Chapter 922 921. 14 Assists in a Single Quarter!
"Ding...because the Jazz tried to use the game led by the host alone as a stepping stone to rebuild the team's confidence, the Challenger series mission: Wrath of the Rogue was triggered."
"Rage of the Rogue: The host needs to lead the team to defeat the Jazz and score at least 30 points. Mission reward: 10,000 superstar points. Failure penalty: 20,000 superstar points deducted."
Liu Mang doesn't mind the name of the mission Wrath of the Rogue for now. Why get at least 30 points? Liu Mang felt that the system was looking down on him... thinking that the other party might continue to defend him four-on-one or even three-on-one because the other three on their side, except for Korver and him, did not have very good shooting ability. I stopped complaining.
Iguodala's three-point ability rating is only 74, and his open shots are not stable. Maybe the opponent expects him to pass the ball to Iguodala.
Liu Mang looked at Boozer who had squeezed Muhammad into the three-second zone and was stuck in position to get the ball. He was so depressed. He won the championship with this guy for nothing!
However, the Jazz seem to want to win today. Boozer is decisive in positioning, Okur has a three-pointer to open up the space, Halprin is ready to hit the offensive rebounds, and Kirilenko leads Korver to move to contain it. Defense...
Liu Mang saw that the Jazz seemed to be fully prepared to win, and found it interesting. He used him as a stepping stone to gain confidence? Liu Mang found it so interesting.
After Arroyo advanced, Liu Mang immediately defended him. This little point guard was in the limelight last summer. If the opponent wanted to play well, Liu Mang would not dare to look down upon him.
Arroyo did not compete with Liu Mang. When he saw Boozer wanted the ball, he immediately lobbed it over.
The NBA is different from the national team. After playing for the Jazz for several years, Arroyo already has a clear understanding of what he should do and what he should not do. As an undrafted player, he is not very strong, so he has no awareness in this regard. You will soon be unable to survive.
Boozer received the ball and felt the fierce physical contact from his familiar old teammates behind him. He knew the characteristics of Muhammad very well, but Muhammad's strongest point was not as good as his!
Boozer slammed into the back. Muhammad resisted with all his strength, but was still knocked back half a step. Boozer turned around very quickly from a low position. Muhammad just took half a step back, and Boozer took advantage of the situation. He turned around and pushed Muhammad aside.
At this time, Korver, who had excellent defense awareness, flanked Boozer as soon as he turned around. When Liu Mang saw this, he screamed secretly and immediately moved towards Kirilenko to cover up, but Boozer Er had already passed the ball. Kirilenko received the ball from behind Korver and hit the ball with a front-side throw. When Liu Mang pounced on it, it was already too late.
Boozer's low post support is awesome! A power forward who averages 3 assists per game!
After Kirilenko scored, he called on his teammates to retreat quickly. Liu Mang tried to counterattack but had no chance. After receiving Mourning's serve, he continued to fall into a positional battle.
Just as Liu Mang expected, after he dribbled the ball past the center line, he clearly saw the opponent's tendency to shrink the center. He didn't notice it just now, but now he noticed it. Halprin wanted to block the breakthrough on both sides of him and put him away. Entering the middle, he was able to double-team him!
Liu Mang looked at the timer on the Jazz's basket and immediately called a timeout.
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The Jazz players were all ready to flank Liu Mang. The score scored by Muhammad just now was an accident. The defenses of Boozer and Okur were crowded together. When the two retreated from defense, they communicated and discussed the flanking attack. Liu Mang's defensive level.
Who knew that after only one round, Liu Mang called a timeout!
The Eagles players returned to the bench. Coach Kruger knew that Liu Mang was going to change the pitcher, and he also saw the Jazz's defensive strategy.
Who would it be better to replace? Jason Terry will definitely not be able to do it. He will be needed soon. Calderon is the best candidate and they work well together.
But it's not bad to let new players come up. The opponent probably doesn't understand how they play with a new player.
As for defense, the opponent does not have a strong point in isolation on the outside. As long as he is active enough to pursue players without the ball and prevent the opponent from cutting and shooting from the outside, it will be enough.
