From today on is the king

Chapter 494

It's time to fight the king again!

After the loss to the Lakers, the Eagles' record became 26 wins and 24 losses.

Liu Mang saw that the Eagles had already faced the Kings with a 9-game losing streak. Except for the 98-99 season, the Eagles did not play against the Kings. Since the 97-98 season, the Eagles had never won against the Kings, and had been swept by the Kings for four consecutive seasons.

This shit is too miserable!
Liu Mang really didn't notice that his team had been won 9 games in a row by the Kings. If he hadn't just seen the TV screen in the locker room, the game preview he saw was whether the Eagles could end their 9-game losing streak against the Kings, or whether the Kings had won 10 consecutive games against the Eagles. He didn't know how miserable his team was before he came.

The staff of the Kings are also ruthless. The TV in the locker room only plays one scene repeatedly, which is the pre-game preview between the Eagles and the Kings, just to dampen the morale of the Eagles.

Not to mention, Liu Mang was really pissed off. The mentally handicapped management of the Kings actually used this to stimulate them.

When stretching before the game, Liu Mang couldn't help it: "Sharif, Jason, you are too useless!"

Jason Terry and Raheem, who were doing stretching, froze. Not to mention, when they became members of a strong team, they were very concerned about this aspect. They could only bear it when they were told by Liu Mang. After all, they had really had a bad time in the past.

This guy Liu Mang can't be given a little sunshine. Seeing that the two big brothers have nothing to say, he really started chattering: "Really, if I had known that I would come and fly with you immediately after finishing high school, it's really useless. I have to leave it to me to end their winning streak... eh... I'm just kidding, don't... Yay..."

The well-loved food abuse behavior came again, and the rest of the Eagles suddenly felt better. Seeing a second-year abused made me feel really happy.

I just found out today that my team hasn’t won against the Kings in five or six years. Although the Kings’ losing streak in the early years has nothing to do with their brothers and the current players of the Eagles, but if they lose again today, they will face the Kings’ 10-game losing streak, and the Eagles players can’t accept it!

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At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Eagles' away game against the Kings is about to begin.

Liu Mang chose to come on as a substitute today, and Jason Terry was very angry.

But Liu Mang can't help it. He knows that maybe Jason Terry is more suitable to play as a substitute than him. His organizational ability has gradually surpassed that of Raheem and Jason Terry. Playing the starting lineup can better connect the starting lineup.

However, today's level 5 task is - I am the king of substitutes.

"I'm the king of the bench: Level 5 daily tasks, come off the bench and score 30 points to lead the team to victory."

In the last game against the Lakers, Liu Mang started the game and scored 18 points and 10 assists in three quarters. Jason Terry came off the bench and scored 27 points and 4 assists in three quarters. Playing very tight games, winning games that can be easily won, and there are 7 games in the next March, the schedule is too difficult.

Regarding the performance of Liu Mang and Jason Terry after switching teams, many people think that Liu Mang is more suitable for the starting lineup. Although Liu Mang's style of play is rough, he organized the offense very well when playing the starting lineup. In the few starts this season, he has more than 7 assists.

This has an obvious impact on Liu Mang's best sixth man. Having won such a big award once, it is difficult to win it again in the second year. Even if most of the voting experts and media people voted fairly, if they have the impression that this player is more suitable for starting, they will inevitably be ignored in the voting.

Therefore, whether it was a mission or for himself to win an award, Liu Mang felt that he still had to be a substitute.

The Eagles came to the Arco Arena to challenge the Kings. When the fans saw the Eagles players, they rarely booed the fans of the visiting team. The main reason was that they had suppressed the Eagles too much before. They swept every year and did not take the Eagles at all.

This made the Eagles players even more angry!

Players are masochists. When people boo them, they get angry. If they don't boo them, they get even more angry and feel neglected.

Therefore, the Eagles starters were even more arrogant when they came on the field to make the opening moves. After Raheem sprinkled the chalk, he came to the other side of the field and clapped the fans. The chalk in his hand blew the faces of the Kings fans.

Ratliff was still beating his chest when he roared and screamed, looking like Tarzan of the apes.

Jason Terry finds a ball, goes to the basket, tosses it, then jumps up and grabs the rim with a pull-up just in time to head the ball off the rim.

