From today on is the king

Chapter 1381. 1380. The grudge with the Bulls was settled (6000+ words chapter)
When it came time for the Bulls to attack, Luol Deng went to the low post to shove Liu Mang...he couldn't do it!
But Liu Mang failed to defend Luol Deng's turnaround jumper, and the Bulls scored two points.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Eagles attack.

Rondo obviously also noticed the difference between their defense and the Bulls. Seeing the opponent who was obviously ready to let him go to flank Liu Mang or McGrady's long shot, Rondo signaled Liu Mang to go to the left corner.

Liu Mang didn't ask and didn't stand still. He immediately went to the bottom corner. It is the best choice to leave the tactical adjustment to the tactician. Liu Mang ran to the left corner and waited.

The 45-degree angle on the left side, the top arc to the right side of the top arc, and the newly developed right bottom corner by Liu Mang this season are three three-pointers. His three-point shooting percentage exceeds 40.00%. Although the three-pointers in other positions are also strong, they are all between 30.00%.

Liu Mang went to the left corner, which was beyond the Bulls' defensive expectations. When Liu Mang went there, the containment force would be much smaller.

When Liu Mang ran to the left corner, Rondo asked McGrady to go to the low post on the right and hit Luol Deng with his back!
McGrady's low-post skills are top-notch and the closest to the top. He easily got a turnaround jump shot from Luol Deng. Just when Garnett was about to help defend, Rondo without the ball picked and rolled Marion, who blocked Ben Wallace, and Marion cut inside!
Garnett wants to block Kwame Brown's pie-eating route. When he sees Marion cutting in, he has to pay attention to Marion again. McGrady has entered a perfect one-on-one state, turning around and throwing shots...

Also hit!

This is just the beginning of Rondo's offensive tactical adjustments!
When it came to the Bulls offense, the Hawks thought about sending Ben Wallace to the mid-range to catch the ball and give Ben Wallace space to shoot, but there was a problem...

Ben Wallace is not stupid. He just doesn’t go out. He keeps squatting under the basket. When it takes three seconds, he leaves the basket for a moment and then goes back. Kwame Brown has to defend the basket. Although there is room for help defense to cut in, the Bulls hardly score inside except for Luol Deng’s occasional low-post singles and second offense. The end point of most tactics is mid-range shots.

Garnett encountered McGrady's defense, defending Garnett, McGrady became serious, but he couldn't defend if he was serious, Garnett made a beep from the middle distance, and hit a long two-pointer with a step outside the free throw line!
When the Eagles attacked, Liu Mang was assigned to the left corner, and McGrady went to the right low post to continue to demand.

After the Eagles' last round of offense, the Bulls communicated urgently before their offense because Liu Mang went to an unexpected position. The Bulls have adjusted this time!

When Rondo blocked Ben Wallace with his thin body and small movements, Ben Wallace immediately let go of Rondo and Marion and rushed to the left bottom corner. Sefolosa moved to the middle distance to block Marion's cut, and Hinrich also went up to block Marion.

The Bulls' high-speed rotation defense is up again!
But... Seeing Ben Wallace blocking him, Liu Mang immediately cut in from the bottom line!

Ben Wallace is very hard on defense, but he is not at his peak after all. He just rushed to the bottom corner when Liu Mang turned around and rushed in from the bottom line next to him.

The Bulls' Hinrich is very important on the defensive end. The center can prevent Rondo from cutting, and the bottom line can block Liu Mang from cutting. But Kwame Brown took the initiative to leave the threat zone at this time and went up to block Hinrich!

When Liu Mang rushed to the edge of the three-second zone, McGrady, who attracted the help of Luol Deng and Garnett, passed the ball to Liu Mang.

A pass between people!

Liu Mang received the ball and took off directly from the left side of the three-second zone!
Garnett moved really fast. McGrady passed the ball and immediately turned around and moved towards the back. Liu Mang saw that Garnett who turned around was not afraid and smashed the ball to the basket.

But!Garnett dodges!
If you can't prevent it, you will never fight hard, reduce fouls, and allow yourself to contribute more on the court. This is Garnett's basketball philosophy.

Liu Mang scored two points with a battle-axe dunk.

The Eagles have offensive master Rondo, who is a natural genius, to make offensive adjustments on the court. During the timeout, Stockton and Mike Woodson made adjustments on both ends of the offense and defense. The Bulls have Garnett, who has more experience and excellent offensive and defensive adjustments.

The main reason is that Garnett took advantage of Liu Mang's offensive foul and took the initiative to provoke the confrontation on the court to increase the confrontation on the court and reduce the rhythm of the court. Both teams entered a state of going all out.

