Chapter 1381 1380. The Grudge Against the Bulls Was Formed (6000+ Words Long Chapter)

When the Bulls attacked, Luol Deng went to the low post to dig into Liu Mang... but he couldn't dig!

However, Liu Mang failed to defend Luol Deng's turnaround jumper, and the Bulls scored two points.

Attack and defense changed, and the Hawks attacked.

Rondo obviously noticed the difference between their defense and the Bulls'. Seeing that the opponent was obviously ready to let him go to double-team Liu Mang or McGrady's long-range shot, Rondo signaled Liu Mang to go to the left bottom corner.

Liu Mang didn't ask or stand there, and went to the bottom corner immediately. It was the best choice to leave the tactical adjustment to the tactical master. Liu Mang ran to the left bottom corner to wait.

The three three-pointers at the left 45-degree angle, the top arc to the right side of the top arc, and the right bottom corner newly developed by Liu Mang this season, his three-point shooting rate exceeded 44%. Although the three-pointers at other positions were also strong, they were all between 35% and 37%, which was relatively weaker. Of course, it was weaker than his strongest area.

Liu Mang went to the left bottom corner, which was beyond the Bulls' defense. Liu Mang's containment power would be much smaller at that place.

When Liu Mang ran to the left corner, Rondo asked McGrady to go to the right low post and back-up Luol Deng!

McGrady is also first-class in low post technique, and he easily got a turnaround jump shot from Luol Deng. Just when Garnett was about to help defend, Rondo, who had no ball, screened Marion, who was pulled out, and blocked Ben Wallace, and Marion cut into the inside!

Garnett wanted to block Kwame Brown's route to eat the cake. Seeing Marion cutting in, he had to pay attention to Marion. McGrady entered a perfect one-on-one state and turned around to shoot...

He also hit it!

This is just the beginning of Rondo's offensive tactical adjustment!

When the Bulls attacked, the Hawks thought about letting Ben Wallace receive the ball in the mid-range to give Ben Wallace shooting space, but there was a problem...

Ben Wallace was not stupid. He just didn't go out and kept squatting under the basket. He left the basket for a while when the three seconds were up and went back immediately. Kwame Brown had to stay under the basket. Although there was room for assisting defense, the Bulls almost never scored in the paint except for Luol Deng's occasional low-post singles and second offense. Most of the tactics ended with mid-range and long-range shots.

Garnett encountered McGrady's switch defense. McGrady was serious about defending Garnett, but he couldn't defend him. Garnett was very stable in the mid-range and made a long two-point shot one step outside the free throw line!

When the Hawks attacked, Liu Mang was arranged to the left corner again, and McGrady was asked to continue to make demands in the right low post.

After the Hawks' last round of attack, the Bulls urgently communicated before their attack. Because of Liu Mang's unexpected position, the Bulls made adjustments this time!

When Rondo blocked Ben Wallace with his thin body and small moves, Ben Wallace immediately let go of Rondo and Marion and rushed to the left corner. Sefrosa moved to the mid-range to block Marion's cut, and Hinrich also went up to block Marion. The two guards double-teamed, giving Garnett the opportunity to assist McGrady, and Sefrosa and Hinrich could also defend Rondo's empty cut in the mid-range.

The Bulls' high-speed rotation defense is up again!

However... Liu Mang saw Ben Wallace blocking him and immediately cut in from the baseline!

Ben Wallace's defense is very hard-working, but after all, he is not in his peak period. He just rushed to the corner, and Liu Mang turned around and rushed in from the baseline.

The Bulls' Hinrich is crucial on the defensive end. He can prevent Rondo from cutting in the middle and Liu Mang from cutting in the baseline. However, Kwame Brown took the initiative to leave the threat zone and went up to block Hinrich!

When Liu Mang rushed to the edge of the three-second zone, he attracted Luol Deng and McGrady, who was helping Garnett, to pass the ball to Liu Mang.

Pass in the gap!

Liu Mang took the ball and took off directly from the left side of the three-second zone!

