"Use the Hayes star card."

"Ding... the host uses the Chuck Hayes 2010-2011 version of the star card, which is valid for this game, and can obtain matching bonus attributes: comprehensive strength 90, lower limb strength 100... The fit is 60%, and the ability matches.

Adding bonus..."

"Ding... the host's comprehensive strength is increased to 84, and the lower limb strength is increased to 91."

"Ding... Due to the sudden increase in strength of the lower limbs, the host's speed for this game has been increased to 95, and its bounce has been increased to 94."

Liu Mang clearly felt that his waist and hips were stronger!

Instead of using the O'Neal, Ben-Wallace star card to feel the whole body full of power, he also felt a little difference in his upper body strength, but it didn't have much impact, mainly in the lower body strength, there was obviously a big difference!

Ben Wallace's lower body strength can only be said to be excellent. Every time he met Yao Ming, he was beaten. In his rookie year, Yao Ming could easily score 20 points on Ben Wallace. A while ago, Yao Ming just scored 20 points on Ben Wallace.

Laish scored 25 points, 20 rebounds and 5 blocks.

O'Neal's lower body strength mainly comes from tonnage, not to mention Howard's lower body strength.

As for Hayes, the strength of his lower limbs is too exaggerated!

Liu Mang only improved his lower limb strength to 91, and he clearly felt that his lower limbs were stronger, much stronger than his upper body.

A bit awkward!

Sure enough, just as Liu Mang thought, star cards for role players sometimes have very different effects.

This was the third game at home without the roar of Rasheed Wallace. Feeling a little unaccustomed, Liu Mang stood at his free throw line and waited to receive the ball.

On the other side, Rockets players are always ready to retreat and defend.

Yao Ming and Ratliff came to the center circle to jump the ball, and their jump ball was half-measured, which made the home team fans feel heartbroken.

The referee blows the whistle and the game begins, throwing the ball into the air.

The two jump ball weaklings both jumped up hard and reached for the ball. Yao Ming had a slight advantage and moved the ball backward, and the Rockets attacked first.

Liu Mang came to Dinghu and waited for Francis to come.

The Hawks' judgment on the Rockets' offense is that the Rockets must give the ball to Yao Ming again.

However, unexpectedly, Yao Ming moved to the mid-range. Instead of beating Ratliff, he came to the mid-range to open up space and pulled Ratliff out, destroying the Eagles' attempt to use it at the beginning.

Ratliff's defensive advantage to deal with Yao Ming's idea!

Ratliff and Yao Ming didn't play many one-on-one matches. They haven't faced each other head-to-head this season, but last season Yao Ming didn't get any favors from Ratliff, so he simply pulled Ratliff out.

Francis passed the ball to Maurice Taylor in the mid-range on the baseline. Maurice Taylor received the ball and hit Boozer in isolation. He leaned in and turned around against Boozer. Maurice Taylor cut into the inside and scored easily for a layup.

Two points.

Liu Mang was ready to retreat to the free throw line to defend and attack Yao Ming. However, when he saw Yao Ming pulling out, he thought the Rockets were going to play a pick-and-roll. Liu Mang extended it to the three-point line. Unexpectedly, the Rockets actually got a pass from Maurice Taylor.

attack!

The last time the two teams played against each other, Ratliff took a rest, and Boozer failed to guard Yao Ming, but Rasheed Wallace guarded Maurice Taylor to death, and Boozer guarded Maurice Taylor.

, passed by in one step.

Liu Mang clearly saw that the Rockets' style of play has changed since they confirmed Maurice Taylor to replace Kevin Cato! When the opponent has a strong defensive player under the basket, Yao Ming's shooting is obviously taxing.

smaller.

Such a player who has a mid-range shot and is a monster at the basket is simply amazing.

After the Rockets scored, they immediately returned to defense. Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt.

The Eagles' playing style is also clear. Seeing Francis' aggressive defensive posture, although Liu Mang beat Francis easily, the team's target is not him, but Yao Ming!

