Chapter 1010 1009. A Fighting Style that Is Ahead of Its Time

Childress tried very hard to defend, but McGrady's turn made him so confused that he didn't even know where McGrady was. When he turned around, he saw the ball falling from the basket.

Childress didn't even need to guess, he knew he was being fooled: they are all long legs, why bother with long legs!

5 to 0 at the start!

The Hawks seemed to want to slow down the pace at the beginning, but in essence it was still a fast break. Even in the first offensive positional battle, the cooperation between Liu Mang and Rasheed Wallace still took only 10 seconds.

Moreover, Liu Mang was not the main attack point in both attacks. Liu Mang became the starting point of the attack and dominated the attack.

This was not a part of the tactics, but the free play of Liu Mang, Rasheed Wallace and McGrady!

It was the 76ers' turn to attack again. Iverson realized that his tactics seemed to have been seen through by the opponent from the beginning, so he broke through more resolutely, with scoring as the first goal.

Iverson, who rushed towards the basket more resolutely, became more difficult to defend. After passing Liu Mang and rushing into the inside, he went around the baseline and left Kwame Brown and teammate Dalembert behind him, and turned and shot to score two points.

There was no way. Iverson's shooting choices were much better. This baseline run made the basket a mess, and the players in the middle had no position to defend.

Iverson helped the 76ers score the first goal, and the 76ers quickly retreated.

Fast-paced offense and fast-paced defense are the tactical play of coach Maurice Cheeks in the 76ers.

In the offense and defense transition, Liu Mang passed the ball to McGrady, who patted the ball and patted it back to Liu Mang.

Liu Mang pushed to the frontcourt, and Rasheed Wallace took the initiative to come out to screen for Liu Mang.

Iverson and Webber had a good understanding of each other in offense, but on defense, Iverson was active and had certain defensive ability, but Webber was not. Both of them focused on Rasheed Wallace who had just made a three-pointer, and were ready to move.

Liu Mang judged the opponent's defensive intention, and did not wait for Rasheed Wallace to come out to block Iverson, and chose to break through directly!

Because Iverson was preparing to go around the pick-and-roll, he did not stick so closely!

Liu Mang broke through to the free throw line, and Rasheed Wallace turned around and rushed to the basket, leaving Webber behind!

Liu Mang jumped up and shot from mid-range...

The first shot did not go in, but Rasheed Wallace rushed in and attracted the attention of Dalembert, and Kwame Brown made a tip-in to score two points.

The tacit understanding is off the charts! Compared with the tacit understanding at the beginning of last season, I don't know how many times it has improved!

Iverson learned his lesson and didn't force it. Instead, he used the positions of his teammates and opponents on the court and the space opened by Samuels, who was defending McGrady in the bottom corner, to easily get two points, but the Hawks immediately returned an easy assist.

It was the 76ers' turn to attack again. Iverson continued the style that had been successful before. After passing Liu Mang, he went around the baseline. Kwame Brown went to defend Iverson in advance this time. After Iverson went around the baseline, he had no shooting space, but he had a chance to pass the ball to Dalembert!

Dalembert received the ball and turned to dunk!

But Kwame Brown's awareness of defense under the basket has improved compared to last season! It's not in vain that he learned from the block king Mourning for a summer. He turned around and slapped the ball raised by Dalembert with his little hand, knocking the ball down!

Blocked by a bunch of people under the basket, Liu Mang turned to grab the rebound and took the defensive rebound with Webber.

There is a chance to counterattack!

After Liu Mang grabbed the rebound with one hand and landed, he immediately turned around and pushed forward. Childress came up to block Liu Mang, and Liu Mang quickly passed the ball to McGrady.

The 76ers' current lineup is very fast. After the Hawks grabbed the defensive rebound, they retreated quickly. After receiving the ball, McGrady rushed to the basket, attracted the players who retreated to double-team, and passed it back to Rasheed Wallace who followed up to the free throw line. Rasheed Wallace took a step towards the basket. Kwame Brown, who had opened up space for McGrady and pulled to the left side of the three-second zone, also turned around and squeezed in. The 76ers' defense was compressed into the three-second zone by McGrady, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown.

At this time, Rasheed Wallace passed the ball back to Liu Mang who was following slowly. Liu Mang received the ball at a 45-degree angle on the left and shot a three-pointer...

"Shua..."

The mid-range shot didn't go in, but the three-pointer went in!

10 to 2, the Hawks led by 8 points!

The cooperation is getting more and more tacit. The continuous ball transmission and the use of off-ball pressure on the 76ers' weak defense make the Hawks feel at ease.

No matter how well or badly the 76ers play, the Hawks play very steadily. When the 76ers score, the Hawks immediately return one. Even if they don't score, they defend the 76ers so that they can't score. Then they score again in the next attack, suppressing the 76ers.

The 76ers' offensive style of play seems to score well, but this is based on a fast pace. The Hawks score more!

