Not to mention, when facing an opponent like Durant who is taller than Tracy McGrady with the ball, Liu Mang felt quite special. He had never encountered such a tall defensive player in normal singles.

The key is that this guy seems to be growing taller in the future!

After Liu Mang used the star card, he repeatedly watched the technical moves brought by the star card in his mind.

But... Durant's style of play from beyond the three-point line...

With the height and shooting ability of Durant in the 13-14 season, there is no need for any fancy skills at all, just throw it!

Liu Mang really didn't find many three-point shooting skills. The three-point shooting method brought by Durant's star card is to just sway against the defense a few times and throw it directly regardless of whether he can get open!

Seeing Durant lowering his waist and wiping the sweat from his hands on his shorts, Liu Mang didn't bother to worry about how tough Durant's play was. He pulled up on the spot... and shot a three-pointer!

"Ding...Running attack level 3 trigger, bounce 3..."

"Ding... It is triggered at level 5 except dry pull-up. This take-off will not be affected by other factors. The shooting angle deviation caused by leaning back will be corrected..."

Two white characters invisible to others appeared in Liu Mang's sight.

Liu Mang suddenly made a three-pointer. Durant, who was fully focused, immediately reacted and rushed towards Liu Mang.

but……

Durant tried his best to block Liu Mang's take-off height and backward angle! The ball flew past Durant's fingertips and went straight to the basket like an anti-aircraft gun...

"Shua"

Liu Mang faced Durant and hit a three-pointer!

Paul, who had been preparing to defend against Liu Mang's breakthrough after following Rondo into the paint, couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This is so simple!

Even Liu Mang would dare to vote in this situation!

And when this situation happened, what Paul felt was not shock, but helplessness!

This season Liu Mang has a 45% three-point shooting rate and averaged 3.3 three-pointers per game. Although the number of hits has dropped a bit compared to the past two years, the shooting rate is terrible. The drop in the number of hits is just a matter of shots.

It’s just less, and the average of 3.3 three-pointers per game is still the first in the league. The Cavaliers’ Peja and the Suns’ Jason Richardson, the two super three-pointers who are tied for second, only average 3 three-pointers per game.

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After Liu Mang made the shot, he retreated as if nothing had happened. He would do this once or twice in every game, shooting against the defense and forcing the opponent's three-point defense against him to be as tight as possible, so that he could more easily shoot in the mid-range and short range.

Score or pass the ball.

However, Liu Mang didn't seem to care about the three-pointer he just made over a 2.08-meter player. He was actually very excited! This time it was just good luck. Durant would be crushed when he defended Antetokounmpo from the outside.

He's good at it, but he's really good at guarding against technical outsiders, and his wingspan is so advantageous.

However, running attack is very useful for Liu Mang! A certain skill that other people have judged by the system is the player's strength or playing style characteristics, but for Liu Mang, it is a real bonus.

In terms of skill comparison, there is no difference in strength between the king of pull-ups and the running attack. For McGrady, the pull-up is more effective. McGrady's biggest feature is that he can take off suddenly and with all his strength. Durant relies on his height.

Wingspan is not so dependent on bounce, as long as the take-off height is sufficient.

Although McGrady's height and wingspan are also excellent, he is obviously not as good as Durant, who will be 2.11 meters in the future. McGrady relies on his sudden full jump and ignoring interference to make his shooting rate very stable.

But for Liu Mang, running attack is more effective!

The King of Ganpu only allows Liu Mang's bounce to be unaffected by sudden jumps and he can jump with all his strength. In order to achieve the desired effect when the sprint is triggered, Liu Mang's bounce has received an additional bonus.

At this time, the extremely lucky pull-up king and the running attack were triggered together. Adding the two together, Durant's current height of 2.08 meters and a wingspan of 2.20 meters, Liu Mang made the ball.

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Offensive and defensive transition, the Hornets attack.

Unlike the Hawks, the Hornets are a pure team basketball team. A center with excellent cake-eating ability and good pick-and-roll, coupled with three players with mid-range or long-range shooting ability, maximizes Paul's ability.

Organizational skills.

Much like the Cavaliers, the Hornets are also a team that relies purely on their core.

After Paul advanced to the frontcourt, Rondo defended him.

Two outstanding point guards of the new generation who disliked each other got into a fight.

Rondo is faster than Paul, even faster than Liu Mang, sticking to Paul's side like brown candy.

Liu Mang followed Prince to the corner and saw Rondo entangled with Paul. He silently muttered in his heart: Spit on his face, spit on his face...

However, although Rondo, who had never been teammates with Garnett, made many defensive moves, he was still very good. Paul turned around and pushed him away with his big butt.

Paul did not pursue a pick-and-roll as Liu Mang thought, but directly forced the opponent to attack!

