From today on is the king

Chapter 904 903. Bloody revenge! (Ask for a monthly pass.)
After beating the Clippers on the 3rd, the Eagles on the 4th immediately ushered in a game against the Bulls.

It was the Eagles' turn to rest for Prince and Kwame Brown in this game, Tracy McGrady returned, and Mourning topped the starting position against the Bulls.

Strictly speaking, except for Liu Mang, everyone else in the Eagles has to rest in rotation.

Don't look at Liu Mang who played the most minutes for the Eagles, one of the only two players with an average playing time of 35 minutes per game, and the other is Kwame Brown.

Liu Mang averaged 37.3 minutes per game and Kwame Brown averaged 35.2 minutes per game.

The entire Eagles have the best physical fitness and the most playing time, but there is a difference.

Liu Mang played more minutes than Kwame Brown, but his playing was almost the easiest for the Eagles.

Now the Eagles' entire offense is serving Liu Mang's scoring.

McGrady has to pass the ball, Jason Terry has to pass the ball for Liu Mang, Calderon and Iguodala are the same.

McGrady and Prince are in charge of the single defense. Except for Liu Mang who is so fast that McGrady and Prince can't defend, they are both in charge. Iguodala on the bench is also responsible for helping Liu Mang.

In addition to scoring and rebounding, Liu Mang occasionally passes the ball, almost the easiest job for the Eagles.

Of course, this is the treatment of the boss of the team, and it is also the point where a professional player like Liu Mang can play most comfortably.

Liu Mang's type of player is so easy to match with his teammates, as long as he strengthens in areas that Liu Mang is not so proficient in.

On the contrary, the one from Cleveland has already started scoring, assists, and steals. The team ranks first in scoring, assists, and steals, the team ranks second in rebounds, and the team ranks third in blocked shots.

When a player ranks first in all abilities of the team, the team does not know how to strengthen it.

As for Liu Mang, Jordan, and Kobe, it is often easy for a star to fit in with his style of play.

Liu Mang's style of play is relatively easier to prolong his career, and the all-around style of play, except for James' physical talent, most of the others have suffered serious injuries early on.

Although Kwame Brown has good physical fitness, he is also in the ranks of rotations. The faster he plays, the easier it is to get tired, and the more tired he is, the easier it is to get injured.

Although Liu Mang can help them heal those minor injuries and won't accumulate into major injuries, but their physical energy consumption is very high.

Except for Liu Mang, the Eagles, even Korver and Calderon, have to defend desperately, and use desperate running positions in the counterattack to get scoring opportunities for themselves, otherwise they will not get playing time.

Of course, the role players in this system are also happy, because McGrady will send the ball to them as soon as they run out of position.

In turn, the running positions of other teammates also made it easier for Liu Mang to get shooting opportunities.

……

revenge!

Bloody revenge!
The game between the Eagles and the Bulls was a bloody feast of revenge!
In this game against the Bulls, the Eagles sent a combination of Liu Mang, Korver, McGrady, Rasheed Wallace, and Mourning.

The Bulls are still the same, Hinrich, Nocioni, Luol Deng, Antonio Davis,

After Liu Mang sprinkled chalk on the court, he saw Eddie Curry staring at Kwame Brown in a suit on the sidelines, and knew the meaning in this guy's eyes.

Jealousy, crazy jealousy!

Kwame Brown became the only two All-Star starters in the 2001 class, and Eddie Curry, who thought he was better than Kwame Brown, was crazy jealous.

Liu Mang’s side is no longer regarded as the same class by the players of the same class. In terms of talent, there are only two players in the 01 class who are talented enough to be Liu Mang’s opponents. One is Kwame Brown, who might have been good at the beginning if he hadn’t met Jordan, but he has already met Jordan and is now Liu Mang’s younger brother. Yes, the more he plays, the better he hits the basket than O'Neal.

But Eddie Curry has no motivation to play other than scoring to cheat a big contract. With such a good body, he is not as good as a guard in rebounding. Liu Mang's average of 7.2 rebounds per game is two full higher than Eddie Curry's average of 5.2 rebounds per game!
Eddie Curry doesn't want to compare with Liu Wei, he just wants to get a big contract and hate Kwame Brown. No one in the 01 class has the idea of ​​​​comparing with Liu Wei, even Arenas, who is the strongest except Liu Wei, can't raise the competitive mentality against Liu Wei.

However, Eddie Curry is still very motivated to keep stepping on Kwame Brown. In high school, the three major high school centers in the 01 class all had grudges against each other.

Although Kwame Brown didn't play today, Eddie Curry is still very aggressive and wants people to see that he is stronger than the All-Star starter!

Eddie Curry and Rasheed Wallace come to the center circle for a jump ball.

