1380. The Bulls Have a Grudge (6000+ Words)
When it came to the Bulls' offense, Luol Deng went to the low post to chisel Liu Mang...... I didn't chisel it!
But Luol Deng's turnaround jumper Liu Mang couldn't prevent it, and the Bulls scored two points.
Offense and defense switched, and the Eagles attacked.
Rondo also apparently noticed the difference between their defense and the Bulls, and when he saw an opponent who was clearly ready to let go of him to pinch Liu Mang or Maddy's long shots, Rondo motioned for Liu Mang to go to the bottom left corner.
Liu Mang didn't ask and didn't stand still, he immediately went to the bottom corner, and it was the best choice to hand over the tactical adjustment to the tactician, Liu Mang ran to the bottom corner of the left and waited.
The 45-degree angle on the left side, the top arc to the right side of the top arc, and the three three-point points from the right bottom corner newly developed by Liu Mang this season, his three-point shooting rate is more than 44 percent, and although the three-point shooting in other positions is also strong, they are all between 35 and 37 percent, which is relatively weak, of course, it is weaker than his own strongest area.
Liu Mang went to the bottom corner of the left side, contrary to the Bulls' defensive expectations, Liu Mang would have a much smaller containment force when he went to that place.
When Liu Mang ran to the bottom left corner, Rondo asked Maddie to go to the right low post and hit Rohr Deng with his back!
Low-post technology, Maddie is also first-class and closest to the top, and easily got a turnaround jumper opportunity from Roel Deng, just when Garnett was about to go to help defend, the off-ball Rondo blocked Marion who pulled out, and was stunned to block Ben Wallace, Marion cut inside!
Garnett was going to block Kwame-Brown's pie lane, and when he saw Marion cut in, he had to pay attention to Marion, and Maddie got into a perfect one-and-one state, turning and throwing hands......
Also in it!
This is just the beginning of Rondo's offensive tactical adjustments!
When it came to the Bulls' offense, the Hawks had thought about letting Ben Wallace go to the mid-range to catch the ball and give Ben Wallace space to shoot, but there was a problem......
Ben Wallace is not stupid, he just doesn't go out, he keeps squatting under the basket, leaving the basket for three seconds, and going back immediately, Kwame Brown has to stay under the basket, although there is also room for help defense to cut in, but the Bulls almost don't score inside except for Rohr Deng's occasional low-post singles and secondary offense, and most of the tactics end point is mid-to-long range shooting.
Garnett met Maddie's change of defense, defending Garnett, Maddie got serious, but he couldn't prevent it if he was serious, Garnett was a steady beep in the middle distance, and a long two-point shot from outside the free throw line hit!
When it came to the Eagles' offense, Liu Mang was arranged to the bottom left corner again, and let Maddie go to the right low post to continue demanding.
After the Hawks' last round of offense, the Bulls urgently communicated before their offense because of Liu Mang's response strategy to go to their unexpected position, and this time the Bulls have adjusted!
When Rondo blocked Ben Wallace with his thin body and small movements, Ben Wallace immediately let go of Rondo and Marion and rushed to the bottom left corner, Sefrosa moved to the middle distance to block Marion's cut, Hinrich also went up to block Marion, and the two defenders went to the pinch, giving Garnett the opportunity to help defend Maddie, and Sefrosa and Hinrich were in the middle distance, and they could also prevent Rondo's air cut.
The Bulls' high-speed rotation defense is up again!
But...... Liu Mang saw Ben Wallace blocking him, and immediately cut in from the bottom line!
Ben Wallace defended very hard, but after all, he was not in his prime, he just rushed to the bottom corner, Liu Mang turned around and rushed in from the bottom line.
The Bulls' Hinrich is very critical on the defensive end, the middle can prevent Rondo from cutting, and the bottom line can block Liu Mang to cut in, but Kwame Brown took the initiative to leave the threat zone at this time and went up to block Hinrich!
When Liu Mang rushed to the edge of the three-second zone, Maddie, who attracted Rohr Deng and Garnett to help the defense, passed the ball to Liu Mang.
