Chapter 1219 1218. The Pressure Is on the Heat (1/10 Please Subscribe and Vote)

Chapter 1219 1218. The pressure is on the Heat (110 for subscription and monthly votes)

Change!

It is always unpredictable how Liu Mang will play in the next game or even the next ball!

This feeling makes the opponent panic!

Do you really say that Anfernee Hardaway is better than Liu Mang in singles?

It is almost impossible. Except for the peak periods of Iverson, Wade, Kobe, and McGrady, the peak periods of other active stars are unlikely to be better than Liu Mang in singles during his peak period.

Including Anfernee Hardaway, who is now hesitating whether to retire.

But the Heat are ready to defend Liu Mang's off-ball and Liu Mang's comprehensive offensive means, but they didn't expect Liu Mang to play like "McGrady".

And he passed the ball a little faster than McGrady!

Just like Kobe said that he didn't deliberately imitate Jordan, McGrady didn't say that his playing style imitated Penny, but everyone could see it.

McGrady's skills are very similar to Penny's. He knows everything and is proficient in everything. Both are first-class and close to the top level. McGrady's scoring ability is better than Anfernee Hardaway, there is no doubt about that. The scoring champion with an average of 30+ points per game is definitely better than Anfernee Hardaway, but McGrady has more assists in passing. The field of vision is probably about the same, but McGrady's second pass ability, that is, the ability to transfer the ball and assist the ball, is still inferior to Anfernee Hardaway. After all, it is the most praised ability of Anfernee Hardaway.

The cooperation between McGrady and Liu Mang is like playing with himself. McGrady has a feeling that if he passes the ball, the ball will be passed to the next teammate according to his own ideas, allowing his teammates to score easily.

Although McGrady and Liu Mang had a tacit cooperation before, it is always more tacit to cooperate with "himself" than with others. There is no need to think about how others will deal with it next, just think about how to deal with it after receiving the ball!

Unlike the two previous times in Miami, where they were suppressed in the first quarter and then gradually got better and better, the Hawks played very aggressively from the beginning of the game this time.

Liu Mang's completely different style of play made it difficult for the Heat to adapt, while the Hawks had long been accustomed to Liu Mang's changeable style of play, and they just needed to cooperate with Liu Mang to run to open positions. When there was an open position, the double "McGrady" combination of Liu Mang and McGrady could always pass the ball to their teammates.

The Hawks vowed to win this game before the game. Everyone was very focused. The start was not good, but not bad. The open shots were pretty good. The Hawks scored 28 points in the first quarter with Liu Mang and McGrady's scoring and passing!

This is the highest score of the Hawks in the first quarter since the second game!

But the Heat fought harder!

O'Neal scored 11 points in the first quarter, which was his highest score in the first quarter since the six games of this Eastern Conference Finals.

The Heat had to fight. If they lost this home game, they would be eliminated. Their goal after losing the first two away games was to drag the series into a tiebreaker. They dared not relax at all at this time.

Wade scored 10 points in a single quarter by making mid-range shots or causing fouls and free throws. Wade and O'Neal scored 21 points in the first quarter, helping the Heat score 27 points in a single quarter!

This was the first time that the Hawks led the Heat in the first quarter in the other four games except the first and fourth games!

McGrady scored 7 points, 3 assists and 1 steal in the first quarter, and Liu Mang scored 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block in the first quarter. Both of them played extremely well.

Leading by 1 point after the first quarter was very exciting for the Hawks!

In the last game, Jason Terry played early at the end of the first quarter to overtake the score and enter the second quarter. This time, Jason Terry did not play, but Korver and Josh Smith took turns to play. They both led by 1 point away from home and entered the intermission. The Hawks felt that this game was promising!

There is a chance to beat the Heat in six games!

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Intermission.

Pat Riley made several personnel adjustments in the first quarter, but failed to curb the double cooperation of Liu Mang and McGrady.

Mainly because I think it was too exaggerated. Liu Mang "got it" in a game without the ball before, and he broke out in a quarter. Pat Riley can understand it, but Pat Riley felt like he was living in a dream when he got it in the second pass and back-to-the-basket single.

Jordan was not so exaggerated! Jordan was almost 33 years old when he reached the last three consecutive games before he used post-up singles as a common technique and practiced it to the level of a master who was at ease and perfect. Liu Mang suddenly went from being pretty good to being close to the top level of proficiency. This guy only turned 24 in the summer!

When Jordan was 24 years old... he was still recovering from a leg injury...

Pat Riley felt that when Liu Mang retired, he would probably retire the Heat's No. 1 jersey...

Although there were many other factors that affected Pat Riley's judgment on retiring Jordan's No. 23 jersey, Pat Riley absolutely respected and admired Jordan. He thought that he actually compared a Chinese player with Jordan, and felt that his idea was too terrible.

Suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, even if Jordan returned to his peak and replaced Liu Mang of the Hawks, Pat Riley had to fight in this Eastern Conference Finals. Although O'Neal was still very strong, his condition was getting worse year by year. Who knew if there would be a next year, and the role player lineup next year would not be at the same level as this year. This year must fight!

Even O'Neal was fighting hard today. O'Neal wanted to beat Liu Mang, which was secondary. He heard Kobe say that he was not afraid of anyone in the finals, and wanted to beat Kobe!

In the first quarter, O'Neal scored 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 block, and 1 assist. He felt like he was back to his peak.

Pat Riley discussed with O'Neal. O'Neal was not going to rest. He had been playing for so long in the regular season. Wasn't it just for now? He took advantage of his good condition and just made a wave!

O'Neal played the whole first quarter and could continue to play in the second quarter, which gave Pat Riley great confidence to arrange tactics that were more conducive to Wade's performance.

On the Hawks side, Coach Kruger began to use his best ability. He made tactical changes based on Liu Mang's playing style in the first quarter, replacing McGrady who played the whole first quarter with Jason Terry...

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After the break, the Hawks sent out a combination of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Rasheed Wallace, and Mourning.

The Heat sent out Payton, Wade, Posey, Antoine Walker, and O'Neal.

The Heat attacked, and Wade pushed forward with the ball.

Wade looked at Liu Mang waiting one step inside the opposite three-point line, feeling a lot of pressure!

This kind of pressure stimulated Wade's blood. The pressure gave Wade a feeling of depression and made his blood boil.

How many years, the first time!

This is the first time to compete with Liu Mang at the same level!