Chapter 1006 1005. The First Generation of Ritian!

Liu Mang stood on the free throw line and missed the first one.

He made the three-pointer but missed the first one, which surprised the fans.

After some adjustments, Liu Mang made the second and third free throws.

The first three-pointer given by the Heat was very important to Liu Mang, allowing him to quickly find his touch through adjustments.

As soon as Liu Mang finished the free throw, Pat Riley called a timeout.

The referee was so tired, the game was broadcast live across the United States, and it became fragmented.

It was not because of too many fouls and conflicts. After that guy came back, the game immediately began to become fragmented.

68 to 78, the score difference was chased to 10 points, and suspense suddenly arose. Pat Riley did not dare to be careless.

Although it was a preseason game, it was also very important.

The Hawks might lose, but the Heat's chance to play with confidence might be shattered.

Although there are still four opportunities to play against each other in the regular season, such things should be done sooner rather than later.

For Pat Riley, the most important thing is that Liu Mang's return immediately gave the opponent a chance to turn the tables. If the opponent really turned the tables, it would be a huge blow to morale.

In that case, they were leading before, but only because Liu Mang was not there. When Liu Mang came back, they were no longer opponents. They could be turned over even if they were leading by more than ten points.

From just wanting to accumulate some experience in defeating the Hawks and boost morale at the beginning of the season, it became a game that Pat Riley had to win. He didn't expect things to turn out like this, but now that things have come to this, let's fight!

Pat Riley began to arrange the iron bucket defense tactics.

On the Hawks side, Liu Mang came back and scored 5 points in a row to narrow the gap to 10 points, and the momentum was lifted all of a sudden.

Coach Kruger was also arranging the defense. The Heat scored 14 points in the first six minutes of the third quarter. The reason for the defense just now was that Liu Mang realized Wade's intention of a mid-range jump shot.

Wade is the best player among the new players in the Eastern Conference in the past two years. The Hawks attach great importance to him and know him well. He plays steadily and will never mess around in areas he is not good at. For example, he has no three-point ability and almost never shoots from the outside. Last season, Wade averaged only 0.6 three-point shots per game and made 0.2 three-point shots per game, which means that he would never shoot unless he had to. Since he shot from the mid-range just now, Liu Mang blocked it on one hand, and dared to stop and jump shot, which proved that Wade had the confidence to make the shot!

In this way, the defense of Wade's mid-range is the focus of Coach Kruger.

The good news is that O'Neal scored 7 points in the first half of the third quarter. The period of fiercely pressing Kwame Brown has passed, and it is time to eat cakes and defend under the basket. O'Neal is so heavy and at this age, no matter how well he trains his physical fitness, there are still limitations.

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Both sides arranged tactics and the game started again.

The Hawks continued to send out Liu Mang, McGrady, Korver, Josh Smith, and Rasheed Wallace.

At this stage, when Iguodala is still relatively immature, McGrady is still the best at defending Wade on the Hawks side. Prince is good at defending technical opponents. Physical opponents can only rely on height and footwork to interfere with the opponent's shooting, and other things can't stand up.

The Heat continued to send Jason Williams, Wade, Posey, and Antoine Walker, and replaced O'Neal with Mark Jackson. Pat Riley wanted to save O'Neal's physical strength for the fourth quarter.

The Heat attacked.

Wade pushed forward to the frontcourt and faced McGrady's singles.

McGrady still put one step aside to defend, and let Wade go one step. It is definitely a better choice than close defense. As for Wade's speed... He is equally fast whether he is close or not. Unless Wade encounters an opponent stronger than him in the first step, he will not be unable to speed up because of the opponent's close defense. He will just push away the opponent's close defense.

This time, McGrady began to pay more attention to Wade's mid-range shot, but because of this, Wade broke through the basket more smoothly. After Wade's first step to the mid-range, he grabbed the ball and McGrady rushed over, but Wade grabbed the ball and took the European step!

Wade's European step is similar to Ginobili's. He made a series of large-scale rapid changes of direction to shake off McGrady and Rasheed Wallace, and then entered the basket to make a reverse layup and scored two points.

Wade's layup was really good. The ball hit the backboard with a spin, as if it rolled into the basket.

Liu Mang greeted Josh Smith, communicated about defense, and then received Rasheed Wallace's serve and pushed forward.

O'Neal went down to rest, and the Heat's retreat became faster. Although Mark Jackson was not good at offense and rebounding, his defense did not waste his body. He was very motivated and dared to fight.

The defensive mobility of this lineup of the Heat is very strong!

