Chapter 946 945. He Is Playing with Me! (Another 5,000-Word Chapter, Please Subscribe and Vote!)

Arinas scored 10 points in the first half!

It was still the playoffs!

How could this be possible!

It was because Coach Kruger was patient that he did not call a timeout in advance. Arenas was in good shape on the Wizards side, so it was even less likely that he would call a timeout. Liu Mang and McGrady were holding back their energy to beat Arenas, but they did not call a timeout. After seven minutes of the first quarter, the score was tied by the opponent. It was just when the official timeout time came that Coach Kruger called a timeout.

Coach Kruger was patient because his team was also scoring continuously. In general, he did not suffer a loss. He scored points normally based on tactics. If he could play out tactics in the playoffs, it would be very successful. Obviously, the Wizards were not successful at all from a tactical point of view. They scored all the points thanks to Arenas. 14 of the 16 points were scored by Arenas.

Jamison went to the outside and McGrady defended, and Rasheed Wallace defended in the inside.

Larry Hughes, because Larry Hughes exploded when he met the Hawks in the first three games of the regular season, the Hawks studied it for a long time and found that Kwame Brown was the best to defend the basket, so they arranged a defensive strategy for this game. Two of the Wizards' three musketeers were blocked at once, and only Arenas exploded.

So the Hawks did not suffer a loss.

But Arenas's rampage is indeed a problem. This season, the only three players who can get 50+ at least twice, in addition to Kobe and Liu Mang, are Arenas.

Liu Mang and Prince were unable to defend him in single defense, and their defense was too gentle.

So Coach Kruger discussed with Mike Woodson and prepared to stimulate Liu Mang.

Liu Mang has always defended Arenas very well, why was he beaten today? The main reason is that he defended too gently!

When Liu Mang was on timeout, he was going to shoot more three-pointers to find his touch. He missed an open three-pointer just now because he was hit by Larry Hughes and Haywood. He just shot twice and found a little feeling when he was called by Coach Kruger.

"What's wrong, coach? Do you have any instructions?" Liu Mang looked like he was listening to your instructions.

Coach Kruger replied: "Ace, Arenas on the opposite side is very good in singles!"

Why ask this? Isn't it obvious? Liu Mang replied: "He, I and Iverson should be the three most scoring point guards in the league. Of course, I am the best one."

How shameless! Coach Kruger almost didn't want to talk to Liu Mang, but he held back.

"Ace, since you can't defend Arenas, let Andre defend!" Coach Kruger began to use provocation.

But if Coach Kruger could figure out Liu Mang's thoughts, he would not be Liu Mang...

"Coach, you are right, let Andre defend."

"Right, Ace, what did you say?"

"What's wrong, coach?"

"Get lost!" Coach Kruger kicked Liu Mang.

Liu Mang used his ghost knife, moved around... and dodged the kick.

Coach Kruger did not expect Liu Mang to agree directly, he just wanted to provoke Liu Mang to defend more strictly.

Liu Mang thought that role players should be used to defend, and it didn't matter if the action was rough and fouled, because role players are used to do this.

Seeing Coach Kruger want to beat Liu Mang, both fans and players were used to it.

"Andre, Jason, you two go up. Andre, you go to defend Arenas, Ace, you go to defend Hughes, Jason, you and Ace play one-on-one, Rasheed, Kwame, your tasks remain the same."

Coach Kruger did not come to plan to let Iguodala play. The rookie's playing time in the playoffs would have been reduced to very little. He just wanted to stimulate Liu Mang. In this case, let Iguodala play. The words have been spoken.

Iguodala never thought that he could play in the first quarter of the playoffs!

Seeing that Josh Smith and Calderon have been put on the inactive list, and hearing Calderon say not to have too high expectations for the playing time in the playoffs, these first and second graders in the playoffs are just to experience the atmosphere of the playoffs. Iguodala has therefore prepared himself mentally, and the playoffs may only be played in garbage time like the beginning of the season.

But unexpectedly, he was suddenly replaced!

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Although he said that, Liu Mang himself was also thinking about how to deal with Arenas.

