From today on is the king

Chapter 652 651. Defeat Ambition!

Defense against Francis on the outside, Morris Taylor on the inside, sticking his ass in the low post and hitting hard, Liu Mang used a Hayes star card to feel like Barkley!
This made the fans go crazy. Watching Liu Mang turn around and dunk with both hands, it was just like Barkley's style of play back then, everyone went crazy!

Not to mention, they are about the same height, and although they usually play differently, they still have the same tough style of play, except that one is fat and the other is lean. They really look like Barkley!
The fat man who was broadcasting live was lost in thought.

In the past, Liu Mang hated Malone, but he seemed to be a fan of Malone. Later, he followed Malone to learn the pick-and-roll and then shot in mid-range, and now he has a good mid-range threat.

Liu Mang also hated Barkley, and made him dance square dance with the aunts at the All-Star Weekend... But, in the current game, Barkley has a magical idea... Could this guy be his fan?
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Francis was completely intimidated this time!

It was time for the Rockets to attack again. He dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and instead of challenging Liu Mang's defense, he directly lobbed it to Yao Ming.

In the last three and a half minutes before halftime, Yao Ming, who had rested for half an hour, was replaced by Yao Ming in order to take advantage of Yao Ming's dominance at the basket, which is absolutely abundant.

When Liu Mang saw Francis pushing forward to hang Yao Ming, he immediately retreated to the basket. Raheem also surrounded him, and Boozer was behind him.

When Yao Ming saw Boozer defending, Raheem double-teamed directly, and there was Liu Mang watching over him, one hit three?Yao Ming felt like he was being targeted!
Francis couldn't stand still when the top arc was empty. He reached out to ask Yao Ming for the ball. Yao Ming passed the ball back. Francis received the ball at the top arc.

In the past two years, Francis's three-point shooting rate has been very stable, 20.00% eighty-nine three-point shooting rate, a very touching shooting rate, Francis shot out to the inside and five people can clearly see that the arc is crooked!

Yao Ming, Boozer, and Raheem squeezed together, and one person contained two people. The Rockets rebounded very well. It seems that the average of 43 per game can only be regarded as the middle and upper reaches, not the top, but they defended their opponents with an average of 39.Yao Ming's role is to block people.

Yao Ming suppressed both Boozer and Raheem. Although he couldn't grab the rebound, he helped his teammates get stuck!

Maurice Taylor and Liu Mang huddled together, trying to squeeze Liu Mang away to grab a rebound, but on Liu Mang's side, the strength of his lower body was so stable that Maurice Taylor wanted to cry!Moreover, the strength of Liu Mang's lower limbs soared, and his rock-solid trigger probability almost increased to the level that it would definitely trigger. He turned around and stretched his long arms to squeeze back, squeezing out Morris Taylor who had stepped into the three-second zone!
The ball hit the right side of the basket and bounced toward Liu Mang and Morris Taylor. Liu Mang jumped up on the spot, leaning on Morris Taylor behind his back, and grabbed the ball with one hand!
Morris Taylor had no choice but hugged Liu Mang who had landed, and made a tactical foul to prevent the Eagles from counterattacking.

The referee blew his whistle, and the Rockets retreated quickly.

Due to the low number of fouls in the second quarter, before the free throw period, Liu Mang broke free from Morris Taylor's embrace, went out of bounds and handed the ball to the referee.

The referee blew the whistle to continue the game, and sent the ball to Liu Mang, Liu Mang sent it to Jason Terry, Jason Terry slowly advanced, already leading 60 to 48 by 12 points, and he was not in a hurry.

After Liu Mang came to the frontcourt, he continued to walk inside. The Eagles continued to open up space. When the Rockets fell into a defensive formation, Francis and Morris Taylor made eye contact and ran to defend Raheem's open three-pointer in the left corner. Morris Taylor defended the basket to defend Liu Mang.

Jason Terry advanced to the frontcourt. He thought that Liu Mang would not back up when he met a power forward, but seeing that Liu Mang still sat up to hold down his opponent, and Morris Taylor couldn't squeeze a point guard who was 13 centimeters shorter than him.

A star's brutal style of play will make his teammates equally excited!Jason Terry is now excited about Liu Mang's low position!

