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At the intermission, the Eagles were replaced by the iron-blooded men's combination of Liu Mang, Barnes, Raheem, Muhammad and Kwame Brown.
This lineup is completely a defensive lineup prepared for Liu Mang, Rahim averaged 11 points and 13.9 boards per game, Muhammad averaged 5 points and 6 boards per game, Kwame Brown averaged 8 points and 7 boards per game, including Barnes, who played 41 games and averaged 4 points and 4.4 boards per game, and Liu Mang also averaged 3.7 boards per game and a full rebounding lineup.
The Kings also began to rotate, Peja did not rest and continued to play, he was the offensive arrow of the Kings, second only to Liu Mang, Maddy, Kobe Bryant's fourth scorer in the league, moved to the position of scoring guard, Bobby Jackson replaced Bibe, Gerard Wallace, who was in the third year but still not reused, played in this game, Adelman In order to enhance the team's physical fitness, seven minutes after the first quarter, the Kings only scored 13 points, just because the physical fitness was suppressed by the Hawks, So it was replaced by Bobby Jackson and Gerard Wallace.
Webber continued to play, with Divac coming on for Brad Miller.
At the end of the break, the Kings possessed the ball.
Liu Mang looked at Gerard Wallace, his ability evaluation was as high as 80, and he averaged 2 points, 2 boards, 0.7 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.4 blocks in 7 minutes per game, which is efficient enough, I don't understand that such a guy with excellent physical fitness and playing even if he only has a few minutes on the court can't be reused!
If it weren't for the fact that his team has too many forwards and Prince has to play point guard, Liu Mang would have suggested that the team trade him, and this first-round pick of the same class is a real buried talent.
Seeing Bobby Jackson receiving the serve and pushing over, Liu Mang immediately pressed up and defended, constantly pressing his body.
Bobby Jackson, the favorite for the best sixth man, is 1.85 meters tall and has an ability evaluation of 77, which is enough to serve as a substitute for the main point guard, Adelman wants to improve the team's physical fitness to resist the suppression of the Eagles' physical fitness, but he didn't expect that the Eagles replaced them with an all-physical fitness man in the second year!
Bobby Jackson's physical fitness is okay, but at most it is similar to Liu Mang's physical fitness, he is more explosive, but Liu Mang's height and speed are faster, Bobby Jackson just arrived outside the three-point line, Liu Mang immediately launched a dogskin plaster defense.
Bobby Jackson is not the kind of playmaker who is a backup point guard, but a scoring type, not good at using blocking, and he is also a breakthrough point shot if he has assists, but at this stage he is closely followed by Liu Mang, and his teammates are pressed and defended by a group of physical men of the Hawks, and Bobby Jackson can only come by himself.
Bobby Jackson burst into the three-second zone under Liu Mang's squeeze, and looked at his teammates during the breakthrough, and had no chance to pass the ball at all, so he could only shoot by himself, and he made a quick stop and shook a shot.
Liu Mang didn't shake, he didn't think that Bobby Jackson would make a pull-up jump shot at all, the difference in height and arm span between the two was obvious, and he didn't lose his position, and he could interfere with the opponent's stop-and-go jump shot while standing.
Bobby Jackson couldn't shake Liu Mang away, so he could only force his back and shoot.
Liu Mang jumped up to interfere, and Bobby Jackson leaned back to shoot when he could barely see the basket!
As the favorite for the best sixth man, Bobby Jackson hit a close-range jumper against Liu Mang's defense!
30-24, the difference came to 6 points.
Liu Mang smiled helplessly, came to the bottom line and waited for the serve.
Although the Kings don't have a superstar, even if Webber is in his prime, he is not a superstar, but their overall strength is too strong, and it is not for nothing that they almost eliminated the Lakers back then, and these role players are still very young, if it weren't for Weber's successive major injuries, their strength would not have dropped so much.
The offense and defense switched, the Eagles attacked, and Liu Mang advanced to the front court after receiving the serve.
