1034. The Beginning of Filton's Nightmare
The next day, Nov. 21, the Eagles played their 10th game of the season at home against the Bobcats.
In the morning, Liu Mang and his teammates continued to train on their own tactics of holding the ball to organize the attack, and then watched the video, and in the afternoon, Liu Mang took a good nap to alleviate the situation of overusing his brain in the past two days.
At 4 o'clock the warm-up began, and at 5:40 a.m., 20 minutes before the start of the game, the players of both teams entered.
The atmosphere at the scene was very warm, and it was nine wins in a row! The fans were happy when they won the game, and although there was a small problem in the last half of the game, the fans believed that the team would recover.
As for Liu Mang's statement after the game, he was brushing up on assists, which was written out by the media as it was, but the fans didn't believe it, even if there was a video, they also felt that it was a picture deliberately cut by the media, and the fans felt that there must be a picture of the media "forced" Liu Mang to be angry and talk nonsense.
Even fans who are not Eagles don't believe the video released by the media, it's too.
The reporter was about to cry, and he only interviewed Liu Mang in two sentences!
To be honest, no one believes it all these years! The reporter really wanted to go back to school and reinvent himself......
Liu Mang was the last to enter, and the scene burst into cheers.
After entering the court, Liu Mang looked at the ability evaluation of the opposing players.
"Emeka Okafor, Ability Rating 81 (Peak), Offense 75, Defense 87, Three-Point 36, Shooting 65, Layup 88, Speed 79, Power 90......"
Rookie of the Year compared to last season...... It's a step backwards! Okafor's rookie season was the performance of the top center in the eighties and nineties, but he was the rookie at the peak, and his stats have declined so far this season, averaging 13 points and 11 rebounds per game.
For Okafor's rookie is the peak, Liu Mang has no surprise, the rookie has an 80 ability evaluation In addition to James, Liu Mang has really not seen anyone else in recent years, and the rookie season is 80 at the beginning of the ability evaluation, and after the rookie season is still 80, it will be Okafor.
With the start of the second season, the Bobcats no longer give Okafor all the ball first, and with the targeting of opponents and the Bobcats' goal of the playoffs, it is normal for him to score a decline.
"Raymond Felton, Ability Rating 76, Offense 77, Defense 75, Three-Point 79, Shooting 72, Layup 81, Speed 89, Power 86......"
Short and stout point guard, relatively balanced offense and defense, nothing outstanding, 76's ability evaluation is worthy of the status of the leader, Kwame Brown and Howard are only 75 when they first entered the NBA, and Milicic, Wade, Bosh and others are also similar.
"Gerard Wallace, Ability rating 85, offense 83, defense 89, three-point 62, mid-range shooting 78, layup 91, speed 90, power 87......"
The most unexpected was Gerard Wallace!
Liu Mang knew that Gerald Wallace was the No. 1 giant at his peak, All-Star + Best Defensive Team for a while, but he didn't expect that the first two years of coming to the Bobcats had improved so much, and he was already one of the best first-class defensive players, and he also took into account offense and rebounding.
Liu Mang felt that the owner of the Kings team, whose defense was sparse now, probably wanted to cry.
Except for these three people, the others are nothing powerful, Blevin Knight's ability rating is 73, except for passing up to 95 and reaching 93 speed, there are no other advantages, standard data brush.
Blazek is a nice pie eater, and his height of 2.18 meters allows him to eat bread easily, but he will stop when he encounters a team with a strong defense.
Sean May is not bad, good talent is not bad, but weight is a problem, similar to Eddie Curry, who can't control his weight at all, and 74's ability evaluation is excellent, after all, he is a player at the tail of the lottery area, but he can only play for 20 minutes a game, which is far from enough as the main force.
Jumaine Jones, Karim Rush, Keith Bogans and other signings that seemed important in the summer did not work, and the stats were all higher than when they were at other teams.
But there is no way, the Bobcats salary is only 33 million US dollars.
After looking at the opponent's ability evaluation, Liu Mang practiced shooting.
Liu Mang didn't know whether to pass more or throw more, just think about it, win the game as the first purpose, new tactics, take your time, he doesn't want to prove that he can pass as much as he did in the last game, there is no need for that.
However, there is one thing that is very strange, Liu Mang saw that the Bobcats players seemed to be very combative and motivated.