Garnett moved really fast. McGrady passed the ball and turned around and moved backwards immediately. Liu Mang saw that Garnett turned around and was not afraid. He struggled to smash the ball into the basket. If Garnett rushed over, it would be a foul in nine out of ten cases. Liu Mang almost made Garnett commit an offensive foul...

But! Garnett dodged!

If you can't defend, you must not resist hard. Reduce fouls and allow yourself to make more contributions on the court. This is Garnett's basketball philosophy.

Liu Mang scored two points with a tomahawk slam dunk.

The Hawks had the natural genius offensive master Rondo to make offensive adjustments on the court. Stockton and Mike Woodson made adjustments on both offense and defense during the timeout. The Bulls had more experience, Garnett, who was excellent in offensive and defensive adjustments, and coach Skiles. The tactical confrontation between the two teams started from the beginning!

Mainly because Garnett took advantage of the opportunity of Liu Mang's offensive foul and took the initiative to provoke to increase the confrontation on the court, lowering the rhythm on the court, and both teams entered a state of all-out confrontation.

This is obviously more beneficial to the Bulls, and the slow pace allows them to have more tactical adjustment opportunities.

At the official timeout in the first quarter, the Hawks were two points behind 11 to 13!

It took only seven minutes to get 11 points. This is the most powerful defense the Hawks have encountered this season!

Full of confrontation, a large number of mistakes by both teams, but not many fouls, which achieved what Garnett wanted. There were more confrontations, and Garnett was the kind of person who would curse and provoke opponents regardless of whether his teammates or himself committed fouls. The referee did not dare to give too many fouls in the big confrontation to avoid causing conflicts.

After playing half of the game, Liu Mang also realized this.

"This ghost is really a clever little guy! He is so clever from a high school student." Liu Mang returned to the bench. Defending Luol Deng was not an easy task. After all, Luol Deng was also a little boy over two meters tall. Although the forward has average strength, Liu Mang can handle it in the low post, but to prevent him from turning over and making jump shots and hitting high in the air if he wants to get to a good position, he needs the help of his teammates.

Due to Garnett's enthusiasm on the defensive end, Liu Mang had two opportunities to cause fouls in the first half of the game, but Garnett kept guarding against Liu Mang's fouls, and Liu Mang failed both times.

Fortunately, in the first period, the Hawks did not fall into an obvious disadvantage. Before the official timeout, the Bulls relied on a forced three-pointer before the 24-second violation to overtake the Hawks by two points, forcing the Hawks to call a timeout.

In terms of tactical competition in the starting lineup, the Eagles are relatively stronger.

But it's time to rotate the lineup, and Liu Mang feels a lot of pressure!

"Call fouls and win...these two mission requirements can actually be counted as one. If it can cause a foul crisis for Garnett, the Hawks' probability of winning will increase from 40 to 60, which can increase the probability of winning a lot...it is still small. Come and do it yourself!”

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"This is a kind of protection for you. You know, Rajon, the more time you play, the more your opponent will know about you. You need to analyze the opponent's tactical changes on the sidelines..." Granger was like a little kid. Like a big brother, he comforted Rondo.

Rondo's expression was always like a dead fish, and others couldn't tell whether he was happy or not, but Granger, who shared a villa with Rondo, could see how unhappy this little brother was.

After the timeout, Rondo was replaced, and the forward-guard combination of McGrady and Battier played with Liu Mang.

Obviously, with Rondo on the court, he will sort out the team's offense better. Although Liu Mang's organization and offense is also top-notch, and McGrady is close to the top, Rondo's consciousness is master-level, the consciousness of a natural commander. , Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady couldn't catch up, but they still had to replace him.

There are many things that the coach needs to weigh, and Liu Mang can't change this. Even if Korver and Prince are taken away, Rondo will only play about 20 minutes in each game, not too much, and his age , the other stars of the team are all areas that the coaching staff needs to weigh.

After returning from the timeout, Liu Mang started to wander.

Liu Mang and McGrady started to share the ball in singles. Whoever met Sefolosha would play singles.

Sefolosha is very talented defensively, and he may be a favorite in the first defense in a few years. However, he is too young and is still a rookie. Although he is good at defense, he is still the weakest defensive player among the Bulls' starting three perimeter players. ring.

