567. Forecourt Meat Grinder!

This game, of course, was also broadcast live in China, and the title of Roaring Tianzun still appeared, originally this title was given the nickname given to Rasheed Wallace by the domestic commentators when the Spurs played the Pistons in the finals, popularizing what kind of player Rasheed Wallace was before joining the Pistons.

The early commentators in China took nicknames very meaningfully, such as Stone Buddha, German Chariot, Peter Pan, etc., to the point that the fans were not so superstitious and authoritative, and they took their nicknames, what turtles, school bags, cousins, and elementary school students came.

Originally, because of too many technical fouls, he loved to yell at the referee on the court, and took the nickname of Roaring Tianzun, but now it has really become Roaring Tianzun, the angry eyes and round expression, which makes people's blood boil, completely ignited the passion of the team.

The Magic team was really shocked by Rashid Wallace's voice for a while! But then it turned into annoyance, and I was actually frightened by the opponent's throat!

When the referee saw and heard Rashid Wallace's roar, he almost habitually put the whistle in his mouth and sent Rashid Wallace out, but fortunately he reacted quickly, this is no longer Portland, and Rashid Wallace is not a Trail Blazers player.

In the frenzy of the Eagles' home fans, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and both teams took to the field as starters.

The Magic sent Tyronn Lue, who has been an uninhibited follower all his life, and this year's 16th pick in the first round, Rookie Reece Gaines, Maddy, Juwan Howard, and Drew Gooden.

Rashid Wallace and Drew Gooden come to the center circle to jump balls.

Compared to Ratliff, Rashid Wallace is about the same height, and he is a big jumper who easily wins jump balls from Drew Gooden's head.

The fans are going to cry, and finally we have an inside line that can win the jump ball!

Liu Mang received the ball and advanced to the front court, and after crossing the halfway line, he made the opening singles gesture.

This gesture is familiar to fans, the usual opening play of the previous two years, handing the ball to Rahim.

However, this time is different! Everyone, including Rahim, runs to open up space!

Raheem moved to the left mid-range, where he had the most accurate shot, and took Maddy with him, Prince went to the left corner to take Gaines away, Ratliff pinned Gooden to the basket near the three-second zone, and Rasheed Wallace went to the right corner.

This change surprised and delighted the fans, and the surprise was that it was not Rahim who attacked as the "boss", and the newly arrived Rashid Wallace, a talented interior scorer who is regarded as second only to the big four forwards, went to the outside to open up space!

That is, Liu Mang has now become the real main player of the team!

Maddie was ready to fight Rahim hand-to-hand, but he didn't expect Rahim to open up the space! This is a bit subversive of Maddie's cognition, and he also admires Liu Mang, but he didn't expect Liu Mang to let Rahim and Rasheed Wallace be the role of opening up space without hesitation!

As soon as Liu Mang arrived outside the three-point line, Tyronn Lue actively defended up, relying on his ability to keep up with Iverson's speed.

After coming to the Magic, Tyronn Lue really became the starting point guard of a team, quite aggressive and wanted to show his value, and the defense was very hard.

Liu Mang saw that Tyronn Lu was sticking so tightly, and decisively elbowed Tyronn Lue away and hit the three-point line.

However, Liu Mang just felt that he had gotten rid of Tyronn Lue and had not yet reached the free throw line, and Tyronn Lue posted it back with super speed and defensive enthusiasm!

Tyronn Lu really relied on his enthusiasm and his own defensive ability to delay Liu Mang's breakthrough! Liu Mang was hindered at this moment, and obviously saw the trend of Maddie taking a step closer to the basket and being ready to wrap at any time, and in an instant, Liu Mang immediately made a judgment and pulled to the left to change direction to break through!

Tyronn Lue stepped back again, Maddie's side was ready to wrap up in the three-second zone, Liu Mang only took a step forward and stepped on the free throw line to make a stop-and-go jump shot!

It was too sudden, and when Tyronn Lue pounced back, Liu Mang had already thrown the ball!

"Huh"

The ball swooped headlong into the basket and landed neatly.

Not only the Magic players, but Liu Mang's teammates didn't expect Liu Mang to shoot here! The key is to get in so simply!

Liu Mang still maintained a shooting posture when he landed after throwing, and before he could put his hand down and turn around, he went back to the backcourt.

The fans at the scene saw Liu Mang's confident appearance that he would definitely enter, and the cheers remembered again.

Tyronn Lue, who was defending Liu Mang, and Maddie, who was preparing to help defend, didn't expect Liu Mang to shoot here.

