From today on is the king

Chapter 1370 1369. Prelude to Madness

The inability to guard the inside is a big problem. Fortunately, Liu Mang has strong offensive restraint, McGrady and Rondo can also break through and create opportunities, so that Battier, Jason Terry, Marion, and Granger who play alternately can have air cuts or medium and long-range shooting opportunities.

When these teammates really can't make a shot, Liu Mang will come by himself.

Today, Liu Mang feels good, like a beast inside and out. Nuggets coach George Karl can only put two guns on the court for a long time. With Iverson's breakthrough, mid-range shot and pass, coupled with Anthony's excellent basket confrontation after gaining weight, plus a group of role players who can run, jump and shoot, they have resisted Mitaka's offensive.

Super attack battle!It's worse than the Eagles playing the Suns.

Because the two teams couldn't defend against each other, and both took advantage of the loopholes in the opponent's defense, the scene was very hot, and the scores of both teams continued to rise.

Liu Mang scored 19 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, plus Tracy McGrady's 6 points and 3 assists, Rondo's 2 points and 2 assists, Jason Terry's 5 points, Kwame Brown's two supplementary dunks and cakes, and Granger, Battier, Marion and others scored without the ball. The Eagles scored 38 points in a single quarter!
The Nuggets were not bad either, with 32 points in a single quarter. After three quarters, Liu Mang's connection with Rondo at the last moment created a chance for Rondo to cut in and score. The Eagles led the Nuggets 99-98 by one point and entered the fourth quarter.

From the comparison of the strength of the starting lineup, the Eagles are still much stronger than the Nuggets, mainly due to the large gap in the bench lineup.

However, there is the perpetual motion machine Liu Mang!
After playing 6 minutes less in the second quarter and being beaten 33-27 by the opponent in the single quarter, Liu Mang played the full third quarter and successfully returned the opponent 38-32.

Liu Mang scored 35 points in the third quarter!

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At the end of the quarter, Iverson had to start a one-on-one singles with Anthony.

The main reason is that the role players can no longer run!

Camby and Nene can only be said to be average in physical fitness, not bad, but they can’t be called excellent. If Kenyon Martin is there, they have more options. Without Kenyon Martin, the two of them can’t stand the Eagles running and playing like this. rate is higher.

Although the Nuggets also like to run and play, it’s not like running for the entire game. Generally speaking, the opponents will try to limit their speed, but this time the Eagles are different. Liu Mang is the only one who doesn’t move, and rests when he is tired in other positions. Anyway, most of the time is in the fifth grade.

McGrady, who scored 19 points and 7 assists in the three quarters, ran for 28 minutes in the three quarters and was exhausted. In the fourth quarter, he pointed at Liu Mang and Jason Terry.

The main reason is Liu Mang!
Anthony made a mid-range shot, Liu Mang shot a three-point shot in return, Iverson made a jump shot from a mid-range emergency stop, Liu Mang rushed to the inside to attract the defense and then passed it to the basket. Marion scored two points with a throw.

In the second half, Liu Mang's touch completely exploded!

Iverson thinks he is the kind of physical master who can toss his opponent to death, but every time he meets Liu Mang, he feels that his physical strength is not enough!
In the middle of the fourth quarter, Iverson began to gasp, while Liu Mang kept rushing towards the basket and drawing fouls.

The Nuggets can only foul. Two-teaming is the limit. The advantage of a small lineup is that there are more shooters, two-teaming, three-defense and four-defense. They can also control the outside line that the Eagles have already shot.

but……

The inside line of the Nuggets, whose physical fitness has declined, fouled frequently when they started to defend Liu Mang in the 3rd minute of the fourth quarter!
In the 8th minute of the fourth quarter, Camby got his sixth foul of the game and left the field with full fouls!
By this time, Liu Mang had scored 20 points in a single quarter!

5 of 3 three-pointers in a single quarter, 9 of 5 shots from the field, 9 of 7 free throws, counting the two free throws that have not yet been made, Liu Mang has already made 11 free throws in a single quarter!

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line, made one of two free throws, and was directly photographed by Camby. Liu Mang's free throw was also affected to a certain extent, and the first free throw was missed.

