599. Gasol's Way of the Soft Egg

On December 2, the Hawks' first game of the new game month against the Grizzlies kicked off at Phillips Arena.

This morning, the league announced the best players in the East and West during the first game month, that is, the end of October and November, and on the West side, Garnett, who had almost no suspense, won the best of the month, he won all the Western Weekly Championships for a total of five weeks from the end of October to November, and the MVP rankings were updated five times, Garnett ranked first three times, and the other two first places were grabbed by Liu Mang.

The Eastern Conference Best of the Month was snatched by Jermaine O'Neal, although he did not enter the top five in the MVP list, but Jermaine O'Neal relied on the Pacers' record to win the Eastern Conference Weekly Championship twice in the past month or so, Liu Mang only had one Weekly Best, and the other two weekly awards were Byron Davis and Tracy McGrady, although the Magic team performed badly, Maddy's personal performance was still very good.

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Liu Mang is a little regretful that he didn't win the best of the month, but his record is better.

O'Neal Jr. has become the No. 1 forward in the East this year, and is the only seedling in the East to compete with the Western Striker Group.

didn't get the best of the month, before the game in the evening, when interviewed, the Eagles stars felt unfair for Liu Mang, the league's second average points per game, the Eagles' record was the first in the league, this was not given, the Eagles' collective sense of honor was very strong, so under Liu Mang's smashing, they unanimously decided to kill the grizzly bear.

After the start of the evening game, the Hawks suppressed the Grizzlies from the start with a five-game winning streak, giving the Grizzlies a head-on blow from the defensive end.

Gasol looked at the general Rasheed Wallace who was going to eat himself, and he yelled at himself without anything, the referee didn't care, Rasheed Wallace's defensive small actions were very hidden, and the league's trend this year was iron-blooded defense, and the referee acquiesced to the fierce confrontation, and Gasol had a feeling of wanting to cry without tears.

Just to play away! It's just a regular season!

Rasheed Wallace looked at Gasol, who had a bitter face like his little daughter-in-law, and bullied him harder, quite a feeling that Garnett bullied Gasol in the 08 Finals, mainly relying on momentum to suppress, Gasol's data is not bad, and the shooting rate is also fifty percent, but he is instigated to play as the tactical core, and the entire Grizzlies feel instigated.

Liu Mang's side originally wanted to play against White Chocolate Jason Williams, but when they played against the Grizzlies last season, the Hawks were in a chaotic period twice and didn't have a chance to have a good matchup.

But to Liu Mang's regret, Jason Williams is no longer white chocolate, playing more reasonably, and helping the Grizzlies even more, with a 35 percent three-point shooting rate for the first time in his career becoming an excellent open shooter, and for the first time in his career, he averaged less than two turnovers per game and had seven assists, and a nearly 4-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio made him one of the most stable point guards in the league.

Jason Williams looks like everything is better, but he has lost his spirituality, under the hands of Hubby Brown, a very dignified old coach, Jason Williams is no longer white chocolate, playing honestly, using his top passing ability to comb the offense at a glance, of course, is the best for the Grizzlies, but when Liu Mang and Jason Williams played, they couldn't feel the pressure before, and now Jason Williams gives Liu Mang the feeling of facing Calderon in team training, Jason Williams is a lot better than Calderon now, but the type is about the same.

Liu Mang knows why Mike Woodson insists on reducing his pressure on the defensive end and lets him defend Jason Williams, it turns out that he has long studied that Jason Williams has become simple, a simple player, Liu Mang is too easy to bully.

Lorenzen White at the Grizzlies power forward position was hit by Ratliff when he entered the three-second zone, and James Posey and Mike Miller were chased by Prince and Raheem.

Mostly Gasol, defended like a mad dog by Rashid Wallace, the Grizzlies as a whole team looked like they were being beaten by a mad dog.

Gasol has really made a name for himself in the NBA this season, in terms of data, Gasol's points, rebounds, assists, and blocks have hit a career low this year, averaging only 17 points, 7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, and the data is worse than his rookie season, but this is all because he doesn't need to play for so long, and his playing time has dropped from 36 minutes per game in the previous two years to 31 minutes, which is a career high in terms of efficiency! And he reached a career-high 4.1 assists!

Mainly because the Grizzlies led by Gasol have played the best start in team history this year, with 10 wins and 7 losses so far, beating the Kings and Mavericks, second only to the Timberwolves, Spurs, and Lakers in the West, ranking fourth in the West!

