From today on is the king

Chapter 1411 1410. "Great Victory"

Indeed, Isaiah Thomas' star card is far inferior to other star cards in improving Liu Mang's skills. Isaiah Thomas' skills... Liu Mang really has nothing to learn. Liu Mang can be said to be better than him in all aspects.

But Isaiah Thomas' star card gave Liu Mang a new tactic!
Is this tactic a good tactic?

Obviously not, but it works!
The Eagles' offense has become Liu Mang traversing the stakes all by himself. No matter how much time it takes, Liu Mang's primary goal is to find a good shot, and he will not shoot if the chance is bad...Of course, whether his chance is good or not is not the same as the chance in the eyes of ordinary players.

There is really no good chance. When the violation is approaching 24 seconds, Liu Mang throws the ball to McGrady, or Jason Terry who replaced McGrady. Of course, when McGrady goes down, Grant Hill has to come up. One of the two always plays to defend Kobe.

Regardless of whether the goal was scored or not, the shot was made, and the Eagles immediately retreated, using slow defense to make the already lagging Lakers become impatient.

It doesn't matter whether the Lakers can shoot or not, or whether the Eagles can shoot or not. The important thing is that the Hawks are leading. Liu Mang only needs to maintain the success rate and the success rate of his position, and that's enough.

Such tactics are indeed "anti-basketball science."

Any tactic does not simply serve a certain person. Tactics are star-role players that complement each other. Although there are emphases, it is ultimately the star who uses the role player and the role player who in turn uses the star. Both situations are in it.

The tactical system Brad Stevens built for the little assassin completely violated this common sense.

Except for the fast and strong ball-handling core who keeps holding the ball, other than helping to block people, the others can only use their own threats to open up the space. The ball-handling core doesn't even have to think about passing the ball.

Isaiah Thomas ranked third in the league's ball possession rate under coach Stevens, but the number of assists was only half of the top two, which is enough to show that this tactical system is not scientific at all.

But it is such an "anti-basketball science" tactic that makes Zen Master unable to start!

No tactic is perfect, this is Zen Master's philosophy, so he often only arranges a tactical structure and lets the players solve problems by themselves.

Although Zen Master's accomplishments on the defensive end are not noticed by others, they are the foundation of the team he coaches.

A military strategist who is good at conquering the enemy's formation is often a master of defense himself.

But this time, the Zen master encountered Liu Mang's tactic full of loopholes, and really didn't know how to solve it!
It is a tactic full of bugs, but it works. The most fundamental problem is Liu Mang. He is fast and has a shot. If he is slow, he will shoot directly, regardless of whether the rebound is grabbed. After Liu Mang made the shot, the Eagles immediately retreated and fell into a defensive position.

However, Liu Mang was able to score again, holding the ball for [-] or [-] seconds in a round and throwing it by himself. With such a style of play, Zen master did not dare to double-team Liu Mang in advance. He did not believe that Liu Mang would not pass the ball even if he was double-teamed in advance.

This is the psychological tactics used by coach Stevens. No matter how unique Isaiah Thomas's style of play, he also averaged about 5 assists per game.

And Liu Mang was the assist king last season. This tactic has been more perfectly played by Liu Mang, who has the skill of a pick-and-roll master!

Higher than Isaiah Thomas, with the same speed and explosive acceleration after the pick-and-roll that Isaiah Thomas does not have, better finishing ability at the basket, evenly matched or even more turbulent, completely bringing this bug-filled tactic to the extreme.

单节10投6中，其中三分球4中2，罚球3中3，刘莽单节拿到17分！
As for the Lakers, the team only scored 19 points in the third quarter!
This quarter of the game made the fans drowsy. Coach Stevens did make the Celtics quickly rebuild into a strong team, but the Celtics’ game has not been very good. Even if they have reached the Eastern Conference Finals for two consecutive years, their scoring average is only No. 20 in the league. Of course, their average conceded points per game is also one of the least teams in the league.

For the Eagles, apart from Liu Mang's 17 points in a single quarter, McGrady, Jason Terry, and Kwame Brown played a key role. Kwame Brown diligently grabbed rebounds and blocked people. McGrady and Jason Terry received Liu Mang's dumping ball and actually shot 6 of 3 three-pointers. The Eagles scored 28 points in a single quarter!
91 to 78, at the end of three quarters, the Eagles led the Lakers by 13 points!

With 34 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in three quarters, Liu Mang's explosive performance made the Lakers stars a little confused.

The situation is not at all the same as imagined, and there is a feeling of falling from heaven to hell.

What the Lakers players thought from the beginning of the game was not to be caught by the Eagles, and then it didn't matter if it became a tight one, and then it became halftime behind, and it was enough to catch up in the third quarter... Not just the Lakers players, their coaching staff also think so.

The Lakers champion, of course, has confidence.

Now entering the fourth quarter, the Eagles, which people are not optimistic about, beat them 28 to 19 in the third quarter, widening the point difference to 13 points!
The game got out of the control of the Lakers players and coaching staff bit by bit, and developed into a situation they didn't expect, and their morale also declined bit by bit as the third quarter progressed.

