent "seriously"

The key is, since they have the ability to beat them by 58 points, why should they be given hope in the first match?

If Liu Mang knew the Bulls' thoughts, I don't know how aggrieved he would be: You had the ability to upset them that time! We just stole your defensive strategy... If we can break the biggest score difference in history of 70 points, who would want 58...

The Bulls defended Liu Mang to 3 out of 7 and scored 19 points. He took 16 free throws and made 12 of them. He didn't give him a chance to play well. He was hit on the floor by the opponent when he caught the ball and shot a jump shot. He was double-teamed when he ran without the ball. He had to face the Bulls' fierce fouls when he played with the ball. The Bulls didn't press the whole court, fearing that Liu Mang would take advantage of the pressure to counterattack and score quickly. In short, they didn't let Liu Mang score!

For the sake of his own safety, Liu Mang could only dribble across half court and then attract a double team to pass the ball to his teammates, so that his teammates could shoot.

The Hawks teammates all shot wildly, Korver scored 12 points, Jason Terry scored 13 points and 3 assists, Calderon scored 14 points, and Iguodala scored 11 points...

McGrady played in the fourth quarter and had scored 40 points on 14 of 21 shots! 40 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists!

123 to 83, the Hawks slaughtered the Bulls by 40 points!

Liu Mang played for 39 minutes in the whole game, but he just couldn't get off! He got 19 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists, trying his best to get a triple-double, but the conditions did not allow it.

Although Liu Mang got the 2000 superstar value for winning the opponent for the second time in a row as a thank-you gift to the Bulls, his malice towards the Bulls became deeper, and he would continue to abuse them next time!

At worst, he would not score, but abuse them!

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