Well, the New York fans who forgot the pain of the scar will always be the most interesting fan in the NBA, seeing Marbury bring the Knicks into the playoffs, and forgetting about the 60-point cut by Liu Mang two months ago.

encountered Liu Mang's strong anger, and now the Knicks fans are on fire, and when they saw the Hawks players entering, especially when Liu Mang entered, the whole audience was booed.

When the Knicks players came out, the whole court immediately turned into cheers, which was rare in the first two seasons when the Knicks were so bad, and New York fans really "have personality".

After Liu Mang entered, he saw a lot of signs holding "Son of New York", if he got the title of "King of Madison", how should this relationship be calculated?

Feeling the malice from Marbury, Liu Mang felt that it didn't matter, Marbury couldn't even bring Liu Mang a mission from the Avengers series, and Liu Mang knew that this guy was not enough to be his enemy.

Enjoying the boos at Madison Square Garden, Liu Mang threw himself into the pre-game warm-up.

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At half past six in the afternoon, the game was about to begin.

Rashid Wallace and Ratliff X crossed arms to the center circle, Liu Mang and Boozer hugged and went to the free throw line in the backcourt to wait for the jump ball.

Playing a possible opponent in the playoffs, the Knicks, who are now firmly ranked eighth in the East, the Hawks didn't plan to keep their hands and beat them to the point of fear, and now because Liu Mang is doing something, the starters have not stopped, and all the main forces are on the lineup, sending Liu Mang, Prince, Rahim, Rashid Wallace, and Ratliff's full starting lineup to play.

The Knicks also want to win, firstly, they now have a clear advantage on the road to eighth with the Celtics, and they are already a strong team in the playoffs, and secondly, because of Liu Mang's provocation, plus they even have the dream of being able to black eight again, so this game, which was originally not very important, now wants to win very much, and wants to increase confidence in the first round of the playoffs.

Even former All-Star interior Antonio McDyes, who was plagued by a knee injury and was even directly reimbursed for the season last season, actively applied to play in this game.

Coach Lenny Wilkens, who was fired as the head coach of the Raptors because he strongly wanted to prevent the Raptors management from trading Carter away, replaced the original coach Don Cheney and became the head coach of the Knicks after Liu Mang scored 60 points against the Knicks.

Coach Wilkens saw the Eagles, the most glorious old club team he once had, whether he was a player or a head coach, the most glorious years were in the Eagles, and now he finds that he really can't get rid of the Eagles, no matter where he goes to be the head coach, he will form a bond with the Eagles, he can't be provoked, he can't hide!

In the face of this team that was supposed to "belong to him", Coach Wilkens found that he couldn't hide, so it was just!

The Raptors have been miserable in the past two years, but the Knicks are not bad now, the stars are always a little older, but there are many stars!

The Raptors sent Marbury, Anfernee Hardaway, former Hawks No. 6 pick Demar Johnson, and Kurt Thomas, known as Dirty Leg Cotter, and Antonio McDyce, who are even more powerful rebounders among the two Thomas.

This lineup, except for DeMar Johnson, if the others are three years younger, it is really quite bluffing.

Rasheed Wallace joins his old rival and fellow star Antonio McDyce in the center circle.

is also one of the top power forwards in the west, and the stage where the two played against each other has become what it is now, and when they stand together, both of them are a little embarrassed.

With a sigh of emotion, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and the two immediately got their full attention to the jump ball, the referee threw the ball into the air, and both jumped hard, and Rasheed Wallace leaned on a healthier knee to win the jump ball on the once physical freak of Antonio McDyce.

The moment Liu Mang received the ball, he immediately advanced quickly and attacked the front court.

Liu Mang just crossed the middle line and was taken aback! Marbury, Penny, and DeMar Johnson on the opposite side blocked together!

Depend on!

