284. Going to break the sky
It's time for the Jazz offense again.
The Eagles continue to defend forward. Although the Eagles' speed-up defense looks fierce, there will definitely be loopholes in the press. DeShawn Stevenson received the ball after being scolded by Coach Sloan on the sidelines.
Knowing that he went inside and dunked, the Jazz's scoring continued.
But for a dunk, even if DeShawn Stevenson has a very good physical condition and the dunk is very exciting, it only ends up being two points.
The Eagles immediately counterattacked after the opponent scored. This time, Jason Terry received the ball and attracted the defense. Liu Mang received the ball from the bottom corner and hit a three-pointer!
According to common sense, 3 is always greater than 2!
After finding a way to defeat the enemy, the Eagles immediately got back on track. Liu Mang desperately went around and fought with his body, locking Marshall's single-game three-pointer record at 11.
In the past, the Jazz only stepped up the physical confrontation unilaterally, which already made the physical fitness of the two teams uncontrollable. At the last moment, the Hawks also stepped up the physical confrontation. Now it was all about willpower.
The first thing that couldn't hold on was the Jazz! After all, the Hawks still had a ten-point lead and had three outstanding singles with the ball. After Hornacek and others retired, the Jazz only had Marshall on the bench.
He is a good player in singles, but others are average or even not good at it.
Although the Hawks' strange defense and team's forward movement gave the Jazz some opportunities to directly attack the basket.
But it’s harmless!
At least the Eagles' own offense has continued, with people moving and the ball moving, instead of playing in isolation like before.
Although Liu Mang is statistically speaking, he is the kind of person who does not let go of the ball and does not pass the ball, but if you really watch his game, you will find that he is not as independent as imagined. He sticks to the ball, but it is not that he refuses to hand over the ball.
Going out, it's just that Raheem and Jason Terry both held the ball for two or three seconds before shooting, which makes it appear that they held the ball so little time and Liu Mang held the ball so much.
Think about it carefully, in addition to Liu Mang, the Eagles also have two players who average more than 6 singles per game, and average at least 1.5 singles in each quarter. This is the case for Raheem and Jason Terry, both of whom have a lot of persistence.
In singles, there are two offenses and new teams with this number of singles. Counting the entire NBA, there is only one team except the Hawks!
Liu Mang holds the ball for a long time, mainly because there are only a few players on the team who can catch and shoot the ball, and most of them are impact role players. Can Liu Mang not hold the ball all the time?
As the Hawks speeded up, the Jazz gradually couldn't hold it anymore. As they fought, Ostertag simply stopped at his own three-point line. Both teams were running and fighting. Are you going to be exhausted?
In the end, Ostertag just stood under his own basket and went in and out. There was a rookie wearing No. 1 sneaking in and dunking next to him, and he didn't even bother to reach out!
With more than 1 minute and 30 seconds left on the clock, there is still an 11-point difference. Coach Sloan looks at his current lineup and there is no key player. Marshall can barely count. He can attack and score three points, but he has already won.
When he reached 45 points, he couldn't jump anymore. It was a bit difficult to get rid of the harassment of the rookie on the opposite side.
That's pretty much it for this game. As expected, without players, even if the opportunity comes, it will be very difficult to come back.
He has good skills, high IQ, good physical fitness but a wretched style of play, good at using pick-and-rolls... a good player!
This is Coach Sloan’s evaluation of Liu Mang under his stinky face!
"Phil, show me the information on the Chinese Liu." Sloan said to Phil Johnson, his old partner and old assistant coach who had worked with him for more than ten years.
Scouting reports are a must-have item for every team. Each team may have limited scouting capabilities. For example, the scouts trained by the Pistons during the Chuck Daly era are among the best in the league. The scouts from the Wizards
Tan has always been at the bottom of the league.
But in terms of basic information, each team's scouting report is similar.
"Ace, you're not 20 years old yet? 1+1 basic salary is not guaranteed, team option..." Coach Sloan thought that the two core players are so old, and it's time to think about the future.
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As Liu Mang hit another close shot, the point difference came to 15 points.
With only 58 seconds left, the Jazz replaced their main players and announced their surrender!
The Eagles also replaced all their main players, and Liu Mang followed suit. There were more than 50 seconds left, and there was nothing you could do to gain points without losing that person!
but……
When Liu Mang came off the field, he felt strange. Why were his teammates so excited? Emmanuel even ran into the field and was warned by the referee not to come in.
Some fans at the scene were applauding...
"Ace, you are so awesome! Wow! The most powerful rookie in history!"
Liu Mang walked to the sidelines, and Emmanuel rushed up and hugged Liu Mang, very excited.
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Looking at Jason Terry who seemed a little envious, looking at Raheem who looked impressed, Coach Kruger who looked like he really got your wish, and Kukoc who was shocked...
I scanned the auditorium and found that some fans with cameras were shooting wildly at the big screen in the center of the stadium...
Liu Mang raised his head and looked at the big screen.
It was written clearly on the big screen.
NO.9, Ace Liu, 51 points in a single game!
The ninth rookie in NBA history to score 50 points in a game!
The first eight are also listed.
George Mikan, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Earl Monroe, Rick Barry, Elvin Hayes, Kareem Jabbar, Allen Iverson!
In the more than 50 years of NBA history, only 8 players have scored 50 points in a single game before, including Jordan, Olajuwon, Malone and others, all of whom have never completed 50 points in a single game in their rookie season!
The ninth one was born today!
Among the eight players who have scored 50 points in a single game during their rookie seasons, Iverson, who has the least honors, at least won the regular season MVP!
Regardless of whether he was an opponent or not, the fans at the scene spontaneously applauded!
First of all, Liu Mang has no grudge against the Jazz, and he also has a grudge against the Lakers. In the eyes of the Jazz, Liu Mang is a good person! Before, it was just a tradition in Salt Lake City to boo Liu Mang.
Secondly, Stockton expressed his praise for Liu Mang more than once in interviews.
Third, this is probably the only time in the entire career that fans can see a rookie score 50 points live!
51 points?
Liu Mang wanted to increase his score before, but later he realized that while scoring was important, victory was more important, so he stopped paying attention to it and devoted himself to the game. As soon as he kept playing, victory was guaranteed.
He didn't notice that he scored 14 points in a row in 5 minutes starting from the sixth to last minute.
Liu Mang was also a little surprised when he scored 51 points.
But what's even more surprising is that he didn't expect that a 50-point game would make the fans so excited and have such a big impact!
When Liu Mang wanted to score points before, he was thinking about 50 points in a game. This year, many players have already scored 50 points. It seems like more than a dozen times, even Mr. Qiao has done it.
He overlooked one thing, he is still a rookie!
He can score 40 points, several times, and even after scoring 40 points against the Lakers in the last game, he scored 40 points in two consecutive games against the Jazz today.
But he ignored one thing!
He is still a rookie!
A rookie scored 50 points in a single game, which can be said to have poked a hole in the basketball world!
A little confused!
Now that even the visiting team is applauding him, Liu Mang is indeed a little confused!
The next system prompt made him even more confused...
"Ding... got the coach's approval from Jerry Sloan."
"Ding... I received the long-term assignment and the coach's approval."
"Coach's recognition: Win the recognition of all NBA team coaches and become the player that all coaches want to have. Completed 2/29."
"Ding... the host scored 50 points in a single game during the rookie season and achieved a historical rookie achievement. The rewards are being calculated..."
"Ding... got the season mission: the strongest rookie."
Chapter completed!