Liu Mang didn't think there would be such difficulties in this game, so he suddenly went up in the fourth quarter and played for two minutes, completely unprepared.

Because the game was going to be completely different from what the coaching staff had planned and the players had thought a minute earlier, the Eagles didn't score a point when they went up, but instead allowed the opponent to score another three points.

And this kind of thing, as the Eagles players in the game, most of them can't think of going here, Liu Mang can think of this because he relies on his cold-blooded characteristics and is not flustered.

This is different from when he played the Spurs, at that time, Maddie was only unwilling to lose two games in a row to the strong teams in the West, so he held back his strength.

And this time the Hawks are the team that has been leading, even in the first quarter, it is equal, Maddie feels that the "retribution" of playing the Spurs is coming, and he is a little confused.

Therefore, last time, it was Maddie who relied on his unwillingness to give Liu Mang the atmosphere, and this time it was up to Liu Mang to drive Maddie's fighting spirit.

When Maddie heard Liu Mang's confident words, a wave of hope ignited in her heart.

Seeing Maddie's eyes open a little, Liu Mang continued: "We are still 4 points ahead, don't think so much, go on, you go up to defend, and give me the score!" Take you back to your hotel to celebrate the victory! ”

After Liu Mang said this, the power of the head of state naturally infected his teammates.

Coach Kruger saw that Liu Mang finally dispersed the team's low pressure, and immediately began to make tactical changes...... If you don't play tactics, you'll knock the star to death!

At this time, what tactics are still played, the opponent's momentum has risen, and now the physical fitness is also because of the possibility of turning the tables, there are only a few minutes left to the defensive rotation is not expected to be weaker, and from the inside scoring to the outside, Yao Ming's pressure is also much less, only need to be responsible for the defense under the basket, Coach Kruger feels that it is better to hand over the tactics to the stars on their side!

"Ace, Tracy, Andre, Rashid, Kwame, you guys, Ace and Tracy, whoever of you has a chance will shoot and throw that damn ball in!" Coach Kruger came up with a simple and crude arrangement.

Iguodala is replaced because the Rockets do not have that kind of single-player three-point shooter on the outside, but a pick-and-roll shooter and catch-and-shoot shooter, Iguodala, who has better physical fitness and moves faster, is more suitable for defense, and Prince is more suitable for defending single-player type players, and the division of labor is different.

Rashid Wallace called Liu Mang, Maddie, Iguodala, and Kwame Brown together, yelled "defend" in a circle, and then went on the court together!

……

On the Rockets' side, morale was high, David Wesley, Mike James, Richard Jefferson, Juwan Howard, and Yao Ming continued to play, ready to smooth out the 4-point difference or even overtake in the last 4 minutes to win the game!

Liu Mang received the ball thrown by the referee and sent it to Maddie, and then ran towards the front court.

Liu Mang arrived in the front court and saw David Wesley coming up to defend himself, or the defensive method of sticking to the outside line and attacking on the inside, Liu Mang rushed to the top arc quickly and cut in, and sure enough, Mike James, who was brought to the bottom corner of the right side by Iguodala, had a tendency to come up and attack, and it was still the defensive strategy of pinching Liu Mang's role player.

Liu Mang slammed back, exited the three-point line, and ran directly to the left 45-degree angle, while at the same time, Rashid Wallace in the bottom left corner cut inside and took the defense on the left side of the basket away.

David Wesley hurriedly chased after Liu Mang, but was blocked, Kwame Brown pulled out and was supposed to help Liu Mang into the inside line, but saw Liu Mang withdraw and run to the left, and took a tacit step to block David Wesley.

The Rockets' three defensive masters really have nothing to say about their sense of switching defenses, David Wesley switched to Maddie for the first time, and Richard Jefferson chased after Liu Mang.

Maddie played the ball as soon as possible, and Liu Mang just received the ball when he ran to a 45-degree angle on the left side.

Whatever he cares about, it's just dry!

Liu Mang received the ball and turned to face the basket, jumped up and shot three points!

Richard Jefferson pounced to interfere, and Liu Mang was forced to fall back......

"Ding...... The King of Dry Pull triggers at level 5, and the host's shot ignores the shooting interference. ”

"Ding...... The Quick Shot Master level 5 triggers, and the host's running and catching shot ignores the running interference, and the shooting speed is increased by 30%. ”

The action offset brought by Liu Mang's jump back was corrected, and he shot a quick three-point shot!

