325. 50 wins for the first time!
When it came to the Eagles attacking.
Liu Mang continued to grasp Nash's singles, and Liu Mang, who was becoming more and more familiar with the combination of sudden shots, shook off Nash and burst to the basket again, causing a foul on Lafrentz.
After standing on the free throw line, Liu Mang also hit both free throws.
In the process of switching offense and defense, Liu Mang let Ratliff stay under the basket, and the opponent may not pass the ball.
Sure enough, Nash was still in the mentality of wanting to prove it to the fans, team owners, and head coaches, and he took the ball and did it alone.
It doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it, and one of the Mavericks' main tactics is for the star to go it alone.
But this time Nash was affected by Liu Mang's continuous trash talk, and became very dissatisfied with the status quo, holding the ball and continuing to do, although Nash has a strong personal offensive ability, but after all, his body is limited, and his combination of one-on-one sudden shooting may be one of the strongest people in the league, but when he encounters a bag, if he doesn't pass the ball, he is one against two, which is much worse than the top stars of the same level.
This time Nash was very tightly attached to Liu Mang outside the three-point line and chose to break through, Liu Mang relied on a slight advantage in speed and stuck very tightly when Nash broke through, giving Ratliff a chance to make up for the defense, and under the interference of Ratliff, Nash finally missed the shot!
Rebound!
Raheem and Mohammed were stuck with the big white bear of Lafrentz, and Liu Mang shook his arms to take the rebound, and that posture was really like a mad dog.
In fact, grabbing a rebound that has been completely stuck by his teammates in the rebounding position, Liu Mang's actions are very exaggerated, but it reflects his current momentum!
After Nash, who played singles, Liu Mang began to use the help of Ratliff or Mohammed, and the defense was relatively good.
Next, Nash hit several singles in a row, and they all missed in the bag!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Mang used his breakthrough to break through the defense attracted by Nash, and distributed the ball to Rahim, who hit the basket, and Jason Terry, who received the ball from the outside and shot from the long range, and played a wave of counterattacks in the first few minutes of the fourth quarter.
After playing for more than four minutes, the Eagles went on a wave of 14-6!
Nash scored six points on just one three-pointer and 3-of-4 free throws!
109 to 108, the Eagles overtook by 1 point!
Nelson Sr. can't stand it, yes, he doesn't object to players choosing singles independently, he may be the coach who gives players the most freedom in the entire NBA, more than Kobe Bryant's freedom given by Zen masters.
But that has to be your own singles with a high success rate, a good feel, and a continuous score to score!
Nash has always been the most obedient and tactical player on the Mavericks' lineup, plus he played extremely well in the first three quarters, with 24 points and 5 assists in the third quarter, and a shooting rate of 63 percent, so at first Nash didn't pass the ball, and Nelson Sr. thought Nash was sure to have his own ideas.
As a result, I didn't expect Nash to become a lonely!
Finally, after being overtaken, Old Nelson saw that Nash was still stuffy and wanted to pick two or even one to three, and couldn't help but call a timeout to replace Nash!
Liu Mang's strategy succeeded!
Trash talk doesn't cost money, I was just giving it a try, but I didn't expect Nash's heart to be so fragile when he hasn't stepped on the pinnacle of his life yet, and is even underestimated and dormant!
Liu Mang, who has always been smooth, probably can't understand the frustration of a player who may have the strongest strength in the same position in the league but has not been reused, so even if Nash is such a calm person, he is also unbalanced.
It's not just Liu Mang's words, Nash's mental imbalance is from being ridiculed by Liu Mang at the beginning, then counterattacking, and then Liu Mang's "compliment" after coming back, mainly because of Nash's experience in the previous five seasons and the added up.
On the Hawks' side, this is the first time in this game that the game has taken the lead since being beaten by the Mavericks in the first quarter! This wave of counter-attacking Eagles players played well.
However, he was also more "afraid" of Liu Mang, a rookie teammate, seeing that Nash was completely different from usual, and his performance was so abnormal, the Eagles players looked at each other, and it was written in their eyes that they must not mess with their own rookie!
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On the Mavericks' side, Nelson Sr. replaced Nash and Lafrentz, Nash made Nelson Sr. angry, and Lafrentz was because of fitness problems.
The Mavericks traded Tim Hardaway and Big Bamboo Pole Sean Bradley.
Coach Kruger's side also replaced Ratliff with Newbell first, wanting to take this opportunity to play a wave of counterattacks!