When the Kings saw the Hawks' lineup, they immediately judged that the Hawks' occasional one-shot and four-steal play was coming again, Gerald Wallace went up to Liu Mang, and the others began to block the Hawks players from cutting inside to grab rebounds.
Liu Mang dribbled to the outside of the three-point line, saw Gerard Wallace pressing up, ability evaluation 80, offense 69, defense 86, such a 22-year-old small forward, the Kings actually used to guard the water cooler! What a waste!
But even with such a little playing time, Gerard Wallace is very focused as long as he is on the court, stepping on beautiful small steps, and predicting Liu Mang's offensive options.
Gerald Wallace's size and movement ability, Liu Mang feels really under pressure in the face of this guy's defense, this guy is better than Barnes's defense! Whether it's physical fitness or defensive skills, it's better!
Liu Mang's mouth began to spray: "Gerrard, come to our team next season!" You're so wasteful on the Kings, they won't use people! ”
Gerald Wallace, who was concentrating on defending Liu Mang, didn't expect Liu Mang to suddenly say such a sentence to him, and he was stunned for a moment.
Liu Mang kept staring at Gerard Wallace, and when he saw Gerard Wallace's eyes suddenly wander, he immediately accelerated and burst out from the right side of Gerard Wallace.
Gerard Wallace reacted immediately, but the situation changed in an instant on the court, and in that few tenths of a second of distraction, Gerard Wallace's defense could not keep up!
Liu Mang shook off Gerard Wallace and rushed into the basket, Bobby Jackson, who was originally going to pinch Liu Mang on the outside of the Kings, went to block Barnes to grab the rebound, they thought that Liu Mang would definitely start to play blindly in this lineup, Liu Mang's blind shooting style of relying on his teammates' rebounding advantage is already very famous, and he didn't expect Liu Mang to break through at all!
And Adelman doesn't look down on Gerard Wallace, mainly because Gerard Wallace can't pass the ball and shoot poorly, he has only made 1 three-pointer in three years, and he can't get into Adelman's eyes just because he has a good defense, and Christie can become the main force because of his passing ability of averaging 10+ points per game and 4+ assists per game.
Gerard Wallace's single defense ability, his teammates still trust him very much, but he didn't expect to be given by Liu Mang all of a sudden!
Liu Mang burst to the basket, Kwame Brown immediately retreated, Liu Mang saw that only Divac was left under the basket, did not slow down, and jumped towards Divac! Get ready to buckle through Divac!
Divac didn't back down, and stood up in advance to block Liu Mang, just when Liu Mang flew out and was about to collide with Divac, Liu Mang didn't feel the contact yet, and saw Divac fall!
"Ding...... Fake fall master level 5 trigger, when in the referee's visual blind spot, the referee's chance of blowing a penalty is greatly increased, from Vlad Divac. ”
Liu Mang just smashed the ball into the basket, and the referee's whistle blew!
Hit someone with the ball!
Liu Mang was whistled for an offensive foul!
It's so cheap!
Liu Mang looked at Divac lying on the ground covering his stomach in astonishment, his face was painful as if he had been hit hard, he didn't expect that this guy actually started a fake fall!
The Kings are still ahead!
Simply so!
Liu Mang immediately said to the referee: "He is a fake fall!" ”
The referee ignored Liu Mang, not that he didn't know that Divac might be a fake fall, but from his sight, Liu Mang did have contact with Divac.
Divac is too good at using this perspective to influence the referee's decision.
The referee ignored Liu Mang's complaints, and Liu Mang looked at Divac, who got up with no pain in his stomach immediately after the referee confirmed the foul, and the whole person was not good!
It's so cheap!
Argentina's group of South American fake wrestling kings have not yet begun to shine, Pippen's generation of fake wrestling masters, that is, Pippen and Divac, are gradually getting old, Liu Mang except for fighting Brad Miller when he guarded against this guy's fake fall, he didn't care too much about this kind of thing at other times, relatively speaking, there are slightly fewer fake falls in the east, so Liu Mang didn't encounter many fake falls, but he didn't expect a cold one!
