From today on is the king

Chapter 1012 1011. The two most talented people
At 11:1 p.m. on November [-]st, at the Phillips Arena, the two sides fighting tonight began to enter the arena.

A rising star who gets booed wherever he can play on the road is LeBron James.

At this stage, fans who like James like it very much and are very protective, but those who don't like it will dislike it very much, or even hate it.

Mainly because the treatment is too much!
He was only in the third grade, hadn't played in the playoffs to prove himself, and received better treatment than the veteran superstars of the league. The league's excessive praise of James did make James quickly become a popular star in the American sports world and gained a lot of fans, but it also made James have a lot of black fans prematurely.

Generally speaking, a third-year rising star, who is not yet 21 years old, plays well, and the fans are more accommodating.

But James was caught between touting and attacking early on.

Some media advocated that James will reach the top this year and surpass Liu Mang and McGrady. This conclusion was drawn from James' average of 34 points per game in the first two games.

As soon as this argument came out, James encountered a lot of criticism.

No, even Eagles fans were offended.

Liu Mang didn't change his face when he saw James being booed, he was really a calm young man, it's good to be old, honest.

The Cavaliers played well at the beginning of this year. Compared with last year, the Cavaliers have made great progress. Naturally, the Eagles attach great importance to it. Among the four consecutive home games at the beginning, the Cavaliers are not the 76ers and Nuggets that the Eagles value most.

For this rising team, I don't know how far they can rise. We can only slowly watch their performance throughout the season.

It was the first time they played against the Cavaliers in the new season. The Eagles made specific tactical training yesterday morning and the afternoon before yesterday for the Cavaliers' opening game against the Hammer Wizards, which won 100 to 77 by 23 points.

Liu Mang took a look at the strength of the Cavaliers players in the new season.

Zaidrunas-Ilgauskas has an ability rating of 82, has mid-range shots, and has a certain low-post singles ability.

Drew Gooden, with an ability rating of 79, also has a mid-range shot, has a certain face-up singles ability, and rebounds fiercely.

Eric Snow, with an ability rating of 78, is weak in offense and strong in defense, and his defensive rating is a bright spot, reaching 85.

Donyell Marshall, with an ability rating of 77, is still a high-quality role player at the age of 32. He is good at three-point shooting, with an 87 three-point rating, excellent rebounding, and no passing ability.

Damon Jones, with an ability rating of 73, is good at three-pointers, with a three-pointer rating of 85, but he doesn't have many other abilities, and has degraded rapidly. He is only 30 years old, and his strength has begun to plummet. His ability rating has dropped from 78 last season to 73.

Andre Varejao, with an ability rating of 74, has excellent rebounds and a positive style of play.

Ronald Murray, ability rating 78, no shooting ability, good breakthrough. In the past, the Supersonics did not get the main ball-handling player before Francis. He was considered a bankrupt version of Francis. He was a second-round pick in 2002. In the 03-04 season before Francis went to the Supersonics, he averaged 12+3+4 in the second grade. But with Francis, he almost sat on the bench last season. He signed him with a basic salary, and he performed well in the first two games of the season.

In addition to these people, there are strikers such as Alexander Pavlovich and Luke Jackson who can shoot.

In addition to trading Larry Hughes, a swingman with no shooting ability and a top salary, so that James and Larry Hughes have some overlapping positions, the Cavaliers have a clear goal, arranging a lot of shooters around James, and a group of players who can defend, and build a team around James.

At this stage, the incompatibility between Larry Hughes and James has not been exposed. After looking at the Cavaliers lineup, Liu Mang understood why the Cavaliers played so well in the first two games, mainly because... Larry Hughes was injured.

The Wizards accepted a second-round pick to help Larry Hughes go to the Cavaliers. In addition to the fact that Larry Hughes was a free agent and traded for some rewards, the Wizards did not want to keep the player who followed Jordan to the Wizards. There was also an injury. Larry Hughes' right elbow was seriously injured.

Larry Hughes is not good at shooting, which does not affect his worth.

James made a big step forward in a year; Big Z cut his salary and renewed his contract, which gave the Cavaliers a chance to operate. He got Larry Hughes’ bird rights to renew his contract with a maximum salary; Striker Donyell Marshall, who made 12 three-pointers in a single game, became the sixth man; signed Damon Jones, a high-quality three-pointer who performed well in the regular season with the Heat last season although he was poor in the playoffs...

