Seeing that Francis was not angry, Liu Mang didn't care. Things like trash talk and waste of words are a surprise if they work. If they don't, they are useless.

Compared with previous seasons, Francis' biggest growth this season is his mentality.

The difference between the core of a bad team and the core of a strong team is vision, which determines the mentality of looking at things.

In a bad team, there is no chance to compete for the championship. Whether you can make it to the playoffs is a question. How can you have any long-term vision? I just think about the competition with a certain player and what small losses I suffered last time. What will happen next?

How do I get back? The other party punched me insidiously. I will kick him back next time...

In the past, Francis was also a stingy person, and his vision was limited to those small things.

Liu Mang is equally stingy, but his revenge goals are very simple. No matter whether the other party is a criminal against him, or the other party defeated him, or the other party defended him, he has only one goal of revenge. The next time he will fight with the other party.

Lead the team to beat the opponent to death during the game.

They are all stingy players. Vision determines mentality, mentality determines behavior, and behavior determines the future.

But now that Francis has played in a strong team for half a season, and it is a team that he has changed single-handedly, his vision has improved. He has accumulated grudges with Liu Mang for many years, but now he is also thinking about winning, not

I had to compete with Liu Mang alone, otherwise he would just top the arc and throw it away in the first round like before.

At the age of 28, Francis arrived at the place that truly suited him.

When Liu Mang stepped to the free throw line, he only had one thing on his mind - Ray Allen has met a point guard who is so suitable for him. Will there still be three big players from the Celtics? Will there still be three young men from the Thunder?

Not caring that the trash talk had no effect, Liu Mang walked to the free throw line and made a steady hit.

After only two minutes of play, the Eagles lead the SuperSonics by 5 points 8-3!

After Liu Mang made the free throw, he immediately retreated. The Eagles defended the position and waited for the SuperSonics to advance.

Francis came outside the three-point line, and Liu Mang continued to defend, not afraid that the opponent would not break through. The opponent's pick-and-roll three-point threat was obviously greater, and Lewis's mid-range and long-range shots, catches and shots were too powerful.

Francis' strongest point is breakthrough. Liu Mang believes that he will not make up for the breakthrough opportunity in front of him. As long as Francis starts to break through, their defensive rotation will be up.

As Liu Mang expected, Francis once again used his strong body to squeeze him away and broke into the inside. Liu Mang immediately chased Prince's defender. McGrady came up to defend Francis, and Prince also

He chased after McGrady's defender, and the high-speed defensive rotation continued!

When Francis reached the free throw line, McGrady had already switched defenses. However, Francis' rhythm was a little different this time. When he squeezed Liu Mang away, he did not speed up! Instead, he waited until McGrady was one step ahead of him before he started to speed up!

As soon as McGrady moved in front of Francis, he was still charging forward. Francis accelerated in the direction where McGrady was rushing, made a rhythm difference, and suddenly rushed inside from McGrady's side!

Jerome James's other abilities are not good, but he is very strong. He is pestering Kwame Brown. Francis rushes into the basket and leaps high, and easily dunks with a tomahawk!

He doesn't just know how to pass the ball! Francis was the most violent defender back then!

It's like repaying Liu Mang's three-pointer just now, or repaying Tracy McGrady and Rasheed Wallace's dunk!

Francis dunked a tomahawk over two people in a one-on-one, which triggered cheers from the fans at the scene.

Kwame Brown had nothing to do with the ball. The opponent just went straight inside and he was still blocked.

One of the shortcomings of the Hawks' high-speed rotating defense was taken advantage of by Francis, and that was the shortcoming that the Mavericks and Bulls couldn't guard against when they encountered perimeter players with strong isolation capabilities.

Liu Mang, McGrady, and Prince looked at each other and understood what the other meant, and they were about to change their defensive strategies.

After receiving Kwame Brown's serve, Liu Mang passed the ball to McGrady, who pushed forward.

The Hawks did not force a fast break. The opponent had Francis, so they could play defensive counterattacks. However, if they made a mistake during the fast break or the opponent grabbed a defensive rebound, Francis would be in trouble.

After arriving in the frontcourt, McGrady signaled Liu Mang to continue cutting and playing an off-ball pick-and-roll with Rasheed Wallace.

Liu Mang led Francis to cut inside, and Rasheed Wallace reached the free throw line to help Liu Mang block Francis.

At the same time, McGrady suddenly accelerated and took the first three explosive steps with his long legs, leaving Antonio Daniels behind!

Francis and Lewis were still hesitating whether to guard Liu Mang from a double attack or switch defenses to guard both of them. Liu Mang had just used the pick-and-roll to run from the right side of the three-second zone to the left, and suddenly Tracy McGrady also appeared on the right side of the three-second zone!

Francis and Lewis are about to vomit blood. They are trying to kill each other! Hurry up and attack Tracy McGrady who has the ball.

Francis, Lewis, Antonio Daniels, and Jerome James under the basket all focused on Tracy McGrady, and the young team saw that he was suppressed by Liu Mang last season, and this season he is playing tricks on Liu Mang.

McGrady will ignore the difference. Most of the SuperSonics players entered the NBA at the same age as McGrady!

McGrady didn't even look. He jumped up and completely attracted the defender, then threw the ball from behind his head towards the top arc.

Liu Mang used the explosive speed of the pick-and-roll master to rush to the top arc and just caught the ball, and made a 180-degree turn over jumper from the top arc!

"Ding... Quick Shooting Master Level 5 is triggered. This shot ignores the impact of running on catching and shooting, and the shooting speed is accelerated by 30%..."

Liu Mang felt great when he turned over and shot a jump shot. It felt like standing to catch the ball and shoot. When the ball was thrown, Liu Mang knew that it would definitely go in!