Rasheed Wallace probably hasn't jumped the ball for too long, and it is probably one of the reasons why he is one year older. Eddie Curry, a 134-kilogram fat man who is second only to Yao Ming and O'Neal, jumped high and fast and won the jump ball from Rasheed Wallace.

Liu Mang immediately came to Hinrich's advancing route, waiting to defend.

What the hell, every time I see Eddie Curry's body that has been more out of shape than O'Neal in the past two years, he can still move so nimbly and quickly, I feel like hell.

A waste of talent, Liu Mang saw Little Lolita and Eddie Curry fall at the same time, Little Lolita did not help but Eddie Curry.

Hinrich pushed forward to the top arc, seeing Liu Mang defending, he felt a lot of pressure.

In the first two fights, even the one he won, he couldn't take advantage of Liu Mang.

Seeing Eddie Curry leaning against Mourning inside to get in position, he immediately lobbed the ball to Eddie Curry, and then moved to the top arc farthest from the basket to pick and roll for Nocioni, a tall shooter.

Liu Mang followed Hinrich to the top arc, quickly switched defenses with Korver, and the two closely followed the defender after the switch.

McGrady is also trying his best to entangle with Luol Deng, not giving Luol Deng a chance to run out of space.

Eddie Curry didn't think about passing the ball after receiving the ball. The Bulls' outside movement was just to contain the Eagles' outside line and prevent the Eagles from going in to double-team Eddie Curry.

Eddie Curry slammed into Mourning, Mourning took off a little strength, took a small step back half a step, Eddie Curry hit the air, almost fell, Mourning slammed up and wanted to steal.

However, Eddie Curry's low-post skills are really good. He stabilized his body, carried Mourning sideways, and turned around quickly.

Mourning squeezed fiercely, not giving Eddie Curry a chance to shoot from the front of the basket, but Eddie Curry showed fantastic footsteps, and immediately turned left again, shaking Mourning away completely, and throwing sideways...

"Snapped……"

Rasheed Wallace pounced on a big hat and slapped the ball thrown by Eddie Curry!
The ball flies out of bounds!
Rasheed Wallace and Mourning laughed and high-fived.

Silent tacit understanding, without discussion, the two completed a defensive cooperation!

When Mourning is physically fit, one-on-one defense is still better than Kwame Brown, allowing Eddie Curry to concentrate on entering the singles state. He even ignored the mid-range shot of Antonio Davis, the main passer when he encountered double-teams.

Rasheed Wallace used Mourning to hold Eddie Curry and came up to give him a big hat!

Partnering with Mourning, Rasheed Wallace has a feeling of partnering with Ratliff. Someone carries him, he blocks shots, and Eddie Curry has several.

The two started together for the first time, and there was a natural sense of tacit understanding. It is a pity that Mourning can only last more than ten minutes in a game, and both of them are veterans over 30 years old...

The Bulls still have the ball, but there are only 9 seconds left. There is no time to give them the absolute strength of Eddie Curry singles. Hinrich faced Liu Mang and started a singles.

Hinrich could only take a step back and make a strong shot from the three-point line...

Iron!

It was the first time in Mourning's career that he faced Eddie Curry. He felt that with his current physical condition, he had to fight hard to grab rebounds with Eddie Curry, but heck, he tried his best to squeeze Eddie Curry, and Eddie Curry stepped aside!
Mourning was surprised to easily accept the defensive rebound. Eddie Curry just watched Mourning grab the rebound like that, and he had no enthusiasm for rebounding at all.

The Bulls retreated quickly, Eddie Curry retreated well this year, and the Eagles fell into a positional battle.

After receiving the pass from Mourning, Liu Mang threw it to McGrady and ran towards the frontcourt by himself.

What posture do you use to score?Liu Mang thinks it’s better to throw a three-pointer. It’s a three-pointer if you throw it in. If you don’t throw it in, the team still has a rebound advantage. The Bulls’ average rebounds per game are net negative. They have 42 in a game, and their opponents have 45 in a game.

After Liu Mang arrived in the frontcourt, he immediately cut from the middle to the inside. McGrady first asked Mourning to come out for a pick-and-roll, and on the other side, after Liu Mang entered the basket, he asked Rasheed Wallace to pick and roll without the ball.
"Ding... the pick-and-roll master is triggered at level 5, and the host's speed will be +8 within two seconds..."

Liu Mang's already fast speed broke out again, quickly rushing to the left at a 45-degree angle.

But to Liu Mang's surprise, the ball didn't come!

Looking back, Luol Deng, who was defending McGrady, was blocking the passing route between himself and McGrady, that is, he was not defending McGrady and Mourning's pick-and-roll, but was blocking his catch!
At this time, Liu Mang wanted to cut inside again, and Hinrich, who was chasing him, had already caught up. Without the ball, Liu Mang was blocked at a 45-degree angle by Hinrich and Luol Deng!

