324. Why?
In the tenth minute of the third quarter, the two teams finally began to rotate again.
Liu Mang scored 12 points and 4 assists in the third quarter, leading the Hawks to chase a little score.
Wang Zhizhi had another highlight performance today, scoring 17 points before the third quarter was played, and 9 points in the third quarter, which complemented Liu Mang's 12 points, and domestic fans had a good old age...... Well, it's a month late.
Before the third quarter was over, the Hawks scored 89, and the Mavericks scored 95!
These three quarter scores may not be anything in a dozen years, and they may not be anything in the eighties more than ten years ago.
But in this day and age, it's really terrifying!
The NBA's scoring pattern is like a cycle, going wild for more than ten years, and then going crazy for more than ten years, and then going crazy again......
The rotation of the two teams played a full ten minutes, and the Mavericks came straight up and down with Tim Hardaway, Griffin, Tariq Wahad, Donnell Harvey, and Sean Bradley.
The Hawks replaced Liu Mang, who scored 12 points in the third quarter, and Jason Terry, who scored 8 points, and Newbell and Muhammad also came on, and replaced Dean Grove, Emmanuor, Chris Crawford, and Alan Henderson, and Raheem, who was healthy in the third quarter, played with Raheem.
The Eagles' tactical strategy has always been clear, when the backcourt double wave is better than playing, Raheem is responsible for jogging back and forth to attract the defense, and Rahim is tired of playing alone.
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At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks trailed by seven points, 95-102.
This rotation lineup, the league really can't find a few that can be compared with the Mavericks, the Mavericks have always been very good in recruitment, willing to spend money, and can always spend in the right place, this is the most successful point of old Nelson.
The score was so anxious that when the two teams broke in the fourth quarter, the core lineups of both sides began to warm up, and the fourth quarter was another bloody battle!
Liu Mang followed Nash who was touching the magnesium powder to the technical table, Nash's hands were extremely easy to sweat, he was a standard white man, and he sweated a lot.
After a hard fight in the game, Nash rested for a few minutes, and just recovered his mentality, Liu Mang began to bewitch again.
"Steve, I looked at it during my break just now, and your salary is only more than 4 million? And to fight until 04? Oh my God, I heard that the German has renewed a five-year, 77 million contract, it really doesn't feel worth it for you, aren't you all selected as All-Stars this year? Did the Kuban offer you a new contract? ”
"I'm so envious of those guys who are lucky, you see, Jason is about to get a big contract, these guys are really lucky."
Terry was right next to him, and he wanted to hit someone when he heard that.
Nash didn't speak sullenly, because after Liu Mang came back from the second half, the words he had said so far had all said about his heart!
But he still has more than two years left on his contract, and it is okay to renew it early, and the current rule can be that he can renew it early when he has up to two years left in the contract, but the boss doesn't have that idea.
And it is impossible for Nash to propose a deal himself, and the transaction cannot be made!
It's not that Nash is not doing well, but his performance this year far exceeds his salary, and the Mavericks' salary is far above the salary cap, and Nash can't trade back a player of the same level as him, although Nash's performance this year is limited, but he is also one of the best ten guards in the league, and the best team is very popular, Cuban doesn't want to give him a salary increase, but he is reluctant to trade it out, because a player with a salary of more than 4 million, if you want to say that the ability is comparable, it must be a young star who is still in the rookie contract, For example, Francis, but people certainly won't trade, and now Francis is worth more than Nash.
And those other salaries of more than 4 million are probably the type of Mohammed, and the Eagles will definitely be happy to change, but if Cuban receives a call for this kind of deal, he will definitely pull the phone line immediately, and he would rather spend it like this.
Life is so wonderful, just now the other party's mentality was unbalanced, and now it's Nash's turn.
Liu Mang repeatedly praised Nash sincerely, "sincerely" felt unfair for Nash, this kind of sincere and heartfelt feeling made Nash's original willing and obscene heart begin to waver.
Maybe take a nap after the game, and this matter will pass, after all, I have endured it for so long, and it is not bad for these two years, and there are always so many unhappiness in people's lives.
But in this game, when this kind of thought just came to mind, there was definitely no way to restrain it at that time, and the more I thought about it, the more I thought about it, I felt that it was unfair.
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The game began in the final quarter, and the Eagles attacked.
Both teams directly sent the core lineup, and the Eagles were Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Raheem, Mohammed, and Ratliff.
The Eagles want to just make a wave, catch up with the point difference, and directly send the strongest lineup.
The Mavericks fielded the strongest lineup of Nash, Griffin, Finley, Nowitzki, and Lafrentz.
Liu Mang received the serve and pushed over, and saw that Nash obviously retreated a little defensively, and knew that he could start to score three points at this time.
The 12 points he got were all breakthroughs, and he also got 4 assists by the way, Liu Mang has not scored a single three-point shot so far, and Nash's defense of three points is really good, and his pace is very tight, so Liu Mang has been breaking through scoring and scoring in the third quarter.