When Richard Jefferson pounced, Liu Mang had already thrown it!

The firm shot brought a more stable and correct shot, and Liu Mang's three-point shot hit the hollow!

Richard Jefferson feels that Liu Mang's shot is a little different, where the difference can't be said, in short, it's different!

That little bit of shooting speed up, speeding up by 0.12 0.2 seconds, it looks no different, but the defender just feels uncomfortable, the kind of pounce action that he was used to before is actually so slow by a beat, but he doesn't feel that it is a beat slower.

After Liu Mang hit a three-point shot, his personal score reached 30 points, and at the same time, the difference was expanded to 7 points again, and the Hawks led 96-89.

The Hawks came up and scored three points, and it was the kind of three-pointer that was forced in, and the Rockets suddenly felt a little uneasy.

This kind of hard ball scored by pure strength is too demoralizing for the opponent, especially when the opponent is relying on defense to get up.

Yao Ming saw Liu Mang coming and preparing to come with one himself.

The Rockets attacked, Yao Ming went to the low post to ask for the ball, just rested for a while and didn't play singles, recovered a little physical strength, pressed Kwame Brown to ask for the ball, Rasheed Wallace went directly to wrap Yao Ming, and didn't give Yao Ming a chance to catch the ball.

David Wesley passes the ball to Juwan Howard, who receives the ball and adjusts his mid-range shot...... Suddenly, a small man appeared in front of him, it was Liu Mang!

Liu Mang rushed over to switch to Juwan Howard, who wanted to pass back to David Wesley at the top of the arc, but Rasheed Wallace appeared in the passing lane between Juwan Howard and David Wesley.

Zhu Wan Howard is still very calm-headed, turned around and pressed Liu Mang by height and weight, Liu Mang couldn't stop it even if he struggled to resist, Zhu Wan Howard squeezed Liu Mang a step, and half-turned mid-range jumper!

After Liu Mang was squeezed away, he tried his best to pounce on and interfere, creating pressure on Zhu Wan Howard, and then, successfully!

When Zhu Wan Howard shot, in order to avoid Liu Mang's bouncing block, he turned his body sideways and shot iron in the middle distance!

Kwame Brown fought hard and Yao Ming stuck in position, Yao Ming saw that the situation was wrong, did not entangle with Kwame Brown, turned back to defense, Zhu Wan Howard's shot was short, hit the left side of the basket and bounced back, Liu Mang flew up to grab the ball.

Immediately passed to Maddy, the Rockets retreated very actively, and the Hawks could only fall into positional battles.

Liu Mang threw his feelings, and after half time, he directly gestured with Maddie and asked for a double cooperation.

Maddie received instructions to dribble to the top arc, and Liu Mang came to Maddy's left and made a pick-and-roll gesture to help Maddie block Richard Jefferson, who was about to switch defenses.

However, at this moment, Liu Mang's blocking stopped, Maddie handed the ball to Liu Mang, and turned to help Liu Mang block Richard Jefferson who was on the way to change defenses!

This time, the blocking and dismantling cooperation is not Liu Mang blocking and dismantling Maddie, but Maddie blocking and dismantling Liu Mang!

Liu Mang received the ball without hesitation, taking advantage of David Wesley and Richard Jefferson on the way to change defenses, Maddie blocked Richard Jefferson, David Wesley was still going around the "blocking", Liu Mang pulled up directly and shot three-pointers!

There is no rhythm to speak of this ball, and it is not a real vacancy, and even when it comes to power, it is not easy to smoothly combine the strength of all the key power points used when shooting, such as legs, waist, back, shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, etc., but a forced three-point shot by four people crowded together!

But Liu Mang, who feels that he is coming, threw the ball very right!

"Ding...... Trigger at level 5 of the Demolition Master, the host has +8 Speed and +8 Power for 2 seconds......"

The body, which was not able to exert full strength, relied on the strengthened strength to achieve the power that the jump shot should have!

Liu Mang handed over the ball and pulled out three points and hit again!

Six points in a row!

Liu Mang's score increased to 33 points, helping the Eagles stretch the difference to 10 points, leading 99-89!

Team Rocket calls a timeout!

They played a wave of 9 points in 1 minute before, in fact, it was really a shot in the ball, and it was also two three-pointers in a minute, but in the 60th second, Korver fouled Richard Jefferson, and it is not a matter of whether the ball could have been scored.

