From today on is the king

Chapter 1450 1449. Strength Suppression

Scoring...Liu Reck is worthy of anyone. The only defensive players he fears for the Cavaliers are Larry Hughes and Snow. However, after James has become stronger and has the strength to lead the team to the top four of the division alone, now Larry Hughes gets less and less playing time. After all, James is an individual who can be blamed.

And this year Damon Jones' performance recovered in the same year, and the Cavaliers got Peja again. Compared with last season, Larry Hughes' playing time has been reduced by more than half.

Replaced by Larry Hughes, the functions overlap with James. Although James is stronger than him at this stage in the original time and space. After all, he has the three-point ability that he did not start until the 2008-2009 season.

Snow is in an avalanche in the playoffs. At the age of 34, he is not the outside defensive gate of the second team of the All-Defensive Team who can defend against Kobe like he did six years ago when he was at his peak.

Liu Mang's goal at the beginning was not to score, but to play for his teammates, grab rebounds...and attack like a mad dog on the defensive end!
In the first quarter, he had 4 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks. Liu Mang only took 4 shots in the first quarter, and all of them were taken when his teammates had no choice.

Although Liu Mang only scored 4 points, which is a bit far behind James' 11 points in a single quarter, but in terms of rebounds, Liu Mang had 3 more than James' 2, 4 assists more than James' 2, both had 1 steal, and James had no blocks...

This hurts Rondo...

Long Duo helped Liu Mang create opportunities many times, but Liu Mang passed it on, and Long got at least two or three assists.

However, in terms of "negative statistics", Liu Mang did not control well in the first quarter, with 1 foul and 0 turnovers, which is much worse than James' side with 1 fouls and [-] turnover.

But this style of play is not Liu Mang's regular style of play. It's normal to have some flaws at the beginning, but in terms of positive statistics, Liu Mang is temporarily better than the very hard-working James.

As for scoring this...

Liu Mang is 4 for 1, although the hit rate is only 20.00%, five is not good-looking, but it is not ugly, and the number of shots is not high.

As for James, although he scored 11 points in the first quarter, he only scored three out of nine successful shots. If Marion, Tracy McGrady, and Granger hadn't been too aggressive in defending him, he would have caused one foul on all three of them in the first quarter, two of which were fouls on shooting, and four rare free throws.

As James expected, the league will not give him extra care when he fights Liu Mang.

They are representatives of the younger generation of basketball in China and the United States. It is related to the face of the country. It is true that David Stern does not abandon Colangelo, but this aspect still needs to be considered.

And... against anyone, James will try his best to win the game, but against Liu Mang, James is not willing to enjoy extra care. If it is not for his poor footwork, he is not even willing to use one more step for a three-step layup.

Because the opponent is Liu Mang, the man James most wants to really beat.

It's just... James has been working hard today, but he can't hold back the Eagles' three strikers who are very experienced in defending him. He has 11 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. He has already played a very good performance in a single quarter, but the Cavaliers only scored 19 points in the first quarter...

Except for James himself who was 9-of-3 and got two assists when he split the ball, the only other players who attacked on their own were Marshall, who came from the rotation, and scored a single goal from mid-range. It was just such a sports game goal that had nothing to do with James. Except for James, the Cavaliers were only 11-for-3!

And the Eagles... scored 27 points in the first quarter!
After playing against the Bulls and then encountering the defense of the Cavaliers, the Eagles felt as if the opponent had no defense.

Chandler is very good, but at this stage, except for his height suppression and offensive rebounding advantages, his defensive threat is not as good as Ben Wallace, who has passed his peak. Of course, he helped James in the pick-and-roll, which helped James a lot, but the defense is really not as good as the Bulls' inside line. After all, the Bulls' inside defense is so strong that it bursts.

And after seven defensive battles with the Bulls, the Eagles' slack defense before the second round has been oppressed by the Bulls to tighten up, and their physical fitness is limited...but there are many people!

The task of Marion, McGrady, and Granger today is to prevent the death of James. Although they were not able to completely prevent death, they obviously caused huge troubles for James. With Kwame Brown on the inside, James looked good in the first quarter today, but he was actually in a poor situation.

When the TV commentator analyzed the game during the intermission after the first quarter, ESPN commentator Mike Breen analyzed: "Ace is too naughty, is he angry with Kobe? He helped the team in a completely different way from Kobe in this game..."

As Mike Breen said, the fans really think that Liu Mang is deliberately playing the game in a completely different style from Kobe, just to anger Kobe...

As everyone knows...Liu Mang didn't have that idea at all...

But player No. 24 on the West Coast, who was watching the live broadcast of the game, heard what the commentator said... couldn't help but said to Yao Ming next to him: "BIG-YAO, I want to change my jersey!"

"..." Yao Ming looked at the other number 24 that was shown close-up on the TV screen, then looked at the number 24 next to him, and sighed helplessly...

"Why does Ace like to make Kobe angry so much?"

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After the first quarter, the Eagles are very excited. They are in excellent form and have absolute strength against the Cavaliers!
It is true that compared with the past three championship seasons, the strength of the Eagles in the playoffs this season is definitely not as strong as the previous three years, at most it is close to the strength of the second championship.

Needless to say, the first championship in 2004 was a terrifying level of dominance that could compete with the 2001 Lakers for the strongest playoff performance in NBA history.

Winning the championship last season, although not as dominant as in 2004, is also at the forefront of history. Only the champion in the middle is not too dominant, but at that time there was the peak Rasheed Wallace, the strongest single-defense perimeter Prince, and McGrady who had not won the championship.

But after the Eagles experienced the series with the Bulls, their state has been improved to the extreme that the team's current lineup can improve. Facing the Cavaliers, a team that has won four times in the regular season, the Eagles showed a perfect suppression!

Liu Mang looked at his stats...the next thing to do is to control the number of mistakes and fouls, try to use his threat to create opportunities for his teammates, and...you can start scoring!

James' hard work is appreciated by Liu Wei, and James' style of play, although he likes to pass the ball, even likes to throw the pot, he is prone to hesitation at critical moments, has been judged as a characteristic by the system, but Liu Wei really didn't see that James had the idea of ​​deliberately brushing data, but he still had 2 assists and 2 rebounds in a single quarter.

If he really wanted to get assists, Liu Mang felt that it would be really hard to beat this guy, but this guy has averaged a triple-double in the regular season, and he can't get a few assists or rebounds to get a triple-double per game. Having seen the future triple-double king, Liu Mang thinks that James will definitely be stronger if he wants to get it.

But... In this way, Liu Mang feels that the mission is very hopeful to be completed!

(End of this chapter)