From today on is the king

Chapter 1512 1511. Why Are You So Useless? (seeking a monthly ticket)
Needless to say, Liu Mang felt quite special when he held the ball against an opponent like Durant who was taller than McGrady. He had never encountered such a tall defensive player in normal singles.

The point is that this guy seems to grow taller in the future!
After Liu Mang used the star card, he repeatedly watched the technical moves brought by the star card in his mind.

But... the way Durant plays from beyond the arc...

With the height and shooting of Durant in the 13-14 season, there is no need for any fancy skills at all, just throw it!

Liu Mang really didn't find too many three-point shooting skills. The three-point play brought by Durant's star card is to shake a few times against the defense and throw it directly regardless of whether he can shake out the open space!

Looking at Durant, who was kneeling down and wiping sweat from his hands on his shorts, Liu Mang didn't bother to hurt Durant's style of play, so he pulled up on the spot... a three-point shot!
"Ding... Strike triggers at level 3, bounce +3..."

"Ding... Triggered at level 5 other than dry pull, this take-off is not affected by other factors, and the shooting angle offset caused by receding is corrected..."

Two white characters invisible to others appeared in Liu Mang's sight.

Liu Mang suddenly made a three-pointer, and Durant, who was concentrating on it, immediately reacted and rushed towards Liu Mang.

but……

Liu Mang's take-off height and backward angle, Durant has done the best but still can't cover it!The ball flew past Durant's fingertips, and went straight to the basket like an anti-aircraft gun...

"Swish"

Liu Mang hit Durant with a three-pointer!
After following Rondo into the inside line, Paul, who has been preparing to defend against Liu Mang's breakthrough, couldn't help showing a wry smile.

That's it!

Liu Mang dared to vote in such a situation!
And this kind of situation is invested, what Paul feels is not shock, but helplessness!

This season, Liu Mang averaged 40.00 three-pointers per game with a 3.3% five-point shooting rate. Although the number of shots has dropped a bit compared to the past two years, the shooting rate is terrible.

After Liu Mang made the shot, he retreated like a normal person. He would do this once or twice every game, shooting against the defense, forcing the opponent's three-point defense against him to the tightest, so that he could score or pass the ball in the middle and short distances more easily.

But on the surface, Liu Mang didn't care about the three-pointer he just made on the head of a [-]-meter player, but he was actually very excited!This time it's pure luck. Durant's perimeter defense against Antetokounmpo will be crushed, but the perimeter defense against technical skills is really good, and his wingspan is too dominant.

However, the rush is very useful for Liu Mang!A certain skill judged by the system for others is the player's strength or style of play, but for Liu Mang, it is a real bonus.

In terms of skill comparison, there is no difference in strength between the king of dry pull and rushing. If it is for McGrady, dry pull is more effective. McGrady's biggest feature is that he can jump with all his strength when he takes off suddenly.

Although McGrady's height and wingspan are also excellent, he is obviously not as good as Durant, who will be two meters one by one in the future. McGrady relies on his sudden full-strength jump and the characteristics of ignoring interference to make his shooting rate very stable.

But for Liu Mang, the rush is more effective!

The King of Ganba only prevents Liu Mang's jumping from being affected by sudden jumps, so he can jump with all his strength. In order to achieve the effect that should be achieved when the rush is triggered, Liu Mang's jumping gets an extra bonus.

And at this time, the lucky king of dry pull and the rushing attack were triggered together. When the two were added together, Durant's height of [-] meters and a wingspan of [-] meters, Liu Mang even made the shot!

Offensive and defensive transition, the Hornets attack.

Unlike the Hawks, the Hornets are a pure team basketball team. A center with excellent pie-eating ability and good pick-and-roll, coupled with three players with mid-range or long-range shooting ability, maximized Paul's organizational ability.

Much like the Cavaliers, the Hornets are a purely core team.

After Paul advanced to the frontcourt, Rondo defended him.

Two excellent point guards of the new generation who don't like each other are on the bar.

Rondo is faster than Paul, even faster than Liu Mang, sticking to Paul like a candy.

Liu Mang followed Prince to the bottom corner, saw Rondo entangled with Paul, and muttered silently in his heart: spit on him, spit on him...

However, although Rondo, who has never been a teammate with Garnett, has a lot of defensive tricks, he is still quite obedient. Paul, who turned around, pushed him away with his big butt.