"Wesley, you go up, Andre, you come down, Ace, pay more attention to passing the ball, Nazr, pay attention to helping Ace block the opponent from the flank, Alonzo, pay attention to catching the ball and dunking, Ace may pass the ball at any time. ..." Coach Kruger immediately made a tactical response.
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After the timeout, Coach Sloan didn't know what to say when he called the timeout just now, because there was nothing that needed to be said!
The Eagles continued to attack. It took Liu Mang 6 seconds to advance and cross the center line. He spent two seconds observing, and there were 16 seconds left to attack.
Korver sent the ball to Liu Mang, who received the ball and dribbled it to the top arc, choosing to break through again!
Sure enough, the opponent still wanted to put him in the middle! Knowing that there was a hole in front of him, he still had to jump in. Liu Mang changed his direction and rushed in from the middle. The opponent immediately attacked from a flank. This time, Boozer came up first, while Okur stayed under the basket, preparing to block shots and grab rebounds.
Liu Mang continued to rush inside and leaned against Boozer, taking off!
Kirilenko and Halprin both pounced.
Liu Mang didn't jump up to take a shot. It was the best way to take a hook like just now. He jumped up to pass the ball!
Liu Mang threw the ball in the air to his new teammate Persson who ran to the right corner of the basket. After receiving the ball, Persson quickly shot a three-pointer...
It was a three-pointer!
Persson came on for 6 seconds and scored the first goal of his Eagles career!
After steadily making a three-pointer, Persson roared back and made an "OK" motion with his right hand, placing the circle between his thumb and index finger against his right eye. This was his celebration!
The accurate veteran quickly entered the state. After Liu Mang received an assist, he quickly retreated.
When it came to the Jazz's offense, the Jazz still launched the offense with Boozer's low-post singles, taking advantage of the fact that Rasheed Wallace was absent and Boozer became an absolute strength to deal with the Hawks.
The Jazz played well, and the offense launched by Boozer was very lethal. He would shoot without double-teaming, and pass the ball when double-teamed, showing a very comprehensive offensive skills.
For the Eagles, Liu Mang's breakthrough started to dominate. The Jazz's defensive execution was very good and they resolutely attacked Liu Mang.
But Arroyo really can't guard two three-point shooters by himself!
When Persson made his first three-pointer, Korver felt a sense of crisis. He received the ball and shot more resolutely and accurately! The Jazz strictly implemented the defensive strategy of flanking Liu Mang, and the two made 4 of 7 three-pointers in the opening game!
Although the Jazz relied on Boozer and Kirilenko's excellent forward support such as passing, receiving, and passing after receiving to play a good offense, there is a saying, although it is a bit cliché, but this kind of This sentence makes sense under the circumstances.
Three points is always one more than two points.
Halfway through the first quarter, although the Eagles only made 5 of 12 shots, they scored 4 of 7 three-pointers. In addition to two free throws by Liu Mang and a tip-in by Muhammad, they scored 16 points in the half quarter. !
Although the Jazz made 6 of 10 shots from the field, their shooting percentage was as high as 60%, but they only had 12 points!
The addition of a veteran pitcher alleviated Liu Mang's crisis of being flanked.
With a pitcher, you can do whatever you want!
Although Liu Mang only scored two points with free throws at the beginning, and failed to score any of his three shots. Mourning's layup was also interfered by Okur, but he had a fixed-point shooter with a three-point rating of 86 and a three-point rating. A veteran pitcher of 88, Liu Mang got 4 assists in half a quarter!
The Jazz called a timeout in advance, and the game entered its first official timeout.
It’s not like Coach Sloan doesn’t know how good Persson is. Although Persson peaked with the Cavaliers, he was a rookie with the Suns. In his rookie season, he helped Barkley win the second round of the playoffs and defend the title as the starting small forward. The champion Rockets reached the tiebreaker. Although Persson missed the key three-pointer in the end, and even only made 1 of 6 in the tiebreaker, the Suns unfortunately failed to advance to the Western Conference Finals by one point at 114-115. But Persson impressed the head coaches of the Western Conference playoff teams that year. He was an outstanding shooter who played 700 games and made at least one three-pointer in 500 games.
