Chapter 1318 1317. Normal and Abnormal (Buddhist Update 1/5)
Chapter 1318 1317. Normal and Abnormal (Buddha Update 15)
Micic played better than last season.
Mainly because he had better teammates and his own strength improved.
Richard Jefferson once again had an inside teammate who could pass the ball from a high position and attract defense. He made good use of the opportunities for cuts and three-pointers. When the Hawks focused on defending the cooperation between TJ Ford and Milicic, Richard Jefferson made good use of the Hawks's less strict defense against him. He did a good job of cutting in and running, which he learned from Kidd and Yao Ming.
Joe Johnson didn't have much off-ball performance. The Raptors didn't run and play, and he didn't have the opportunity to run directly to the frontcourt to catch the ball and shoot, but his shooting ability made others dare not let him go.
Bargnani did a good job in his strengths, that is, three-pointers and mid-range shots. He was very good at using his advantages in regular time. A team that was in the playoffs and ranked third in the Eastern Conference in the original time and space had an average of 10+ points per game in his rookie season. In the future, when Bosh leaves, he will be a core scorer with an average of 21 points per game. He is also quite capable.
Bargnani is not excellent, but he is not bad either. He is the kind of No. 1 pick who has no sense of existence.
Bargnani is also good at attracting defense as a No. 1 pick. After he made two shots, the Hawks dared not let him go.
Liu Mang was replaced after playing for more than eight minutes, and found that he really couldn't limit Milicic's passing! At least the strategies that I wanted before today's game were so-so.
His teammates have improved, and Milicic's performance has also given people a feeling of being reborn.
In addition, you cannot use your hands to defend outside the free throw line. There is no three-second defense. The Hawks dare not stay under the basket for too long when the opponent's three-point shooters and cutting players who are not good at mid-range shooting are running inside the three-point line. They have to come out for two seconds. Milicic judged the time difference very well, and with his 2.13 meters height, the vision is really amazing!
It feels like when Gasol was put in the Grizzlies, he couldn't win a playoff game, but after his partner became Kobe, he immediately became the core center of the championship team.
Moreover, the Raptors are a team that can almost pass the ball. Richard Jefferson averaged 4 assists per game when he partnered with Yao Ming. Joe Johnson's organizational ability was originally good. TJ Ford likes to pass the ball but has no ability to attract double-teaming. Someone else creates opportunities for him to attack the basket and attract defense. The second pass is still very fast. Bargnani's natural advantage is height. The 2.13 meters high swingman can still pass the ball.
However, when Liu Mang went down, the score was leading!
Liu Mang scored 6 points and 3 assists in 8 minutes. His performance was very good. He had a good touch at the beginning, 2 of 4 shots, a three-pointer, and a breakthrough when he was double-teamed by the opponent and scored 2+1.
Compared to the offense, the Raptors' defense was much worse. It was not the defense that a strong team should have. A strong team's defense can only have one ATM and the other four players to make up for it. The Raptors had two!
In addition, there was not much of a good defensive system. They relied on Richard Jefferson and Milicic to make up for the players. Joe Johnson could not protect himself when defending McGrady, so how could he have the opportunity to make up for others? Richard Jefferson had the opportunity to make up for Liu Mang when playing against the Grizzlies. He was double-teamed, but he still made 2 of 4 shots and scored 6 points.
In addition, Liu Mang had a clear purpose today. He directed the tactics like a real point guard, mobilized the enthusiasm of his teammates, and sent out passes. Under Liu Mang's leadership, the Hawks had 5 assists in the first eight minutes of the first quarter. In addition to Liu Mang's six points in a single play, and McGrady's endless single play of turning around and turning around, the Hawks led by 3 points 20 to 17 in the first eight minutes.
Liu Mang still had an advantage when he left the court.
In the rotation phase, the Hawks no longer kept at least two of the three Hawks on the court as before, and replaced them with Rondo, Jason Terry, Battier, David Lee, and Rasheed Wallace.
On the Raptors side, the three stars continued to stay on the court. Milicic moved to the power forward position, replaced by Nesterovic, who was abandoned by the Spurs, to play center, and replaced the point guard position with Darrick Martin, a veteran with 12 years of professional career.