A pass in the slit of a man!
Liu Mang received the ball and took off directly from the left side of the three-second zone!
Garnett moved really fast, Maddie's pass immediately turned around and moved to the back, Liu Mang saw that Garnett who turned around was not afraid, and struggled to smash the ball to the basket......
But! Garnett dodged!
If you can't prevent it, you can't resist hard, reduce fouls, and let yourself contribute more on the court, this is Garnett's basketball philosophy.
Liu Mang scored two points with a tomahawk split.
The Hawks have Rondo, a natural offensive master, who makes offensive adjustments on the court, Stockton and Mike Woodson at the timeout to adjust both offensive and defensive ends, and the Bulls have Garnett, who is more experienced and has excellent offensive and defensive adjustments, and Coach Skels, the tactical confrontation between the two teams has been done from the beginning!
Mainly because Garnett took advantage of Liu Mang's offensive foul opportunity to take the initiative to provoke the confrontation on the court, so that the rhythm on the field was reduced, and both teams entered a state of all-out fighting.
This is obviously better for the Bulls, and the slower pace allows them more opportunities to adjust their tactics.
The official timeout reached the first quarter, and the Hawks trailed by two points at 11-13!
It took seven minutes to score 11 points, which is the toughest defense the Hawks have faced this season!
Full of confrontation, the two teams made a lot of mistakes, but there were not many fouls, which achieved Garnett's goal, the confrontation became more, Garnett is the kind of person who starts to curse and provoke the opponent regardless of his teammates or his own fouls, and the referee does not dare to give too many fouls in the big confrontation to avoid causing conflicts.
After playing half a quarter of the game, Liu Mang also learned this.
"What a clever little ghost this ghost! The cleverness of a high school student. "Liu Mang returned to the bench, it is not easy to defend Luo Er Deng, but Luo Er Deng is also a small forward of more than two meters, although the strength is average, Liu Mang can carry it in the low post, but to prevent him from turning over and jumping and in case he wants to go to a good position to play high, he has to help his teammates.
Due to Garnett's enthusiasm on the defensive end, Liu Mang had two opportunities to cause the opponent to foul in the first half of the game, but Garnett has been guarding against Liu Mang's fouls, and Liu Mang has failed twice.
Before the official timeout, the Bulls relied on a strong three-point shot before the 24-second violation to overtake the Hawks by two points and forced the Hawks to call a timeout.
In terms of the tactical battle of the starting lineup, the Eagles are relatively stronger.
However, it is time to rotate the lineup, and Liu Mang feels a lot of pressure!
"Make fouls, win...... These two mission requirements can actually be counted as one, if it can cause Garnett to foul the crisis, the Hawks' chances of winning will open from four to six, which can improve the odds of winning a lot...... It's better for the master to come by himself! ”
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"It's a kind of protection for you, you know, Rajan, the more time you play, the more the opponent knows about you, and you need to analyze the opponent's tactical changes more on the sidelines......" Granger comforted Rondo like a big brother.
Rondo's expression was always the same as that of a dead fish, and no one else could tell whether he was happy or not, but Granger, who shared a villa with Rondo, could see the little brother's unhappiness.
After the timeout, Rondo was substituted, and the forward combination of Maddy and Battier came on with Liu Mang.
Obviously, Rondo is present and will sort out the team's offense better, although Liu Mang's organization and offense are also first-class, and Maddie is close to the top, but Rondo's consciousness is a major event, the kind of natural commander's consciousness, Liu Mang and Maddie can't catch up, but they still have to replace him.
There are a lot of things that the coach needs to weigh, and Liu Mang can't change this, even if he takes the two outside lines of Korver and Prince, Rondo only plays about 20 minutes per game, which is not too much, age, and other stars on the team are all things that the coaching staff needs to weigh.
After returning from the pause, Liu Mang began to wave.
Liu Mang and Maddie started to split the ball in singles, and whoever met Sefrosa between the two would play singles.
