189. Change hands and dunk!
The Eagle Cavalry Company moves out.
The Celtics replaced the second team with Rodney Rogers, the 2000 Suns' Sixth Player of the Year, as the core. They were traded in the off-season to strengthen the team, but they didn't expect it.
After averaging 12 points per game with the Suns this season, he averaged only 9 points per game with the Celtics.
What can you do if you don't have the ball? Just shoot less. The shooting percentage has increased from 45% at the peak of the previous few years to 48%.
Eric Strickland, Joe Johnson, Rogers, Pierce, and Vitali Potapenko appeared on the stage.
Back in the second quarter, the Eagles attacked.
Liu Mang observed the Celtics lineup. Celtics coach O'Brien is really good at playing fast. If it is normal to move Antoine Walker to the power forward position, then moving Pierce
Putting him at the power forward position is a very innovative attempt.
Jason Terry received Liu Mang's serve and quickly advanced forward.
After arriving in the frontcourt, Jason Terry gave the ball to Liu Mang, who made the first attack choice.
Liu Mang was holding the ball outside the three-point line, watching with great interest Joe Johnson, who was jokingly said by fans to be the future top star of modern Jordan.
Joe Johnson looked at Liu Mang's interested eyes, his palms were sweating, brother, don't do it! We are just the team's tenth scorer who can't come up for a while because the boss is tired!
Joe Johnson was afraid of meeting this "bully" of his own class. He had long heard that this bully was very ruthless against players of his own class. Earl Watson of the SuperSonics, what a friendly person he was.
It is said that he wants to see a psychiatrist... He doesn't know that Liu Mang is just looking at his ability...
"Ding... Joe Johnson, 20 years old, ability value 65, offense 67, defense 60, speed 82, strength 69, three-pointer 65, mid-range shot 69..."
What a weakling! This is really the first time Liu Mang has encountered an opponent who is so weak in almost all aspects.
How does this look like the future Eagle King? His physical fitness is average, what a modern Jordan!
Liu Mang actually admired him a little. A player who was just like this in his rookie year could later become a giant player with a maximum salary. His physical talents are average in terms of speed, strength, and jumping. He is a representative of hard-working players! Moreover, speed and jumping cannot be practiced.
Come on, for example, Nash's dunk... and Anthony Johnson's speed... the strength and skills are fine! With a height of just over two meters and a big frame, Jordan has the capital to become a legendary floor player in the future.
In this case, how can he be worthy of himself if he doesn't take advantage of his weakness?
Liu Mang made small steps to break through and accelerate. He stepped with his right foot and shook his shoulders. With such a fake move, Joe Johnson was so frightened that he stepped back again and again. Liu Mang easily shot a three-pointer!
It feels good, and I hit a three-pointer!
Jason Terry and Raheem, who were preparing to catch the ball, didn't know how to express their feelings when they saw this attack and defense.
This defensive player is kidding!
With such a height and such a slender figure, is it possible to be so frightened into such a virtuous person?
Jason Terry thought of Kenny Anderson, who was guarding him in the first quarter, and Raheem thought of Antoine Walker, who was confronting him. Why is our rookie so lucky? We met a fool?
In the eyes of both of them, including many people, Joe Johnson's defense is simply too weird, and his physical fitness is not bad at all! As for being so scared?
The current Joe Johnson is not the Eagle King who was strong enough to compete with James during the Hawks era. Apart from fat players, he is one of the players in the NBA with the biggest weight difference from when he entered the NBA to when he was about to retire. He is only over 90 kilograms now.
When I retired, I weighed 110 kilograms, and my muscles were strong, not the kind that gained weight.
Joe Johnson really wants to cry. You all said it looks like a fast runner, but my body really looks like a fast runner, but he really can’t run fast!
The exclamations and subsequent cheers of the fans at the scene, as well as the looks of other players around him looking at Joe Johnson, he himself felt the surprise in it. That feeling made him angry and inferior, and every time he felt this way,
Constantly stimulating him to become stronger!
The Celtics pushed forward, and Joe Johnson went to the corner to wait. Apart from garbage time, his biggest role is to open up space. Although his three-point shooting rate is less than 30% at this stage, no matter whether it is in the middle
His shooting and layup percentages are not very good, anyway, it is better to open up the space. The Celtics don't point to him to score.
In the first quarter, Antoine Walker kept playing singles. Pierce rested and didn't use up much energy. Now it's Pierce's time to exert his strength.
