From today on is the king

Chapter 609 608. The fire collapses!
"Ace's ball is really... domineering, haha, Dayao still has a long way to go in the NBA! Facing Ace, who is already an NBA superstar-level opponent, Dayao still looks a bit worse. After all, he is only a sophomore, and Ace is already second in the scoring list..."

On the live broadcast of the court TV, Director Zhang cheered to distract Yao Ming from being detained. What else could he do? The palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh, and he raised Liu Mang to the height of a superstar. Yao Ming was only in his second year in the NBA.

But will Yao Ming give up?

of course not!

If you are detained, you must find it back!
It is basically impossible to dunk Liu Mang. An inside player has to dunk an outside player, unless he is an air-cutting physical man like Kwame Brown. Only when he has the opportunity to try to dunk the outside line during the pick-and-roll, or when it is a make-up dunk, and the probability is extremely low.

So, Boozer suffered. After Liu Mang made a free throw to make the score 50 to 41, Yao Ming went crazy after coming over. Regardless of physical problems, he used the strength of his waist and abdomen brought by his powerful lower limbs to push Boozer to the back.

For giants like O’Neal and Yao Ming, the most unfriendly thing is the whistle. They are too tall and strong. The referee seems to think that ordinary fouls are not considered fouls on them. It's too big, it's completely crushed.

Yao Ming let out a roar after dunking the ball into the basket through Boozer, venting his displeasure. It seemed that his movements became faster and he ran back to his own half.

Liu Mang patted Boozer on the shoulder, and Boozer signaled that he was fine and continued to follow the tactics.

Liu Mang nodded, received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt, continuing to break through!After passing Francis, Liu Mang played as if he was playing tricks on the opponent. He broke through from the right again. It wasn’t that Francis didn’t know that Liu Mang was going to go to his left.

But he didn't dare to press too hard against Liu Wei. He was the only one who was the most shameless person in the league. He didn't blush when he used the rules to cheat fouls. Francis could only keep up with his footsteps.

Liu Mang rushed to the basket from the right side next to Francis. At this time, Kwame Brown cut in from the center again. Cato let go of Boozer and chased him, but he couldn't catch up!Yao Ming hesitated in the paint, and went to block Kwame-Brown. Liu Mang rushed to the right edge of the three-second zone and made a big hook!When the three big steps just took the first foot, he directly grabbed the ball and hooked the ball from bottom to top, hit the backboard and fell into the basket!
Liu Mang deeply remembers Stockton's joke, "I actually wanted to score every pick-and-roll, and I accidentally won the assists leader." When Liu Mang heard this sentence, his first reaction was that this middle-aged man was pretending to be aggressive, but after thinking about it, it was true. If he didn't show that he wanted to score, how could he attract the defense away?
Liu Mang strictly implemented this concept, and accidentally carried it too far, and then became the new generation of iron kings in the league. The number of iron strikes this season is second only to McGrady.

When it was the Rockets' turn to attack, Yao Ming began to go crazy inside. Whether it was Boozer or Kwame Brown, they were all eaten by Yao Ming. Once the Hawks double-teamed, Yao Ming scored the ball in a timely manner. It may not be a direct assist, but it tore the defense of the Eagles. When Yao Ming showed his strength inside, without Ratliff to restrict the inside, the Rockets' offense played very well, just like the first quarter.

The Hawks did not play that well, mainly because Yao Ming’s deterrence at the basket was too strong. After becoming more focused on defense, Liu Mang broke through and could only shoot around the sideline of the three-second zone. The shooting percentage was not bad, but it was not as high as a layup. Lines don't have much of a chance either.

Playing and playing, the point difference began to be gradually narrowed by the Rockets.

After halftime, Yao Ming scored 26 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the halftime, helping the Rockets catch up to 61 to 63 at the end of the halftime, with only two points left.

After a 20-minute intermission, the game between the two teams continued.

Yao Ming rested for a while, continued to start the game in the second half, and scored 15 points in the first half of the quarter, helping the Rockets to overtake the Eagles by one point 80-79 at the halfway point of the third quarter.

But the Eagles are not in a hurry, everything is according to plan!
Because of Yao Ming's last shot just now, he has retreated to the free throw line and faced Kwame Brown's turnaround jumper!

The Hawks used Boozer, Kwame Brown, and Muhammad to fight Yao Ming from the second half of the second quarter to the middle of the third quarter when Yao Ming exploded and scored 27 points. This consumed Yao Ming's physical energy. From the third quarter to the 4th minute, Yao Ming shot farther and farther away from the basket!
During this period, Liu Mang used Boozer's mid-range shot, or Kwame Brown and Mohamed's cutting ability to attract the opponent's defense. Outside Prince, Raheem, and Jason Terry opened up the space, rushed into the basket and shot wildly, just biting the score.

It seems that Yao Ming scored 41 points before the end of the third quarter, which is very dazzling, but Liu Mang is not bad here. After only scoring 3 points in the first 24 minutes of the game, he silently raised the score to 27 points. Yao Ming scored 21 points from the middle of the second quarter to the middle of the third quarter.
The Rockets overtook the score, and Liu Mang saw that Yao Ming was too tired to make a mid-range shot, so he immediately called a timeout!
They are all brothers, of course Liu Mang has to help Yao Ming get some rest time!

Yao Ming breathed a sigh of relief, went back to the bench and sat down on a chair, leaning on the chair with his head open and his mouth wide open, and took advantage of this rare rest time to take a good rest. Coach Van Gundy didn't have the idea of ​​calling a timeout. The Rockets' offense played smoothly in this half of the game. The Eagles didn't call a timeout. Of course, Coach Van Gundy didn't call it to avoid disrupting the team's good offensive rhythm.