Liu Mang helplessly defended.
Offense and defense transitioned, the Kings attacked, after Bobby Jackson advanced to the frontcourt, immediately passed to Divac who was mentioned in the high post, Webb fell to the low post to lean on Muhammad, and the Twin Towers in the Princeton system organized the offense in the high and low positions!
The Kings continued to intersperse their runs, slicing through the Hawks' hand-to-hand defense with passes.
When Liu Mang was chasing Peja, he was blocked by Gerald Wallace, Barnes switched defenses to chase Peja, Liu Mang didn't care about Gerald Wallace, bypassing Gerald Wallace and continuing to chase Peja.
Peja received the ball outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left side, and seeing Barnes and Liu Mang coming in between them, Peja's passing ability was also excellent, and it was distributed to the empty Gerard Wallace at the first time.
But right away Peja regretted it!
Why don't you do it yourself? Gerard Wallace's empty two points are actually three points long!
It is true that the Kings' tactics can create a lot of open shooting opportunities, and Peja and Webb are very strong in defense, but it is not for nothing that Gerald Wallace is not reused by Adelman, it is normal for Adelman to look down on Gerald Wallace, he is not compatible with the Kings at all! This kind of vacancy is a three-no-stick!
The ball flew straight out of the baseline.
The ball goes out of bounds, the Eagles ball in the backcourt.
It's time for the Hawks to attack again, and the two teams are on the same page.
Gerard Wallace blocked Liu Mang's outside line, and Divac was in a posture under the basket that if you dare to come in, I will dare to fall.
Can this Liu Mang endure?
Fake falls? Who's afraid of whom!
Seeing that Gerard Wallace returned to focus, it was very difficult for Liu Mang to break through Gerard Wallace, and beckoned Kwame Brown to come out to block the dismantling.
Kwame Brown came out to help Liu Mang block Gerald Wallace, Liu Mang cut in, and Divac followed, trying to delay Liu Mang's breakthrough.
What Liu Mang is waiting for is now! At the moment when Gerard Wallace pressed up, Liu Mang took the initiative to grab the ball and hit it! With a scream, he threw the ball to the basket as hard as he could, and then fell backwards.
Divac also reacted extremely quickly, as a generation of fake wrestling masters, Divac immediately let out a miserable scream the moment Liu Mang bumped into him, and fell backwards.
The movement of the two of them falling down appeared almost at the same time, and the screams also appeared at almost the same time......
The referee was dumbfounded, the ball flew out and grazed the bottom line of the net, and the referee didn't blow the whistle for a while! After the ball hit the sponge of the basket, the referee blew the whistle.
How is this punishable?
Liu Mang and Divac both fell to the ground, and the scene was very embarrassing!
No matter which side of the foul is blown, it's better to give a foul!
Liu Mang didn't expect Divac's reaction to be so fast, he really deserves to be a master of fake falls, and his skills are still not enough! Divac didn't expect Liu Mang's foul-making action to be so realistic.
One porcelain master level 5 and one fake fall master level 5, the impact of the two blowing penalties to the referee was canceled, so the referee did not blow the foul.
This ball is the whistle when the ball hits the sponge of the hoop and goes out of bounds, that is, the ball is out of bounds!
The referee didn't know how to blow the foul between the two, so he didn't blow the foul at all, because the judgment of the first time, I really couldn't see who fouled, and the porcelain master and the fake fall master made reasonable use of the rules! If the referee wants to blow a foul on either side, it is all right, but if it is not blown, it is not blown, and a foul cannot be made.
When Liu Mang and Divac were helped up by their teammates, they were so embarrassed!
The scene was quiet, when Divac faked the fall last time, the scene was booed, this time Liu Mang also played fake, but it didn't work, and the fans felt so embarrassed......
Liu Mang and Divac glanced at each other, and both saw the "praise" in each other's eyes, and they both felt that the other party was too cheap! actually wanted to make a foul, completely ignoring that he was also making a foul......
Not to mention, the two suddenly had a feeling of sympathy for each other......
