From today on is the king

Chapter 628 627. Meeting More Shameless People

This season, the Eagles have gradually gained the nickname of the Bird Slayer.

Four of the top five picks in 2003 have been abused.

It started with Milicic, who was welcomed into the NBA.

Immediately afterwards, James was "entertained" by the Eagles' meat grinder combination.

Then there is Wade, Liu Mang turned against customers at the American Airlines Center, yelling bold words to dominate the East.

The last one is Anthony, the rookie king with the most mature skills and the best leadership record among the 2003 rookies.

From people's point of view, the 03 generation is very similar to the 96 generation. They are both a mature rookie who was very successful in college, and a rookie who was a high school student who sold his potential. James is like Kobe.

Anthony is like Iverson back then. He was valued as soon as he entered the NBA. He has a unique appearance and temperament, mature skills and strong strength, and immediately became the core.

In the 02-03 season, when they were doing poorly in the last year, they made a lot of trades to welcome James. They first got big center Camby, but they didn’t expect to get only the third pick. They originally wanted to choose the one left between Wade and Anthony.

I just didn't expect that the Pistons didn't choose Anthony. The Nuggets had planned to choose Wade, but they definitely wanted Anthony.

After getting Anthony, the Nuggets continued to trade out the players accumulated in the previous three or four years. Most of them were young players and veterans who seemed to have potential but had been worn out in bad teams, such as Juwan Howard, Shamond Williams and others.
The acquisition of Earl Boykins from the Warriors, Voshan Leonard from the three-way trade with the Raptors and Magic, and the original Nene Hilario form a very high-quality young combination of the new generation and the middle generation. It seems that the future has a bright future.

And there is no need for the future. After Anthony joined, the Nuggets have a clear goal and entered the playoffs from the beginning.

The Nuggets can be considered to be worthy of a battle. Although people don't think that the Nuggets are stronger than the Eagles, the strength of the two teams is not at the same level, but in the regular season, there will always be some upsets.

So people are very interested in whether the Nuggets can be upset, and whether the Eagles want to abuse the rookie again when they meet Anthony, a rookie.

Liu Mang also came with the friendly idea of ​​impressing Anthony if he wanted to play against Anthony for the first time.

But from the beginning of the game, there was a little deviation from what Liu Mang thought.

My side, as Liu Mang expected, had an advantage at the beginning.

The game lasted for more than a quarter, and the Eagles were always in a dominant state. When the Eagles returned to the field in the first half of the second quarter, although the Nuggets' bench gangsters accumulated over the years were very powerful, Boykins was completely defenseless.

But the second team led by Stockton was not bad. Jason Terry and Boykins faced each other. Halfway through the second quarter, the Eagles still led by 49 points 40 to 9.

But it was not Anthony who responded from the Nuggets. Nuggets coach Jeff Bzdelik did not let Anthony go head-to-head with the Eagles!
Except when Liu Mang switched defense to Anthony, the opponent directly relied on his height to shoot a shot from outside. As long as Raheem defended Anthony, Anthony would go to be a pitcher.

Jeff Bzdelik didn't dare to take risks. The other four top five picks in the 03 generation were abused enough by the Eagles. Anthony is not the kind of rookie with a tough mind.

On the first offense back from the official timeout, the Nuggets have the ball.

Anthony opened up space outside the 45-degree three-point line, waiting to see if there is a chance to catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer. If not, it is also good to see the strongest player on his side and the strongest player on the opponent.

Anthony likes watching the strong duel the most!

Liu Mang tried his best to use his arms to resist the king of the floor flow in front of him, but he couldn't stand it. He was squeezed into the three-second zone by the opponent, turned around and hit the board to score two points.

Liu Mang was ready for one-on-one for this match, but he didn't expect that it wasn't the rookie Anthony who came up to fight with him, but this big ass assist brush!
Liu Mang played very smoothly on the offensive end, with a high shooting percentage and a lot of scoring. However, he didn't expect that Andre Miller, who he was defending, would actually fight against him!
And neither Liu Mang nor Prince can guard against him!

Liu Mang was dug up by Andre Miller again, and Andre Miller turned sideways with his back to the basket and easily scored two points with a small hook.

