: 683. The King's curtain call

"Rashid, that guy is the strongest opponent in your mouth? Is that the strongest striker you let me do for you?" Liu Mang looked at the corner of the power forward's mouth twitching.
"..." Rashid Wallace was silent.
The Kings gave fans a lot of small surprises this year. In the absence of Weber in more than 50 games, they did not leave the top teams. They are still tenacious and ranked among the seven teams with the best regular season records in the league.
This season, the Hawks and Pacers have a far-reaching record. The Hawks have 46 wins and 8 losses, and the Pacers have 41 wins and 14 losses. Based on their current performance, these two teams have a decisive 60+ victory. Things.
The remaining teams have the opportunity to impact 60 wins. The Kings are still ranked among them, after the Timberwolves and Lakers, before the Pistons, and the record has tied the Spurs' 37 wins and 17 losses, tied for fifth in the league!
The Kings proved with actual actions that the strongest performance of the league they played in 2002 was not good luck, but bad luck. Apart from the referee factor, there was the continuous encounter of their core power forward Chris Weber in the next two years. Injury.
Although Weber's comeback was robbed by Iverson, but "supposedly" Weber returned to perfection after this operation, and his knee injury will not hinder his strength. At the age of 31, he was selected once for the first three times and twice for the second three years. He is still at the peak in people's opinion. Many fans and expert media are looking forward to how powerful the Kings will be after his comeback.
The Hawks are different from Liu Mang and Iverson. The Hawks coaching staff and players have not paid special attention to the 76ers that Iverson currently has. After all, the 76ers are like this year. Iverson The comeback this year, the 76ers can not stir up any storms.
On the Kings side, the Lakers are only one win away from the West Second, and the Timberwolves are only two wins away from the West. With the return of Weber, the Eagles coaches and other players have placed the Kings in the rankings. Another possible finals opponent.
It is now less than two years away from the 2002 Western Finals. No one will forget the stunning Western Kings 2002 brought to the people. If it was not the sixth game that was forced to lose the mentality explosion, even if it is a tie-break, the King will not The Virtual Lakers.
The main point is that Weber has a better helper inside. After Divac is old, they get Brad Miller with a similar function and a longer range. Fans are looking forward to Webb's comeback and Brad- How strong will Miller's partner be.
However, the imagination is beautiful, the reality is very skinny.
When Liu Mang forcibly added motivation to him, he felt that the whole world was coming to the Arco Arena with his emotions in mind. When he warmed up and came to the stadium, he saw Webber ... became a fat man!
Although it is not so exaggerated as Camp or Wen Baker, it is almost unrecognizable relative to the "slim" figure of the most gorgeous power forward in history that Liu Mang saw two years ago!
Weber has never been so "less" to show his face in front of the fans. Everything he interviewed was suits and leather. When he took off the clothes, when he appeared on the court wearing jersey shorts, it was obvious that he was a little bigger than before!
Liu Mang seemed to have seen a talented super power forward with naked eyes. From the hard-core O'Neill power forward he saw two years ago, he now became a fat man who had become a blessing and dropped from the strongest players.
"Ding ... Chris Webber, ability rating 82, offense 89, defense 73, 40 three-pointers, 83 field goal, layup 89, pass 80, speed 75, strength 89 ..."
The decline was so serious! In addition to the strength of the top strength because the tonnage is getting faster, Weber is not as good as before!
Liu Mang felt that the huge five-year 80 million contract signed by Weber with the Kings in 2002 was in his hands. He remembered that Weber had not finished the contract and was used by the 76ers in Houston. The clause was cut ...
And the main reason is undoubtedly injury!
Minimally invasive surgery is terrible!
Minimally invasive surgery is a surgery that was only invented in 1987. It has really begun to enter people's lives since the new century, so at this stage, many people, even professional sports people, do not know how much this surgery has on sports ability. Because not many people will choose this kind of surgery that has not been completely perfected, Weber is regarded as the pioneer of minimally invasive surgery in the NBA, and it is because of this surgery that his explosiveness and speed have been seriously reduced.
In the future, Stoudemire and McGrady, after minimally invasive surgery, can't hit the ball directly from the top stars or even superstars.
Of course, if you do n’t do minimally invasive surgery, Weber ’s injury may not be good. Like many superstars who crashed after the age of 30, they ca n’t hit the ball after two years, and even they have been injured and repeatedly reimbursed. ball.
So whether to do minimally invasive surgery is just the difference between miserable and more miserable.
Sighing at Weber's sad experience, Liu Mang asked Rasheed Wallace who had not spoken: "Rasheed, do you want to do more for you today?"