However, after the timeout, the Hawks did not get a chance to open the score in one fell swoop.
Despite the absence of Nash, Tim Hardaway from the Mavericks bench is still very good, Tim Hardaway didn't play well in the bad team before, the main reason is that the bad strategy is to put it badly, but if it is in a strong team, Tim Hardaway comes off the bench for a few minutes, and you can still see the power of one of the former two Hardaway.
Tim Hardaway's goal now is to help Nowitzki and Finley win championships, and the goal is to dribble the ball across the half court and make 33 percent of his career consistent three-point shots.
This is going to talk about the saddest place for Nash in the Mavericks, Nash has no chance to fully exert his strength in the Mavericks, because the Mavericks don't need a space that is so versatile and good at weaving offense, a person who can play alone, is willing to give the ball out, can catch the ball and shoot empty three-pointers, and gives them a super point guard who is extremely comprehensive on the offensive end, it is better to have a guy with stable shooting and excellent defense.
Nash went down, and the strength of the Mavericks did not weaken too much, but because no one had the ball, Finley and Nowitzki's singles ability was brought into play.
It's back to the situation where the first half couldn't be prevented!
However, the Hawks have expected this, so no matter whether the Mavericks play alone or run a pass or not, after the opponent shoots, three people grab rebounds and two counterattacks!
When Nash was away, no one on the Mavericks could keep up with Liu Mang and Jason Terry!
Although Nash's defense is poor in defensive breakout, the three-point defense on the counterattack is still very good, and the speed can keep up and be active, but the combination of Griffin and Tim Hardaway is not good, they can defend the breakthrough okay, and the anti-shooting really can't keep up with the pace.
The two teams returned to the match-to-head mode, and the two teams began to score in a terrifying streak.
At the critical moment with two minutes left, Raheem hit a key turnaround layup to give the Hawks a two-point lead at 133-131!
Old Nelson called a timeout!
This game was played so anxiously, the old Nelson had already expected it, but he didn't expect the process to be like this, first the opponent's main point guard was brainless, and then his own main point guard was also brainless, anyway, the ending was almost the same, and the old Nelson didn't care too much.
The way of playing at critical moments, the Mavericks are not cowardly!
There's Finley, there's Nowitzki, there's Nash...... Nelson Sr. saw that Nash was still a little angry now, if Nash didn't start the fourth quarter without a hot head and didn't pass the ball in the bag, the Mavericks' advantage now is still stable, even if the Hawks played well throughout the game except for more than three minutes in the first quarter, but the Mavericks' offense was also strong except for the first quarter of the fourth quarter.
Nelson Sr. has always been a childish head coach, otherwise he wouldn't have resigned after a quarrel with Cuban, went to the Warriors and pulled a bunch of people to blacken his old club, and then returned to the Mavericks to continue to be the general manager.
Nash was angry for a while, and Nelson Sr. was also angry not to replace Nash at the critical moment, and continued to send Tim Hardaway, Griffin, Finley, Nowitzki, and Lafrentz, who came back from a break.
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On the Hawks' side, Coach Krueger reintroduced Ratliff at a critical moment to play in the regular lineup.
Seek stability!
With a two-point lead with two minutes remaining, the Eagles are trying to be safe.
Coming back from a timeout, the Mavericks attacked.
Liu Mang stepped forward to defend Tim Hardaway and did not give Tim Hardaway room to change direction.
The last time he played against Tim Hardaway, he was shaken and sat on the ground, Liu Mang still remembers it vividly, it was still the beginning of the season, as a veteran Tim Hardaway was a steady beep, to have physical fitness, to have footsteps, but now at the end of the season, the disadvantage of veterans appears, when they break out, they can be super gods, and most of them are super ghosts when they are not physically strong.
Liu Mang resisted Tim Hardaway and did not give the opponent space to change direction and break through, Tim Hardaway hurriedly passed the ball to Finley, who ran back, Finley received the ball and singled Rahim, so tired!
Like many of Raheem's contemporaries in the NBA, it was hard to adapt to playing Rahim for the first time this year, and this guy has become surprisingly aggressive defensively, completely different from before!
At the crucial moment, Finley gave the ball to Nowitzki, who had the best chance in the current match-up situation.
Nowitzki received the ball and singled Mohammed, today Muhammad was abused enough by Nowitzki, 33 points and 7 boards, Nowitzki shot Muhammad to the point of despair.
