1386. The Raptors Who Can't Escape
Liu Mang scored 58 points in the third quarter, and the Hawks scored 79 points after the third quarter, but the Raptors scored 81 points!
The Hawks' restrictions on the Raptors on the defensive end are not bad, there is Liu Mang who can predict Milicic's pass with a high probability, even if Milicic is prepared for Liu Mang's prediction ability, Liu Mang can at least block a pass, and the Hawks are famous for their fast rotation defense, which can limit Milicic's high position to a certain extent.
So even though the whole Eagles were playing for Liu Mang, the Eagles still maintained a two-point lead.
Compared to the Hawks' side of the scoring is very concentrated, the Raptors' side is very scattered, except for Joe Johnson 19 points in the third quarter, Richard Jefferson 17 points in the third quarter, the Raptors scored the third highest score is Milicic's 9 points, in addition to Milicic has 4 rebounds and 6 assists, everyone else has more or less scored, their three stars have the fewest assists per game, Richard Jefferson has 3.1 assists, playing very selflessly.
The Eagles came out of Liu Mang, and there was no player who scored a double-double, and he was doing his best to make the ball for Liu Mang.
And the Raptors have a chance to win against the Hawks, and they have been playing hard.
The Raptors did not overdo it to pinch Liu Mang, when Liu Mang was particularly tightly pinched, Rondo, Maddy, and Jason Terry would pass the ball to other point guard teammates, and if the Raptors gave Battier, Kwame Brown, Marion, Granger, Blake, Gortat and others a chance, they still had a good grasp of vacancy or eating cake.
Popovich doesn't take the regular season seriously, anyway, with Duncan, they guarantee 50 wins, and unlike Popovich's alternative thinking that would rather lose in the regular season than deal with the opponent, the Raptors have a chance to win, and they really want to win!
The Eagles scored Liu Mang, and their head coach saw it at halftime, so they took advantage of this opportunity to limit Liu Mang's scoring efficiency as much as possible without over-attacking, and finally at the end of the third quarter, relying on Milicic's long two-point shot and causing a foul on Maddie, who made up the defense, and after hitting the free throw, the score was overtaken by two points!
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"Boss, we've scored enough today, we're going to win next!" Rondo said during the break after the third quarter by secretly pulling Liu Mang aside.
"Okay, I know, I'll fight how I want to fight next." Liu Mang responded.
58 points, 69 points away from 700 points in a single month, the remaining two games, both of which are against the Knicks, Madison Square Garden is Liu Mang's feng shui treasure, with an average of 35 points per game in the two games, playing a team like the Knicks, Liu Mang is still very confident.
And even if he plays normally, Liu Mang feels that he can't get a point in the last quarter, even if Rondo or Maddie will use him as a diversion point to help other teammates make balls, he can at least get a few points.
It's definitely no problem to go on 60+.
Rondo was relieved to see that Liu Mang immediately responded.
Although after half a season, Rondo has learned that Liu Mang is not the kind of person who doesn't care about anything for the sake of data, but is a player with the same goal as winning the game like him, but with 58 points in the third quarter, it is possible to continue to win 70+ in the whole game, as a rookie, Rondo is still worried that if he says this, Liu Mang will be angry.
But fortunately, Liu Mang is not iron-hearted, no matter whether he wins or loses, he has to brush up points.
In the third quarter, the Raptors had a slight advantage, and Liu Mang's shooting rate in the third quarter also dropped a lot, resulting in the score being overtaken.
Coach Kruger, on his side, laid out the tactics very conventional, played this one, he knew what his players wanted to do, the first three quarters were too obvious, and ...... Liu Mang has 58 points, and Coach Kruger doesn't want to see Liu Mang's 58 points wasted in the third quarter, so they have to make their own choices, and arrange a tactical system suitable for the performance of the starting lineup today, and leave the things on the court to Liu Mang to make his own decisions.
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Coming back from the break, the Hawks returned to the starting lineup, with Rondo, Liu Mang, Maddie, Marion, and Kwame Brown on the court.
Jason Terry has been tired lately, and the fatigue accumulated over the years exploded in the middle of the season, and today he did a mediocre shooting and passing, playing only 2-of-8 in 15 minutes, with 5 points, 2 assists, and 4 turnovers, and in the fourth quarter, Coach Kruger replaced Rondo, who played 18 minutes in the first three quarters.
The Raptors, for their part, also re-sent the starting lineup, and the three stars plus the starting five of Banyani and TJ Ford are also quite competitive in the league.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the Hawks took the lead in attacking.
As discussed during the break, Rondo and Maddie dominated the ball, Liu Mang went to run and help others block or accept teammates to block and dismantle without the ball, and help teammates create opportunities, and the tactical movement was very smooth, but ...... As soon as the Hawks came up in the fourth quarter, they missed three consecutive shots!