Although Liu Mang is independent, he also knows the chance to give his teammates a performance. Recently, because McGrady is not so powerful, Liu Mang has maintained an average of three points and two points per game. So I am happy to let my teammates show more.
"Don't, it's boring, come on Ace, you see Peja also want to win." Rashid Wallace shook his head, without the strong desire to score with Weber.
Seeing Rashid Wallace seems to have ‘disdain’ on his face, Liu Mang was a little surprised, roaring Tianzun ... actually learned arrogance! Who did these guys from their own team learn? One is shameless than the other!
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Rasheed Wallace is not interested. Rahim sacrificed hugely for the championship this year. The regular season brushing data is not interesting to him. He has given up a lot of things. He firmly believes in the team ’s honor and struggles this season. , Jason Terry is the sixth man, he came to the waves to fight the waves is the team's arrangement, always playing like that.
Therefore, Liu Mang started to wave again today!
After the game started, Rashid Wallace easily won the jump ball from the Webber who had gained more than 20 pounds or ten kilograms.
Brad Miller had a poor jump. The King fans who had been expecting Webber to return and win the jump were now disappointed. Webber could not jump now!
After receiving the jump ball, Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt. Facing Doug Christie, the first team of the best defensive lineup last season, Liu Mang did not choose to fight hard. After advancing to the frontcourt, he saw Christie defending, Liu Mang chose to play pick-and-roll with Rashid Wallace! This is specifically for Weber.
Rashid Wallace ran up to help Liu Mang to block Christie's defense. Webber's first move was very fast, keeping up with Rashid Wallace's footsteps to prevent Liu Mang from blocking and cutting.
but!
After Liu Mang pick-and-roll master level 5 triggers, the speed breaks through 100! If it was the previous Weber, relying on strength and good mobility, it can also interfere with Liu Mang. Now Weber encounters Liu Mang's change of direction after pick and roll and wants to keep up with it, but almost fell!
Liu Mang passed Weber in a change of direction, and Christie, who bypassed the pick-up and went to defend, saw only Liu Mang entering the inside and playing with Brad Miller in his footsteps, watching Liu Mang using his iconic creeps. The footsteps flew Brad Miller to the spot and threw the ball into the basket!
The strongest first step is really easy to use. When meeting Brad Miller's soft and slow pace but still very active defensive center, Liu Mang has a giant of two meters and two sixs. Kind of opportunity!
On the defensive end, Liu Mang signaled others to block his defender, allowing Rashid Wallace to defend Webber alone.
This defense method is a bit less friendly, but the effect is obvious.
Allowing the team ’s strongest players to have one-on-one singles without being disturbed by others is a very important type of NBA tactics. Although Weber is a little fatter, he is still the best in the hearts of the Kings players, but he has just returned , And come back after the injury, there is not much training time, and the ball is needed to find the state, so after he has the opportunity to play singles, the Kings players handed the ball to him more.
It's just that Weber really can't touch Rashid Wallace, who focuses on defense!
Rashid Wallace but with Ben Wallace can lock Duncan and O'Neill's defensive fighters!
Although Weber is in a bad state, he must be better than the original Divac who is on the verge of retirement, but he always needs to find a state when he comes back. He is already in a bad state, and he meets Rashid who sees him to go all out to defend- Wallace, after Liu Mang offered this "insidious" defensive strategy, Weber came up to face Rashid Wallace's first offensive, and was faced with a big hat.
Liu Mang was already prepared, rushed in to see the ball and immediately counterattacked, throwing away Christie, and hitting a dragon with a single pole!
"Ding ... I am the vanguard ..."
"Ding ... fancy dunk trigger ..."
Liu Mang rushed to the opponent's basket, no one followed, and Christie, the defensive madman, gave up. Liu Mang stunned him after the speed jump away from him, and rushed to the opponent's basket. Liu Mang turned and turned the ball 180 degrees. Slam into the basket!
After being capped, Weber of course wanted to fight back again, but unfortunately in the next few rounds, Weber only shot 1 of 5 and was slow to enter the inside line. His height was severely restricted by back hitting and he continued to play iron.
When Liu Mang helped the team to grab rebounds and pick-and-roll, he counterattacked when there was a chance, shot in various ways without a chance to land, or saw Christie quickly retreat around the pick-and-roll after the pick-and-roll, or Breaking into the inside to kill, playing more than five minutes.
The Hawks played a wave of 14-4. Except that Weber scored one, Mike Bibby didn't give the ball after Weber made five consecutive shots and only hit once. He caused a strong foul and caused Prince to get two free throws and score two points. , The Kings offense completely stopped!
