From today on is the king

Chapter 665 664. Opportunity Comes!

There are two players on the field who are going to explode with anger.

One is Garnett, who was criticized by Liu Mang and he still can't reply, and the other is Ratliff, who neither defended Olowokandi nor was able to block Olowokandi on the offensive end!

On Liu Mang's side, he was thinking calmly. His characteristic: cold-blooded, played a key role.

It was time for the Timberwolves to attack again, and it was still time to open up space for Olowokandi to play singles. At this moment, Olowokandi seemed to be possessed by a dream, and a spinning top turned around and hit the board.

Ratliff was pissed off!

This guy is more powerful than imagined!One-on-one can't be prevented at all!
Depressedly, Ratliff picked up the ball and passed it to Liu Mang. When he was about to run up the court, Liu Mang stopped him and whispered a few words.

Ratliff looked at Liu Mang in astonishment, made sure he had heard correctly, and then ran forward while wondering, feeling a little "ashamed".

Liu Mang pressed the rhythm and advanced to the frontcourt. After reaching beyond the three-point line, he did not continue to choose to break through. Garnett's ability to assist in the interior defense is too strong. There is also Olowokandi who plays very well at the beginning of every game. The interior defense is ridiculously strong, and the pick-and-roll is not good.

Liu Mang made a gesture, outside singles!

This time, Sprewell did not easily push up and lose his position. Facing Sprewell's skillful and experienced defense, Liu Mang chose the safest method, and his action was to choose a breakthrough!
Liu Mang was lucky, and suddenly took a strong step to the right, and Sprewell immediately took a step back to the left. When Liu Mang and Sprewell were about to come into contact with each other, Liu Mang kicked his right foot and bounced back to the left, stepping back and shooting a jumper!
Sprewell had expected that Liu Mang would do this, and rushed forward, but the judgment did not mean that he would be able to prevent it!
Sprewell followed Liu Mang's breakthrough movement, but when Liu Mang took a step back, Sprewell couldn't keep up!When Sprewell rushed forward, Liu Mang's sniper had already been thrown out!
When Liu Mang took a step back, the other four members of the Eagles immediately rushed to the inside to grab a rebound, and there was a bloody storm under the basket. A group of people crowded under the basket to grab rebounds, staring at the air and seeing the ball go straight into the basket!
Liu Mang didn’t miss this time, the rhythm of breaking through and retreating, and the preparations for his shots were very good. Liu Mang was old enough to bully crazy people. Although Sprewell’s defensive attitude was the best year in his career this year, he was not the best defensive age. Liu Mang was using this to target Sprewell.

3 to 4, the Eagles also opened the pot.

It’s the Timberwolves’ offense again, and the Timberwolves don’t know that Olowokandi can play this kind of performance excitedly for several rounds. It’s different from his peak performance in the past two years.

But today Olowokandi was obviously very excited, and Liu Mang didn't hear the system prompt that the state of the three axes was over.

Olowokandi continued to ask for the ball in the low post, and Kassel still gave the sugar man a sling after advancing.

Ratliff pressed on Olowokandi and started defending desperately!
Olowokandi turned around continuously, but he couldn't shake Ratliff away, so he could only force his shot against Ratliff's long arm!Iron!
Ratliff guarded!
Originally, Ratliff’s first two defenses were not only to defend Olowokandi, but also to guard against someone cutting in and getting stuck at any time, but this time he defended with all his strength. Although Olowokandi was in good condition during the three-stroke period, Ratliff accurately predicted the timing of the shot, and it was iron!

but!

Garnett didn't know when he appeared on the inside. The moment Olowokandi's shot hit the back edge of the basket and popped out, Garnett flew up and dunked and scored two points!

Still can't prevent it!

Garnett took advantage of Rasheed Wallace's unpreparedness, and at the moment he saw Olowokandi's shot, with his rebounding leader's keen sense of the direction of the ball's flight, he dunked and scored two points!
After the dunk landed, Garnett beat his chest and roared loudly, trying to cheer up his teammates and hit the opponent's morale by the way, but there were crazy boos immediately, blocking Garnett's loud voice.