Ratliff came out to screen Liu Mang, and Yao Ming had to follow him. If he stayed under the basket and let Maurice Taylor come out, he could be killed by Boozer's shot or suddenly.

With Ratliff's pick-and-roll, Liu Mang's pick-and-roll master was triggered at level 5, and his speed skyrocketed. He passed by Yao Ming like the wind. Francis was blocked by Ratliff, and Yao Ming couldn't keep up with Liu Mang's speed.

The Rockets' defense against Liu Mang was more than this. Jim Jackson, who had been transformed by Pat Riley for two years, played very actively. When Liu Mang was about to pick and roll, he judged that Yao Ming and Francis could not guard Liu Mang.

Mang's pick-and-roll immediately got in front of Liu Mang. Liu Mang passed the ball to Rahim on the baseline. Rahim received the ball and rushed to the basket. Maurice Taylor was too late to cover up, so he had to

He tried his best to move to the right side of the basket and saw that Rahim could dunk directly, but he passed!

Rahim threw the ball to the left side of the basket, and Boozer scored two points with an easy alley-oop.

It's quite a team's selfless cooperation in passing and cutting, but Liu Mang's heart bleeds when he sees this scene... Rahim has assists, Boozer has scored, but he has nothing!

Liu Mang turned around and returned to defense resentfully. He was even more unhappy with the Rockets, especially Maurice Taylor, who couldn't guard Boozer properly. He insisted on finding something to do and imitating Cato to cover up the defense.

However, Maurice Taylor was not good on the defensive end, but he did very well on the offensive end. In the last two years of his rookie contract, he averaged 17 points and 6 rebounds per game. The Clippers' strategy in recent years is that no matter how well the rookie plays,

If the contract expires and can't be renewed at a cheap price, then don't let him go. That's why the Rockets can get Maurice Taylor with a contract that's a little more than the middle class.

It's just that Maurice Taylor basically made no progress after one year after joining the Rockets. The Rockets wanted a core player inside, so they abandoned him and trained Eddie Griffin, but Eddie Griffin

It was also useless. Later, Yao Ming was acquired and the core of the inside was established.

But now that he is used as a role player, Maurice Taylor's value has been reflected.

If there is a mid-range shot, Ratliff will defend it, Maurice Taylor will open the mid-range shot, and Boozer will hit the basket to defend it.

Moreover, after Yao Ming pulled out and saw Boozer guarding him, he immediately cut back to the basket. Although playing Boozer was tiring, it was much better than playing Ratliff. Yao Ming started to wreak havoc under the basket again.

The Hawks tried to shrink from the perimeter, and Jim Jackson's rebounding impact, Mobley's three-pointers, and Francis' air cuts were all outstanding.

Without Rasheed Wallace, the Hawks' interior defense has indeed dropped a level. If Muhammad or Kwame Brown are brought up to play power forward when Yao Ming is here, the interior players' independent offense will basically be gone.

COSCO has no shot at all, so it can only rely on Liu Mang to organize the offense, especially when Kwame Brown comes up, which directly consumes the physical energy of the two big centers.

Therefore, the Hawks can only use Liu Mang and Ratliff's pick-and-roll to consume Yao Ming. At the same time, they can attack themselves or support the attack, and try their best to defend on the defensive end.

It was clear that neither side could guard the other with this style of play. By the official timeout of the first quarter, the Hawks trailed the Rockets by 2 points, 16-18.

Liu Mang scored 6 points and 2 assists in more than half a quarter. He did not deliberately increase his shots today. This game was much more difficult than those weak teams during the previous seven-game winning streak.

Neither Liu Mang nor the Eagles coaching staff expected that the Rockets would actually assist Maurice Taylor today, and it had a miraculous effect!

