From today on is the king

Chapter 1532 1531. Alternative 3+1 (seeking guaranteed monthly pass)

The Eagles' tactics today are very effective.

When discussing the Raptors yesterday afternoon, the biggest headache for Liu Mang and his teammates was the new superstar Milicic.

"Dako Milicic, ability rating 96, offense 90, defense 96, passing 86, rebound 97, three-pointer 39, mid-range shot 87, layup 94, speed 82, strength 93..."

If Duncan refuses to admit that he is a center, from the perspective of ability evaluation, Milicic is already the strongest center.

Why has Milicic been able to make big strides every year in the past three years, becoming a superstar?

It is because he is too comprehensive on both ends of the offense and defense, and every improvement is very targeted. The Raptors will always give Milicic the greatest room for error and give Milicic the opportunity to improve.

By this season, it is true that Milicic's single defense is not as good as Kwame Brown, but better than Howard and Garnett. Milicic's help defense is not as good as Garnett and Howard, but single defense is better.

Compared with the strongest, Milicic is not good, but it is compared with the strongest.

Milicic is a modern-day Hakeem Olajuwon.

Olajuwon is stronger than most other inside defensive players, and both single defense and assisted defense are better than most insiders.

This is the case with Milicic. Compared with single defense and auxiliary defense, Milicic is not the best, but they are all among the top center positions in the league!
The same goes for the offensive end. Milicic is worse than Yao Ming in low post and mid-range shooting, but better in breakthrough and passing; he is not as good in breakthrough and mid-range shooting as Garnett, but he is better than Garnett in low post, and his passing is even worse.

Milicic has shown talent in defense and passing since the first year he came to the Raptors. He rebounded last season. This year, his scoring ability, which has been criticized for not being good enough, has also improved a lot this season. So far, he has averaged 21.5 points, 11 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 3.5 blocks and 0.7 steals per game.

On the offensive end, Milicic can make mid-range shots, play singles at the basket, cut in, and break through with the ball. It is too comprehensive. Although he has no three-pointers at all, he has even regressed from a three-point rating of 50 in his rookie season to 39. Because he has not practiced at all, he specializes in three-point line skills. Milicic has all the offensive methods inside the three-point line.

Regardless of speed, Milicic is like Odom who has continued to be serious and has no three-pointers, and the defense is even better!
Just like during Michael Jordan's first three consecutive championships, he played against the Rockets six times in the regular season with 1 win and 5 losses. The Rockets led by Olajuwon pressed him to make people imagine what would happen if the Rockets entered the finals in those three years. Now Milicic is very difficult to deal with.

Milicic has no obvious weaknesses. He has a comprehensive offense and a comprehensive defense. He is currently the number one favorite for the best defensive player, and his MVP ranking has also been ranked in the top ten for a long time... The most exaggerated thing is that Milicic just turned 23 years old last June...

Milicic’s current performance is similar to that of the 23-year-old Olajuwon in the second grade. Olajuwon averaged 23.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 3.4 blocks per game in the second grade.

Milicic like this, the Eagles have thought of countless inside collocations, and they feel that they can’t be restricted. Milicic doesn’t have such obvious flaws as other super centers.

The last time the Eagles played against the Raptors at home, they also played very anxiously. They also fell behind in the start, and finally won by relying on the three eagles from the outside to shoot wildly.

The players discussed for two hours with no results, and the coaching staff didn't have a good strategy the next day. Such a center can have a good way to deal with it. Olajuwon would not be so difficult to defend back then, so we can only fight for strength.

But the Eagles have only just started their consecutive away games, and it is too unfavorable for the Eagles to face head-to-head like the last time they met the Raptors this season, so Liu Mang simply changed his mind.

Instead of thinking of ways to prevent Milicic, start with off-court factors.

"Physical consumption war", Liu Mang proposed this suggestion to the coaching staff.

The Raptors are a positional team that can run very well. Their power forward Lewis can play small forward. Although the defense is not good, the defense is very fast, that is, active.

For the other four, TJ Ford is currently the fastest player in the NBA, Joe Johnson and Richard Jefferson are not bad in physical fitness, and Milicic is also in good physical fitness. They can run and keep up. The Eagles pulled them to speed up at the fastest pace.

Although they trailed by up to 10 points at the beginning, after the 7th minute of the second quarter, the Eagles changed to a positional lineup and played slowly.

