Chapter 1493 1492. The Strange Feeling of Being Caught in the Middle

Last summer, O'Neal tried hard to follow Thomas Carter's guidance to conduct reasonable and effective weight loss training, just for this year...

At the beginning of the season, O'Neal felt that his physical condition was much better than at the beginning of last season. Thomas Carter's training plan was very different from Pat Riley's devil training camp. It was not to drain O'Neal's body, but to help him adjust his body and continue his condition.

O'Neal was full of confidence and prepared to bully the legendary center with the strongest single defense in the league in the opening game.

He did bully him twice, but...O'Neal didn't expect that he would fall into the hands of a rookie!

"Despicable and shameless Eagles! Let that high school student come out for a one-on-one duel! The damn high school student only knew how to hide behind the giant, shameless..."

Nash listened to the fat man next to him mumbling non-stop, and he was in no mood to comfort him.

Don't change to the positional battle lineup, the running and gunning lineup keeps running and the physical fitness is not good. Change to the positional battle lineup, and the opponent has a special lineup to restrain it.

The opponent always feels one step ahead of them!

Last year, they beat the Hawks once with this change of tactics, but this year, the Hawks were prepared.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Suns collapsed...

Taking advantage of O'Neal's presence, the Hawks played a wave of 13 to 4, and suddenly widened the gap to 15 points.

O'Neal played for 18 minutes, 8 shots and 2 for 6 points and 5 rebounds...

This... refreshed O'Neal's career The lowest score in the first game of all seasons...

When the fans in front of the TV saw O'Neal, the first feeling was not how well Gasol defended, but... the sense of déjà vu of a tiger in the plain.

Liu Mang played for 30 minutes, 7 of 17 shots, including 2 of 6 three-pointers, 6 of 7 free throws, and got 22 points and 4 rebounds, but there were 9 assists!

Rondo really didn't covet those assists. He played for 28 minutes and only had 4 assists. More than half of Liu Mang's assists were Rondo's credit.

Rondo wanted to cry when he saw that he scored 6 points in the first quarter and 9 points in the whole game...

Rondo with 9 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Liu Mang with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists, Jason Terry with 21 points and McGrady with 17+5+5, together with other teammates, fought hard with the Suns for three quarters and finally seized the opportunity in the fourth quarter to widen the gap.

In the end, the Hawks defeated the Suns at home with a score of 117 to 106 and won the first victory of the new season!

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The Suns felt that the Hawks had formed a lineup for them. A certain Western team that watched the game in the locker room, and the highest player in the league, also felt that he was targeted.

After the game between the Hawks and the Suns and before the game between the Lakers and the Cavaliers, fans were hotly discussing the unexpected effect of the Hawks' mysterious lineup this year.

Brad Miller can play Princeton with McGrady or Liu Mang. The Hawks originally had the Princeton style, but now they have a center who is better at passing than Rasheed Wallace, who was at his peak. They are more suitable for this style. However, they lack tacit understanding and were suppressed by the Suns' running and gunning for half a quarter.

O'Neal is better than Gasol on the offensive end. He shoots more accurately and has better defensive mobility.

Kwame Brown and Marion worked hard as always. The running and gunning style of the Hawks' starting lineup can compete with the running and gunning style of the Suns.

Except for Scola and Gortat who did not get a chance to play in the first game, the other five inside players showed their characteristics.

The preseason was mainly based on running tactics, and it was hard to see the performance when there was a real intensity of confrontation. Today, it was seen!

Just like Bill Simmons' analysis of the Hawks, the Hawks want to build an inside group that can adapt to any game. 1

But after all, it's just the first game. It takes time to verify whether it can really run-in so smoothly. After all, the Suns' defense is still not valued by people, even though the Suns defended well in the playoffs last season.

But the Hawks really have such an idea, which has shocked many fans!

This is simply a fantasy. No team has ever wanted to build an inside line that can adapt to all opponents, and the Hawks already have it in terms of hardware!

The five inside players of the Hawks today have their own characteristics. The combination of two of them is quite wonderful, and there are two on the bench!

Hawks fans can't think of it. They thought Price was drunk and chose a fat man in the draft. Unexpectedly, it was used for this!

Even if Gasol can only play four games a year, it can have such an effect, and the 28th pick in the first round is worth it!

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Listening to Jason Terry and Mason drinking and rapping, Liu Mang patted Gasol on the back and was very happy that his expectations were not wasted!

After playing against the Suns, the Hawks had three days of rest and played the second game on the 31st.

After winning the opening game, the coaching staff still had to watch the Lakers and Cavaliers. Both teams were one of the imaginary enemies of the coaching staff. The players and the coaching staff rarely agreed to let them have fun that night after the game, after all, they played well on the first day.

