From today on is the king

Chapter 579 578. Fighting is the crowd!

Unconsciously, the stars of the 98 and 99 generations have become Mesozoic players. They have reached the sixth or fifth year of their careers. Kidd, who entered the NBA in 94 and has already entered the tenth season, has become a veteran.

As for the players who entered the NBA from 90 to 93, and those who were still able to start in the NBA, they couldn't make up ten of them.

Since the 96 generation, the teams led by the Mesozoic and Mesozoic players have been active in the first line of the NBA. Liu Mang and Baron Davis, two unconventional representatives of the Mesozoic and Mesozoic point guards, are often compared.

Liu Mang wants to hit the best team this year, which is one of the six best guards in the league. Baron Davis, Francis, Nash, Marbury, Sam Cassell and others are his biggest enemies if he wants to enter the best team.

Of course, the small goal that Liu Mang set for himself was that the third team would be the second team. As for the first team... let's just say, Carter, Nash, Nowitzki and others have played for so many years, and it has nothing to do with the first team.

As the pre-match activities ended, Liu Mang and Boozer walked onto the court after embracing as the referee whistled to urge the start of the game.

The Eagles continued to send their meat grinder starting lineup, Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, Ratliff.

The Hornets sent a starting lineup of Baron Davis, David Wesley, Jamal Mashburn, PJ Brown, and Jamal Magloire.

Rasheed Wallace and Magloire came to the middle circle to jump the ball.

The two are of similar height and have excellent physical fitness. The referee ran the ball into the air, and the two ejected at the same time. Magloire sent the ball to the backcourt with a very slight advantage.

When playing in an away game, of course you have to keep a low profile. Liu Mang kept staring at the two jumping balls. When Magloire touched the ball with his fingertips, Liu Mang rushed out and rushed to Baron Davis to steal it. Baron Davis had just received the ball and guarded the ball vigilantly. He was startled when he saw Liu Mang rushing up.

Liu Mang retreated to the half-court defense resentfully.

Baron Davis was a little annoyed. He didn't expect the opponent to attack unexpectedly. Baron Davis advanced to the frontcourt, and it was Liu Mang who defended him, which was exactly what he wanted.

The Hornets' scoring ability on three outside lines is top-notch. The three starting outside lines accounted for more than half of the team's total points. The Hornets averaged 93 points per game this season, and the three outside lines averaged 57 points per game.

Liu Mang faced Baron Davis at the top arc, Prince defended David Wesley, a short shooting guard who is short but has excellent cutting ability and three-point ability, and Rasheed Wallace defended Jamal Mashburn, who is known as the league's strongest scoring small forward.

After advancing to the frontcourt, Baron Davis, unlike most point guards, suddenly accelerated to break through beyond the three-point line.

Don't look at the bloated figure, especially the lower body looks bloated, but Baron Davis's lower body is full of muscles, and the explosive acceleration is quite fast.

But Liu Mang had expected it a long time ago, and took a quick step back to the left, standing in front of Baron Davis, trying to stop Baron Davis.

However, when Liu Mang and Baron Davis collided, Baron Davis turned his body sideways during the march. When he touched Liu Mang, he dug his butt, forcibly pushed Liu Mang away, and then quickly half-turned to leave Liu Mang behind!

Big ass clears the way!
Baron Davis entered the free throw line, and Rasheed Wallace was pulled out by PJ Brown, who mainly scored mid-range shots. Ratliff quickly took a step and intercepted Baron Davis outside the reasonable collision zone to avoid being dunked by this guy. At this time, Baron Davis just turned around and stepped into the free throw line, suddenly grabbed the ball and threw it to the right of the basket!
Magloire!
Magloire rushed in from the right side of the three-second zone and pressed the ball into the basket!
"bang"

Baron Davis and Magloire Airlink!
Liu Mang is not saying that he was unprepared, but this came too fiercely. Liu Mang was kicked away by Baron Davis, causing problems in the interior defense.

Looking at the lob connection between Baron Davis and Magloire, Liu Mang thought of a word - the city of lobs!
Baron Davis is too good to pass the ball inside.

Moreover, Baron Davis' breakthrough came very suddenly, and he broke through directly when the Eagles' defensive formation was not stable. The timing was very well judged.

The Eagles attack at the transition from offense to defense. Liu Mang receives the serve and pushes forward. He also directly chooses to break through. When he is beyond the three-point line, he takes a step towards the right!

Baron Davis rushed towards the back left, but Liu Mang was not prepared to go in at all with the ball. He just stepped into the three-point line and suddenly retreated!
For Liu Mang's step-back jumper, Baron-Davis had been prepared and rushed out immediately, but Liu Mang's retreat was not a retreat, but a step to the left. Baron-Davis judged Liu Mang's retreat and jumped out when Liu Mang kicked his right foot forward, but jumped past Liu Mang.

