Chapter 1429 1428. Suffering and Torture Are Waiting for You (Asking for Monthly Votes)
The turning movement and the timing of exerting force were just right!
This obviously exceeded Sefrosa's expectations. When he watched Liu Mang's video before, he knew that Liu Mang had very good low-post skills, but obviously not this good! In the first four encounters this season, Liu Mang rarely went to the low post, which is the best proof!
Ben Wallace has been paying attention to Liu Mang here. It's not that he doesn't trust Sefrosa's defense, but he has played four playoffs with Liu Mang before, and knows how perverted Liu Mang is. Whatever this guy wants to do, he rarely fails.
When Liu Mang turned around and carried Sefrosa to the side, which was beyond Ben Wallace's expectations, Ben Wallace almost instinctively put it under the basket!
Liu Mang turned and entered the basket, just about to grab the ball and put it directly, before he completely turned around, he saw Ben Wallace rushing in.
The best way at this time is to shake the excited Ben Wallace and make him foul. The physical contact of the opponent's forward jump will definitely lead to a foul, even if it is the opponent's home court.
But Liu Mang didn't do it this time...
A singles scene suddenly appeared in his mind. When Liu Mang's right foot was about to land on the ground, he took a bigger step and grabbed the ball. After his left foot landed, he turned 90 degrees to the right again when facing the baseline. He slid one step to the left of the baseline with his back facing the baseline and shot a jump shot...
Ben Wallace saw Liu Mang's jump and rushed out immediately, but he rushed out of the baseline directly. Liu Mang almost lay flat and pushed the ball out. The ball hit the basket and fell into the frame!
It took less than two seconds from Liu Mang turning around to falling into the basket!
But this scene made the fans near the baseline widen their eyes!
After watching Liu Mang throw the ball into the basket, he got up and ran towards the backcourt. He didn't feel proud or proud of his magical goal just now. It was as if he knew the ball would go in this way. The fans at the bottom line felt incredible!
Recalling Liu Mang's low-post action just now, seeing No. 24 behind Liu Mang when he turned around and ran back...
It looks like that guy!
Moreover, it feels softer than that guy, more like it is fluttering in the air!
Of course, Sefrosa, who was observing at the closest distance, felt the most incredible.
Too ridiculous!
This can dodge the defense, and the key is that this can go in!
Most of the fans at the scene didn't see it clearly, and there was no replay at the scene. It was actually quite miserable. This is also the reason why the tickets on both sides of the basket are second only to the front row tickets behind the technical table and the bench and opposite the technical table. Most of the fans at the scene can't see it as clearly as the fans in front of the TV. The fans in front of the TV not only have close-up shots, but also replays to watch.
Even if the Bulls' offense is not fully seen in the next round, the TV station will repeatedly broadcast Liu Mang's singles.
It's amazing!
The Bulls players could not show any panic, and after all, it was just a ball. Ben Wallace picked up the ball and passed it to Hinrich to continue the attack.
The Hawks bench was boiling at the start of the game, but Coach Kruger was very calm. He took out his tactical notebook and quietly crossed out the asterisk in front of the tactical directory "Ace low post" while others were not paying attention...
Originally, it was necessary to pay attention to the tactics that should be discontinued if the effect was not good, but now it is not necessary to discontinue it...
The Bulls are a strong team after all. Liu Mang's one goal, or even if Liu Mang scored many goals, would not affect their self-confidence. This is the confidence they have accumulated over the season.
Liu Mang was very calm after scoring the goal. He did not feel excited at all, but became calmer.
Now he only had one thought in his mind... shoot!
He didn't notice, because he didn't open the system, a silent prompt appeared in the system interface...
"Temporary feature: Stubborn level 5 trigger, after the host hits a shot, the next attack with the ball in hand must shoot, after the host misses a shot, the next attack with the ball in hand must shoot."
Seeing Hinrich advancing, Liu Mang immediately pressed forward.
"It's the most interesting to play with your 2003 players. Come on, I just scored one, do you want one too?" Liu Mang immediately went up to provoke.
"Ding... Temporary feature: Trigger of death: I'm not afraid of death, so why would I be afraid of you? Players who are against the host will have a strong desire to fight the host one-on-one."
"Ding... Trigger of level 5, calm and composed mentality, a commander must have the mentality, to offset the host's death and boastful effects, from Kirk Hinrich."
Hinrich was not disturbed by Liu Mang's trash talk at all, and calmly handed the ball to Garnett.
Garnett received the ball and saw that the Hawks were preparing to defend his pass and cut, so he took a jump shot from outside the free throw line...
"Bang"
It didn't go in!
Ben Wallace pretended to attack the offensive rebound and let Kwame Brown block him. Liu Mang went in and grabbed the rebound. At this time, the other four Bulls had retreated, and Ben Wallace ran forward with Kwame Brown.
Ben Wallace was 2.06 meters tall, and although he was old, he still ran very fast.