Most importantly, Liu Mang saw the head coach of the Cavaliers, Mike Brown, who was a defensive assistant for Rick Carlisle last season...

When Liu Mang saw this coach, he knew that James' breakthrough era had begun.

Liu Mang doesn't know how to describe Mike Brown's coaching ability, but his presence did help James form his own style.

James' team is looking good, can they meet in the playoffs this year?
Liu Mang felt that he was getting more and more excited, so he quickly suppressed his excitement: Why is my young master becoming more and more Los Angeles, no, I have to calm down...

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"Andre, how about playing with LeBron?" Liu Mang and Varejao hugged and asked.

After the players of the two teams entered the arena, the old players from last season on the Hawks side and Varejao from the Cavaliers hugged and greeted each other.

Although the fans at the scene were unhappy with the Cavaliers and James, they also gave Varejao some applause.

"LeBron is a good teammate. He is the same as Tracy. I will pass the ball to me when I have a chance." Varejao said that he is doing well.

Varejao came to the Cavaliers with a relatively weak interior and had a stable playing time. He played more than 15 minutes in the first two games.

Although Varejao didn't have many chances to play for the Hawks last season, McGrady still passed him a lot of balls last season. The style of play has not changed much. The more playing time, the better the statistics. After all, the height and rebounding talent are there.

Seeing that his old teammate was doing well, Liu Mang was also happy. Although compared with the original old teammate's relationship, he was definitely far behind Varejao, but after playing for a season and winning the championship together, the relationship was deeper than the usual one season.

"Very good, it's good if you have playing time. Our team has too many people, and you won the championship. Go out and play hard to train yourself... Wait," Liu Mang wanted to encourage Varejao like a senior, but suddenly felt something was wrong, and said angrily: "Andre, what do you mean? Tracy will pass the ball to you, didn't I pass it?"

Varejao is so embarrassing. What impressed him most last season was McGrady's pass, the king of assists!

At this time Jason Terry came up: "Ace, I remember I read the analysis of our team's cooperation last season. Andre didn't receive any assists from you, not once."

"..." It was so embarrassing, Liu Mang forcibly changed the subject: "Andre, come here, look, the boss is here, your championship ring..."

After exchanging pleasantries, Eagles owner Price took out the championship ring engraved with Varejao's name, and Liu Mang helped Varejao put the championship ring on.

When Liu Mang put the ring on Varejao, he felt a gaze, and when he turned around, it was James.

Liu Mang made a V sign with his left hand towards James, which seemed to be a greeting, but James understood!

This is what two championship rings mean!
The game hasn't started yet, but the gunpowder has already risen!
At this time, Varejao ran directly to the visiting team's locker room. People always gave the rings to the team staff to store in the closet. Varejao was afraid that the ring would be stolen, so he ran to put it away...

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Following Rasheed Wallace's roar, Liu Mang was about to sprinkle chalk into the air when he saw James and Prince fighting and dancing after the lights came on!
James really didn't expect such a good opening move, it's better to dance. Recently, "NBA court dance" is popular in the United States. James met Prince, the "NBA court dance promotion ambassador", and danced together.

Liu Mang looked at the magnesium powder in his hand, and felt that he had driven James to a dead end!

After thinking about it, Liu Mang still sprinkled chalk into the air and went on stage!

After the dance between James and Prince, the two looked at each other, and it was written in their eyes: Sure enough, they are masters.

Then they separated, and today the two faced each other, and the smoke of the game started from the fighting dance.

The Eagles sent Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown to the starting lineup, which is a very stable starting lineup.

For the Cavaliers, Larry Hughes will not be able to return until January at the earliest. Eric Snow, Damon Jones, LeBron James, Drew Gooden, and Big Z will make their debut.

Although the Cavaliers are back-to-back, but the season has just started, the first back-to-back of the season does not have much impact, and the Cavaliers also want to win!
Two years, haven't won the Eagles once, of course want to win.

However, the Eagles took the lead at the start. Kwame Brown easily won the jump ball from Big Z's head, and the Eagles went first.

Liu Mang received the jump ball, immediately passed it to McGrady, and quickly ran towards the frontcourt.

Hurry up!
The Cavaliers' twin towers move slowly, but the position is well defended. The Eagles don't want to be dragged into their rhythm by the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers, which only scored 23 points in a big victory like 100 points, have become very good defensively after getting Mike Brown this season. The main reason is that James has studied with Eric Snow for a year and practiced as Tracy McGrady's one-on-one opponent for more than a month. His defense has improved a lot and is close to first-class.