He scored 7 points and 3 assists in half a quarter. Maurice Taylor gave Mobley a three-point pass and assisted. Yao Ming squeezed Boozer and ran back to the basket for an alley-oop dunk. Another was given to Francis.

cut.

Now Maurice Taylor has a good center teammate, a shooter on the outside, and the ball in his hand. He feels like a future star back then. At the age of 28, he is at the peak of his career. Although his skills are not

There is no big improvement, but as long as it suits his style of play, his teammates will be better, and the Rockets are following the general trend of the league this year. Stars are also willing to sacrifice to let teammates who have better opportunities to score. Maurice Taylor played today

A very good start.

Liu Mang felt that Maurice Taylor's performance today was really impressive. It was a bit different from the memory that Yao Ming did not have a good power forward as a helper. Although Maurice Taylor was not top-notch, he was still very good on the offensive end.

The Rockets took advantage of the fact that Rasheed Wallace was no longer there, and the fact that no one else in the Hawks could shoot except Boozer, and Yao Ming's defensive mask at the basket, the Hawks could only attack in the opening game.

!

Moreover, when Yao Ming only made 1 of 2 shots and 2 free throws, and only scored 4 points in the first quarter, the Eagles failed to gain an advantage.

But when it comes to rotating the lineup, the Eagles' advantage comes out.

The official timeout ended, and the Eagles replaced Liu Mang with Stockton and brought Prince, Jason Terry, Boozer, and Kwame Brown to play.

The Rockets sent Mark Jackson to deal with Stockton, as well as Mobley and Witherspoon. Maurice Taylor, who played well today, continued to play, and Cato replaced Yao Ming.

The duel between the two god-level assist masters who leads the history in assists so far and ranks second in the history in assists list.

This duel sounds loud, but in fact one of the two is over 40, and the other is almost 40. Both of them are already past their prime.

Moreover, the assist leader who is in his 40s is in far better shape than the one who is not yet 40. After both sides rotated their lineups, the Eagles clearly had the advantage.

The Rockets can only rely on old cat Mobley to play in isolation. Mark Jackson now only passes the ball to the right teammates. He has long lost the ability to tear apart the opponent's defense with his big butt.

Stockton still has an offensive threat.

Maurice Taylor withered without Yao Ming to attract the best defenders. Cato basically has no scoring ability. Boozer can just guard him. Maurice Taylor met Kwame Brown... it was miserable.

In the second half of the first quarter, both Francis and Yao Ming were absent. The Eagles relied on a combination of young and old to lead the team to easily overtake the score in the last five minutes.

33 to 29, the Eagles led by 4 points and entered the intersection.

…

After returning from the inter-section break, the game started before the second quarter. Stockton, who was in good form and scored 2 points and 2 assists in the first quarter, continued to play, with Jason Terry, Raheem, Muhammad, and Quan

The May-Brown combination goes up.

The Rockets replaced Francis, Witherspoon, Jim Jackson, Charles Oakley, and Cato.

The Rockets are obviously going to fight on the outside, and they have replaced the two defensive combinations of veterans Oakley and Cato on the inside.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Stockton managed to lead Muhammad, Raheem, and Kwame Brown in pick-and-rolls, trying to maintain a slight lead.

Liu Mang didn't take Stockton's place. Instead, he went to compete with the Rockets' three-man outside line. He went up to play pick-and-roll with Stockton and his teammates. The effect was not much different. The Rockets were not in the seven-game winning streak.

Those weak teams, the Rockets' three-man perimeter trio is indeed fierce in firepower. Prince needs to rest. Liu Mang and Rahim can guard the two but cannot guard the third one. They are all playing against each other. The Eagles coaching staff would rather let

Stockton stepped in for a while. Stockton played more than ten minutes per game in the regular season. It was also very good for the Hawks in the playoffs, as he maintained his veteran status.

Liu Mang was discussing defense with Mike Woodson, and Mike Woodson's face became increasingly ugly.

"Mike, do it or do it?"
Chapter completed!