Liu Mang wondered, what are these people excited about? And that little fat man, why is his eyes full of "provocation" when he looks at him?
"Ding...... Due to Raymond Felton's strong desire to defeat the host and make a name for himself, Temporary Mission: The Nightmare's Beginning triggers. ”
"The Nightmare Begins: Making Raymond Filton Feel the Horrors of the NBA. Reward: Raymond Felton Pinnacle Card. Failure Penalty: 10,000 Star Points are deducted. After the task is completed, there are follow-up tasks that can be triggered. ”
This reward is too cheap! Liu Mang felt so painful, after his strength improved, it was useless to take Felton, a star card that basically has no characteristics and no outstanding advantages!
But there is a follow-up mission for Feltun?
This made Liu Mang interested in this task.
……
The Bobcats players are under a lot of pressure right now.
In the case of this game, the pressure comes from the title of "Eagles Terminator".
Hell, they don't like the Hawks fans, and some of the Hawks fans have blackened themselves and see them as "candidates" to beat the Hawks.
They're now the second-to-last in the East! Except for the Knicks, who started with an 11-game losing streak, they had the worst record.
On top of that, it's the team's record pressure, and that's what makes them breathless.
With 2 wins and 10 losses, the Bobcats started the season without the double-list combination leading the team to victory as fans and the media expected.
After the Bobcats got Raymond Felton, Boss Joe told reporters: "We're not going to miss the playoffs, we have three great cores now, and we're not going to miss the playoffs again." ”
Boss Joe has too much confidence after getting Felton, with best rookie Okafor, Blevin Knight, the fourth-best passer per game, and a good role player like Gerard Wallace, and Primoz Blazek, who soared from 1 point per game to 13+7 per game after the Bobcats were drafted from the Pacers last season, and almost won the Most Improved Award at 13+7 per game, the Bobcats look like they are going to rise in their second season.
But the reality is brutal.
In the top four picks, except for Chris Paul, who performed excessively well, he averaged 15+5+8 per game at the beginning of the season, playing the rookie season performance of Liu Mang, James, Anthony and others, and the other two point guards were worthy of their picks.
Felton averaged 12 points, 3.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, and Deron Williams averaged 10 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists per game, both of whom performed well.
Felton is very steady, he has been playing very steadily since he entered the NBA, in addition to his lack of height on the defensive end, he has good movement and pressing, and he does not have the problem of Iverson and Baron Davis gambling on steals and leaks, which is a very good show.
But it's just good, no water, this is obviously not enough, and Jordan's high hopes for entering the NBA will be Karry's description of the whole game!
Felton can consistently score a dozen or so in a game, five or six assists, three or four rebounds, but that's it, no more, no less, and it's still a bit far from being able to play a decisive role.
The Bobcats players may be under too much pressure, their heads are a little confused, what the media and fans say they take seriously, playing the Eagles today, very confident!
Boss Joe didn't come to watch the game away today, playing the Eagles, and Boss Joe felt that he would probably be able to win the league without watching the game.
The players also want to grab a lifeline, they really thought they were going to rise at the beginning of the season, and now they are 2-10, losing so badly, they desperately need a morale-boosting victory, and playing the Eagles is certainly the best option.
Only three teams played the Hawks last season, three of which were the Suns and the SuperSonics and Nuggets, who drew 1-1 with the Hawks, and the Bobcats were the only team to draw 2-2 with the Hawks.
Sometimes there is no choice but to believe in fate!
Bobcats players feel like they've hit the Rick Hawks!
Moreover, Boss Qiao, who lost the game while watching the game on the spot, is not there, and they are more confident!
Especially Felton, after he won the NCAA championship, the fans were shouting "everyone loves Raymond", and even compared him with Liu Mang, and now he has met Liu Mang, and Filton wants to prove himself.
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With the whistle of Rasheed Wallace, Liu Mang received a prompt from the Devil's home court to open, sprinkled magnesium powder into the air, and played!
Felton, who was still thinking about killing Liu Mang just now, was frightened by the sudden burst of cheers at the scene.
This is the first time he has encountered such a frenetic atmosphere, even crazier than he played in the NCAA finals!
The most affected by the devil's home field is the rookie, even if the veteran has a weak personality, at least he has experience, but the rookie encounters it for the first time, it feels terrible!
