Chapter 1173 1172. This Is Not Defense Against Rookies!

David Lee made a beautiful pass!

The Hawks quickly retreated after scoring.

Liu Mang stayed at the top arc, waiting for Deron to advance.

It is very important to limit Deron's scoring, rebounding and assists.

Although Liu Mang was the most critical point from a tactical point of view in the Hawks' first attack, Liu Mang did not get any data in the first attack, and Liu Mang had to ensure that Deron could not get any data!

Deron was very excited to face Liu Mang, and his hands were shaking when he advanced to the frontcourt.

Paul met Liu Mang twice this season, each time worse than the last. Deron wanted to beat the person that Paul could not beat!

Although Deron's data was much worse than Paul's, his evaluation was not much worse than Paul's. He relied on the fact that he did not lose to Paul head-on, and even had the advantage, and he defeated Liu Mang once!

He wanted to do it again this time!

Facing Liu Mang who expanded out of the three-point line and came up, Deron used the explosive speed that did not match his body size to force a breakthrough!

The last time he played against Liu Mang, he had confidence!

But!

Before Deron tried to force a breakthrough, Liu Mang judged Deron's purpose. As a rookie, Deron was too easy to expose his thoughts. At the moment when Deron tried to force, Liu Mang took advantage of the short few seconds when Deron was preparing to move and took the initiative to press Deron.

Deron's weight and strength gave him a physical advantage in the point guard position, especially since he was a rookie, but he would be 22 years old in June and his body was already mature.

If Deron accelerated and broke through, Liu Mang could not stop him.

But this time, Liu Mang judged the timing and pressed forward at the right time, interrupting Deron's breakthrough!

"Ding... Features: Gloves triggered, host's aura suppression ability takes effect."

Deron was stuck to Liu Mang before he could speed up, and Liu Mang's physical pressure was very strong. Liu Mang was thinner than Deron. Deron's body shape was a tall version of Raymond Felton, very similar to Baron Davis, 1.91 meters tall, weighing 95 kilograms, not much different from Kobe and McGrady.

But Liu Mang's strength exceeded his body's strength, and he interrupted Deron's breakthrough.

Deron wanted to change direction, but Liu Mang caught up in the first time!

Deron felt that Liu Mang was like a big net, covering him like that!

Watching Deron change direction continuously, being stuck or retreated by Liu Mang, accurately grasping every defensive step that blocked Deron's breakthrough, the fans at the scene began to scream and cheer!

Liu Mang's defense was more active and serious than usual!

Liu Mang really looked down on Deron last time. From the data, Deron and Felton were not much different. He felt that Deron had not yet tapped his potential, but he didn't expect that it was just the tactical needs of the Jazz. Felton could only compare with Deron in weight and strength. Deron's speed and explosiveness were far above Felton!

This time Liu Mang defended very attentively, and his defense has made great progress compared to the last time he played against the Jazz!

Deron dribbled for seven or eight seconds near the top arc from the beginning of the change of direction breakthrough, and the more he dribbled and changed direction, the further away from the three-point line!

If Deron hadn't been good at controlling the ball, he would have been almost stolen. Seeing that 17 seconds of the 24-second offensive time had passed, Deron quickly passed the ball to Boozer who pulled inside the three-point line to respond.

Boozer originally wanted to pick and roll, but he didn't expect Deron to be so stubborn as to insist on playing Liu Mang alone.

Boozer received the ball, and there was not much time left for the offense. He immediately started to play one-on-one. Facing David Lee's defense, Boozer rushed to the free throw line and made a quick stop jump shot...

Boozer's mid-range shot was so accurate that he made a quick stop jump shot!

Liu Mang looked at David Lee's defense and didn't know what to say. When Boozer was about to break through, David Lee made a complete misjudgment and actually jumped up directly, and was completely passed by Boozer.

This was expected. The coaching staff had weakened the positions except Liu Mang and Kwame Brown. Today's starting power forward was David Lee, and Horry was the substitute...

Attack and defense switched, and the Hawks attacked.

Liu Mang came to the frontcourt, and the opponent's defender changed. He saw Deron defending him.

The Jazz had no choice.

Originally, the Hawks didn't have McGrady on the court, so Kirilenko could defend Liu Mang, but Deron couldn't defend Iguodala's cut-in after receiving the ball. Coach Sloan didn't dare to let Deron defend Korver's running position. He would definitely give Korver an open shot every time, otherwise the team's defense would be in chaos. In this case, he simply shouted to Deron to defend Liu Mang when the Jazz returned to defense.

Liu Mang observed the opponent's defense. Devin Brown chased Korver very closely, and Kirilenko tended to shrink.

Deron came up at the first time, just like other teams, focusing on three-point defense. This is the general defense strategy of all teams with defensive discipline in the league against Liu Mang.

He didn't dare to let the shot go, and would rather break through and double-team, so that Liu Mang would have a chance to pass the ball, and didn't let Liu Mang have space to play one-on-one outside the three-point line.

However, Liu Mang felt that Deron's close defense had a little problem. He seemed to be very confident in himself. He took small steps and wanted to defend his breakthrough, because the physical pressure of close defense was not that strong.

