From today on is the king

Chapter 1150 1149. The Coquettish Best Sixth Man
In the game between the Eagles and the Mavericks, no matter who wins or loses, the two teams either play very well on offense, or they both play mediocre offense.

The Eagles' high-speed rotation defense is a high-speed rotation defense built according to the defensive system of the Mavericks and Bulls, two teams with relatively average player strength. This kind of defense is really good, and Nowitzki is restricted.

As for the Eagles, except for Liu Mang who insisted on playing one-on-one, the others, including McGrady, did not play well.

The playing style of the Mavericks and the Bulls is not only similar in defense, but also in offense. The lineup is average. Looking at the Bulls lineup, it can basically be regarded as the Mavericks without Nowitzki. They are all a group of quasi-first-class stars and a defensive center.

But in today's game, Nowitzki was restricted again. Nowitzki is the most stable point of the Mavericks. Correspondingly, McGrady on the Eagles was also restricted.

But the Eagles have Liu Mang on the side of the Mavericks. When the Mavericks restricted pass assists and defended well, Liu Mang passed twice and stopped passing. He played alone and made 5 of 3 shots in the opening game, 2 of 1 three-pointers, and 3 of 2 mid-range shots. One of them was 2+1 and scored 8 points. With Kwame Brown making a tip-up, the Eagles scored 4 points in the first 10 minutes.

With McGrady holding back the defense, Liu Mang played well at the start. As long as he didn't go deep into the basket, he would have a chance to shoot from the mid-range. He felt good today, and he made the Mavericks' shots.

On the Mavericks side, apart from Nowitzki scoring 3 points, only Josh Howard's low turnaround shot scored two points.

The Eagles started with a wave of 10 to 5!

Mavericks coach Jr. Johnson called a timeout!
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After the timeout, the Eagles replaced Rasheed Wallace. Nowitzki played too far outside. Coach Kruger replaced Josh Smith and let Rasheed Wallace rest first.

On the Mavericks side, Jamal Crawford was replaced by Harris. Harris didn't shoot and suffered a lot when the Mavericks were dealing with the Hawks' high-speed rotation defense. They replaced the best sixth man favorite Crawford.

The Mavericks attack.

When Liu Mang saw Crawford pushing over, he immediately defended himself.

Regarding Crawford's dribbling, Liu Mang can only describe it as coquettish!
Judging from Crawford's size and appearance, it has nothing to do with being handsome or handsome, but his dribbling is too flamboyant!It completely makes up for the strange appearance, all kinds of coquettishness.

Liu Mang's "glove" feature is very effective for most perimeter players, but it is useless for Crawford. He is looking for opportunities by dribbling on his own.

Liu Mang is very serious about defending Crawford, he can see that this guy doesn't seem to have the idea of ​​passing the ball.

Suddenly, Crawford slapped the ball to the right, put the ball away, and threw a three-pointer on the right side of the top arc!

Liu Mang rushed forward and successfully interfered with Crawford's shot.

but!It's useless to interfere!

Crawford's three-point shot was hollow!
As one of the best nerve knives in the league, Crawford is so elusive, just do it!
8 is better than 10!

Crawford made his due contribution as soon as he came up, and he pierced the opponent's defense at once when he couldn't break through the opponent's defense.

Looking back, the Eagles were in a difficult situation. During the timeout, the Mavericks made defensive adjustments to Liu Mang and McGrady, blocked these two players and defended the basket, leaving Prince vacant, and Prince missed a three-pointer!

Immediately, Crawford used Nowitzki's pick-and-roll to step into the three-point line and hit a long two-point shot!

Come up and watch 5 points to tie the score!

General Johnson made a very correct choice and replaced Crawford early, so that the Mavericks did not have to be in trouble for a long time.

Crawford opened up this point, and everyone else was relatively liberated. After Harris was replaced on the outside of the Mavericks, Crawford, Stackhouse, Josh Howard, and Nowitzki were all able to shoot three-pointers.

In the original time and space, there is a reason why Prince, as the top three perimeter single-defense masters in the league, could not get a high salary during his peak period. His scoring ability is too poor, only slightly better than Tony Allen's offense in the future, with a 30.00% three-point shooting percentage.

In today's game, Prince did a good job of defending. The outside fast rotation defense built with Liu Mang, McGrady, and Josh Smith did a good job, but he was not as good as Josh Howard in terms of open three-pointers.