In the past, in order to improve his offensive efficiency and offensive threat as much as possible, Liu Mang usually shot outside the three-point line and within three seconds when he held the ball.

The Magic team paid special attention to this opening game, and the Magic team formed a core lineup of Maddy and Juwan Howard, Gooden this year, as well as Tyronn Lue, the rookie Gaines in the 2003 draft, and DeSean Stevens, a defensive titan who used Kirisek and was equivalent to Mike Miller in exchange for Mike Miller, and other role players traded or introduced, proving that the Magic team still wants to do big things this year, after all, even if Hill's contract has 4.9 million due to injury exceptions, it is not included in the team's salary. But after so many trades and signings, the Magic's total salary also reached 58 million, surpassing the luxury tax threshold of 56.72 million.

Therefore, the Magic team attaches great importance to the Hawks, which is regarded as the best team in the East and is likely to slide again, especially Maddy, who attaches great importance to it, and has studied Liu Mang's previous performance for a long time again, so the outside line is handed over to Tyronn Lue, a fast and physical point guard with excellent physical fitness, to defend Liu Mang, and the inside line is ready to shrink, but I didn't expect Liu Mang to come up with a new trick!

It's only been a summer, and the investment has been developed? I don't want anyone to live!

Maddie felt that the game had just begun, and was stimulated by Liu Mang, so she quickly suppressed the surprise in her heart and ran towards the frontcourt.

Offense and defense transition, the Magic team attacked, Tyronn Lue advanced to the front court and habitually handed over the ball, Maddie just cut inside, to open up the space, the ball flew over, followed Maddy's Raheem deceived and prepared to steal, fortunately, Maddie reacted quickly and grabbed the ball in his hand.

Maddie was speechless when he received the ball, and he originally planned to let Juwan Howard and Tyronn Lue, the two new reinforcements, play first, and have good teammates, of course, they have to let them perform and show their abilities, but I didn't expect Tyronn to pass directly, you are a point guard who has averaged three or four assists per game in the past two years!

Played with Kobe Jordan for five years for nothing...... Thinking of this, Maddie didn't seem to have much wrong with it, those two guys seemed to shoot when they received the ball, and any point guard could get three or four assists.

Maddy dribbled the ball beyond the three-point line with Raheem's defense and held the ball in the high post.

Maddie observed the opponent's defense and saw that Raheem was like a leopard, stepping briskly on small broken steps, as if he was about to pounce at any time, and the defense was quite active!

No, Maddie felt that Raheem was not quite active anymore, but had a feeling of trying his best to focus on the defensive end, which reminded him of when he used to play on the bench with the Raptors!

The most important thing is that Maddie saw that Raheem was significantly thinner than when he was in the opposite position last year!

Maddie didn't play in the preseason, and I didn't find it out without a close look, but now I see Rahim, and I've lost a lot of weight!

Maddie is a little puzzled, this Rahim is not the kind of player who has the ability to dominate both offensive and defensive ends, spending all his physical strength on defense, losing weight, and not playing in the low post?

Maddie stepped back and gestured, and Juwan Howard immediately went to the low post to jam Rashid Wallace for the ball.

Maddie first avoided the edge and hoisted the ball to Juwan Howard, Juwan Howard and Maddy are the two biggest advantages of the Magic team, Maddie was a little confused when he saw Raheem's defensive posture, so he asked Juwan Howard to show first, Maddie was prepared like this, but he didn't expect Tyronn Lue to pass the ball directly.

Juwan Howard received the ball in the low post on the right side of the basket, and after Maddy passed the ball out, he moved to the farthest end of the top arc to open up space, rookie Gaines was in the bottom right corner, Goodon pulled to the left baseline mid-range, Tyronn Lue ran with Prince to the left 45-degree angle, and the space was all open for Juwan Howard.

Juwan Howard feels that Maddie's little brother is very good at things, very satisfied, playing Rashid Wallace, he is too experienced, both of them have been Western players in the past three years, both are power forwards, often in the opposite position, although not better than Rashid Wallace, but both of them have come and go, Rasheed Wallace is called a slack.

After seeing his teammates open up space, Juwan Howard pushed behind him and rolled over to shoot a jumper!

This is the most common offensive tactic used by Juwan Howard to play Rasheed Wallace, and he has scored many times in the head of Rasheed Wallace, and every time Rasheed Wallace is seemingly ferocious, but it is over with a stretched hand.

