Chapter 1208 1207. Jordan Is Five Centimeters Shorter

As Rasheed Wallace roared, the Hawks' devil home court started!

The devil home court and Pat Riley's iron-blooded field offset each other. The Hawks were not oppressed by Pat Riley's iron-blooded field, and the Heat were not disturbed by the Hawks' devil home court.

Liu Mang and his teammates went on the court together.

The Hawks still sent out Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown as the starting lineup.

There were some changes on the Heat side, with Jason Williams, Wade, Posey, Haslem, and O'Neal as the starting lineup!

The Heat put Antoine Walker on the bench!

Liu Mang came to his own free throw line and waited for Kwame Brown to jump the ball. When he saw the changes in the Heat's starting lineup, Liu Mang's conjecture was confirmed.

Jump ball!

At 7:30, the referee blew the whistle to start the game on time and threw the ball into the air. Kwame Brown won the jump ball again over O'Neal's head, and the Hawks attacked first.

Liu Mang received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. The Heat quickly retreated this time and did not give the Hawks a chance to open the game and fast break. O'Neal received the ball and went to the basket. From the beginning, they did not plan how to win the jump ball. Kwame Brown and Dwight Howard are the bugs in the jump ball.

When Liu Mang advanced to the midline, Wade pressed up and pressed the half court!

Not only the Cavaliers used the outside pressure defense strategy that Liu Mang taught to the James and Wade combination, but the Heat also used it!

Liu Mang encountered Wade's pressure defense and immediately passed the ball to McGrady who was squeezing Posey for the ball.

Compared with Wade, Posey is tough, but much thinner.

McGrady received the ball and took advantage of Posey's close proximity to step behind Posey, and then took two steps and directly entered the three-second zone!

Haslem retreated back immediately, McGrady passed the ball to Rasheed Wallace, Rasheed Wallace took a long two-point shot from the baseline...

It was a good opportunity, but unfortunately it didn't go in.

O'Neal was stuck in position, Haslem turned around and took the defensive rebound.

Liu Mang and his teammates quickly retreated, Liu Mang retreated to the top arc, waited for Wade to advance, and immediately stuck to Wade.

Liu Mang was still defending Wade alone.

After Wade advanced to the frontcourt, he was stuck by Liu Mang. Feeling Liu Mang's defense that was not much worse than his, Wade was no longer as surprised as in the last game. Liu Mang's defense was much stronger than the last time the two played against each other in the regular season. It was a transformation. Wade was scared in the last game. Fortunately, the Hawks defended him alone most of the time in the last game. Except for Artest and Kobe, Wade was one-on-one, and it was difficult for others to limit him, so Wade played so violently in the last game.

Instead of continuing to play one-on-one, although it was effective, it was too physically demanding. Wade waved to Haslem for a pick-and-roll!

As expected! Liu Mang had already guessed this, Wade is one of the best shooting guards in the league at using pick-and-roll!

Haslem came up and blocked Liu Mang with his strong body. Rasheed Wallace was ready to switch defense, but after the switch, Rasheed Wallace just stuck to him and collided with Wade, and the referee blew the whistle!

Wade threw the ball out, and Wade reached the free throw line in two steps. He had a good touch and threw the ball in!

Fortunately, the referee was a little humane in this game. He blew the whistle that Rasheed Wallace blocked the foul first, the goal was invalid, and there was no free throw. The Heat had the ball.

The Heat had a sideline ball, but the Hawks didn't dare to go out to defend the serve, so they let Wade go outside the three-point line to receive the serve. Liu Mang continued to guard the top arc, and Wade continued to screen with Haslem. Rasheed Wallace didn't dare to stick too close this time, and he couldn't help Liu Mang block Wade, and couldn't create an opportunity for Liu Mang to bypass the screen and double-team Wade.

Wade had no obstacles after the screen and broke through to the basket. In this case, Kwame Brown couldn't do anything. Wade rushed to the basket and made a layup to score two points.

This situation is unsolvable!

From Liu Mang's memory of the 05-06 season finals, it was only Wade's whistle treatment that changed, and the Heat were able to complete a 4-2 reversal from a 0-2 deficit with a high probability of being swept. It can be seen that Wade, who was already strong, encountered this almost perfect one-on-one situation and became a real Jordan who was five centimeters shorter!

When the Hawks attacked, Liu Mang did not pass the ball to McGrady after advancing to the frontcourt. McGrady's most likely pass was to Rasheed Wallace.

In the playoffs, the biggest role of role players is to open up space. Sometimes they don't have to be able to make shots, but they need to maintain threats.

Rasheed Wallace's touch was obviously not good at the beginning. If he missed two or three shots in a row, it is estimated that he would not be able to open up space and bring Haslem out of the inside. Therefore, sometimes a role player as the end point of the offense will not play a second shot after hitting it once. If he misses two shots in a row, this threat point will be useless.

Facing Wade's defense, Liu Mang let McGrady open up space and play pick-and-roll with Kwame Brown!

O'Neal is terrible at defending pick-and-rolls. When he encounters a pick-and-roll, he rushes to block Liu Mang. He doesn't know how to use his broad body. After Liu Mang and Kwame Brown set a pick-and-roll, Kwame Brown follows what Malone taught him and immediately cuts to the basket after the pick-and-roll. O'Neal only cares about Liu Mang, so Wade has to run in. Liu Mang makes a beautiful pass, Kwame Brown cuts into the basket, receives the ball, jumps, and dunks with both hands...

He was almost blocked by Wade!

Wade jumped from the spot, and almost reached the ball that Kwame Brown lifted up for a dunk. Fortunately, Kwame Brown had a good bounce!

Liu Mang sometimes wondered about Wade's physical fitness. If Wade improved in a step-by-step manner similar to James and Kobe, instead of destroying his body, what would happen when he reached his peak at the age of 28 or 29? Would he be able to maintain his peak physical fitness like Jordan did when he won the first three consecutive championships at the age of 28 or 29?

However, such a Wade is no longer possible. Wade's body has already turned red.

When the Heat attacked, the Hawks had no choice but to double-team Wade in advance. Liu Mang and McGrady double-teamed Wade when he was about to pick and roll. Wade passed the ball to Jason Williams, and Jason Williams made the first open three-pointer!

Looking back, Liu Mang hit a three-pointer against Wade's defense!

5-5 tie!

Wait!

Can only wait!

The Hawks must maintain their offensive success rate, the Heat's offensive success rate is too high!

It all depends on which side's offense collapses first and which side's defense comes into play first!