Through this game and his original impression of Arenas, Liu Mang felt that Arenas was like the shooting version of Ginobili. Ginobili broke through the league's top level. His mid-range shots were basically equal to three shots in a game. If he didn't shoot, he wouldn't make it anyway. His three-pointers were good, and he shot one per game, but it was not a regular offensive means. Arenas had few layups, and his mid-range and long-range shots were very wild. His hit rate was also okay, 39% of mid-range shots, 36% of three-pointers, and his mid-range and long-range shots were about 8 times per game, and 80% of his shots were in the mid-range and long-range.

Moreover, both of them were the kind of people who thought that they could play good data alone but it was difficult for them to lead the team to win in the playoffs alone, and they needed a good system to clean up their asses.

Playing against this kind of rampaging Arenas really felt like facing the outside shooting version of Ginobili, who was simply a super nervous knife.

Liu Mang decided to play first and talk about it later. In terms of scoring, he was not afraid of anyone. He was so confident, and there was a king on the bench next to him!

Liu Mang and Jason Terry were talking about how to deal with Arenas. As soon as they came on the court, the system prompt came!

"Ding... The King of Substitutes has been triggered, from Jason Terry."

“Ding… Jason Terry, a natural big-game player, debuted in the playoffs as a substitute, with explosive ability, ability rating of 90, offense 92, defense 70, three-pointers 91, mid-range shots 88, layups 85,…”

Liu Mang’s confidence comes from his own ability rating of 93, and Jason Terry, who exploded in the playoffs!

3 stars with 90+ ability ratings! If they were not all guards, Liu Mang and Jason Terry had overlapping playing styles, and the Hawks could have walked sideways in the playoffs.

Jason Terry, 28, is at his peak. In history, he was only four free throws away from winning the Finals MVP next season.

After the timeout, the Hawks replaced Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown.

The Wizards replaced Arenas, Larry Hughes, Antonio Daniels, Jamison, and Haywood.

The Hawks have the ball, and Liu Mang is ready to start scoring, one-on-one!

Jason Terry passed the ball to Liu Mang, and Liu Mang asked as he pushed forward: "You or me first?"

Jason Terry shrugged and ran to the frontcourt quickly. Liu Mang understood and quickly pushed forward to the frontcourt. Larry Hughes came to defend.

Liu Mang crouched down and imitated Arenas's crotch dribbling and pushed forward to the top arc. Jason Terry and Iguodala stood in the two bottom corners respectively, stretching the top arc space very wide.

Liu Mang didn't think about how to deal with Arenas, and focused on the matchup with Larry Hughes.

Larry Hughes also focused on defending Liu Mang alone, ready to attack at any time.

Suddenly, Liu Mang stepped out to the right, and Larry Hughes reacted immediately, but was worried that Liu Mang would change direction and break through from the left, so he was a beat slower. Liu Mang took a big step to the right, and Larry Hughes hesitated for a moment and was already occupied by Liu Mang, and he and him were parallel to the backboard!

Larry Hughes ran towards the inside with all his strength, and he and Liu Mang were in a position parallel to the backboard. Suddenly, Liu Mang made an emergency stop, and Larry Hughes didn't stop his feet and rushed into the inside. Liu Mang made a mid-range jump shot from the free throw line!

"Ding... Level 5 of the sharpshooter is triggered. Because the host got rid of the perfect shooting opportunity, this shot is not affected by the rhythm."

Liu Mang's discomfort from the sudden emergency stop disappeared, and the mid-range shot was just like in training, and it was a hollow hit!

After the mid-range shooting ability evaluation was raised to 90, Liu Mang could hit about 87 or 8 out of 100 mid-range shots in training, and even 92 or 3 if he was slower!

Although there is a gap with the rumored mid-range shooting training performance of Nowitzki who completed 100 shots in 100 shots in training, it is already very impressive!

Watching Liu Mang return to defense after the shot, Arenas felt that the scene was so familiar... Isn't it the trick he just used? That bastard is learning from him again!