"Calm down, I want to be calm! We are the Eagle Busters and we can win! "Filton stood at the free-throw line to cheer himself up.
Suddenly, Felton felt a malicious gaze, and as the gaze went, Felton saw Liu Mang's unabashed malicious eyes!
Felton was so stared that he couldn't help but look away.
The Hawks fielded a regular starting lineup of Mang Liu, Maddy, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown.
The Bobcats fielded a starting lineup of Felton, Keith Bogans, Gerard Wallace, Okafor, Rebraxia.
Seeing the opponent's starters, Liu Mang felt that this was a very good lineup in positional warfare, but it was just offensive...... Counting on Gerard Wallace?
It seems that Gerard Wallace is really the scoring champion of the Bobcats.
Kwame Brown and the two-meter-one-eight Rebraxia came to the centre circle to jump the ball.
The water cooler center, who basically couldn't play with the Pacers for the first three years, is really tall, much taller than Kwame Brown.
Kwame Brown is very motivated to look at this kind of center who is taller than him, and there is a special feeling of winning the jump ball on this kind of opponent.
The referee came to the center circle, blew the whistle for the start of the game, and threw the ball into the air.
Kwame Brown made up for the disadvantage of his height and small hands with a clear advantage in bounce speed, and won the jump ball with ease.
Liu Mang received the ball, and the Eagles attacked first!
The Bobcats have a good defense, and their head coach, Bernie Bickerstaff, is a very good coach defensively.
Liu Mang reached the three-point line, and Felton immediately posted it.
Felton wanted to use his physical strength to defend Liu Mang.
But so rashly pasted it up as soon as Liu Mang passed the middle circle, such an obvious action gave Liu Mang too much room to break through and the opportunity to predict the defense in advance!
Liu Mang unfolded his steps and accelerated to the right!
Felton's body was still pressing forward, and he was suddenly rushed to the same position as him by the extremely fast Liu Mang!
Felton hurriedly retreated, he felt that he could not keep up, but to his surprise, he actually did!
Mainly because Liu Mang took the initiative to slow down after he and Felton were in a parallel position to the rebound, stuck to Felton and broke through to the basket.
Felton kept up with the pace, and was always between Liu Mang and the basket, so the rest of the Bobcats did not come to the attack, and Felton's defense was still very good, although he weighed as much as 93 kg, but the speed was first-class and the defensive attitude was good.
Liu Mang reached the low post on the right side of the three-second zone and leaned sideways against Felton, at this time the rest of the Bobcats did not dare to come to the attack, except for Rebraxia standing in the three-second zone, the rest of the Bobcats were following Rasheed Wallace, Prince, and Maddie in the middle and long distance.
Liu Mang himself created a low-post singles opportunity for himself!
Liu Mang wanted to eat in the low position, but was afraid of Rebraxia's height, so Liu Mang beckoned to Kwame Brown, who was pulled to the left of the three-second zone.
Seeing Liu Mang's movements, Kwame Brown immediately squeezed towards the basket from the right side of the three-second zone, and Rebraxia quickly moved over to block Kwame Brown.
At this time, Liu Mang grabbed the right turn and dribbled a step, then grabbed the ball and jumped into the three-second zone, Felton quickly moved in front of Liu Mang and stretched out his hand to block.
Before gaining weight, Felton's defensive awareness and footwork were quite good.
However, in the short half second that Filton moved in front of Liu Mang, there was a certain distance of space, and Rebraxia was brought to the left side of the three-second zone, and Liu Mang had space!
"Ding...... The strongest first step is triggered, and the host's strong attack power under the basket is +5......"
When Liu Mang was pasted up by Felton, he carried Felton's strong body, jumped on the spot, and smashed the ball into the basket through Felton! Felton pressed it down, and was hit by the force of the rebound and the force that hung on Liu Mang's body when he jumped, and he sat on the ground.
Felton didn't expect a point guard to dunk him like this!
There is no problem with Felton's defense, he can defend Wade with such a defense, and there is a big tall man under the basket, Wade hit the Bobcats in the low post and met Felton and Rebraxia did not dare to shoot.
But Liu Mang actually deducted it like that!
After Liu Mang landed on the ground, he looked at Felton who was sitting on the ground with a panicked face and said, "Little ghost, the nightmare has begun!" ”