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Since it was out of bounds, it was necessary to judge which side touched the ball last, and the referee looked back at the defense and found that after Liu Mang grabbed the ball and threw the ball out, he touched Divac's arm, and the ball deflected the route that Liu Mang threw to the basket out of bounds.
That is, Divac blocked Liu Mang's shot with his arm, counting the block, and the Hawks had a baseline ball in the frontcourt......
Liu Mang and Divac both began to fear each other's fake falls, and the offense and defense began to normalize.
Liu Mang's use of his teammates' rebounding ability to shoot, and the use of Kwame Brown's blocking and pick-and-roll breakthrough scoring or sharing to teammates began to go smoothly, and on the Kings' side, Divac and Webb's high and low positions to respond to teammates' Princeton tactics also began to flow normally, Peja and Bobby Jackson threw the ball when they received it, and no matter how many people on the other side made up for it, it was more reliable than shooting three to Gerard Wallace.
I have to say that Peja and Bobby Jackson are really accurate, and Divac and Webb also have high ball quotients, and the two not only make the ball for their teammates, but also use the opponent's defensive changes brought about by their teammates' running positions to create scoring opportunities for themselves.
The Hawks' attempt to rely on physical fitness to press the Kings' style of play did not have too obvious effect, and the Kings' defense was not particularly good.
The scores of both teams became scorching.
At the official timeout in the second quarter, the Hawks scored 16 points in more than six minutes to increase their total to 40 points, while the Kings scored 17 points and increased their total to 45 points.
The score difference is still around 5 points.
The score continues to scorch.
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At the official timeout, Coach Krueger wanted some changes that could break the deadlock on the pitch.
Liu Mang was replaced, came to the sideline to rest, and watched Stockton and Jason Terry take Korver, Boozer, and Ostertag to go up with Korver, Boozer, and Ostertag to use the offense, since the defense can't prevent the combination of so many stars on the Kings, let's fight for offense, and the Hawks' second-best points per game average in the league after the Mavericks this season is not vegetarian.
And Adelman, on the other hand, replaced Gerard Wallace, and since he couldn't defend himself, he used a more ferocious attack! The head coach of the West is so chic and so wavelike! Coach Adelman was reluctant to go to the East as a head coach all his life because of his obsession with offense.
The Kings re-fielded Bibby and Brad Miller, two of the better scorers, with Divac and Gerard Wallace being replaced, and Bobby Jackson, Webb, and Peja continuing to play.
Liu Mang looked at Stockton and Boozer as the core, with Korver and Jason Terry, the two big pitchers, plus Ostertag, the player with the highest height under the basket, basically giving up the defensive all-offensive play, and Korver came back by almost an hour, and the three points began to be accurate under the better organizational ability of Stockton and Boozer, but he still failed to dominate, and he could only admire the Kings' offense!
The Kings are the only team that has not been swept by the Hawks in the regular season in three years, except for the Spurs and Mavericks, counting this season, the other 27 teams have been swept by the Hawks in three years, and only the Kings, Spurs, and Mavericks have beaten the Hawks at least once in the past two seasons!
At halftime, the Hawks were 56-60, still 4 points behind the Kings!
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At halftime, Liu Mang watched the statistics of the first half in the locker room.
On the offensive end, except for the first few minutes, there is no problem on the Hawks' side, Liu Mang started 8 in 1, and the back shot was not bad, after the half, he played 19 minutes, 6 of 16 shots, got 17 points and 3 assists, Stockton played 13 minutes and got 6 points and 4 assists, and organized everyone else's offense.
The main thing is that you can't prevent it!
Prince and Rasheed Wallace took turns resting, which had a huge impact on the Hawks, no one could defend against Webb, Webber now looks more like an old man's style of play, much lower than before, and it looks like a lot less presence, but after halftime, there are still 11 points, 5 boards and 3 assists, Brad Miller is the most surprising, unconsciously double-double in the half, 11 points, 10 boards and 2 assists, the rhythm of the two teams played fast after Ratliff went down, more goals, more iron, and a lot of rebounds.