When Prince danced the square dance, he joined Michael Jackson's dance moves, covering his crotch with his hands and pushing them up one after another. David Stern's fine sheet was ready, looking at the spicy eyes.

When David was thinking, Muhammad mustered up his strength to show off his muscles...

Liu Mang looked at this group of teammates who were getting more and more mentally retarded, and really didn't know who they learned from, it was so embarrassing!

Under the urging of the referee, the two teams made their debut!
For the Eagles, Jason Terry and Muhammad returned to the starting lineup, and the other three were Prince, Raheem, and Ratliff.

Kings starting lineup is still so strong, Mike - Bibby, Doug - Christie, Peja, Webber, Divac.

Although Webber's performance has declined slightly this year, and his data has hit a new low in the five years since he joined the Kings, Peja has performed extremely well this year. With the Lakers' obvious downturn, the Kings, who lost to the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals last year, have become the most popular in the championship. They are more optimistic than the Spurs with the league's first record.

However, Liu Mang on the sidelines looked at the abilities of the Kings players. He didn't need to remember the Kings to see that the Kings were no longer championship contenders this year.

Chris Webber, 88, Mike Bibby, 82, Peja, 86, Divac, 80, Christie, 81.
Indeed, a team composed of five at least quasi-first-class stars is very strong, but there is no top star. The main reason is that Webber's ability has begun to plummet at the age of 30 due to knee injuries accumulated over the years.

This is a very common situation for players with low physical fitness. Before the age of 30, they could compete for No.1 in the same position, but they suddenly collapsed at the age of 30. Physical fitness and physical fitness will decline sharply at this age.

Liu Mang felt that a team composed of five quasi-first-class and first-class stars like the Kings could indeed play very well in Adelman's Princeton system, but it was no better than the Pistons. The Pistons' ability to win the championship with only Billups as a first-class star can be described as a miracle. They were able to reach the finals for two consecutive years.

Regrettably, Webber, who was still at the peak last year, failed to lead the team across the Lakers to touch the championship trophy. Liu Mang focused on the game. Ratliff defeated Divac in a jump ball, and the Eagles took the lead.

Jason Terry pushed in, resisting the urge to just do it with the ball from the previous game, waited for Raheem to drop low, and lobbed the ball to Raheem.

Raheem's low-post singles are becoming more and more mature, and his ability to judge is extremely strong. Peja knows that Raheem will never be able to guard the ball when he receives the ball, so when the ball flies over, he wants to go around the front defense Raheem to catch the ball.

Quite a coquettish operation, the ball fell on the basket and spun around and fell into the basket.

Turning down the singles into an alley-oop, and giving Jason Terry an assist, the Eagles players on the sidelines and the few Chinese fans on the scene cheered.

As the capital of California, Sacramento has a small number of Chinese Americans, but there are also many. After all, California is the state with the largest number of Chinese Americans.

At the beginning, Raheem firmly took the lead for the Eagles.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Kings attack.

Bibby advances to the frontcourt, the Kings position is very scattered, and the Eagles defense can only be very scattered, because the Kings are very strong in every position, and every position has shooting ability, including Webber and Divac.

When Bibby was beyond the three-point line, Webber pulled to the bottom corner to give Peja an off-the-ball pick-and-roll, and then went down to the left side of the three-second zone to carry Raheem to ask for the ball.

At this time, Ratliff had to be ready to defend Webber at all times, while covering Divac and preparing to defend Webber at the same time. He was already stretched. Muhammad and Jason Terry both rushed towards the basket.
hit!

Peja's three-pointers in the regular season this year are outrageously accurate, with 40.00% three-pointers, which is higher than Ray Allen.

Liu Mang saw that the Kings scored so easily, the same as the match half a month ago, and really felt that the Kings were too good.

This kind of average team does not seem to have any outstanding points this year, but the more it is, the more difficult it is to defend when the system is good enough.

When the strength of the opponent has no obvious strength to suppress this average team, it is too difficult to beat them!Perhaps in the high-confrontation games of the playoffs, the Kings, which have now completely become a shooting team, cannot go too far, but they are indeed strong in the regular season!
The Eagles, which started first, did not take the lead. Although the Eagles have Raheem, a player with outstanding personal ability on the field, and Jason Terry, who is also a first-class star goalkeeper with an ability value of 85, they cannot hold back the Kings.

