From today on is the king

Chapter 1407 1406. Use Da Si as Xiao Si

With two of the three Eagles leading the team, the Hawks' offense is not a problem against a team like the Lakers that has good defense but is not too slow and not too oppressive. Even if Yao Ming's defensive deterrence in the interior is huge, the Hawks scored 5 points in 11 minutes. It's not bad.

The key is to defend!

Yao Ming fired all his firepower, went all out and scored eight points in a row, and then Kobe started again!

With Wang Zhizhi opening up the space and Gasol switching between high and low positions, Kobe's low-post and high-post singles are completely unstoppable. Kobe this season is basically Kobe at his peak.

Reminders kept ringing in Liu Mang's mind. Kobe's oppressive characteristics of "death" and the characteristics of "serial killer" tormenting opponents, as well as the "Kobe time" after scoring three goals in a row, came early, allowing the Lakers to score 5 points in 16 minutes, and then scored 17 points in the next six minutes!
Liu Mang's defense...can't be defended, Battier's defense...the effect is mediocre, Battier's blindfold looks coquettish, but Kobe's performance is above average every time he hits him.

Granger, who came up in the rotation, was not good at defending against Kobe. The best defense was McGrady. McGrady, who was not at a disadvantage in terms of height, movement, and confrontation, did the best job of restricting Kobe.

Yao Ming had 8 minutes in half a quarter, and Kobe had 13 points in a single quarter. He was ready to compete with the Hawks. The Lakers, who wanted to sweep the Hawks in the regular season, led the Lakers to 33 points in a single quarter with the support of Gasol and Odom!
For the Eagles, there is no other way but to die!
Kobe played a single in the low post, Liu Wei went to the high post to turn around and hit a jumper, Gasol turned around and hit a low post, Liu Wei tried to create a rotation defense, singled out Jones, the Lakers under the support of the "husband and wife team" created Jones or Odom's cut opportunities, Wang Zhizhi's three-point opportunities, Jason Terry and Tracy McGrady responded...

The Eagles were not bad either, scoring 29 points in the first quarter and falling behind by 4 points to enter the intermission.

……

The situation is not optimistic!
In the 9th minute of the first quarter, McGrady was replaced in advance, which is a huge hidden danger for the Eagles' rotation.

David Lee's performance is still too bad. Compared with Wang Zhizhi, who is at his peak, David Lee is still a little worse. After all, he is only a second grader. In the original time and space, he only entered his peak period in 2010 and was selected as an All-Star. Now he is just a substitute with low singles, mid-range shots, and rebounds, but also has many shortcomings.

Liu Mang took the tactical board during the break, and the coaching staff had no choice but to guard against Kobe or Wang Zhizhi.

"How do we rotate next?" Liu Mang tapped on the tactical board. There are more breaks between festivals, which are much longer than pauses, so he can think slowly.

McGrady played nearly 9 minutes in the first quarter, and continued to replace McGrady at the beginning of the second quarter. It is estimated that it will have a great impact on the second half. McGrady has scored 20 points, five or six assists, and one or two blocks in the first three quarters many times.

Grant Hill... didn't get a chance to play in the first quarter. Although the coaching staff put him in the 13-man roster, they didn't plan to let him play in the first game. He was put in the roster purely out of respect. In such an important game as the Lakers, the issue of using new players is quite worrying.

But Liu Mang...

After thinking about it, I made a decision.

"Steve, Grant, Stromile, Sean...it's Sean M, not Sean B, Sean B, you sit...the five of us go together!"

Liu Mang made a bold rotation!

Not only newcomers are to be used, but... there is no one who is taller than [-] meters!

Like McGrady and Battier, both have a defensive rating of 89, but Liu Mang chose to use Grant Hill!

For this lineup, Coach Kruger opened his mouth several times, but he still didn't say anything in the end, so let's do it!
Kwame Brown played the entire first quarter and faced Yao Ming and Gasol successively. He was exhausted, and now he can only do this. Mark Jackson is not a big center.

