From today on is the king

Chapter 839 838. The Atlanta Liars

Inside the Phillips Arena, fans holding "Fifty-seven" signs are everywhere.

When the players of the two teams came out, the cheers continued to rise.

The Eagles fans are very proud now. The defending champion, No. 16 in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 3 wins and 17 losses, followed closely by the Suns with a record of 3 wins and [-] losses. It is impossible for Eagles fans not to be proud of their home team.

Now that Liu Mang is challenging various scorers, fans naturally hope that Liu Mang can make a strong response!

As for the Bulls, although people think that the Bulls are a strong contender to snipe the Eagles, Eagles fans don't worry about this. In their view, the Bulls are just a "fifth in the East" team.

It's that self-confidence, this strong self-confidence, which also infected the Eagles players and put pressure on the Bulls players.

"Hawks fans are annoying. Do you really think that guy is the number one in the league? How many points do you want to get?" Tyson Chandler couldn't help complaining when he saw two players of the same class opposite him.

"That kind of useless center who can only defend, I can beat him casually." Eddie Curry is very disdainful of Kwame Brown.

A useless center who can only defend?Tyson Chandler took one look at Eddie Curry and went back to the bench.

Hinrich looked at the proud attitude of the away fans, saw the two talented high school students Tyson Chandler and Eddie Curry couldn't help complaining when they saw the cheers of the fans holding the 57 sign, Hinrich didn't say anything, he was so calm.

Calm does not mean do not want to win, Hinrich would like to beat the Eagles.

But the Eagles are indeed too strong. Although the Bulls beat strong teams one after another this season, Hinrich was still not very sure that he could beat the Eagles.

However, when he knew that in the news before the game, the Eagles didn't pay attention to them and the whole team wanted to help Liu Mang score, Hinrich felt that the opportunity had come!
Hinrich was delighted to see the eagles' majestic look.

It's time to become famous!
……

The game is about to start, McGrady feels so ashamed!It's just a regular season game, but it's still playing dirty!But this sense of shame made McGrady a little excited.

"Being a teammate with Ace is really annoying and exciting." McGrady couldn't help sighing when he saw that Liu Mang was still practicing three-pointers, and then prepared to play with a shameful and excited attitude.

Liu Mang was observing the Bulls players.

Really great!
An almost perfect nine-man rotation!

Hinrich, ability rating 85 (peak), 84 offense, 86 defense, 87 three-pointers, 79 mid-range shots, 85 layups... averaged 15 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists per game.

艾迪-库里，能力评价88（合同年），进攻95，防守73……场均17分6板1.2盖帽。

These two are the only two first-class stars of the Bulls that Liu Wei saw. Hinrich was at the peak in the second grade. It was not a big surprise.

But Eddie Curry, the system has given the logo, the contract year player...

Needless to say, the players in the contract year are awesome. They are already very powerful among the first-class players, with an offensive ability of 95...

Although there are no top stars, and there are only two first-class stars, the others...

Luol Deng, 78 ability rating; Ben Gordon, 79 ability rating; Tyson Chandler, 81 ability rating; Antonio Davis, 80 ability rating; Chris Duhon, 72 ability rating; Ocela Harrington, 76 ability rating...

The Bulls have nine rotations, except for Du Hong, none of them has an ability rating lower than 75!
Eddie Curry, who just passed his 22nd birthday yesterday, if he can continue to improve at the current speed, the Bulls will be amazing!

Especially those two rookies, Luol Deng and Ben Gordon, their rookie ratings are even better than Howard's... Thinking that Okafor's rookie year was better than James' rookie year, and even Du Hong, a second-round pick, had an ability rating of 72, Liu Mang couldn't help complaining: 2004 was really a strange draft year...

Moreover, because Al Jefferson was robbed by the Celtics, the Eagles had to choose Varejao, which resulted in Du Hong not being selected, which has always been a pain in Liu Mang's heart.

But Liu Mang knew that Eddie Curry was a contract-year player...not when he was about to lose his salary, he would definitely not think about playing hard.