Liu Mang put his hands behind his ears, and just as he closed his eyes, the ball fell into the basket!

Just so confident, the four Sonics went to double-team Tracy McGrady. Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown had excellent opportunities to hit the offensive rebounds. Liu Mang would be stupid not to shoot, even if he didn't score.

There is also a high probability of "2 1".

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The fans at the scene saw Liu Mang's pretentious actions, and a large number of fans raised their middle fingers and booed fiercely.

McGrady looked at Liu Mang's pretentious movements. He thought something was a little weird before, something he had always thought was weird. Now he understood why Liu Mang always shot such difficult shots so confidently?

The more difficult it is, the more confident you become!

This kind of shooting percentage is not as high as when the ball is open, but as long as it is scored, it can leave a deep impression on the opponent and teammates. Just like Jordan, Kobe's shooting percentage is not high, much lower than James.

But both of them are regarded as the best key ball players in history, but James is criticized for his love of passing the ball at critical moments, because the key points of the impression they leave on people are different!

Liu Mang hit two consecutive difficult three-pointers, which caused the Sonics' defensive focus to begin to change.

Liu Mang scored 7 points in a row, pushing the score to 11-5, a 6-point difference!

Offense and defense transition, Supersonic offense.

The Hawks switched defense, McGrady went to the top arc and waited for Francis to advance, and Liu Mang guarded Luke Ridnour.

The SuperSonics' high-speed rotation could not prevent Francis' breakthrough. When playing against the Sonics, they did not dare to attack easily. The opponent's three pitchers were too accurate. The Sonics' three-point shooting percentage was second in the league, second only to the Suns.

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Breaking through McGrady, Francis stared at McGrady with all his attention. He couldn't break through with just his body like Liu Mang. McGrady's physical fitness was much stronger.

In particular, Francis was angry and afraid when he saw Maddie's squinting contemptuous expression.

"Stop looking down on me!"

Francis felt that Maddie's expression was contemptuous of him!

Francis suddenly exerted force, slapped his left hand on the ground, and accelerated violently.

McGrady really doesn’t look down on Francis. He is short-sighted and doesn’t like wearing contact lenses. Although he can see clearly at a close distance without wearing glasses, he still squints habitually.

Faced with the acceleration of Francis, he quickly moved to the left and rear, trying to get into the inside lane close to Francis. At this time, Francis seemed as if his knees were made of iron. While walking, he kicked his right leg forward, and his shoes made a violent friction sound with the floor. Francis suddenly

The ground changed direction and bounced to the left.

At this time, Lewis, who was bypassing the baseline, happened to be passing Rasheed Wallace. Francis passed the ball to Lewis, and then went up to block Rasheed Wallace.

Lewis came to the left side of the three-second area and made a mid-range turnaround jump shot, which also went in!

7 to 11, the SuperSonics cling to the score!

Even though Ray Allen is missing, the Sonics are still very strong! That kind of stability is so strong! It’s hard to defend!

When defending against the opponent alone, he makes moves, when he switches to guard Francis at high speed, he breaks through, and the three pitchers are accurate.

If the SuperSonics were so easy to deal with, it would be impossible to reach this point and still be second in the Western Conference, beating the Spurs and Dallas Mavericks!

Because the rhythm on the court was picked up unconsciously, the scoring efficiency of both teams was extremely high!

For the Eagles, McGrady organized the offense at the beginning, and the effect was very good. He began to make more use of the memory of his teammates' running routes and used the threats of his teammates and his own threats to start passing the ball, although it was still a pass.

Teammates mainly shot directly, but they did a better job.

On the SuperSonics side, relying on Francis' breakthrough ability, three shooters moved around, Jerome James restrained Kwame Brown under the basket, and a seven-foot-tall physical man standing there was a threat.

The scores of both teams continued to rise, and the official timeout failed to stop the offensive firepower of the two teams, making both teams afraid to make substitutions easily to break the good coordination.

At the ninth minute of the first quarter, the Eagles called a timeout first.

24 to 21, the point difference was only three points after being chased by the Sonics. If the next offensive shot was missed and the opponent scored a three-pointer, the score would be tied!

Liu Mang scored 14 points in 9 minutes, and McGrady scored 2 points and 5 assists in 9 minutes.

The opponent's Francis scored 4 points and 5 assists, Lewis scored 8 points, Ridnour scored 4 points, Antonio Daniels scored 3 points, and Jerome James deducted one, totaling 21 points.

When Francis arrived at the SuperSonics, his whole person really changed. With a group of teammates who were good at running, he only needed to attract the defense and pass the ball, and he performed quite well.

During the timeout, the Hawks made a substitution, replacing McGrady with Jason Terry. McGrady had to defend and break through to score the ball. Nine minutes in the first quarter was just right, and he could continue to maintain his best form after a good rest.

Liu Mang did not return to the bench during the timeout. Anyway, he knew what tactics to use based on how the coach made substitutions. He continued to practice shooting on the court and maintain his touch.

When he saw that Mourning was not replaced as usual, but Jason Terry, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Muhammad were put on the field, Liu Mang knew that he was about to start wandering!

On the SuperSonics side, Francis continued to play, and Ronald Murray, Danny Fortson, Lewis, and Reggie Evans came on as substitutes.

Liu Mang looked at the short center Reggie Evans who came on as a substitute, and he looked familiar. He suddenly remembered, rebounding idiot!

"Ding... Reggie Evans, ability evaluation 71, offense 59, defense 80, 40 three-pointers, 40 mid-range shots, 70 layups, 81 speed, 93 strength, 99 rebounds... averaged 4 points and 9.5 rebounds per game...

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He is indeed a basketball fanatic!
To be continued...