The Kings played steadily today, and played the offensive threat, passing ability, and shooting ability of the five players in the Princeton system.

After playing for 5 minutes, the Eagles were already 12 points behind 16 to 4. Seeing that they were about to be drawn to 5 points in less than half a quarter, Coach Kruger called a timeout.

Knowing that he was going to play, Liu Mang took off his training uniform and waited for the coach to arrange defensive tactics.

From the smooth tactical movement and ball delivery of the Kings' first shot, Liu Mang understood why the Kings were still regarded by the media as the strongest team in the league this year in the regular season, because it seemed too incomprehensible.

Moreover, the Kings played better in the regular season this year than last season!

In the absence of Webber and Bibby from time to time, the Kings' record is better than last season, and their offensive efficiency is higher. The main reason is that the strength of the Kings' players has become more "average".

The Princeton system is a very commonly used system in college basketball, especially those college teams without talented stars. They like to introduce the Princeton system very much, and use a group of mediocre players to play an offensive performance beyond their strength.

Of course, this so-called mediocrity, in the NBA, the Kings are the best and most "mediocre". Players at every position are among the best, but they are not the best, so everyone is not greedy for credit.

On the offensive end, the Eagles had no problem. They scored 5 points in 12 minutes and 48 points in 110 minutes. The main reason was that the Kings' offense was too strong. Coach Kruger handed over the tactical board to Mike Woodson, who arranged defensive tactics.

Liu Mang was able to see the offensive characteristics of the Kings by relying on the opponent's ability value and style of play. Of course, Mike Woodson also analyzed it.

Mike Woodson draws with a tactical board, and explains the tactics in detail while drawing: "Sharif, Nazr, pay attention here, here, cut off the opponent's passing line, Ace, Tyshawn, you don't need to double-team when you encounter a pick-and-roll, from here to here..."

The rest of the Eagles are fine. They are used to the weird tactics they have experienced in the past two years.

But Liu Mang was stunned by this aggressive defensive strategy. Damn, why did his team even change the style of the assistant coach?Who did you learn from!This kind of defensive strategy, if you don't do it well, you will be killed by the opponent!

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After the timeout, the Eagles sent out a lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince, Raheem, and Muhammad.

The Kings didn't make any substitutions, and none of Adelman's starters averaged less than 35 minutes per game. Webber even averaged a career-high 41 minutes per game this season.

When Liu Mang came on the court, he glanced at the Kings bench. It was so unbelievable. He saw a strange man with an outstanding coaching record in the future but was criticized. He had a neck shorter than Durant's, and a lump protruded from the front of his forehead.

The current defensive assistant coach of the Kings is actually Thibodeau!

Adelman and Thibodeau actually hooked up in the past!No wonder the injuries of the players under the two have been so brutal.

After a second of silence for Weber, Liu Mang came to the bottom line to receive the serve.

While Liu Mang advanced quickly, the rest of the Eagles began to make some blind moves.

That's right, just a few blind moves, Mike Woodson made arrangements on the defensive end, and coach Kruger also made amazing arrangements on the offensive end.

The Kings players looked at the Eagles players' completely incomprehensible running positions, and the defense became messy.

The overall defense of the Kings is not bad, and Christie is the favorite of the best defense, but he didn't understand what the Eagles were doing in the end!Jason Terry and Raheem's air cut after the pick-and-roll without the ball seemed to be a counter-run, because Liu Mang's long pass was already well-known, but Jason Terry ran halfway, and suddenly turned back and ran to the bottom corner.

Just when the Kings couldn't figure out what the Eagles were doing and were all focused on defending the pick-and-roll, Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt and shot a three-pointer...

"Bang..."

A little embarrassed, the self-confidence wave missed the shot.

However, at this time, the rest of the Eagles were relying on the fascination to move, and pulled out all the insiders of the Kings. Raheem rushed to the basket when Liu Mang made a shot, just in time for a hard rebound to fly towards him. Raheem jumped high and pushed the ball back to the basket.