The Eagles were not as irritable as usual when Garnett roared after a wonderful goal. Ratliff didn't expect the opponent to score. He completely missed Garnett's cut and didn't get stuck in a good position.

"Ace, Sugar Man is too powerful. It's difficult enough to defend against him alone. Let's shrink our defense! Look at that guy who hasn't played in the second round yet again scored with his teammates!" Ratliff said loudly to Liu Mang while running forward.

Garnett, who was already in a bad mood because his roar was covered up by boos at the scene, almost vomited blood from anger!

This is by relying on rebounds to predict the points that you will score based on your strength. How come you become your own teammate when you get to the opponent?

On the other side, Olowokandi was shocked!Hearing Ratliff's words, Olowokandi was a little floaty!
There is actually only a thin line between the excited mood and the fluttering excitement. Obviously, Olowokandi is not the kind who can stand up to the opponent's praise. As soon as Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he heard the system prompt!

"Ding... The sugar man's three-axe effect is over, it comes from Olowokandi."

The timing is just right!
After Liu Mang came to the frontcourt, Sprewell had just received Garnett's instructions, don't worry about Liu Mang's breakthrough, as long as he prevents Liu Mang from shooting from outside, so Sprewell immediately pressed on Liu Mang.

Liu Mang broke into the inside line easily, and when Garnett changed his defense, Liu Mang used weird footsteps to get into the inside line again. Olowokandi was not so active this time, and was blocked by Ratliff.

Garnett's rebounding is really good, he defends the defensive rebound well, and when the Timberwolves attack again, Olowokandi is still asking for the ball!

The Timberwolves don't know when Olowokandi will collapse suddenly. Sometimes Olowokandi can play several times in a row, and sometimes he is a real man in three seconds. He can only rely on gambling. He is already the most powerful player in the Timberwolves.

Kassel lobs the ball to Olowokandi again.

Olowokandi is a very amazing player. When he ran away at the beginning of each game, his footsteps were as slippery as Olajuwon, but once the state of runaway was over, he seemed to be unable to move any more. This time he really regarded himself as O'Neill, and gouged Ratliff. Ratliff didn't pay attention, and he was knocked back by Olowokandi!
After taking a step back from Ratliff, Olowokandi's confidence soared, and he turned around to directly block Ratliff. At this moment, he seemed to feel that he was possessed by O'Neal...

"Snapped……"

Olowokandi's straightforward dunk was slapped head-on by Ratliff!

Ratliff slapped Olowokandi's fan and sent it flying!

If it was a real O'Neill, the opponent would not be able to handle it, but also felt as if he would be knocked apart. O'Neill's opponents would not be able to slow down when O'Neal dunked, and Olowokandi took a step back when Ratliff thought the opponent was about to take a step, but it was not that Ratliff couldn't hold Olowokandi. It was a complete accident. .

Rasheed Wallace, who was entangled with Garnett, received the ball, turned to look for Liu Mang, and then threw it forward. Liu Mang was about to get off the moment he saw Rasheed Wallace grab the ball. The Timberwolves did not expect the three consecutive attacks to be so fierce. Even if the third attack missed, it helped Garnett create a perfect air-cut opportunity, and this time he was blocked directly!

When the Timberwolves saw the direction of Rasheed Wallace's pass, it was too late. Liu Mang received the ball when he rushed down halfway, rushed to the free throw line, grabbed the ball and took off!

"Ding...Fancy dunk is triggered at level 3, and the action is judged..."

Liu Mang turned his body sideways in the air. During the flight, he pulled the ball to his shoulder with his right hand and then to his waist, swung it from bottom to top, and slashed into the basket!
The cheers burst out!The morale of the Eagles has improved again!