It is understandable that Marbury blocked Liu Mang, Demar Johnson was squeezed away by himself, and Liu Mang can also understand it, but this penny brother, we also had afternoon tea together, what does this mean?

Liu Mang just crossed the halfway line, and before he could completely cross over, he was caught up by three people, and the Knicks' defense was simply enough!

Liu Mang directly hugged the ball and turned around to protect the ball with his buttocks, and when he turned around, he just aimed at Rashid Wallace, who rushed forward after winning the jump ball, and threw the ball directly to the basket with his back to the basket!

Shooting with his back to the basket at the halfway?

The fans at the scene were inexplicable, and the three people who defended Liu Mang were also dumbfounded, so they voted? They just want to force Liu Mang to pass the ball!

The ball thrown by Liu Mang with his back to the basket didn't even wipe the rebound, and even fell half a meter away from the basket, fell to the ground and bounced, just when people thought that Liu Mang was forced to make a blind shooting mistake, Rasheed Wallace, who rushed into the inside, received the ball that bounced off the floor and smashed the ball into the basket with a violent split!

From the secret joy that Liu Mang thought he had made a mistake, to Rashid Wallace's dunk turning this "shot" into a dunk contest-style passing and cutting cooperation, the hearts of the fans and Knicks players at the scene seemed to be like a roller coaster!

The league official of the technical station quickly discussed it and decided that this ball was a pass! added an assist to Liu Mang's statistics!

The three people who wrapped Liu Mang didn't expect to be able to play like this? What kind of self-confidence is this!

Just when Marbury felt that Liu Mang had a "really big heart", Liu Mang made a surprised expression and said while retreating: "Throwing also assists? Good luck! ”

With that surprised expression and explosive acting skills, Marbury almost believed it.

"This bastard!" Marbury felt a deep sense of humiliation.

Come back!

Be sure to pay it back!

Marbury returned to the basket and was about to push forward after receiving the serve when a guy who was a full head taller than him blocked in front of him.

Prince!

The Eagles are pressing all over the court!

Marbury just received the ball and was about to shoot it on the ground, but he quickly grabbed the ball and was almost stealed by Prince's long arm!

At this moment, Marbury felt like his heart was about to stop, it came too suddenly!

Prince didn't talk much, but he was a thief, and he scared Marbury.

Marbury was worthy of being Marbury, and after relieving, he quickly advanced to the front court before the eight-second violation despite Prince's full-court pressing.

Seeing that Prince had been guarding himself, Marbury looked up at Prince with disdain, and the small footsteps under his feet continued to move, exploring and breaking through!

Marbury's breakthrough is really powerful, Prince looked at the small footsteps and didn't know which direction to move, and for a moment of hesitation, Marbury played a crotch piercing pass, slapped the ball from Prince's crotch, and broke through from Prince's right side when Prince turned his head to look at the ball!

It's so cool, Marbury likes to be guarded the most, he likes this kind of passing the most!

However, as soon as Marbury brushed Prince to receive the ball, someone blocked in front of him, and Liu Mang let go of the penny in time to make up for Marbury's defense.

Marbury's first year back in New York did play selflessly, holding the ball and passing it to the vacated Anfernee Hardaway, but the biggest gap between Marbury and the real top passer is that he is not fast enough to pass!

After Prince reacted to being played, he was not discouraged by this, and the moment he saw Liu Mang coming over, he immediately switched his defense and ran to Anfernee Hardaway, and at the same time, Rahim, who was the connection point of the inside and outside defense, also ran towards Anfernee Hardaway, and Marbury's pass just arrived in the hands of Anfernee Hardaway, and the pinch of Prince and Rahim had arrived!

As a core player who was able to reach the Finals in the Iron and Blood Eastern Era, Anfernee Hardaway was terrified when he saw the Hawks' rapid defensive rotation!

He has also played against the Hawks since he came to the Knicks, but he has never seen the Hawks so serious! This defensive rotation is simply amazing!