The simple and brisk offensive tactics that make opponents confused is the offensive strategy of the Eagles after a timeout. The seemingly complicated running position is actually a few blind runs. In the end, the player with the ball will make a simple and quick offensive choice.

After the goal, the Eagles quickly returned to defense, the Kings pushed forward, and Webb took a step outside the free throw line to catch the ball, ready to continue to support the offense.

Webber, who has excellent low-post singles and mid-range shooting ability, can support and score inside and outside.

Webb had just received the ball when Raheem blocked it.

Muhammad went to defend Divac, Jason Terry followed Christie, a defensive champion similar to a 3D pitcher and a three-point shooter, Liu Mang followed Peja, and Prince followed Mike Bibby.

Weber took a step at the free throw line, waiting for his teammates to run. Raheem was next to him. At this time, Divac pulled to the bottom corner to pick and roll Bibby. On the other side, Peja bypassed the top arc.

However, before Weber had time to take a step, he saw Liu Mang, who was running faster than Peja, waving his hands and squeezed between Peja and him, not giving him a gap to go up the pick-and-roll!
Not only Peja, Divac came up to pick and roll for Webb, Rahim directly squeezed into the gap where Divac came up to pick and roll, and Muhammad, who was originally defending Divac, went with Prince to block the most dangerous guard of the Kings - Mike Bibby's receiving line.

Weber saw that Raheem left such a gap for him to break through in order to prevent himself from cooperating with his teammates. He was very puzzled, but he immediately broke through from the left!

Raheem was extremely fast and immediately returned to his position, but Weber had already rushed into the free throw line. Raheem tried his best to interfere with Weber's direct impact on the basket. Raheem's physical talent was so good that Weber started up first and was caught up. However, Weber had already reached his inside attack area.

Although Webber is known as the most gorgeous power forward, what is gorgeous is not his scoring method, but his passing. All kinds of point guard-like hitting passes and passes behind the head that are very familiar with teammates' running positions, and passing without looking at people are the reasons why he is called "the most gorgeous". And his style of play, he was a flying dunker during the Wizards period, but after the Kings gained weight, he became an old man. , Throwing.

Muhammad raised his hand and said that it was his fault. He was slow to switch defenses just now. It was time for Weber to break through him and go back to the inside, but he didn't react for a while.

It's the Eagles offense again.

Now the strong teams in the league are deeply afraid of the Eagles' counterattack. Although they may miss possible offensive rebound opportunities, most teams choose to return to the defense as soon as someone takes a shot, leaving only the inside closest to the basket to rush for a rebound.

Of course, whether this method can prevent the cavalry company from charging is another matter.

Liu Reck received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt. During Liu Reck's advance, the Kings were driven aimlessly by four other Eagles players. Bibby focused on Liu Reck this time, and the rest of the Kings were ready to go back to the basket to defend rebounds and help defend against Liu Reck's possible breakthrough.

but……

The Eagles were beyond the expectations of the Kings players again. Liu Mang didn't make a breakthrough or make a three-pointer. Instead, he called out "Sharif" and pointed to the free throw line. Raheem immediately ran to the free throw line, and Liu Mang passed the ball to Raheem.

What is this for?
Divac switched defense to Raheem, and Raheem dribbled the ball under his crotch and changed direction to the right to break through!At the same time, Liu Mang had a pick-and-roll with Muhammad on the left side of the three-point line. Muhammad blocked Mike Bibby, and Liu Mang cut to the basket. Weber was going to switch to Liu Mang, but Rahim was obviously more threatening. Seeing that Divac was about to be passed, Weber immediately went to double-team Rahim.

Liu Mang cut into the paint. Raheem saw Liu Mang cut in and immediately threw a lob. Liu Mang rushed into the three-second zone and leaped high.

It's done again!

Another unprepared improvisation!

This is a tactic that has not been practiced at all. To be honest, it is more like the high and low pass in Princeton of the Kings. The Kings fans at the scene all exclaimed.

But the Kings didn't look like their tactics at all, because the Eagles seemed to be running around from the beginning. This ball was clearly a temporary opportunity to send an assist, not a pre-designed one!
It was the Kings offense again. This time Weber fell to the low position. He almost missed the breakthrough attack just now. It is safer to stay in the low position.

This time it was Muhammad who defended Weber.

