Chapter 906 905. The Heavenly Lord Who Bullies His Sister-in-Law
The Grizzlies are in high spirits!
Liu Mang clearly felt the fighting spirit of the Grizzlies.
"Pau Gasol, 88 ability rating, Shane Battier, 80 ability rating, Jason Williams, 81 ability rating, Mike Miller, 79 ability rating, Stromire Swift Special, ability evaluation 69.”
Liu Mang didn't understand how excited they were. Two quasi-first-class stars, plus one first-class star, were indeed at the playoff level. There was a chance to get 50 wins, but it was only at the level of 50 wins. Western Conference playoffs. edge level.
Liu Mang saw Gasol's face flushed and he felt like he was about to scream with excitement. He thought he should give his sister-in-law a surprise and walked next to Rasheed Wallace who was adjusting his headband for the next big screen appearance. .
"Rashid," Liu Mang motioned to Rasheed Wallace to look at Gasol, "that guy, I'll leave it to you tonight!"
"Hehehehehehe..." Rasheed Wallace did not reply, but smiled ferociously at Gasol.
It was supposed to be that he took a rest, and Mourning was in charge. Originally, Mourning was on the bench for ten minutes a game, but when playing against Gasol, Rasheed Hua was snatched away from the title of the most gorgeous power forward in the league by Webber and Gasol. Rice just wants to play this game and let Mourning rest.
Coach Kruger didn't refuse. There are always a few games where players need to be willful. Rasheed Wallace gave up his comprehensive offensive methods to become a 3D power forward, and occasionally let him be willful.
Gasol, who was discussing tactical details with Battier and Jason Williams, suddenly felt a chill.
When Gasol looked back for that evil look, he first looked at Liu Mang. Liu Mang was talking to the referee, not him. Then he looked at Kwame Brown, who was in the same class, and Kwame Brown was facing the fans. Clap your hands to brighten the atmosphere.
Aren't these two from the same class?
Gasol felt that he was being too preoccupied and continued to discuss with his teammates how to deal with the Hawks.
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Following Rasheed Wallace's roar, Liu Mang threw magnesium powder into the air, and the two teams started.
The Hawks sent out a starting lineup of Liu Mang, Korver, Iguodala, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown today.
After Liu Mang came on the field, he looked at the Grizzlies' starting lineup. Jason Williams, Mike Miller, Battier, and Gasol were all excellent starters. All four of them could shoot and pass. , and the strength is balanced, Liu Mang does not dare to be too careless against the Grizzlies. If the opponent tries to cooperate with the passing game, it will still be very troublesome now that there are two less top defensive players.
However, the reason why the Grizzlies have four starters similar to the Kings, but are still far from a truly strong team, is because of the center.
Swift...a 2000 second pick with an ability rating of 69.
8 points, 4 rebounds and 1.5 blocks, which looks good, but basically relies on Jason Williams and Gasol to pass the ball to him. His physical fitness is comparable to Kwame Brown and Howard, but he can't do anything except jump. , not even as good as Kwame Brown, who was wiped out in Liu Mang's original time and space. Even if Kwame Brown was wiped out, he was still one of the best single defense players in the NBA at his peak.
Liu Mang remembered that when he read the scouting report of the Grizzlies, their starting center was Lorenzen White, a veteran of the 1996 golden generation. He was replaced by Swift to deal with Kwame Brown's physical fitness.
After analyzing the opponent's lineup's tactical intentions, Liu Mang waited for Kwame Brown to jump the ball.
Kwame Brown and Swift came to the center circle. The referee saw that both sides were in the correct position, blew the whistle to start the game, and threw the ball into the air.
Kwame Brown was very excited to see Gasol and jumped with all his strength...
Liu Mang's analysis... is correct. Swift relied on a jumping speed that was even faster than Kwame Brown's to win the jump ball from Kwame Brown!
Just to gain the upper hand, the center who had participated in the slam dunk contest was put into the starting position to jump ball with Kwame Brown.
Kwame Brown didn’t even expect that he would lose the jump ball!
After winning the jump ball, Swift rushed forward excitedly, passed by Kwame Brown, crossed the three-point line and went straight to the basket.
So fast and strong!
Liu Mang didn't stop him, he was using his arms as a chariot!
Jason Williams received the jump ball and immediately passed it to Gasol who quickly ran forward. Gasol received the ball and directly hoisted inside. The pass was fast and accurate!
Swift took off and caught the ball just in time, and smashed the ball into the basket!
Since the Grizzlies changed their head coach, the defensive end has become weaker and weaker, and the offensive end is getting faster and faster, more like a Western Conference team.