But at this time the Eagles have already led 126 to 121 by 5 points!

Liu Mang's personal score also increased to 56 points!
The Golden Guns have scored 71 points so far, which is quite coquettish, but among the three eagles, Liu Mang scored 56 points, McGrady scored 24 points, Jason Terry scored 16 points, and Mitaka scored 96 points!
At the critical moment, the Nuggets called a timeout!
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After returning from the timeout, the Eagles deployed the strongest lineup of Mihawk + Marion + Kwame Brown.

On the Nuggets side, Iverson, JR-Smith, Anthony, Reggie-Evans, and Nene's current strongest lineup played.

Relying on Anthony's wave of three-pointers, the Nuggets narrowed the point difference to two points, easing the crisis.

When the Eagles attacked and Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, Iverson and JR-Smith began to double-team Liu Mang in advance.

Liu Mang shot one-on-one against the defense, and his shooting percentage was higher than others. He made 33 of 19 shots in the game. They would rather leave the Eagles open than let Liu Mang play one-on-one with the ball.

At this time, Liu Mang didn't even think about getting 60 points. It's not that he hasn't scored 6+ points. He has scored 60+ points 60 times, not counting Kobe. Other active players may not have as many [-]+ points as Liu Mang. He is not as persistent as before.

Now that Liu Mang is in a state of high concentration, he immediately switches to the mode of organizing the offense and sends the ball to McGrady who is playing together.

In the fourth quarter, McGrady served as a pitcher for most of the quarter, recovered his physical strength, rushed to the inside, pulled the bar for a layup without Camby, and scored two points on Nene's header.

When it came time for the Nuggets to attack, Anthony had the Mamba mentality. After making one shot, he immediately shot the second one. Regardless of his 5-for-1 three-point shooting today, he hit it hard!
Kwame Brown protected the defensive rebound and immediately passed it to Liu Mang.

Liu Mang rushed up, and a group of Nuggets chased him. Liu Mang slowed down a little, waited for Marion to rush into the three-point line, and then distributed the ball. Marion counterattacked and scored two points!

130 to 124, the point difference came to 6 points!

The Nuggets began to panic. Iverson made a breakthrough and made a mistake and was intercepted by Jason Terry!

Liu Mang rushed to the frontcourt first, but Jason Terry ignored Liu Mang during the counterattack, and chased him with a three-pointer...

When Liu Mang said XXX was about to come out, Jason Terry made a crucial three-pointer!

133 to 124, relying on Jason Terry's key three-pointer, the Eagles opened the point difference to 9 points!
When Jason Terry waved at the critical moment, not only Liu Mang, but also the fans and the rest of the Eagles were twitched, but they got in!

When the Nuggets called a timeout again, the Hawks immediately surrounded Jason Terry...

Waves are the last word!

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After returning from the timeout, the Nuggets still missed the first attack. Iverson's emergency stop jump shot was broken, and he only touched the front of the basket.

Liu Mang grabbed the rebound and pressed the rhythm to advance to the frontcourt.

Only 4 points left to reach 60+. Liu Mang saw Iverson and JR-Smith pinching up. JR-Smith was sticking to Liu Mang. At this time, Liu Mang really wanted to throw it away... What matters is the overall situation, why don't you care... I still want it...

"Steady, don't throw randomly!"

At this time, Liu Mang heard a shout, and missed the best chance to make a shot. Iverson had already double-teamed.

Liu Mang passed the ball to Jason Terry, and really wanted to ask Jason Terry in his ear: Who started the wave?
Jason Terry received the ball, took a step and dribbled the ball under the crotch in the mid-range, and when Nene came out of defense, Jason Terry blocked the mid-range pull-up jumper against Nene...

Two points hit!

135 to 124, the Eagles lead by 11 points!

Liu Mang is about to vomit blood!
What about keeping the waves steady?

But people have entered!

Liu Mang looked at Jason Terry resentfully, and hurried back to defend.

Anthony's probing three-pointer from outside the three-point line... didn't make it, but fortunately, Nene tipped the basket and scored two points.

1 minutes and 47 seconds left!
For the Nuggets, the difference of 9 points is nothing, and there is only 1 minute and 47 seconds left, which is not a big problem. If they can play a wave of counterattacks, they still have a chance. The key is that Iverson, who played for more than 46 minutes, began to have physical problems!

