Following Rasheed Wallace's roar, Liu Mang and Boozer walked onto the court after hugging each other.

For the Eagles, the lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff came on stage.

Liu Mang looked at the opposite side. Marbury and Hardaway, Shanton Anderson, Kurt Thomas, and Mutombo came on the court.

"Stephen Marbury, ability evaluation is 90 (peak), offense is 92, defense is 71, passing is 91..."

Liu Mang knew that this season was Marbury's peak moment. Of course, the day after the peak was the moment of decline. Even if this moment was stronger than any previous moment in his career, Marbury had already reached his strongest point.

One year.

By observing Marbury's data before the game, Liu Mang discovered that more than a month before Marbury was sold to the Knicks by the Suns, that is, from early January to mid-February, he brought the Knicks to the top eight in the Eastern Conference.

This period of time was Marbury's best period. In those more than 20 games, he averaged 22 points and 11.5 assists per game, which kept him in the top two in the league in assists per game. He even had more assists than Kidd at one time. Damn it.

It's this period of time, but not so stable.

Apart from Marbury, the Knicks' strongest player is Kurt Thomas, who has an ability rating of 81 and can average a double-double per game. No one else exceeds 80. Hardaway has an ability rating of 75, and Shanton Anderson has an ability rating of 71.

Mutombo's ability evaluation is 69.

But the wealthy Knicks also have Vin Baker, Tim Thomas, Charlie Ward, DeMarre Johnson and others on the bench.

Seeing the opponent's new lineup, Liu Mang knew what the opponent was thinking. In the playoffs, they still pinned their hopes on Mutombo, hoping that this veteran could recover in the playoffs. 17.69 million

The salary is $960,000 higher than Alan Houston's salary this year. The most important thing is that this contract has one year left...

The Knicks obviously want to play defense. Shanton Anderson is a defensive iron man. He was produced by the Peak Jazz. It is not easy to earn 40 million in this era by playing defense for 8 years.

In addition to being a strong rebounder and a solid mid-range shooter, Kurt Thomas is also known for his toughness on the defensive end. Dirty Kurt is his best label. He is very similar to the future Draymond Green and is good at irritating opponents.

Mutombo, one of the representatives of the Iron Elbow faction.

When Liu Mang saw the Knicks sending such a frontcourt trio, the purpose was obvious...

Want to recreate the dark horse form of 1999? Rely on fierce physical confrontation to deal with them?

very funny!

Sensing Liu Mang's playful and appreciative look, Marbury came to the court with a surge of anger, and got close to Liu Mang. Before the game even started, he was pressuring his body.

Liu Mang was looking at the strength of the Knicks players and guessing the tactics to deal with them. Marbury suddenly came up and pushed Liu Mang with his arm, causing Liu Mang to take a step back.

"Um?"

Liu Mang was so angry that he immediately swung his left elbow back, trying to kill him. His iron elbow skill, which usually worked sometimes but not always worked well, happened to be effective this time. He hit Marbury's right chest with his elbow, and Marbury almost missed it.

Suffocated by the elbow!

Marbury immediately pushed Liu Mang on him, causing Liu Mang to stagger.

The referee had long noticed the physical contact between Liu Mang and Marbury. He originally thought it was just a regular pre-game provocation. Who knew Marbury's reaction was so big? When Marbury hit Liu Mang with his right elbow, Liu Mang

He just returned an elbow, but Marbury was hit, and actually started to fight!

The game hasn't started yet, so no foul can be called, but in order to suppress the emotions of both parties, the referee still blew the whistle!

When Liu Mang heard the whistle, he did not continue to fight back. He immediately showed an innocent expression and raised his hands, with the meaning of "The referee pushed me" written all over his face.

There was a conflict at the beginning? The fans at the scene had just become excited because of Rasheed Wallace's roar of heaven. Now they saw Marbury pushing Liu Mang, and they were throwing all kinds of curse words at Marbury.

The players from the two teams who were going to jump the ball also gathered around. This was the home court of the Eagles. The referee did not offend the public and gave Marbury a technical foul, and then came up to warn Liu Mang and Marbury.

Seeing that it was just him who was called a technical foul, Marbury, who had just recovered his breath, felt very aggrieved!

He was obviously beaten worse, so why was he called for a technical foul? Why didn't this kid commit a foul?

Coach Lenny Wilkens on the sidelines looked at Marbury with an unhappy face, and his head was getting big. This player has good skills, but his brain is not good. You have a point guard running into the opponent's half to fight with the opponent's point guard.

Bumping around, there must be something wrong with your head!

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The small episode at the beginning actually made the atmosphere at the scene even more heated. Before the game between the two teams started, there was already a strong smell of gunpowder.

Rasheed Wallace and Mutombo came to the center circle to jump the ball and were able to play again. Mutombo was very excited and actually won the jump ball!

The Hawks immediately retreated to the basket, and Liu Mang went to guard Finny Hardaway. Of course, Marbury, who was the most difficult to deal with, was left to Prince to deal with.

To Liu Mang's surprise, after Marbury dribbled the ball forward, he did not do it himself, but passed the ball to Anfernee Hardaway!

Liu Mang's defense is also very good, but there is still a bit of a gap compared to Prince. The Knicks' tactical choice is who Liu Mang defends and who holds the ball. Although this is not a good choice, the regular horse cloth

Prince was so defensive that he vomited blood.