After Liu Mang arrived at the frontcourt, Wade stopped sticking to him to avoid being passive. He just stepped on the three-point line to defend Liu Mang's long-range three-pointers and breakthroughs. He was steady. If he didn't, they were still 12 points ahead.

Liu Mang observed the Heat's defense after O'Neal went down. The Heat's defense under the basket was much worse. They were at a disadvantage in height, but their man-to-man defense was better. They returned to normal man-to-man defense. Mark Jackson followed the open Rasheed Wallace, and Antoine Walker followed Josh Smith. They were all able to defend in place.

Liu Mang decided to do it himself and waved to Josh Smith to come over for a pick-and-roll.

Josh Smith helped Liu Mang block Wade from the left. Liu Mang quickly moved to the left and grabbed the ball before Antoine Walker switched over. After the pick-and-roll, he quickly flicked the sniper...

"Damn!"

Wade pushed Josh Smith aside and came from the front to block him. Liu Mang's sniper shot was interfered and missed the three-pointer!

The advantage of the sniper shot is the speed. When you need to shoot quickly to open up space, it is much faster than a normal shot. But the disadvantage is that if you can't really get space, it is easy to be interfered, so Liu Mang usually uses it after the pick-and-roll and when stepping back.

But unexpectedly, Josh Smith couldn't stop Wade and was squeezed around by Wade.

Josh Smith was helpless and desperate! He is a 2.06-meter power forward, only 99 kilograms, while the other person is a 1.93-meter shooting guard, who is full of water, and actually weighs 103 kilograms.

If it weren't for his good physical fitness, Wade's height and weight would make him a short and strong muscular man...

The main reason is that Josh Smith is only in the second year, and the team needs his mobility to help defend and sometimes defend the outside line, so he didn't let him gain weight. If he gained weight, the effect would not be so good. In the future, James's help defense in the later period is very poor because he needs to play power forward and is too heavy.

Liu Mang did not complain and retreated quickly. Josh Smith also retreated quickly, indicating that it was his own problem.

The Heat attacked, and Wade continued to break through the mid-range. When he stopped suddenly in the mid-range and picked up the ball, he decided whether to jump shot or change his footsteps in the inside.

But this time there was an accident. Josh Smith let go of Antoine Walker, who was opening up space in the bottom corner, and came to double-team!

Wade had no space to change direction. McGrady was on the left and Josh Smith was on the right. Wade immediately passed the ball to Antoine Walker.

When Wade passed the ball, Liu Mang's switching advantage was reflected. He rushed towards Antoine Walker. As soon as Antoine Walker received the ball, Liu Mang was already in front of him!

The Hawks' quick rotation defense!

If Antoine Walker threw the ball to Jason Williams at the 45-degree angle on the right without stopping the ball at the first time, it would be a good sharing ball, but he is not that kind of person!

If a team really wants everyone to be able to pass the ball so well, it would be the Kings. They have to play explosively under the existing rules.

Antoine Walker saw Liu Mang rushing over and took a step to the left. Liu Mang quickly followed. Antoine Walker failed to get an open opportunity and still made a three-pointer!

Liu Mang's arm span and bounce played a big role. He jumped high to interfere with the shot. Antoine Walker's three-pointer was a bridge!

Rasheed Wallace, who was squeezed by Mark Jackson, just received the ball and immediately passed it to Josh Smith.

The Hawks counterattacked!

Liu Mang, McGrady and Korver did not catch the ball and advance, but ran to the frontcourt. The Hawks' Josh Smith was holding the ball and advancing!

Korver rushed to the bottom corner, McGrady rushed to the basket. The Heat's defensive discipline was very good. Pat Riley's team's defensive discipline was not allowed to be bad. Jason Williams and Posey followed Korver and McGrady.

Liu Mang slowed down his pace, Josh Smith advanced quickly with the ball, and entered the three-point line earlier than Liu Mang. Wade followed Josh Smith. Suddenly Wade saw Liu Mang following behind, realized the intention of the Hawks, and let go of Josh Smith and rushed towards Liu Mang.

Sure enough, as soon as he rushed, the ball was hung from Wade's head to the hands of Liu Mang who followed.

Liu Mang received the ball, Wade rushed over, and Liu Mang did not stop his action. He pulled up and shot a three-pointer at the top arc!

This sense of rhythm, I would be sorry if I didn't shoot!

"Ding... King of Pull-Ups Level 5 is triggered. If this three-pointer is not blocked, the opponent's interference will be greatly reduced..."

"Ding... Fast Shooting Master Level 5 is triggered. The speed of this three-pointer is accelerated by 30%..."

Wade jumped very high, but Liu Mang jumped just as high! Plus Liu Mang's arms are longer!