But Liu Mang knows that if he wants to kill the opponent, it is either Kobe Bryant and Jordan who score consecutive points in the middle distance, otherwise it will be difficult to kill the opponent with two points.
Another way to kill your opponent is to shoot three-pointers!
Liu Mang suddenly paused outside the three-point line, Nash hurriedly pounced, Liu Mang's pause is too similar to the action of picking up the ball and shooting immediately, although Liu Mang does not pull out many threes, but that posture is very distinctive, and the No. 1 of the Magic team is very similar.
Now is the time!
Liu Mang burst out from Nash's right!
Nash secretly called Zhongji, he had already taken a step back to defend, just to delay Liu Mang's breakthrough, there was Lafrentz under the basket, as long as Liu Mang could not be allowed to fully rush in, Lafrentz's assistance defense could be in place.
It can only be said that it is one thing to be positive, and it is another thing to defend the ball quotient and attack the ball quotient, Nash retreated quickly, Liu Mang kicked forward with his right foot, jumped out of the three-point line, and threw out the sniper!
Finally!
The first three-point shot of the game felt perfect!
"Huh"
Hollow hit!
Liu Mang really wants to shout!
I waited for three quarters of the game, just to wait for an opportunity, I didn't want to prove that I was better than others, but to ...... Why give this damn No. 13 a three-point!
And it's the same three points of playing each other!
It's finally back!
Watching Liu Mang excitedly and Jason Terry bump their chests in the return defense to celebrate, Nash's fighting spirit was also stimulated!
The Mavericks attacked, Nash pushed over, and just as he was about to single Liu Mang, he heard Nowitzki beckoning for the ball.
Nowitzki leaned on Mohammed for the ball on the right side near the baseline, which is one of his usual singles areas, and Finley was tangling with Rahim on the left, and the right side was empty, which was perfect for Nowitzki's singles.
The main thing is that the Mavericks can shoot, and even Griffin has a 30 percent three-point shooting rate, so the space is very open, which is also a core element of their five-core play.
If it was usual, Nash would have passed it.
But now, Nash is so upset!
Why!
Why are you singles? Am I worse than you in singles? I'm still a senior, and I entered the NBA two years earlier than you, why don't you give your big brother a little more respect like this rookie?
Nash ignored Nowitzki's request for the ball and made a gesture to single!
To be honest, Nowitzki didn't disrespect Nash's idea of singles, he had a lot of respect for Nash, but it was arranged by the coach before the game! Alternate singles of course starts with the first scoring point.
Nowitzki saw that Nash was going to single, and he was stunned for a moment and immediately pulled to the bottom corner, completely opening up the space.
Liu Mang looked at Nash, it was time to defend Nash one-on-one, his hands trembled a little, and he quickly suppressed his excitement.
Beware of it!
Nash looked at Liu Mang's excitement, he was also very excited, he could see that Liu Mang attached great importance to him!
Nash dribbling is not fancy, but practical, the rhythm is very well controlled, and after changing direction, he shook out a little gap for Liu Mang and inserted it directly into the three-point line!
It may be that the explosiveness is average and the overall strength is average, but when changing direction, accelerating, and confronting, Nash's core strength is not weaker than any top outside line!
Lafrentz ran to the bottom left corner with Ratliff at this time, and Finley also took advantage of Griffin's off-ball block to run to the position where Nash had just broken through.
This kind of player runs without the ball when others are single, and if the Mavericks consider themselves second in the league, the first is estimated to have been disbanded!
When Nash reached the free throw line, the Hawks' interior line was completely empty, Nowitzki and Lafrenz were both mid-to-long-range scoring players, the space was too open, and Rahim, who was supposed to be an interior defender, was also attracted by Finley and Griffin's off-ball blocking, and Nash was going to face an empty basket!
Liu Mang had no choice but to hug Nash, and could only make a tactical foul.
Let Nash lick the basket easily? Liu Mang said no!
At the same time as the referee's whistle, Nash threw the ball towards the basket, which felt so good that he almost went in, rolling on the basket and falling with a punch.
Liu Mang's foul action was a bit big, and he directly pulled Nash back, but Liu Mang's protective action was very good, and he kept holding Nash tightly along with the potential energy brought by Nash's weight, and did not let Nash fall to the ground.
This action was praised by both the American and Chinese commentators, and the fans near the hoop also cheered for Nash and applauded Liu Mang.
Very professional!
To say why Liu Mang can still rank third among All-Star Eastern Guard votes when he hates fans so much and there are not many basketball fans in Georgia, it has a lot to do with the fact that he will protect his opponent even if he is a bad offender, even if he is dirty.
Seeing Liu Mang's resolute face, Nash patted Liu Mang's shoulder to signal that he was fine, and then walked to the free throw line.
Liu Mang gritted his teeth and watched Nash make free throws.
This guy, let him go to the free throw line and send points, 90 percent of the free throw shooting rate in the official game, is this a person!
Just when Liu Mang wanted to chat loudly with Jason Terry to continue to distract Nash, he saw a picture...... A little sick to my stomach and didn't want to talk......
Nash actually licked the sweat from his hands, and then wiped the soles of his shoes again......