Although Snow is old and his statistics have plummeted, his defensive efficiency has not declined. The main reason is that his offensive statistics have dropped and he has no balls in his hands.

Snow's defensive evaluation is 85, James' defensive evaluation is 84, and Larry Hughes is missing. Otherwise, it can be regarded as one of the best perimeter defense teams among the 30 NBA teams.

Playing against such a team, you can't be dragged into positional battles by them.

Liu Mang quickly rushed to the frontcourt. Just when he was about to approach the three-point line, Eric Snow slammed on Liu Mang, and he retreated immediately. Liu Mang wanted to move sideways to find an open space, but was suddenly stopped!
McGrady was ready to lead the pass with the ball. Thanks to his big hand, he caught the ball, but stopped the ball more than one meter away from the three-point line on the right.

Rasheed Wallace came out to meet McGrady, Liu Mang saw that the referee didn't blow, and Eric Snow's little move was too fast.

Liu Mang saw it, the Cavaliers expected that they wanted to play fast, so they forced them into a positional battle.

This Cavaliers team is completely different from the Cavaliers team in the past two years. With Mike Brown, the defensive end has a prototype, that is, it has a basic system framework.

Liu Mang was no longer in a hurry, slowed down, and slowly moved to the top arc to respond. Rasheed Wallace turned his body sideways to block the chasing Gooden, passed the ball to Liu Mang, and immediately stood up to block the chasing Eric Snow.

At this time, Liu Mang suddenly started to speed up, and used Rasheed Wallace to block Snow and speed up the breakthrough!
"Ding... the pick-and-roll master is triggered at level 5, and the host's speed will be +8 within two seconds of breaking through this time..."

Speeding up in an instant, and reaching the limit, it was too late for Gooden to pull Liu Mang!In addition, he wanted to steal Rasheed Wallace just now and defended out of the three-point line, so there was nothing in front of Liu Mang!
Liu Mang rushed to the free throw line, and Big Z pounced on him. Being rushed in like this, Big Z didn't dare to defend the basket. This is the rhythm of being dunked. He would rather be passed to Kwame Brown under the basket by Liu Mang.

Liu Mang threw the ball into the air, and Kwame Brown leaped high and scored two points with an alley-oop dunk.

Liu Mang and Rasheed Wallace high-fived. The ball relied on Rasheed Wallace's tacit pick-and-roll, which prevented the opposing team's defense from playing.

The main reason is that Rasheed Wallace can pass a three-pointer!

This style of play is very similar to Olajuwon's supporting style of play in the Rockets' peak period, but it is more outside and has reached the top arc.

The Cavaliers attacked, James received the serve and advanced, and another point forward was born.

James arrived in the frontcourt, Liu Mang defended against Snow, and was ready to help defend at any time, while Prince was defending on James' side.

Outside shooting is impossible, James knows very well, and immediately accelerates to break through when he is outside the three-point line!
Both of the Cavaliers' interiors are stretched, and both have shooting ability.

Prince couldn't handle it. Except for Artest and a few others in the league, no one could block James' breakthrough, so Prince was already prepared, trying to press James to the right, and not giving James a chance to hit the basket head-on.

After James ran Prince into the free throw line, McGrady let go of Damon Jones to pinch James. Liu Mang was also ready to block Damon Jones, trying to play a high-speed rotation defense.

However, James didn't make the pass, facing the two double-teams, he made three big strides!
McGrady and Prince's defense is very good, blocking the space for James to shoot. James' one step, two steps, three steps, and James' three steps are all blocked by the two of them. As long as he throws out, McGrady has the confidence to give a big cap.

Just when James jumped up on the third step and McGrady also jumped up to block the shot, James landed on the third step, bounced on the ground, and made a throw...

James made a three-step layup to avoid a defensive throw.

This... I counted wrong?McGrady and Prince were a little confused and looked at each other, or did the referee not see it?
The Cavaliers had retreated, and McGrady and Prince didn't say anything.

The Eagles attacked, Liu Mang received the serve and passed it to McGrady. After McGrady advanced to the front court and saw James defending him, McGrady signaled Liu Mang to go to the middle distance.

Relatively speaking, it was easier for Liu Mang to play against Eric Snow than for McGrady to play against James. James is young and aggressive, and his defensive effect is better than Snow's.