Liu Mang faced Wade's defense and took the ball and pulled up for a three-pointer and plunged into the basket!

61 to 70, the score difference was narrowed to within 10 points!

Liu Mang scored 8 points in a row!

This counterattack was given by Antoine Walker, and Liu Mang seized the opportunity!

Pat Riley did not curse or yell on the sidelines, but just stared at Antoine Walker.

Throughout the history of the NBA, except for Auerbach and Zen Master, even Popovich could not catch up with Pat Riley in terms of aura, and the two ring masters were at most evenly matched.

The Heat's next offense was much more stable, and Antoine Walker played more normally.

However, the Heat's quick switch defense was indeed difficult to break. If Jason Williams was the first person to be left open, it would be okay. He has a good passing awareness. It is true that Antoine Walker has many assists, but he also has many turnovers. He dared to play a 1:1 assist-turnover ratio during his peak assist period. The reason for the many assists was that he had more possession and passed more, not because he passed well.

Although Wade attracted the defense and gave the Heat a chance to pass the ball, Liu Mang was afraid of Jason Williams' pass, so he didn't double-team Wade himself, but used Josh Smith to double-team. Liu Mang, Korver and Josh Smith all showed their ability to assist in defense.

McGrady did a good job defending Wade. After being fooled for the first time, he didn't jump and didn't give Wade a chance to take a European step from the left. Wade was blocked on the right by Josh Smith. The high-speed rotation of the Hawks greatly restricted the Heat's offense.

However, the Heat's defense is also very good, and their one-on-one defense is extremely strong. Wade is a defensive expert who was selected as the second defense in his sophomore year last season. Posey has always been famous for his defense and three-pointers.

With Mark Jackson being tough, Jason Williams also having a good defense, and Antoine Walker having a good body defense, the Hawks' offense was relatively difficult.

At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks were still 7 points behind with a score of 68 to 75.

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It was a pity that the Hawks failed to narrow the gap to within 5 points at the end of the third quarter. The Heat were really strong. After Liu Mang scored 8 points in a row to narrow the gap, they were not affected by the collapse and quickly stabilized.

After the intermission, O'Neal, who had rested for half a quarter, replaced the lineup of Jason Kapono, Wade, Posey, Haslem, and O'Neal.

The Hawks sent out the lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Kwame Brown, and Mourning.

The Hawks have more options to defend against opponents like Wade this season. Prince is not good at defending against opponents like Wade. In addition to McGrady, there is also Iguodala. The twin towers are used to deal with O'Neal. Kwame Brown has gained weight, but he has no problem defending Haslem's mid-range shots.

Since Kwame Brown won the jump ball, the Hawks attacked first in the fourth quarter.

After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he gave the ball to Iguodala. It was Kapono who was defending Iguodala. It would be a shame not to give the ball to Iguodala.

Iguodala passed Kapono with a change of direction and rushed into the basket... Iguodala, who was a little floating, rushed up and wanted to dunk over O'Neal directly!

Damn! Liu Mang saw Iguodala flying towards O'Neal and felt that Iguodala was too brave...

"Snap..."

O'Neal's huge palm pressed on the ball raised by Iguodala, and he slapped it down with the ball. The ball hit Iguodala's head and bounced out of bounds!

O'Neal grinned and scratched his chin with his thumb, glared at Iguodala, and ran to the frontcourt.

The referee signaled the Heat to the backcourt!

When Iguodala jumped up, the Hawks players were looking forward to it, and the fans at the scene had already exclaimed, and then they saw that Iguodala was blocked...

After being blocked by Liu Mang, O'Neal became more sensitive to this kind of thing. Not to mention that he judged that the ball was blocked, even if there was no chance to block it, he would directly knock Iguodala down.

Iguodala's face was flushed, and he immediately got up and ran towards the backcourt. It was so embarrassing!

Fortunately, he followed a shameless boss, and Iguodala's mentality did not explode. He retreated back with a thick face.

The other Hawks didn't know what to say, and followed him to retreat.

The Heat attacked.

Wade pushed forward, Iguodala defended, and was blocked by the opponent. He wanted to return! It was a bit difficult for O'Neal to get revenge, so he went to Wade!

Jason Terry was defending Kapono's open three-pointer, Liu Mang was defending James Posey, and Iguodala immediately stuck to Wade and used his body to confront him when he saw Wade in the frontcourt.

In terms of confrontation, although Iguodala is only in the second grade, he is really better than McGrady. Even Wade felt the pressure and could take a step back and then break through, but the threat was reduced.

Wade did not take any risks, and... now they have O'Neal!

Wade passed the ball to O'Neal who was pressing Mourning for the ball!