During the timeout, the Raptors were on the bench, and Milicic didn't say a word, like a wronged child.

There were no substitutions on both sides, and the Eagles continued to send Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Grant Hill, O'Neal, and Brad Miller.

The Raptors continued to send Kapono, Joe Johnson, Richard Jefferson, Delfino, and Milicic's lineup of one and four.

Back from the timeout, the Raptors frontcourt.

The Raptors want to play a stable offense. Milicic mentions the free throw line to catch the ball. The Raptors start to run tactically. Kapono and Joe Johnson are two three-pointers.
The connection between Milicic and Richard Jefferson, pass the ball!

When Del Filo's name floated in front of Liu Mang's eyes, he immediately rushed towards Richard Jefferson in the opposite direction.

Delfino was startled when he saw Liu Mang rushing forward, he missed the ball and dropped it!The ball flies out of bounds!
Delfino didn't expect Liu Mang to be in place at this time!
When Richard Jefferson cut in, Brad Miller was still one step behind the free throw line and couldn't catch up. O'Neal rushed to the basket, and it was difficult to catch up with Richard Jefferson. Only Liu Mang, who shrank back after switching defenses with Grant Hill, had a chance to block Richard Jefferson. Milicic used this to pass the ball to the even more inconspicuous Delfino.

But Liu Mang judged that the object of Milicic's pass was not Richard Jefferson, who seemed too obvious, but Delfino, who was ignored on the other side.

Every time Milicic is in a bad mood, his passing action will be obviously slow. It is difficult for Milicic to play out the characteristics that Milicic is rated as "weak" by the system. In this way, the time-lag passing that he is good at is gone!
This season, Milicic has rarely been frustrated. After all, he is basically the best center in the league. Milicic has faced Yao Ming twice this season, and they actually have the upper hand. He restrained Yao Ming like Gasol, and even did better.

But when he met Liu Mang, as long as he encountered setbacks in the game, Milicic was easily frustrated, especially the sense of gap between leading so much and being quickly caught up.

If Milicic grasped the time difference in this pass, it would be difficult for Liu Mang to block it, but the key point is that Milicic's mentality is a bit broken!

His teammates didn't catch the ball steadily, and Milicic was even more unhappy.

Seeing Milicic's frustrated expression when he returned to defense, Liu Mang felt that the opportunity had come!
A chance to completely turn the tide of the game!

Liu Mang received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Jason Terry saw Liu Mang only staring at the basket, so he knew what Liu Mang was going to do, and immediately went to the bottom corner to open up space.

Brad Miller went to the bottom corner on the other side, and O'Neal also went to the middle distance. They have played together for half a season. Although the two veteran insiders couldn't understand Liu Mang's eyes, but Jason Terry made such a move. Everyone knew that Liu Mang was going to come by himself!

When Liu Mang took a step outside the top arc, Richard Jefferson stepped up and didn't give any room for three-pointers. Richard Jefferson's defense was nothing to say, and Liu Mang didn't choose to go directly. Milicic's inside defense was too threatening.

Liu Mang beckoned to Grant Hill for a pick-and-roll, Grant Hill immediately came out to block Richard Jefferson, Liu Mang took a step around and shot directly!

Joe Johnson, who encountered a pick-and-roll and changed defense, immediately rushed towards Liu Mang, but Liu Mang's backward arc is even bigger now!Although he failed to trigger the king of dry pulling this time, Liu Mang's retreat made Joe-Johnson react very quickly and failed to substantially interfere!

Richard Jefferson, who forced his way over from Grant Hill, could only reach out and grab Liu Mang, but when he met Liu Mang, Liu Mang had already thrown the ball!

"beep"

"bang"

"Beep beep beep..."

The referee's whistle was originally good, but suddenly it became very messy...

Milicic, who caught the ball inside, watched the referee interfere with the ball, and his mentality completely collapsed!
He saw the ball hit the rim just now, jumped in and caught the ball at the first time, but the ball did not leave the cylinder of the rim, that is to say, it may bounce on the rim again or bounce in, of course it may also bounce out, but Milicic touched the ball in advance and was blown to interfere with the ball!

Liu Mang originally only made three free throws, but it turned into 3+1!

Not to mention the fact that the Raptors players felt weird about this ball, Liu Mang opened his mouth wide...

Seeing Milicic smash the ball on the ground in a frenzy, Liu Mang was stunned when he heard the system prompt: "Can it still be like this? With self-explosion?"

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