After three quarters, the Eagles almost won by 10 points in a single quarter. The morale of the Lakers collapsed. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Jason Terry, who was hit by a pot-catching shot, was stunned!
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Jason Terry, who replaced Liu Mang, who was forced by coach Kruger to rest for a few minutes, went up and scored three goals in a row. Against Kobe's two three-pointers and a mid-range pull-up jumper, Jason Terry scored 8 points in a row.

On the Lakers side, both Kobe and Yao Ming seemed to be in a hurry. Yao Ming faced Marion and Kwame Brown's defense and forcibly missed a throw.

99 to 78, the Eagles lead the Lakers by 20 points!

Steady!

Jason Terry and McGrady's double eagle performance was excellent, and it was unreliable... mainly because Liu Mang was too jumpy in his thinking. Coach Kruger saw that the situation was stable, so he didn't let Liu Mang play in the fourth quarter, and let the lineup of Blake, Jason Terry, McGrady, Marion, and Kwame Brown play the entire fourth quarter.

Kobe obviously didn't want to give up, and wanted to make a comeback with Gasol and Yao Ming, but morale is something invisible, but it really exists. Morale declines, and the confidence in shooting decreases. McGrady scored 7 points, 18 assists and 13 block in the final quarter, helping the Eagles hold a lead of more than 7 points.

In the end, the Eagles beat the Lakers 119 to 105 at home and won four consecutive victories!

刘莽拿到34分8板6助攻1抢断3盖帽，关键是刘莽三节打卡下班了！
It was precisely because Liu Mang missed the fourth quarter, with a 14-point difference, that the media used the word "big victory" to describe the game after the game.

In addition to Liu Mang's 34 points, Tracy McGrady's 21 points and Jason Terry's 25 points played key roles in this game. Kwame Brown's 8 points and 14 rebounds and Swift's 10 points in the half-quarter game were also outstanding. Marion's ubiquitous help to block people was also crucial.

For the Lakers, Kobe Bryant scored 37 points, Yao Ming scored 26 points, Gasol scored 12 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

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"It seems that the Eagles still have a lot of hole cards that are useless. This time we were careless. Other teams should also re-examine the Eagles. They are still the biggest obstacle on our way to the championship."

Looking at the face of the Zen master on the TV screen, Liu Mang wanted to imprint his 46-yard foot on his face.

Yesterday, he clocked in three quarters and got off work. Liu Mang never thought that he would be able to clock out in three quarters against the Lakers.

Kobe stayed in the Eagles training facility after the game, Liu Mang finished his physical therapy, and that guy was still practicing shooting.

Although Kobe scored 37 points, compared with Liu Mang, who made 24 of 11 shots, Kobe's efficiency was far worse. In the third quarter, his crazy strikes lowered his shooting percentage, and he only made 32 of 12 shots in the game.

Seeing that the little blacksmith made his team's employees work overtime, Liu Mang really wanted to pull the switch for him...

On the second day, when Liu Mang got up in the morning to have breakfast with little Lolita, he saw what the Zen master said on the TV screen.

"This old guy, even if we lose, he will cause us some trouble." Liu Mang said angrily.

"Uncle, don't worry, don't worry, look, the fans on the Internet are as you think, saying that Grandpa KFC is deliberately trying to draw attention to our team." Lori, who knows the ball, dug up a few posts for Liu Mang to read.

"Is that so?" Liu Mang looked at the news, saw the replies, and said, "Dinah, the Lakers are really hated. These are Celtics fans, and these are Bulls fans. They are all complaining about the Lakers for us."

"BEAT-LA!" Little Loli shouted a slogan.

"No, get rid of Los Angeles. That old KFC guy wants to bully us. I want to pay them a big gift too. Dinah, send an email to Uncle Jeff and ask him to make an appointment with the TV station."

"TV station? Got it!" Little Lolita's eyes lit up!
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On February 2, after the Eagles defeated the Lakers and won their four-game winning streak, they had two days off on the 21nd and 22rd, followed by four games in five days.

On the 24th and 25th, they played the Bucks and the Nets back-to-back at home.

On the afternoon of the 22nd, Liu Mang went to the ESPN Atlanta branch to film some programs, filming 5 episodes in one go, all of which were players from the same team...

On the 22nd, the Eagles had a rest day. On the 23rd, the Eagles started tactical meetings and simple training.

The reason for this is an easy drill because all four next opponents are discussed.

The rest also started. After playing against the Lakers, the Eagles are 40 wins and 16 losses. For the time being, there is no pressure on the record. It is very difficult to catch up with the top two.

The Hawks coaching staff has only one small goal-to keep the chance of winning 60.

When Liu Mang heard about this small goal, he was very curious about the expressions of the top two players in the Eastern Conference who were desperately trying not to be overtaken by the Eagles if they knew Coach Kruger's "small goal".

But it's really difficult to get 60 wins.

On the 24th, Liu Mang and his teammates who took alternate rotations really started the journey of the second half of the season.

(End of this chapter)