O'Neal received the ball, pushed Mourning away, and when Kwame Brown double-teamed him, he separated Mourning with his left arm, half-turned to separate Kwame Brown, and made a soft hook shot!

It looks big, but O'Neal's hooks on both sides of the reasonable collision zone are useless as long as he has enough physical strength to push away the opponent!

77 to 68, the score difference was widened to 9 points again.

The Hawks attacked, and Liu Mang did not dare to give the ball to Iguodala. This guy is a little bit crazy!

However, Liu Mang encountered increasingly strict defense. He scored 8 points in 3 minutes when he first came on the court in the third quarter, but only scored 2 points in the next two minutes, and it was a free throw.

Liu Mang handed the ball to Jason Terry.

Jason Terry faced Posey's defense, dribbled the ball between his legs and then shot a three-pointer...

Jason Terry, who was excited when playing against the Heat, scored his fourth three-pointer in this game!

Jason Terry also scored 18 points!

71 to 77, the score difference narrowed to 6 points!

But looking back, O'Neal scored another singles, making the Hawks want to hack the Shark.

But hacking the Shark in the preseason... It's too embarrassing.

Keep playing steadily.

Jason Terry is really strong. Then he made another two-point jump shot from mid-range after being closely followed by Posey, 73 to 79, and the score difference remained at six points.

The two teams continued to fight a tug-of-war.

The Hawks relied on Jason Terry's singles and O'Neal's singles. O'Neal scored 8 points in the first half of the last quarter with 4 of 7 shots. If he hadn't made 0 of 3 free throws, he would have scored 10 points in the first half.

Fortunately, Jason Terry also scored 7 points in the first half of the Hawks. In addition, Liu Mang was double-teamed in the open cut, Kwame Brown got two dunk opportunities, and Jason Terry also got two assists. Jason Terry personally helped the team score 11 points in the first half of the quarter.

Including the scores of others, the Hawks were 82 to 87 when the fourth quarter was halfway through. The difference was reduced from 7 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter to 5 points, and they also survived the period when O'Neal was furious.

But just like the OK combination, after O'Neal was furious, there was still Wade!

After the official timeout, the Heat changed the starting lineup again, Jason Williams, Wade, Posey, Antoine Walker, O'Neal.

The Hawks replaced the strongest lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, McGrady, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown.

On the Heat side, Wade took over the offensive banner and started a fierce attack.

The Hawks were still struggling to catch up. Liu Mang was defended to death. McGrady focused on defense and could play a role in the offensive end, but he did not have the physical strength to take care of the offense. Jason Terry supported the fourth quarter. When there were three minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Hawks were still 91 to 95, 4 points behind, and Coach Kruger called a timeout again.

Liu Mang looked at the score difference that could not be recovered for a long time, and saw that the morale he had improved after returning from the game was about to be worn away by Pat Riley's iron-blooded field.

The biggest role of the team's stability brought by Pat Riley's aura is to wear down the opponent's morale.

The Hawks have been chasing desperately. The game is about to end, and the opponent still maintains a 4-point advantage. There is a feeling of "exhaustion" psychologically.

There is definitely no problem with physical strength. The Hawks have many young people and many rotation players. The season has not started yet. The problem of lack of physical strength is mainly due to psychological fatigue.

In this case...

Liu Mang thinks he should be more direct!

Coach Kruger was preparing to arrange tactics. Seeing Liu Mang walking towards him, Coach Kruger held the tactical board tightly in his hand. However, this time Liu Mang just called a few teammates together, and the tactical board was not needed...

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After the timeout, neither team made a substitution. There were only three minutes left. Holding on was a victory for the Heat. The Hawks also had to rely on the three eagles and twin towers to win.

The Hawks attacked and served from the center line.

Seeing Liu Mang receive the ball, Wade was very focused, and the Heat players were also very active, mainly Wade was the most active.

This may be the first time he defeated Liu Mang in his career! Although it was a preseason game, it was enough!

Whether it was the NBA or the national team, Wade had never beaten Liu Mang. This time he had a chance, even if it was a preseason game, he would fight!

After Liu Mang received the serve, he came to the top arc. Rasheed Wallace followed Liu Mang's instructions to screen Liu Mang.

Antoine Walker directly gave up blocking Rasheed Wallace's possible cut-in and possible three-pointer, just to block Liu Mang.

Liu Mang took advantage of Rasheed Wallace's screen and moved sideways, using Rasheed Wallace as a gun mount, in a straight line with Rasheed Wallace and the basket. Wade and Antoine Walker were on the left and right sides of Rasheed Wallace, like the two wheels of a turret, and Liu Mang shot a mortar-style three-pointer!

