From today on is the king

Chapter 445 443. Strategy Success!Four consecutive victories!

After the start of the second half, the lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince, Boozer and Ratliff played.

For the Supersonics, the average playing time this year is still as high as 40 minutes, especially in the ten or so games with the Bucks, Payton, who has played 44 minutes and is at the end of his peak, continues to play. Reed, Desmond Mason, Anthony Mason Jr., and Alvin Johnson play.

The Bucks' second team is also very good, thanks to the help of the Hawks and the Sonics, one helping to make space, and the other sending someone to death.

Liu Mang felt like a cheap laborer who did the most work. Watching Payton push forward and hand the ball to Reed, Liu Mang moved towards Reed to defend.

"Michael Reid, ability value 79, offense 86, defense 71, three-pointer 85, mid-range shooting 84, layup 87..."

Looking at Reed, whose strength is basically equal to his own, Liu Mang felt depressed, irritable, and unhappy... Liu Mang did not suppress these emotions, and it was better to be emotional when defending. He only fouled once in the first half, so he was not afraid of making big moves.

In fact, Liu Mang and Reed were very excited when they fought against each other. This kind of opponent was truly evenly matched, but he likes to defend with displeasure, not to save the opponent's face, and to kill the opponent.

Liu Mang bullied himself and pressed on Reed. For this kind of left-hander, the opponent cannot be accelerated, otherwise the opponent's ball path is too elusive, even if he is prepared, he will often be unable to match his defensive habits.

"Big wave, long time no see." Liu Mang greeted Reed in a 'kindly' way, and comforted Reed's waist with his hands, not giving him a chance to speed up.

Reid is also very excited about playing against Liu Mang, but he loses every time he meets him. For a player like him who mainly runs, pick-and-roll, and jump shots, he is really aggrieved when he meets Liu Mang before he is too accurate!

But now that he has played against Liu Mang more times, Reid knows to avoid having conversations with Liu Mang during the game, otherwise it will affect his emotions too much.

That's how it was in the first half. Payton was brought into the ditch after hitting.

Taking people as a guide, you can understand the gains and losses. Reid saw Ray Allen and Payton, the former boss and the current boss, who were successively made to lose their previous calmness by Liu Mang, and then looked at the eternal second-in-command Cassel who always smiled no matter what Liu Mang said.

It's just that Reed's "playing basketball happily" is right without expression.

George Karl used Reed to hold the ball to attract Liu Mang's defense, which succeeded. Reed pulled Liu Mang beyond the three-point line, and then passed the ball to Payton, who was leaning on Prince for the ball.

After about 20 minutes of intermission, Payton recovered a little. Coach George Karl thought that Liu Mang's defense was too much for Payton's physical fitness. He pulled Liu Mang away and let Payton play other players to attract double-teams.

Payton faced Prince with an obvious height disadvantage, but his strength advantage was greater than when he faced Liu Mang. Payton slapped the ball hard, turned around and cut in from the bottom line. Even if Prince judged it, he couldn't stop him as a thin rookie.

Boozer, who was already ready to double-team, explained what a sad effort was. He yelled and jumped back from Anthony Mason Jr. on the right side of the free throw line. Payton did not choose to come by himself at this time. , Desmond Mason, who came in with an air cut, just received the ball, cut to the basket and scored two points.

Payton's iconic high and low passes!Bring on the Bucks!

Needless to say, George Karl's team is indeed the most suitable for Payton. This means that if you integrate, you will integrate, and the tactics will fly!
And George Karl's team has very similar characteristics to the Eagles, no matter whether they score or not, they return to defense quickly!And because there is no rebounding advantage, faster than the Eagles!
Liu Mang's cavalry tactics borrowed D'Antoni's running and bombing, Steve Kerr's small ball tactics, and George Karl's track and field team style of play, so they are so similar.

Muhammad picked up the ball and sent it to Liu Mang. Liu Mang looked at Coach Kruger and pointed up and down. Coach Kruger spread his palms and pressed down.

Liu Mang understood, and fell into position.

Suppressing the rhythm, the Eagles are now 44 points behind 49 to 5. The point difference is not too big, so we can't rush for success.

When both teams started to run, it became a fight, and they were both running and bombing teams.

And in the position, the Eagles have the advantage!

Liu Mang slowly advances to the frontcourt. After his teammates settle down, he advances beyond the three-point line and finds that he is being defended by small forward Desmond Mason.

This is what I want!

After all, Payton is almost 35. If he wants to defend a young man like Liu Mang for a whole game, he can still be carried out.

"Desmond Mason, ability value 74, offense 76, defense 72, three-pointer 69, mid-range shooting 61, layup 89, speed 88, strength 82..."

As a rookie in 2000, Desmond Mason almost won the Most Improved Award last season. This year, he averaged 14+6+2 per game in the third grade.