Not only Kwame Brown didn't expect to lose the jump ball and be hit by the opponent for a fast break, but the rest of the Eagles didn't expect it either.
Liu Mang avoided Swift and was violently lobbed by Swift, then watched Swift run back excitedly.
The Grizzlies really want to cause trouble today!
Kwame Brown signaled that the ball was his problem and ran forward with his head down.
Now, the parallel import number one pick has gained arrogance and anger, and he is already an All-Star starter!
Iguodala picked up the ball and sent it to Liu Mang. Liu Mang received the ball and advanced forward.
There was no rush to play fast. After Liu Mang passed the midline, he observed the Grizzlies' defense. It was really good. The defensive system left by the old coach Hubie Brown, if the Grizzlies' four major perimeter players can't play in a short time. Despite substitutions, their defense is still very good, averaging 97 points per game and conceding 92 points per game, which is a very good offensive and defensive performance.
Liu Mang came to the top arc, and Battier carefully defended him.
Liu Mang originally planned to do a pick-and-roll, but he saw Kwame Brown squeeze Swift back in the paint, forcing Swift into the reasonable collision zone!
Liu Mang did not hesitate, and took the initiative to stick to Battier, leaning against Battier sideways. Battier did not understand, but used his height to suppress Liu Mang and did not give Liu Mang a chance to speed up again. Liu Mang passed the ball directly into the paint along the space under Battier's arm!
Kwame Brown received the ball, grabbed the ball with both hands, turned around and squeezed Swift away to slam the ball into the basket!
Just as Liu Mang expected! Kwame Brown wanted to eat his opponent alive with his arms, which were thicker than Swift's!
Liu Mang tried to pass the ball to Kwame Brown, but he didn't expect this guy to be so fierce!
Swift's physical fitness is not bad at all. He started for half a season in his sophomore year and averaged 11+6 per game. However, he has not made any progress. His muscles and skills have not been developed. Apart from being able to run and jump, and dunking over Yao Ming, he has not made any progress. His strength is not as good as that of Gasol, a white power forward.
Kwame Brown can play O'Neal on Swift!
After a fierce dunk, Kwame Brown roared at Swift!
The Grizzlies were ready for double-teaming, but they didn't expect to be broken in an instant! The opponent scored two points so easily.
The most important thing is that the one who scored so easily was Kwame Brown, who had no offensive skills! The Grizzlies themselves began to dislike Swift.
When the Grizzlies attacked, Jason Williams advanced to the frontcourt and Liu Mang defended him.
Without his spirit, Jason Williams is indeed a better player. Facing Liu Mang's defense, he did not play fancy breakthroughs, but waved Gasol to the high position, passed the ball to Gasol, and then cut in with Liu Mang.
Gasol held the ball in the high position on the left side of the basket facing Rasheed Wallace, preparing to pass the ball to Jason Williams in a high-low pass. Seeing Jason Williams cut in, he waited for the center to help Jason Williams block Liu Mang.
But... Swift was seen sticking his butt out and trying to push Kwame Brown into the basket!
If Swift really pushed Kwame Brown in, Gasol would not say anything. He pulled Rasheed Wallace out now, just like Rasheed Wallace of the Hawks pulled him out just now, so that Kwame Brown could receive the ball and attack one-on-one.
However, Swift's butt was against Kwame Brown, and his legs pushed back hard on the ground, but the result was that his feet kept slipping on the ground, and Kwame Brown did not move at all! Swift is still outside the three-second zone!
Brother! Can you use some brains? Don't you know that your body is thinner than the opponent's? Gasol felt that his head was going to explode!
Wouldn't it be better to come out and do a pick-and-roll without the ball and then cut in to catch the ball and dunk? Learn to play violent dunks like the opponent?
Jason Williams is also going to collapse. Although the 30-year-old veteran Lorenzen White's physical fitness has seriously declined, which is the kind of normal player's state at the age of 30, he has a good basketball IQ and is active in pick-and-roll.
Jason Williams ran around the three-second zone and was closely followed by Liu Mang. He turned his head and looked at Liu Mang, who was still raising his eyebrows at him!
Gasol had no choice. This back and forth consumed several seconds. There were only 10 seconds left for the offense, and he could only play alone.
Gasol turned around and leaned against Rasheed Wallace, trying to use his comprehensive offensive skills to play high post back!
Rasheed Wallace stuck close to him, and Gasol bumped back, trying to squeeze out a little space and turn around, but! Rasheed Wallace judged Gasol's intention and removed the chair!
