Chapter 1095 1094. It’s Time to Start Having Fun!

The video of Rasheed Wallace's roar set off the Phillips Arena. Liu Mang sprinkled magnesium powder into the air and started with Iguodala, Prince, Horry, and Kwame Brown.

Liu Mang felt that this lineup was enough. In order to take care of the veteran's emotions, Coach Kruger had already agreed to let Horry play more in the three months of rest.

So Horry only played 15 of the 28 games in the first two months, and almost all of them were garbage time. He didn't complain because it was agreed from the beginning.

Compared with Brent Barry, who doesn't want money or face but only wants a championship, although Horry also has a strong desire to win, face is still very important.

However, although Horry's eyesight is a little worse now, his attitude is fine. His teammates all see it, so no one stands up to express dissatisfaction. He is a veteran role player with five championships.

The Nets are very confident when they see the current lineup of the Hawks, mainly because they defeated this lineup less than ten days ago.

The Nets sent out the starting lineup of Kidd, Jeff McGinnis, Carter, Kostic, and Ratliff.

Kwame Brown and Ratliff, his first real teacher, jumped face to face!

Without giving face to the old master, Kwame Brown easily won the jump ball over Ratliff's head.

Liu Mang received the ball and passed it to Iguodala to advance.

With Iguodala, Liu Mang can also enjoy the feeling of having a fish.

Iguodala pushed to the frontcourt and passed it to Liu Mang. Liu Mang received the ball and faced Kidd's defense. The moment he received the ball, he immediately accelerated and rushed to the basket!

He played so decisively!

Kidd reacted quickly. From the beginning, he was on guard against some strange moves by Liu Mang and quickly followed. Carter, who was defending Iguodala, also immediately doubled over.

The Nets doubled quickly!

In order to increase the number of ball-holding points, Iguodala was sent to Liu Mang, and the breakthrough space suddenly became much more crowded. The Nets double-teamed very strategically. They did not wait for Iguodala to cut to double-team Liu Mang, but double-teamed him directly!

Liu Mang had been paying attention to the movements of his teammates and opponents during his breakthrough. Seeing this situation, Liu Mang immediately chose to stop and jump before Carter's double-team was fully formed, and took a long two-point shot...

The moment he shot, Liu Mang knew that he had a good touch today, and he turned around and ran towards the backcourt after landing.

Hit!

With a good touch at the beginning, Liu Mang made his first mid-range shot.

In this situation, Kidd and Carter had no choice. His hands were good. Seeing Liu Mang throw it out, he ran back. Both of them were helpless.

Attack and defense switched, the Nets attacked.

After Kidd advanced to the frontcourt, he passed the ball to Kostic who was in a high position. Kostic passed the ball to Carter who ran out to receive the ball. Prince followed Carter to defend. In order to avoid being closely followed by Prince, Carter bypassed Kostic and accelerated from the left side of the top arc. Kostic passed the ball and blocked Prince. Carter rushed into the inside!

Liu Mang let go of McGinnis and double-teamed Carter. McGinnis cut into the air. Carter passed the ball to McGinnis, but Horry had already taken back the route McGinnis cut into when Carter broke through and was double-teamed by Liu Mang and Prince.

McGinnis passed the ball to Kostic who entered the free throw line!

Even though the Hawks' defense rotated quickly and consciously, they still got a chance to shoot due to the Nets' quick transfer of the ball. Kostic made a shot after entering the three-second zone.

The Nets' small-scale cooperation is still so sharp.

Carter and McGinnis both had 4+ assists, Kidd had 8+ assists, and the three of them were too good at passing.

After losing Radmanovich last summer, the team was still able to defeat strong teams repeatedly, relying on the three players on the outside who were very good at passing.

Attack and defense transition, the Hawks attack.

This time Kidd did not give Liu Mang space. As soon as Liu Mang crossed half court, Kidd stuck to him tightly. Liu Mang wanted to use his arms to separate Kidd and get a little space to force a shot, but it didn't work. Kidd's defense is really strong!

Liu Mang couldn't speed up, so he could only move away from the top arc and move from both sides under Kidd's close proximity.

Liu Mang was squeezed to the left side of the top arc at a position close to 45 degrees. At least he was away from the right side where Carter was sitting to defend Iguodala and the right bottom corner where Horry and Kostic were, but Liu Mang's breakthrough was not good at this position. McGinnis was defending Prince in the left bottom corner. As long as Liu Mang broke through from the left, he would be sandwiched immediately. If he broke through to the deep, there was also Ratliff.

Unlike the first attack, when he easily got the chance to accelerate, this time Liu Mang was forced into a dead end by Kidd, who is very likely to be selected for the best defensive first team again this year! Breaking through or shooting are not good options.

Playing pick-and-roll with Horry did not help to open up the space, and Kostic almost retreated to the three-second zone to defend Horry.

At this time, Liu Mang saw Kwame Brown frantically blocking the position without giving any face to the old master. Under Ratliff's strong static strength, he blocked the low position on the left side of the three-second zone. Liu Mang passed the ball to Kwame Brown, expecting Kwame Brown to do something.