The explosive speed exceeded Liu Mang's expectations and he quickly rushed to the free throw line. Fortunately, Marion made up the defense in time and blocked Paul.

Paul made a move to pass the ball to West. At this time, Liu Mang let go of Prince and switched to West, but Paul was fake! He passed the ball to Durant who ran towards the top arc.

, Prince blocked McGrady who was chasing Durant!

When Durant received the ball, Rondo immediately switched defenses. The high-speed rotation defense was very good, but this small time difference was enough for Durant. Rondo was more than 20 points shorter.

With a height of centimeters, if Durant didn't stick to Durant immediately and Durant could lift his hand, he would have been left empty!

Durant's three-point shot from the top of the arc...

Such a shot is definitely an opportunity for Durant, and it is also one of the Hornets' tactics, but Durant is really iron...

Durant's three-pointer didn't go in!

Liu Mang turned around to block West, and the rock-solid 5-level trigger blocked West who was trying to rush for the ball. Marion turned around and collected the defensive rebound.

Liu Mang felt that the Hornets were unable to defend this attack. Paul's vision was outstanding and he could grasp the position of each teammate on the outside very well.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The breakthrough goal is not a high-position support, and Liu Mang cannot judge by "rejecting the horse".

The key point is Paul's breakthrough! In the previous two seasons, the rookie Paul was not that strong, and the second-year Paul suffered from injuries one after another. Now in the third year, Paul's ultimate evolutionary breakthrough made Liu Mang feel incredible!

If Paul plays pick-and-roll, it will be much easier to defend, but if his breakthrough is so strong and he can tear apart the first line of defense by himself, then it will be a big problem...

However, Liu Mang didn't think about it so much for the time being. The game had just started, only played for 33 seconds, and there were still more than 9 minutes left for the star card. Let's experience Durant's star card first.

Liu Mang did not catch the ball and ran directly to the frontcourt. Seeing that Durant was guarding him, Liu Mang waved to Rondo who was advancing towards the ball.

Durant was so nervous that he immediately pressed forward to defend Liu Mang from beyond the three-point line.

That's what Liu Mang wanted. Following Durant's pressing movement, he cut into the three-point line and went straight to the basket!

Rondo, who had just passed the midline, really dared to play and sent the ball directly to the basket!

On the inside, Kwame Brown withdrew from the three-second zone and Armstrong followed. David West looked at Liu Mang who rushed in and fell into deep thought: Should he go in to cover the defense? Should he? Or not?

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"Bang..."

While West was deep in thought, Liu Mang rushed in and passed the ball to the left side of the basket with one hand and pushed it in.

This ball is so comfortable to pass, just rush in and touch the ball.

After two rounds, Durant wanted to cry!

Fortunately last year, Liu Mang, a rookie in 2006, did not bully young players. Durant thought it was possible that Liu Mang had become a superstar and did not bother to bully rookies.

But when Durant was still in high school, Liu Mang was very famous!

From the 2002-03 season to the 05-06 season, for four years, Liu Mang was like a devil full of resentment for draft picks, ravaging high-ranking stars back and forth, especially the top five picks of the 2003 generation.

position, so far, Anthony is the only one who has beaten Liu Mang in the regular season...

During those four years, talented rookies throughout the NBA were in panic. Their team's head coaches and management were extremely reluctant to let their talented players play against Liu Mang for fear of being outplayed by Liu Mang.

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Don’t you see that the generals of the Washington Guards are now useless...

Even Durant's current boss, Paul, was bullied miserably by Liu Mang back then, as if he was just playing around.

Durant originally thought that Liu Mang would no longer have that bad interest in bullying "children" now that he was famous, but he didn't expect that he would actually encounter it!

"I'm still a child, is there anything wrong with being a genius?" Durant really wanted to cry.

In the next game, Durant seemed to have no fighting spirit, and he felt a little unwilling to face reality from the beginning.

Iron! Iron! Iron!

After a few rounds, Liu Mang discovered that he might have overestimated Durant's endurance!

Different from Liu Mang's impression of Durant's throwing style in his rookie season, Durant's movement is more organized than Liu Mang's impression!

The Hornets are still good at developing rookies, and their high-ranking rookies rarely fall through the cracks.

Having a lot of rights to throw is indeed a good way for tall pitchers to grow.

But having a point guard who can allow tall shooters to enjoy the most comfortable catching and shooting at the beginning of his career is definitely another good way for this big man to grow.

Whenever Durant gets a chance, Paul will put the ball in his hands immediately.

The key is that for Durant, who has grown to 2.08 meters in just the first grade, playing small forward or shooting guard is a misplacement.

Durant's growth in the SuperSonics is a little different from the original time and space. When he received the ball in the SuperSonics, his opponent was already close to him.
To be continued...