Sefrosa has a lot of defensive talent and may be the favorite in a few years, but he's too young and a rookie, and despite his good defense, he's still the weakest defensive part of the Bulls' starting outside trio.
As for Hinrich...... Liu Mang and Maddie are too experienced in beating him, and the effect is far less effective than that of Rohr Deng, the British Jordan.
Relatively speaking, Liu Mang's singles are a little more efficient, and Safrosa is very jealous of the three points of the two regardless of whether he is defending Liu Mang or Maddie, and sticks very tightly...... Garnett feels like this guy has a conspiracy!
Every time Liu Mang encounters Garnett's defense, he will take the initiative to lean on Garnett, Garnett reacts quickly, and dodges every time, Liu Mang does not have a dead heart to make fouls, he will make it when he has the opportunity, and he will take advantage of the situation to dodge.
Liu Mang maintained a 50% shooting rate to end the first quarter.
At the end of the first quarter, the Hawks were 23-24, one point behind the Bulls.
Liu Mang scored 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting in the first quarter.
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In the second quarter, Maddie was replaced, and Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Battier, David Lee, and rookie egg Gortat came on.
The game has been anxious, Liu Mang has been looking for an opportunity to touch porcelain in the first quarter, or make offensive fouls, but failed to get a foul on Garnett, continued to play in the second quarter, and Coach Kruger did not stop him, playing a strong team like the Bulls, Liu Mang will not stop Coach Kruger no matter how he wants to play, this may be the opponent in the second round of the playoffs, and he has to try his best to beat the opponent.
The Bulls had a strong rotation lineup, sending out a rotation lineup of Duhon, Nocioni, Roel Deng, Garnett, and Big Z in the second quarter.
With Ben Wallace and Big Z, Garnett will always have a strong meat shield center behind him, allowing Garnett to show off his defensive ability to the fullest.
Liu Mang is also excited about his first partnership with Gortat, and after Kwame Brown rested for the full first quarter, he also has a relatively reliable center partner.
"Ability evaluation 80, average 20 minutes per game, 7.2 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists......"
Liu Mang looked at Du Hong who was advancing, and chose to leave half a step in the space defense, to prevent Du Hong, you need to shoot suddenly, Du Hong is not so stable compared to Xin Liqi, but it is more comprehensive, and he has good ability to break through and shoot.
When Liu Mang defended Luo Er Deng, because Luo Er Deng would not use a breakthrough to deal with the offense in the face of him, and he had an obvious height advantage, the suppression effect of Liu Mang's "glove" was not triggered, but Du Hong advanced to the front court to face Liu Mang's defense, and felt like the whole person was caught in a big net.
That feeling of psychological oppression made Du Hong feel breathless.
The position of anti-breakthrough and anti-shooting is a good way to defend, but it also gives the opponent both a chance to break through and a chance to shoot, all relying on the defender's reaction speed and defensive skills to defend hard.
Usually, in the face of such a defense, Du Hong would definitely resolutely attack himself, but this time he coerced, did not fight hard with Liu Mang, and chose to block and dismantle.
"Here's your chance!"
Liu Mang watched Du Hong find Garnett to block the demolition, this is what he wants.
Before Rondo and Battier defended Sinrich, Liu Mang didn't have a good chance to contact Garnett on the defensive end, this is the best opportunity!
After Garnett blocked Liu Mang, Liu Mang immediately switched defenses with David Lee, Gortat stayed on the right side of the three-second zone, on Du Hong's breakthrough route, Du Hong couldn't share the ball to Big Z, Big Z was slow, David Lee could switch defenses.
The defensive ability of the interior is average, but the opponent's backup point guard and backup center are also a little weaker relative to the starting ability, and Dujon still gives the ball to Garnett.
Garnett looked at Liu Mang, who was stuck behind him, and let out a cruel smile.
"Kill him!"
Garnett has been thinking about Liu Mang for a long time, and finally has a chance!
Garnett habitually raised his elbows, wanting to overturn Liu Manghou...... Rollover jumper!
Just when Garnett raised his elbow and wanted to lift Liu Mang away with a small movement, he heard a "ah......" sound......