In the first half of the first quarter, Arenas scored 10 points and 2 assists by hitting Liu Mang with 4 of 6 shots. Now he is confident and feels that he is no worse than Liu Mang. He wants to fight back!

The Wizards attack, Arenas advances to the frontcourt and singles out Iguodala.

Why do people always say that if Magic doesn't have AIDS, Jordan's status as the No. 1 player in history will not be so stable? It's because he was a big-game player in his rookie season.

And ordinary rookies are generally a little worse, and Iguodala is like this. He was too excited. Seeing Arenas rushing over, Iguodala just went for it, but was wiped by Arenas in one go, and rushed to the free throw line and made an easy jump shot.

After Arenas scored, he spread his hands towards Liu Mang, indicating that he also scored.

"Hey, this kid is inflated!" Liu Mang saw Arenas so arrogant and was ready to have some fun.

Liu Mang received the ball from Kwame Brown and passed it to Jason Terry. He said something to Jason Terry. Jason Terry looked at Liu Mang strangely, but it was not a big deal, so he just did it.

Liu Mang went to the frontcourt and pulled to the 45-degree angle on the left side, where he was best at fixed-point shooting, waiting for Jason Terry to challenge Arenas.

Arenas was a little confused when he saw Jason Terry pushing forward: Aren’t we going to compete? Why did they change players!

If they change players, they will change players. When they become arrogant, they are not afraid of anything. Arenas waited for Jason Terry to come inside the three-point line.

Jason Terry reached the top arc and wanted to shoot directly. The opponent was too wide, but he thought what Liu Mang said was quite interesting, so he waved to Kwame Brown to come out for a pick-and-roll.

Arenas felt that he could defend it. When he saw Kwame Brown coming for a pick-and-roll, he immediately learned from Liu Mang to go around the pick-and-roll to block Jason Terry's breakthrough. Liu Mang learned from him and he also wanted to learn from him!

Then, Arenas just bypassed the pick-and-roll and saw Jason Terry didn't move at all! He shot a three-pointer directly from the position one step outside the top arc just now!

At the age of 34, Jason Terry, who can shoot 9 out of 10 in the playoffs, Arenas actually bypassed the pick-and-roll defense, and Haywood actually waited inside the three-point line to prevent Kwame Brown from cutting!

Jason Terry hit a long-range three-pointer as soon as he came up!

21 to 18, the Hawks led by 3 points again!

This scene is so familiar again!

Isn't this the play he just took advantage of the pick-and-roll to shoot a three-pointer?

Arenas saw Jason Terry was also learning from him!

After Arenas became confident, his temper also exploded. This was his normal temper when facing other stars except Liu Mang before. He wanted to fight back!

Arinas lost his temper, and Larry Hughes was in trouble. McGrady went down, and Jason Terry came. Although the Hawks did not play as well as before, one-on-one defense was enough, but he could not defend two people!

It was the Wizards' turn to attack again. Arenas singled out Iguodala with anger. Iguodala suffered a loss and dared not stick so closely. He stayed inside the three-point line. Arenas saw Iguodala's defensive position, one step outside the top arc, the position where Jason Terry shot just now, and shot a three-pointer directly...

Originally, Arenas' mentality of a "reversal" player allowed him to play his normal ability when fighting hard battles, but now, he has expanded and his mentality has changed. The three-pointer from a long distance missed!

Liu Mang rushed into the inside and blocked Larry Hughes who rushed into the inside.

"Ding... Rock Solid Level 5 is triggered, and the host's power in this defensive rebounding competition is greatly increased."

Larry Hughes is very good at judging the landing point of the rebound, but he was blocked by Liu Mang! It felt like being blocked by the inside line, and it was impossible to push at all!

Kwame Brown and Rasheed Wallace blocked the man, and Liu Mang protected the defensive rebound.

The Wizards lost the offensive rebound and quickly retreated. Jamison returned to the fourth position, and the Wizards became more mobile.

Liu Mang passed the ball to Jason Terry and ran to the frontcourt. Larry Hughes saw Jason Terry advancing and went to defend Jason Terry.