Coupled with the fact that Bibby and Peja are both good passers, the Kings' league-leading team offensive play with an average of 27 assists per game is really difficult to defend!
If Prince is here, Liu Mang and Prince can guard Bibi and Peja, and Rasheed Wallace can limit Webb, Liu Mang thinks it will be much easier to play, but for the playoffs that will start in a month, in order to reserve physical energy, they can only take a rotational break, which is also a helpless thing.
I can only fight!
Whether it's Coach Krueger or Mike Woodson, neither of them has a very good defensive strategy, there is no problem on the offensive end, and the defense can't be prevented because of the lack of manpower! Even Liu Mang doesn't have a very good method, and the Kings' style of play almost killed the peak OK combination!
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After the start of the second half, the Hawks and Kings continued their scorching offensive battle.
Liu Mang and Jason Terry went on a wild pitch, while Rahim, Muhammad, and Kwame Brown continued to attack the basket and grab rebounds.
The Kings fielded their starting lineup again, with Bibby, Christie, Peja, Webb, and Brad Miller on the court.
With Brad Miller, who is younger and more able to shoot and grab rebounds, the offense is really difficult to defend when the aging Kings' five-tiger lineup is gathered, and the defensive end is not as good as it once was, but the offensive end is really powerful, both teams can't defend each other, and the score continues to climb.
There were no substitutions between the two teams in the third quarter, and there were not even many fouls on both teams, and the game went very smoothly, playing a super high score of 34-33.
At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks chased the score to 90-93!
The two teams flew out with a terrifying score!
The Hawks' scoring in the third quarter was almost all concentrated on Liu Mang and Jason Terry, the two scored 25 points together, Liu Mang scored 13 points in 6 of 9, and the three-point shot was not too good, but the mid-shot was accurate today, Jason Terry scored 12 points in a single quarter, and the three-point opportunities were basically out of him, 3 of 6 three-pointers, and it became a 2+1 throw.
The scoring on the Kings' side is very average, five people have scored, whoever has the opportunity to shoot, five players, the average assists per game are more than 3, this passing ability is incomprehensible!
In the fourth quarter, the anxious situation has not changed, and it is true that the strength of the two teams is really half a pound or two in terms of lineup! The Hawks are at their best, and the Kings are down a lot from their peak, so the Hawks are missing Prince and Rasheed Wallace, and the two teams are evenly matched.
The Kings took a slight lead with a mistake in their own judgment on the Hawks' side in the opening game, and kept the slight lead until the end!
With more than a minute left in the final quarter, the Kings still led by four points at 127-123 as Peja hit his fifth three-pointer in a single game!
The Eagles call a timeout!
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Liu Mang has already scored 41 points! In the final quarter, he scored 11 points in a single quarter, but Peja in the regular season was really powerful, and he also scored 40 points quietly, and his crooked mid-range shooting was really powerful.
Except for a five-minute break in the second quarter, Liu Mang didn't rest for a second at the rest of the time, and the physical medicine was shot several times.
Try your best to defend, but you just can't prevent it!
However, compared with the previous two seasons, every time the Eagles met the Kings of the full main lineup, they were beaten unwanted, and now there are two less core players, and their side can still hold on, Liu Mang thought of this, but felt that his self-confidence increased a lot!
Take out the Kings!
Liu Mang's fighting spirit is extremely high now!
This strong fighting spirit has also been influencing teammates, the Hawks did not collapse in the face of the Kings' powerful firepower, and the positive impact brought by Liu Mang is indispensable!
With 4 points still trailing and 1 minute and 7 seconds left, it's not that there is no chance!
Liu Mang and his teammates returned to the bench, and as soon as Mike Woodson handed over the tactics board, Liu Mang immediately took it.
Coach Krueger touched his big forehead, and it was not for nothing that he felt that his head was getting bigger and bigger! He felt his hairline rise a few tenths of a millimeter at this moment......