Webber's excellent footwork and grandpa's stability give him tremendous lethality in the interior. His style of play seems a bit soft, but it is effective.

Generally, when Webber falls to the low post and receives the ball, the opponent basically can only double-team, otherwise he will send points, unless there are three top defensive power forwards, Garnett, Rasheed Wallace, and Duncan, otherwise he can only double-team.

Therefore, the low position is Weber's strongest support position, and the King's high position's strongest support point is Divac.

However, after Weber received the ball, he found that no one was double-teaming him!It's that everyone is blocking their teammates from receiving the ball on the outside!
Bibby and Divac pick-and-roll without the ball. When the two pick-and-roll, Raheem and Prince strangely did not chase, but took a step back and waved their hands to block Webber's passing route.

Weber looked at Muhammad behind him, and found that he had the best chance here!
It was another old man's back hit and a turnaround throw, and Weber scored two points again.

It was time for the Eagles to attack again, and the style of play changed again. When Liu Mang pushed forward, he clenched his left hand and opened his right hand, and punched a left fist, and then accelerated to the frontcourt.

Seeing Liu Mang's midline, he began to sprint quickly. Bibby hurried to the outside of the three-point line to block Liu Mang. When Liu Mang was about to contact Bibi, he suddenly moved sideways to the right, and Bibi hurriedly stepped out to the left... Then, the two fell to the ground with a "ah..." at the same time.

Muhammad fell to the ground, with an honest face full of grievances, as if he didn't remember the action of pushing Bibi's hips at the moment of contact when he sneaked up to block Bibi just now. Bibi fell to the ground and looked at Muhammad who also fell, his eyes widened: Damn, can you be more fake?Can my body knock over a big guy like you?

However, Muhammad really stood firm. It is a fact that Bibby "overturned" Muhammad. Even if he fell down, it is a bit exaggerated, but the rules are the rules, and the referee gave Bibby a defensive foul.

It was still the Eagles attacking, and Liu Mang broke through directly after receiving the ball. This time it was Peja who defended.

The enemy was so jealous when they met, Peja didn't think much, and came up to stick to Liu Mang to prevent Liu Mang from speeding up.

Peja's defense is probably the worst among all the top small forwards in the league. He has neither consciousness nor attitude. It is entirely because the opponent is Liu Mang that he "focuses" on defense. He is close to Liu Mang and grabs Liu Mang's jersey with one hand.

So... Liu Mang rushed directly into Peja's arms, as if being pulled by Peja, he threw himself directly into Peja's arms, while Pu went in, he grabbed the ball with his left hand, and knocked down Peja's right arm that was stretched out to steal from bottom to top.

"what……"

There was another scream of ecstasy on the field.

The referee's whistle came a bit late, and it was estimated that he was speechless for a second.

What nonsense!

Liu Mang made a foul with a left-handed shot!
Not only did the ball not go to the basket, but even the "shooting" hand was wrong. Peja was furious and ran to chase the referee to argue.

But the referee ignored it and confirmed a three-point foul. When Liu Mang jumped up and raised his left hand, both feet were outside the three-point line, which was a three-point foul!

……

From the start of the second team of the two teams, the game became chaotic.

The two teams are not in rhythm at all. The Eagles thought that one shot was one shot, and the kings played a few games blindly. The Kings played and played, and they didn't care about tactics at all, because they had better scoring opportunities than tactics.

The Hawks' offense messed up the rhythm a few times. Slowly, the Kings couldn't control their tactics. Webber attacked when he saw an opportunity, because his own advantage here was too obvious. The Kings were so strong last year because of Webber.

No one on the Eagles can defend against Weber, so after returning from the timeout, the Eagles' style of play is to not have rhythm on both ends of the offense and defense!
Yes, not to control the rhythm, but to abandon the rhythm, and by the way, bring the rhythm of the Kings into the ditch.

If you defend against Weber in a conventional way, you will probably be beaten by Weber who is [-] meters. Princeton's characteristics are fully displayed in Weber. Those who are taller than him are not as fast as him, and those who are faster than him are not as tall as him. The strength and flexibility are not as strong as him, and those who are more flexible than him can press and hit with strength.

The key point is technology. Without that technology, Ben Nate, with that technology, is Weber.