Liu Mang received the instruction, came to the left side of the free throw line, leaned against Eric Snow to ask for the ball.

McGrady passed the ball to Liu Mang, and Liu Mang hit Eric Snow with a high post.

After Liu Mang received the ball, he grabbed the ball with one hand and pushed Eric Snow sideways. Eric Snow was very tough, and he was a former All-Defensive Team player with a good sense.

Liu Mang used his right foot as the axis and half-turned to the right. Eric Snow felt a bit awkward... Shouldn't ordinary people use the left foot as the axis?
Liu Mang handed the ball to his left hand, shot it suddenly, and bounced it to the right. When Liu Mang took the ball, Snow subconsciously threw it to the right, thinking that Liu Mang was going to break through from the left, and was completely shaken away!
Liu Mang made a mid-range shot in front of the free throw line with a horizontal jump!

From the perspective of onlookers, Snow's defense was completely misjudged, and they couldn't understand what Snow was thinking.

But on Snow's side, it felt too awkward. Liu Mang's style of play was too weird and unreasonable!

Snow noticed the weirdness at the beginning. Liu Mang was standing in a left-handed position, but the left-handed back-hitting from the high position on the left side of the basket, or turning around like that made him feel even more awkward.

But what was even more awkward was that Liu Mang suddenly switched to a right-handed style of play, and Eric Snow fainted.

Easy to score two points again, Liu Mang didn't go head-to-head with the Cavaliers' defense, and didn't give the opponent a chance to play team defense, so he played a difficult one.

Moreover, it is a difficult attack that only he can complete.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Cavaliers attack.

James continued to break through with the ball, and the Eagles' defensive strategy did not change. Prince stuck to the defense and Tracy McGrady double-teamed, forcing James to pass the ball to Damon Jones.

However, James still chose to come by himself!
Prince was very tight, and McGrady's supplementary defense was also timely. James still didn't pass, and continued to make three layups.

Another jumping step was added, and after landing, the ball was thrown out. The ball hit the backboard, bounced to the basket, spun around and fell in.

This time McGrady has counted it carefully, and it is indeed an extra step!
And this time the bottom line referee was right in front of him, so he didn't blow!

The Cavaliers retreated immediately, and if they scored, they would not give the Eagles a chance to counterattack.

"His layup just now, was that a walk?" McGrady went up and said to the referee.

"My whistle is for what I saw, and I didn't see any movement." The referee responded and signaled the Eagles to attack.

What he said was so infuriating, the meaning of the referee was too obvious!

"Are your eyes broken? Such an obvious walk." McGrady couldn't help but angrily said, the meaning of the referee's words was too irritating.

"Beep..." The referee whistled and gave McGrady a technical foul!
McGrady was called a technical offender!
Without hesitation, he directly gave it to the technical offender!
Seeing that McGrady was going to spray again, unexpectedly Rasheed Wallace came up and pulled McGrady away, dragging McGrady back to the bench.

The Tao Te Ching of several years is not in vain. Rasheed Wallace had only 7 technical fouls last season, only one-sixth of the peak period.

Coach Kruger immediately called a timeout, threw the tactical board directly to Liu Mang, and went to the referee to discuss it. Sometimes there is a disciple who likes to grab the tactical board.

Coach Kruger went to argue with the referee.

The Cavaliers penalize free throws for technical fouls. For technical fouls, the head coach of the Cavaliers can designate his own players to make free throws. The Cavaliers and the Lakers are a bit similar. The most stable free throws are...centers.

Big Z made a steady free throw, and the Cavaliers overtook the Eagles by one point 5-4!
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Liu Mang knew that James would take advantage of the league's favoritism to make himself play better. Otherwise, he wouldn't have a very good shot, and his strength would be about the same as that of Wade last season. It wouldn't be said that he would be close to a super giant immediately, because the whistle was mainly because he didn't blow the whistle of his walking. He rarely relied on referees for free throws.

But this is the first time for McGrady to meet him. There was an occasional one last season, but the frequency was small, and he didn’t do it so blatantly. McGrady felt that he was a top five superstar in the league, but he was blown as a star whistle.

McGrady was not angry with James, but with the referee's blowing. It wasn't the referee blowing like that, and James wouldn't play like that.

Mai Di sat there ignoring everyone, and Liu Mang didn't go to comfort him. What's so comforting about this, it's just a loss!

"Tracey, come here, let's change our defensive strategy..." Liu Mang was straightforward, and whenever he encountered a problem, he tried to find a way to solve it.