But now, Coach Krueger really doesn't have a good way, his biggest advantage is similar to the Zen master, if the player has his own solution ideas, he is willing to see the player solve the problem by himself, after all, the game is played by the player, if the player can't do it, he will say the tactics he has thought of, because in this game, he really can't think of too many ways to deal with the Kings, otherwise he wouldn't be anxious until now.
The main thing is that he believes in Liu Mang!
Liu Mang looked at Rahim, Rahim only rested for a few minutes today, that is, in the second half of the second quarter, he took a few minutes off, 14 points and 22 rebounds, Rahim also worked hard today.
"Sharif, can you still fight?" Liu Mang used a provocative tone to stimulate Rahim's fighting spirit.
When Rahim heard Liu Mang's tone, of course he knew what Liu Mang meant, he was a threat on the court, after all, he was a first-class scorer who averaged 20+ per game for several consecutive years.
Rahim wiped his sweat, pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "Kang busy, those guys are not worth mentioning!" ”
Raheem's role on the court is crucial, even if he stands still, the opponent has to be marked, his ability to cut and grab rebounds is the strongest in both teams, and this year's rebounding king is not given casually.
He and Raheem are definitely going to play, Liu Mang looked at the other teammates, Jason Terry is definitely going to play, this guy has 3 threes in 3 of 6 in the third quarter, 2 of 3 in the fourth quarter, plus a three-pointer in the second quarter, and he made 6 three-pointers in the whole game, which is the key to the Hawks' side biting the score!
At the critical moment, Ratliff will definitely be on the line.
Himself, Jason Terry, Raheem, Ratliff......
Everyone is looking forward to playing at critical moments, and seeing that Liu Mang has named Jason Terry, Raheem, and Ratliff, there is still a position left, and the big inside line is looking forward to it.
It's enough to have Ratliff to guard the basket on the defensive end, and the outside line is really unguardable, Liu Mang thought about it, and saw Korver, who scored a three-point in the second quarter and a three-pointer in the fourth quarter, just him!
"Keller, come on!" Liu Mang pointed at Korwall.
"Huh?" Korver didn't expect that he would be replaced at a critical moment!
"You can't do it anymore? Forget it......"
"I'm on! I can! Korver jumped for excitement.
Liu Mang has always had great expectations for Korver to become the god pitcher in the future, although Korver's performance in the first quarter was terrible, and the three-point shot was only 2 of 7, but at this time there is no other better choice than Korver to open up space, Stockton played nearly 20 minutes, or played as the main ball handler, or don't toss him for a regular season, you always need to take more responsibility for yourself in the future!
After determining the lineup, Liu Mang called several teammates who were on the court together and began to arrange the offensive play......
Hearing Liu Mang's offensive arrangement, some people were shocked, and some people felt that it was too unreliable!
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The Hawks sent a lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Korver, Raheem, and Ratliff.
On the Kings' side, the starting lineup of Bibby, Christie, Peja, Webb, and Brad Miller continued to play.
The physical fitness on the Kings' side is also almost at the limit, and Adelman, who used the main force to death, continued to play his attributes in this area today, except for Brad Miller who only played more than 30 minutes because of the substitute Divac, Bibby and Christie, who had Bobby Jackson as the substitute, only played 36 minutes and 38 minutes, and the other three all played more than 40 minutes!
At the end of the timeout, the Hawks possessed the ball, and after Liu Mang received the serve, he advanced to the front court and passed the ball to Jason Terry.
For Liu Mang, Jason Terry has a lot of trust, but he is a little uncomfortable with playing such a tactical role, and he has not been the core of the organization for a long time! But with a little brain, he understood that Liu Mang's idea was the best choice.
Jason Terry holds the ball at the top arc and makes a stance that wants to break through the attack.
Jason Terry scored 29 points today, second only to Liu Mang and Peja in the game, and his pull-up jumper and pull-up three-point shot scared the Kings.
Originally, Christie wanted to guard against Liu Mang, but when he saw Liu Mang pass the ball to Jason Terry, he thought that Liu Mang, who had been thrown 35 times, couldn't keep up, so he immediately switched to Jason Terry.