Liu Mang took the initiative to press forward and broke through from the right!

Deron quickly moved to the left rear, and did not force the move. He waited for Liu Mang to break through and then step back.

However, Liu Mang only took one step, which was much different than Deron expected!

Liu Mang stepped to the right side of the top arc and pulled up!

At this time, Deron was still taking small steps, waiting for Liu Mang to go deeper before he could press forward and then shrink back immediately. He was not ready to jump at all, so he could only stand on tiptoe and reach out to interfere.

Liu Mang had a two-centimeter advantage in height, and his arm span was much longer, especially Liu Mang's confidence!

Liu Mang did not hesitate to shoot a three-pointer, and the king of pull-up shots was triggered, which made up for the problem of lowered jumping height caused by Liu Mang's sudden jump. The shot felt perfect, and the ball shot drew a beautiful arc and fell into the basket!

5 to 2, the Hawks led!

76 offensive rating, 79 defensive rating, 83 passing rating, 79 comprehensive ability rating, Deron is very good as a rookie. Since the new century, the rookie season of players who entered the NBA as point guards, and the rookie point guards who performed better than Deron in their rookie season, only Liu Mang, Wade, James, and Paul.

Moreover, Deron's biggest suppression of Paul is not his high score, but that he was able to defend Paul's hit rate far below the average level in his rookie season. Deron played against Paul 4 times this season, with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. In two games, he defended Paul to 2 out of 10, making him a top single defense expert among the new generation of point guards.

But he is still far from defending Liu Mang!

Deron is still too young. If he wants to defend Liu Mang to shoot a three-pointer, Liu Mang can only break through to the mid-range to enter Kirilenko's defense range and pass the ball to Iguodala. But Deron was too confident and wanted to challenge Liu Mang, but Liu Mang made a three-pointer in front of him!

Yanye shot!

After Liu Mang scored, he spread his hands and pointed at Deron, as if he could make the shot.

Deron was very frustrated and quickly advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Although Deron was annoyed this time, he was not as stubborn as before. He was scolded by Coach Sloan who stood on the sidelines when he retreated just now.

Facing Liu Mang's close defense, Deron protected the ball and looked for Boozer to set a pick-and-roll.

Boozer's solidity in the pick-and-roll was not much less than Garnett's, and Deron and Boozer seemed to have a natural understanding. The pick-and-roll was played very well, and the two grasped the time difference. Before the Hawks' defense was completed, Boozer had already opened up and pulled to the high position on the left side of the free throw line. Deron immediately passed the ball to Boozer, but at this time Korver left Devin Brown open and immediately defended Boozer. Boozer had a good high-post passing ability and quickly transferred the ball to Devin Brown in the bottom corner.

Devin Brown seized the opportunity and made an open three-pointer!

Open three-pointers and chasing the ball without the ball are the only two advantages of Devin Brown, and he did not waste this opportunity.

5-5 tie, both teams played well in the opening offense.

The Hawks chose to attack against the Jazz!

The Hawks mainly left open space for the Jazz's outside shooters, not allowing Boozer to receive Deron's pass and shoot or attack the basket. Boozer cut to the basket, Kwame Brown went to help defend, preferring to let Boozer pass to the players under the basket. Boozer received the ball in the middle and long distance, and then helped defend on the outside, preferring to give Devin Brown and Kirilenko the opportunity to shoot three-pointers.

As for the Jazz, there was really no good way to deal with Liu Mang's high-post singles. Deron, Kiricek and Harpring, who came off the bench, could hardly defend Liu Mang alone. They could only give Liu Mang the opportunity to break through to the middle distance, and then double-team him, letting Liu Mang pass the ball to assist.

They didn't dare to double-team directly at the top of the arc. Calderon and Iguodala could take the opportunity to play better offense after receiving the ball. They would rather defend the basket and block Liu Mang's three-pointer and double-team Liu Mang in the middle distance, allowing the Hawks to shoot from the outside.

In addition, every time Deron passed the ball to a teammate, the Hawks would defend the receiver and would rather give others a chance!

Gradually, Deron felt that he was being targeted!

It was basically impossible to score. After the pick-and-roll, the Hawks double-teamed him.

He passed the ball but didn't get any assists.

Even when they wanted to grab rebounds, the Hawks would rather not grab the rebounds themselves than to block him!

With Liu Mang as the offensive core, responsible for dominating the shooting power and attracting defense, the Hawks once played on par with the Jazz!

At the end of the first quarter, the Hawks played an offense beyond people's expectations. Liu Mang scored 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in the first quarter. He played very hard, and he would break through and shoot whenever he could. He used all the pick-and-rolls and led the team to 27 points in a single quarter, only one point behind the Jazz.

As for Deron, he felt that he was definitely being targeted!

From a tactical perspective, he attracted a lot of defense, allowing the Jazz to score 28 points in a single quarter, but he only had 3 points, 0 rebounds and 1 assist.

Deron felt that the defense he encountered was not the defense that a rookie like him should encounter!

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