Why did Liu Mang work so hard to consume Payton in the first half?Just for this moment!
Seeing that Desmond Mason seemed very nervous, Liu Mang laughed "hehehe", and Desmond Mason was horrified by the laughter: You vote!You break through!What are you scaring!
As a third-year player who saw Liu Mang's strength face-to-face in last year's All-Star Rookie Game, Desmond Mason has no doubts that Liu Mang is the leader of his generation of young players.

After Liu Mang finished laughing, Mao lowered his waist and prepared to fake Desmond Mason's defense. This kind of physical player can fly at a touch.

However, just as Liu Mang bent down, Desmond Mason took a big step back...

Liu Mang was at a loss, what was going on?Nima is here again!

Liu Mang remembered that he was the same guy last time, as soon as he made the action, the other party backed away in fright. The last time he encountered such an exaggerated reaction, it scared even a scary person like Liu Mang.

Fortunately, with an experience, Liu Mang was not so frightened this time, so he grabbed the ball and sniped it!

This time he didn't miss like last time, Liu Mang's sniper shot went straight to the basket and hit a three-pointer!

47 to 49, the point difference became two points.

The offense and defense switched, the Bucks attacked, Liu Mang saw Payton advancing, and started a shameless defensive strategy, going around the perimeter!

When Reed hadn't received the ball, Liu Mang crazily defended Reed. Reed bypassed Anthony Mason Jr. who came up to pick and roll without the ball. Liu Mang squeezed forward and stretched out his hand from Reed's armpit, interfering with Reed's possible receiving route.

Seeing Liu Mang defending without the ball like a mad dog, Payton really didn't dare to pass to Reed!
Peyton looked at Liu Mang's crazy dog ​​spirit of playing the regular season as his last game, which was a bit like his youth, which made Peyton hate Liu Mang even more.

The MVP was robbed by Jordan, the championship was robbed by Jordan, and now the fighting spirit on the defensive end, which is most praised by people, has a disciple of Jordan who wants to grab it!

Is there any reason!

Peyton didn't look at Liu Mang, but looked angry, and put his vicious eyes on Prince.

Payton is very confident now. His performance of 22 points and 6 assists in the first half made him feel that he is in excellent condition today. He recovered a little energy after the halftime break and now he doesn't feel tired.

Seeing that Prince defended Payton alone, Payton wanted to play singles, Muhammad was ready to make up the defense at any time under the basket, and Boozer, who was defending Anthony Mason Jr., was also ready to double-team.

However, Prince seems to have eyes behind his back, or he already knows the team's defense well, so he waved his hand to the back, signaling that he doesn't need to make up defense, and he has to defend alone!
It was a bit of a surprise, but it became clear immediately that Prince was still consuming Payton!Boozer and Muhammad immediately returned to the defensive position, tightly guarding their defenders.

As a result, Payton started the singles mode again, and for three consecutive rounds, he turned around in the middle distance and forced Prince to the basket to avoid Prince who was catching up behind him and hit a layup.

But even though Payton succeeded in consecutive singles, the Eagles still did not choose to double-team or assist in defense. When the first ball was played, Payton felt that the opponent was not ready. The second time made Payton quite confused, but it is good to be able to score.

However, when Payton played three times in a row, and each time he was a little breathless due to the large amount of physical contact by Prince, when he hit the third layup, Payton felt something was wrong!
The game has become a battle of positions!

If the shot is accurate when attacking, even if you fail to defend when defending, if you can score again on your own side, it is difficult to feel something is wrong.

Just like now, Payton scored three goals in a row. It seems that the Bucks have no problems at all, and they played vigorously on the court.

However, when Payton scored three goals in a row and felt that his physical fitness, which had finally recovered during the halftime break, was made breathless by the rookie in the opponent's No. 22 jersey, Payton realized something was wrong and looked up at the score on the big screen.

55 is better than 52!

Only three points left!And then the Eagles attack!
Liu Mang's three-pointer just now, and then a breakthrough to attract a double-team to Prince's three-pointer, Boozer's low singles, scored 8 points.

This is the case when both teams score goals in positional battles. The players on the field usually fall into a disadvantage without feeling that they are inexplicable, because they are all scoring goals.

But after feeling something was wrong, Payton saw the scoreboard, and finally understood at this time that the reason why the Eagles have single-handedly defended him since the first quarter was to consume him!

When the Eagles attacked again, Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. Desmond Mason defended Liu Mang three times in a row, but failed to defend once. Reid switched defenses.

Although both of them defend equally, Reid is stronger in heart and will not be frightened by Liu Wei.

Liu Mang observed the opponent's defensive intentions, and saw that because he had scored or passed the ball in the first three offenses, the opponent was already preparing for a pincer attack. Seeing Reid defending so high, it was clear that the defense shot was not anti-burst.