It was completely beyond Liu Mang's expectation. Seeing the once handsome young man directing his teammates' positions, Liu Mang immediately moved in to press the defense! Faced with continuous serious injuries and a serious decline in physical fitness, Old Penny's organizational ability basically relied on breakthroughs and distribution of the ball.

Liu Mang did not give any face to the opponent and chose to press and defend.

Liu Mang was careless!

The moment Liu Mang pressed forward, Anfernee Hardaway, who had already been prepared, and his previous actions of directing his teammates to move were all fake moves! He suddenly started to speed up and broke through to the left!

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Liu Mang reacted immediately, retreated quickly, and moved towards Anfernee Hardaway, which also prevented Anfernee Hardaway from breaking through.

Deep, but has been pushed to the free throw line!

After being held up, Anfernee Hardaway immediately turned around and leaned on Liu Mang, playing a high post singles!

Anfernee Hardaway was like a restless child, feinting from side to side, and his whole body was making fake moves. When Liu Mang defended him, he made a wrong footstep, and Anfernee Hardaway seized the opportunity.

A beautiful turn blocked Liu Mang to his side, and he jumped into the basket with a nimble and light step, attracting Ratliff's defense. Ratliff's defense was in place, and he went up to block Anfernee Hardaway.

The pass from his right hand was cornered, but Anfernee Hardaway grabbed the ball with his left hand and threw the ball into the air. Mutombo made an alley-oop and dunked the ball into the basket!

Liu Mang was shown off in a fancy way!

With these low-post moves, this timing of turning, and this passing ability, who on earth said that Anfernee Hardaway can only break through?

Anfernee Hardaway and Mutombo had a wonderful alley-oop!

But the most exciting thing is the three-point line forced to the free throw line and then Liu Mang's high post singles. The old Atlanta fans couldn't help but exclaimed when they saw those steps!

The Magic reached the Finals that year, especially the series that eliminated the Bulls. O'Neal's strength was certainly the most critical reason, but Anfernee Hardaway alone attracted Jordan and Pippen to double-team, making

The collapse of the Bulls' internal and external defensive connection, linked by Pippen, is also a very important point.

Anfernee Hardaway pouted and blew air, running back to the left hand he had just passed the ball while drawing circles in the air.

It seems like I saw the penny from the Magic team back then! The idol of my stingy cousin!

It is said that Penny has a kind of aura. What is aura? That is, when others think that the ball must be forced or passed out, Penny can always find the murderous intention through his footsteps and rhythm.

Seeing Anfernee Hardaway looking proud after delivering a good assist, Liu Mang was not angry, but felt that he had learned something!

You can still play like this when playing from the back!

Compared with Kodjo's back-up play after getting stuck in position, Anfernee Hardaway's style of play may not be as lethal, but it is more difficult to guard against!

In transition, the Eagles attack.

Liu Mang pushed forward after receiving the serve. He became interested and saw the defense of the steel-muscled man, nicknamed Iron Man, who had not lost a game in seven years from 1997 to now. He chose

A violent attack!

The choice was not good. Shanton Anderson got stuck immediately and blocked Liu Mang's start.

Liu Mang didn't care, he just wanted to break through, and was squeezed to the wing by Shanton Anderson. When he was almost reaching the bottom line, he was still as far away as the free throw line from the basket!

Suddenly, Liu Mang turned around and put his back against Anderson, and Tieshan suddenly bumped into Anderson.

Tieshan's level 1 power is not powerful enough to allow Liu Mang to hit Shanton Anderson, a defensive iron man with a strength of 87, a height of 1.98 meters and a weight of 100 kilograms. However, Shanton Anderson used his speed to press and defend Liu Mang.

He was going all out. His 88% speed could only be used at full speed to keep up with Liu Mang who was not yet able to start at full speed. When Liu Mang bumped into him, Shanton Anderson had not yet regained his footing and was staggered by Liu Mang!

Liu Mang immediately took the opportunity to slap the ball on the ground, turned around and passed Shanton Anderson, and rushed inside! Kurt Thomas' defense was quick and he immediately reached Liu Mang. He was ready, Liu Mang wanted to play

He immediately tripped over his feet!

What Kurt Thomas didn't expect was that Liu Mang rushed up and turned around and leaned on him again!

Kurt Thomas saw Liu Mang's back leaning against him and was confused. Is this guy going to hit him from behind?

Kurt Thomas immediately pressed on Liu Mang and wanted to directly force Liu Mang to stop the ball. Shanton Anderson, who immediately turned around and came back from the flank, could form the most perfect flank attack with him.

However, as soon as Kurt Thomas pressed forward, Liu Mang turned around again!

Turning around twice in a row, Liu Mang spun half a circle like a whirlwind top and stepped into the three-second zone!

only……

Looks like he has turned his head!

Liu Mang's head was a little dizzy as he continued to spin in circles. This time, he actually turned 540 degrees! His feet started to stir! When he turned around and stopped, his back was facing the basket!

Liu Mang, who was a little dizzy, spun around in a big circle and threw the ball into the air!

It's not going for the basket at all, it's just a few random throws!

When the fans saw Liu Mang turning around twice in a row, they were all shocked!

This is in response to Anfernee Hardaway's breakthrough and back-up play just now, answer-ball!

Especially when Liu Mang turned around and teased Kurt Thomas, who was defending, the cheers almost reached the ceiling, but Liu Mang turned his head...
To be continued...