This is obviously more beneficial to the Bulls, and the slow pace allows them to have more opportunities for tactical adjustments.

After the official timeout in the first quarter, the Eagles trailed by two points 11 to 13!

It took 7 minutes to score 11 points. This is the strongest defense the Eagles have encountered this season!
Full of confrontation, the two teams made a lot of mistakes, but there were not many fouls. This achieved what Garnett wanted. There were more confrontations.

After half a quarter of the game, Liu Mang also understood this.

"This ghost head is really a little clever guy! A high school student's little cleverness." Liu Mang returned to the bench, and defending Luol Deng was not an easy task. After all, Luol Deng is also a small forward with a height of more than two meters.

Due to Garnett's aggressiveness on the defensive end, Liu Mang had two chances to cause fouls in half a quarter, but Garnett has been guarding against Liu Mang's fouls, and Liu Mang failed both times.

The starting stage was fine, the Eagles did not have a clear disadvantage. Before the official timeout, the Bulls relied on a strong three-pointer before the 24-second violation to overtake the Eagles by two points, forcing the Eagles to call a timeout.

From the tactical contest of the starting lineup, the Eagles are relatively stronger.

But when it comes to the rotation stage, Liu Mang feels a lot of pressure!

"Create a foul and win the game... These two mission requirements can actually be counted as one. If it can cause Garnett's foul crisis, the Eagles' chances of winning will increase from [-] to [-], which can greatly increase the chances of winning... Let me do it myself!"

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"This is a kind of protection for you, you know, Rajon, the more time you play, the more your opponent will know about you, you need to analyze the opponent's tactical changes on the sidelines..." Granger comforted Rondo like a little brother.

Rondo's expression had always been that of a dead fish, and others couldn't tell whether he was happy or not, but Granger, who shared a villa with Rondo, could see that the little brother was unhappy.

Back from the timeout, Rondo was replaced, and the forward-back combination of Tracy McGrady and Battier played with Liu Mang.

Obviously, with Rondo on the court, the team's offense will be organized better. Although Liu Mang's organizational offense is also top-notch, and McGrady is even close to the top, but Rondo's consciousness is master-level, the kind of natural commander's consciousness. Neither Liu Mang nor McGrady can keep up, but he still has to be replaced.

The coach needs to weigh a lot of things, and there is no way for Liu Mang to change this. Even if Korver and Prince are on the outside, Rondo only plays about 20 minutes per game, not too much. Age, other stars of the team, are all things that the coaching staff needs to weigh.

After returning from the timeout, Liu Mang started to waver.

Liu Mang and McGrady started a singles game, and whoever met Sefulosa would play a singles game.

Severosa is very talented defensively, and may be a favorite in the first defense in a few years, but he is too young and still a rookie. Although he defends well, he is still the weakest defensive part of the Bulls' starting perimeter trio.

As for Hinrich...Liu Mang and McGrady are too experienced in beating him, and the effect is far less effective than Luol Deng, the British Jordan.

Relatively speaking, Liu Mang is more efficient in singles. Whether defending Liu Mang or McGrady, Sefulosa is very afraid of the three-pointers of the two, and sticks very closely.

Every time Liu Mang meets Garnett to defend him, he will take the initiative to lean on Garnett. Garnett reacts quickly and avoids it every time.

Liu Mang ended the first quarter with a [-]% shooting rate.

After the first quarter, the Eagles were 23 to 24, 1 point behind the Bulls.

Liu Mang scored 8 points on 4 of 10 shots in the first quarter.

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In the second quarter, McGrady was replaced, and Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Battier, David Lee and rookie Gortat played.

The game has been anxious, Liu Mang has been looking for opportunities to touch porcelain in the first quarter, or to make an offensive foul, but he failed to get Garnett to foul. He continued to play in the second quarter, and coach Kruger did not stop him. Playing against a strong team like the Bulls, Liu Mang would not stop coach Kruger. This may be the opponent in the second round of the playoffs.

The Bulls had a strong rotation lineup. In the second quarter, Duhon, Nocioni, Luol Deng, Garnett, and Big Z were sent to the rotation lineup.

With Ben Wallace and Big Z, Garnett will always have an excellent tank center behind him, allowing Garnett to fully demonstrate his defensive ability.

Liu Mang is also very excited about his first partner with Gortat. After Kwame Brown played the first quarter and rested, he also has a relatively reliable center partner.

“能力评价80，场均20分钟出场时间拿到7.2分2板4助攻……”

Liu Mang looked at Du Hong who was advancing, and chose to leave half a step to defend. To defend against Du Hong, he needed to defend against sudden shots. Compared with Hinrich, Du Hong was not as stable, but he was more comprehensive, with good breakthrough and shooting abilities.