The Eagles' defensive strategy is to cut off the connection between Weber and others. Whether Weber can be prevented or not, let alone, at least he cannot make his own offense efficient and at the same time drive his teammates.

It is true that neither Rahim nor Mohammed can guard Webber, but this is just a strategy, so that Weber can always see his scoring opportunities!Moreover, Webber has always felt that his scoring opportunity is the best opportunity.

Isolation tactics against Weber!

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Injure the enemy eight hundred and self-injure one thousand, or injure the enemy one thousand and self-injure eight hundred. The Eagles' blind play tactics did not gain any advantage from the beginning, but the Eagles did not lose the wind. Anyway, as long as Webber and Peja are on the court at the same time, the Eagles will make a few blind plays and mess up the rhythm.

Bibby and Christie held the ball, Bobby Jackson, who came off the bench, held the ball, and the Eagles defended normally.

The Kings averaged 24 assists per game this season, ranking first in the league, but most of them were concentrated on Divac, Webber, and Bibby.

When Webber was put in isolation when he had the ball, Peja was crippled.

Compared to Bibby and Christie, who have the ability to attack with the ball, Peja is a pure shooter. His biggest offensive problem is the lack of reliable one-on-one attack with the ball. His ball-handling and ball-handling skills are below the NBA average, and his post-up attack power is almost non-existent. This is really unbelievable for his size and the country he lives in, but that's it.

Peja scored two three-pointers in the first half of the first quarter today, but it was difficult to catch the ball later!The Eagles would rather let go of others than give Peja a chance to shoot, just to consume Peja's shooting touch.

Peja got more and more angry today, feeling like he was being targeted!The hatred for Liu Mang is even deeper!
Liu Mang also felt the growing resentment in Peja's eyes, and really wanted to say, "It's really not my idea this time."

But it is estimated that Peja will not believe it, and Liu Mang can only take the blame.

From the point of view of the score, because of the extreme style of play of the Eagles, the Eagles have never taken the lead from the beginning and have been in a state of lagging behind. The Kings have "caught" the "loopholes" in the Eagles' defense every time, and their scoring efficiency has always been very high. The overall shooting rate reached 50.00%, which is much higher than their overall shooting rate of 40.00% this season.

打到了第四节的官方暂停，本场比赛一秒钟没休息的韦伯拿到45分6板，带领国王队以97比91领先着6分，一直保持着5分以上的领先优势。

So whether it is the fans or the Kings players, even some Eagles players don't understand the significance of this offensive and defensive strategy. It seems that it is specifically aimed at Peja just as Peja thought.

But the Eagles players felt that things were not that simple. Liu Mang likes to fool around, but he would not joke about the team's victory or defeat.

As for doubts... The Eagles players said that we will not have doubts, doubts do not exist, as a professional player, just follow orders.

Some players in the Eagles don’t understand why they do these strange things, but Liu Mang understands very well that if they don’t use some special tactics, in terms of hard power, no team can compete with the Kings in the regular season.

In the previous match between the Eagles and the Kings this season, and the two games against the Kings last season, Liu Mang clearly understood the fact that the Kings might indeed be the strongest team last season, even if they didn’t win the championship, but this year the Kings are still the best team in the regular season.

It's not just the difference in strength. Relatively speaking, the strength gap between the two teams this year is much smaller than last season. The three Eagles continue to improve and there is an obvious reinforcement of the second team.

The main reason is that the Eagles have a tight schedule recently and there is not much preparation time. The Kings coaching staff may have seen through the ordinary preparations. Coach Kruger and assistant coach Mike Woodson saw this in the middle of the first quarter. Whether it is offense or defense, the Kings are ready to deal with the Eagles.

Therefore, under such an extremely unfavorable situation, after discussing with Mike Woodson, coach Kruger and assistant coach Mike Woodson, they decided to take a risky move. Whether it can be said in two, anyway, they are ready for the first back-to-back game. The preparations that they can’t win the game, and the abandonment of the game against the Lakers before was not because of the game against the Kings, but to prepare for the second back-to-back two underdogs.

The effect can be achieved, but it cannot be achieved. Now it seems that it has been achieved. Now the time is almost up. In the last five minutes, the Eagles will launch the final counterattack!
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