The Timberwolves were in an extremely bad mood. Just as Garnett was about to beat his chest and yell at his teammates, suddenly there was another round of cheers!
Garnett turned his head and saw that Liu Mang leaned forward, with his hands shoulder-width apart and palms down, parallel to his chin. His hands seemed to be holding something, and his right hand was twisting there!
Vince Carter's celebration after the dunk, the action of the racing motorcycle!

Only then did the fans realize that the slam dunk Liu Mang did just now was the windmill dunk used by Carter, but Liu Mang's jump was not as far and as high... But the whole movement is matched, it looks like a thief!

Garnett is so angry!It feels like the kid opposite is his nemesis!
He is better at spraying than him, and he can act aggressively than him. The key is that he is still harder than him in fighting!Garnett felt that today's pretense was completely pretended by the kid on the opposite side!
5 to 6, the Eagles are only 1 point behind!And although they are still behind, and the ball is still owned by the opponent, but unconsciously, the Eagles seem to have snatched back the psychological advantage!

When the Timberwolves attacked again, Olowokandi fell to the low post again to ask for the ball. On the Hawks side, Ratliff followed Liu Mang's instructions and made a defensive gesture. The Eagles defended against the opponent's players and vacated the position where Olowokandi wanted the ball under the basket.

Cassell is not easy to play against Prince. He is a very smart person and is good at observing defense. Prince and Rasheed Wallace are two guys who are strong in pick-and-roll or single defense. The older Cassell is, the more stable he is.

Then Olowokandi made another shot, and this time he couldn't hit it at all. Ratliff stretched out his long arms, and Olowokandi forcibly hit the basket and bounced out!
Liu Mang, who was already prepared to shrink the defense and defend the weakest part of the opponent's offense, rushed in, grabbed the defensive rebound before Garnett got rid of Rasheed Wallace and rushed in, and directly counterattacked!

Liu Mang snaked away the Timberwolves players who wanted to jump up and delay the counterattack, but because of this, he couldn't reach the fastest speed. Liu Mang was only the second to cross the half court, and the Timberwolves player who retreated to his basket first was Timberwolves power forward Kevin Garnett!
When Liu Mang rushed beyond the three-point line, he saw Garnett retreating so perfectly. Among other things, he admired Garnett's fighting spirit in this game, but he really didn't like this person.

Liu Mang was surprised for a moment. Seeing that it was Garnett, he decisively rushed to the right of Garnett. Garnett backed up again and again. As a power forward, he has the speed of a small forward, which is really good, but there is still a gap with Liu Mang. Seeing that it was too late to retreat, he wanted to take advantage of Liu Mang.

Liu Mang aimed at the basket as much as possible and threw the ball towards the basket, but was knocked to the ground by Garnett's "hug".

"Ding...Pengci master level 5 is triggered, and the chances of referees calling for shooting fouls increase."

"Beep..."

The referee blows the whistle and the shot is fouled!
When the whistle sounded, the ball just fell into the basket, and it was a hollow hit!Liu Mang's hand feeling is really good today, he made 5 of 3 shots in the start, and there was an extra penalty!

Garnett roared angrily, looked at Liu Mang who was lying on the ground and blew the non-existent gunpowder smoke with his gun, and talked trash with Liu Mang.

Garnett stepped out of the baseline and yelled at the sponge on the basket while hitting his head several times...

Liu Mang's extra penalty was also hit, 8-6. Liu Mang scored 8 points in a row at the start, overtook the score, and suppressed the opponent's momentum. In addition, with the devil at home, Garnett's characteristic "wolf roar" was completely ineffective.

Garnett is going to explode today, he feels that Liu Mang is poisonous!Liu Mang's team is poisonous!The city where Liu Mang lives is poisonous!
When the Timberwolves were attacking again, Garnett saw that Olowokandi was still asking for the ball, and yelled at Olowokandi directly: "You son of a bitch, go out and pick and roll for Sam, you useless and learn other people's singles?...￥%..."