As for Hinrich... Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady are too experienced in playing him, and the effect is far less effective than Luol Deng, the British Jordan.

Relatively speaking, Liu Mang is more efficient in singles. Regardless of whether he is guarding Liu Mang or McGrady, Sefrosa is very afraid of the two's three-pointers. They are very close to each other. When he was on special assist defense, he defended McGrady a little better, but guarded against Liu Mang... Garnett felt that this guy had a conspiracy!

Every time Liu Mang encounters Garnett to help defend, he will take the initiative to lean on Garnett. Garnett reacts quickly and avoids every time. Liu Mang is not determined to cause fouls. If you have the chance, create it. If you can't avoid it, just take advantage of the situation and make a free throw.

Liu Mang ended the first quarter with a 50% hit rate.

After the first quarter, the Eagles were 23-24, 1 point behind the Bulls.

Liu Mang scored 10 points on 4 of 8 shots in the first quarter.

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In the second quarter, McGrady was replaced, and Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Battier, David Lee and rookie Gortat came on.

The game has been tense. Liu Mang has been looking for opportunities to make mistakes or make offensive fouls in the first quarter, but he has not been able to get a foul from Garnett. He continued to play in the second quarter, and coach Kruger did not stop him. For a strong team like the Bulls, Liu Mang will not stop Coach Kruger no matter how hard he wants to beat him. This may be their opponent in the second round of the playoffs, and he must try his best to defeat the opponent.

The Bulls had a strong rotation. In the second quarter, they sent out a rotation of Duhon, Nocioni, Luol Deng, Garnett, and Big Z.

With Ben Wallace and Big Z, Garnett will always have an excellent human shield center behind him, allowing Garnett to fully demonstrate his defensive capabilities.

Liu Mang was also very excited about his first partnership with Gortat. After Kwame Brown played the first quarter and took a break, he also had a relatively reliable center partner.

"Ability evaluation is 80, averaging 7.2 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists in 20 minutes per game..."

Liu Mang looked at Du Hong who was advancing, and chose to leave half a step of space to defend. To guard against Du Hong, he needed to guard against all sudden shots. Compared with Hinrich, Du Hong was not as stable, but he was more comprehensive and capable of breakthroughs. He has good abilities in shooting and shooting.

When Liu Mang defended Luol Deng, because Luol Deng would not use breakthroughs to deal with attacks when facing him, and he had an obvious height advantage, the suppression effect of Liu Mang's "glove" was not triggered, but Du Hong advanced to Facing Liu Mang's defense in the frontcourt, it felt like the whole person was trapped in a big net.

That kind of psychological oppression made Du Hong feel like he couldn't breathe.

Positioning to prevent breakthroughs and shots is a good defensive method, but it also gives the opponent both breakthrough opportunities and shooting opportunities. It all depends on the defender's reaction speed and defensive skills to defend hard.

Normally, when facing such a defense, Du Hong would definitely attack on his own, but this time he gave up and chose to pick and roll instead of fighting Liu Mang head-on.

"The opportunity has come!"

Liu Mang watched Du Hong pick and roll with Garnett, which was what he wanted.

Before, Rondo and Battier defended Hinrich, and Liu Mang did not have a good chance to contact Garnett on the defensive end. This time was the best opportunity!

After Garnett blocked Liu Mang, Liu Mang immediately switched defense with David Lee. Gotot was on the right side of the three-second zone, on Du Hong's breakthrough route. Du Hong couldn't pass the ball to Big Z, because Big Z was slow, and David Lee could switch defense.

The defensive ability of this pair of inside players was average, but the opponent's backup point guard and backup center were also a little weaker than the starting ability, so Du Hong still passed the ball to Garnett.

Garnett looked at Liu Mang who was behind him and laughed grimly.

"Kill him!"

Garnett had been thinking about doing Liu Mang for a long time, and finally had the chance!

Garnett habitually raised his elbow and wanted to knock Liu Mang over... and then turned over and jumped!