Basically, there is no interference, Liu Mang's three-point shot has a perfect rhythm and hits easily.

On the offensive end, Baron Davis is very strong, but his defense is simply eye-catching, and he loves to rush. When defending, he often presses up without fear, and then is wiped out by the opponent.

It was the Hornets' offense again, and this time the Eagles' defense tightened up. Liu Mang knew a lot about Baron Davis, the guy who later made a black eight in the Warriors.

This time, Liu Mang didn't give Baron Davis another chance to attack suddenly. Baron Davis moved towards Baron Davis when he was transported over, so as to avoid being knocked away by this guy when he fully accelerated, but stuck to Baron Davis.

Isn't this a chance for the Eagles to double-team the defense? Baron Davis is not afraid of Ratliff when he rushes in from the center. He accelerates and no one can stop him. But if he goes to the two wings, Ratliff's ability to assist defense makes Baron Davis very afraid, so Baron Davis decisively started an outside jumper.

It's that witty, but it would be nice if Baron Davis had an excellent mid-range shot, but he has shot 30.00% from the field so far in his career.

Playing and playing, Baron Davis focuses on the mid-to-long range no matter whether he organizes the offense or makes shots. The main reason is self-confidence.

For the Eagles, the starting lineup is mainly defensive. Liu Mang also relies on the overall defensive strength of his teammates. Liu Mang’s restrictions on Baron Davis are not good. The only thing he can do is to limit Baron Davis’ breakthrough.

Prince, Raheem, and Rasheed Wallace, who are focused on defense, guard David Wesley, Mashburn, and PJ Brown. The chances of Baron Davis passing the ball into an assist are very low. The Eagles win at this point.

And the offense of the Hawks lineup was basically aimed at Liu Mang. The Hornets were not the Raptors, so they were not that easy to deal with, so Raheem and Rasheed Wallace focused on the defensive end, and the offensive end would catch and shoot the ball to help Liu Mang open the space.

The offense of the two teams is on the point guard, and the fight is defense and the point guard's scoring ability!
On the defensive end, the Eagles undoubtedly have a huge advantage, and Liu Mang's offensive options are much better than Baron Davis', and his offensive methods are much more comprehensive than Baron Davis'.

Baron Davis stuck close, and Liu Mang broke through, but Magloire's ability at the basket was too far behind Ratliff, and Liu Mang repeatedly rushed to the basket, stepped and made layups.

If Baron Davis let go of a little distance, Liu Mang would play a step back.

Baron Davis didn't dare to press too hard, and Liu Mang's ability to draw fouls is considered a masterpiece in the league.

Playing and playing, the Eagles slowly opened up the point difference.

In the 5th minute of the first quarter, the Eagles widened the point difference to 13 to 7, with a 6 point difference.

The Hornets called a timeout. Coach Tim Fried asked Mashburn to hold the ball more. Baron Davis was strong. Since he became the core of the team, he has been the top point guard in the league all the year round.

Baron Davis is amazing. Compared to his weight, Baron Davis' absolute speed is too abnormal.

Among the extremely powerful players, there are quite a few players with particularly good explosive power, but Davis is not only good at explosiveness, but also very fast.

But his first-step explosive power and big butt are so strong, but he is a player who mainly relies on mid-to-long distance to finish. In the past two years, he has averaged 7 three-pointers per game, and his shooting percentage is 32%.

Coach Tim Fried distributed the ball from Baron Davis to the three outside hands, allowing all three outside players to have a shot.

Sure enough, this decision was right. Baron Davis's threat has not diminished after he has less possession of the ball. His ability to open up space and attract defense with air cuts is the strongest among all the Hornets, even better than Mashburn.

Coupled with David Wesley, who is a great threat whether it is an air cut or a three-pointer, although Mashburn is not as good as Baron Davis in passing the ball, Mashburn is willing to go inside and attract the defense no matter what.

But the Eagles have also changed their lineup, replacing Ratliff, Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace's lineup, and the Hornets' three outsiders have started a fast-rotating offensive and defensive mode.

Liu Mang handed over the ball to Jason Terry, and he concentrated on marking Baron Davis, catching and shooting on the offensive end, and Prince did the same. Moreover, the Eagles can shoot from all five positions in the lineup, and their firepower is stronger than that of the Hornets!

After the first quarter, the Eagles still lead the Hornets by 28 points 23 to 5!
Liu Mang scored 15 points in a single quarter!He had a good start, and Jason Terry also took the initiative to play for Liu Mang when he came off the bench, taking on the role of the core of the rotation lineup.

In terms of overall strength, there is not much difference between Liu Mang and Baron-Davis, but Liu Mang will rely more on his teammates and has better offensive options, mainly because of his accurate outside shots. He scored 9 points on 6 of 15 shots in the first quarter.