When Liu Mang was defending against Luol Deng, because Luol Deng could not use breakthroughs to deal with offense against him, and he had an obvious height advantage, the suppressing effect of Liu Mang's "gloves" was not triggered, but Du Hong advanced to the front and defended against Liu Mang, feeling as if he was caught in a big net.

That kind of psychological oppression made Du Hong feel out of breath.

The anti-burst and anti-shoot position is a good defensive method, but it also gives the opponent both breakthrough opportunities and shooting opportunities. It all depends on the defender's reaction speed and defensive skills.

Normally, Du Hong would insist on his own offense when faced with such a defense, but this time he was discouraged and chose to pick and roll instead of fighting Liu Mang.

"The opportunity is here!"

Liu Mang watched Du Hong find Garnett to pick and roll, which is what he wanted.

Before Rondo and Battier defended Hinrich, Liu Mang didn't have a good opportunity to contact Garnett on the defensive end. This time is the best opportunity!

After Garnett blocked Liu Mang, Liu Mang immediately switched defenses with David Lee, and Gortat was on the right side of the three-second zone, on Du Hong's breakthrough route. Du Hong couldn't pass the ball to Big Z. Big Z moved slowly, and David Lee could switch defenses.

The defensive ability of this pair of insiders is average, but the opponent's backup point guard and backup center are also a little weaker than the starting ability. Duhon still gave the ball to Garnett.

Garnett looked at Liu Mang who was sticking to his back, and let out a grin.

"Knock him to death!"

Garnett has been thinking for a long time about wanting to fuck Liu Mang, and finally has the chance!

Garnett raised his elbows habitually, trying to overthrow Liu Mang... turn over and shoot a jumper!
Just when Garnett raised his elbow and wanted to use small movements to push Liu Mang away, he heard an "ah..."...

"That's not right! I hit the wrong place..."

"Beep..."

Garnett just didn't feel right when the referee blew his whistle!

Garnett lowered his center of gravity on his own initiative, bending his back to fight, and his arms should only touch Liu Mang's chest, but Liu Mang fell to the ground, clutching his chin.

The Eagles immediately surrounded them, and so did the Bulls.

The referee was ready this time, and immediately called an offensive foul, and then stood between the players of the two teams.

The referee is going numb... There was almost a conflict at the beginning of the first quarter, and it came again in the second quarter!
This guy every time - Kevin Garnett!It's him every time!
When Liu Mang was supported by his teammates, he shook his head, feeling dizzy: "Use the primary injury potion..."

Liu Mang's chin was elbowed, and his head almost passed out at that time. The chin was elbowed. Fortunately, Liu Mang took the initiative to stick it on, and he took the initiative to lean back when Garnett elbowed.
After spending a primary injury potion and 500 superstar points, Liu Mang's feeling of dizziness dissipated.

"Never do this kind of thing again..."

Liu Mang knew the reason why Garnett made many small moves but not many people made him foul... His hands are too dark!It's not for nothing that this guy clashes with his opponent every day!
On the good side, Liu Mang completed one-third of the task and made Garnett a defensive foul!
The bad news is that Garnett fouled for the first time in this game.

"How did this ghost head do it, so many small moves and so few fouls..."

Liu Mang looked at Garnett, who was chattering with the referee, and cursed the guy for being sent off for two technical fouls by the referee.

But the referee didn't do that. This is the Bulls' home court, and Garnett is the most popular star this season, the All-Star vote leader, and his status in the league. The referee just ignored Garnett and signaled the Eagles to attack.

Liu Mang focused on the offensive end, playing singles with Jason Terry, toughened the Bulls.

However, in the second quarter, the Eagles were still at a disadvantage. With Big Z, the Bulls had more options on the offensive end. Big Z’s catch and catch at the basket and mid-range shots were all very good.

Of course, the Bulls don't shoot high, but they have defense!
Jason Terry played poorly today. The Bulls have a good defensive attitude and are not easy to lose their positions. The offensive burden is all on Liu Mang.

Liu Mang's three-pointer around the pick-and-roll, breakthrough jumper, except for David Lee's occasional low singles can score one, the Bulls' defense against the rest of the Eagles is very fierce, Liu Mang can only do it by himself.

Of course, Liu Mang also believed in his own ability, so he made consecutive shots.

But efficiency... When his teammates couldn't give good feedback, Liu Mang fell into a situation of going it alone. Gortat was new to the team and wasn't quite used to partnering with Liu Mang, so he was a bit at a loss. Battier and Jason Terry didn't shoot well.

刘莽打了6分钟，7投2中只拿到6分，老鹰队半节时间也只拿到10分。

The Bulls did not have a high success rate, scoring 12 points in the half quarter, but they already lead the Hawks by 36 points 33 to 3!