Targeted, and the speed of the rotation defense, Anfernee Hardaway saw DeMar Johnson standing motionless outside the three-point line, helpless, but could only pass over.

You're so empty! What are you doing with such a good physical fitness!

DeMar Johnson received the ball and didn't break through the inside line without anyone in front of him, picked up the ball and threw it outside......

If DeMar Johnson can shoot a three-pointer, he will not be given up by the Hawks, and the sound of "bang" iron hitting reached the ears of everyone on the scene, Ratliff under the basket carried Antonio McDyce away, and Rasheed Wallace protected the rebound.

"Back to the defense!" Marbury actually began to pay attention to defense, and immediately yelled back the moment Demar Johnson's shot was grabbed by Rasheed Wallace to grab the defensive rebound.

Marbury is really not bad at leadership, if he doesn't have such a bad personality and so many off-the-field chores, he is indeed a good leader, such as him when he is old and recognizes reality.

Led by Marbury, the Knicks retreated quickly, and the Hawks failed to play a defensive counterattack, which surprised Liu Mang, worthy of a playoff team!

But this makes Liu Mang feel even more interesting!

Liu Mang received a pass from Rashid Wallace and advanced steadily.

In the first ball, Liu Mang wanted to hit the opponent by surprise, but the opponent actually saw it, and Liu Mang was lucky, and he had the opportunity to send an assist directly, mainly because of the tacit understanding between his teammates.

This time, Liu Mang advanced to the front court, and when he saw the Knicks' defensive formation, it was really not bad!

glanced at Coach Wilkens on the sidelines, the old-timers of this team really brought something very different to the Knicks after coming to the Knicks.

The Knicks defended a joint defense!

Liu Mang saw that the other party didn't seem to pay so much attention to the defense of the three-point, and the three of them guarded the line, as if to block the breakthrough and air cut, as well as guard the rebounding ball, Demar Johnson, Kurt Thomas, and Antonio McDyce The three are not tall, all three of them are two meters and six, but they are all very mobile, and the rebounds are also good, even Demar Johnson, who has an average of 5 boards per game.

After Liu Mang saw the intention of the opponent's joint defense, he let out a "snort", and Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway on the line suddenly became alert, Liu Mang lowered his waist, and his teammates immediately rushed to the inside.

Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway were going to block the air cut, but Liu Mang, who had been paying the most attention to them, also broke through!

Liu Mang went straight from the middle! Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway came together, just sandwiching Liu Mang in the arc position outside the free throw line, Liu Mang did not choose to pass, but after seeing his teammates all rush into the inside, he faced the defense of Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway, and shot two points!

Under the attack of Marbury and Penny, Liu Mang's mid-range shot was purely blind and had no score at all, but Ratliff and Rashid Wallace occupied the commanding heights in the air and forcibly squeezed in, attracting all three of the opponent's basket, Rahim grabbed the offensive rebound and got up again and smashed the ball into the basket!

The Knicks' joint defense is good, but they have a congenital disadvantage, they are too short! In addition to Liu Mang, the Eagles even Prince who is a shooting guard is as tall as the opposing center!

If the Knicks honestly grabbed the board and played normally, they wouldn't have given Rasheed Wallace and Ratliffe such a good opportunity to attract rebounds and block people, and the Hawks offensive rebounding was not so easy, but who made the Knicks want to play joint defense to force the Hawks to shoot outside!

Of course, no team will play like the Hawks, with one shot and four boards, and the key height is still so high, and the Knicks have never encountered such a style of play!

4-0, the Eagles scored two goals in a row at the beginning!

The teammates are very happy, in the past, Liu Mang scored at the beginning, and then continued Liu Mang to score, and they scored two goals at the beginning of today, Liu Mang's teammates felt that something good was going to happen today! It's the same as Liu Mang said!

However, as a party who smashes the enthusiasm of his teammates, Liu Mang feels that the Knicks are determined to prevent him! Obviously, Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway had the opportunity to block Prince and Rahim, but they didn't let Liu Mang shoot empty!