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Back from the break, the Lakers underwent a large-scale rotation. Kobe continued to stay on the court. Gasol, who played the entire first quarter, was replaced by an inside combination of Yao Ming and Radmanovich. Barnes was reassigned at the small forward position to guard against the Eagles' forward-guard duo. The point guard position was replaced by a fast 180 cm point guard, Speedy Claxton, who was in the same class as Liu Mang.

"Speedy Claxton, ability evaluation 78, offense 83, defense 74, three-pointer 51, mid-range shooting 82, layup 88, passing 85, speed 95, strength 75..."

Claxton, Liu Mang has an impression, he was once known as "Little Iverson", he was Paul's substitute last season, averaged 12 points and 5 assists per game, quite a speedy point guard, except for no three-pointers, everything else is very good.

Liu Mang was impressed not because he performed well last season, nor because they were players of the same class, but because this guy scored in double figures twice in the 2003 finals, which made Parker in the same class even worse.

Speaking of which, Liu Mang is only in the sixth year of his career, but the average career in the NBA is three or four years. The career of a star may be longer, but for an ordinary player, a six-year career... is considered a veteran. Claxton has reached the time to pursue the last big contract. Last summer, he signed a four-year 4 million contract with the Lakers and became a strong support for the Lakers' backup point guard position.

The Eagles sent a lineup of Blake, Liu Mang, Grant Hill, Marion, and Swift.

Once the Hawks lineup is sent out, the players on the Lakers' side feel unimaginable... What the hell is this lineup?

Yao Ming looked at Swift, this guy who used to be his teammate, and thought of the scene of being dunked by this guy who was still an opponent in his rookie season...

Yao Ming felt a strong sense of provocation!
"It's definitely that vicious compatriot who wants to piss me off!" Yao Ming adjusted his breathing, trying to ensure that he would not be pissed off.

Grant Hill wore the No. 33 jersey for the first time as an Eagles player and won a lot of cheers from the fans.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the first ball the Lakers came up was played by Claxton, who missed it, and Liu Mang was caught off guard. Claxton was really just like Iverson, with an extremely fast breakthrough speed. Unfortunately, his finishing ability at the basket and mid-range shooting ability were worse than Iverson's, and he failed to make a floating shot.

Liu Mang, who chased in, took off the defensive rebound from Yao Ming's head and protected the ball.

Yao Ming felt that his "conscience" was being used!
Liu Mang's way of grabbing rebounds by first throwing himself into the air and then grabbing the ball, Yao Ming really didn't dare to touch Liu Mang, in case he got hurt...

But Liu Mang...for things like taking advantage of other people's kindness, he didn't blush at all, grabbed the rebound, turned around and went down immediately...

Army attack!With this lineup, what Liu Mang wants is to counterattack. If the opponent doesn't shoot a goal, it will be even better, and he can counterattack faster!
Liu Mang counterattacked very aggressively, and quickly advanced through halftime. Kobe and Claxton were already blocked, but there was one person who was more active than Liu Mang!

It wasn't Marion, Marion was going to be a bit slower. He was a man with super physical fitness comparable to Stoudemire and Josh Smith - Stromile Swift!

Liu Mang took a step past the half court and sent the ball directly to the right side of the basket. Stromile just took a step within the distance of the free throw line and took off directly. If Liu Mang dared to pass, he dared to receive the ball!

When Swift took off, the skier Radmanovic, who had opened up the space at a 45-degree angle to retreat first, had retreated to the basket. Seeing Swift jumping in from the free throw line, Radmanovic jumped hard to stop the opponent's ultra-long-range alley-oop pass.

then……

Radmanovic is about to hit the top [-] goals of the regular season...

Swift was too sloppy. In the case of confrontation, he received Liu Mang's bold pass, rode on Radmanovic's head and smashed the ball into the basket!

The worst thing is that after Swift smashed the ball in, his legs clamped Radmanovic's head!

This is no longer horizontal, it is completely provocative!
As a former player from Serbia and Montenegro, and former Yugoslavia player, Radmanovic pushed Swift up after he landed!
(End of this chapter)