From today on is the king

Chapter 1174 1173. Almost Won

Liu Mang knew that it was impossible for this lineup to defend against the Jazz with Deron, Boozer, and Kirilenko, especially since their center was actually the team's best three-point shooter, and he was also a tank-type three-point shooter.

So when Liu Mang was training tactically during the day, the tactics he discussed with his teammates was to lock up all the data of Deron as much as possible, and then use counterattacks to solve the problem.

The first quarter was pretty good, David Lee's mid-range shot and high pass, Liu Mang's own singles score, Kwame Brown ate the cake, Iguodala scored the ball, and Korver opened up the space.

But that all changed in the second quarter, when Granger and Horry joined the front line.  …

Horry spent dozens of games sacrificed, and finally broke out in the previous one, and then closed the coffin lid again. The offensive end couldn't make a shot, and the defensive end was eaten alive by Boozer...

With David Lee's strong body, even if he has no defensive ability, it is still possible to carry Boozer's low-post strength, but Horry, Boozer played like O'Neal and Yao Ming, crashed in and directly hooked, and Mourning was too late to defend.

Granger... that's the real deal, much better than Iguodala and Josh Smith's rookie seasons.

Finally, in the second quarter, the advantage of the Jazz began to become obvious. Relying on Boozer scoring 9 points in a row, the Jazz played a wave of 14 to 6, and suddenly opened the point difference to 9 points.

Liu Mang also figured it out, now these teammates who can play are fine in the starting stage, but when it comes to the rotation stage, the offense is too miserable!
The key is that these teammates who can play, except for Kwame Brown and Iguodala, are not the kind of players who can maintain the continuity of the state. Including Korver, Korver is only in the third grade after all.

After the rotation lineup came up, facing the opponent's main lineup that could play more than 40 minutes and continued to play, the offensive efficiency of the Eagles' rotation lineup plummeted.

Liu Mang simply asked his teammates to frantically block Deron's data, preferring to let others score or get assists, not to let Deron have a chance to get the data.

On the offensive end, Liu Mang will do it himself!

A large number of shots, crazy shots, pass the ball directly when there is a chance to send an assist, and opened the one-man-one-city mode.

Liu Mang’s style of play in the middle of the second quarter is very simple. He keeps dribbling the ball and shoots when he has the opportunity. If the Eagles’ offense is completed in 15 seconds, the ball is in Liu Mang’s hands for 13 seconds. Except for direct assists and passes, he basically does not pass. It takes time and he shoots alone.

Not to mention, Liu Mang playing blindly by himself is better than playing tactics with this rotation lineup...

After halftime, the Eagles were 43 to 56, 13 points behind the Jazz.

Liu Mang scored 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in the half.

On Delong's side, facing Liu Mang's strategy, he scored 4 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists in the halftime...

If it is based on the full strength of the two teams, both sides will try their best to win the game, Liu Mang wants to suppress Delong's data in all directions, it is not that simple.

Delong has shown a very high enthusiasm and excitement since the first matchup with Liu Mang.

If the two sides played normally according to the tactics, the Jazz flanked Liu Mang a lot, Deron played very hard, and the Jazz played so well in the pick-and-roll today, Deron might pose a great threat to Liu Mang in terms of assists.

However, the Eagles' attempt to give up the game gave Liu Mang a chance to make some defensive moves. The Eagles' defense blocked Deron.

The head coach of the Jazz, Coach Sloan, saw the Eagles' defensive strategy, so he arranged Deron's first-pass tactics for the Eagles' defensive strategy during the intermission, using Boozer, Kirisek, and Kirilenko as the real organization points.

After the start of the second half of the game, Liu Mang brought the starting lineup back for a wave. When it was time to rotate the lineup, Liu Mang continued to start the one-man-one-city mode without hesitation.

However, the gap in the lineup is obvious. The Eagles have Liu Mang and Kwame Brown. The most powerful Iguodala has an ability rating of 79. As a second-year player, and not a second-year player who was trained as a core player, his ability rating of 79 is very good.

By the middle of the fourth quarter, the point difference was still more than 10 points.

With 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Hawks trailed by 84 points, 95-11.

In the last 5 and a half minutes, Liu Mang started throwing directly beyond the three-point line after halftime, and once made three consecutive three-pointers to narrow the point difference to 6 points. The Jazz were so scared that they rushed to play a wave of fierce attacks and confronted Liu Mang.