Just as Juwan Howard made a turnover jumper, a vicious face was pressed in front of him!

Rasheed Wallace predicted accurately, and slapped the ball that Juwan Howard had just lifted to his head, and the ball was slapped away by Rasheed Wallace, and the cannonball generally flew out of bounds next to the head of Magic rookie Gaines, scaring Gaines stupid, and forgetting to catch the ball!

What is the most exciting thing about the basketball court? It's a cap! The passion of the fans was ignited again, and the Hawks bench on the sidelines was also boiling, and the players on the field all went up to high-five Rasheed Wallace with an exaggerated "wow, wow, wow...... and especially Rahim, and Rasheed Wallace jumped up and butted his butt in celebration.

Liu Mang was a little slower, just now he was frightened by Rashid Wallace's defensive enthusiasm, he knew that Rashid Wallace had arrived in a team with a good team atmosphere, and the whole person was like a genetic mutation, but he still had some doubts, but he didn't expect Rashid Wallace to enter a new role all of a sudden, and Zhu Wan Howard was stunned, and Liu Mang was also scared, so the last one went up to celebrate.

However, as soon as Liu Mang walked up with his hands raised, his teammates celebrated and dispersed...... Opened ...... Finish......

The teammates went from being extremely excited to being momentarily calm, and they went to follow their defenders.

Liu Mang silently brought his raised right hand to his chest, stretched out his left hand and patted his right hand.

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The game continued, the Magic team had 4 seconds left to attack, Gooden sent the ball, Maddie received the serve more than a meter away from the three-point line, dribbled a step, and made a direct three-point shot.

This dare to shoot really dared to score, and Maddie's ultra-long three-point shot went in, offsetting the high morale of the Hawks.

When it was time for the Hawks to attack again, Liu Mang pushed over, and Rashid Wallace was very excited, pressing under the basket and asking Liu Mang for the ball.

Rasheed Wallace is a well-known offensive kaleidoscope, Juwan Howard certainly can't defend it, and the Magic are ready to wrap it up.

But...... What happened to the Magic team that they didn't expect again, Liu Mang waved his hand at Rashid Wallace in disgust, asked him to go out, beckoned Rahim to come to the outside, handed the ball to Rahim, and ran to the low post with Tyronn Lue to ask for the ball.

Rashid Wallace's expression was obviously unhappy, his nostrils were wide open, and the Magic players were secretly happy in their hearts, this Rashid Wallace must be angry, and then he was angry, and then he was sent out.

However, Rashid Wallace, who opened his nostrils, ran to the bottom right corner with his head held high to open up space......

The Magic players looked at Rasheed Wallace, who was angry, but obediently went to the bottom corner to open up space, is this still the king of technical fouls! Or is it the hot-headed Rasheed Wallace who is so blind to his opponents and teammates that the team often loses because of it?

Not so much, Juwan Howard went up to Rasheed Wallace with the uneasiness he saw at the beginning of today's game that made him feel like his worldview was collapsing, and Rasheed Wallace's three-point threat was strong.

Liu Mang played Tyronn Lue in the low post, with a height difference of 10 cm, and the outside line could still rely on the defense not to give Liu Mang room to shoot, sit in the low position to ask for the ball, Liu Mang pressed Tyronn Lue behind him with one arm, Gooden could only come over and follow to intercept Liu Mang's receiving route, Raheem passed to Liu Mang without a tendon, and immediately distributed the ball to Ratliff on the other side of the basket, Ratliff received the ball and threw it, and threw the ball into the basket before Gooden was tired of defending back.

Beautiful triangle offensive ball, the Magic players looked at Rashid Wallace, who had nothing to do with Liu Mang's defense, and then they knew that they and others had been tricked!

That's how the Eagles play!

The Magic attacked, and Juwan Howard was just capped, and this offense fell directly to the low post, pressing Rasheed Wallace to ask for the ball alone.

Maddie still has a lot of confidence in Juwan Howard, after all, he is the first Mr. Billionaire in NBA history to hand over the ball to Juwan Howard again.

Juwan Howard just received the ball, and before he could make a move, he felt even more ferocious defensive pressure than just now!

Juwan Howard was quite skillful, from the back to the middle of the frame, he turned around and took a step back from the frame, trying to distance himself from Rashid Wallace, but Rashid Wallace pressed up again and gave a strong physical confrontation.

Whether Juwan Howard broke through or retreated, he was stuck by Rashid Wallace, and in desperation, Juwan Howard could only force his hand and threw a three-stick under the defense of Rashid Wallace!