Now that the Eagles called a timeout, Liu Mang came up and scored two three-pointers in a row, also two three-pointers in 1 minute!

And it's not a tactical run, catch and shoot, both balls are scored by personal ability, and they also helped Maddie get two assists!

It's an assist-making machine!

What a morale blow!

The Rockets just relied on the morale they had accumulated by playing 12-3 in 3 minutes, and they were a little embarrassed by Liu Mang's two three-point shots!

After Team Rocket called a timeout, Liu Mang pointed his gun at Yao Ming's right hand, like a sharpshooter who cherished his weapon, and dusted off the "dust" with his left hand and his right hand.

Yao Ming returned to the bench with a sullen head and drank Gatorade, I heard that Liu Mang loves Gatorade very much, and every time he comes to their home court, he has to drink a stack of cups, he took a big sip, looking at Gatorade cups, can drinking this thing improve the shooting rate?

……

The morale of the Hawks is up, and the time has come for the Rockets to really fight hard.

In the last three minutes, you have to fight!

After the timeout, there were no substitutions for either team.

The Eagles' lineup relied on defense and Liu Mang's strong shots, and the advantage was stretched to 10 points, and Coach Kruger did not make a substitution to interrupt the game feeling of this lineup.

The Rockets attacked, Yao Ming couldn't receive the ball in the low post, and came directly to the middle distance, David Wesley passed over for the first time, Yao Ming directly resisted Kwame Brown's defense, and threw a backward jumper!

Yao Ming, who threw out the feeling, hit again!

7 of 7 in a single quarter, 14 points in a single quarter! The personal score has increased to 32 points, only 1 point away from Liu Mang!

Offense and defense switched, and the Eagles attacked.

Liu Mang came to the front court after sending the ball to Maddie, and was just about to concoct the same method to block Maddy, Richard Jefferson and David Wesley came up directly to cover Liu Mang without the ball.

Maddie was dumbfounded: I was the scoring champion the year before last, and I was also the second in the scoring list last year, so I can actually get a chance to play 1 to 0?

Maddie was dumbfounded, Mike James pounced on him, Maddie felt that this was right, but he was also a scoring champion himself, and immediately passed it to Iguodala, and Iguodala made a three-point shot on the right sideline......

Didn't hit.

Liu Mang saw Yao Ming grabbing the defensive rebound and holding the ball, and was angry: "Tracy, you shoot!" ”

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm a little unaccustomed to no defense......" Maddie smiled wryly and hurried back to defense, he knew that this ball was his problem.

Liu Mang felt a flock of crows flying over his head, not used to it?

Nidano Oh!

Liu Mang hurriedly returned to the defense in place, the Rocket team pushed over, and Yao Ming continued to receive the ball in the high position.

Yao Ming's height, the shooting feels out, and the shooting station can't prevent anyone from shooting! Iguodala rushed up and tried to block from the side.

Yao Ming has a good sense of passing, mainly because he has a high vision and a good vision, and immediately distributed it to Mike James, who cut in, and Mike James flew to the basket to score two points.

The center has a high post and good space under the basket.

The anti-counterattack team can't defend the full-court pressing, and the Rockets know it very well, so there is 1 minute and 58 seconds left, and they still don't defend the full-court pressing, Liu Mang wants to pick up the ball, but is stopped by Maddie.

"You hold the ball, I'll cut in." After Maddie finished speaking, she picked up the ball and gave it to Liu Mang, and ran towards the front court.

Liu Mang was surprised, and when he reached the three-point line, he saw Richard Jefferson and David Wesley wrapping up together, Maddie immediately cut in, Liu Mang threw the ball inside, and Richard Jefferson and David Wesley subconsciously pounced on Maddie.

Tactically, the one who is going to shoot is forced to pass the ball to the role player, and Maddie cuts in and hits the basket, and they block it right away.

However, Liu Mang is still the same old trick, the ball is tightly squeezed in his hand, he takes it back, jumps on the spot, and shoots three points!

"Ding...... Marksman level 5 trigger, perfect shooting feel ......"

This time the shot was perfect, the rhythm was perfect, the jump was perfect...... It was perfect in all aspects, just like training, Liu Mang made a three-point shot, and the ball fell directly into the circle, and the basket was not touched.

Return!

Liu Mang scored three three-pointers in a row! It feels hot to the touch!

With 1 minute and 46 seconds left, the Eagles once again stretched the deficit to 9 points!