This season, the Hawks' schedule is still quite easy at the beginning, but the schedule in the last three months is a bit tighter.

In November, December, and January next year, there are 14 games, 14 games, and 15 games respectively. 11 games in February is also okay, but 17 games in March and 9 games in April are very tight, especially 9 games in 17 days in April.

The Hawks have two games at the end of October, on the 27th and 31st.

However, such a schedule is better for the Hawks in the middle of the season, but if the Hawks want to rush for a record in March and April, it will be more difficult than before.

Liu Mang has also looked at the schedules of other teams. Strong teams have a characteristic that the second half of the season is relatively tighter than the first half.

Especially the Lakers, Cavaliers and Bulls are obvious. These three teams have 10 games in April, all of which are played on the 17th, the curtain call of the regular season.

Liu Mang estimates that the league does not want to have a situation where the historical win record is always broken. After all, it has been more than 20 years since the Bulls broke the Lakers' 69 wins. If it is broken every few years, such a record will not look so great.

The word great is very important to the NBA top management. David Stern does not want to make the word "create greatness" that the NBA has always used popular. He does not like to make the NBA a joke.

Although the lack of such a schedule of loose at the beginning and tight in the middle and loose at the end will make the team more troublesome in the second half of the season, Liu Mang did not feel bad. Everyone is like this, but he is the one who benefits.

The first record in history is held by Liu Mang and his team. Of course, he hopes that it will never be broken. It would be best if he can break it himself and raise the first record in history to a higher level!

Liu Mang took out his notebook and looked at the next schedule. On the 31st, he will play the Pistons. The first six games of next month are the Nets, Celtics, Bobcats, Supersonics, Bucks, and Wizards. It will not be until November 15th that the next powerful opponent Spurs will appear...

Next are the Timberwolves, Heat, Bucks, Kings, 76ers... Until the home game against the Mavericks on the 28th and the away game against the Bulls on the 30th, there will be another wave of easy games.

The next month is quite easy. There are weak teams to run in tactics, and then play against the Spurs for testing. After playing against the Spurs, new problems need to be solved and there are weak teams to run in. Finally, it depends on the Mavericks and Bulls for testing.

Except for the Bobcats, Wizards, and Pistons, which may have playoff strength, Liu Mang thinks that other weak teams are not a big problem. The two pitchers that the Supersonics rely on are gone. The Celtics are expected to continue to play badly. There may be a trade, but it has not happened yet. The Heat are determined to play badly, and the Nets...

The next 15 games are the key to setting the tone for the team's new season!

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On the opening day, the Lakers and the Cavaliers played the opening game after the Hawks, and the Lakers were defeated at home...

99 to 97, relying on Billups' buzzer-beating three-pointer, the Cavaliers defeated the Lakers away and won the opening game!

After a defensive battle and an overtime, in the last three seconds of the overtime, James passed the ball to Billups, who took a step after receiving the ball and hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to kill the Lakers!

After an overtime, neither side scored more than 100 points, which shows how good the defense of the two teams is.

Liu Mang had a few drinks with his teammates. When Levia drove to pick him up, he knew that the Cavaliers actually won the away game!

He still thought that Billups' control would conflict with James' control, just like Billups and Garnett couldn't cooperate.

After Liu Mang got home, he checked the news and saw that Billups threw 11 three-pointers in the whole game...

It felt like JR Smith, who has a good passing brain and a strong defense! Or the ultimate enhanced version of Snow!

It's true that Billups' shooting choices are bad and his overall shooting percentage is low, but Billups has always been strong in three-pointers. He has a three-point shooting percentage of 39.6% in his career so far, and he has averaged 1.9 three-pointers per game so far in his career. He is also very extravagant. When he met James, they really had the same taste. One is willing to pass, and the other dares to throw in any situation.

In this way, Liu Mang felt that the Cavaliers spent 61 million on Billups! Billups was still in good shape in the 2010-2011 season, until his Achilles tendon ruptured in the 2011-2012 season.

He could play with a ball-dominant black hole like Anthony to the Western Conference Finals, and he also cooperated well with James. Billups likes to shoot three-pointers, and he dares to shoot even when the core of the team dares not to!

I thought the opponents were all in the West, and only the Bulls in the East needed attention, but I didn’t expect the Magic and Cavaliers to be good.

Liu Mang thought that the NBA would be played to the point where only the West had opponents when the superstars gathered together, but there were unexpected opponents in the East.

In addition, Milicic of the Raptors grew up for another year, and also got Sharad Lewis...

"The guys in the mid-90s are in front, and the guys of the 03 generation are chasing behind. The feeling of being sandwiched in the middle... is really good!"