Iverson is the person with the best physical strength in the Nuggets, and his physical strength has problems, let alone others.

Although Iverson still wants to fight, the rest of the Nuggets are now only thinking about not letting Liu Mang get 60+ for the first time this season on their heads.

Liu Reck is sure to be able to score 60+. The Nuggets players are very sure that many of their players entered the NBA after Liu Reck. They have seen Liu Reck's crazy career start. Except for his rookie season, Liu Reck has a 60+ performance in every season after that, but they don't want to be Liu Reck's first 60+ this season.

The Nuggets players started pinching Liu Mang's return serve!
This is obviously not the defense arranged by George Karl, but it is very effective in curbing Liu Mang's scoring. They simply don't let Liu Mang catch the ball.

Marion received the ball and rushed to the frontcourt, only JR-Smith caught up, and Marion scored two points with an easy dunk.

In the last minute or so, the point difference hovered around 10 points. The Nuggets couldn't defend themselves and could only block Liu Mang's scoring. The Eagles actually couldn't defend themselves, but Anthony was obviously short of three-pointers this year. In the fourth quarter, he didn't go inside.

In the end, the Eagles defeated the Nuggets 139 to 131 by 8 points and won their first victory in mid-January!
The two teams shot crazy in this game. The Eagle team has cast 98 times, the Nuggets ... 110 times, Anthony 41 points and 13 boards are indispensable, 8 offensive rebounds ... have cast a lot, and the Eagle team has reached 40.00%in such a high shot. It is quite good. In addition to 50 points and 33 assists, Iverson also has 10 rebounds.

The two teams scored a total of 110 rebounds!

刘莽看着自己56分12板6助攻6盖帽1抢断4失误的数据……34投19中，三分球9中7，罚球15中11……除了罚球命中率因为这年代对抗大低了点，刘莽仿佛看到了13年后那位王者的数据……

This game is a bit like Liu Mang's impression of the game under the rules of the league that restrains defense and encourages offense ten years later.

I was very happy because I won.

However, Liu Mang revisited the game after the game... It feels like a lot of things are missing, and the score is too much, but I feel that I can't fully use my skills!
Especially defense, there is a kind of dull feeling, it feels like the feeling of saint mode after watching Ozawa's movie, it is cool, but there is nothing to linger on.

Although scoring 56 points, compared to scoring 40+ in a loss against the Lakers, there are much fewer things to reminisce about...

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Liu Mang entered the sage mode, and began to worry about whether he could get used to it after the big changes in the rules in the future.

But after thinking about it for a while, Liu Mang didn't think about it anymore. It will all be seven or eight years later. It may be earlier because of his relationship, but it will definitely be after the next labor negotiation. There will be no such big changes in five or six years, and he may have gotten used to it by then.

Humans always change with the surrounding environment. Liu Mang is still looking forward to the defensive rules that will be fouled at the touch of a touch in the future. Apart from the king, there is also a strange man who chooses the most difficult path. Is there anyone else who can adapt to that rule better than him?
Liu Mang was thinking about it here, but with other people, this night caused headaches for the management of many teams.

The Eagles lost a defensive team, lost the best pitcher in the league's bench, and lost a key backup center. It is true that their strength has been greatly damaged at this stage, but... a beast was released!
Although the gap between the strength of the Eagles and the first group has become a little bigger, it has also become more uncontrollable!

Liu Mang averaged 38.1 points per game. The horror of that season was just two years ago. Now Liu Mang has "grown up" by two years, and his personal ability has become stronger.

Originally, when the Eagles did not trade and needed to share more playing time with more substitutes, it was relatively easy for some teams to compete for rankings or playoff spots to win against the Eagles.

But it's different now. Without Korver and Prince, Rondo and Granger will have a stable playing time, and the main players of the Eagles will play longer!
It is not a good thing for the Eagles to alleviate the physical problems of the players, and it is not a good thing for the opponents!
Liu Reck's current simple and crude scoring-based style of play does sometimes give opponents an opportunity because of Liu Reck's poor hand feel.

But once Liu Mang gets ready...

(End of this chapter)