Maddie was stunned!Mourning's pick-and-roll didn't block anyone, so he immediately cut inside. Antonio Davis followed and stood in front of McGrady.

McGrady looked at Antonio Davis in front of him, and forgot to shoot the open three-pointer before Antonio Davis was in front of him. Seeing Mourning cut in, Rasheed Wallace and Mourning inside played Eddie Curry. McGrady immediately lobbed the ball to Rasheed Wallace.

Rasheed Wallace attracted Eddie Curry to stick to the defense and passed to Mourning who just ran in. Mourning caught the ball and dunked easily and scored two points.

What do these mean?
Liu Mang didn't understand, but it was good if the team scored.

It was the Bulls' offense again, and Eddie Curry began to be afraid of Rasheed Wallace's help defense, but because of this, Eddie Curry did not dare to focus on singles, and the ferocity of the offensive end was reduced a lot. He chose a step-back jumper!

A big center with 134 kg dribbled and stepped back to make a jumper, Mourning was very angry!He rushed up to interfere with all his strength, but Eddie Curry's hands are really good, and he hit a fallback jumper when he had enough energy at the beginning.

It doesn't look like a center forward at all!
Mourning has been with the Hawks for almost a month, and he has played O'Neal, Yao Ming, and Eddie Curry successively. Why does he feel like he is competing with the four major centers?

The main reason is that you can't beat any of them!
Time makes people old...

Fortunately, Mourning also deducted one, so it's evenly matched!
Mourning comforted himself and ran towards the frontcourt.

After seeing too much of Eddie Curry's coquettish performance when he was physically strong, Liu Mang also became a little numb. He went in and picked up the ball and sent it to McGrady, and then asked for the ball directly after halftime.

McGrady passed the ball to Liu Mang and then cut inside, creating a one-on-one singles opportunity for Liu Mang.

But... As soon as Liu Mang received the ball, he saw Hinrich and Luol Deng flanking him.

"Hey, bro, there's a leading scorer cut over there, go fuck him!"

Liu Mang really wanted to yell out this sentence!
Seeing McGrady cut in, Antonio Davis took a step forward to block McGrady, three-for-two under the basket, a good opportunity!Liu Mang made a strong shot before the two double-teamers got in place!
Hinrich leaped forward and slapped Liu Mang's arm, and slammed into Liu Mang's body!

Just as Liu Mang raised the ball to his head, he didn't expect the other party to make such a rough move. He was knocked back a few steps, sat down on the ground and slid a long way, and when he stopped, he even reached the circle in the middle circle!
What does this mean?
Watching Hinrich raise his hand calmly after the referee blew the whistle, like the teacher on the sidelines, Liu Mang grabbed the hand of Korver who ran out and got up.

Seeing that the referee did not give a malicious foul immediately, the fans immediately booed everywhere.

Liu Mang could see that the Bulls were targeting him!

Why is Hinrich's template Stockton?It's not like his style of play, Hinrich's pick-and-roll is not particularly good, but his shooting stability, passing accuracy...and the defensive end is not clean at all!

Targeted again!
Fortunately, he scored three free throws. Liu Mang's "cold-blooded" characteristic suppressed the anger in his heart, and the game just started. Today they have two main players taking turns, so they can't get themselves out.

When Liu Mang walked to the free throw line, Hinrich's defensive action was dirty. He kept his hands and did not push Liu Mang when he hit the free throw line, so Liu Mang did not lose his center of gravity and landed smoothly. He didn't mean to hurt Liu Mang intentionally, but the hit on Liu Mang's arm really hurt!

The pure purpose is to hurt Liu Mang and anger Liu Mang.

Liu Mang held back his anger, and his teammates also held back their dissatisfaction. McGrady went to protest with the referee that this time it should be a malicious foul. The referee appeased McGrady, and did not give a malicious foul. Instead, he went to the technical table to confirm that both feet of Liu Mang were outside the three-point line when he took off, confirmed three free throws, and then warned Hinrich.

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line and made the first free throw. After adjusting, he made the last two free throws.

The Bulls' ferocious fouls at the start made the Eagles' defensive moves even bigger

After Hinrich took the ball to the frontcourt, he encountered Liu Mang's even more fierce top defense, and his actions could be described as rough.

It was also because Liu Mang suffered a loss before, and the referee wanted to make up for it, so he didn't call Liu Mang a foul.

Hinrich quickly passed the ball to Eddie Curry, and Mourning's defensive actions became more active. He is more experienced and knows that the referee will not give the whistle if the defensive intensity of a position increases. Generally speaking, the whistle will become looser throughout the game.

Mourning has a bad temper, and if the team's youngsters are bullied, he will come back from the bullying!
Eddie Curry was pressed against the waist by Mourning's fist, feeling pain in the waist!

"This old man has a bad kidney, and he wants to make me suffer from bad kidney?"