"That's not right! Hit the wrong place ......"
"Beep......
Garnett just felt wrong, and the referee's whistle blew!
Garnett took the initiative to lower his center of gravity, bent his back to hit, and his arms should only touch Liu Mang's chest, but Liu Mang fell to the ground, covering his chin.
The Hawks players immediately came around, and so did the Timberwolves players.
The referee was ready this time, immediately blew for an offensive foul, and then blocked between the players of both teams.
The referee is going numb...... The game almost clashed at the beginning of the first quarter, and came again in the second quarter!
It's this guy every time – Kevin Garnett! It's him every time!
When Liu Mang was helped up by his teammates, he shook his head, and he felt a sense of dizziness: "Use the primary injury potion......"
Liu Mang's chin was elbowed, his head almost fainted at that time, and his chin was given an elbow, but fortunately, Liu Mang took the initiative to stick it up, and when Garnett was elbowing, he took the initiative to lean back, otherwise it was really possible to be elbowed on the chin by this black-hearted big forward!
It took a primary injury potion and 500 superstar points, and Liu Mang's dizzy feeling dissipated.
"Never do this again......"
Liu Mang knew that Garnett had a lot of small moves, but not many people made him foul...... Hands are too dark! It's not for nothing that this guy clashed with his opponent in three days!
On the good side, Liu Mang completed one-third of the task and made Garnett a defensive foul!
The pain was that Garnett had only committed his first foul in the game.
"How the hell did this ghost head do it, so many small actions and so few fouls......"
Liu Mang looked at Garnett, who was chattering with the referee, and cursed that this guy was sent out by the referee for two technical fouls.
But the referee didn't do that, this is the home of the Bulls, Garnett is the most popular star this season, the All-Star ticket king, the league is low, the referee just didn't pay attention to Garnett, signaling the Hawks to attack.
Liu Mang focused on the offensive end, singled with Jason Terry, and hardened the Bulls.
However, in the second quarter, the Hawks were still at a disadvantage, with Big Z, the Bulls had more options on the offensive end, Big Z's basket catch, pie and mid-range shooting were very good, Garnett's strategy, Duhon's breakout, so that Roel Deng's cut and three-point, Nocioni's mid-range shooting played well.
Of course, the Bulls don't have a good shooting percentage, but they have defense!
Jason Terry played poorly today, the Bulls have a good defensive attitude, and they are not easy to lose position, and the offensive burden is all on Liu Mang.
Liu Mang's three-point shooting around the block, breaking through the pull-up jumper, except for David Lee's occasional low-post singles who can score one, the Bulls' defense against the rest of the Hawks is very fierce, and Liu Mang can only come by himself.
Of course, Liu Mang also believed in his own ability and shot continuously.
But efficiency...... When teammates couldn't give good feedback, Liu Mang fell into a situation of doing it alone, Gortat was new to the game, he didn't get used to partnering with Liu Mang, and he played a little dazed, Battier and Jason Terry didn't shoot well, David Lee could occasionally score one, but there were few shots.
Liu Mang played 6 minutes, scoring only 6 points on 2-of-7 shooting, and the Hawks only scored 10 points in the first quarter.
The success rate of the Bulls was not high, scoring 12 points in the first quarter, but they were already 36-33 ahead of the Hawks!
The Eagles called another timeout.
"One-on-one single defense, let me get into the pinch circle, block the passing route......"
Liu Mang didn't go back to the bench, and quickly analyzed the situation encountered in this half of the game on the field with the ball, but ...... In this case, there is no way to target it, and Du Hong is not efficient when he defends Garnett's palace!
There has to be a Rondo or Maddie to dominate the ball, and Liu Mang has a better chance!
With a way, Liu Mang immediately returned to the bench, took the tactical board and began to arrange.
Replaced Maddie and Granger, used Granger to strengthen the defense under the basket, and let Maddie have one more playmaker who shot a little better today, and the interior Fetzer went up to top Garnett, and the fouls were fine, and the center Gortat replaced him and replaced him with Kwame Brown.
