282. San Marshall
The Jazz scored 27 points in a single quarter in the third quarter!
27 points in a single quarter is not a big deal, the main thing is that they defended the Eagles from scoring 15 points in a single quarter!
Kukoc's vacancy did not score, except for Muhammad who scored two dunks in the air, Emmanuol broke through 1 of 5, and the two combined for 6 points, Liu Mang's side scored 8 points in a single quarter, and Chris Crawford also made a free throw.
was chased by the Jazz for 12 points in a single quarter, and the Hawks were beaten a little anxious!
At the same time, the 24-point difference became only 12 points left, giving the Jazz hope again!
Feeling the mania of the energy center, the visiting Eagles also began to get irritable.
"GOD! Ace, what are you doing! actually let them chase the score back. Jason Terry, who had already shown the big guy sitting posture and was ready to sit and wait for the younger brothers to accept the victory, was also frizzy by the atmosphere of the scene.
The most annoying thing is Liu Mang, who originally scored 27 points in the first two quarters, scored more than a dozen points in the third quarter, scored 10 points in the fourth quarter, and Mei Zizi's 50 points were in hand.
Who knew that the Jazz's outburst came suddenly, Marshall made five three-pointers in a single quarter, Kirilenko responded with various strategies, and others were also actively cutting and running.
The Jazz are nothing more than an offensive outburst on the offensive end, mainly defensively!
A lot of physical contact makes it difficult for Kukoc, a veteran who has been out of the game for a long time, to adjust his shots, Emmanuol has limited strength, and Muhammad is a pure eater, averaging 11 points per game, 8 of which are easy shots that can be put into the basket directly after receiving the ball, and it is not good for him to attack.
So the Jazz's defensive focus is completely on Liu Mang, Liu Mang was trapped, his teammates couldn't shoot, the pass was not, and his shooting opportunities were not good, Liu Mang only shot 2 of 9 in the third quarter, plus 4 free throws to score 8 points.
Coupled with the frenetic atmosphere of the Energy Center Arena, Liu Mang really wants to go up and fight with them now!
The reason for this is waves!
Liu Mang's idea of getting a high score has destroyed the Eagles' original stable and steel-plated style of play, and if it was replaced by Jason Terry or Raheem, he would have taken the substitute to knock the opponent over, regardless of whether the opponent was in an explosive state.
That's the crushing of hard power, even Jason Terry, who only has 84 ability points, is much stronger than Marshall, who is the strongest opponent with 79 ability points, and the strength of Rahim's top stars, even the aging Malone is not his opponent, let alone these people.
And Liu Mang, the gap between the hard power and the two is still obvious, Liu Mang scored so easily, and the efficiency ranked first in the Eagles, mainly because he had a good brain and was good at using the containment of his two star teammates.
Of course, being good at using teammates is also part of the strength, and it is also the most appreciated by the coaches of each team.
It's just that you have to lead the team alone and lead a group of weak chicken teammates......
Liu Mang is worse than these two.
The Eagles' sudden wave of absolute lead of more than 20 points was gone, and now it was fun, playing away, the opponent's morale rose, and their two big stars rested for a whole quarter.
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At the beginning of the final quarter, the Eagles replaced the main team, Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Raheem, Newbell, and Muhammad came on.
The Jazz also fielded an absolute workhorse without a double evil, John Crody, DeSean Stevenson, the self-proclaimed Kobe finisher, Marshall, Kirilenko, and Ostertag.
Coach Sloan himself didn't expect to see hope in the second half!
Hell yes!
Before the strategic abandonment, because I felt that there was no double evil, others had to be abused by the Hawks, but now that there is hope, it is just a wave, winning is earning, and losing is not a loss, as long as the remaining 20 or so regular season games can get a fifty percent winning rate, now the Jazz team with 34 wins and 26 losses has entered the playoffs steadily, the Clippers are only 29-31, and the Suns are 26-34, which is too far from the top eight.
But if you can win, it's earned, and you may be able to play a few games more easily in the final minute of the regular season, and maybe you can be promoted to seventh in the West to beat the Spurs! Sloan likes to play the playoffs with the Spurs the most, the last time the two teams met in the second round, Malone almost didn't make Duncan, who was still a rookie, cry, the Spurs only won one game in that series, or Stockton retired from the game with an injury and no one organized an attack before the Spurs won.
Spurs are afraid of mid-range shots, as always.
In the final quarter, the Hawks attacked first.
Liu Mang dribbled to the front court, suppressed the anger in his heart, and handed the ball to the mid-distance Rahim, now he needs his teammates to chisel through the opponent's defense, so that he can have a better one-on-one singles opportunity, instead of holding the ball and being caught by teammates who can't shoot, and because the opponent has a two-meter-18 giant tower under the basket, it is not easy to cut the air.
Defending Rahim is Kirilenko, Rahim's tank-style interior breakthrough, as always, there is no solution, his body strength can play big forward, and playing small forward is bullying!
Raheem hit a throw in the three-second zone......
"Smack"
In the third quarter, Ostertag, who rarely had a dominant posture on the defensive end, was also excited, Rahim didn't care about this tall, slow and fat big white bear, and didn't expect the opponent to fan his shot away with one palm!
The Eagles are careless!
Raheem, Jason Terry, including the other Liu Mang, Newbell, and Muhammad, all felt that they could pull the score away at once, but they didn't expect the other party to be so positive! So excited! Even the big hat that is usually rare is available!
The Jazz fight back!
Except for Ostertag, the other four members of the Jazz team are not slow.
The Hawks didn't expect to be capped, only Liu Mang and Jason Terry, who reacted quickly, went back to defense, and could only defend the basket and prevent the opponent from dunking directly.
Marshall rushed to the bottom corner, Kirilenko split the ball, and Marshall received the ball in the bottom corner of the empty three-point shot......
Again!
Marshall's 9th three-pointer of the game!
3 points on 9-of-14 shooting!
The fans are starting to get dry again!
It's simply amazing!
It's so accurate!
Although he knows that Marshall, as a tall swingman of 2.06 meters, has a very good three-point shot, but he only has a career shooting rate of 35%, how can he be accurate to such a point!
There are only 9 points left!
Unexpectedly, not at all, the Eagles did not expect this situation at all.
This feeling, the absolute advantage of a big score lead, is clearly 10 points ahead, but it seems to be 10 points behind.
The Hawks continued to attack, when Liu Mang and Muhammad blocked and dismantled, Ostertag couldn't defend it, DeSean Stevenson came to contain Liu Mang, Jason Terry didn't score a three-point in the open position in Kukoc's position, and Marshall hit another counterattack three-point shot, the Hawks really panicked!
At this time, Liu Mang heard the Utah fans on the scene chanting "San Marshall", most of the people in Utah are descendants of Nordic immigrants, the proportion of whites is more than 95%, the highest among all major states in the United States, and even the habits are very similar to European fans, always like to call a certain player who has broken out or like the athlete "Saint XXX", but it is used in the NBA, which is dominated by blacks, and the players usually don't like to have such a nickname, but it is not bad.
Hearing the name of San Marshall, Liu Mang remembered that this Marshall, could it be the same Marshall who has held the record of hitting 12 three-pointers in a single game with Kobe Bryant for more than ten years?
Wait a minute! It seems that this guy has 10 threes in a single game!
"Ira, prevent that Patrick wearing No. 42!"