After playing the Clippers on the 3rd, the Hawks immediately faced the Bulls on the 4th.

In this game for the Hawks, it was Prince and Kwame Brown's turn to rest, McGrady returned, and Mourning took over the position to deal with the Bulls.

Strictly speaking, for the Eagles, everyone except Liu Mang has to rest.

Even though Liu Mang plays the most minutes for the Hawks, he is one of only two players with an average of 35 minutes per game, the other being Kwame Brown.

Liu Mang averaged 37.3 minutes per game, and Kwame Brown averaged 35.2 minutes per game.

The two of them have the best physical fitness in the entire Eagles team and have the most playing time, but there is one difference.

Liu Mang played more minutes than Kwame Brown, but he played almost the easiest game for the Eagles.

Now the entire offense of the Eagles is serving Liu Mang's scoring.

The pass comes from McGrady, Jason Terry has to pass the ball to Liu Mang, Calderon, and Iguodala all do the same.

McGrady and Prince are responsible for individual defense. Except when Liu Mang encounters situations that McGrady and Prince can't defend, Liu Mang is responsible for them. Iguodala on the bench is also responsible for helping Liu Mang.

In addition to scoring and rebounding, Liu Mang occasionally passes the ball. He is almost the one who has the easiest job on the Eagles.

Of course, this is the treatment of the team boss, and it is also the point where a more specialized player like Liu Mang can play most comfortably.

A player like Liu Mang is easy to match up with his teammates. All he needs to do is strengthen in areas that Liu Mang is not so proficient in.

On the contrary, the one from Cleveland has begun to rank first on the team in scoring, assists, and steals, second on the team in rebounds, and third on the team in blocks, and is heading further and further towards being first on the team in the pentathlon...

When a player ranks first in the team in all abilities, the team doesn't know how to strengthen him.

As for Liu Mang, Jordan, and Kobe, often a star can easily fit in with his style of play.

Liu Mang's style of play is also relatively easier to extend his career. As for the all-round style of play, except for James' physical talent, most others suffered serious injuries early on.

Although Kwame Brown has good physical fitness, he is also in the ranks of resting. The faster the rhythm is played, the easier it is to get tired, and the more tired he is, the more likely he is to get injured.

Although Liu Mang could help them heal the minor injuries that would not accumulate into major injuries, their physical energy consumption was very high.

Except for Liu Mang, everyone else on the Hawks team, even Korver and Calderon, had to play hard defense and run hard during the counterattack to get scoring opportunities for themselves, otherwise they would not get playing time.

Of course, the role players in this system are also happy, because McGrady will deliver the ball to them as soon as they run out of position.

In turn, the movement of other teammates also made it easier for Liu Mang to get shooting opportunities.

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revenge!

Bloody revenge!

The game between the Eagles and the Bulls is a bloody feast of revenge!

In this game against the Bulls, the Hawks sent a combination of Liu Mang, Korver, Tracy McGrady, Rasheed Wallace, and Mourning.

The Bulls are still doing the same thing, Hinrich, Nocioni, Luol Deng, Antonio Davis,

After Liu Mang came on the court after dusting off his powder, he saw Eddie Curry staring at Kwame Brown in a suit on the sidelines and knew what the guy's eyes meant.

Jealousy, crazy jealousy!

Kwame Brown became the only two All-Stars in the 2001 class. Eddie Curry, who thought he was better than Kwame Brown, was crazy jealous.

Liu Mang is no longer regarded as the same class by the players in the same class. In terms of talent, there are only two players in the 2001 class who have the talent to become Liu Mang's opponent. One of them may have been good at the beginning if he had not met Jordan.

May Brown, but he has already met Jordan and has now become Liu Mang's younger brother; the other is the center Eddie Curry the Hawks faced today. Eddie Curry does have the potential to become a dominant center.

With talent and strength, his shooting percentage at the basket this season has reached 69%. The more he plays, the better he gets. His shooting percentage at the basket is higher than that of O'Neal.

But Eddie Curry has no motivation to play except for scoring to get a big contract. With such a good body, rebounding is worse than that of a guard. Liu Mang averaged 7.2 rebounds per game, which is 5.2 more than Eddie Curry.

The rebound was two full points higher!

Eddie Curry doesn't want to compare with Liu Mang. He just wants to get a big contract and fight Kwame Brown. No one in the 2001 class has the idea of ​​​​comparing with Liu Mang, even Arenas, who is the strongest besides Liu Mang,

I can’t even mention my competitive mentality towards Liu Mang.

However, Eddie Curry is still very motivated to keep stepping on Kwame Brown. In high school, the top three high school centers in the class of 2001 all had hatred for each other.

Although Kwame Brown didn't play today, Eddie Curry is still very motivated and wants people to see that he is better than the All-Stars!

Eddy Curry and Rasheed Wallace came to the center circle to jump the ball.

Rasheed Wallace probably hasn't jumped the ball for too long, and being one year older is probably one of the reasons. Eddie Curry, a 134-kg fat man second only to Yao Ming and O'Neal, can jump very fast.

High and fast, winning a jump ball over Rasheed Wallace.

Liu Mang immediately came to Xinrich's path and waited to defend.

Damn it, every time I see Eddie Curlin, who is even more out of shape than O'Neal in the past two years, can move so flexibly and quickly, I feel like hell.