In this case, Liu Mang's heart is also horizontal, thinking that he still has an average score gap of 2.6 points per game with Maddie anyway, so let's do it today!

Get you back!

Be sure to get revenge!

It's the Knicks offense again, and Marbury is pressed by the whole court again as soon as he receives the ball!

Marbury expected this and was ready to catch the ball and use his speed to shake off Prince, but the man who was pressing all over the court changed!

Replaced by Liu Mang!

Marbury couldn't get rid of a change of direction when he received the ball, and Liu Mang learned the mad dog-style defense from the "clang" sound lovers in a seaside city, like a mad dog with rabies, biting Marbury to death!

Liu Mang's defensive enthusiasm also made the Hawks' defense more oppressive, with Ratlif guarding the basket, Rashid Wallace and Raheem preparing to defend at close range, and the basket was handed over to the most solid back, which is Ratliffe, and Prince chased Anfernee Hardaway.

Marbury was pushed to the front court by Liu Mang before the eight-second violation, and saw that Demar Johnson was leaked out again, Raheem saw that Demar Johnson had left his own team for two years and still had no progress, so he gave up decisively and blocked others, if he could throw in, Raheem admitted it!

But it's not just Raheem who can't look down on Demar Johnson, Marbury can't look down on his teammates, and if Alan Houston hadn't been reimbursed for the season, the Knicks wouldn't have been able to sign the No. 6 pick who was cut by the Bucks before he finished his rookie contract.

After Marbury got used to Liu Mang's defense, he took a step back, and when Liu Mang pressed up again, his small footsteps suddenly accelerated, and he burst from Liu Mang's left side!

Marbury's breakthrough is really powerful, and Liu Mang can't prevent it, so he chooses to press and defend, anyway, he can't break through and can't prevent it, just put pressure on this guy.

Marbury broke through from Liu Mang's left side, Liu Mang immediately posted it again, trying his best to put pressure on Marbury, but the pressure was not enough, Marbury, who was at the peak of physiology and technology at the age of 27 for a few years, was too difficult to defend, and after having a better head coach to make better offensive position arrangements, Marbury's breakthrough became like a fish in water.

Marbury rushed to the basket from the left side, and even Raheem couldn't react immediately to block it, and Marbury hit the basket!

Luckily, Ratliff had a good lateral movement, moving over and holding his hands high in front of Marbury.

Marbury was very disdainful of such a defense, jumped up, folded his waist and abdomen in the air, pulled the rod to avoid the block of Liu Mang who caught up, and threw the ball to the rebound from the right side of Ratliff's raised arm sideways!

One hit two, and completely dodged the hand to supplement the defense, when Marbury made a series of moves from breaking through Liu Mang to tossing and turning in the air, Madison Square Garden was already boiling!

But surprises, it's always hard to achieve, as soon as the ball in Marbury's hand was thrown, Rasheed Wallace appeared! Before the ball is about to hit the rebound, the ape stretches out his arm and puts the ball on the rebound with his big hand!

It wasn't for nothing that Ratliff stepped over and seemed to be in the background, and he gave Rashid Wallace the perfect chance to make up for his hat!

Rashid Wallace and Ratliff's tacit defensive combination!

The ball was slapped by Rashid Wallace on the rebound, Liu Mang actively grabbed the ball, accepted a defensive rebound, and immediately counterattacked!

Run to the front!

Marbury was shocked how the Hawks' defense could be so strong, it was simply at the level of the Spurs and Pistons, and he was stunned for a moment, and immediately chased after Liu Mang.

Marbury, who had already been delayed for a second, couldn't catch up with Liu Mang, but he really caught up!

When DeMar Johnson saw Liu Mang, the "enemy", he didn't care about anything, he just came to block Liu Mang, and caught Liu Mang with Marbury, who caught up behind, and blocked Liu Mang in the middle line!