The Eagles didn't dare to double-team inside. This guy passed the ball too accurately and quickly. Although Andre Miller won the assists leader in the Cavaliers before, he didn't make the playoffs. The Cavaliers were ranked fourth in the league.

But without the passing ability, without the passing accuracy, without the ability to hold the ball for a long time and still protect the ball steadily and wait for teammates to have a chance to pass it out, no matter how many opportunities are given, they will not be able to win the assist king.

In the previous few rounds, the Eagles tried to double-team, and Andre Miller passed several balls to Nene, and Nene abused the basket very happily.

The Eagles really can't defend Andre Miller well, and Prince can't handle it. If Raheem defends Andre Miller, his speed can keep up. Andre Miller's speed is very slow, but Anthony is happy in this way.

Anthony's skills are too mature, and he is another historical player who averaged 20+ per game in his rookie season.

The Eagles can only use Liu Mang to defend against Andre Miller. Unfortunately, they still can't defend against him, but Liu Mang is the most restrictive one given.

No one expected that Andre Miller would actually want to confront Liu Mang!

Liu Mang was beaten again, but there was nothing he could do. Seeing that the Nuggets still wanted to chase points, and Andre Miller really had that strength, Liu Mang could only respond from the offensive end.

However, although he couldn't guard against Andre Miller, a floor player who resembled Karen Mok with a beard in Shaolin football, Liu Mang played very easily on the offensive end. After being forced by Andre Miller a few times, Liu Mang was also annoyed.

Relying on his speed, Liu Reck easily went to the basket to play Nene, a second-year center. Ratliff faced Camby, a contemporary player who competed with him for the block leader this season. Liu Mang just split the ball.

If Andre Miller retreated to defend, or the Nuggets directly double-teamed from the outside, Liu Mang would not pass and let his teammates go to the inside, and then he scored three-pointers, and scored as soon as he could.
And Andre Miller's footsteps are really slow, Liu Mang made a sudden step and retreated, and Andre Miller couldn't keep up at all.

So, the game returned to the situation in the first half of the first quarter, and Liu Mang and Andre Miller fought again!

However, Liu Mang has some advantages after all. With both him and Andre Miller having good hands and the opponents not daring to double-team, Liu Mang's COSCO shot became the decisive point!
Liu Mang played a very good offensive performance. Andre Miller's defense was very average, especially when facing speed players. Liu Mang made 25 of 16, 7 of 3 three-pointers, and 6 of 4 free throws. He scored 39 points and 8 assists, helping the Eagles to open the point difference to 106-86 in the middle of the fourth quarter. The Nuggets announced their surrender and replaced Anthony, Nene, and Camby.

Anthony's performance was very stable, he made a step shot here, a back shot there, and scored 36 points in 20 minutes of playing, but his presence was too low!There is no direct confrontation with Liu Mang and others.

At this time, Liu Mang’s score was still the highest on the field, and Andre Miller only scored 33 points. Andre Miller played in the low position, which was quite exhausting. He played for 32 minutes, scored 7 points in 11 minutes of the first quarter, scored 5 points in 8 minutes of the second quarter, and scored 8 points in 10 minutes of the third quarter. -Miller couldn't defend, and only scored 29 points in half a quarter. At this time, Andre Miller's data was 4 points and 33 assists.

The Eagles took the opportunity to widen the point difference to 20 points and beat the Nuggets to a white flag.

But Liu Wei didn't expect that Mo Wenwei of the other party was so shameless!After the point difference was widened, Andre Miller was still digging on the court, relying on the low position to eat hard. In the last 6 minutes, he was stunned to score 27 points. In the end, Andre Miller made 19 of 7 shots and 5 of 70.00 free throws. With a super high 43% shooting rate, he scored 9 points and [-] assists!Before the game ended abruptly, he scored higher than Liu Mang in scoring, field goal percentage and even assists!

Although the game was won by 113 to 100, Liu Mang almost vomited blood with anger!

Liu Mang felt that he was already thick-skinned!I didn't expect to meet someone even more shameless!

As expected of a man who dared to become the assist leader on the fourth-to-last team in the league!

(End of this chapter)