Liu Mang scored 9 points in a row, and his personal score reached 36 points, and the Hawks led 102-93!

The last timeout on the Rockets' side had already been called, and there was no timeout.

David Wesley pushed in, he couldn't care so much, Mickey Mouse Wesley was going to come by himself, facing Liu Mang's defense, and forced a three-point shot......

It's really in!

96-102, the difference came to 6 points.

But Liu Mang didn't give them a chance, and after advancing to the front court, he encountered the opponent and saw the opponent attacking, without using Maddie to shake the opponent, he grabbed the ball directly and bent his knees......

David Wesley and Richard Jefferson jumped up at the same time, and then their eyes widened in the air, and Liu Mang bent his legs as if he was zama!

Liu Mang is going to touch porcelain! The ball held the ball and slammed into the two of them......

"Ding...... Triggered by the level 5 of the porcelain master, the referee will choose to blow the whistle when the host makes a foul because the host continues to complain that Yao Ming's foul was not blown. ”

"Beep......

The referee's whistle blows, and the thug fouls.

At the critical moment, Liu Mang's porcelain touching style reappeared!

The referee saw that Liu Mang finally relied on "strength" to foul, instead of relying on his mouth, and decisively gave the whistle, and this ball was indeed a foul, but this year is a different person, sometimes he really can't blow, and Liu Mang can be so hard that he can rely on his strength to soar three points while being obscene enough to touch porcelain.

David Wesley and Richard Jefferson were annoyed that they had forgotten about this guy's ability to make fouls.

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line amid the annoyed expressions of David Wesley and Richard Jefferson, hit 3 free throws steadily, and scored 39 points in a single game!

105 to 96, the difference is still 9 points!

With one minute left and the Hawks leading by nine points, the Rockets rushed over and got Richard Jefferson to hit the basket and draw a foul on Rasheed Wallace, making both free throws and hitting both free throws.

Richard Jefferson also scored 30 points, with 57 seconds left, 98 to 105, a 7-point difference, and theoretically still has a chance.

So the Rockets chose a tactical foul, and Liu Mang was hugged as soon as he received the ball.

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line and hit two free throws.

At this time, it was time to make free throws, and when Liu Mang made free throws, Jason Terry and Korver in Coach Kruger replaced Iguodala and Kwame Brown, and Jason Terry and Korver came up for free throws.

107 to 98, the difference is still stable at 9 points.

55 seconds and 9 points, with the 37-second tragedy of the Spurs not long ago, people have a magical feeling, it seems that there is still enough time!

But the Rockets don't have Maddie, Maddie is on the other side!

The Rockets threw a long pass in the front court and threw a three-pointer, and Richard Jefferson received the ball, but at this critical moment, his three-point iron was iron!

Maddie rushed back and just grabbed the defensive rebound when he was hugged by Richard Jefferson and Maddie walked to the free throw line.

Hell two penalties are iron!

Liu Mang said to Maddie: "Our team's outside line turns out that you are the worst free thrower." ”

Maddie thought about it, yes! He doesn't seem to have shot 8 percent from the free throw line, and he doesn't have a high free throw percentage from the big man on the other side.

Then the Rockets' fast-break shot missed again, and they were too unfit for this kind of quick three-point shot, and David Wesley didn't make a three-pointer.

The Rockets didn't foul anymore, 33 seconds, 9 points, and the Maimang combination couldn't do it!

When the Rockets had more than a minute left in the fourth quarter, they had scored 33 points in a single quarter, but the Hawks also scored 27 points, and the Rockets scored 6 more points than the Hawks in the final quarter, but although their style of play restrained the Hawks, the bench lineup was too miserable.

The reason why the Rockets play everyone is because the main force can play an advantage, the second quarter of the bench squandered the advantage, at the end of the second quarter the main force came up and played with the opponent, the third quarter of the bench began to dig a pit, the fourth quarter of the main force came up and began to chase points, and then the main force was so anxious that the main force finally lost the game.

But this game against the Hawks, the Rockets failed to play an advantage at the beginning, and the Rockets rotation lineup dug directly from the second quarter, and in the end, although the Rockets scored 33 points in the final quarter, they still trailed by 9 points.

Maddie received the ball, the other party did not foul, relieved, Liu Mang and Terry did not have a chance to catch the ball, the other party came out empty, he thought that the other party was going to foul, after advancing to the front court, Maddie was interested, and directly threw a three-point shot...... Iron again.

