401. The losing streak is over! (Add. 3/16)
Liu Mang broke through twice in a row, once with a dunk and once with a foul, which scared Reed's defense and shrunk back.
Reed's offensive methods have also basically taken shape, Rao block and dismantle the catch and shoot, and shoot three points directly after holding the ball on the weak side, all of which are already in shape, and after Ray Allen gives way, he can spread his wings and fly high next season.
However, at this stage, in terms of offense alone, Liu Mang has an obvious advantage!
Reed was forced to step back and defend to avoid Liu Mang's blockade or breakthrough, and Liu Mang also fired three points outside the three-point line!
Although Liu Mang has not played well in the past three months because of the chaos of the team, the training is still maintained, although the three-point ceiling of 88 has not been broken, but the more you practice, the feeling of shooting will always get better and better.
Liu Mang came up with a dunk first, then made a foul, and then hit two three-pointers in a row, and came up to score 10 points in a row.
Although Reed also threw in a three-pointer and a mid-range shot, Liu Mang was more accurate and pulled the difference to 5 points when he came up!
Coach George Karl calls a timeout! Liu Mang scored ten points in a row, 4 shots, although Reed also had an efficient performance of 4 shots and 2 shots, but Reed obviously couldn't prevent Liu Mang alone, and the Hawks had Jason Terry on the floor, the space was very open, and Liu Mang's personal offense was a dozen and a dozen.
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Liu Mang returned to the bench and high-fived Emmanuol and Barnes, who were quite active even waving towels on the bench.
Barnes and Emmanuor, now the role is estimated to be only to wave the towel, Barnes is still very talented, he can be selected by Coach Kruger, in addition to Liu Mang's recommendation, the main thing is his enthusiasm to play hard, but there is still a bit of a gap between strength and being able to enter the regular rotation, and it is obviously not comparable to Prince and Boozer, who were selected at the same time.
Emmanuol hasn't had much of an impact this season, with Liu Mang needing more playing time and Prince occasionally playing at point guard.
But this is something that the two have long expected, even if Barnes enters the NBA, even if he makes a lot of money, Emmanuol is also very self-aware, so he swings the towel very vigorously.
Liu Mang finally showed his progress, and the audience cheered when he returned to the bench!
"Ace did a good job and messed up the opposition's defense, but you have to remember that you're a core defender right now, and you have to do more than just score!" Coach Kruger is very satisfied with Liu Mang's resurgence today, but the requirements are also stricter.
Coach Kruger saw Liu Mang's progress that could be seen with the naked eye, as well as the fact that the bounce became better after he was strong, and the inside confrontation was also strengthened, so he gave Liu Mang more requirements and expectations.
Liu Mang nodded, he also knew that he needed to help the team do more things, such as organizing attacks!
This is what Liu Mang must do more, if he wants to score more points, he must have more choices for the opponent to prevent.
Coach Kruger was very satisfied with Liu Mang's performance and began to make adjustments: "Ace, the opponent's defense will definitely change next, you have to pay attention to the pass, Carlos, your mid-range shot, Jason and Tyshawn, your three points must also be ready at any time!" ”
Jason Terry was shocked, a big brother and a little brother had already shown it, and now it was finally his turn!
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Coming back from the timeout, there were no substitutions on the Eagles' side.
On the Bucks' side, Cassel was replaced by backup point guard Kevin Ollie, and Reed, Draymond Mason, Kukoc, and Tim Thomas were replaced.
Cassel is still old and replaced, and at the age of 33, his fitness has declined significantly, and the key is that he is still the core of the team's organization, and when the team has no other organizational points, he plays a lot less time than last season.
Bucks offense.
Kevin Ollie advanced to the front court with the ball, he was the undrafted pick of the 97 generation, and he has changed 7 teams in his career in more than 5 years, so a fragmented career, but there has always been a team to want, which shows that he has advantages, his advantages are similar to Dean Grove, steady, not greedy, and handed the ball to Reed after coming over.
Reed is now leading the team on his own, and he feels a lot of pressure!
It was still Liu Mang who defended Reed, constantly putting pressure on Reed outside the three-point line, Reed was very uncomfortable by Liu Mang, and it was basically impossible to shoot directly, so he took a step back and moved to the left side, choosing to break through!
Liu Mang knows Reed too well! The characteristics of this member of the Dream Eight team are too obvious, the offense with the ball is first-class, mainly throwing, breaking through and going to the left to the black, but the steps are really fast, and the breakthrough is very hard and powerful!
Liu Mang only stuck to Reed, but Reed's breakthrough was really hard enough, and Liu Mang was only able to slow down the opponent's breakthrough speed.
But that's enough!
When Reed suddenly approached the bottom line, he leaned close to Liu Mang, and then used a back-turn technique to come to the edge of the three-second zone, which is Reed's best way to score after breaking through, and the baseline turned his back and threw it!