Larry Hughes had no choice but to defend whoever had the ball on the opposite side. He didn't have the ability to clone himself!

Who knew that Jason Terry would pass the half court and pass the ball back to Liu Mang, and then run to the bottom corner.

Larry Hughes followed Jason Terry to throw to the bottom corner, turned around and saw Arenas' confused face, and could only pray for Arenas silently.

Arenas didn't expect that he would have to defend Liu Mang in a singles! Jason Terry couldn't defend, so he had to defend Liu Mang?

Arenas didn't care about that anymore. He felt that he was no worse than Liu Mang. He had broken through his "fear of ice" and moved towards Liu Mang.

Arenas' defensive intention was too obvious. Liu Mang immediately saw that the opponent wanted to press forward and not give him space to speed up. When Arenas was moving, Liu Mang had already started to move, broke through, and quickly accelerated horizontally, leaving Arenas behind, and once again shot a jump shot from the free throw line.

The Hawks had three players spread out, Kwame Brown was at the basket, and Rasheed Wallace could play in every game. Liu Mang's singles space was too perfect, and his touch was also good. In addition, Arenas' defense was really bad, so Liu Mang felt perfect for the mid-range shot, and he made another mid-range shot!

Arenas is going to explode, learn from him again!

23 to 18, 5 points lead!

Arenas pushed forward aggressively. It was actually a bit difficult to make a three-pointer. He missed it just now. Arenas chose to break through this time. Iguodala was really too excited. Arenas passed him after continuous dribbling under his crotch. Another emotion brought by excitement was impatience. After Iguodala was passed, he chased Arenas. Arenas made a mid-range jump shot... and was knocked over by Iguodala! But before he was knocked over, the ball had been thrown out and scored!

2+1!

Arenas fell to the floor and roared! He felt like he had been reborn!

Arenas also made the free throw, 21 to 23, and the score difference was narrowed to two points again.

The Hawks did not make any substitutions. Iguodala's athletic ability was what the Hawks needed, otherwise they would not have let Calderon wear a suit.

The Hawks attacked. Liu Mang received the serve and pushed forward to the frontcourt. Larry Hughes came to defend Liu Mang again this time.

Seeing Larry Hughes coming to defend him, Liu Mang couldn't help but smile, and Larry Hughes' scalp was numb.

That smile was too evil!

This was the way Liu Mang and Jason Terry thought of to bully Arenas. They both tried to score, and then whoever Larry Hughes defended would hit Arenas! The two had played three rounds just now, and Larry Hughes had already taken the bait!

Liu Mang smiled twice and passed the ball to Jason Terry. Arenas had just scored one and was very excited. Because Jason Terry had just made a long three-pointer, Arenas went to defend Jason Terry. Jason Terry broke into the free throw line and made a quick stop jump shot!

Jason Terry made a mid-range quick stop jump shot over Arenas' head, and then Liu Mang singled him out again, and then Jason Terry came again, and the two of them fought against him alone.

Arenas was in good shape today. He fought against Liu Mang and Jason Terry alone, and did not let the score gap be widened all of a sudden, but he was not able to close the score!

Moreover, although Arenas' singles against Iguodala were not particularly troublesome, his defense was worse than that of the rookie Iguodala. Liu Mang and Jason Terry on the Hawks were more efficient in singles than him!

The Hawks' score rose faster than the Wizards!

By the end of the first quarter, the Hawks were already leading by 6 points, 32 to 26!

The score difference was not big, but the Hawks' scoring stability was terrible!

During the intermission, Arenas returned to the bench and saw the data and score on the big screen. No matter how slow Arenas was to react, he reacted now.

Although he scored 19 points in a single quarter, Liu Mang also scored 13 points in a single quarter, and Jason Terry scored 8 points. The two of them scored 21 points in a single quarter together!

Thinking of Liu Mang and Jason Terry using his tactics against him, with a higher efficiency than him, and their team scored more points, everything became clear...

Anas withdrew from the game, calmed down for a while, and thought of the Hawks not playing tactics in the second half of the first quarter, and everything became clear.

"Ace, that bastard, is playing with me!"

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