Eddie Curry quickly turned around and took a step back, seeing Mourning's murderous expression rushing forward, he quickly threw the ball.

Eddie Curry missed a hasty mid-range shot!
Rasheed Wallace blocked Antonio Davis, and Liu Mang, who was now in an irritated mood, put his anger on his enthusiasm and rushed in to receive the defensive rebound.

Push yourself!

Liu Mang stopped giving McGrady the ball, and pushed himself to the frontcourt...

Then, Liu Mang's anger and excitement turned into sadness...

The other party is determined to fuck him!
Seeing that McGrady ran to a 45-degree angle and was unguarded, and two guys with glowing eyes rushed towards him, Liu Mang didn't want to look at McGrady anymore, threw the ball to McGrady, and then stared at the ceiling speechless.

McGrady received the ball, Nocioni let go of Korver who was running on the right sideline to defend McGrady, McGrady threw the ball to Korver, Korver caught the ball and hit a three-pointer!

5 to 2, the Eagles began to take the initiative by relying on Korver's three-pointer!
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When the Bulls played against the Eagles for the first time, relying on the high-speed rotation defense that the Eagles were not familiar with, they defeated the Eagles once in an upset.

But as the Eagles learned the Bulls' high-speed rotation defense, and also learned the most authentic timing of switching defenses from the Mavericks, those who couldn't deal with the defense became the Bulls!
The Bulls couldn't take advantage of Eddie Curry's outburst when he met the Hawks. Mourning and Rasheed Wallace's interior defense cooperated more tacitly.

In terms of perimeter, Korver's defensive rotation is more conscious than Prince's. Prince's single defense is better, and his help defense is a little bit worse. Korver is the best outside line in the Eagles in the rotation, better than Liu Mang and Iguodala, but the single defense is particularly poor.

Especially now that the confrontation between the two teams has started, and the defensive moves have become rough. It is too difficult for the Bulls to play tactics. It is completely a playoff-level confrontation.

The biggest feature of the playoffs is that the ratio of singles points is much higher than that of the regular season!

Although Eddie Curry is excellent in singles, his physical fitness is a problem. At the beginning, he could rely on low-post singles to compete against the Eagles. Even if Mourning's defensive moves became rough, Eddie Curry, who was mentally prepared, also scored 9 points in the first quarter.

But after Eddie Curry got tired, the Bulls had only Jordan Ben Gordon on their bench in singles.

And the Bulls' defense is almost tantamount to "giving up"!

The Eagles scored too easily, mainly because Liu Mang was double-teamed!

McGrady and Jason Terry, who came off the bench, were always the first to catch the ball.

And the Bulls played hard enough!Instead of giving Liu Mang a chance to directly send an assist, instead of guarding Korver and Calderon's defenders who are on rotation to pinch Liu Mang, they use defenders guarding Jason Terry or McGrady to pinch Liu Mang, let Liu Mang pass the ball to these two passers, and then leave a third man to defend these two, but Liu Mang is not given any data!
The enmity of 58 is irreconcilable!
The Bulls players deeply remembered that when Liu Mang led by 58 points, he yelled "58 points are enough", so they believed that the last time they were slaughtered for 58 points was Liu Mang's conspiracy!

Moreover, the media also claimed that Liu Mang "suppressed" them in that game, which made them careless about winning or not, and they couldn't win anyway. When the opponent was "serious", they lost by 58 points
The point is, since they have the strength to beat them by 58 points, why give them hope in the first match?

If Liu Mang knew what the Bulls were thinking, he wouldn't know how wronged he would be: Your upset was because of your strength!We just stole your defensive strategy... If we can break the 70-point record, who would want 58...

The Bulls defended Liu Mang 7 of 3 and scored 19 points. He made 16 free throws and made 16 of 12 free throws. He didn't give him a chance to play well. He could be shot on the floor by the opponent on catch and jump shots, and he was double-teamed when he ran without the ball.

For the sake of his life and safety, Liu Mang could only dribble the ball through half court and then attract double-teams to pass the ball to his teammates, allowing them to shoot.

The Hawks teammates all voted hi, Korver scored 12 points, Jason Terry 13 points and 3 assists, Calderon 14 points, Iguodala 11 points...

麦迪打到第四节，已经21投14中拿到40分了！40分3板6助攻！

123 to 83, the Eagles crazily slaughtered the Bulls by 40 points!
Liu Mang played for 39 minutes, but he couldn't go on!He just scored 19 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists. He tried his best to get a triple-double, but the conditions did not allow it.

Although Liu Mang got the 2000 superstar value of winning the opponent for the second time in a row as a thank you gift to the Bulls, his malice towards the Bulls has become deeper, and he will continue to abuse the Bulls next time!
The big deal is that if you don't score points, it's abuse!

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