From today on is the king

Chapter 1431. Chapter 1430. Halftime Rage
"Sorry rookie, I lied to you, I think I can shoot from more places, not just the low post."

Seeing Liu Mang's smiling side face when he turned around and ran back to high-five Blake, Sefulosa thought: "It's too bad!"

14 to 22, the Bulls trailed by 8 points.

When the Eagles came back from a timeout to attack for the second time, Sefolosa defended Liu Mang and let him regain the courage to defend Liu Mang.

But Liu Mang's next attack immediately teased him with PJ-Brown.

This hit Sefulosa hard.

Compared with Garnett's abuse, Liu Mang's psychological attack with practical actions made Sefolosa feel like she was about to collapse.

"Ding...Temporary feature: The serial killer has been triggered, and the host's endless psychological attacks on the opponent are in progress..."

Hearing the system prompt, Liu Mang caught up with Mark Jackson when he returned to defense and said, "Mark, I'll be double-teamed in a while and you go to the basket!"

"Are you going to cooperate with me to pass inside? I will work hard." Although the ability to eat cakes has been strengthened, the offense at the basket is basically only a dunk, and the middle distance is a bit but not stable. It can only be used as a last resort. Mark Jackson also expressed that he will work hard.

"No, just grab the rebound and make a tip-up. I'll shoot then, and I'll make it if I make it. If you don't make a tip-up, you can get one more rebound. How great."

"Oh...ah?" Mark Jackson saw the back of Liu Mang who stopped at the three-point line, and felt that his head was full of question marks.

Liu Mang didn't have any idea of ​​passing the ball anyway, and now he feels great. There are 3 minutes left in the first quarter, and he has already scored 14 points in a single quarter.

Seeing Hinrich approaching, Liu Mang immediately pushed forward.

"Ding... The oppressive pressing defense is triggered at level 5, and the host's steal prediction is greatly improved..."

Liu Mang saw the opportunity and stretched out his hand quickly. Fortunately, Hinrich had already prepared in advance, hugged the ball and passed it to Garnett, and then moved to take Liu Mang away.

Garnett looked at the defensive position of the Eagles, and with the eyes of a defensive master like Garnett, he could tell at a glance that the Eagles' defense was not as good as the starting lineup.

He judged it, Liu Mang is very out of control today!
It was an unstoppable gesture, too fierce.

The Eagles don't need to run too much, but Liu Mang, who is simple and rude, keeps scoring singles.

Originally, the Bulls wanted to consume Liu Mang. Liu Mang's kind of singles would not be able to carry Jordan back to his peak, and another No. 24 on the West Coast would probably not be able to play like this.

But after playing for 9 minutes, he made 9 baskets and made 10 of 10 shots in 6 minutes, but Liu Mang didn't seem to feel tired at all. Garnett knew that exhaustion might not work.

Because of Liu Reck's simple and rough singles, the Eagles seldom run outside. In this way, the Bulls' good defensive strategy of increasing physical confrontation when defending against the opponent's running is weakened by most.

On Liu Mang's side, although he only has the basket in his eyes, if he is attacked from the back, that is, if there is a flank attack from behind, or if there is a flank attack from the front with his back to the basket, he will definitely jump up and distribute the ball to open teammates on the outside. The Bulls still dare not use the flank flank.

With Liu Mang's extremely explosive performance today, Garnett made a decision to increase his offensive impact!
Although it is difficult to elaborate on character, Garnett's awareness of both offense and defense in basketball is top-notch. Since the last offense, he has been ready to make changes.

Garnett took the initiative to dig in, and leaned on Marion to turn over and shoot a jumper at close range...and hit it again!
16 to 22, the point difference narrowed to 6 points again.

Seeing Garnett's offensive choice this time, Liu Mang saw a problem. The unstoppable Bulls wanted to solve the problem by attacking!
Garnett's inside attack is not strong, but it is not weak, at least it is first-class. He once averaged 24 points per game, averaging 20+ per game for many years.

However, if he strengthens the inside attack, he will not be able to maintain such a high level on the defensive end all the time. If he wins, he will lose. Therefore, he focuses on defense in most games, and the offense is enough. The Bulls are weak in defense and offense this season.

But now that the team needs offense more, Garnett has shifted his focus to offense.

When the Eagles were attacking, Liu Mang began to slowly shift the receiving position to the outside, trying to bring out the opponent's center as much as possible, and help the center create opportunities for the center to grab the rebound and make a second attack.

Of course, Liu Mang's first goal is to score.

It's rare for Garnett to not be cowardly. If he wants to kill inside, Liu Mang will of course accompany him.

However, Mark Jackson's ability to "receive the board" is really average, and it is incomparable with Kwame Brown and Marion...