The Eagles called a timeout again.

"One-on-one defense, let me enter the pincer circle, block the passing route..."

Liu Mang didn't go back to the bench. Holding the ball on the court, he quickly analyzed the situation in this half of the game, but... this situation made a lot of shots, and there was no way to deal with it. Du Hong defended Garnett alone, Liu Mang's efficiency was not high!
With Rondo or McGrady leading the ball, Liu Mang has a better chance!

With a solution, Liu Mang immediately returned to the bench, took away the tactical board and began to arrange.

Replace McGrady and Granger, use Granger to strengthen the defense at the basket, let McGrady have one more organizer who has a better shooting performance today, the insider Fizer goes up to top Garnett, the foul is fine, center Gortat is replaced, and Kwame Brown is replaced again.

Gortat still needs time to adapt, this kind of strong team should let Kwame Brown play for a while.

Liu Mang has ideas, and the team has the tacit understanding of his ideas, but the Bulls have strong strength!

Garnett does have the ability to change a team. The Bulls' top role player lineup in the league assisted Garnett, allowing Garnett to perform more effectively than in the 03-04 season.

Not data, but effective performance!

The Eagles here are the chasers...

After halftime, the Eagles trailed 41 to 47 by 6 points...

After three quarters, the Eagles were 65 points behind 74 to 9...

The Bulls opened up the point difference bit by bit...

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With 33 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in three quarters, Liu Mang tried his best, but he was still 9 points behind. Except for Liu Mang's 33 points and McGrady's 11 points, the rest of the Eagles only scored 21 points!
But now Liu Mang didn't think so much, and went all out to fight!

In the fourth quarter, Liu Mang didn't even care about his teammates, and started a 1v9 mode.

Without the ball, it's like a black hole of ball possession, just hold the ball and do it.

However, the Bulls are too strong in rebounding. They are a strong rebounding team that can compete with the Lakers in rebounding. Although the Eagles average the most rebounds per game, it is related to their fast pace and many offensive and defensive rounds.

Although he scored 17 points in a single quarter at the end of the quarter and once chased the point difference to two points, the Bulls defended very well. Garnett did a great job of avoiding fouls. Liu Mang really didn't make a single shooting foul on Garnett.

Among the first-team players, except for Jason Kidd who gave Liu Mang such a feeling, Garnett was the only one. Others, including Duncan, averaged 3+ fouls per game. Garnett and Kidd only averaged two fouls per game.

In the end, although Liu Mang made 44 of 21 shots, 11 of 4 three-pointers, and scored 50 points, he only got 6 free throws and made 6 of 4 free throws. The Eagles lost 94 to 99, 5 points to the Bulls.

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"Ding... the negative buff Fear of the Wolf is triggered..."

gap!

Liu Mang clearly felt the gap between his team and the Bulls!
He faced up to this gap and didn’t make excuses for himself. There were 9 players in the rotation, and the weakest Severosa was also a quasi-first-class defensive player with a defensive rating of 80. Except for Ben Wallace, who was a defensive player with a low comprehensive ability rating, the other seven players were at least quasi-first-class stars with an ability rating of 80+. After years of tacit training, and Garnett as the backbone, the Bulls were in good condition at home, and they firmly suppressed the Eagles!
The last time they were firmly suppressed by their opponents was the Mavericks!

The two bulls in the east and the west let Liu Mang understand the gap between his own team and these top teams!

The last time I felt this way was when I faced the Nets at the beginning of my career.

In the middle of his career, after three consecutive championships, Liu Mang felt this way again when the team was weak.

"What's the matter with the excitement in my heart?"

After losing, Liu Mang actually felt very excited when he saw the young players on the other side cheering excitedly after they ended their losing streak!

"Is this what it feels like to have an opponent?"

Liu Mang liked this feeling very much. Although he lost, he saw a different feeling when playing against the Mavericks.

The Bulls don't have a tough player like Nowitzki, they rely on the iron-blooded defense in the East that has been beaten to nothing by Liu Mang.

This is the first time in four years that Liu Mang has the pressure of being unable to attack a team's defense. This kind of pressure makes Liu Mang feel ecstatic!
There is pressure to make progress!
During the All-Star Weekend last year, Liu Mang felt that the NBA was a bit boring, and he felt a sense of emptiness and loneliness that he wanted to retire after three consecutive championships.

But now, his fighting spirit is getting stronger!

"The Bulls..."

Liu Mang took a deep look at the opposing player when Jason Terry couldn't understand the opposing team and pulled him away, then turned and left...

"Ding... The Avengers series of missions: grudges are triggered."

(End of this chapter)