The timing of removing the chair was perfect, Gasol sat back and sat on the ground!
Rasheed Wallace bypassed Gasol and picked up the ball!
Liu Mang and Iguodala just pulled to the 45-degree angle on both sides to open up space for Gasol. At the same time, Mike Miller and Jason Williams, who were ready to respond, went to the 45-degree angle to defend the ball and shot. They saw Rasheed Wallace's shameless defense. Liu Mang and Iguodala's eyes widened. This defense was really wretched!
So, the two of them almost got off the first time Rasheed Wallace grabbed the ball!
They rushed across the half court in an instant, and Rasheed Wallace passed the ball to Liu Mang, who rushed to the three-point line and made a quick stop jump shot!
Iguodala rushed in to grab the offensive rebound and dunk, but Liu Mang's three-point practice during the day was not in vain. When the shooting opportunity was perfect, the sharpshooter level 5 was triggered, and the perfect three-point shot fell into the basket!
The Grizzlies didn't have time to catch up, the two opponents ran too fast!
The main reason was that the turnover came too suddenly.
Gasol hadn't even gotten up yet, and the opponent's three-pointer had already gone in!
Gasol sat on the ground and looked at Rasheed Wallace's sinister smile, and finally knew where the chill came from! It was this guy who always inexplicably targeted him!
A quick counterattack got 3 points, and the Hawks led 5-2.
Gasol was angry! It was so embarrassing! The feeling of landing on his buttocks like a flat sand and falling wild goose was so embarrassing!
Rasheed Wallace wanted Gasol to play alone. He had thought of various defensive methods to deal with Gasol in the past two days. It was as disgusting as possible. It was impossible to defend Gasol to death, but he had plenty of ways to make Gasol unhappy.
It was the Grizzlies' turn to attack again. Gasol took the initiative to ask for the ball from Rasheed Wallace in the low post. Rasheed Wallace continued to stick to him. After receiving the ball, Gasol pretended to bump back. Rasheed Wallace really took another step back. Gasol turned over and shot a mid-range jump shot!
With a soft touch and good technique, Rasheed Wallace found himself caught and rushed forward, but he couldn't stop Gasol from shooting the ball.
However, Rasheed Wallace's goal was to make Gasol angry and let Gasol play one-on-one all the time. For the Grizzlies, the offense would be stagnant!
For a power forward like Gasol with a certain tonnage, there is no problem with spot shooting, but if he is asked to jump like Nowitzki in a defensive situation, he does not have the height of Yao Ming, who can stand back and shoot, so he can only jump with all his strength.
After a few shots, Gasol's style of play could not hold up. After 3 of 4 shots in the first 4 shots, he missed two shots in a row!
As for the Hawks, Liu Mang played one-on-one at the beginning. With the twin towers and Iguodala, the Hawks had a clear advantage in rebounding!
And Kwame Brown occasionally broke out in the paint and took on Swift. After playing for more than five minutes, the Hawks scored 17 to 8 and scored 17 points in five minutes!
They were all singles, which were too simple and rough, and the rhythm was also raised.
Liu Mang scored a counterattack three-pointer at the beginning, broke through to the basket for a layup, caused a foul in the mid-range, scored 7 points and 3 assists, and helped the Hawks lead by 9 points at the beginning!
Rasheed Wallace constantly provoked Gasol with words and actions, and the score difference widened as the game went on.
Gasol returned to the bench and watched Rasheed Wallace shrink his neck and smile at him, and his hair stood up!
"Why is it different from what I imagined?"
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Originally, the only player on the Grizzlies who could compete with the Hawks was Gasol, but Gasol was tricked by Rasheed Wallace at the beginning of the game, and then continued to be targeted.
When the Grizzlies called a timeout, Gasol calmed down, but the score difference had been widened to nine points, and the game entered a state of chasing points from the beginning.
With the lead, Liu Mang began to play recklessly. At the beginning, he passed the ball well and chose the shooting opportunities well. He scored 7 points with 2 of 3 shots. Two of the three assists were passed to Kwame Brown. Kwame Brown dunked twice out of 3 times, and once his hand slipped and missed the dunk.
But after the timeout, relying on the lead, Liu Mang began to play recklessly.
The Grizzlies have been trying to catch up. After replacing Swift with Lorenzen White, the Grizzlies' offense became normal and began to score steadily.
But Liu Mang had a good touch today. He pulled up, broke through and shot hard, and changed his footwork. Liu Mang scored 8 points in the next four minutes!
