When playing games at home, the players are always happier. They don’t have to travel long distances. They don’t have to sit around in the hotel and find nothing to do while waiting for the game. The most important thing is, they don’t have to worry about being beaten when they go out.

For example, Liu, who is very hated now, would be the best to play at home.

When I got up in the morning, I made breakfast before little Loli woke up, but didn’t eat it. There was a game today, so I made breakfast and went to the arena. After eating a nutritious meal, after the team tactical training and team meeting in the morning,

In the afternoon, Liu Mang has been studying the tactics against the Kings with his teammates, watching the Kings game video, and communicating with the teammates who will participate in the game today.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Mang went to Dinah's school to take Dinah and Alexia to the gym, and then went to do pre-game warm-up training, massage and stretching, etc.

At 6:40, the entrance ceremony for the two teams began.

The coming of the Kings has posed a considerable threat to the Hawks, mainly due to the recent winning streak of the Kings, Webber's reintegration into the Kings, and the Kings' appearance as a championship contender again. In view of the fact that the Kings almost defeated the Lakers two years ago.

It was overturned, and the current lineup has not changed much. Brad Miller, who is very suitable for the Kings' Princeton system, has been introduced. Fans feel that if it is really bad, the Kings may also reach the finals, and the Hawks

The team's goal this year is to win the championship. Except for this, everything else is not worthy of the current lineup. Therefore, after Webber returns, the Kings have become a huge threat in the eyes of Hawks fans.

When the Kings players came out, especially when Peja came out, the audience burst into boos.

After the Kings players entered the court, they looked behind the Eagles bench. Prince and Rasheed Wallace were wearing suits, meaning they chose not to play in this game. Several Kings players felt something called

The feeling of "humiliation".

The Eagles actually had a bye when they played them, which made the Kings stars very angry!

Many fans don’t understand the importance of Rasheed Wallace. From a statistical point of view, Rasheed Wallace averaged 12 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks per game. There is nothing particularly impressive. In the past, Muhammad

When De was in charge, he averaged a double-double in two seasons and looked much better. However, as an NBA player, I understand the importance of Rasheed Wallace better, especially the Kings players who have Webb, who is also a top power forward.

We all know how important it was for the Hawks to win when Rasheed Wallace beat Webber in the last match.

Liu Mang was the second to enter the venue after Ratliff. After entering, he looked at Weber's slightly rounded figure and it was really eye-catching. However, from the videos of Weber's recent games, it seems that he has learned to start using his weight.

With the advantage brought by the increase, the defense has become worse, but the offense seems to have not declined significantly since it was integrated into the Kings.

Liu Mang still admires Weber's golf intelligence.

Feeling the fierce gaze from Peja, Liu Mang spread his palms. Under Peja's gaze, the tips of his palms straightened his head from the temples to the back of his head. The fans at the scene saw Liu Mang's

The movement made a sound of "Uu...".

Liu Mang couldn't help but rolled his eyes, he was still a fan! He didn't give him any face.

The smell of gunpowder between the two teams is getting stronger, the hostility and anger of the Kings players, and the fear of the Kings by the fans at the scene. The two are combined into one. The Eagles players did not originally regard the Kings as their final opponent, but now the smell of gunpowder has become stronger.

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As Rasheed Wallace roared on the big screen, the cheers of the audience reached a boiling point. After Liu Mang and Boozer beat their chests with fists and hugged each other, they both stepped onto the court.

Today's lineup for the Hawks is Liu Mang, Korver, Raheem, Boozer, and Ratliff.

It seems that the defense of the Hawks lineup has dropped significantly by more than one level. This is why Liu Mang felt that Alexander was better in this game. Relatively speaking, Korver was not bad. His solo defense was not particularly bad, and his assist defense was unexpected.

Well, the main reason is that Boozer's defense is really eye-catching.

The Kings lineup is Bibby, Christie, Peja, Webber, and Brad Miller.

A few days before this year’s trade deadline, 28 teams in the league made trades. It is known as the craziest trade deadline in history. After the finals and the draft, no trades can be made without changes in draft picks.

, so many teams who don’t want to trade draft picks but don’t want to leave excess stars to the new team, especially teams that can’t make the playoffs, are unwilling to give it to the new team even if they lose money, so

There were 22 transactions in those days, and the only team without any transactions was the Kings.

This is why many fans believe that after the Kings added Brad Miller, who can replace Divac, many fans believe that the Kings can return to their glory two years ago. Their lineup has not changed much, and most of the players are in their prime.

This is especially true after Divac was replaced by All-Star Brad Miller who was in his prime.

Ratliff and Brad Miller came to the center circle for a jump ball. No matter how average Ratliff's bounce was, he was much better than Brad Miller, and easily won the jump ball.

The Eagles attack first.

After Liu Mang received the ball, he advanced to the frontcourt. The speed of advancement was obviously slower. Compared with the previous three or four seconds to reach the frontcourt, this ball took more than six seconds.