But this year, it happens to be the contract year of the No. 37 pick. Moreover, Eddie Curry has always performed well in the competition with the insiders of the same class.

Seeing Eddie Curry's body, weighing more than 130 kilograms, Liu Mang went up and patted Kwame Brown, who was practicing rebounding when he was shooting, and mourned for a few seconds.

Kwame Brown knew what Liu Mang meant, but he has no fear now, just now!

……

"Ding... Eagles devil home trigger, from Rasheed Wallace and Phillips Arena fans."

With Rasheed Wallace's roar, Liu Mang threw chalk into the air.

Kwame Brown comes to the center circle and jumps for Eddie Curry.

The starting lineup sent by the Eagles is still the same, Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown.

For the Bulls, Hinrich, Duhon, Luol Deng, Antonio Davis and Eddie Curry played.

Liu Mang saw that Kwame Brown and Eddie Curry were full of fighting spirit!The ferocity on the faces of the two of them was very strong.

Both of them were high school rookies in the 2001 class, and they were the two most talented rookies that year. Liu Mang found it very interesting to see that the two of them were about to smash each other when they met.

Liu Mang asked Kwame Brown to get to know him before the game. Knowing that Kwame Brown was bullied by two high school rookies in the same class in the two years before he came to the Eagles, Liu Mang couldn't help laughing.

The grievances between Kwame Brown and Eddie Curry and Tyson Chandler can be traced back to 1997, when they were both 15-year-old freshmen in high school. Kwame Brown almost fought against Tyson Chandler for the first time.

It’s because of his style of play. Kwame Brown has always had good physical fitness. In high school, he was the kind who flew around and dunked. Tyson Chandler was the kind of player who focused on defense in high school. Although his physical fitness is also good, his size does not support his violent style of play. The two met for the first time in the National High School Basketball Championship today. Kwame Brown dunked Tyson Chandler and almost fought.

Later in senior year it was actually Tyson Chandler who played better, he thought he could be the No. [-] pick, who knows
On the other hand, Eddie Curry is so talented that no one looks down on him. He has a bad relationship with teammate Tyson Chandler. He envies Kwame Brown's salary which is nearly double his salary.

Chandler is defensive, and Eddie Curry is offensive, but both of them can only play center. I tried to let Chandler play power forward, but that guy was shot to death by those shooting power forwards, so Chandler can only play as a substitute, because Eddie Curry has been so strong since he wanted to renew his contract early last season.

The same team, the same position, or the same age entered the team at the same time, so the competition is naturally fierce.

After the referee has selected the ball, he comes to the middle circle.

It's time to jump the ball!

Liu Mang saw Kwame Brown jumping high and returning the ball from Eddie Curry's head, which was expected by Liu Mang.

Liu Mang jumped up to catch the ball and immediately played a fast break!

After receiving the ball, Liu Mang rushed forward, but unexpectedly, Eddie Curry came up to block him!
With that huge body and flexible hands, Liu Mang could only take a step to avoid it. At this time, the other four members of the Bulls had settled down to defend.

Seeing Eddie Curry running back to the basket quickly, with a speed of 80 and a weight of 130 kilograms, Liu Mang thought of O'Neal.

This guy's talent is really good, his bounce is worse than Kwame Brown, but his speed is only a little bit worse!

Liu Mang continued to push forward, came beyond the three-point line, and saw Hinrich defending him.

Hinrich's post defense is very good. This is a defensive master who can defend from the 1st position to the 3rd position. The post defense is very good, similar to Stockton's defense.

Can keep up and defend against shots.

Liu Mang leaned sideways against Hinrich to avoid being intercepted by the future All-Defensive Team player. After observing the Bulls' defense, he found that Du Hong and Luol Deng were two defensive positions close to the middle, ready to pinch at any time. Liu Mang chose to break through and attack!

At the top arc, Liu Mang used a high-back technique. He first turned to the right to trick Hinrich into shifting his center of gravity. The moment he saw Hinrich's feet move, Liu Mang scooped the ball back left with his left hand. With his left foot as the axis, he swung his right foot to the back left and made a breakthrough with a left turn!