An angry Garnett swears at Olowokandi, which scares Olowokandi. That is to say, Timberwolves players have long been accustomed to Garnett's high-pressure rule. After being scared, Olowokandi hurried to the outside to pick and roll for Cassel.

Olowokandi's body is usually very good in pick-and-rolls, and he still does a good job in this regard, but today he seemed to be playing like a superstar, but suddenly he became the target of being scolded by the boss. After being scolded, running out of pick-and-rolls is a habitual action, but after running out of pick-and-rolls, he still wants to "prove" himself in singles... So...

Before Olowokandi could help Cassell block Prince, he turned around and cut to the basket, directly sending Cassell into the double-team of Ratliff and Prince, with two long arms and tall ones sandwiched between them, Cassell couldn't see his teammates at all, had no chance to shoot, and didn't even have room to dribble!
With quick eyes and quick hands, Prince took the ball away from Cassel's hand, and then counterattacked directly!

Prince's long-legged fast break is really powerful. He rushed to the opponent's basket and dunked with both hands to score two points!

Although he is not domineering, but he is divided into two points whether he is domineering or not, and the heat of the scene continues to rise!
In the next few rounds, when the Timberwolves attacked, Olowokandi wanted to "prove" himself. The more Garnett scolded, the more Olowokandi wanted to "prove", completely forgetting his role, which caused the Timberwolves' offense to be repeatedly blocked.

However, the Timberwolves also knew that they were going to retreat quickly, blocking the Eagles' counterattacks several times, and defending the Eagles several times with their fierce defense.

Finally, after the two teams played several times in a row, the Eagles seized the opportunity. Relying on Raheem's air cut, Liu Mang scored the ball to Raheem. Raheem attracted Garnett to the inside and gave the ball to Rasheed Wallace. Rasheed Wallace made a three-pointer.

13 to 6, the Eagles lead by 7 points at the start!
On the Timberwolves side, coach Saunders saw that they were behind by 7 points and immediately called a timeout.

On the sidelines, Garnett thumped the chair angrily, and the rest of the Timberwolves didn't dare to sit down.

Coach Sanders appeased Garnett, replaced Olowokandi, and replaced the former three-peat player Mark Madsen, allowing Garnett to top the center position.

After returning from the timeout, Liu Mang was a little regretful that he didn't take advantage of Olowokandi's presence to widen the point difference, but with a 7-point advantage, the Eagles are already very satisfied, and it's time to fight for strength.

The offensive and defensive rhythm of the Timberwolves finally returned to normal. On the offensive end, Cassel and Garnett played pick-and-rolls. The Hawks' defense is also very strong, and the Timberwolves have a hard time scoring, but at least they started to score, and finally after stagnating for almost half a quarter, the scoring finally continued.

And the offensive efficiency of the Eagles is not much better. It is similar to the Timberwolves. It is the same as the regular state that the Eagles expected before the game. The two teams started hard steel!
The defensive combination of Garnett and Mark Madsen is really strong. Mark Madsen is nicknamed Mad Dog, and Garnett is similar. The two are like two mad dogs.

Although Mark Madsen is short and as tall as Raheem, he is the same as the former Raheem, with more than 110 kilograms and a large tonnage. He can help Garnett carry the low defense. A chance, but that’s where Mark Madsen’s role lies. His stats may be bad, but he’s very motivated. He dared to hit Liu Mang’s arm with his face and force Liu Mang’s layup.

If Liu Mang wasn't worried about his handsome face, he would want to learn this defensive tactic.

The two teams were in full swing in this game and fell into a defensive battle. Compared with the Eagles, there are a lot of personnel rotations available, and the Timberwolves rely on the three-headed monster hard steel!With these three, the Timberwolves' offense and defense system will be fine!
半场打完的时候，刘莽半场打了15分钟，13投5中拿到15分4助攻，老鹰队以43比39领先森林狼四分。

Although the point difference was narrowed by three points, Liu Mang saw that the three major stars of the Timberwolves had played the entire first half, and everything was going according to plan!The opportunity is in the third quarter!

(End of this chapter)