Jason Terry is a real guy, not like some self-proclaimed loyal player who doesn't want to pick and roll, even if he is a short guy, he puts on Reed with a face that he can't do it.

Jason Terry's 1.8m[-] small arm and calf pick-and-roll is not very effective, but a little is enough. Taking advantage of that momentary opportunity, Liu Mang suddenly accelerated to get rid of Reid, and rushed towards the right side of Payton who was coming to switch defenses.

Payton's first reaction was to block Liu Mang, but suddenly he realized that the opponent wanted to pass the ball!Sure enough, Liu Mang's threat was huge in the minds of rookies after 2000, and Reid also caught up, forming a close encirclement with Payton!

Peyton groaned inwardly, let go of Liu Mang and chased after Jason Terry.

If it was Payton two or three years ago, it would not be a big problem to immediately go to defend Jason Terry, but the years are not forgiving. Before Payton made the pounce, he saw the ball fall from above him into the hands of Jason Terry who ran to the top arc.
55 flats!
The Eagles tied the score in the 3rd minute of the third quarter!
Looking at Payton who could no longer keep up, Liu Mang knew that today's plan was a success!

Although Payton seemed to be playing four times in a row in the third quarter and scoring three times at a time, he was old after all. Although he recovered some strength in the 20 minutes of intermission, he would decline quickly!
It's like after a high-intensity exercise that consumes a lot of physical energy, and after a short rest, I don't breathe or sweat. It seems that I have recovered, and I can do another set immediately, but as I do it, I will find that the physical energy is exhausted very quickly!
This is especially true for a 35-year-old veteran who is close to middle age like Payton. The wrong judgment of his head made Payton feel that his physical strength has recovered and it is very cool to score, but after a few high-intensity confrontational shots, the feeling of weakness came!
This made Liu Mang admire Prince's defensive awareness. If Payton is really double-teamed and assisted in defense, Payton can drive the Bucks' team offense like the first time he singled Prince.

Prince accurately judged Payton's condition, so he continued the defensive strategy in the first half of several rounds, and finally, completely exhausted Payton's physical energy!
It was the Bucks offense again. After Payton came over, he didn’t play singles anymore, but let Anthony Mason Jr. pick and roll. With the pick and roll of Anthony Mason Jr., Payton broke into the middle distance and gave the ball to Anthony Mason Jr. The moment Anthony Mason Jr. received the ball, he threw a through ball to the basket. Tim Thomas almost missed it. He didn’t expect the ball to pass.

This is what people love and hate about Anthony Mason Jr. He loves to organize offenses too much, and his passing is always unimaginable, not only for opponents, but also for his teammates most of the time. Therefore, Anthony Mason Jr.'s passing data this year is 3 assists and 2.5 turnovers per game, which is almost a 1:1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Fortunately, Tim Thomas was still steady, and the low-handed layup under the basket scored two points.

However, this time, the Eagles did not press the rhythm. At the moment when Anthony Mason Jr. passed the ball, Liu Mang and Jason Terry were almost down regardless of whether the opponent made a mistake or scored!

After Tim Thomas made a layup, Boozer immediately picked up the ball and made a long pass to the frontcourt. Jason Terry received the ball at the center line.

Peyton reacted quickly and chased after Jason Terry, but found that he really couldn't keep up with his footsteps, and he couldn't catch up with his life!

Fortunately, Reid also chased after him, but Reid's defense was fierce, and the effect was not good!Payton expects Reed to block Jason Terry, and then he can go up to complete the double-team.

At this moment, Jason Terry suddenly stopped outside the three-point line. Payton and Reed were very surprised. But they had two chasing defenses, and they wanted to stop for a three-pointer?No matter how you look at it, this choice is not reliable!But both Reed and Payton slowed down to avoid rushing over the head and being chased by Jason Terry for a three-pointer.

Just when Payton and Reid stopped and were sandwiched between Jason Terry, suddenly, a figure rushed in from the left side of the three-point line!
Jason Terry throws the ball to the left of the rim, and a figure in an Eagles away jersey with the number 1 embroidered on the back slides through the air and presses the ball into the rim!

Liu Mang!

Liu Mang just slowed down when Jason Terry received the ball, wanting to be the follow-up to catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer. This is one of the cavalry tactics. Who knew that Jason Terry stopped suddenly.

Fortunately, the tacit understanding between the two was enough. Liu Mang slowed down and then accelerated suddenly. When both Reed and Payton were stopped by Jason Terry, Liu Mang rushed in for an alley-oop dunk and scored two points.