Liu Mang was originally the first to go down quickly on the Eagles' side, who knew that Demar Johnson was waiting for him to counterattack, and he was ready to block the defense early, as a former teammate, Demar Johnson was too familiar with the Eagles' cavalry company impact.

Liu Mang watched Prince and Rahim, who were obviously a beat slower than him, rushing past him, and Anfernee Hardaway and Kurt Thomas behind couldn't keep up, Liu Mang threw the ball forward with tears in his heart, no score, and no assists......

But...... Liu Mang didn't even get an assist!

Raheem, who received the ball, saw that no one was catching up, and he also played high, threw the ball to the rebound, Prince jumped high, received the ball that bounced back from the rebound, and pressed the ball into the basket!

Beautiful air connection, but Liu Mang, who was watching this scene, was dripping blood in his heart!

Liu Mang is completely angry now!

DeMar Johnson! Stephen Marbury!

It's all these two people!

Not only did he not score, but he also did not assist!

Liu Mang originally planned to refresh the single-game assist record for the Knicks' home court, which is Madison Square Garden, and the 19 assists in a single game held by Kidd just wanted to refresh the assist record here.

But I didn't expect these teammates to waste his assists...... It's not a waste, Liu Mang can't blame his teammates for not, and it's useless to blame, then blame Marbury and DeMar Johnson for holding him!

Isn't it defense!

Liu Mang looked up, 6-0...... Kill the Knicks!

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Marbury's leadership skills have mobilized the Knicks to take out the Hawks.

But there is a very real problem, Marbury is such a confident player, and he doesn't take this kind of thing to heart at all, that is, the difference in strength between the Knicks and the Hawks!

The Knicks' aggressive offense and defense, and their refusal to give up, have made the Hawks more positive!

Especially their strict defense of Liu Mang, it does make Liu Mang play a lot of iron and score very little, but it makes Liu Mang become the defensive end like he has rabies and bites them, Liu Mang is the soul of the Eagles, he may not be the nominal boss, and the low position of the tactical core is not as good as Rashid Wallace and Rahim, Boozer, he is just a scorer, but he is the real soul of the Eagles, Liu Mang's enthusiasm, the enthusiasm of the whole Eagles team has been completely mobilized!

The most important thing is that as long as it is prevented, the Eagles have a chance to counterattack, Liu Mang is not greedy to send the ball out when he is sandwiched, even if there is no assist, use the Knicks to cover his own situation without restrictions, Liu Mang or help the board, or pass out, it is impossible to score points, the opponent's defense is too much, but defense is Liu Mang's own will.

Today, Liu Mang caught Marbury and went to death! Plus your teammates and defend like crazy together!

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Hawks prevented the Knicks from playing a wave of 6-0 twice in a row, suppressing the morale of the Knicks at the beginning, and then when Liu Mang went completely crazy, the Knicks suffered the strongest critical attack in team history!

In the first seven minutes, until the official timeout, the Knicks only relied on Kurt Thomas's basket to get a sports goal, and none of the other sports goals were scored, except for Marbury who got 4 free throws, 3 of 4 free throws, the Knicks were forced by the Hawks' super fast rotation defense and basket and Liu Mang and Prince's top single defense, the Knicks did not score anything else!

21-5, the Hawks scored 16 points in the first quarter!

At this point, the Eagles' frantic defense kicked off, and it was out of control!

Even Jason Terry, who came off the bench, was motivated to defend, and together with Liu Mang, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown, he didn't have any intention of keeping his hands in the second half of the first quarter, and he defended like crazy.

Coach Kruger's side also cooperated with Liu Mang's emotions, at most put a defensive black hole, and the other four people had to have defensive ability, and frantically sniped the Knicks defensively.