When the Hawks attacked again, Liu Mang hit him. After catching the Rashid Wallace pick-and-roll, Liu Mang took Weber's strong defense against the three-pointer when he threw up!
"Ding ... The king of dry pull triggers at level 5 ..."
Weber ’s two-meter and six-height height did give Liu Mang some pressure, but the king of the pull-out corrected Liu Mang ’s affected shot tilt. With Liu Mang ’s previous shots, Liu Mangra ’s pick and roll was against Weber Yanshe hit a three-pointer!
17 to 4, it took less than six minutes to play, and the point difference was opened to more than 10 points!
Adelman finally couldn't sit still and called a timeout!
Weber was so targeted, the opponent did not include Weber at all, which was unexpected to Adelman, because although Weber was fat, but the league's super power forward in the past two years, it was once comparable to Duncan and Garnett. Nowitzki and Rashid Wallace are both higher than their names, and were selected for a while in the 00-01 season.
Weber is still the best inside inside the Kings team, this is undoubtedly, so Adelman immediately changed his tactics to the tactics of the previous seasons after Weber ’s comeback, but I did n’t expect the Hawks to play like this, and pulled Sid Wallace also guarded Webber!
Originally in Adelman's view, even if Weber fell more, it was unlikely that the Hawks could defend Weber with one defense and one defense, but I didn't expect that the original defensive screen had become a top defensive inside!
The data of Rashid Wallace is bleak, and the performance on the defensive end is often not reflected by the data, which is why the original Rashid Wallace was not valued before the Pistons won the championship. Adelman is only now You know, the Hawks players and coaching staff often say that Rashid Wallace is the most important signing. It ’s not just a swollen face to be fat, but it is indeed the case!
Obviously, the Kings are in an embarrassing situation. Without Weber, they are still the top team and still have the opportunity to compete for the third place in the league. But now that Weber is back, Adelman is bound to put Weber back in the core position. After all, this It is the top ten player in the league's salary, but the team's strength will certainly fluctuate greatly!
The point is, Adelman has to let Webber play time to find the state! Good coaches are very sensitive. Adelman clearly feels that the tacit understanding that the team originally cultivated when Weber was away may have disappeared!
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After the timeout, the two teams began to rotate.
Stockton hesitated to play the whole game last game. It is estimated that he had to rest for a few days. Liu Mang took the lineup of Jason Terry, Raheem, Boozer and Rashid Wallace.
The Kings didn't make substitutions, but just changed the style of play. Weber no longer had the opportunity to keep asking for singles. He became a pick-and-roll organizer, using his mid-range shooting ability and down-swing ability to help Bibby organize the offense.
It's just that this style of play makes Weber unhappy. When the pick-and-roll is lazy, it is the same as the reason why Weber was traded in history. Every time he encounters this situation, he will be unhappy, and the worse he plays.
Although the Kings started to attack a lot better after Bibi took control of the ball, Peja finally had a chance to catch the ball. He had already seen Liu Mang unhappy and watched Liu Mang get 11 points in the first half. It's just that Weber has been seizing the ball all the time.
The Kings 'offense has improved, and the Eagles' offense is even sharper!
It is still the point of playing Weber. Liu Mang is very sorry for Weber ’s encounter. Although Bo is only 31 years old, he is back in a state of serious injury. Obviously it is a late career year, but as an opponent, Liu Mang will not be weak. The other party has weaknesses, of course, it is necessary to fight against this point! I am not a philanthropist. There is no such thing as "respecting the elderly and loving young children" in the game. After trying to exploit the vulnerability of Weber against the Kings in the first few minutes, Liu Mang specifically picked Weber to play.
Liu Mang scored 11 points in the first half, and after the Kings ’defensive pressure came towards him, Liu Mang paused back to start the pass mode. In the next six minutes, he only scored 3 points, one in the cast and one foul. Free throws, but sent three assists in the first quarter, revitalized the team offensive!
After the first quarter, the Hawks led 36 points to 19 points with 17 points!
The Kings played well for more than six minutes in the back, and scored 15 points, but the first half of the first quarter was too bad, only scored 4 points, and the Eagles led by 17 points in a single quarter!
When Adelman took Weber as a player to open the space, the Kings did play well, but after the Hawks achieved a 17-point lead, Liu Mang either passed or scored himself, and Weber aimed at Weber came to play at this point, widening the point difference, even if the Kings took Webber's rest time to the state they should have this season, narrowing a part of the point difference, but whenever Weber came up, both offense and defense became the Eagles. Using black holes, overall, the Hawks have maintained a ten-point lead!