Liu Mang held the tactical board and didn't draw it. He mainly arranged the defensive strategy he knew. Liu Mang didn't make any substitutions, and he did a good job in offense and defense. This was an unexpected situation, it was too blatant!
If so, fuck them!With a more ferocious attack, just blow them up!
Coincidentally, Liu Mang knew how to deal with this. Originally, the three giants of Kaizi in time and space had ten thousand ways...

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After the timeout, the Eagles attacked, and McGrady took the initiative to ask Liu Mang for the ball.

Seeing McGrady's rare seriousness, Liu Mang received the serve and handed the ball to McGrady. McGrady advanced to the frontcourt, and Liu Mang went to the 45-degree angle on the left where he is best at the fixed-point three-point position to open up space.

Prince reached the left bottom corner, Rasheed Wallace was in the middle distance from the right baseline, and Kwame Brown was on the left side of the three-second zone.

The space is wide open, and McGrady squints and watches James dribble.

He's old and solid, James doesn't feel embarrassed, this is a good treatment he gets, why not take advantage of it.

James focuses on defense and is always ready for McGrady's super fast first three steps. As long as McGrady breaks through, he will use his body to carry it. This is his defensive strategy.

However, McGrady was dribbling, suddenly grabbed the ball, straightened his bent waist, lifted the ball up like a knife, and made a three-point shot...

"Shh..."

McGrady, who had been looking for the rhythm for several seconds, made a three-pointer!

7 to 5, the Eagles lead again by two points!
After McGrady scored a goal, he whistled lightly, glanced at James, and ran back towards the backcourt with disdain in his eyes.

This look... the same look as two years ago!That playful look at a talented player!
James became angry, and after receiving the ball, he pushed towards the frontcourt and continued to break through!
The Eagles' defense changed a bit. When James squeezed Prince to break through, he found that the defense had become Liu Mang!

Just in time!James continued to make three big strides, he wanted to score on Liu Mang's head!

One step, two steps, three steps... After jumping up on the third step, it became a jumping step. After James jumped up, he saw Liu Mang and Prince "shaking away", jumped up and threw...

"Snapped"

"bang"

Excited to score on Liu Mang's head, James didn't notice that someone rushed in from behind. McGrady seemed to be going to defend Damon Jones.
A very simple defense is to release the rest of the Cavaliers and flank James, but it is not a direct flank, but a skillful flank!

James can take an extra step for a layup, and can turn the third step into a jump. This is a foregone conclusion, and Liu Mang knows that the league will change the rules into a rule-based style of play in the future.

But the Celtics have found a defense against James’ style of play, and it has been promoted in the league. Not to mention the time it takes for others to learn this style of play, there are also ways to deal with it. Not many people learn this style of play.

McGrady grabbed the ball directly, making Kwame Brown, who was watching from the left rear, envious.

McGrady held the ball with one hand and looked at the 21-year-old James. The performance of the two was really similar when they were 21 years old. In the 00-01 season, McGrady's most improved season was also 21 years old, and they were both far from superstars.

The two most talented outsiders in history are on the bar now, and they don't have the friendship of training together in summer.

James didn't want to steal, and immediately retreated. He didn't think he played wrong, and he didn't think he was despicable, because the referee gave him the right to jump.

It's just... Maddie now, it's scary!

McGrady advanced to the frontcourt, went beyond the three-point line, and directly faced James' defensive three-point shot...

Return!

Two consecutive three-pointers!

In the original time and space, McGrady and James played against James in the Rockets period. They played against James 8 times in four years. McGrady had 6 wins and 2 losses. At that time, McGrady was still troubled by back injuries.

Although James has improved compared to last season, he is still far from his peak.

Meeting the healthy and furious McGrady, James seemed to see his rookie year, the Magic McGrady who scored 8 consecutive three-pointers on his head!
Even in another year, the gap between James and Liu Mang and McGrady may not be that big this season, but now, there is a clear gap between James and both of them.

"Go ahead." McGrady said and turned back to defend.

McGrady and James soared!

A player with the best physical condition and learning speed combined can be called the most talented player in history, a player with one of the best physical fitness in history, high IQ and hard training, and the two most talented swingmen in history.

It's just that Liu Mang feels...why is someone stealing the limelight again!

　Ask for a ticket~The next chapter will be around 12 o'clock, go home, eat, and continue writing.

　　
　
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