The Hawks' lineup is not suitable for playing fast. Korver, Boozer, and Ratliff are three very slow players, so they can only play positionally, so Liu Mang tried to slow down the pace after the game started.

Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, and as soon as he reached the three-point line, Christie immediately came to defend him.

Christie is worthy of being a defensive champion in the league! It puts huge defensive pressure on Liu Mang. For this 34-year-old veteran to be so aggressive in defense, Liu Mang did not expect that the last time he went to the Kings home court to play, Christie obviously had no defense.

So positive!

Liu Mang felt the pressure from Christie, took a step back and started to break through. Christie immediately pressed on Liu Mang and continued to press and defend. Liu Mang was a little strange. He had already made some space, and the opponent pressed up. This defense

Was it a mistake?

Following the force of Christie's pressure, Liu Mang passed by Christie. As soon as he entered the three-point line, he understood why Christie was defending like that. Bibby, who was originally guarding Korver, had already flanked Christie, one behind the other.

Clamp Liu Mang!

Moreover, Bibby's defensive position and the timing of the attack were very good. Liu Mang almost hit Bibby directly, which might have been an offensive foul!

The Kings' defensive strategy was quite obvious. They blocked Liu Mang and missed Korver!

Liu Mang almost hit Bibby and turned around to avoid Bibby, but he had already picked up the ball. In the process of turning around, he tried his best to throw the ball out. He almost made no mistakes and sent it to the open Korver.

inside.

Korver was playing for the first time in his career. He didn't expect it to be him. The Hawks have always focused on defense. Except for Boozer, no one with bad defense has ever played this season.

Korver was very nervous. After catching the ball, he threw it away. He was very excited, and then there was a "bang", it was iron!

Korver was too nervous, and it was as if someone was chasing him to bite into such a big open space, so he took action in a panic.

Brad Miller grabbed a defensive rebound, and Adelman smiled on the sidelines. Korver looked like he could attract defenses. His performance in the three-point contest was really amazing, but today the Hawks

When Korver was brought up, Adelman immediately chose to let go of Korver and give him a chance. Sure enough, it had a miraculous effect from the start! A rookie took on the task, and he was suddenly promoted from a water dispenser keeper. This kind of mentality

The famous coach Adelman had already anticipated the imbalance.

When the Kings attacked, Brad Miller passed the ball to Bibby. After Bibby advanced to the frontcourt, the moment before Korver defended him, Bibby threw a three-pointer!

With quite excellent judgment and confidence in himself, Korver was still in the despair of missing a three-pointer. His defensive action was a beat slow, and he was beaten by Bibby for a three-pointer!

The key is to get in!

The Kings are speeding up! This offense only took 8 seconds, and they almost threw it away as soon as they advanced to the three-point line.

The rhythm choices of the two teams are very clear!

Liu Mang went after Peja, and Korver went to defend Bibi. Unexpectedly, he was beaten so miserably from the beginning. Only then did he realize that it was not Bibi who was bad in the last match, but Prince's defense was too good!

The impact of Prince's absence was felt immediately.

Seeing Korver very disappointed, Liu Mang picked up the ball and patted Korver's shoulder to comfort him. Korver nodded. Liu Mang went to the bottom line and sent the ball to Korver. Korver

The ball was passed back to Liu Mang, who continued to press the rhythm and advance upfield.

Under the eight-second violation of slow pace, Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, and his teammates were already in position. Liu Mang suddenly increased his speed, hoping to catch the Kings off guard, but he did not expect Bibby's defensive prediction.

It was so outstanding. He immediately came up and flanked Liu Mang with Christie. Liu Mang chose to trust Korver again and passed the ball.

Korver took a deep breath after receiving the ball and shot another three-pointer!

It’s good to be confident, but the goal still didn’t go in!

Fortunately, the Kings are last in the league in rebounding this year, averaging 41 rebounds per game and losing 44 rebounds per game. Their rebound plus-minus per game is second to last in the league, second only to the Sonics. Boozer is prepared this time.

From the beginning, he was actively rushing for rebounds. With his strength advantage, he cut in and when Ratliff was ready to block Brad Miller, he squeezed Webber away and put the ball into the basket.

Finally got two points, but looking back, Korver, who was unexpectedly shot a three-pointer by Bibby last time, this time he pressed towards Bibby very actively, but he was too aggressive and was passed by Bibby.

Got it!

Bibby rushed to the basket and connected with Weber. He attracted Boozer to shrink and then passed to Weber. Weber made a mid-range shot!

5 to 2, the Kings started with an advantage!

The Eagles started off in a very unfavorable situation!

Liu Mang was flanked as soon as the half was over, and had no chance to pass to Rahim inside. Rahim wanted to play singles, and Liu Mang had to look for passing opportunities. He passed the ball to Korver, but Korver couldn't make the shot.

There was no way, Liu Mang arrived at the third attack, and then came on his own, making a strong mid-range shot between the two!

The touch seemed to be contagious, and Liu Mang's strong shot failed to score. The Kings protected the defensive rebound this time and quickly counterattacked. Peja hit a chasing three-pointer!
Chapter completed!