Liu Mang saw Bibi switch to his own side, and immediately cut into the inside line, Bibi, a short point guard, really worked at a critical moment! Sticking to Liu Mang was not thrown away by Liu Mang.
Raheem stepped up to block Bibi, who also nimbly bypassed.
Liu Mang continued to run, entered the basket, and once again caught the block, Ratliff's huge body finally blocked Bibi, Liu Mang went around the baseline and spared the left side of the basket.
When Liu Mang cut and ran back, Jason Terry's breakthrough also began, he forced a breakthrough towards the route that Liu Mang just cut into, and was stuck to Christie, completely unable to get rid of the defense, and was pressed to the bottom line, but that was enough!
When it came time to take a big step to the right of the free throw line, Jason Terry saw Ratliff block Bibby and immediately threw it to the left side of the three-second zone, which was full of tacit understanding! Liu Mang just ran out to pick it up!
However, the Kings obviously targeted Liu Mang, and Peja and Webb sandwiched Liu Mang when he first received the ball.
However, this is what Liu Mang wants! Liu Mang immediately distributed it to Korver, who came to the bottom corner of the left side, Korver received the ball, his hands were trembling, suppressing the emotion of fear and excitement mixed in his heart, and shot three points!
Liu Mang is full of expectations for Korver's three points, but sometimes, he does have to give some players time and opportunities to make mistakes, and Korver's hands are still shaking when he shoots, and they are crooked!
Fortunately, Raheem breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed the offensive rebound when Liu Mang pulled Webber out of the three-second zone, and dunked the ball into the basket!
Raheem scored two points with a second offensive dunk and let out a roar! 16 minutes and 23 boards! He's done his best!
125 to 127, there are still two points left!
The Eagles immediately retreated, and at this stage, the Eagles had the best physical strength on the field, except for Liu Mang, but Ratliff, so there was no problem with retreating.
Bibby received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt, the Hawks' Raheem was at the limit of his fitness, and the Kings were not much better, Webb fell into the low post, which attracted Ratliff, and Brad Miller pulled to the high post and brought Raheem out.
Borrowing Webb's defensive containment to make a fuss is Bibby's current thinking, he is not ready to give the ball to Brad Miller, he is ready to do it himself! At the critical moment, Bibi is hard!
But as soon as Bibby got to the three-point line, he saw two guys coming over!
Liu Mang and Jason Terry saw Bibby outside the three-point line and immediately wrapped it up!
This is Liu Mang's strategy, the running Korver runs with Peja, and he and Jason Terry pinch the key strong Bibby!
Force Bibby to pass! The biggest threat for the Kings at critical moments is Bibby with the ball.
Bibi didn't want to pass the ball and was forced to pass, as soon as the two of them came up, Bibi reacted that if he was surrounded by the two, he was only 1.85 meters tall and it was difficult for him to pass the ball, so he passed the ball to Christie as soon as possible.
Liu Mang pounced on Christie immediately after Bibby's pass, Jason Terry started to circle the front as soon as possible, and the rest of the Hawks also tried to cut off Christie from the rest of the Kings.
Christie didn't expect to have a big gap, so he was a three-point shooter with a 34 percent shooting rate!
After hesitating, Liu Mang had already pounced in front of him!
After Liu Mang pounced in front of Christie, he immediately started the pressing defense, at this critical moment, as long as it is not the kind of excessive foul action, the body contact is large, the referee will not blow, this is the peak of the pressing defense to the NBA in the past 60 years, physical confrontation is the main theme of this season.
Christie had difficulty dribbling, let alone grabbing the ball and passing, and he was very afraid that Liu Mang was still maintaining this kind of defensive oppression at this time!
Liu Mang has been running at full strength throughout the game, and now he can still have such physical fitness!
Christie saw that he was about to be stealed, and he had no chance to pass the ball, so he could only grab the ball and lean back for three points to force a shot!