And the Raptors took advantage of the Hawks' continuous iron and played a wave of 4-0, which suddenly stretched the difference to 6 points!
79-85, the Hawks trailed by 6 points!
Marion's bottom corner three-pointer, Maddy's mid-range catch-and-shoot jumper, and Kwame Brown's high-rise catch-and-throw shot didn't go in!
"My teammates feel cold!" Liu Mang found out about this!
In fact, in the third quarter, everyone else in the Hawks except Liu Mang felt cooled down, unlike the first half that occasionally gave them a ball, they could maintain a good efficiency, so they were overtaken by the Raptors by two points.
In the third quarter, except for Liu Mang's 17 points in a single quarter, the rest of the Eagles added up to 17 points, and the rest of the Eagles took more shots than Liu Mang!
This is the reason why Liu Mang is reluctant to brush up on points, he throws too much, the team's tactics have been playing around him as the end point, teammates can only temporarily receive the ball and throw it, there will always be the possibility of feeling cool.
If you don't touch the ball to your teammates and throw it at the last minute, there will definitely be problems like this.
"Do you want to call a timeout?" Coach Kruger on the sidelines saw Rondo advance through the half, but finally did not call a timeout.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the players played better than Coach Kruger imagined, but they didn't shoot well, and the ball quotient of Rondo and Maddy made them do a very good job in using the containment of Liu Mang, who scored 58 points in the third quarter, and the opportunities came out, but they didn't shoot, even if Coach Kruger wanted to adjust his tactics, it would not be better than the opportunity he just got.
As for substitutions...... Today, because Liu Mang has been concentrating on waves, don't look at Liu Mang's "only" 34 shots in the first three quarters, but Liu Mang's shots are the best times, and the timing of other people's shots is relatively worse.
After Rondo advanced through the half, he saw Liu Mang asking for the ball directly in the top arc, which felt a little strange, but he still gave the ball out.
After Liu Mang received the ball, he made gestures to let his teammates open up space.
I'm going to go it alone!
Liu Mang found that Rondo was still a little younger, he himself was careless just now, he didn't think about it so much, his teammates felt cold, so he should let his teammates shoot less, and the core scorer should shoot more, at least this game should be like this.
The three attacks just now made the opponent see that the Eagles' other players except Liu Mang really felt cold in their mid-to-long shots, and Liu Mang now felt that it was more difficult for him to score.
Occasion!
It's a matter of timing, the timing just now was wrong, Liu Mang received the ball and leaned sideways on Richard Jefferson to protect the ball, and when he observed the opponent's defense, he found that the opponent was obviously heavier than the previous bag and clamp tendency, Liu Mang felt that he would definitely choose to pinch in advance to deal with it.
And when he ran to the front court without the ball just now, Liu Mang had this feeling!
Liu Mang controlled the ball and looked at Rondo's side, TJ Ford...... Liu Mang felt that if he found Rondo to block and dismantle, this guy would immediately stick in front of him, Rondo was the worst shooting on their side, and it could even be said that the whole team had the worst shooting, so he could only bully Zhuangyuanlang......
Liu Mang gestured for Rondo to cut inside, restrain the fast TJ Ford, and then beckoned to Marion to block and dismantle!
Marion came up to help Liu Mang block Richard Jefferson, and Liu Mang used Marion's block to shoot directly before Bargnani's slow-motion switch was in place......
"Ding...... King of Dry Pull Level 5 triggers ......"
The king of dry pulls makes Liu Mang not affected by the lack of jump height brought by the dry pull jump shot, Liu Mang's own three-point ability, and today's hot hand is the key!
Liu Mang made his first three-point shot in the fourth quarter, and it was a three-point shot that seemed unreasonable to the current players!
82 to 85, Liu Mang helped the team narrow the difference to three points!
Offensive and defensive switching, the Raptors attacked, after Milicic helped TJ Ford block and dismantle, he received the ball in the high post and did not choose to pass the ball again, but rushed to the inside with the ball, and clinged to Kwame Brown, who chased back after the block, causing Kwame Brown to shoot foul, and Milicic went to the free throw line and hit two rare free throws.
At 87-82, the Raptors still have a five-point lead.
When it came to the Hawks' offense, Liu Mang continued to block and dismantle Marion, and this time Joe Johnson, who was in a high position to prevent Maddy from running, blocked Liu Mang for the first time, and Liu Mang distributed the ball to Maddie.
Maddie rushed into the basket from the right mid-range, Milicic rushed to cover Maddy, and Maddy hoisted the ball to the left side of the basket!
After Liu Mang passed, he squeezed out of the top three opponents and a teammate, cut into the inside, and when Kwame Brown went to the right side of the three-second zone to help defend Maddie, he came out to help Liu Mang block Joe Johnson, who was chasing the defense, Liu Mang received the ball and threw it to score two points under the defense of Richard Jefferson who came in from the inside of Marion's block, and also caused Richard Jefferson to foul his hand!