It was a waste of talent. When Liu Mang saw the little Lolita and Eddy Curry fall down at the same time, the little Lolita didn't help but instead helped Eddy Curry.

Xinrich advanced to the top arc and saw Liu Mang coming up to guard, and he was under great pressure.

In the first two fights, even when he won, he couldn't get any advantage from Liu Mang.

Seeing Eddie Curry leaning on Mourning in the paint to get into position, he immediately lobbed the ball to Eddie Curry, then moved to the top arc farthest from the basket to screen for Nocioni, a tall shooter.

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Liu Mang followed Hinrich to the top arc, quickly switched defenses with Korver, and the two closely followed the defender after the switch.

Tracy McGrady is also trying his best to fight Luol Deng, not giving Luol Deng a chance to get out of the open space.

Eddie Curry did not consider passing the ball after receiving the ball. The Bulls moved outside just to contain the Hawks outside and prevent the Hawks from double-teaming Eddie Curry.

Eddy Curry slammed into Mourning. Mourning released a little strength and took half a step back. Eddy Curry missed the ball and almost fell down. Mourning rushed forward to steal it.

However, Eddie Curry's low post skills are really good. He stabilized his body, carried Mourning sideways, and quickly half-turned.

Mourning pushed forward ferociously, denying Eddie Curry a chance to shoot from the front of the basket, but Eddie Curry showed his dreamy footsteps and immediately turned left again, completely shaking Mourning away.

Sideways throw...

"Snapped……"

Rasheed Wallace pounced on a big block and slapped the ball thrown by Eddy Curry away!

The ball flew out of bounds!

Rasheed Wallace and Mourning smiled and high-fived.

With a silent understanding and no negotiation, the two completed their defensive cooperation!

When Mourning is physically fit, he is still better at one-on-one defense than Kwame Brown, allowing Eddie Curry to concentrate on singles. Even Antonio Davis, his main passing target when he encounters double-teams,

He didn't even care about the mid-range shot. He had to go all out to defeat Mourning's defense. He didn't care about Antonio Davis, so he naturally didn't notice Rasheed Wallace's supplementary defense.

Rasheed Wallace used Mourning to hold Eddie Curry up and hit him!

Playing with Mourning, Rasheed Wallace has the feeling of playing with Ratliff. He has someone to carry him, and he blocks shots, and Eddie Curry has several.

The two of them partnered together for the first time, and there was a natural sense of understanding. Unfortunately, Mourning could only last more than ten minutes in a game. Both of them are veterans over 30 years old...

The Bulls still have the ball, but there are only 9 seconds left. There is no time to give them the absolute strongest point, which is Eddie Curry's singles. Hinrich faced Liu Mang and started a singles. Liu Mang was very defensive.

He stopped to give Hinrich physical contact, and Hinrich couldn't break through even if Liu Mang defended him. The physical fitness of this white point guard is too average. His model is Stockton, so you know what his physical fitness is like.

Hinrich could only take one step back and take a strong shot from across the three-point line...

Ironclad!

This was the first time in Mourning's career that he faced off against Eddy Curry. He felt that with his current physical condition, he had to fight for rebounds with Eddy Curry, but damn, he fought hard.

Go squeeze Eddy Curry, Eddy Curry just gets out of the way!

Mourning unexpectedly collected the defensive rebound easily, and Eddie Curry just watched Mourning grab the rebound, completely showing no enthusiasm for rebounding.

The Bulls retreated quickly, Eddie Curry retreated well this year, and the Hawks fell into a positional battle.

Liu Mang received Mourning's pass and threw it to McGrady before running towards the frontcourt.

What posture should be used to score? Liu Mang thinks it is better to throw a three-pointer. If it is thrown, it is a three-pointer. If it is not thrown, the team still has a rebound advantage. The Bulls have a net loss in rebounds per game. They have a net loss in rebounds per game.

42, the opponent had 45 in one game.

After Liu Mang arrived in the frontcourt, he immediately cut inside from the center. Tracy McGrady first asked Mourning to come out for a pick-and-roll. After Liu Mang entered the basket, he looked for Rasheed Wallace to pick-and-roll without the ball.

Lai Shi suddenly accelerated when he ran out from the left side of the three-second zone during the pick-and-roll!

"Ding...the pick-and-roll master is triggered at level 5, and the host's speed is 8 within two seconds..."

Liu Mang's already fast speed exploded again and he quickly rushed to the left at a 45-degree angle.

But to Liu Mang's surprise, the ball didn't come!

I turned around and saw that Luol Deng, who was guarding McGrady, was blocking the passing line between himself and McGrady. That is, he was not guarding McGrady and Mourning's pick-and-roll, but was blocking his catch!

At this time, Liu Mang wanted to cut inside again, but Hinrich, who was chasing him, had already caught up with him. Without the ball, Liu Mang was blocked at a 45-degree angle by Hinrich and Luol Deng!

McGrady was shocked! Mourning failed to block anyone in the pick-and-roll, so he immediately cut inside. Antonio Davis came out and guarded in front of McGrady.

McGrady looked at Antonio Davis in front of him. He forgot to take the open three-point opportunity before Antonio Davis defended him. He saw Mourning cutting in, and Rasheed Wallace and Mourning were inside.

The two hit Eddie Curry, and McGrady immediately lobbed the ball to Rasheed Wallace.
To be continued...