However, the referee's whistle blew! And it sounded a little late, and the ball hit the basket before it sounded.

Probably because the referees had the impression that Juwan Howard and Rasheed Wallace were both bursting with each other in the attack, and felt that Rasheed Wallace must have committed a big foul, so he hesitated and blew the whistle.

Juwan Howard was glad to get a whistle, and when he saw Rashid Wallace walking up with wide eyes towards the referee, he secretly rejoiced: Punish this guy quickly!

In just two rounds, Juwan Howard was already terrified of Rasheed Wallace, who was simply not the same person he was familiar with as Rasheed Wallace, who entered the NBA at the same time!

Seeing Rashid Wallace, who was staring wide-eyed, come up, the referee's whistle was already in his mouth, as long as the opponent roared, he blew the opponent's technical foul, and if he roared again, he was punished.

This is the habit of NBA referees to blow penalties to Rashid Wallace, and the league has also acquiesced, Rashid Wallace has too much influence on the image of the league in the Trail Blazers before, otherwise Rashid Wallace, who has such a beautiful offensive style, has long been praised as a technical power forward.

However, Rasheed Wallace walked up to the referee and, instead of yelling, spread his hands and said, "I didn't touch him." ”

Then he turned around and walked away.

So calm? The referees were not used to it, and they all wanted to try to blow the whistle to see if this guy was really Rashid Wallace, but fortunately, the referee was professional and resisted this impulse.

The Eagles called a timeout, but Coach Kruger, still frightened by Rashid Wallace's wide-eyed behavior as he walked towards the referee, quickly called a timeout to keep Rashid Wallace calm.

Liu Mang was also very anxious at the time, but he didn't expect Rashid Wallace to really control his temper, and ran up to ask Rashid Wallace how he regulated his emotions.

The content is probably as follows: God has given us an incomparably lofty goal for us to accomplish, but before we can accomplish it, we will experience the greatest suffering and suffering, and all unsatisfactory things will make us more determined and make us have more perseverance......

Liu Mang felt as if he had heard this somewhere, but he really hadn't heard it, and thought about it for a while, Nima, isn't this the American version of Mencius's Heavenly General who descended to the Si people!

Liu Mang was surprised, didn't he ask Rashid Wallace to read the Tao Te Ching? How did you read Mencius?

After some communication, Coach Kruger was relieved to know that Rasheed Wallace was fine, and on the other hand, Mike Woodson, who had already been unexpectedly brave because of Rasheed Wallace, hurried over to guide Rasheed Wallace in defense, Mike Woodson felt that he was at the peak of the 76ers' defense again!

After a timeout, Juwan Howard hit both free throws.

It's time for the Hawks to attack again, Raheem comes to the top arc to catch the ball, Liu Mang falls to the low post, the wings are stretched, and Ratliff is ready to answer at any time.

This time, Gooden didn't dare to go up and hit Liu Mang, Rahim immediately hung to Liu Mang, and Liu Mang pressed Tyronn Lue to throw the ball into the basket.

It's time for the Magic team to attack again, Juwan Howard doesn't believe in fate, he doesn't want to believe what happened tonight, and he wants to single Rasheed Wallace, this time the referee didn't have the habit of blowing the whistle, Rasheed Wallace forced Juwan Howard to pass the ball out with a more desperate defense, but he made a mistake, Prince grabbed the ball, Liu Mang went down, Prince made a long pass to Liu Mang, Liu Mang received the ball and counterattacked and dunked again.

Maddie saw that she couldn't prevent it at all, and her teammates didn't seem to be reliable, so she had to come by herself!

Maddie singled Raheem and was very uncomfortable by Rahim's aggressive and ferocious defense, the offensive efficiency was very low, the offensive efficiency was not high, and Juwan Howard's side was even more guarded by Rashid Wallace and did not dare to catch the ball!

Raheem and Rasheed Wallace, who have become defensive first this year, have formed the Devil's Front, with Ratliff on the inside, and the Hawks' Death Frontcourt Meat Grinder has appeared!

Raheem lost a full 4 kilograms from 109 kilograms in order to improve his defensive mobility this past summer, and now weighs only 105 kilograms, which is basically the same as his weight before the Grizzlies gained weight and played the low post, just to make up for the defensive decline after the arrival of Rashid Wallace.

But I didn't expect Rashid Wallace to become a defensive player this year, and the two plus the frontcourt trio of Ratliff made the Magic feel the horror of the Hawks!