In the 7th minute of the first quarter, the Eagles called a timeout.

Liu Mang walked off the field. After scoring 8 points in the opening game, he didn't score a single point in the next 3 minutes. He only had one throw-in shot, and he didn't have many shots. He only got one assist, which was passed to Josh Smith for a counter-attack dunk.

3分钟老鹰队只靠着约什-史密斯的扣篮和夸梅-布朗的又一个补篮拿到4分，7分钟14分不错了，可在开局4分钟拿到10分的情况下7分钟只拿到14分，那就很惨了。

As for the Mavericks, Liu Mang felt worthy of being one of the best offensive teams in the West, scoring 3 points in 13 minutes!After Crawford scored 1 points in a row, Josh Howard made two three-pointers, and Nowitzki made two free throws for a foul. They scored 5 points in 7 minutes!
A key adjustment to make the Mavericks offense fully alive!And the more you play the better!

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Liu Mang returned to the bench, and Coach Kruger called him over.

"Ace, strengthen the defense or strengthen the offense?" Coach Kruger asked. In the current situation, Coach Kruger feels that strengthening the defense is not effective!
The key to using this strategy is that the opponent has players who can't shoot. Even one player is enough, such as Harris or Wade of the Heat. They don't have three-pointers, so high-speed rotation defense is very effective for them.

But now the Mavericks' four outside players can shoot, and the center under the basket cannot be ignored. The height of [-] meters is there.

Coach Kruger is good at tactics rather than decision-making, so he threw the blame on Liu Mang.

"Let Jason play early. With him in our offense, we can fight. The Mavericks feel good today. We may not be able to defend." Liu Mang and coach Kruger had the same idea.

Same idea!
Coach Kruger called the players together and rearranged the tactics.

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After the timeout, the Eagles sent Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Tracy McGrady, Rasheed Wallace, and Mourning.

Coach Kruger replaced Prince with Jason Terry, Liu Mang and McGrady stayed on the court, Rasheed Wallace replaced Josh Smith, Josh Smith was too crowded on the court, and he didn’t shoot. He replaced Kwame Brown with Mourning, who was going to deal with Dampier. Coach Kruger felt that it was time for Dampier to rest, so he asked Kwame Brown to take a rest too.

Thanks to Kwame Brown grabbing two offensive rebounds and making tip-ups during the first half of the quarter, the Eagles would have been the only one left to create scoring opportunities.

On the Mavericks side, as expected, Dampier was replaced, and Crawford, Marquis Daniels, Josh Howard, Nowitzki, and Desagena Diop joined hands.

The Eagles attack.

Before playing, Liu Mang pulled Jason Terry aside and said a few words, Jason Terry's eyes lit up.

Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt, where he met a player with a strange appearance.

The world-famous Dallas Double Ugly is online!

Double Ugly is really powerful, Josh Howard's defensive rating is 83, Daniels' defensive rating is 84, and they are both defenders with strong physical fitness.

Josh Howard was sent by the Eagles because of the needs of the team.

But Daniels, the undrafted pick favored by the old Nelson, is very surprising. His performance has exceeded expectations since his rookie year. After his rookie year, he got a 6-year 3800 million contract.

Both Josh Howard and Daniels are tall players with excellent wingspan, fast movement, and strong confrontation... Except for the fact that they are both relatively worrying about their golf intelligence, the offensive and defensive lines of the two ugly partners are very strong.

As soon as Liu Mang got beyond the three-point line, Daniels immediately gave a strong defensive pressure.

Jason Terry was very excited when he came up and asked Liu Mang for the ball.

Liu Mang didn't stick to the ball, and immediately gave the ball to Jason Terry, then ran to the left at a 45-degree angle, and served as left and right guards with McGrady, who was close to the sideline at a 45-degree angle on the right, to open up space for Jason Terry.

When Jason Terry saw Crawford's coquettish performance, he couldn't hold back for a long time!
Crawford saw Jason Terry, a strong opponent for the best sixth man, and he was also very serious in defense, trying to guard Jason Terry.

Jason Terry faced Crawford, very cautious but not nervous. He didn't take Crawford seriously. He was only so excited because Crawford played from the bench to help the Mavericks turn the situation around and steal the limelight as the sixth man.

Crawford had been watching Jason Terry dribble, and suddenly Jason Terry said to him, "You know what, kid?"

(End of this chapter)