But the reason why Coach Sloan asked the team to strictly implement the flanking strategy was because Liu Mang scored 60 points in the third quarter of the last game?
It's just that Coach Sloan didn't expect that Liu Mang's pass was still so accurate. He scored 60 points in the last game, but he didn't rush to shoot in the second game!
This frustrated Coach Sloan's arrangement from the beginning. The kid opposite had a head that was nothing like ordinary people!
Liu Mang returned to the bench and had 4 assists in half a quarter, which was quite impressive.
Korver and Persson had been playing for half a quarter and were almost replaced at this time. One was young and the other was old. Korver made two three-pointers at the beginning, but Persson made 2 of 3 three-pointers. After the score, he irrationally shot two three-pointers in a row. One was anxious to express himself, and the other defensive end ran for half a quarter and his physical strength declined. It was time to rest.
However, it was enough to hold on at the beginning. Coach Kruger replaced Jason Terry and Iguodala, and replaced Muhammad and Varejao in the paint. It was time to protect the rebounds, because Liu Mang and Jason Terry are going to have sex!
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After the timeout, the Jazz did not make any substitutions during the official timeout. They still started the game. They were obviously going to fight hard.
When the Jazz attacked, Boozer hit a few low posts, but he couldn't move anymore. When he went to the low posts, the opponent replaced Varejao to defend him, and the Eagles started a wheel-and-wheel battle strategy.
Boozer pulled out for Arroyo to pick and roll, the ultimate poor man's version of the pick and roll combination. When Liu Mang saw Arroyo actually playing the pick and roll, he immediately took a step back, blocked Boozer who wanted to pass, and followed Boozer out. It was Muhammad who took a step back and was not afraid of Arroyo's three-pointer at all. The NBA's three-point line is too long for Arroyo. This guy has played almost 60 games this season. He scored 12 three-pointers, which is nothing to be afraid of.
Sure enough, Arroyo didn't dare to throw a three-pointer after the pick-and-roll. This violated the first rule of the ball-handler in the pick-and-roll tactic. He has to shoot when he has the opportunity. Otherwise, how can he help the target to attract defense?
The Jazz came back and wanted to run a pick-and-roll, but it stalled at the beginning!
Arroyo hesitated for a second. Liu Mang and Boozer had already switched defenses and came back. Arroyo had no choice but to make a long two-point shot from the mid-range with a pull-up jumper... He almost missed the mark due to Liu Mang's interference. Rub it on the basket.
Varejao had excellent rebounding awareness and grabbed the defensive rebound and immediately passed it to Liu Mang.
At this time, Jason Terry had already started running. Kirilenko and Halprin chased Jason Terry. Liu Mang immediately took the ball and made a fast break. Iguodala and Mu, who were guarding the mid-range, Hammud flew on both wings, and the cavalry company charged!
When Liu Mang reached the three-point line, he suddenly realized that the opponent was not going to Jason Terry. Kirilenko flew up to prevent Liu Mang from chasing the three-pointer. Liu Mang reacted quickly and did not grab the ball, but headed toward A little movement from the left, and Halprin was already posted.
Liu Mang decisively threw the ball to the basket, and Iguodala followed up and rushed in for an alley-oop dunk to score two points.
5 assists!
Jason Terry was so depressed. He tried hard to jump up for an alley-oop, but Liu Mang threw it too high. He could only look at Liu Mang depressedly. It would be a disaster to pass the ball directly to the layup!
It was the Jazz's turn to attack again. Boozer could only continue to play one-on-one. This time it was a mid-range high-post face-to-face single. Facing Muhammad's defense, he shot a mid-range shot. Muhammad defended well. Boozer was forced to lean back, and the ball hit the basket and bounced twice and fell into the basket.
This is the time to rely purely on the touch. The Jazz are missing an organizational core. Although they have the real strength on the edge of the playoffs, it is still difficult to deal with a team like the Hawks, which has a much worse lineup but has defensive discipline. They can only rely on Boozer to play an advantage before they have a chance to play tactical cooperation.