By the end of the first quarter, the Eagles were 28 to 23, leading by 5 points and entering the intermission.

刘莽单节18分4板2助攻1盖帽1失误，打出了今年季后赛表现最好的一场。

From the comparison between the first round and the second round, Liu Mang clearly understood the meaning of what Jordan said, "I have no chance to score high points against a weak team". When stars like Liu Mang and Jordan, who have won the scoring champion many times, want to face a weak team to score points, the opponent will definitely double-team without limit, but against a strong team, people may wish you to play alone. You take away the data and keep the victory.

In the first round against the Pistons, Liu Mang might not have scored 18 points in a single game if he hadn't played a little bit. But against the Bulls, he was in good shape and easily scored high points.

After the Bulls made some adjustments in the second half of the first quarter, their offense improved a bit. They scored 5 points in the next 13 minutes, which was better than the Eagles who only scored 5 points in the next 10 minutes.

……

Today's game was better than the fans expected!

Liu Mang scored 12 points on 7 of 18 shots in the first quarter, which made the fans hate him and made the fans in front of the TV feel too "wow".

The best defense against Liu Mang by the Bulls is that Severosa or Luol Deng can block three-pointers from the outside with their height and agility, and Garnett and even Ben Wallace can defend well in the middle distance. They were not afraid of Liu Mang inside.

But this time the inside line was pierced by Liu Mang. In the first quarter, Liu Mang made 5 shots from the low post. He made 8 of 5 low post one-on-one singles jumpers or turned around for layups, which completely disrupted the Bulls' plan.

The point is, they still had to be afraid of Liu Mang's three-point shooting, so that Sefolosha kept sticking to Liu Mang, giving Liu Mang a free chance to settle in the middle and short distances.

Don't look at Liu Mang's failure to shoot a three-pointer in the first quarter, but the threat of a three-pointer is the key to his ability to play mid-range and short-range with ease!
Otherwise, with the Bulls' defense, even if the real Jordan came, it would probably be very tiring.

But Liu Mang can easily get the opportunities he wants in one-on-one and double-team.

The Bulls really didn't know how to defend against Liu Mang, so they could only adjust as much as possible according to the situation on the spot, and at the same time, strengthen their offensive firepower.

Of course, if the Bulls are given time to adjust, for example, in the next game, Liu Mang will still be so brutal even in the low position. With the Bulls as many as 80 players with a defensive rating of 4 or higher and 85 players with a defensive rating of [-] or higher, they can more or less think of some solutions.

But it is too difficult to temporarily change the structure of a team's defensive system.

The initial preparation for the Bulls was that the Hawks did not have top inside attackers. David Lee may have that ability but was severely limited, and Grant Hill did not have Liu Mang's physical fitness. The Bulls did a good job last game.

And this is from a long time ago, after the trade deadline has passed, the time for players to buy out to participate in the playoffs has passed, and the Bulls and Eagles are sure to enter the playoffs in the second and third places in the East, the Bulls have been preparing.

However, the most desolate thing in my heart may not be the defense against Liu Mang, Severosa, Du Hong, and Luol Deng, but the bald man wearing the No. 24 jersey and eating ice cream in front of the TV.

The warm wind from the west coast blows in from the window, and the bald head eating the ice cream feels that the ice cream is so cold, it makes his heart feel a little cold...

The other party has the same movements as him, and likes to play flowers exactly, and...the other party once brazenly said that this is the other party's trick that he secretly learned...

With the personality of the No. 24 player, he will not argue, but will be "really hammered", and the real hammer is fine. After a long time, the fans have forgotten it.

But this time, it will definitely make fans recall...

However, Liu Mang's performance is so good, not all advantages, but also some disadvantages, that is, his teammates are standing, there is no flexibility in tactics, so Liu Mang keeps fighting.

In this way, there will always be times when teammates can’t make shots. Under Garnett’s decision, the Bulls decisively enhanced their offensive impact. COSCO’s Bulls also shot very accurately today. In the second quarter, Liu Mang scored 12 points in a single quarter, and the rest of the Eagles scored 11 points.

The Bulls scored 25 points in the second quarter.

After halftime, the Eagles led the Bulls by three points 51 to 48!
Liu Mang scored 30 points in the half and entered the intermission.

When Liu Mang just scored 30 points, the system prompt came.

"Ding... Congratulations to the host for scoring 30 points in a single game. The iron-blooded tough guy mission goal 2 has been completed. The remaining unfinished goals: win at least one of the first two games of the series against the Bulls."

Leading by 3 points at halftime, and the team scored 51 points at halftime, this is very good news for Liu Mang!
"At least avoid the negative effect of 'Matador', just win the game!"

(End of this chapter)