Because the Hawks have Rasheed Wallace, the former Blazers' offensive core who is very familiar with the coaching system of coach Maurice Cheeks, the Hawks have analyzed many possibilities of the 76ers' tactics two days ago. Coach Maurice Cheeks is not the kind of person who builds a system with some players, but the type of head coach who adds people to the system. It's true that Iverson and Webber are very suitable for his system, but there are also fewer changes. Rasheed Wallace analyzed their playing style.

If it weren't for Iverson's strong personal scoring ability and strong containment, the 76ers would have collapsed long ago.

But even so, it was just a slow death.

Compared to the Hawks, who relied on Rasheed Wallace to predict the 76ers' offensive style, the 76ers had no idea how to defend the Hawks.

McGrady did not organize the offense as expected, nor did Liu Mang play singles. The Hawks played Princeton in the starting stage today. Liu Mang, Rasheed Wallace, and McGrady all used their passes. The 76ers' defense was completely unstoppable!

In the seventh minute of the first quarter, the Hawks were already leading by 8 points, 23 to 15!

The 76ers scored 15 points with 6 of 14 shots in 7 minutes. The offensive performance was already very good, but the Hawks' offense exploded!

With perfect tacit cooperation, the Hawks made 9 of 15 shots and scored 23 points in half a quarter!

In the first game, the Hawks played a crazy offense!

Liu Mang scored 5 points and 2 assists in the first half of the quarter, Kwame Brown scored 6 points, Prince scored 2 points, and McGrady and Rasheed Wallace scored 5 points each. He played a performance that the 76ers, fans, and TV commentators did not expect!

It is not terrible that the Hawks scored 23 points in the first half of the quarter. What is terrible is that the entire Hawks team participated!

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After the official timeout, just after the 76ers arranged the switching tactics, the Hawks changed their style of play. Liu Mang and Jason Terry took Korver, Josh Smith, and Mourning to the court.

On the 76ers side, Dalembert was suppressed too badly by Kwame Brown, so he replaced Steven Hunter, the substitute center dug from the Suns in the summer. Iverson, Samuels, Childress, and Webber remained unchanged.

After the timeout, the 76ers attacked first. Webber leaned on Josh Smith in the low post to ask for the ball. Seeing that he was a sophomore, he focused on this point.

Josh Smith alone could not defend Webber, and Webber turned and threw a high shot.

17 to 23, the score difference narrowed to six points. The 76ers players tried to narrow the score difference to within 5 points, and quickly retreated to prepare to defend the Eagles' pass and cut cooperation.

After Liu Mang passed the ball to Jason Terry, Jason Terry advanced to the frontcourt and passed it back to Liu Mang. Liu Mang received the ball and shot it directly!

He suddenly shot a three-pointer without any tactics! The 76ers didn't react!

Where is the team-based team? They played so reasonably just now, but suddenly they shot directly?

Liu Mang's three-pointer added an assist to Jason Terry's statistics column!

Just now, the 76ers players thought that the score difference would be narrowed to within 5 points, and it would be 9 points soon!

Liu Mang shot quickly, igniting the 76ers' already not slow rhythm. Iverson quickly advanced after receiving the ball. The 76ers team pressed forward to attack. Iverson took advantage of the offense and defense transition to break through to the mid-range jump shot and scored two points.

The Hawks also served the ball quickly. Jason Terry quickly advanced and passed it to Liu Mang. As soon as Liu Mang received the ball, Iverson immediately came up. Liu Mang took advantage of the 76ers' unstable defense and squeezed Iverson to the basket, attracting Childress's double-teaming. Liu Mang immediately passed the ball to Korver who was vacant and shot it immediately!

It didn't go in!

But Liu Mang, who rushed in, just grabbed the offensive rebound and shot it out. Jason Terry grabbed the ball and shot another three-pointer...

This time it went in!

The score difference that had just been narrowed to 7 points by the 76ers was widened to 10 points!

The Hawks got to the rotation lineup and instantly changed from team offense to a wave of tactics, competing with Iverson and Webber, but the 76ers were not ready!

The Hawks' weird style of play made the 76ers make mistakes again. Fortunately, Iverson and Webber were both strong in scoring, so they didn't let the 76ers' scoring be interrupted, but the Hawks were so accurate!

After the first quarter, the Hawks led by 13 points, 41 to 28!

Liu Mang was okay, with only 10 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds in the first quarter, but the Hawks scored 41 points as a team!

At the beginning of the game, the 76ers were stunned!

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After a perfect start, the 76ers were completely at a disadvantage. After halftime, the Hawks led by 18 points, 71 to 53, further widening the gap.

In the second quarter, the Hawks mainly rotated their lineups. Liu Mang only played for 6 minutes, but when McGrady led the team, he played a beautiful offensive performance with Calderon, Iguodala, Josh Smith and Rasheed Wallace. If the defense could limit it, it would be limited. If it couldn't be limited, it would continue to solve the problem with offense.

The score in the second quarter was relatively low, because Liu Mang only played for 6 minutes in the second quarter and got 2 points, 1 assist and 1 rebound before going down.