It was the Hawks' turn to attack again. Liu Mang pushed forward to the frontcourt. The Jazz changed their double-team strategy. Previously, Liu Mang was blocked in the mid-range. Liu Mang passed the ball to the outside. This time, Harpring and Kirilenko double-teamed him directly at the top of the arc!
Liu Mang also gave it his all. He wanted to double-team him, right? Then he passed the ball to them!
Kirilenko, who was originally defending Iguodala, double-teamed Liu Mang. Iguodala thought for a long time off the court about how to play when he was left alone and there were several big men blocking him in the interior. He came up with a solution. He went to help Jason Terry with a pick-and-roll without the ball!
Jason Terry's running position was not good. He couldn't get rid of Arroyo's active defense. He was overjoyed to see Iguodala's pick-and-roll. He ran to the bottom corner with Iguodala's pick-and-roll without the ball.
Liu Mang protected the ball with difficulty, waiting for his teammates to have an opportunity. He immediately passed the ball to Jason Terry. Jason Terry received the ball in the bottom corner. This time, he didn't dribble a few times. He received the ball and shot a three-pointer!
"Shua"
The Hawks made their fifth three-pointer in a single quarter! Liu Mang got his sixth assist in a single quarter!
Liu Mang's assists soared!
21 to 14, the Hawks led by seven points!
In the following period, although Boozer, Harpring and Kirilenko all played a certain role in singles, and Okur also pulled out and shot a three-pointer, the Jazz's defensive method of keeping a close eye on Liu Mang and expecting that other Hawks players could not make the shot made Liu Mang's assists soar!
As the game went on, the Jazz dared not to double-team so actively, but Liu Mang was not happy. He rushed to the inside with the ball and forced the opponent to double-team. The Jazz could not watch Liu Mang rush in and score. Neither Kirilenko nor Harpring could defend Liu Mang's change of direction breakthrough. If they did not stick to Liu Mang, they would directly throw a three-pointer. Liu Mang's three-point threat made him too advantageous to break through in such a one-man wave game!
In the last attack of the first quarter, the Hawks had the ball. Liu Mang rushed into the inside to attract Okur's double-team and then threw it to the right baseline. Josh Smith, who replaced Muhammad, received the ball and took off. After sliding in the air, he smashed the ball into the basket!
This was Liu Mang's 14th assist in a single quarter!
In addition to 14 assists, Liu Mang also scored 7 points, made 1 three-pointer and 4 free throws, 7 points and 14 assists in a single quarter, of which 5 passes were three-point assists. The Hawks scored 26 points in the second half of the first quarter!
After the first quarter, the Hawks led the Jazz by 14 points in a single quarter, 42 to 28.
It's not that the Jazz's offense was not good. They have used their advantages as much as possible. 28 points in a single quarter is excellent, more than their usual offense, but they kept double-teaming Liu Mang and even double-teamed Liu Mang in advance in order to prevent him from scoring. After Liu Mang wanted to go sideways, he did not give the ball to Jason Terry to deal with, but let Jason Terry go to the middle and long distance to respond.
Jason Terry scored two three-pointers and two mid-range shots, scoring 10 points in the first half of the quarter. In the second half of this quarter, Liu Mang never gave up the ball. He attracted double-teaming and passed the ball to his teammates. His teammates were also very good and could make shots. From the beginning of the game, Persson ignited his touch, and the Central Plains shot was unstoppable. The Hawks scored 7 three-pointers in a single quarter! The three-pointer alone accounted for half of the team's points! The Jazz were so scared that they didn't dare to let the Hawks shoot mid-range and long-range shots except for double-teaming Liu Mang. Liu Mang also passed the ball to Josh Smith and Varejao inside to get several assists.
The Jazz didn't want Liu Mang to score high, and didn't let Liu Mang score 15+ points in three consecutive quarters like the last game against the Warriors. They did this, but it also stimulated Liu Mang, allowing Liu Mang to use the Jazz's defense to get 14 assists in a single quarter, tying the historical single-quarter assist record created by John Lucas in 1984!
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