The situation came to a stalemate. With more than 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Mike Bibby scored 9 points and once narrowed the point difference to 8 points, which scared the Hawks to jump here, but then Liu Mang scored 8 points in a row, broke his personal score by more than 40 points, and once again opened the difference to more than 10 points, stifling the Kings' counterattack momentum.
In the end, Liu Mang scored 40 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists on 14-for-29 shooting. He scored at least 40 + 10 for the third time this season, setting a record for the history of the Hawks ’team ’s individual 40 + 10 assists in a single season. 112 to 98, beat the Kings with a shocking victory to get a 7-game winning streak!
The Kings all played well. After all, the team with the Spurs tied for fifth in the league. The Kings' original strength was very strong, but Weber's comeback obviously affected their chemical reaction.
Weber, who scored 8 points and 6 rebounds on only 3 of 13 shots, is not only a bad offensive performance. He had the strength of the rebounder. His defensive rebounding fell the most. Undoubtedly, Weber's performance in this game was very disappointing. .
In particular, his current figure is a blessing, which makes people seem to see the curtain call of an era. Obviously, the era of that talented Kings team has not yet begun, it is time to call the curtain ...
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To say how miserable Weber is, not only did he make a comeback debut, but the key is his so bad performance, he failed to make headlines!
Iverson, who came back the same day as him, faced the Eastern Conference record third in the comeback debut, and now has 36 wins and 19 losses for the Pistons, playing a surprise performance!
Before the 76ers and Pistons games, people saw Webber missed the poor state of most of the season, and did not have much hope for Iverson's comeback debut.
But the more unexpected the unexpected situation is, the more surprising it is!
Iverson faced the Pistons, 6 of 22 shots were really bad, but also got 14 assists! In addition, at the critical moment of the fourth quarter, he grabbed a seventh offensive rebounding career double rebound, while causing Ben Wallace to foul, made two free throws, and laid a 4-point lead at the critical moment. He got a triple-double of 23 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists. The last time he got a triple-double, it was already the thing of the last century!
Relying on Iverson's critical moment, the 76ers burst into an upset and beat the Pistons 99-96!
After winning the game, Iverson asked the reporter to tell Liu Mang when he was interviewed: "Let Ace wash the and wait for the buddies to kick it! The will not be beaten and I don't know who is the boss!"
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Iverson now wants to beat Liu Mang very strongly.
In addition to wanting to "revenge" Liu Mang's previous curse, there is the matter of scoring king.
Iverson's highest scoring average was 31.4 points per game, and Liu Mang has now averaged 32.6 points per game, which is higher than McGrady's 32.1 points per game last season, and Liu Mang's scoring king is becoming more and more stable this year. Tracy McGrady's scoring average has been too high at 30:30. Before the Hawks and 76ers, Tracy McGrady averaged 30.3 points per game.
With the season going deeper ~ EbookFREE.me ~ McGrady is getting more and more difficult to overtake Liu Mang, now every time McGrady wants to improve by one point, he has to get 6 points more than the average score in a single game, want to surpass Liu Mang must average at least 35 points in the remaining 20 games.
In the past ten years, only two people have done this. One is 86-87 season Jordan, who has scored 35+ points 11 times in a row, nine consecutive 40+ games, all games after the All-Star Weekend 38 points per game.
The second one was Kobe Bryant last season, with 35 consecutive performances in 13 consecutive games. In February, there were 9 consecutive 40+ games. In a single month, he averaged 40+ games. Counting 31 points per game in March, two The average monthly average is 35+.
Except for these two men, no one in modern basketball has completed the arduous task of McGrady trying to catch up with Liu Mang's scoring average.
Moreover, Liu Mang's current chopping momentum is also very fierce. Tracy McGrady tries to catch up with the score, and Liu Mang will not just watch it.
Therefore, basically Liu Mang can already determine where the scoring king belongs when there are more than 20 games left.
Of course, there may also be the situation where O'Neal and David Robinson scored the scoring king. McGrady first stabilized the current scoring gap per game, and did not allow him to be pulled too far. In the last two or three games, he shot wildly. The scores are soaring, and McGrady is obviously better than David Robinson in scoring. If you force a few games in a row to get a 50 or 60 plus, it is not impossible.
This is also the media's prediction that Maddie and Liu Mang will compete for the scoring title.
But Iverson is also a super scorer, knowing how hard it is to get 60+, Tracy McGrady wants to complete such miracles is very difficult, so he is even more unhappy now!
At that time, the younger brother must surpass his own average score to win the scoring king!
It is unbearable!
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