As soon as Liu Mang received the ball, Morris Taylor pressed towards Liu Mang, trying to use his height and weight to suppress Liu Mang, but Liu Mang was not only as tough as an inside line, but also a real point guard, as flexible as a loach.

Morris Taylor also reacted quickly. He stepped into the reasonable collision zone and faced Liu Mang head-on. His footsteps were fast, blocking the space for Liu Mang to dunk directly, but... Liu Mang turned left and returned to the right edge of the three-second zone to throw a shot and easily fell into the basket.

So easy!

The Rockets were beaten!
After Francis advanced to the frontcourt, he saw Liu Mang retreating to the free throw line again. This time, his anger was gone, and he did not hang to Yao Ming. Yao Ming did not receive the ball in the paint, but came out to open up space.

Francis saw Raheem guarding the free throw line, and Maurice Taylor who was blocked by Liu Mang at the basket could only pass the ball to Mobley, and then Francis went to pick and roll Mobley.

Jim Jackson was shot by Jason Terry with a strong three-pointer. Fortunately, today he felt really good and was lucky.

51 to 62, the Rockets finally scored one.

It was the Eagles attacking again, still playing the same way, Liu Wei continued to go low.

Yao Ming returned to the basket to guard, Morris Taylor went to guard Boozer's mid-range shot, Yao Ming guarded the basket, even if Liu Mang wanted to use his speed to withdraw and make a mid-range shot, the Rockets didn't care. We can't let a 193 dwarf be so aggressive in the paint!

And double-teaming Liu Mang's low post... a 1.9-meter-three player can't defend against singles in the paint, but double-teaming?Don't want to lose face!
Liu Mang continued to catch the ball on the right side of the three-second zone and played singles. Seeing Yao Ming take a step back and step on the edge of the reasonable collision zone, Liu Mang had an impulse!
Now is an opportunity!
This impulse can't be suppressed when it comes!

After Liu Mang received the ball with his back to the basket, he turned around and faced the basket and dribbled the ball in singles. Yao Ming was ready and Liu Mang would throw it if he jumped up and shot, so his height would always give him an advantage.

Luckily, Liu Mang started it suddenly. It wasn't Yao Ming's prediction that Liu Mang would retreat to shoot, but he sprinted towards the basket!
With a lower body strength of 91, Yao Ming gave another step to start the speed, and Liu Mang's strongest first step was triggered!
Liu Mang strode into the three-second zone, Yao Ming didn't even have a chance to block it, he couldn't react at all, it was too fast!

Stepping in front of Yao Ming, Liu Mang stepped heavily on the floor with his left foot, and immediately exploded!

Although Yao Ming didn't block Liu Mang's starting space, he was standing in a good enough position. He was on the line of the reasonable collision zone and took off vertically.

However, Liu Mang's strongest first step was triggered because of the strength of his lower limbs increased to 94 jumps, coupled with the explosive speed of the strongest first step. When Yao Ming just jumped up, Liu Mang had already pressed Yao Ming and smashed the ball into the basket!

Yao Ming's eyes darkened, and he was dunked head-on by Liu Mang's low singles!
With this dunk, the Rockets are about to collapse!

Seeing Liu Mang's ferocious expression when he landed, and feeling the frenzied atmosphere at the scene, Yao Ming was a little dazed.

Liu Mang relied on several low-post offenses and defenses in a row, and when Rasheed Wallace was away, he forcibly turned the atmosphere of the scene into the feeling of a devil's home court. Everyone stood up and cheered wildly. The Rockets' inside defense was repeatedly humiliated by a point guard.
Jim Jackson received the ball again, and faced Jason Terry, who had the worst perimeter defense of the Eagles, and continued to shoot. This time the luck was not so good, and he hit the iron with a three-pointer. Liu Mang carried Morris Taylor again and grabbed the defensive rebound. Morris Taylor could only foul. The number of fouls by the Rockets was up, and Liu Mang got two free throws!
With Liu Mang making two free throws, the Eagles opened the gap to 66 points 51-15!
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In the second half of the second quarter, the defensive strategy discussed by Liu Mang and Mike Woodson was successful, obliterating Yao Ming’s low-post threat. The Rockets could only shoot mid-range and long-range shots. The main reason was that Yao Ming didn’t know what to do in this situation.