Gortat still needs time to get used to, and this kind of strong team still lets Kwame Brown play a little longer.
Liu Mang has ideas, and the team has the tacit understanding of facts and his ideas, but the Bulls have strong strength!
Garnett does have the ability to change a team, and the Bulls' roster of the league's top role players has allowed Garnett to play even more effectively than he did in '03-04.
It's not the data, it's the performance!
The Eagles' side became a catch-up......
At halftime, the Hawks trailed by six points at 41-47......
At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks trailed by nine points, 65-74......
Little by little, the Bulls are pulling the difference apart......
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33 points, 3 boards and 2 assists in the third quarter, Liu Mang tried his best, but he still trailed by 9 points, except for Liu Mang's 33 points, Maddie's 11 points, and the rest of the Hawks added up to 21 points!
But now Liu Mang didn't think so much, and he was fighting with all his might!
In the fourth quarter, Liu Mang couldn't even take care of his teammates and started a 1-on-9 mode.
There is no ball, just like a black hole in the ball, holding the ball is dry.
However, the Bulls rebounds are too strong, they are a rebounding team that can compete with the Lakers' three towers, although the Hawks are the first in rebounds per game, but it has something to do with the fast pace and more offensive and defensive rounds, although the Bulls only average 44 rebounds per game and rank fifth in the league, their rhythm is the second to last in the league, and the performance on the rebounding end looks crazy.
Although he scored 17 points in a single quarter in the final quarter and once chased the difference to two points, the Bulls' defense was very good, Garnett did a good job of avoiding fouls, and Liu Mangzhen didn't make a single shooting foul in Garnett.
Among the first-defense players, except for Jason Kidd, who gave Liu Mang such a feeling, Garnett, the others, including Duncan, averaged 3+ fouls per game, and Garnett and Kidd only averaged two fouls per game.
In the end, although Liu Mang scored 50 points on 21-of-44 shooting and 4-of-11 three-pointers, he only made 6 free throws and 4-of-6 free throws, and the Hawks lost to the Bulls by 94-99 and 5 points.
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"Ding...... Negative buff Wolf Fear triggers ......"
Gap!
Liu Mang obviously felt the gap between his own team and the Bulls!
He faced up to such a gap and didn't make excuses for himself, 9 people rotated, and the weakest Sefrosa is also a quasi-first-class defensive player with an 80 defensive evaluation, except for Ben Wallace, who is a defensive type with a low comprehensive ability evaluation, and the other seven players are at least 80+ quasi-first-class stars with an ability evaluation, years of tacit training, plus Garnett, the backbone, the Bulls are in good condition at home, and they steadily suppress the Hawks!
The last time it was firmly suppressed by the opponent, it was the Mavericks!
The double bull of the east and the west made Liu Mang understand the gap between his own team and these top teams!
The last time I felt this way was against the Nets early in my career.
In the middle of his career, Liu Mang had this feeling again after three consecutive championships and the team's weakness.
"What's the excitement in my heart?"
After losing, watching the young players on the other side cheer excitedly after ending their own losing streak, Liu Mang actually felt that he was very excited!
"That's what it's like to have an opponent?"
Liu Mang likes this feeling, although he lost, he saw a different feeling when he played against the Mavericks.
The Bulls don't have a tough attacker like Nowitzki, they rely on an iron-blooded defense in the East that has been beaten to the point of being beaten by Liu Mang.
This is the first time in four years that Liu Mang has the pressure of not being able to attack the defense of a team, and this pressure makes Liu Mang feel ecstatic!
There is pressure to progress!
During last year's All-Star Weekend, Liu Mang felt that the NBA was already a little boring, and he felt empty and lonely that he wanted to retire and rest after three consecutive championships.
But now, his fighting spirit is getting stronger and stronger!
"Bulls ......"
Liu Mang took a deep look at the player when Jason Terry couldn't get used to playing against the celebration and pulling him away, and turned to leave......
"Ding...... Avengers Quest: Grudge triggered. ”