Under Liu Mang's interference, Christie's three-point shot almost didn't touch the basket this time! Ratliff came in at a critical moment to be really useful and experienced, mainly because Webb, who was not fat in tonnage, stuck Webb aside and grabbed the defensive rebound!
Prevented!
31 seconds left! Two points behind!
After Ratliff grabbed the rebound, Webb hugged Ratliff directly, Webb, who was very sensitive to fouls, knew that the Kings only had two fouls in the fourth quarter, and it was not yet time to foul free throws, so he decisively chose tactical fouls to stop the Hawks from breaking fast.
Since Ratliff had the ball in his hand, it was just a normal foul and did not trigger O'Neal's law, the Hawks backcourt ball.
Liu Mang received the ball from the referee, sent it to Jason Terry, and then continued to play without the ball after arriving in the front court.
Liu Mang wanted to come by himself with this ball, but after borrowing Rahim and Ratliff's blocks in a row, not only Webb and Peja came to pinch him, Bibby also actively bypassed, and the three of them pinched Liu Mang!
Liu Mang was caught between the three and chose to believe in Korver again.
Korver received Liu Mang's pass, this time it was a bit broken, after he hit the iron on the last ball, it seemed that he had seen the end of his cold bench sitting, this time he simply wanted to be sideways, he didn't want to receive the ball, just like training, he threw it out directly!
There was no adjustment, but it gave Korver the feeling of catching and throwing the ball when he usually trained!
Finally, Liu Mang's trust in his teammates was rewarded, and Korver's three-point shot at a critical moment!
128-127, the Hawks overtook by one point!
17 seconds left!
This time it's the Kings' turn to call a timeout!
After Korver's goal, he froze! looked at his hands in disbelief, and then ...... was pressed to the ground by a group of teammates......
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Finally overtook the score!
Coach Kruger got the whip again, replaced Korver and Rahim, and the next thing was to defend!
Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Barnes, Kwame Brown, and Ratliff played.
Chasing Peja, covering Bibi's expansive defense, guarding under the basket, and Kwame Brown's super mobility and good rebounding protection, the Hawks fielded the best defensive lineup they could make up of any player with decent physical fitness!
Coming back from the timeout, the Kings had their final attack with 17 seconds left.
Bibby pressed the tempo to advance to the frontcourt, and in his opinion, it should be faster now, but the inability of his teammates to play is a key, and Adelman's desire to overpower the last minute is also an order that Bibi cannot disobey.
Webb, Peja...... Bibi found that he couldn't find a trustworthy teammate at a critical moment!
The Kings did reach the end of the strong crossbow, Bibby pressed the rhythm and advanced to the frontcourt, and was immediately caught by Liu Mang and Jason Terry, Bibby had long expected this situation, so he suggested that Adelman replace his teammates with physical strength to play fast, only one point behind, and there is a chance to play fast.
But Adelman trusts the main players more, Bibby was caught and distributed to Christie, Christie has long been in the fight against Liu Mang and Jason Terry to the limit of physical fitness, the Kings have not encountered a game to this level in the regular season, and it is a full court of anxiety, they are not without a lore and a lore, but there is no such game from the beginning to the end of the anxiety must go all out to be overtaken by the slightest carelessness.
Christie catches the ball and makes an empty three-point shot short!
Ratliff judged accurately at the critical moment, did not grab the rebound, but shot the ball out of the three-point line, Liu Mang grabbed the ball and ran towards the frontcourt, Bibby wanted to catch up and foul, but Liu Mang moved in a serpentine position, and when there were two seconds left, he threw the ball into the air!
Finally, after fighting the whole game, with both teams exhausted, the game is finally over after the only guy who can still fly has run out of time!
Liu Mang scored 41 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in the whole game, and trusted his teammates at the critical moment and was also rewarded! Beat the Kings 128-127 at home! Swept the Kings in the regular season for the first time in three years!
There are still the Mavericks and Spurs, and the only two teams that the Hawks have not swept in the regular season in three years!
After beating the Kings, the Hawks' record improved to 59-9! It's just one win away from the fastest 60 wins since the beginning of the new century!