When the Hawks called a timeout in the ninth minute of the first quarter, Liu Mang had already scored 15 points in a single quarter! But the assists...still only 3.
The Hawks led by 8 points, 25 to 17.
When Liu Mang was alone, the Grizzlies just felt that it was too difficult to catch up. They tried their best to catch up, but only recovered one point.
But after the Hawks called a timeout and replaced Liu Mang with Jason Terry, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Kwame Brown, the Grizzlies felt what despair was...
Liu Mang had a good touch, and Jason Terry also had a good touch today!
Jason Terry made mid-range shots and three-pointers, Liu Mang ran to attack the basket, and occasionally pulled out to throw a three-pointer. In the last three minutes of the first quarter, the two played a wave of 11 to 6!
After the first quarter, the Hawks were already 13 points ahead of the Grizzlies, 36 to 23!
Except for the first five minutes, the Grizzlies actually played well in the later period, but they couldn't stand the Hawks' firepower!
Although the Hawks lost a passer and two single defense pioneers, their singles firepower was not weakened, and the two players with the highest score of the Hawks are still there!
Liu Mang scored 18 points in the first quarter, and Jason Terry scored 8 points!
In the second quarter, Liu Mang was replaced for a rest, and Jason Terry led his teammates.
Jason Terry relied on himself to hold off the Grizzlies' desperate attack in the second quarter. In the middle of the second quarter, the Hawks still led the Grizzlies by 12 points with 51 to 39.
Jason Terry scored 7 points and 3 assists in the second quarter, helping the Hawks get 15 points in half a quarter!
At this time, Liu Mang was replaced to resist the Grizzlies. Liu Mang scored 9 points and 2 assists in half a quarter. Although the Hawks only scored 13 points in the second half, it was enough. At the end of the half, the Hawks led by 10 points with 64 to 54.
After the halftime break, Liu Mang and Jason Terry played together again. In the second quarter, they took turns to play. They replaced Josh Smith and Varejao, two new recruits, in the interior. When they couldn't defend the opponent's offense, they used offense to resist. For tomorrow's game, Coach Kruger made Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown not play in the second quarter, using two rookies to consume the opponent.
In the third quarter, it was time to harvest the game!
In the third quarter, Liu Mang scored 14 points, Jason Terry scored 5 points and 3 assists. The Grizzlies fought too hard in the first half, and their performance in the third quarter dropped like a cliff. After a break, the physical decline of the four starters who played the whole half in the first half was exposed.
The gap between the strong team and the weak team lies in the third quarter. The Grizzlies don’t have any real superstar players. In the third quarter, even Gasol played well and didn’t play impatiently or casually, but was defended by Rasheed Wallace who was waiting for the opportunity. The Grizzlies collapsed in the third quarter.
29 to 14, the Hawks opened up a 15-point difference in a single quarter!
After three quarters, the Hawks led the Grizzlies by 25 points, 93 to 68!
Looking at Rasheed Wallace who was always grinning at him, Gasol remembered that this guy was like this every time he saw him, and he always targeted him. It’s just that he saw Duncan grinning at him too much in the West. Mainly, he saw Duncan grinning several times when Gasol was swept by Duncan in the playoffs last year, and he took that smile as Duncan’s, forgetting that the Hawks also had such a guy who targeted him! And the smile was like copy and paste!
Where is the referee? Where is the technical foul? Gasol is going to cry!
In the end, the Hawks beat the Grizzlies 111 to 99, with a difference of 12 points.
Since the team was leading by too much after three quarters, Coach Kruger did not even send Jason Terry to the court. He sent Calderon, Korver, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Varejao, five first- and second-year players, to play. As expected, they were beaten by the opponent's bench lineup and scored 31 to 18 in a single quarter.
But this is normal. Calderon and Iguodala rarely have such a time to let them play freely. They tried their best to mobilize their teammates to play together. It's just that their strength is not enough. It's okay to get 18 points in a single quarter, but they just couldn't defend the opponent.
Liu Mang only scored 19 points against the Bulls. In this game, Liu Mang scored 45 points and raised his average score to 36.5 points. It was the 19th time this season that he scored 40+.
Liu Mang found that the 40+ times became easier, but the average score became a problem. It was not as easy as imagined!
It's too difficult to increase the average score by 1 point!
If he meets someone who has a grudge against him, he will be maliciously retaliated by the opponent if he is not careful.
After playing the Grizzlies, the Hawks players took a shower, and the physical therapy was waiting to get on the bus and plane, and set off for Seattle, leaving behind the sad sister-in-law, who still had revenge to take!
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Please give me a monthly ticket.