Liu Mang decisively let go of Tim Hardaway and headed towards Nowitzki.
Nowitzki didn't choose to pass, and at the critical moment of the year, superstars were more willing to choose their own, facing Muhammad and Liu Mang, who pounced, Nowitzki scored two points and threw a jumper!
This height, this back, even if Nowitzki has not developed the golden rooster independence of kicking Dingding, no one can cover the front!
Liu Mang has long been very clear about this, so he ...... When Liu Mang pounced, the left hand that went to block on his body was not towards the ball, but stretched out his five fingers and poked Novitsky in the face!
Just ask if you're afraid!
Nowitzki was involved in Liu Mang's bag for the first time, and in the first three quarters, except for the few minutes when he defended Nash, most of the time he was on the inside line, and at most Rahim went up to help defend it, so this was the first time Nowitzki faced Liu Mang's defense.
This obscene defensive trick, Nowitzki tilted his head!
It was this little bit of interference that Nowitzki missed from mid-range shooting!
Rebound!
Liu Mang, who was the first to land, rushed into the inside, and the Mavericks were also rushing to grab rebounds!
Ratliff's huge body and big arms pressed the big white soft Lafrenz behind him, Rahim blocked Finley, and Liu Mang rushed in to pick up the rebound!
After winning the rebound, Liu Mang immediately advanced a counterattack, and Jason Terry rushed forward.
The Mavericks did a precaution for the Hawks' counterattack during the timeout, so they used Nowitzki to play and mobilize one of the opponent's interior lines, so that Ratliff had no long pass ability, and he couldn't get a long pass when he got the rebound, Rahim was pulled outside the three-point line by Finley, and he couldn't grab the rebound and make a long pass, at this time, even if he was grabbed by Ratliff or the Hawks' two guards, it didn't matter, just like now, Griffin clinged to Jason Terry and didn't give Jason Terry a chance to catch the ball!
So, Liu Mang advanced by himself! Rahim and Muhammad flanks!
Liu Mang rushed to the frontcourt, Jason Terry was tightly clinged to Griffin, if Jason Terry received a long pass in the reverse run, Griffin would definitely not be able to keep up, but this kind of Hawks One of the guards grabbed the rebound, Griffin stuck to the Hawks at the beginning of a fast player, and there was no need to judge which of the two fast downs was catching, Griffin followed very closely.
So Liu Mang crossed the halfway line and did not slow down, rushed straight into the basket, and made a feint to pass to both sides, which scared Finley and Nowitzki not to let go of Muhammad and Rahim, Liu Mang rushed into the basket and flew to the basket to score two points.
135-131, the Hawks lead by 4 points!
Now it's the Mavericks' turn to be impatient!
Nowitzki is not a super German tank in the future, and he has not experienced the tragedy of being blacked out immediately in the MVP season, and his mental endurance is not so strong, so he came over and took the ball and scored three points.
Still missed!
This time, after Muhammad picked up the rebound and gave it to Liu Mang, Liu Mang did not rush to attack quickly, controlled the ball and slowly advanced to stabilize the situation, and then handed it to Rahim for a single.
Grind time, press the rhythm, and run out of time!
And Raheem did not wilt at the critical moment, although the tough impact basket did not score, but caused Finley's foul, went to the free throw line and hit one of two free throws, and it was not bad to get 1 point.
With a 5-point difference, in less than 1 minute, the Eagles have stabilized this game!
With the Mavericks' strong wave of fast break and no good passer passing errors, the Mavericks' game is an explanation, and the foul tactics used on Jason Terry are equivalent to giving away points!
In the end, the Hawks defeated the Mavericks away by a score of 140 to 134, a 6-point difference!
Liu Mang didn't score a point in the first half, 12 points in the third quarter and 14 points in the final quarter, and together with Jason Terry and Raheem, he led the Hawks to a 45-32 single-quarter score in the final quarter and reversed the Mavericks away!
With this win, the Hawks won 5 in a row and their record became 50-18! Liu Mang's first 50 wins in his career!
With 26 points, 5 assists and 6 rebounds, Liu Mang was ...... After a long time, I got the data of 20+5+5 again!
This game gave Liu Mang a very high evaluation in China, although there was a disappointing performance in the first quarter, and the second quarter was hidden.
But the game is all result-oriented, Liu Mang finally broadcast his regular season live in China for the first time, the second half, the half-time 25+6+5 data, let him lay a large number of fan base ahead of Yao Ming!