From today on is the king

Chapter 1424 1423. Throw a goal and roar (seeking a monthly ticket)
"Ding... The Iron-Blooded Tough Guy mission restarts."

"Iron-Blooded Tough Guy: Mission Objective 1: The Host needs to win at least one of the first two games of the series against the Chicago Bulls. Mission Objective 2: The Host must score at least one 30+ in the first two games of the series against the Chicago Bulls. Mission Reward: Feature: Battle Cry Level 1. Failure Punishment: 1. The Host needs to perform a matador before the home game starts; 2. Feature: Matador.

"Battle Cry Level 1: Exclusively for the characteristics of Kevin Garnett. When Kevin Garnett roars with a wonderful shot, if the host successfully responds and roars after shooting a wonderful shot, it can trigger a battle cry. There is a ten percent rate of counteracting the negative impact of the roar on the host team and the positive impact of suppressing the roar on Kevin Garnett's teammates."

"Matador: Whenever the host meets the Chicago Bulls, the opponent will strictly defend the host, greatly curbing the performance of the host."

"Ding... The grudge is triggered, the Bulls players are full of desire to defeat the host's team, and regard the host as the most hated opponent."

Sure enough, when Liu Mang played against the Bulls for the third time in the regular season, Garnett was injured, and the mission was put on hold. Now the mission has been restarted, and the goal of the mission has also changed.

And the hatred of the Bulls players who had escalated from old grudges to old grudges was indeed triggered.

As expected, Liu Mang had expected it to be like this.

"Boss, do you think there will be fans all over the United States like me next year?" Liu Mang looked forward to it.

"Yeah... Yes..." Boss Price felt a little headache.

"By the way, boss, you will come to BJ to watch the Olympic Games next year, right?"

"Huh? Of course! I will definitely come back to cheer for your Chinese team!" The boss was in a great mood all of a sudden.

After chatting for a while, Liu Mang felt that this was a good idea as he watched the boss in a complicated mood walk towards the private room. He put enough pressure on him before renewing the contract.

The game was about to start, and what Liu Mang felt was the resentful eyes of the Bulls.

To win the MVP award in the away game, the one I hate the most is naturally Garnett.

This year's MVP voting, the players who got at least one first vote include Liu Mang, Nowitzki, Nash, Kobe, James, McGrady, Duncan, Yao Ming and Garnett!

Just these people.

Garnett naturally wants to win the MVP, but he only has one first vote, and the vote rate is also very low.

But as an MVP candidate, the one who didn't get the award to hate was naturally the one who won the award.

The young boss who just inherited his father's business and became the president of the Bulls killed two birds with one stone.

At 28:[-], Liu Mang sprinkled magnesium powder into the air, causing boos from the fans, and came to the field with his starting teammates.

The Bulls' starters also played.

This round of the Hawks series has changed from the first round of starting.

The starting lineup of Liu Mang, McGrady, Grant Hill, Marion, and Kwame Brown debuted.

This is the lineup arrangement that Liu Mang has discussed for a long time with the coaching staff, Rondo, Grant Hill, Blake and other teammates over the past week or so.

For the Bulls, the starting lineup of Hinrich, Severosa, Luol Deng, Garnett, and Ben Wallace played.

At 07:30, the referee blew the whistle to start the game on time and threw the ball into the air.

Liu Mang is not worried about Kwame Brown's jump ball. Do you still need to watch the jump ball hand-picked by Jordan?Eyes closed and opened, another big...

"I go!"

Liu Mang saw Garnett push the ball back and hurried to the top arc, but he didn't expect to lose the jump!

Garnett broke out a little this time. In fact, he was in good physical condition in the playoffs and returned to the feeling of the past few years. After the age of 30 this season, Garnett's jump ball was slightly inferior to Kwame Brown.

Garnett just won the jump ball with the advantage of one finger.

The Bulls attacked first, and Liu Mang waited for Hinrich to advance.

After Hinrich advanced to the frontcourt, as Liu Mang expected, he played pick-and-roll passes with Garnett from the beginning, creating opportunities for Garnett to shoot from high positions or pass the ball from the outside.