In the summer, the Trail Blazers had Antoine Walker, and they didn't want Bunch Wells, who was still dissatisfied, who got a 4-year 30 million contract, and sent him to the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies also poached the forward defensive titan James Posey from the Rockets in the summer, and with the Grizzlies' original Jason Williams, Mike Miller and other excellent players, as well as Battier and Swift's high-quality benches, Gasol returned to the center position and was completely liberated. Led by historic coach Robbie Brown and featuring Gasol's all-round individual abilities, the Grizzlies got off to a season never before seen in franchise history.

Gasol's flashy and well-rounded skills began to shine under Coach Hubby Brown, and people began to notice the handsome centre-forward who could be used as an axis to build a strong team.

With Rashid Wallace turned into a role player and Webb basically certain for the season, it is unknown how much success Webber will have when he returns, because Webber has a knee injury that could ruin his career, or a major injury.

In this case, Gasol, who has risen strongly with the Grizzlies this year, and O'Neal Jr., who has also risen strongly with the Pacers, have become candidates who may be added to the position vacated by Webber among the four major forwards in the media's mouth.

Gasol is truly famous in the NBA this time.

Of course, when he became famous, more people noticed Gasol's weakness, that is, his soft personality, and he would be called a soft egg after being swept in the playoffs.

If a player is not famous, even if he is swept in the playoffs, no one will remember him, and Gasol was scolded as a soft egg for so many years, purely because of the title of the next Webb, because Weber is also known as a soft egg.

And there will be a lot of people who will fight against Gasol, like Rasheed Wallace now.

During the Hawks' team meeting this morning, one of the No. 2 scorers on the list, who did not want to be named, gave Rasheed Wallace a newspaper that read "Pau Gasol, the most flashy power forward of the new generation."

The content is probably that in the case of Webber's injury and uncertain future, O'Neal Jr. can only shoot, Garnett can only roar, Duncan has no expression, etc., Gasol and Rasheed Wallace have become the league's most gorgeous power forward on the offensive end, and Rasheed Wallace has become a role player, and Gasol may be able to replace Webb as the league's most gorgeous power forward.

The types of the four big forwards are the most iron-blooded, the most stable, the most capable of throwing, and the most gorgeous.

Without Liu Mang saying anything, Rashid Wallace was furious all of a sudden.

Back then, he was a strong contender for the league's top power forward titles with Webb and Nowitzki for the other two best power forward titles in addition to Duncan and Garnett, and he was the first top power forward other than Duncan to reach the division finals.

It's just that the peak of the Trail Blazers came and went quickly, and Rasheed Wallace also gave himself a record of 41 technical fouls in a single season, and Rasheed Wallace's reputation gradually stinked, and he didn't have Garnett's ability to be selected for a team at the same time on both offensive and defensive ends, and he was not selected as one of the four big forwards in the media.

And now, Rashid Wallace sees that he has been kicked out of the ranks of the top power forwards, and Gasol, a big white soft, has actually become a candidate for the big four power forwards! Or the most powerful candidate!

Without Liu Mang's mobilization, Rashid Wallace is going to prevent Gasol from death.

The ferocious Hawks kept the Grizzlies at bay with defense from the start, and after Gasol's strongest point was tackled by Rasheed Wallace in pairs, the Hawks dominated the other four positions.

At halftime, the Hawks led by seven points, 47-40.

The difference in points is not big, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Hawks obviously occupy the initiative on the court, but they are only defending with all their might, consuming the fighting spirit of the Grizzlies.

In the first half, the Grizzlies could still carry the Hawks' defense, but in the second half, the Grizzlies couldn't bear it, Liu Mang scored 10 points in the third quarter, and Jason Terry scored 11 points in the first quarter, and the two worked together to play an offensive shockwave to help the Hawks stretch the difference to 76-65 at the end of the third quarter, winning an 11-point lead and stretching the difference to double digits.

In the final quarter, the Grizzlies still wanted to fight, but Gasol, who was desperately defended by Rasheed Wallace's terrifying face, finally couldn't hold back and completely softened.

Gasol can't open this point, and the Grizzlies team around Gasol can't play, and the Grizzlies only scored 11 points in the final quarter, which is not as good as Jason Terry, who scored 13 points in the final quarter.

In the end, the Hawks defeated the Grizzlies 96-76, extending their winning streak to six consecutive wins, while pulling the Grizzlies from fourth in the West to fifth in the West.