Just when Garnett raised his elbow and tried to use a small move to push Liu Mang away, he heard a sound of "Ah..."

"No! The place he hit was wrong..."

"Beep..."

Just when Garnett felt something was wrong, the referee whistled!

Garnett took the initiative to lower his center of gravity, bent his waist and hit with his back, and his arms should have only touched Liu Mang's chest, but Liu Mang fell to the ground, covering his chin.

The Hawks players immediately surrounded him, and the Bulls players also surrounded him.

The referee was ready this time, and immediately blew an offensive foul, and then stood between the players of the two teams.

The referee was going to be numb... There was almost a conflict at the beginning of the first quarter, and it happened again in the second quarter!

It's always this guy - Kevin Garnett! It's always him!

When Liu Mang was helped up by his teammates, he shook his head and felt dizzy: "Use the primary injury potion..."

Liu Mang's chin was elbowed, and his head almost fainted at that time. He was elbowed on the chin. Fortunately, Liu Mang took the initiative to stick to it, and when Garnett blocked his elbow, he took the initiative to lean back, otherwise he might have been hit on the chin by this black-hearted power forward and fainted!

After spending a primary injury potion and 500 superstar points, Liu Mang's dizziness disappeared.

"I will never do this again..."

Liu Mang knew why Garnett had many small moves but not many people made him foul... He was too dirty! There was a reason why this guy clashed with his opponent every other day!

On the good side, Liu Mang completed one-third of the task and made Garnett commit a defensive foul!

The annoying thing was that Garnett only committed his first foul in this game.

"How did this guy do it? There were so many small moves but so few fouls..." Liu Mang looked at Garnett who was chattering with the referee, and cursed that this guy would be sent off by the referee with two technical fouls. However, the referee did not do that. This is the Bulls' home court, and Garnett is the most popular star this season, the All-Star vote leader, and his status in the league is there. The referee just ignored Garnett and signaled the Hawks to attack. Liu Mang focused on the offensive end, and played one-on-one with Jason Terry, and fought the Bulls. However, the Hawks were still at a disadvantage in the second quarter. With Big Z, the Bulls had more options on the offensive end. Big Z's catching the ball under the basket and mid-range shots were all good. Garnett's support and Du Hong's breakthrough points made Luol Deng's cut-ins and three-pointers, and Nocioni's mid-range and long-range shots play well. Of course, the Bulls' hit rate was not high, but they had defense! Jason Terry played very poorly today. The Bulls had a good defensive attitude and were not easily out of position. The offensive burden was all on Liu Mang.

Liu Mang made three-pointers around the pick-and-roll and made a breakthrough jump shot. Except for David Lee's occasional low-post singles, the Bulls' defense against the other Hawks players was very fierce, so Liu Mang could only do it by himself.

Of course, Liu Mang also believed in his ability and shot continuously.

But efficiency... When teammates could not give good feedback, Liu Mang fell into a situation where he had to work alone. Gortat was new to the team and was not used to partnering with Liu Mang. He played a little confused. Battier and Jason Terry had poor shooting performance. David Lee could occasionally score one, but he had few opportunities to shoot.

Liu Mang played for 6 minutes, made 2 of 7 shots and only scored 6 points. The Hawks only scored 10 points in half a quarter.

The Bulls' success rate was not high either. They scored 12 points in half a quarter, but they were already 3 points ahead of the Hawks 36 to 33!

The Hawks called another timeout.

"One-on-one defense, let me enter the double-team circle and block the passing route..."

Liu Mang did not return to the bench. He quickly analyzed the situation encountered in this half of the game while holding the ball on the court. However... In this situation, he could make a random shot, but there was no targeted method. Du Hong defended Garnett alone, and Liu Mang was not efficient!

Liu Mang would have a better chance only if Rondo or McGrady dominated the ball!

After finding a solution, Liu Mang immediately returned to the bench, took the tactical board and began to arrange.

McGrady and Granger were replaced, Granger was used to strengthen the defense under the basket, McGrady had an additional organizer who had a better shooting performance today, Fizer went up to Garnett in the interior, and it was okay to foul. Center Gortat was replaced and Kwame Brown was replaced again.