Hinrich was pushed aside by Liu Mang!
Liu Mang rushed towards the middle, and Hinrich could only run close to Liu Mang, but he was out of position and could not interfere with Liu Mang's breakthrough route.

However, this was within Hinrich's expectations. Luol Deng had already defended to the free throw line, and Liu Mang made an emergency stop outside the free throw line!

Hinrich, who was going to switch defense against McGrady, immediately rushed towards Liu Mang's back, and Luol Deng also jumped up to interfere.

At this time, Liu Mang pulled back the raised ball and threw it towards McGrady!
McGrady has already cut towards the inside. After receiving the ball, he rushed to the inside in two steps and scored two points with an easy dunk.

Eddie Curry moved away... The supplementary defense may be blocked, and it may not be able to interfere. Eddie Curry chose to protect himself wisely...

Passed the ball?
This surprised the two perimeter defenders of the Bulls. Didn't Liu Mang just throw the ball with it?

Or is it because of the double-teaming too fast?
Liu Mang retreated immediately after landing, and the Eagles retreated quickly.

The Bulls are a team with an extremely balanced offense and defense. Their balance is a bit different from other teams. The five players of the Bulls all have the ability to attack with the ball. Even Antonio Davis has a good close-range shot and short-range face-to-face singles.

So the Eagles' defense is to defend themselves against their own defenders.

Liu Mang waited for Hinrich to advance, and when he saw Hinrich outside the three-point line, he immediately posted it. Liu Mang had an obvious advantage against traditional guards like Hinrich.

Sure enough, Hinrich was going to pick and roll. Liu Mang saw Antonio Davis coming to his left. Hinrich was going to go around the pick and roll to avoid being spotted by Rasheed Wallace.
Liu Mang is so maverick, he just went around Antonio Davis, not preventing Hinrich's pick-and-roll breakthrough, but blocking Hinrich's three-pointer.

Hinrich could only step into the three-point line to avoid Liu Mang, and before Rasheed Wallace made up, he made a two-point shot!

Liu Mang's choice was correct. Hinrich's mid-range shot was far worse than the three-pointer, and his two-pointer shot was solid!
Kwame Brown easily picked up the defensive rebound from Eddie Curry, and immediately passed it to McGrady, Liu Mang immediately went off.

The Bulls retreat very quickly. They are always ready to shoot and return to defense. Their winning tactic is to defend. On the offensive end, they can make shots if they can make shots.

After Liu Mang crossed the half court, McGrady lobbed the ball to Liu Mang. Liu Mang leaned on Hinrich, who was chasing up, jumped up to receive the ball, and then rushed to a 45-degree angle to the left. The Bulls players retreated and all the players who came back rushed towards Liu Mang.

Liu Mang saw that Kwame Brown had rushed into the three-point line, and immediately threw the ball to McGrady who had crossed the center line. McGrady ran to the top arc of the three-point line to receive the ball, and directly shot a three-pointer!
Again!

Liu Mang got two assists at the start, McGrady scored 5 points in a row!
Kwame Brown, who rushed to the basket and was about to catch an alley, was so bitter. He didn't rebound or score. He obviously had a better chance!

Kwame Brown thought of Liu Mang’s teaching: Kwame, from now on I will be double-teamed by someone who was supposed to guard you. I will shoot and you will grab rebounds. I am not alone in the game. Think about it. If I score, I score. It’s also two points.So it's normal not to pass it on to you.

Kwame Brown actually understood this miraculous theory... What else can he do if he doesn't understand?Is it possible to grab a defensive rebound by yourself and dribble it to the frontcourt for a dunk?

However, this kind of counterattack and not passing the ball is too much!

McGrady felt weird, and was pissed off by Kwame Brown's resentful eyes. He thought it would be better to pass it on to this guy who is also a high school student next time.

The Bulls found something was wrong!
From the very beginning, Liu Mang was organizing an attack!
The Eagles are lying!

(End of this chapter)