Kwame Brown immediately raised his head and shot high after receiving the ball...

Decisive miss.

Liu Mang, Iguodala and Prince quickly retreated, and just when Kwame Brown shot, Carter and McGinnis of the Nets were almost off the court!

Ratliff passed the ball to Kidd, who immediately threw it to the front court. Carter received the ball at the free throw line, took a step and took off directly. Liu Mang could only watch Carter fly and dunk to get two points.

Carter rushed like this, there was no other way except to foul.

It was the Hawks' turn to attack again. After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he didn't think about breaking through or cooperating with the inside line. He couldn't cooperate. The opponent's twin towers' defense was really good, and the pick-and-roll didn't work.

Liu Mang gave the ball to Iguodala and played without the ball. He cut in from the middle, went around the basket, and ran to the left at a 45-degree angle. Kwame Brown helped Liu Mang block Kidd at the basket. Kidd was careless for a moment and was blocked by Kwame Brown and his teammate Ratliff from going around the pick-and-roll. Ratliff hurriedly chased after Liu Mang, and Carter also rushed towards Liu Mang, fearing that Liu Mang would catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer.

At this time, Iguodala saw an opportunity! He cut into the basket with the ball. There were only Kidd and Kostic at the basket. Kostic received the inside and went to Kwame Brown. Iguodala rushed into the free throw line one step and wanted to dunk!

Kidd, who was a beat late, really couldn't stop Iguodala's jump, nor could he stop him, but his hands were quick, and when Iguodala grabbed the ball and jumped up to raise it above his head, he quickly cut to the ball!

The ball hit Iguodala's knee and bounced out of bounds!

Too poor experience!

If it was Kwame Brown, he would definitely hold the ball with both hands at this time. Kwame Brown saw Iguodala holding the ball with one hand and looked down on him. Can he do whatever he wants with big hands? Still got cut.

Fortunately, the ball went out of bounds, and the Nets didn't have a chance to counterattack.

Just like the last game, when McGrady didn't play and Jason Terry hadn't played yet, if Liu Mang encountered this kind of highly targeted defense, other people holding the ball would not have a very good effect, either they were too young or they didn't have the ability to attack with the ball.

However, this lineup is much stronger in single defense than when Korver was there.

After Kidd pushed through half court, he encountered Liu Mang's defense and passed the ball to Carter. This time, Iguodala defended Carter very closely, and Prince also followed closely with McGinnis without the ball.

Kostic came out to help Carter pick and roll, and the Hawks quickly switched defenses. They did not shrink like the last time they encountered a pick and roll. Horry stood in front of Carter, and Iguodala went to resist Kostic's cut.

The Hawks used Iguodala to defend Carter just to prevent Prince from being unable to withstand Kostic.

The role of the Hawks' big and small in defending the pick and roll was reflected!

Carter did not get a good breakthrough space. If he broke through at this time, he would definitely be double-teamed by three or four people.

Then play a single from the outside!

Carter dribbled the ball away from the three-point line. Horry saw this action and rushed over immediately. Carter dribbled a few times and exited the three-point line, then pulled up and shot a three-pointer...

Horry had a good sense of defense and defended well, but Carter's three-pointer still went in!

7 to 2!

The Nets started with a score of 7 to 2!

Carter scored 5 points in a row!

Liu Mang was helpless, he had already defended to the limit, but the other person relied on personal ability to score.

"Rely on strength to shoot hard, right? Who is afraid of who!"

Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt. Kwame Brown took the initiative to pick and roll. Liu Mang saw that when Kwame Brown came out from the inside, he had received Kostic on the right sideline of the three-second zone, and Ratliff who was guarding the free throw line and did not follow him completely. Liu Mang waved his hand to let Kwame Brown go back to the basket. What the hell is the pick and roll! Ratliff saw through all the pick and roll here.

Kwame Brown saw Liu Mang's gesture and immediately retreated to the inside.

At this moment, Liu Mang faced Kidd's defense. When he was half a step away from the three-point line, he suddenly grabbed the ball and stepped back, and suddenly shot a sniper!

Kidd was still sticking to Liu Mang and watching the gestures of Liu Mang and his teammates, thinking that Liu Mang was going to play some cooperation, but he only saw Kwame Brown pull out and retract, and suddenly the person sticking to him retreated. Before Kidd could react, Liu Mang had already shot from more than one meter away from the three-point line on the left side of the top arc!

"Bang"

"Shua"

Kidd turned his head and saw that the ball bounced off the basket and fell into the basket!

This luck is too good!

Kidd looked at Liu Mang and wanted to say some trash talk and complain about Liu Mang's luck, but he saw Liu Mang pointing a gun and blowing the non-existent gunpowder.

Liu Mang's meaning was very clear. He didn't regard this ball as luck at all, but as strength!

Kidd felt... why was he so shameless?

Amid the cheers of the whole audience, Liu Mang retreated. In his opinion, if it went in, it went in!

He tried to organize the offense, but it didn't work. In order to avoid the situation of falling behind by 10 points in a single quarter in the last match, which led to the situation of being restricted throughout the game, Liu Mang wanted to be bold and ready to start playing!