Scrickland passed it to Pierce, and it was Newbell who defended Pierce.
Pierce is so good at taking advantage of every available advantage. Seeing that he is being defended by a genuine power forward, he uses his speed to break through! Newbell is not slow at all, and keeps up closely, but Pierce has to be faster after all, and he breaks through to the center with Newbell stuck.
In terms of distance and strength, Pierce was not at a disadvantage against Nubell. He reached his favorite position at the top right corner of the free throw line and took a step forward. With just one step, Nubell was sent flying! Pierce's movements were very slow and very small.
The fake moves looked like real moves to his opponent!
Pierce half-turned and made a step-back jump shot! The jump shot almost never left the ground!
So smooth!
It looked like a step-back jumper. Liu Mang was a little scared when he saw it!
Turnaround shooting master level 5, step-back technique master level 5, fadeaway jump shot master level 5, ankle terminator level 5...
This is the real offensive kaleidoscope! One attack triggers seven or eight skills, perfectly combining your own strength, footsteps, feints, and shooting!
There is also the ankle terminator. Liu Mang always thought it was Iverson, a player who was as good at dribbling as Kobe. He didn't expect that Pierce could do mid-range singles!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Muhammad picked up the ball and immediately sent it to Jason Terry who was about to play. Jason Terry and others were not as surprised as Liu Mang because
Pierce's offensive skills have been so exaggerated since he entered the NBA. Now he has only reached his peak and is even more powerful. His many offensive methods have been well understood by veteran players.
Jason Terry received the ball in the midfield, and Strickland had already caught up with him. The force was so rough that Jason Terry's control of the ball was actually a bit unstable!
Strickland's characteristics are fast speed and strong strength! He chases and bites his opponents like a vicious dog.
As a point guard who has never scored more than 10 points in any season, has never had a shooting percentage that has never exceeded 40% in any season, and has never averaged more than 3 assists per game, he has been able to play in the NBA for so long.
Only in the 1990s and early 2000s, many teams appreciated his defensive and offensive capabilities.
After Liu Mang followed up, he originally planned to wait slowly to catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer. When he found that Jason Terry was entangled by the opponent, he immediately chose to speed up!
Liu Mang took the lead to enter the opponent's three-point line. Jason Terry quickly passed the ball over. After Liu Mang rushed to the free throw line and was about to lay up in three steps, he suddenly felt someone coming from behind!
Liu Mang made a quick decision, took two steps, jumped with all his strength, and dunked!
"Ding... the fancy dunk is triggered. Based on the current situation, the abdominal strength has increased, and it is determined to be a switch-hand dunk."
Liu Mang switched the ball from his right hand to his left hand in the air, narrowly dodging the outstretched hand behind him and barely pushing the ball into the basket!
After Liu Mang landed, he heard the sound of the person behind him landing at the same time. He turned around and saw that it was not the opponent's outside line, but the Phoenix Pierce who couldn't even be stabbed to death!
How can this guy be so fast?
Liu Mang did hold back his speed at first, but then he sprinted with all his strength. Unexpectedly, Pierce could keep up!
Is this still the old man who seems to be outpacing his opponent on both offense and defense?
No shot! Mainly because the opponent actually switched from a layup to a dunk or a dunk at the last moment. Although the dunk was a bit reluctant, this awareness, this judgment, this reaction ability, Pierce faced an Eagles player for the first time today.
Be surprised!
It's normal for Raheem to play like that. He's just that strong. Pierce has heard about it and seen Liu Mang's game clips, and thought he was just a hard-working and a little smart player. He didn't expect that in addition to being fast, he also had a brain.
Yes, it’s no wonder that in those clips, this rookie’s opponents seem to be completely stupid.
Still so cold, Pierce glanced at Liu Mang and said nothing before picking up the ball and preparing to pass it to Scrickland.
Pierce's side was aloof, but the Eagles' morale was greatly boosted by the unexpected and surprising cheers from the fans!
Our rookie has never lost a game when he dunked successfully!
However, after Pierce came over, another bucket of cold water was poured on the head of the Eagles. Pierce served to Scrickland and then passed back to Nubell in the middle distance. After rubbing, he suddenly turned around and turned around as fast as
It was like a whirlwind, and with his strength, Newbell was immediately bounced away when he reacted.
It was a passer-by-Pierce-like little throw, and it was the kind of shot that didn't even seem to leave the ground, but was so powerful that it fell into the basket again!
Chapter completed!