In the first half of the first quarter, the Knicks were "playing well", and after they entered the rotation lineup, Antonio McDies went off the court, and replaced the older veteran Mutombo, who is not knowing how old he is with a maximum salary, the Knicks' pace can't keep up at all!

In the last 5 minutes of the first quarter, the Knicks only scored 4 points, only 9 points in a single quarter, and the Hawks played a single quarter score of 35-9!

The scene was quiet!

After the Hawks scored more than 30 points in a single quarter and the Knicks didn't score a double, the sound of the whole court became quieter and quieter, and when it came to the intermission, it was completely quiet!

During the intermission, the owner of the Knicks came again, Coach Wilkens is a good person, and Don Cheney is different from the character of being fired from the boss, seeing such a situation, seeing that the Hawks are crazy about defending and counterattacking, I know that today is over, seeing that the boss is coming and asking the players not to give up, Coach Wilkens actively cooperates, how good it is to be the head coach of the Knicks, the salary is so high, 6 million a year, Coach Wilkens will not get along with money.

In the second quarter, the Knicks returned to the full main force, and on the Hawks' side, Liu Mang, Prince, Barnes, Muhammad, and Kwame Brown came on the court and continued to defend stubbornly!

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On Manhattan Island, New York, the originally clear night sky suddenly rained heavily.

The rain seemed to echo the hearts of fans of the island's richest sports club.

The Knicks' home game against the Hawks didn't start until half past six, and nine o'clock was supposed to be the peak of traffic jams when people left.

But it was only eight o'clock, a large number of vehicles began to leave from several large parking lots with more than 2,000 parking spaces around Madison Square Garden on Eighth Avenue, and the traffic jam on Manhattan Island had just ended from six to eight o'clock, and another round of traffic jam began immediately, and the traffic police friends did not even have a chance to rest.

In Madison Square Garden, less than half of the 19,713 originally filled seats remained, either die-hard fans, but Spike Lee, who claimed to be the most die-hard, was gone, and the rest were real die-hards, or ...... Fans who have already defected!

At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks were 121-67, leading the Knicks by 54 points!

Such a point difference has made many fans who have returned because of the Knicks' recovery at this stage have all left, and the remaining fans are ordinary basketball fans who came to see the excitement and the stars of the visiting team, as well as those real Knicks diehards.

The Knicks' stupid son owner James Dolan was still furiously asking his players who were already empty-eyed and completely dazed to fight on the sidelines at this time, and the players didn't dare to say anything, the team rules of the Knicks were the most stringent team rules of all teams in the league formulated in the Pat Riley era, and it was Pat Riley who used the league's approved team rules as much as possible to refuse, and refused to follow the arrangement to play, so he directly deducted the salary of the game.

trailing by 54 points, Rao is as conceited as Marbury, and when he plays, he has no fighting spirit.

The Knicks still didn't give up, which just matched Liu Mang's heart!

54 points? Is it still far from 58? 58 is not far away, how far is it from 68?

Liu Mang, who got 6 points, 11 rebounds and 16 assists, definitely didn't go up because he wanted to get a triple-double! Definitely not!

The Knicks players saw that Liu Mang was on again, and Marbury couldn't find any other pursuit, and he couldn't do anything else, so he let Liu Mang not score a double!

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In the last quarter, Liu Mang played for 6 minutes and was finally replaced.

Coach Kruger can't even look at it, although because the Knicks have collapsed and can't grab rebounds well, the Hawks' offense has been running wild, but seeing Liu Mang's 1-of-17 shooting rate is really spicy.

When Liu Mang was replaced, looking at his 8 points, 13 rebounds and 20 assists, he couldn't stop feeling sad and angry!

In the end, the Hawks soared again in the final quarter, and when the Knicks' owner James Dolan just refused to give up, the Hawks did not keep their hands, and they could pull the score as big as they could, and the Hawks players were already hilarious!

The Hawks hit another critical hit 29-13 in the final quarter!

150-80, the Hawks went crazy and bloodied Madison!