Gortat still needs time to adapt. For such a strong team, Kwame Brown should play for a while.

Liu Mang has ideas, and the team has a tacit understanding of his ideas, but the Bulls have strong strength!

Garnett does have the ability to change a team. The Bulls' league's top role players assist Garnett, allowing Garnett to perform more effectively than in the 2003-04 season.

Not data, but effective performance!

The Eagles have become the chasers here...

After halftime, the Eagles trailed by 6 points, 41 to 47...

After three quarters, the Eagles trailed by 9 points 65-74...

The Bulls opened up the point difference bit by bit...

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With 33 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the third quarter, Liu Mang tried his best, but was still 9 points behind. Except for Liu Mang's 33 points and McGrady's 11 points, the rest of the Hawks only scored 21 points together!

But now Liu Mang doesn't think so much and is working hard with all his strength!

By the fourth quarter, Liu Mang couldn't even care about his teammates and started a 1 vs. 9 mode.

Without the ball, it's like a black hole of ball rights. Just hold the ball and do it.

However, the Bulls are too strong in rebounding. They are a strong rebounding team that can compete with the Lakers in rebounding. Although the Hawks are first in rebounds per game, it is related to the fast pace and many offensive and defensive rounds. Although the Bulls only average 100 rebounds per game. 44 rebounds ranked fifth in the league, but their pace was second to last in the league, and their performance on the rebounding end looked crazy.

Although they scored 17 points in the final quarter and once chased the point difference to two points, the Bulls' defense was very good. Garnett did a great job of avoiding fouls. Liu Mangzhen did not commit a single shooting foul in the game. Garnett creates success.

Among first-defense players, apart from Jason Kidd, who gave Liu Mang such a feeling, only Garnett was the one. Others, including Duncan, averaged 3+ fouls per game. Only Garnett and Kidd averaged fouls per game. Only two appearances.

In the end, although Liu Mang made 21 of 44 shots and 4 of 11 three-pointers, scoring 50 points, he only made 6 free throws and 4 of 6 free throws. The Eagles led by 5 points, 94 to 99. Sadly lost to the Bulls.

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"Ding... the negative buff Wolf Fear is triggered..."

gap!

Liu Mang clearly felt the gap between his team and the Bulls!

He faced this gap squarely and did not make excuses for himself. They rotated 9 people, and the weakest Sefolosha was also a quasi-first-class defensive player with a defensive rating of 80. Except for Ben Wallace, who was defensive-minded and whose overall ability was not rated very high, The other seven players are all quasi-first-class stars with at least 80+ ability evaluations. After years of tacit understanding and training, and with Garnett as the backbone, the Bulls are steadily suppressing the Eagles despite being in good form at home!

The last time an opponent was firmly suppressed was by the Mavericks!

The East-West Double Bulls made Liu Mang understand the gap between his own team and these top teams!

The last time I felt this way was when I faced the Nets early in my career.

In the middle of his career, Liu Mang felt this way again after winning three consecutive championships and the team was in a period of weakness.

"What's the excitement in my heart?"

After losing, Liu Mang actually felt very excited when he saw the other young players cheering excitedly after ending their losing streak!

"Is this what it feels like to have an opponent?"

Liu Mang liked this feeling. Although he lost, he saw a different feeling when playing against the Mavericks.

The Bulls don't have an attacker like Nowitzki. They rely on the iron-blooded defense in the Eastern Conference that has been almost wiped out by Liu Mang.

This is the first time in four years that Liu Mang has been under pressure to attack a team's defense. This kind of pressure makes Liu Mang feel ecstatic!

There is progress under pressure!

During last year's All-Star Weekend, Liu Mang felt that the NBA was a little boring, and he had a sense of emptiness and loneliness that he wanted to retire after three consecutive championships.

But now, his fighting spirit is getting stronger!

"The Bulls..."

When Liu Mang couldn't stand Jason Terry's celebration and pulled him away, he took a deep look at the opponent, turned around and left...

"Ding... Avengers series mission: Grudge triggers."