Liu Mang got 27 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists in the whole game, Jason Williams offense can be said to be very solid, before Gasol did not collapse, Jason Williams helped Gasol to connect the Grizzlies offense very well, but after Gasol was taken off by Rasheed Wallace, Jason Williams' current steady style of play does not have the ability to help the team complete incredible reversals with occasional flashes of inspiration.

But Jason Williams, who is only 1.85 meters and thin, failed to give Liu Mang any restrictions on the defensive end, Liu Mang played 35 minutes and easily got 27 points and 7 assists, but the best player today was Jason Terry, who broke out off the bench, Jason Terry scored 31 points on 13-of-25 shooting, becoming the best player of the game.

The Eagles' six-game winning streak was easy, and Gasol, who was targeted by Rasheed Wallace for a whole game, still didn't understand why Rasheed Wallace saw him as if he had a revenge for killing his father and wife, although Gasol still got 15 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, but from the scene it seemed that Rasheed Wallace was 11+9 Rashid Wallace......

Although the game was won, Liu Mang still had some regrets.

In addition to the small jealousy that Liu Mang targeted Gasol in this game, there are two very important points, the first is that he knows the importance of Gasol to his team, as long as Garnett killed Gasol like Garnett in 2008, the Grizzlies will not be difficult to deal with.

The second is the mission of the Avengers, Liu Mang wants to beat Gasol to the point that he wants to have revenge on the Eagles, and then maybe there will be a mission?

But unexpectedly, Gasol was abused and did not react at all.

After asking about the system, Liu Mang knew that Gasol couldn't afford to fight against Liu Mang at all, and as a player of the same year, Gasol was probably one of the first players to be subdued by Liu Mang......

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After playing the Grizzlies, the Hawks ushered in back-to-back games against the Knicks.

Due to the tight schedule lately, the Hawks had to rotate Ratliffe and Stockton when they played the Knicks back-to-back.

Although Mohammed is on the top of the starting power forward and Rashid Wallace is on the center position, there is still a gap to have the interior grinder-like defense of Rashid Wallace and Ratliff.

Usually Muhammad is mainly the fifth inside, and mainly for Rashid Wallace to play as a substitute, the two cooperate with the tacit understanding in general, Kwame Brown also needs to improve, sometimes play well, sometimes average performance, but it is okay to play as a substitute, Kwame Brown is mainly not very high, he needs someone to guide, such as Latliff first go up to put a few rounds, Kwame Brown saw how Latliff played, go up and paint the tiger, you can really play well.

Kwame Brown's difference is experience, and the first two seasons basically didn't give him a good chance to accumulate experience, so Kwame Brown really wants to talk about it, but it's a bit like an older rookie who wasted two years, but fortunately, he has played for two years, and he doesn't have much time but he feels the feeling of the NBA, and he has played more than a dozen starts in two years, not as badly as the original Milicic was wasted by his talent.

From the 28th of last month to today, it is a six-day four-game, back-to-back games with the Knicks, the Hawks did not play as well as the Knicks after the start of the game, and Alan Houston, who was at the end of the peak, played strongly, scoring 33 points in 14 of 22, plus Van Horn scored 27 points, under the leadership of these two, the Knicks performed ferociously today.

The Knicks took a 14-point lead at 53-39 at halftime.

In the second half, Liu Mang and Jason Terry tried to lead the team to counterattack again, but today the Knicks pitched like Gundam, and the Hawks started a confrontation in the third quarter, and they were stunned to withstand the Hawks' counterattack charge.

Speaking of which, after the madman left, the Knicks played better! Under the leadership of the starting bench combination of Howard Easley and Charlie Ward, the Knicks' team offense is much better than before, although most of them are veterans, but they have brought out the strength of the veterans, and now only behind the Hawks, Pacers, Pistons, Nets, and Hornets in the East, ranking sixth in the East, beating the Heat and Celtics.

In the end, with Liu Mang scoring 26 points, the Hawks lost to the Knicks 89-96 in the second game of the back-to-back at home, and the Knicks improved their record to 8-10, and the sixth place in the East was more stable.

The Hawks' record slipped to 14-4, and although it is still the first in the league, it is only one win away from the Pacers' 13-5 record.

The Eagles couldn't afford to take it easy, because the toughest schedule of the first two months had arrived.

After losing to the Knicks, the Hawks get two days off and are about to make a four-game trip to Texas with a wave of Heat and a terrifying trip to Texas!