57 to 57, the Eagles tied the score again!
It was the Bucks’ offense again. Finally, this time Anthony Mason Jr., who got an open mid-range opportunity, missed a mid-range shot. The Hawks counterattacked again. This time, Payton, Reid, and Desmond Mason all quickly returned to the defense. Payton slowed down and blocked the follow-up Liu Mang.

However, Prince followed up and cut to the basket for the third time!Jason Terry is addicted to the lob pass, and Prince's gibbon-style lob catch is successful!
59 to 57, the Eagles took the lead for the first time in this game except for Raheem's singles at the beginning!After being led for nearly two and a half quarters, he completed the overtake for the first time!

Seeing that Payton really couldn't defend, couldn't attack and couldn't attack, George Karl quickly called a timeout and replaced Payton with Cassel...

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The Eagles overtook the score for the first time in the 4th minute of the third quarter, and the Bucks couldn't stop the Eagles after that.

As the core of this Bucks team, Payton plays a very different role from others. Even if he is almost 35 years old, George Karl's tactics are played around him. The average playing time of 44 minutes per game in the past ten games illustrates this point. It can be said that Payton is the most suitable point guard for George Karl's tactics. Aliens can't make up for Payton's physical decline.

Besides, the aliens were not very happy playing under George Karl. Except for reaching the Eastern Conference finals in the 2001 playoffs, Cassel was not so happy. To be honest, the peak years from the age of 29 to 33 were wasted in the Bucks.

In the team with the Big Dog and Ray Allen before and the team with Payton now, Cassell played like a pitcher. He didn't work hard, but he became more and more confused.

This made Kassel suddenly asked to come up and start to organize the offense when Payton's physical strength was insufficient. The Bucks played more than ten games under Payton's core style of play, and they were already accustomed to the kind of offense with Payton as the core.

In the middle of the third quarter, when coach George Karl replaced Payton with Cassel, coach Kruger accurately grasped the opportunity and replaced Boozer with Raheem, dispatched Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince with three outside shots, two rebounders Raheem and Muhammad, and heavy cavalry who counterattacked and hit the offensive rebound, starting a defensive counterattack frenzy!

The biggest problem for the Bucks is that they really don’t even have a strong insider. Except for Payton’s low-post singles, they can only shoot from the outside or break through for layups. There are no tall players. This style of play is too efficient.

By the end of the third quarter, Payton had almost rested, and he had stored up some energy to play in the fourth quarter. When he was ready to suppress the impulse to score and concentrate on organizing the offense, the Eagles had already led 78 to 64 by 14 points!

In the fourth quarter, the Eagles switched to a big lineup. The lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Boozer, and Ratliff played, dragging the rhythm to death.

Although Payton tried his best to speed up, he didn't have the mentality to face off today, and the pressure of the team's record did not give Liu Mang the impulse to face off. Regardless of whether the Bucks scored or not, Liu Mang played steadily after the fourth quarter.

On the offensive end, they play pick-and-roll cooperation, Boozer opens up the space, or Raheem and Ratliff catch the ball at the basket and play high, or Liu Mang and Prince shoot three-pointers, or Boozer makes a mid-range shot. The style of play is quite clear.

On the defensive end, Ratliff defends the basket, Liu Mang chases Reed or Cassel's three-pointer, and Raheem blocks Desmond Mason's air cut. If the Bucks fail to counterattack, the Bucks can't do much when Payton can't continue to defend Prince and have efficient singles.

In the end, after Payton couldn't bear it anymore and sent a wave of strong attacks that failed to reverse the situation for the Bucks, the Eagles kept their lead of over 10 points to the end.

比赛结束的哨声响起的时候，比分定格在100比92，老鹰队背靠背两连胜！合计4连胜！战绩变成了17胜19负！
Although Liu Mang only scored 21 points and 7 assists, which is far from Payton's 36 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds, winning is the last word!

Although the game between the Eagles and the Bucks was not broadcast live in the United States, Liu Mang's sentence "You have no money and can only go to a nightclub to find a woman" spread out somehow, and Payton suddenly added another meme, which was ridiculed by the rookie.

People seem to have heard hearty laughter from the capital of the US Empire...

　Xiaofeng has another joke that he doesn't understand, and it just happens to be used to complete the task that he missed a few days ago.

　　Go on a blind date today, the other party is a beautiful woman!After going there, the beauty ordered 3 dishes, namely: snail, loach, and lobster!I understood it at a glance, without saying a word, I ate a plate of snails without using a toothpick in 5 minutes!I saw the beauty nodded slightly and said: How about some more loach?I waved my hand: No, I can't make it up anymore... The goddess showed a satisfied smile!Then I asked the beauty to try the lobster. The beauty took a bite and said it was delicious, so I ordered another plate of lobster... At this time, the beauty laughed and said: "Okay, it's you, when will you get the certificate?"
　　
　
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