After Hinrich and Garnett picked and rolled, they passed the ball to Garnett who came to the high position on the left, but... Contrary to Garnett's expectations, the Eagles used a very fast rotation to switch defenses!

It was not Liu Mang who stood in front of Garnett, but Grant Hill!

Grant Hill is taller than Marion!

Marion, Grant Hill, McGrady, this combination of power forward and shooting guard, the height is getting higher and higher from the inside to the outside.

Garnett didn't have an easy chance to make a mid-range shot against Grant Hill's supplementary defense. At this time, Luol Deng pulled up from the bottom corner to help Garnett block Grant Hill.

McGrady and Grant Hill switched defenses quickly!
In the playoffs, McGrady still played very casually in the first round, but in the second round against the Bulls, it was like a different person, and he was extremely focused on the defensive end!
Garnett first used the pick-and-roll to force the Eagles to switch to the [-]-foot-[-] Marion, who was a clingy goblin. Who knew he would meet the [-]-meter-[-] Grant Hill.

Garnett originally wanted to use the switch to play McGrady, whose defensive efficiency has seriously declined this year, which is good. After meeting McGrady, who is the second tallest starter in the Eagles, Garnett found that McGrady is different from the regular season!

It has both Marion's stickiness and Grant Hill's single-defense awareness!
The key is that McGrady is about [-] meters tall, has a long wingspan, and has the best physical fitness among these guys!

But time is running out, Garnett forced a fallback jumper... being interfered by McGrady very well, Garnett Jagged missed the shot!

On Liu Mang's side, he switched defenses with Grant Hill after the pick-and-roll, sticking to Sefulosa, who had been wanting to make an air cut. Seeing Garnett shooting, Liu Mang pushed the poor Sefulosa aside. Kwame Brown blocked Ben Wallace, and Liu Mang easily received a defensive rebound.

The Bulls retreated quickly, and Liu Mang grabbed the rebound and immediately counterattacked, but unfortunately he failed to make it. When the ball was passed to McGrady, McGrady wanted to pass the second pass to Marion, but the opponent had already returned to the defense.

Instead of using Rondo as the starter, Grant Hill is used. The purpose of the Eagles is to always have a player over two meters tall in front of Garnett to interfere with his shooting.

This defense was very successful. The Bulls' offensive tactics were not good at all. After adjusting a defensive lineup that can seamlessly switch from power forward to shooting guard, Garnett's scoring was limited.

But Rondo is not there, and Grant Hill, a slow teammate, is on the court. It is difficult for the Eagles to counterattack. The Bulls only need to block three players.

Marion had no chance, so he dribbled the ball to Liu Mang, and the ball returned to Liu Mang's hands. Liu Mang dribbled the ball in the top arc and waited for Kwame Brown to go in and settle down to contain the inside line.

For defense, enthusiasm and physical fitness are very important. With these two points, at least one is a good defensive player, but to become an excellent defensive player, one needs talent, which is the so-called defensive awareness, which is difficult to cultivate.

Severosa is a player with attitude, physical fitness and defensive talent. After the baptism of Carter's single defense in the first round, his defense has improved again.

Liu Mang felt a little pressure. He watched all the first-round games between the Nets and the Bulls. Severosa defended against Carter. From the first to the fifth game, one defense was better than the other.

After Kwame Brown entered the paint, Liu Mang lobbed the ball to Grant Hill, who wanted the ball in the low post. Hill was guarded by... Hinrich!

Marion pulled to the left corner, pulled Garnett out, Kwame Brown was ready to respond at any time on the right side of the three-second zone, pinning Ben Wallace, Grant Hill singled Hinrich in the low post, turned around and made a small hook shot...

hit!

You can't play fast break, but positional warfare has another effect!
It is not easy for Liu Mang and McGrady to play low post singles against Sefulosa or Luol Deng. These two forwards and guards with first-class defensive standards are definitely against Liu Mang and McGrady. Regardless of their weight and height, they will not suffer in single defense in the low post, and they defend well.

But with Grant Hill on the court, although Hinrich is also a first-class defensive player, the five starters of the Bulls are all at least first-class defensive players, but the height gap between Hinrich and Grant Hill is too big!