If the Hornets' starting lineup can still hold the Eagles' starting lineup, in the second quarter, when the two teams put in a rotation lineup, the Hornets quickly collapsed.

The Hornets' bench lineup is not bad, Baron Davis continues to stay on the court to lead the team, and the rotation lineup composed of Kenny Anderson, Steve Smith, David West, and Elton Campbell is also very good.

But the Eagles sent Stockton, Jason Terry, Prince, Boozer, Kwame Brown.

After Stockton came up, he and Boozer started a pick-and-roll tactic. Both of them had long-range shots and were extremely threatening, but they were not the main scoring points. The main scoring points were Jason Terry and Prince. .

Kwame Brown is also working hard to find opportunities for air cuts and pick-and-roll opportunities for teammates without the ball. Although the offensive end is very good, he is working hard to create his own space.

On the Hornets side, only Baron Davis is left.

Although Stockton is so old, he is ruthless in defense, and because he is not the core, he doesn't worry about fouls. As long as Baron Davis breaks through, he will be knocked down directly.
As a result, Baron Davis can only shoot from the outside. His biggest problem is that he is confident outside and timid inside. Although he often has the performance of dunks, but when he encounters a brutal opponent like Stockton, he is so scared that he shoots from the outside.

Baron Davis's cowardly performance almost made his new head coach Tim Fried so angry.

斯托克顿上来就带着一干替补打出了10比4的得分冲击波，分差一举拉开到38比27，11分的分差。

Veteran Steve Smith stepped up to take the ball and hit his old team twice. Steve Smith, who shot accurately, helped the Hornets stop the bleeding.

But Steve Smith is 35 years old, and he is not in a particularly good state. He won the championship with the Spurs last season with a 990 million contract.

第二节打了6分钟，分差被拉开到45比32，贾森-特里连得10分！三分球5投3中，准得一哔！
It's just that there was a three-point foul and only 3 of 1 free throws was made.

The Hornets called a timeout, and Tim Fried saw that David Wesley and Mashburn had almost rested, so he quickly called a timeout to replace them, and re-distributed the starting lineup, trying to use three-out individual singles to solve the unfavorable situation on the field.

The Eagles also made a substitution. Stockton, who got 3 assists, walked off the field satisfied. It seems that today’s assists have another chance to break through 5. The team wins, and the gap between the total assists of [-] or [-] assists is widened from the Magician in each game.

Liu Mang is really crazy!

After becoming teammates with Liu Mang, Stockton refreshed his impression of Liu Mang. Yes, Liu Mang attaches great importance to cooperation, but almost every round of play is different. There is no fixed routine. It may be three consecutive rounds, using triangle offense, pick-and-roll tactics, and Princeton.

Stockton really admired the Eagles teammates for not being driven crazy by Liu Mang.

Stockton asked Muhammad, who has been with Liu Mang for the longest time and plays a big role on the offensive end, and Muhammad, who often cooperates with Liu Mang, sighed and left a sentence: I am used to it...

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After the game restarted, the Hornets' starting lineup came back, trying to compete with the Hawks as they did in the second half of the first quarter, and the Hawks sent Liu Mang, Willie Green, Barnes, Muhammad, and Kwame Brown's lineup, which made the Hornets feel that they had an opportunity to take advantage of it.

But... Seeing that Barnes's skill is not good, but his ferocious defense increases the confrontation on the field, and the rest of the Eagles also defend fiercely, including Liu Mang, who is very physically fit. The five physical fitness men of the Eagles all started a fierce physical confrontation.

With this lineup, the Eagles' counterattack took off!
Kwame Brown ran as fast as a defender, following behind Liu Mang who was holding the ball, Liu Mang threw the ball into the air, and Mashburn and David Wesley who were following Liu Mang couldn't block it. Kwame Brown lobbed the ball into the basket.

Tim Fried sat silent on the sidelines.

Just like Stockton's egg hurts now, Tim Fried didn't react much when he watched Baron Davis hold the ball and was about to be fucked by Barnes and sent to the free throw line.

When Tim Fried was still in the Bulls last season, he also saw the Eagles’ offensive wave, but it didn’t reach this level. The main thing was that Liu Mang played with the ball alone. Generally speaking, there are traces to follow. It is nothing more than outside singles and inside breakouts and pick-and-rolls. Generally speaking, there are still traces to follow.

But this year, Liu Mang has different styles of play outside the three-point line, mid-range, inside and even off the ball. The Hornets started well, but how many games have they played?They are not a team like the Pacers, Pistons, or Nets. Facing the Hawks who change their style of play when they change a group of players, Tim Fried has only one idea now: the Eagles can change their style of play after only a few minutes of playing. Isn’t it tiring?
And the Eagles said they were not tired!
We are just a lot of people!

(End of this chapter)