From today on is the king

Chapter 153. 152. The Hero
"Oh oh oh..."

The fans next to the basket and the Eagles fans near the side of the basket clearly heard Stockton's words, and were taken aback for a moment. Is this the low-key, not extravagant, silently doing all kinds of dirty work, the man behind Malone's general Your Excellency Stockton?

People wouldn’t be surprised if Stockton gave Liu Mang an elbow and made Liu Mang bleed. Although Stockton has become less obnoxious after two years of no hope of winning the championship, he definitely won’t be this kind of person who jokes and talks trash to Liu Mangbiao!

Is this the rhythm of retirement?

Since the middle of last season, due to the decline in physical fitness in the second half of last season, Stockton is no longer the never-tiring general before 2000. It has been rumored that Stockton is going to retire. Since then, Stockton’s style of play has changed. To describe it in a romantic way, his style of play has become more relaxed. Comments such as sympathy, regret, and emotion all appeared on the Utah Shuangsha, and most of them appeared on Stockton.

In the final analysis, the Utah Shuangsha is a tragic combination that has been successively defeated by three groups, the Yellow-Green War, the Bad Boys, and Jordan.

Liu Mang blinked his eyes to make sure he saw the right person. Is this the legendary Stockton, who is mean, shameless, indecent, well-dressed, and constantly playing basketball?

There is a big difference between the god-like shooting touch before and the impressive passing ability.

Next came Stockton singles teaching time. In the peak period, he averaged 17 or [-] assists per game, and averaged [-] points per game, and his shooting percentage was rarely less than [-]% throughout his career.

First try the step-and-step jumper!
Then there is a step feint to take the ball and change hands to break through and throw.

Next is the high post singles turnaround jumper...

A slalom jumper in the pick-and-roll transition...

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If it weren't for his well-known free throws, especially the miserable free throws at critical moments, Stockton would have been a member of the 50 club of 40+90+180.

In Stockton's view, this is probably the last time he will play in Atlanta in his life, and he doesn't know if he will play next season. The Hawks are clearly well-prepared for today's game, and it will be difficult for the Jazz to leave with a victory. They just played back-to-back in the last game.

That being the case, Stockton felt that he might as well be self-willed for a while, and teach young people what singles are!
The Eagles kept counterattacking, regardless of whether Stockton could score or not, they kept counterattacking and quickly overtook the score.

After all, Stockton is so old, and his technical movements can be maintained well, which is because his basic skills are too good, but he starts to break when he is throwing the ball, and most of them are slowly hitting the iron.

What can Stockton do? The strength of his own team is on the verge of the playoffs. Even if it is placed in the East, it will compete for six to eight places, and it is so tiring to play back to back. Even if Malone is there, I have seen it before.

Soon the Eagles gradually opened up the score. Even if Utah and Shuangsha played together in the third quarter, they only lasted for a while, and then they couldn't hold it anymore!

Malone was very upset and wanted to win, but Stockton was more calm. Instead of fighting his life in this back-to-back lack of physical fitness, he might as well focus on the next game.

Liu Mang was frightened by Stockton in the second quarter, this technique!This core strength!This basic skill!

I just heard that Nash has the strength of 40 points in a single game but is more willing to assist. Stockton is not bad!
It’s right to think about it, if one of the pick-and-rolls doesn’t have the ability to attract defenses from the outside, the result of the pick-and-roll is probably similar to that of Nash and Howard’s pick-and-roll.

After three quarters, the Eagles led the Jazz by 84 points 71 to 13.

The point difference is not big, but the Utah Shuangsha, who are already late, are unable to catch up, and Sloan is also helpless, there is no one in his hand!Years of 50+ records. In the past 13 years, the Jazz have 11 50+ wins and 6 60+ wins. The only two times are not 50+ wins. One is a lockout. , are all old and retired, and no one really uses them.

After all, not everyone is Popovich. It took Duncan 20 years to get Leonard halfway.

In the end, the Eagles lost first and then won at home. With the team's hard work, they quickly reversed the situation. In the end, they defeated the late Jazz 113 to 97 and won three consecutive victories. The record became 18 wins and 7 losses!
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After the game, as the leader who led the team to kill the Jazz with attrition tactics in the second half of the first quarter, Liu Mang accepted the post-match interview.

The questions I asked were all about my views on the game, how to resist when I was behind, why I chose to play against the Jazz, which has a strong fast break ability, and so on. These are very common questions.

Liu Mang also answered honestly.

Being dishonest is not enough, Coach Kruger is almost watching with a knife.

"OK, Ace, your brain is as smart as the legend says, and you immediately found the Jazz's weakness. One last question, what do you think of your teammate Stockton? I heard that he imitated your and Kobe's 'famous quotes' during the game." The reporter finally brought up a topic with a relaxed atmosphere. After a game was over, the reporter himself knew why the players didn't like it when they asked them why they played like that during the game.

To be honest, who the hell can clearly understand why he made those choices in the game?If he knew, McGee wouldn't be in the top five embarrassment every day.

Players have to politely make up a bunch of official answers when they are asked. If you are not happy to ask, the players will not be happy to answer.

About Stockton?Liu Mang looked at the picture of a short middle-aged man smiling and listening after saying goodbye to Ratliff, and a tall muscular man complaining endlessly.

It is so different from the imagined Utah Shuangsha!

According to rumors, Stockton is the Jazz's hidden devil, driving his teammates with passes, and dealing with opponents with obscene defense on the defensive end. Malone is the hot stormtrooper, which is why Stockton was nicknamed "General" by fans back then.

But now, it seems that Stockton has really fast forwarded to the age of [-] and is open to everything!Ma Long is still the fiery stormtrooper...

What do you think of Stockton?
Liu Mang thought for a while and replied: "The legend will eventually come to an end, but the greatness will never be forgotten!"

(End of this chapter)