This is something Rondo can't do.

The Bulls really didn't expect that the Eagles let Grant Hill attack at the beginning.

Grant Hill became the main attacker for the first time in his Eagles career, and he played very hard. He didn't have the idea of ​​young players wanting to take advantage of the opportunity.

Grant Hill felt a kind of trust!
Even if a lineup of three small forwards was to be offered, Granger and Battier were both good choices. They had three-pointers that Grant Hill did not have, but the coach, Liu Mang, McGrady and even Rondo suggested him to be the starting small forward, which made Grant Hill feel a strong sense of trust.

The first attack was scored, and Grant Hill was full of motivation!

Liu Mang retreated back and waited for the Bulls to come.

Sure enough, the Bulls still played from the outside, after all, their inside offense is really bad.

But this time Garnett did not serve as the end point of the offense, but directly pulled to the high position to ask for it, and did not play the pick-and-roll.

Garnett received the ball one step beyond the free throw line and held it over his head, and the Bulls started running.

Liu Mang followed Hinrich, keeping an eye on who Garnett wanted to pass the ball to...

"Ding...Reject the horse trigger..."

"Luol Deng!"

Liu Mang predicted that Garnett will pass the ball to Luol Deng!
Liu Mang immediately blocked the direction of Luol Deng's cut. Sure enough, Luol Deng, who seemed to be going to create opportunities for Sefulosa without the ball just now, was the real end point. Luol Deng pretended to help Sefulosa's pick-and-roll.

When Liu Mang was about to block it, he was blocked by Ben Wallace!
Luol Deng received the ball and entered the basket, jumped to avoid Kwame Brown's help defense, and scored two points with one-handed layup.

The Eagles used Grant Hill for the first attack, which the Bulls didn't expect.

But the Bulls were also prepared. On the offensive end, they took advantage of the Eagles' defensive style of focusing on mid-range and long-range shots to create an air-cut opportunity, especially because they were afraid of Liu Mang's sense of defense at the basket, and used Ben Wallace to block Liu Mang.

With a 2-2 tie, the Bulls also scored two points.

But... this is not Liu Mang's biggest headache. What's even more troublesome is that the Bulls' offense is strengthening their confrontation!

So on to the defensive end...

Sure enough, as Liu Mang expected, Garnett was already fighting Marion hand-to-hand when Liu Mang advanced!Other positions are also given as much physical contact as possible.

If it was the regular season, such a big move without the ball would definitely attract the referee's attention, but this is the playoffs, and there is no obvious foul move, and the referee will pretend that he didn't see it.

After Liu Mang arrived in the frontcourt, he continued to throw the ball to Grant Hill. When Grant Hill was about to single-play Hinrich, Garnett shrank in from the left corner. Grant Hill quickly passed the ball to Marion, and Marion made a three-pointer from the corner...

Miss!

Garnett grabs a defensive rebound.

"Enhance the confrontation, make our players' muscles tense up, and reduce our shooting efficiency..."

Liu Mang could analyze Garnett's thoughts without thinking too much.

It's too obvious that the Bulls are used to maintaining the efficiency of long-range shots after iron-blooded defensive confrontations, but other teams, except for a few such as the Spurs, find it difficult to adapt to the Bulls' defense.

"You don't even need the time for probing? Are you going straight to the point?"

Liu Mang felt the determination of the Bulls to win. This group of guys didn't consider testing the opponent's strength at all, and went straight to the strength.

When the Bulls attacked, the confrontation on the Eagles' side was also brought up. Luol Deng received the ball from the bottom corner this time, but he didn't make a three-pointer after the confrontation and running.

But the active Garnett rushed to grab the offensive rebound, took a step back after landing, and shot a close-range fadeaway jumper...in!
4 to 2, more than two minutes later, the two teams scored six points together, and the Eagles fell behind by two points.

But this is not the key, the key is... After Garnett scored a goal, he looked up to the sky and screamed!
"Ding... The wolf roar is triggered, and the morale of the Chicago Bulls players is greatly improved, from Kevin Garnett."

"Fuck! Shout out to your sister!"

(End of this chapter)