The Rockets don't foul anymore, they still have to fight back, and they are chasing three points and shooting directly out of the bottom line.

The Hawks led by 9 points with 12 seconds left, and the Hawks didn't attack anymore, and after sending the ball to Jason Terry, Jason Terry controlled the ball and was ready to consume it to the end, but Mike James was still scrambling, rushed up and stealed Jason Terry, and then rushed to the front court to dunk and score two points, raising the Rockets' total score to 100 points.

Jason Terry went up and nudged Mike James: "Boy, what do you mean?" ”

Mike James was upset with the loss and immediately responded with a push.

Seeing that the faces of the two were pasted together, the players of the two teams hurriedly came to separate the two, Yao Ming stopped in front of Mike James, Jason Terry was not afraid of Yao Ming, he was the kind of person who had to fight hard if he couldn't beat him, but Yao Ming and Liu Mang were brothers, he didn't want to wipe Yao Ming's face, pointed at Mike James and scolded twice, turned around and walked to the bench.

The game was about to end, and it didn't really start, and the referee didn't blow a technical foul with tears in his heart, but hurriedly let the Eagles serve, consume the last two seconds, and quickly blew the whistle for the end of the game.

The Rockets and the Eagles clashed again, and the American TV station thought it was normal, but the court TV had to explain!

Explaining and explaining, Director Zhang began to change the topic, talked about the issue of the Rockets, and showed the fans the data analysis of the Rockets that the director had broadcast.

The Rockets' starters David Wesley, Richard Jefferson, and Yao Ming are perfectly framed, with a passing playmaker and a top-five goal difference in the league on defense, but their bench averages the third-lowest points per game in the league.

In this game, fans thoroughly understood the roster structure of the Rockets in this high-profile game - a team that wins purely by the main force.

Yao Ming averaged 22.5 points per game, Richard Jefferson averaged 23 points per game, Sula averaged 10.6 points per game, David Wesley averaged 13 points per game, Juwan Howard averaged 9.2 points per game, the Rockets averaged 78.6 points per game when they started, and the Rockets averaged only 93.2 points per game for the whole team, that is, the Rockets bench lineup averaged only 14.6 points per game, and the Rockets bench averaged first from the bottom in points per game in the top eight miles of the East and West......

The Rockets always like to pick up cheap veterans who have played well for a year, or poach contract year stars of other teams that are unwilling to pay the luxury tax, but they don't have Popovich's vision, and the total salary is 1 million US dollars higher than that of the Spurs, but the bench lineup is 108,000 miles worse than the Spurs!

The Spurs save money to save money, but people save money to really spend the money they save, which is the difference between the perennial championship-level powerhouse and the team that is lucky enough to get Olajuwon to win two championships.

Although there were some skirmishes and some thrills, the Hawks eventually beat the Rockets 107-100 to claim their 39th win of the season, improving their record to 39-7 and ending the first three months of competition.

Liu Mang shot 13-of-26, including 7-of-12 three-pointers and 8-of-9 free throws, scoring 41 points, 4 rebounds and 78 assists, Maddie scoring 17 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, Jason Terry scoring 24 points and 4 assists, and Kwame Brown was miserable and miserable, with 11 points and 8 rebounds.

The best performance on the Rockets' side was Yao Ming, with 33 points, 19 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks; Richard Jefferson had 30 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, David Wesley had 21 points and 6 assists, and the Rockets had a total of 100 points, and the guy had 84 points...... As usual, the Rockets came off the bench for about ten minutes, and Sula and Juwan Howard basically contributed negatively in this game.

After the game, Jason Terry was unhappy and ready to leave.

But before he could leave, he was stopped by Yao Ming, not only him, but almost all the Hawks players were called and walked into the player tunnel of the Rockets together.

Before I had time to go back to the locker room to take a shower, a group of Eagles people "disappeared" in the Toyota Center, and the media wanted to come to Liu Mang, who scored 14 points from 3 shots in the last 5 minutes of the interview, and found that Liu Mang was gone, and Coach Krueger found that his players were gone!

Jason Terry was a little upset, but he sold face, thinking that Yao Ming was going to ask him to go to Mike James, and Mike James wanted to apologize, but unexpectedly, they came to the parking lot of the fans across the Toyota Center together......

The players on the Hawks' side see this place, the Rockets players are there, is this an offer? It seems that you are moving something, and you still have props in the fight?