Just when Reed broke through, he kept paying attention to the interior personnel, Kukoc pulled to the right 45-degree angle, Thomas also pulled out, and the two made a high block near the three-point line of the interior player, forcing Medaura and Boozer to have to let go, which is the Bucks' tactic when they specifically gave Reid the ball to play alone!
However, just when Reed thought that he had thrown it out easily after getting rid of Liu Mang, a slender figure flew over!
Reed's throw, just as he was about to reach the top, was pinned directly to the rebound by a lanky arm!
Tyshawn Prince!
Perfect defense, perfect prediction! Tyshawn Prince's mind is too clear about the opponent's offense!
Draymond Mason's three-point shooting percentage is low, the threat is low, Reid is tall, and during the pre-game video study, Prince noticed this opponent who may encounter when rotating the lineup, studied Reed's breakthrough characteristics, and knew that Reed's move was very powerful, so he decisively chose to supplement Reed!
This defensive awareness is also a gift!
While Prince pinned Reed's shot to the rebound, Liu Mang, who had just been erased by Reed, immediately chose to go fast!
Prince took the ball directly from the rebound and threw it to Liu Mang, Liu Mang received a pass from Prince and then dribbled sideways to avoid Draymond Mason, who rushed over and wanted to steal, and accelerated quickly!
Solo Ride Level 5 Trigger!
Liu Mang's speed has increased to 99!
Although it was only a short two seconds, Liu Mang had already crossed the middle line in these two seconds!
The Bucks players couldn't keep up, and they had no choice but to watch Liu Mang rush to their basket.
Liu Mang hit the three-point line, glanced back at the other party and didn't follow, so it was time for the dunk show again!
"Ding...... Fancy dunk level 5 trigger, Vince Carter dunk pack activated, host back strength enhanced, action ......"
Liu Mang stepped into the free throw line and grabbed the ball and jumped, turned around 180 degrees in the air, took the ball with both hands and made an arc while turning, after bending his legs, his body straightened up suddenly, and smashed the ball into the basket with his back buckle!
From the moment Liu Mang flashed Draymond Mason horizontally, the fans at the scene had already begun to cheer, watching Liu Mang dunk another five-ball slam dunk, the fans at the scene were already crazy!
Who said that our little hooligans have no physical fitness and no talent, that's just that they haven't grown up yet!
Now the little rascal who grows up and grows strong, this talent, this bouncing!
“Dunk-king”
“Dunk-king”
“Dunk-king”
“……”
The fans began to chant for the slam dunk king!
After Liu Mang landed, he saw that his teammates were so surprised that they stood up, and it felt very cool!
I wanted to deduct it for a long time, but I didn't have a chance!
As for the dunk king......
All-Star Grand Slam? This can be there!
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Dealing with Ray Allen, who is at his peak and has not yet fully become a pure pitcher, may be a little difficult for Liu Mang now, but Liu Mang still doesn't have much pressure to play Reed, who has not yet reached his peak.
Mainly in terms of confidence, Liu Mang is full of confidence in himself, while Reed's outside line is closely attached to Liu Mang, and the breakthrough he is good at has also been capped, and his self-confidence has been hit.
Of course, Reed is a player who can bounce back from a 2000 second-round pick with no more than 10 appearances in his rookie season, and taking a blow to his confidence will make him more motivated.
Together, Arenas is known as the pinnacle of the most inspirational counterattack in the first decade of the 21st century, and his tenacity is his greatest strength.
However, at this stage, Reed was made to lose his cool by Liu Mang again.
"Ding...... Michael Reed's skill cool scorer fails. ”
It's time for the Bucks to attack again, Reed is very unconfident after receiving the ball, Reed's loss of calm is very strange, not a few blind hits, but not daring to play, passing the ball to Kukoc, let Kukoc respond.
If it was Kukoc five years ago, shooting and passing anything would work, although he has more playing time in the Bucks, averaging 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game, which is the key to the Bucks' fifth place in the East, but it is really a bit embarrassing to ask him to be the offensive core, even if he is in his prime, he is only the second strategy of the Bulls, and he wants his teammates to attract the defense and pass to him, he has the ability to shoot and then attract the defense after the point is what he is good at!
Kukoc dribbled two steps to the edge of the three-second zone and threw a shot, but it didn't hit either!
Kukochi is helpless, it's not what he's good at!
Fortunately, this time the Bucks returned to defense quickly, and Liu Mang, who rushed in to grab the rebound, had no chance to counterattack.
Liu Mang advanced to the front court by himself, and sure enough, as Coach Kruger thought during the pause, the opponent's defense had changed significantly.
Coach George Karl offers a regional defense!
In addition to Reed, who was in front of Liu Mang, and Thomas, who was following Medaura under the basket, the other three of the Bucks were all in positions where they could wrap up adjacent teammates at any time and could shrink to prevent the opponent from cutting in the air.
It was the regional joint defense of the Nuggets track and field team in the future that allowed George Karl to win the best coach's tactics by relying on defensive counterattacks.