The 94 three-point rating gave Liu Mang the confidence to waste!

Just like his son's name, he was going to fuck the sky!

To win the opportunity to strengthen his daughter's physique, he must fuck the sky!

Such a shooting method stunned Wade and Antoine Walker. Who the hell would shoot like this!

This is too wasteful!

That's how he was. He was so willful when he had the ability to shoot three-pointers, and... this ball bounced off the backboard and went in!

94 to 95, the 4-point safety difference was reduced to 1 point in an instant!

In order to prevent the Hawks from shooting three-pointers, the Heat had already done a good job of defending. They would rather let the Hawks have a better chance of two points than let the Hawks shoot three-pointers. This was mainly because of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, and McGrady. But I didn't expect Liu Mang to shoot like this!

Coach Kruger was speechless on the sidelines. He really shot it in...

The coaches of both teams thought that this kind of shooting was unacceptable, but for the fans... this kind of ball was so cool!

When the Heat attacked, Wade broke through to the basket and caused Kwame Brown to foul, and he made both free throws.

But when the Hawks attacked, Liu Mang didn't have the ball. It was McGrady who had the ball. Liu Mang followed up from behind. McGrady waited for Liu Mang to get close to the 45-degree three-point line on the left, and passed the ball to him. After Liu Mang received the ball, he took off and shot a three-pointer!

This style of play... Ritian's style of play!

Liu Mang threw out his feeling in the last ball, and made two consecutive three-pointers!

What is going on?

The Heat players watched Liu Mang score two three-pointers in a row, and the score difference was tied at 97!

It is not difficult to accept that he scored two three-pointers in a row, but what does Liu Mang's shot mean?

Why do I suddenly feel that the game is like an easy game to Liu Mang?

The way he shot was too childish!

Being tied is not the most difficult to accept, the most difficult thing to accept is Liu Mang's way of shooting, and he still shot it in!

Jason Terry's fake moves that can only deceive himself and then shoot three-pointers are acceptable to the Heat players, but Liu Mang's three-pointers that are like playing a game are too unacceptable to the Heat players.

Liu Mang's style of play is like he was just kidding when he was defended before!

But for the Hawks players, the morale boost is too great! It can be seen from the madness of the fans at the scene that Kenny Smith, the commentator who is also a three-point master in front of the TV, even called it incredible.

McGrady and Jason Terry were both surprised by Liu Mang's three-pointer. When they heard Liu Mang's tactics, they just habitually said that whatever tactics Liu Mang said were right. It didn't matter if they failed, and there was no better way.

But Liu Mang made two consecutive three-pointers like that. The two of them were also three-point masters, and they could only sigh that they were inferior.

It was the Heat's turn to attack again. Wade rushed to the basket and attracted Kwame Brown's double team. He passed to O'Neal, but O'Neal missed the jump shot. Kwame Brown defended the defensive rebound himself.

Liu Mang still handed the ball to McGrady, and then slowly ran to the front court.

When Liu Mang was two steps away from the three-point line, McGrady passed the ball just in time. Liu Mang received the ball just at the three-point line and could jump up and shoot directly.

Wade saw Liu Mang jump up directly after receiving the ball, and jumped up in advance to block the shot. Liu Mang did not continue to shoot stupidly, but crouched and rushed in, and when he reached the distance of the free throw line, he shot a quick stop jump shot...

Liu Mang's three-pointer was open, and the mid-range shot was also open, and the quick stop jump shot hit!

Why couldn't the Heat defend against Jason Terry's accuracy? It was because they mainly defended and contracted, without too much double defense and zone double-teaming, otherwise Jason Terry would be blocked by double-teaming and forced shooting.

Liu Mang's three-pointer was threatening, making the opponent feel that he was a waste, blocking his wasteful shooting, and then killing the opponent with mid-range shots!

99 to 97, except for McGrady's three-pointer at the beginning, the Hawks took the lead for the first time in this game!

When the score difference was narrowed, the Heat still had confidence. When the score was tied, they could still hold on. But when they were overtaken, the feeling of being reversed after leading by 15 points... The Heat's mentality exploded!

Originally, Wade, a big-hearted player, had not exploded, but at this time, Liu Mang stopped beside Wade and said, "Dwyane, I had a lot of fun today. Keep up the good work next time."

Yo, since there is no update at six o'clock, let's do a big chapter~ It's one chapter for two chapters! Is there a guaranteed monthly ticket? If not, a recommendation ticket is also good! There will be another chapter later. It's probably early in the morning. I'll eat something first. I slept until six o'clock and didn't eat. I'll continue writing after I'm full.