最终，39投17中、三分19中8，罚球5中4，拿到46分8板8助攻3抢断2盖帽的刘莽还是没能带领孱弱的阵容翻盘。

96 to 101, the Eagles lost their ninth game of the season.

The lineup of the Eagles almost turned over, scaring the players of the Jazz into a cold sweat.

得亏是靠着布泽尔单场拿到41分17板4助攻的数据，力压拿到17分18板的夸梅-布朗，基里连科拿到13分7板7助攻4抢断4盖帽的数据，替补席的哈普林拿到15分，奥库虽然只拿到10分4板，但帮布泽尔挡人抢板，守住防守篮板，爵士队才险胜老鹰队5分。

德隆打了33分钟，11投2中，拿到7分2板3助攻4失误……

As long as he took the ball and prepared to organize an attack, he was targeted. Delong felt the most evil malice from Liu Mang.

But won!

Deron found a reason to comfort himself, they won!
Deron now has another chance to show off in front of the opponent with 5-8 embroidered on his chest. His team is the only team that has swept the Eagles in the regular season in three years!

In the end, they still lost. When the Eagles fans saw that Liu Mang scored three three-pointers in a row with only 4 minutes left in the game, he scored a wave of 9 to 4 by himself and narrowed the point difference to 6 points.

It's a pity that the Jazz defended the basket and pinched Liu Mang. Liu Mang sent open three-pointers to his teammates. Without McGrady, Jason Terry, and Rasheed Wallace, it was true that Liu Mang was the only three-pointer left for the Hawks. Korver and Calderon scored four three-pointers in the first half, but neither made a single three-pointer in the second half.

Horry... 5 for 0, swallowing all the three-pointers made in the previous burst.

……

Liu Mang looked at "Jason Kidd & Deron Williams optional peak star card", a field control master with a 94 ability rating, and a second-generation pick-and-roll king with a 93 ability rating. Fortunately, he lost.

At the end of the game, Liu Mang broke out in a cold sweat when he saw the score, and almost won!

During the game, he was completely immersed in the rhythm of the game, leaving all the tasks behind him. He definitely wanted to win during the game, but after the game, he felt that it was okay to lose. There was one last game, and if he won, he would still be able to break the historical record and get Jordan's 95-96 season star card.

After the Hawks lost to the Jazz, the last game became a must-win game. Liu Mang led the team with such a big disadvantage in the lineup, and almost turned the tables, letting people see his strength.

Especially the three-pointers, the opponents defense is like that, and there are 19 of 8 three-pointers, and the three-point shooting rate is above 40.00%. People don't know how to describe Liu Mang's epoch-making three-pointer.

On April 4, the last rest day of the Eagles regular season, the Eagles held a tactical meeting for the game against the Knicks.

However, during the tactical meeting, from the coaching staff to the players, there were not many opinions that could be raised.

The Knicks...their style of play has no routine at all!

First of all, Larry Brown is not good at offense at all, and the dream team can be played as a singles team by him.

Then there is the Knicks with a record of 19 wins and 62 losses, the last in the league. Such a team basically has no so-called absolute strengths. Even Marbury only averaged 16 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists per game this season.

Eddie Curry... after getting a big contract, he will be so bad. He averages 12 points and 5 rebounds per game. He can only play 20 minutes a game. He is very efficient, but his weight this year is about the same as Yao Ming.

Eddie Curry can play 20 minutes, which is already a talent.

No matter from any angle, the Eagles players can't find anything worth guarding against each other.

But the more this is the case, the more the Eagles coaching staff emphasizes the need to focus.

The Knicks have won 19 games anyway, including road wins over the Heat and Mavericks.

Regarding how the Knicks won those two games, after watching the video clips together, the Eagles didn’t quite understand. In the two games, both the Heat and the Mavericks fell into a scoring drought for no reason.

After some discussion, the Eagles came to a conclusion.

Both the Heat and the Mavericks are careless!
……

On the last rest day of the regular season, after the Eagles' tactical meeting, a tactical training session was held in the afternoon, ending the work on the last rest day of the regular season.

After the training, Liu Mang was still a little bit reluctant, this season is too dreamy!

The assist king is about to get his hands.

Seeing that the playoffs are only one game away, Liu Mang is still a little timid.

This timidity is not fear, but an indescribable feeling.

Like every season, there's always some weird feeling about the unknown playoff journey that's about to begin.

Just when Liu Mang was about to go home after taking a shower, the long-lost mission reminder came.

"Ding... The Avengers series of missions: the trigger of despair in the Big Apple City..."

(End of this chapter)