Paul did not seek the pick-and-roll as Liu Mang had imagined, but went straight to it!

The explosive speed exceeded Liu Mang's expectations, and he quickly rushed to the free throw line. Fortunately, Marion made up the defense in time and blocked Paul.

Paul made the move to pass the ball to West, Liu Mang let go of Prince and switched to West, but Paul was fake!He distributed the ball to Durant who ran towards the top arc, and Prince blocked McGrady who was chasing Durant!
When Durant received the ball, Rondo immediately switched over. The high-speed rotation defense did a very good job, but this little time difference was enough for Durant. Rondo was more than 20 centimeters shorter.

Durant's three-point shot from the top arc...

Such a shot is definitely an opportunity for Durant, and it is also one of the tactics of the Hornets, but Durant is really determined...

Durant's three-pointer missed!
Liu Mang turned around to block West, the rock-solid level 5 trigger blocked West who wanted to rush, Marion turned around and received a defensive rebound.

For the Hornets' attack, Liu Mang didn't think he was able to defend. Paul's vision was too outstanding, and he had a good grasp of the position of each teammate on the outside.

Breaking through and scoring the ball is not a high-position support, and Liu Wei can't judge by "rejecting the horse".

The focus is on Paul's breakthrough!In the previous two seasons, the rookie Paul was not that strong, and the second-year Paul suffered from many injuries. Now in the third year, Paul's ultimate evolutionary breakthrough made Liu Mang feel incredible!
If Paul played pick-and-roll, it would be much easier to defend, but the breakthrough is so strong, and he can tear through the first line of defense by himself, then the problem will be big...

However, Liu Mang didn't think too much about it for the time being. The game has just started, and it took only 33 seconds to play. There are still more than 9 minutes for the star card. Let's experience Durant's star card first.

Liu Mang didn't go to catch the ball, and ran directly to the frontcourt. Seeing that Durant was defending him, Liu Mang beckoned to Rondo who was advancing.

Durant was so nervous that he immediately pressed forward to defend Liu Mang from outside the three-point line.

This is what Liu Mang wanted, to cut into the three-point line following Durant's pressing action, and go straight to the basket!
Rondo, who just passed the halfway line, really dared to play and sent the ball directly to the basket!

On the inside, Kwame Brown withdrew from the three-second zone, and Armstrong followed. David West looked at Liu Mang who rushed in, and fell into deep thought: should he go in to defend?What do you want?or not...

"Bang..."

While West was meditating, Liu Mang rushed in and pressed the ball passed to the left side of the basket with one hand.

The pass is too comfortable, just rush in and touch the ball.

After two rounds, Durant wanted to cry!
Last year was fine. As a rookie in 06, Liu Mang didn't do anything to bully young players. Durant felt that maybe Liu Mang had already become a superstar and didn't bother to bully rookies.

But when Durant was still in high school, Liu Mang was very famous!

From the 02-03 season to the 05-06 season, for four years, Liu Mang was like a devil full of resentment towards the draft picks, ravaging the high-ranking stars, especially the top five picks in the 03 generation. Up to now, only Anthony has won Liu Mang in the regular season...

During those four years, the talented rookies in the entire NBA were in a state of panic. The head coaches and management of their teams were extremely unwilling to let their talented players face off against Liu Wei, for fear of being played badly by Liu Wei.

Don't you see that the generals of the Washington Guards are all abolished now...

Even Durant's current boss, Paul, was bullied badly by Liu Mang back then, as if he was playing a game.

Durant originally thought that Liu Mang would not have that bad interest in bullying "children" now that he had become famous, but he didn't expect him to meet him!
"I'm still a child, is genius wrong?" Durant really wanted to cry.

In the next game, Durant seemed to have no fighting spirit, and he didn't want to face reality from the beginning.

iron!iron!iron!
After a few rounds, Liu Mang discovered that he might have overestimated Durant's ability to bear it!

Unlike Liu Mang's impression of Durant's rookie season of throwing and throwing, Durant's running position is more organized than Liu Mang's impression!

The Hornets are still good at cultivating rookies, and their high-ranking rookies rarely lose water.

Having a lot of shot rights to throw is indeed a good way for tall pitchers to grow.