On the offensive end, Liu Mang was able to kill all directions in the low post, forcing the Rockets to shrink the defense. Liu Mang began to pass inside and out. The five players of the Eagles all have mid-range or long-range shots. Liu Mang, Boozer, and Raheem can guarantee rebounds.

After halftime, the Eagles led 73 to 55 by 18 points!
The Rockets' halftime offense was good enough, but the Hawks scored as much as they should have in three quarters!

Liu Mang had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in the half!

In the third quarter, Van Gundy Jr. was forced to let Yao Ming play the entire quarter. After the intermission, Yao Ming received the ball in the low post and played more resolutely. He tried to take a step away and then throw it directly.

And the Rockets still dare not replace Yao Ming and Cato together. With Cato, Yao Ming will directly face the three-team team of Raheem, Liu Mang, Boozer or Kwame Brown and Ratliff.

Liu Mang saw that the point difference was widened to more than 20 points, and the offensive end not only went to the low post, but also made waves!
第三节刘莽狂砍18分5助攻，带领老鹰队把被打得懵逼的的火箭队彻底打崩了！100比77，老鹰队三节打完领先23分！
After playing for more than 4 minutes in the fourth quarter, the Rockets saw a score of 111 to 81. The point difference was opened by the Eagles to 30 points, and the Rockets announced their surrender!
For the Eagles, Liu Mang hasn't played enough!In the fourth quarter, he focused on passing the ball and sent out two assists. Before scoring, the Rockets fell down!Liu Mang had a mouthful of old blood stuck in his throat again, and he planned to score 40 points, but Coach Kruger had already replaced him!

Liu Mang scored 35 points, 14 rebounds, 14 assists, a large triple-double and 5 steals. Although he also made 6 turnovers, he was too short and hurt a little when he was pinched inside. He missed three passes, but that was not important.

Liu Mang could only watch the old man Stockton, who was struggling because of facing his old opponent Mark Jackson, went up to have fun, led Korver, Barnes, Boozer, and Kwame Brown to continue to beat the Rockets.

In the end, under the hurricane of the hooligans and the 40-year-old man who dared to fight during the shameless garbage time, relying on the big triple-double of the hooligans, as well as Stockton's second assists in double figures this season and his first double-double of 10 points and 12 assists, the Eagles slaughtered the Rockets by 141 to 99, 42 points!
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The fans at the scene naturally cheered from the second half of the second quarter until the end of the game. The fans in front of the TV had mixed reactions. The American fans were mainly surprised by Liu Mang's style of play, while the domestic fans saw Liu Mang bullying Yao Ming like this. How much hatred is this!

Seeing that Yao Ming was reduced to 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, and was dunked, the domestic fans started another scolding battle. Before the game was over, the Internet was already arguing. Liu Mang and Yao Ming suddenly had a lot of fans. They were black and white, and the real fans were just lamenting that Yao Ming was indeed far behind the best scorer in the league. It's about to crash again.

After the game, Liu Mang, who won a large triple-double and defeated the Rockets with an alternative style of play, could not escape the post-match interview. Yao Ming played so badly, so naturally he did not have the opportunity to interview, so Liu Mang was surrounded by domestic and American reporters.

There is still a certain difference between watching the game on the spot and watching the game in front of the TV. It is more intuitive. The Eagles are defending Yao Ming with the whole team. It is normal for Yao Ming to play so badly.
After the halftime break, a certain retired ball commentator blared that Liu Mang was his fan, and that Liu Mang had learned his style of play. Regarding this point, the reporters had long wanted to ask Liu Mang the authenticity of this matter, but Liu Mang did not accept the interview during the halftime break and went back to the locker room. Interviews are not allowed during the break, which is a league rule.

It was only then that Liu Mang knew that the ball brother was so shameless, he had more goals than the second ball. When the reporter asked him if he was a Barkley fan as Barkley said, Liu Mang showed a look of disgust on his face: "Dude, are you cursing me for not being able to win the championship?"

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I’m sorry, I forgot to post it and went to bed after writing it. A friend just called and got up and updated it immediately. Thank you for the monthly pass. My head hurts from staying up late. I’ll go to sleep again and get up in the afternoon to update!By the way, this passage is free, and it will be added after the update is released.

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