2+1!
Walked to the free throw line, Liu Mang also scored free throws!
Cut 6 points in a row!
Liu Mang scored 64 points in a single game! Already tied the league's highest score of the season!
There were a total of 4 60+ times this season, Liu Mang had 64 points before, Kobe Bryant had 62 points once, Arenas had 61 points once, and Liu Mang got 60+ for the fourth time!
And 64 points...... It's not the end of the road yet!
The next offense of the Raptors finally hit the iron, Joe Johnson missed a three-point shot in the bottom corner, and Liu Mang cut into the inside, attracting Milicic to expand to the free throw line after the defense, Rondo hoisted the ball to Kwame Brown, Kwame Brown ate the cake and scored two points, and the Hawks tied the score!
Liu Mang erupted violently and turned the situation around at once!
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In the first three quarters, the whole team made the ball for Liu Mang, which certainly cooled down the teammates' long-range pitchers, but also raised Liu Mang's hand.
Liu Mang shot mostly one-on-one, which just made his hand feel hot after three quarters of the game, and unlike most other stars whose physical fitness would decline in the fourth quarter, Liu Mang played a physical fitness potion before going on the court in the fourth quarter, and now his hand feels so hot that it can't be done!
The Raptors wanted to win, and they didn't overly pinch Liu Mang, giving Liu Mang a chance to nourish his hand!
In the fourth quarter, the double bag couldn't stop Liu Mang, Liu Mang could pass the ball, and his teammates would pass the ball back to him when they had an offensive opportunity, Rondo and Maddie's passing accuracy was good, and Liu Mang blew up in the fourth quarter!
The Raptors don't know how to stop Liu Mang at all!
Liu Mang's first choice in the fourth quarter is to throw!
The second option is to pass the ball to Kwame Brown under the basket when he encounters Milicic, who is at the top of the help defense, to pass it to Kwame Brown under the basket, either by himself or by his teammates, so that Milicic does not dare to spread out too much, and only dares to help defend on both sides of the three-second zone, and he has to take care of dealing with Kwame Brown who eats cakes.
Thereupon...... Liu Mang shot a terrifying shot rate of 8 of 12 shots in the fourth quarter!
2 of 6 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, Liu Mang scored 23 points in a single quarter!
In the final quarter, in addition to Liu Mang's 23 points, Kwame Brown and Marion cut to the basket and scored 10 points together!
33-27 in a single quarter, after the Hawks were reversed in the third quarter, they were beaten a wave of 4-0 at the beginning of the final quarter, reversed in the final quarter, and played a score of 33-27 in a single quarter, with 19 seconds left, Liu Mang threw the 11th three-pointer of the game, and it was also the second three-pointer he threw in the final quarter, stretching the difference to 4 points and locking the win.
The Raptors didn't make a final shot, there were only 7 seconds left, and they didn't foul anymore, and in the end, the Hawks beat the Raptors 112-108!
Liu Mang scored 21 points in the first quarter, 20 points in the second quarter, 17 points in the third quarter, 23 points in the fourth quarter, and hit the last three-point shot, coincidentally, Liu Mang just scored 81 points!
In the fourth quarter, Liu Mang went crazy, and the outside line was blocked very badly, except for the first shot in the fourth quarter, and then he missed all four three-point shots, but he had a lot more scoring opportunities on the inside, the mid-range jumper was accurate, and the offense under the basket was also very good, and he got 6 free throws in a single quarter.
He made the most calm choice, he couldn't shoot three-pointers, and he had to shoot occasionally, he counted the first three-pointers in the fourth quarter, and he had 10 three-pointers in a single game, whether he scored or not, as long as he had a tendency to shoot three-pointers, the opponent would be more jealous of his three-point shooting in the next round, so that he got a better three-point opportunity.
The Raptors were completely stunned by Liu Mang in the fourth quarter!
Their physical strength has declined, and Liu Mang, who has been running for a whole game, can still throw three points against Richard Jefferson at the last moment!
28 of 46 shots, 11 of 22 three-pointers, 14 of 17 free throws, Liu Mang scored 81 points and led the team to beat the Raptors away!
At the end of the game, Liu Mang was also startled when he saw his score, he didn't even notice that he had scored so many points in the last quarter!
At that time, Liu Mang entered that state of concentration, he should shoot, and he should pass out, the Eagles made 23 shots in the last quarter, and Liu Mang "only" shot 12 of them, he didn't expect to score so many goals!
Seeing the expressions of "poor viewing experience" written on the faces of the fans at the scene, the opponent ...... Mostly Richard Jefferson had a sense of collapse and his teammates were celebrating wildly......
Liu Mang feels that except for a certain No. 3 player who is inseparable from 58, the Raptors and 81 ...... It seems that there is an inexplicable relationship......
It's yours, you can't escape......
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