But having a point guard who allows tall shooters to enjoy the most comfortable catch-and-shoot early in their careers is sure to be another great way for the big man to grow.

Whenever Durant has the opportunity, Paul will send the ball to him as soon as possible.

The key is that for Durant, who has grown to [-] meters in just the first grade, playing small forward or shooting guard is a misplacement.

Durant is a little different from his growth in the Supersonics in the original time and space. When he was in the Supersonics, his opponent had already posted the ball when he received the ball.

Although there are very few opportunities in this time and space, when he receives the ball, the opponent has just jumped up to defend in place, but before it is time to close up to make up for the height gap, Durant has already made a good shot.

That's the little difference Paul brings, allowing Durant to enjoy better shots from the start of his career.

A better shooting opportunity means a more accurate shot, and a more accurate shot means more confidence and more daring to shoot, and the training effect can be better displayed!
In this way, although there is less pressure to carry the team forward alone, Durant...he doesn't like that much pressure, and he doesn't like to carry the team on his own. This makes Durant's progress faster than in the original time and space. Originally, it was more, because of the influence of Liu Mang, the Hornets trained Durant more towards three-pointers.

It's just that Durant's current shooting ability is really poor. Of course, compared to the peak, he is so iron that people are fascinated. The most important thing is that Durant seems to have a mentality that is about to collapse!

But Liu Mang also felt the difference in the star cards of Durant and Curry in their first peak period!
Curry is a technical streamer, relying on his strong ability to create space outside the three-point line, he shoots the ball at an opportunity that others don't seem to be an opportunity, but this is just that others don't seem to be an opportunity. In Curry's eyes, a little gap is already an opportunity. It is similar to Kobe's feeling, except that Curry's shots are more accurate.

And Durant is different, Durant reveals a domineering feeling inside and out!
horizontal!
It's too horrific!
Durant's height is too advantageous for a player who can play small forward and shooting guard. The ability to shoot anytime and anywhere makes Durant's offense reveal the feeling of being too horizontal.

And Liu Mang has a similar ability by relying on the effect of the star card. Although the ability bonus has been weakened, the characteristics are the same.

When the defense is tight, Liu Reck cuts in and goes straight to the basket. If the defense is not so tight, Liu Reck uses the rush to pull directly, and the efficiency is still very high!
But Liu Mang's side is bad, and Durant's side is even worse...

The head coach of the Hornets, Byron Scott, is also a peculiar coach. It may be that he has played with Magician, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, O’Neal, Kobe Bryant and other superstars for too long. He also scored points with Jordan in the finals and almost won the finals MVP in 1988. He felt that talented people should put pressure on them, so he asked Durant to guard Liu Mang without calling a timeout for half a quarter.

In six and a half minutes, Liu Mang made 7 of 5 shots, 3 of 2 three-pointers, 1 of 1 free throws, and 13 points in the half quarter...

The official timeout came when Durant threw a dead ball, and the referee called the official timeout!

Entering the official timeout, Liu Mang looked at Durant, who was a little dull-eyed, worried that he would ruin this guy!

"Kevin." Liu Mang called Durant.

"Ah?" Durant raised his head in confusion.

terrible!

In the past 5 minutes, Durant felt unprecedented fear.

There is no way to prevent it!Durant never thought that there would be such a player in the world. He would not feel so scary facing Kobe. His wingspan is very effective in defending Kobe.

In fact, if it was normal, Durant would use his wingspan to interfere with Liu Mang's shooting, and it would be very effective, but Liu Mang couldn't stop him from using Durant's star card to deal with Durant. He knew Durant's defensive habits very well.

Therefore, Liu Mang's tyranny made Durant's heart explode.

Seeing that Durant is not as ferocious as the god of death, Liu Mang feels that it is not good!Don't play around with this nail!
Liu Mang said 'hmm' and said: "Kevin, you are weaker than I imagined, I used your style of play to deal with you, why are you so useless!"

"Huh? My style of play?" Durant didn't even notice that Liu Mang's style of play was the same as his!

Liu Mang reminded him to react!
Liu Mang's shooting method just now is the same as his in that he shoots without getting close at the first time!Cut it in when it fits tight!

Watching Liu Mang turn and leave, Durant became excited like a fan!

"So my style of play is so good? As long as I can practice shooting as accurately as Boss Ace, can I score like him?"

(End of this chapter)