But this defense has a huge hole, and it can't prevent empty threes!
Liu Mang looked at the opponent's defense and obviously came towards him, and a smile appeared on the corner of Liu Mang's mouth, it was time to show a wave of real skills!
is still a breakthrough, Liu Mang showed a strong desire to score, and it was still a strong burst on the right side!
Reed continued to retreat, when Liu Mang rushed to the top corner of the free throw line, the Bucks' bag came over, the Bucks' joint defense was still very orderly, and when Liu Mang broke deep enough, Draymond Mason struck from behind Liu Mang, Reed blocked in front, one in front and one behind, blocking the angle of Liu Mang's cross and blocking Liu Mang's possible observation of the line of sight behind him.
However, Liu Mang didn't look behind him, and threw the ball from Draymond Mason's head to the top arc.
The point is that at this time, Prince just ran to the top arc, and when he received the ball, he felt great, and he shot three-pointers!
Prince's strongest ability at this stage is defense, and he only has two moves on the offensive end, one is an empty cut, one is a three-pointer, especially three points, although he is basically playing in garbage time this season, he has a 39% three-point shooting rate!
This kind of open shooting hand grip, Prince catches the ball and hits a three-point shot!
Don't look at people passing!
It's so sassy! The fans at the scene felt that after a summer, Liu Mang's progress was too great!
In addition, the previous months were wasted, and now that they can see Liu Mang's pass like this, the fans really want to cry: Give us back the 31 games of Na Sangyue! We're going to see the little rascal dunk, we're going to see the little rascal's pass!
Passing Master Level 5: He can predict the running position of his teammates in advance, and temporarily have a good tacit understanding with teammates who have the opportunity to receive the ball, and the passing accuracy is greatly improved, and teammates have the best touch when receiving the ball.
Although the skill of Passing Master basically does not have any ability bonuses, it is the strongest move of the point guard! Unlike the white chocolate Williams's pass that plays with everyone, this kind of steady, solid pass is the real pass that can bring benefits to teammates!
When Liu Mang had a violent dunk and three points, and now there was a no-look-pass that was too loud, the Bucks felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
Who said the Eagles are down?
Who said they were going to rot because they had collapsed because of their previous losing streak?
Aren't they the same as last season! Still so strong!
The Bucks feel the same way they feel when they play the Hawks twice last season, and there is only one kind of Vanguard in their hearts that they can't play!
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The matchup of the second team is the best time to open up the difference!
The way the Eagles played today was the combination of Raheem and Ray Allen and Kassel when he went up, which was not thought out in advance, but what Coach Kruger thought of temporarily after seeing Raheem and Ray Allen soaring.
When the second lineup went up, Liu Mang and several new signings relied on their strength to open up the difference in one fell swoop!
Now it seems that the idea works! And you don't have to go up to Rahim to attract the defense, because Boozer and Prince both have shooting ability!
After seeing Liu Mang's passing so sassy, sometimes the Bucks team didn't dare to wrap Liu Mang, Liu Mang scored, and sometimes Liu Mang wrapped Liu Mang, Liu Mang passed the ball, and the efficiency was terrifying!
Mainly Prince, Jason Terry, Boozer's shots were accurate today, and the morale mobilization before the game made them in the best shape today!
Looking at the current bench lineup, Coach Krueger almost burst into tears, it's not easy! I have a bench bandit in my own house! Raheem almost burst into tears, finally not having to go up and be a target to attract defenders when he was tired!
After Liu Mang came up in the second quarter, he first scored by himself, and then led his teammates to score, and the key Prince's excellent defensive ability also helped Liu Mang completely limit Reed.
Reed is a strong contender for Sixth Man of the Year this year, averaging 16 points, 5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game so far, and Bobby Jackson of the Kings is considered the two most likely candidates to win the Sixth Man of the Year award.
Reed's fact that he is also the favorite for the Sixth Man of the Year and Most Improved awards is another key to the Bucks' current fifth place in the East, and his role on the bench is crucial for the Bucks.
The strength of a team is linked one by one, one aspect collapses, and the other can only make up for it, the key is that the Bucks have no ability to make up for this disadvantage!
When the second team of the Bucks played a normal score difference in the second quarter and was stretched to 12 points, the Bucks collapsed!
After the Hawks and Bucks both changed their main forces, the Bucks had no advantage in the face of the Hawks' strongest five, and Ray Allen and Cassel worked hard, but they could only barely keep them on the floor at the same time, and the difference was not widened.
But when the two were tired and went down to rest, the Bucks collapsed directly!
Liu Mang proved with practical actions that he is the first choice for the best sixth person, and he is still the best substitute in the world!
In the end, Liu Mang had 21 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, Raheem had 48 points and 13 boards, Jason Terry had 12 points, Boozer had 7 points, and Prince had 11 points...... The Hawks defeated the Bucks led by Ray Allen, who scored 51 points, to end a six-game losing streak!