Chapter 1209 1208. Believe in Him!

For the first time in three years, I felt that the game was so difficult in the East!

Even in the two championship years, there was only one series that felt so difficult, that was the finals against the Spurs last season.

Liu Mang felt that the Heat led by Wade, who was whistled, was more difficult to play than the Spurs led by Duncan!

This is obvious. The Spurs in the 2005 season are not necessarily stronger than the Mavericks in the 2006 season, and the Mavericks in the 2006 season, when they met Wade with a whistle, can be regarded as being swept.

That is, McGrady and Jason Terry played steadily, and Liu Mang has made a significant improvement compared to last season. With the improvement of the role player lineup, he can play on par with the Heat.

This is indeed beyond Liu Mang's expectations!

Giving Pat Riley two days to adjust, the Heat gave up Wade's easy one-on-one scoring and insisted on letting Wade play pick-and-roll, which did weaken Wade's personal scoring a lot, but brought the Heat's offense alive!

After Wade made a pick-and-roll, he left Liu Mang's defense. The other players of the Hawks did not dare to stick to him. If they touched him, they would be fouled. They could only double-team him. Double-teaming would leave someone free. The Heat were now in a very good state of open shooting and had fierce offensive firepower!

Every time the Hawks responded to the Heat's tactics, Pat Riley of the Heat also countered, and the Hawks countered again. The coaching staff of both teams racked their brains to make better responses as much as possible.

The two-day rest time gave the Hawks a relatively ample opportunity to prepare, and also gave the Heat a lot of preparation time.

From a tactical perspective, the Heat actually took the initiative, because the Hawks imagined that the Heat would make a fuss about Wade's whistle, and they were already at a strategic disadvantage.

After three quarters, the Hawks, who played at home, were 5 points behind the Heat with a score of 76 to 81!

If Liu Mang had not scored 31 points in three quarters, McGrady had scored 17 points, and Jason Terry had 13 points, the Hawks would have collapsed in the third quarter!

The Heat made adjustments on the offensive end today, allowing Wade to make choices between scoring and passing more easily.

Unlike the last game, Liu Mang blocked Wade's foul first, and then Mike Woodson's defensive strategy cut off Wade's connection with others, and the Hawks used Wade's physical energy.

The Heat took the initiative in this game!

During the intermission, Liu Mang saw that he had 31 points and 6 assists, and McGrady had 17 points and 4 assists. The two of them had 48 points and 10 assists combined, and this was the data for three quarters, but the team fell behind by 5 points!

The main reason was Wade's 27 points and 10 assists in three quarters. The number of assists for one person was equal to the number of assists for a pair of backcourt cores on their side!

The key point was Jason Terry's data, which was amazing in one game and amazing in another. He scored 30 points in the last game, but only scored 13 points in 13 shots in three quarters in this game.

Jason Terry always gives people surprises in unexpected situations, but when you really want to point him to do something, he may give you a scare.

Liu Mang and the coaching staff were having a headache, and the Heat were not having a good time either.

Pat Riley saw that they were playing like this, but they were only leading by 5 points!

They made 12 of 22 three-pointers!

Thanks to these 12 of 22 three-pointers, they scored 81 points in three quarters. Wade also made a magical hit rate of 10 of 17, and 7 of 10 free throws, scoring 27 points.

Wade's efficient performance has a lot to do with the three-pointers that other Heat players made today. He was able to score when his teammates double-teamed him, and he was able to score when his teammates held him back on defense, which was an important reason why the Heat played so hot on the offensive end today.

The head coaches of the two teams came to the same conclusion during the intermission between the third and fourth quarters: the offense could not do better, and the focus was on defense!

The head coaches of both teams mainly arranged defense, and the offense could only be left to the players to solve the problem themselves.

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The intermission was about to end, and Liu Mang looked at the dangerous situation and hesitated. Should he use the star card?

Kobe and Jordan's star cards are hard to part with, but Curry's star card...

Liu Mang looked at the system space. Curry's star card is good for 10 minutes, but he's using it now?

Wait, Liu Mang saw another sharpshooter's star card, Ray Allen's star card!

Liu Mang's three-point ability rating is already higher than Ray Allen's, so Liu Mang doesn't care that much about Ray Allen's star card. He mainly wants to feel Ray Allen's shooting feeling and Ray Allen's running skills. But after Liu Mang's three-point ability rating tied Ray Allen, Liu Mang didn't regard Ray Allen's star card as a very important star card, because it's unlikely to improve his strength.

For Liu Mang, who is now rated as a superstar, as long as one aspect of his strength is significantly improved, it's equivalent to transformation!

But now, Liu Mang thought of the increasingly fierce defense of the Heat against him in the third quarter, and the fact that McGrady and Jason Terry were not so accurate in three-point shooting today. The two of them made 3 of 13 three-pointers, and James Posey on the opposite side made three three-pointers alone.

Let these two play without the ball. If they have a good touch, they will be amazing. If they have a bad touch, they will be super ghosts.

Liu Mang felt that he could only play without the ball.

The playoffs are dominated by off-ball play. This is the first time that Liu Mang has faced opponents of the level of the Spurs and Heat. He is very good off-ball in the regular season, but relatively average in the playoffs. The confrontation is big, and the opponent can directly let go of another person when he goes around the pick-and-roll.

So he needs better running ability!

Use it!

Liu Mang hesitated for a while and said to the system: "System boss, use Ray Allen's star card!"

"Host uses Ray Allen's star card 2004-2005 version, ability rating 91, offense 94, three-pointer 94, mid-range shot 89, layup 91, speed 90, strength 82... matching degree 80%, time limit single quarter game... bonus matching..."

"Ding... no bonus ability value..."

Sure enough, as Liu Mang expected, Ray Allen's star card can no longer provide ability bonus. Liu Mang is a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would have used this star card earlier this season.

But the system prompts are not over yet!

"Ding...Host obtains temporary feature: King of off-ball movement level 4, movement impression matching..."

Many clips emerged in Liu Mang's mind, which were clips of Ray Allen's movement training and movement in the game...

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After the intermission, the Hawks sent out a lineup of Liu Mang, McGrady, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Rasheed Wallace.

Coach Kruger looked at Liu Mang who was going up, thinking about Liu Mang's sudden change of tactics and substitutions just now. At this time, the Hawks chose to believe him!

I was a little busy at work today, so I updated a little late. I finished it at 7 o'clock. I wrote one chapter and went back to eat and there was another chapter~