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“Ace, don’t be anxious, take your time, we have plenty of time to adjust…” Coach Kruger heard that Liu Mang wanted to be replaced earlier, but he didn’t agree and comforted him.
After entering the rotation lineup, Liu Mang began to feel annoyed…
At the end of the first quarter, the rotation lineup played for two minutes, and the score was overtaken. The play was really… average, mainly because the other three stars were all there. Richard Jefferson was defended by Battier, and the play was average. Joe Johnson started to score. When Kwame Brown was not there, Milicic went to the inside and became a big threat, creating a good scoring opportunity for Joe Johnson.
In fact, the current rotation of the Hawks is the normal rotation of a strong team. In the past three seasons, except for the second year, the first and third years were too obsessed with the regular season record, and wanted to let the players rest, so they took turns to rest. The league does not want such a situation because the Hawks have many stars.
For teams with relatively weak core lineups, what they have to do is to use their main players to overtake the score or establish an advantage when the opponent rotates their lineup, so that they have a chance to compete with the opponent.
Strong teams often start to gain an advantage, and then the players can rest for a while.
The reason why the Hawks dared to fight so hard in the past three years is that the rotation lineup is good, mainly because there are few injuries, but the core lineup of the Hawks has not changed much. The three eagles are still three eagles, and Kwame Brown and Prince have played nearly 100 games in the past two years. Even if there have been no major injuries, the coaching staff dare not gamble.
So let Liu Mang relax and train the substitute lineup well.
Other championship teams are substitutes digging holes and starting to fill them. Like the Hawks, they have won at least 70 games twice in the past three years, and 68 wins in the worst year. This is because the veterans who want to hug the thighs dare not come to the Hawks after the Hawks won three consecutive championships. Who knows if there will be a sudden large-scale injury.
There are many examples of large-scale injuries of defending champions in NBA history.
Therefore, the Hawks coaching staff began to strictly control the players' playing time. Anyway, they lost the first game, and there is no need to care about the opening winning streak. There is no opening winning streak anymore.
Now, in addition to the starting lineup, the Hawks have Jason Terry and Battier as strong substitutes. Korver is also good, mainly because he has one strong point - three-point shooting.
However, Korver relies on his teammates to pass the ball and the team system. Now his new teammates are not so tacit in tactical cooperation, and his performance is average when playing with substitutes.
Rasheed Wallace is far worse than last year. Last year, he was barely a first-class star. Veterans over 30 years old, except for a few stars, have a significant and huge decline after one summer.
David Lee's skills are getting better and better, but he lacks experience. He is quite good at playing against the opponent's water dispenser manager, but he is still a little bit worse when playing against the opponent's main inside rotation. It takes time to accumulate experience.
If Jason Terry, Battier and Rasheed Wallace are included, the Hawks can only rotate eight players at most, so the physical pressure is great.
It is impossible for the Hawks to let the starters and the sixth man play for more than 40 minutes in every game. Liu Mang is fine, but others...
And the coaching staff will not let Liu Mang play for so long. Even if they have to use the stars to death, they don't want to use Liu Mang to death now. Instead, they would rather let McGrady and Jason Tried to fight, and let Liu Mang play more easily and play less time, especially after Liu Mang said that he would defend the opponent's second offensive point. This is even more so. The first offensive point has Prince and Battier to rotate to defend. This is an arrangement made by the coaching staff after compromise.
Although it is quite cruel, the Hawks coaching staff made a decision in the interests of the team. They would rather use other main players to death, and let Liu Mang rest more in the regular season after winning the Finals MVP for three consecutive years.
Liu Mang also knew that this was part of the team's plan. Even if he didn't worry about injuries, he had to worry about the physical fitness of several old teammates. He was just used to the previous rotation and was a little uncomfortable now.
Let's just do it this way. I'm sitting on the sidelines, helping my teammates with their ideas. I'll try all my ideas to see if I can limit Milicic's passing in the NBA, which is more elegant than in international competitions!
It's a bit late. The next chapter will be before 7pm. It's Chinese New Year soon. I'm very busy. I'll update the remaining four chapters in the evening. I'll write a detailed outline in the afternoon when I'm free. After the detailed outline is ready, I can write faster~Write about the rewards, recommendation tickets, and monthly tickets from my friends~