As for Liu Mang, is he really so kind as to call a timeout to give Yao Ming a rest?
Just kidding!Yao Ming, my dear friend, has already sent out a ruthless attempt to grab the title of No.1 in China. Of course, his unrighteous brother wants to play the little giant to death!

People who like sports may understand that after an intense exercise that is close to the physical limit, if you hold on hard, you can continue to support at the physical limit for a while, but if you are close to the physical limit and take a break, it will be difficult to continue the intense exercise just now!All the negative situations erupted immediately.

But at the limit of physical fitness, if there is a rest time, I will definitely want to take a good rest, and I can't think of so much at all.

Liu Mang knew Yao Ming’s physical problems very well. This time, Yao Ming’s ability to last so long in this situation was far beyond Liu Mang’s expectations, but at least he managed it and prevented the Rockets from taking advantage of Yao Ming’s full strength. After returning from the timeout, the Eagles replaced Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince, Raheem, and Kwame Brown.
The Rockets have such a tight score, and they dare not replace Yao Ming. Apart from the Hawks, there is rarely a large-scale rotation system with 10 players. When the score is tight, the Rockets continue to play with the main lineup.

The Eagles attack, the front court ball, Liu Mang received the ball and dribbled it to the top arc, beckoning Kwame Brown to come out for a pick-and-roll, and Kwame-Brown used the pick-and-roll to go straight to the basket.
The Eagles overtook 81 to 80!

Yao Ming can't even move across quickly if he wants to!
It's not like in the first quarter, because Liu Mang's threat is so great that he is forced to focus on Liu Mang, but there is really no other way, and he can only choose to guard against one!
When it came time for the Rockets to attack, Yao Ming couldn't get stuck at the basket. After receiving the ball from the middle distance, he faced Kwame Brown's blocked mid-range shot.

The moment Yao Ming made a shot, Rahim rushed back to the basket, picked up the ball and immediately passed it to Liu Mang, the whole Eagles team rushed!
Yao Ming couldn't keep up, the Eagles played 5-on-4 in the frontcourt, Liu Mang rushed to the frontcourt to catch up with a three-pointer...and hit it again!
84 to 82, the Eagles once again overtook the score!
It's time for the Rockets to attack again. Yao Ming received the ball on the left side of the three-second zone and hit it short!
Liu Mang rushed back to the basket immediately, and after grabbing the rebound, he directly counterattacked!
The last time Yao Ming was able to cross the half court when Liu Mang was chasing a three-pointer, this time he couldn't even run, but Yao Ming was the kind of character who tried his best to chase back.

After Yao Ming missed twice, Francis also noticed that Yao Ming's physical fitness was failing!It came much earlier than Francis thought!

In Francis' impression, Yao Ming played seven to eight minutes in each game, and his playing time was limited to about 8 minutes, so he could maintain his state throughout the game.

However, today they encountered a little hooligan who is omnipotent. Yao Ming only hit average in the third quarter, and his physical fitness collapsed!
Francis had no choice but to turn on the personal breakthrough mode and fight against the Eagles' cavalry company.

After the third quarter, the Hawks led 96 to 92, and the Rockets barely kept up with the rhythm. Yao Ming brought the Rockets’ easy shooting touch from outside, and Yao Ming’s lack of physical fitness, but the scoring area was too wide. The Hawks’ Kwame Brown had to pull out on the defensive end. Raheem was too short to interfere. The Hawks had an open basket.

But at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Van Gundy saw that Yao Ming couldn't hold it anymore, so he had no choice but to put him on the bench first, and replaced Francis, Mobley, Jim Jackson, Morris Taylor, and Cato.

The Eagles continued to send Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince, Raheem, and Kwame Brown.

Without Yao Ming, the Rockets only had Francis and Mobley as threats with the ball. Liu Mang tried his best to limit Francis, and Mobley was directly locked by Prince. The Rockets collapsed in the fourth quarter!

Van Gundy pointed out that the current lineup can last until Yao Ming rests enough to come up to pose a threat, but under the leadership of Liu Mang, the Eagles played a wave of 14 to 3 in more than three minutes in the fourth quarter, widening the point difference to 15 points in one fell swoop!
Van Gundy called a timeout several times, but Yao Ming was not there, and the gap between the two teams' lineups suddenly reversed. Yao Ming's role for the Rockets cannot be replaced by others. The Eagles' advantage became very obvious. By the middle of the fourth quarter, the Eagles had already led 121 to 100 by 21 points!

Now even if Yao Ming recovers completely, it's useless!
Van Gundy reluctantly replaced the main force and announced his surrender!

The Eagles also replaced the main force. Liu Mang scored 35 points and 12 assists, leading the Eagles to defeat the Rockets in the fourth quarter!
In the end, the Eagles beat the Rockets away 133 to 117!

It seems that the point difference is not big, but the Rockets were beaten 25 to 8 by the Eagles in the fourth and half quarters.

Yao Ming scored 43 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists in the first three quarters. It looks like a behemoth as dominant as O'Neal. The superstar in the three quarters is not just talking about it.

But under Liu Mang's strategy and Jeff Van Gundy's poor on-the-spot command, he didn't find Yao Ming's problems. Although he controlled the playing time well, he didn't notice that Yao Ming was targeted.

而刘莽不声不响的拿到35分12助攻6篮板，和姚明的43+8+7比起来毫不逊色！

(End of this chapter)