In the third quarter, after Liu Mang returned to the court, the Hawks played the crazy offense of the first quarter again in the third quarter. Liu Mang scored 11 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter, leading the team to a single quarter score of 38 to 34. After three quarters, the Hawks led by 22 points, 109 to 87!

The 76ers scored 87 points in three quarters, which was a good score that exceeded their expectations, especially in the third quarter, where they scored 34 points in a single quarter, but they couldn't stand the Hawks' 38 points in a single quarter!

41 points, 30 points, 38 points, the Hawks scored more than 30 points in each of the first three quarters!

But just because of the fast pace and many shots, the 76ers' hit rate was only 41%, while the Hawks' hit rate was as high as 49%!

The 76ers felt so powerless!

It's not that they can't score, but the Hawks can score too much!

Liu Mang scored 23 points in the third quarter, Tracy McGrady scored 21 points in the third quarter, Jason Terry played 15 minutes and 12 points in the first three quarters, Kwame Brown had 17 points and 9 rebounds in the third quarter, and Rasheed Wallace also scored 13 points. 5 members of the team scored in double figures!

How can the 76ers still play?

Iverson hasn't even implemented his prepared thoughts to win the game, and the game has entered garbage time!

In the first game of the new season, the Eagles made people's eyes shine!

I can't explain the feeling. The Eagles didn't seem to defend particularly well, but they just suppressed the playoff-level 76ers. They opened up by six or seven points in one quarter and led by 22 points after three quarters!

Coach Maurice Cheeks didn't know what else to do. It seemed like he was still scoring, but he was losing to the opponent by six or seven points in each quarter, which didn't seem like much. After three quarters, it was just garbage time.

There is a very awkward feeling, as if they are not a team of the same era... In other words, the Eagles followed Liu Mang's performance and were ahead of the 76ers by an era!

Leading by 22 points in the third quarter, Liu Mang clocked out in the third quarter!

Coach Kruger was also surprised by the players' performance.

The focus is on three-pointers. The Eagles made 19 three-pointers in the game!

The fans at the scene were almost hoarse from shouting, the offense was so good!

The 76ers surrendered voluntarily and fell behind by 22 points in the third quarter. The opponent seemed to be at ease. They had to figure out what was going on in today's game.

Coach Kruger sent out a pure substitute lineup of Calderon, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and David Lee, with Jason Terry playing as a substitute.

There were no surprises. If there were any surprises, no one, not even the Eagles players themselves, expected to play so well.

The Hawks defeated the 76ers 134-110 and got off to a good start!

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Liu Mang's statistics in this game were average. Of course, they were compared to his statistics last season. He played 28 minutes and scored 23 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. Tracy McGrady's 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists were not worse than Liu Mang's. Kwame -Brown's 17 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks in the three quarters are also very good, but no matter how well others perform, even if the Eagles lose, Liu Mang will be the subject of interviews by the media after the game.

Liu Mang was asked a lot of questions, mainly about the championship flag. Liu Mang answered this very politely and without any nonsense: "This is a very big encouragement to me. I am very grateful to the league. "It's great that they're doing this and giving basketball players all over the world the incentive to join the competition to be the best player."

When asked about the Eagles' offensive explosion today, Liu Mang gave a very official answer: "Our style of play should be more advanced. We made good use of the rules. We made many shots and are more accustomed to the current rules. For example, not being able to get started gives us more space when shooting after catching the ball, and the opponent is not very good at taking advantage of this. This is our advantage. "

Liu Mang was shocked by his team's offensive performance today. Although he only scored 23 points on 8-for-17 shooting, the team actually scored 109 points in three quarters and 134 points in the game.

Liu Mang analyzed it and found that the main reason was that the opponent did not expect them to fight like this.

The Eagles have laid out the tactical framework in this way and allowed the players to play freely because Coach Kruger was used to coaching last season. This season the tactics are more unrestrained. They are used to this rule that encourages offense.

But most teams in the league are still not used to it. It’s just that Coach Kruger has played this way a lot and feels that everyone should get used to it.

Liu Mang was not afraid that the other party would know this when he said this. He could understand this kind of thing by studying it.

However, when asked about Tracy McGrady being lucky enough to hold his thigh, Liu Mang still couldn't hold it back due to a lot of news that came out recently: "You don't understand Tracy. I saw many people saying that Tracy picked up the We won the championship cheaply, but think about it, if we had not won the championship last year, your evaluation of Tracy would be completely different! He took a big risk to join our team. Tracy chose a path. The hardest road.”

McGrady was very touched when he heard this. He had not responded before and had not talked about it with his teammates before. Before the start of the new season, some veterans who had not been able to join the championship team were not maliciously attacking McGrady. They were just attacking McGrady. I lamented that Tracy McGrady was lucky, but when the media said it, they meant something else.

When I heard the reporter ask this question, I was a little depressed, and I didn't know how Liu Mang would answer.

And Liu Mang's answer really moved McGrady.

And she spoke very measuredly, saving his face without encouraging him.

But I always feel like something is weird. Is this guy so kind-hearted?