After the last game, the Bulls did a better job of retreating in the positional battle, just like the Pistons in the 2004 Finals in the original time and space, the better the defense of the Lakers, the better the Bulls' defense. Except for the absence of Prince, the league's top single defense player, their team defense is better than the Pistons. Hinrich's defense is similar to Billups', both of them are second-defense defense, but Sefrosa is better than Hamilton, Luol Deng's help defense is also better than Prince's, and Garnett is not comparable to Rasheed Wallace. Even if Ben Wallace's single defense is far worse than before, his help defense and rebounding threats are still great.
Liu Mang is not in a hurry. This time, the star card is the star card of the whole game...
Such a precious star card, how can you not play enough?
Liu Mang passed the ball to McGrady, and McGrady slowly pushed forward.
Seeing Liu Mang's back as he ran across half the court in the No. 24 jersey, McGrady felt as if two No. 24s overlapped.
It's incredible. When did Liu Mang become better than him in the low post?
McGrady was rarely surprised by a person's talent. Carter's three-pointers and dunks were talents that McGrady recognized as better than him. There were few others. Even Jordan could hardly make McGrady feel how incredible his talent was.
But Liu Mang made McGrady feel "yearning" early on. Liu Mang did not have the ability to learn as fast as him. No matter what skills, Liu Mang had to practice repeatedly for a year or even two or three years to be as good as McGrady who practiced for a few months. But after Liu Mang learned a skill and mastered it to surpass the top of the league, that is, after reaching a level that McGrady could not reach, he could continue to develop other abilities and surpass him in other abilities!
In McGrady's view, this is also a kind of talent!
What else can McGrady do? Pass the ball!
McGrady is a player who is so talented that he can learn a lot of skills casually but rarely has top skills. When he encounters teams with strong team defense such as the Jazz, Mavericks, and Bulls, his performance is already average. Now he is the strongest containment point to help Liu Mang dribble, and McGrady feels good.
The characteristic of "not competing" makes McGrady very good at accepting reality.
So…
Sefolosha’s hard day has come.
Liu Mang just kept sitting down and playing in the low post!
The Bulls were hit by Liu Mang’s amazing one-on-two turnaround jumper in the low post at the beginning, but there was no psychological fluctuation. The main reason is that the low post consumes a lot of physical energy. Even as strong as Yao Ming, O’Neal, and Randolph, they can’t play in the low post all the time.
If the physical energy is not limited, O’Neal in his peak period can score 70, 80, 80 or 90 points in a single game in the low post one-on-two. His peak period of not sparing physical energy to abuse the Clippers is the best proof. Of course, his physical energy limits him to “only” get 61 points.
The Bulls did not double-team Liu Mang in the low post singles, and used Sefolosha’s single defense and Ben Wallace and Garnett’s help defense to defend Liu Mang. It’s because of this that they just need to consume Liu Mang’s physical energy.
But…
Coach Kruger is still worried about Liu Mang’s physical energy consumption. After all, Liu Mang has never used low post back-to-back as a common offensive method, and there is no precedent.
But...
After half a quarter, when the official timeout came, Coach Kruger thought of what Liu Mang said yesterday, "I want to play in the low post for the whole game"...
"This kid is serious!" Coach Kruger was stunned, "And this kid really did it!"
In 6 minutes and 47 seconds, Liu Mang scored 10 points with 4 of 7 shots and 2 assists!
10 points, 2 assists, 1 rebound, 1 block!
Liu Mang scored 10 points in a little more than half a quarter! Sefrosa, who was defending him, was going to collapse!
This was not the most frustrating thing for Sefrosa. The most frustrating thing for him was Liu Mang's constant mouth!
"Rookie, here I come again, I'm going to continue."
If it goes in, Liu Mang will say: "You should defend harder, I didn't try hard, how come you fell down."
If it doesn't go in, he will say: "Oh, you're lucky, my hand slipped, let's try again later."
After it doesn't go in, Liu Mang will say this in the next attack: "Here I come again, this time you just hope your luck is as good as before..."
If there is a double team, Liu Mang will pass the ball. It's very simple. The Hawks don't have any complicated running positions. They put Battier, a corner shooter with a 38% hit rate on three-pointers in the bottom corner, and McGrady, a first-class three-point shooter who is closest to the top, at the 45-degree angle he is best at. Kwame Brown goes to the free throw line to prepare to rush to the basket, and Marion uses the threat of cutting in to contain Garnett in the left corner...
Simple and rough, pass the ball if there is a double team, and double-teaming without the ball to interfere with Liu Mang in advance is even better for Liu Mang, McGrady can just break through directly.
18 to 10!
After more than six minutes, the Hawks played a crazy attack of 18 points in half a quarter for the first time this season against the Bulls with Garnett!
Looking at Sefolosha who was doubting his life, Liu Mang stopped and said when he walked past Sefolosha during the timeout: "Rookie, don't be anxious, don't panic, don't be afraid. If you are afraid now, what will happen next? The series has just begun, and suffering and torture are waiting for you..."