Chapter 517

Iverson wasn't surprised to see Liu Mang's dunk. He knew about Van Horn's defense. He might be blown 2+1 if he went up.

The key is Liu Mang's change of direction just now!

In just one second, Liu Mang's whole body seemed to be making fake moves!

And this kind of breakthrough action, Iverson thought of an old opponent in the same class, Stephen Marbury, who competed with him for the No. 1 pick!

Liu Mang's action just now looked too much like Marbury's probing breakthrough!

Although Liu Mang and Marbury's change of direction may not look similar to ordinary people because of the surprising size of the two, but Iverson and Marbury have played against each other too many times. The breakthrough method of defensive prediction is too familiar.

"This kid is really scary!" Iverson had nothing to say about Liu Mang's learning ability! It can only be described as terrible.

The 76ers attack, and Iverson doesn't press the rhythm when he receives the ball. He advances to the frontcourt at a normal speed. The 76ers averaged 99 points per game this season, almost breaking the hundred. Since Iverson joined the 76ers Although the 76ers' defense has declined a lot this year, and the average conceded points per game has reached 97 points after trading away Mutombo, but the offensive end has improved a lot because of Iverson's changes.

Liu Mang returned to defense quickly, waiting for Iverson at the top arc. The ball just now made him a little excited. He didn't expect that at the moment of desperation, he really made out the usual incoherent movements. Marbury's The breakthrough action is indeed not low. Liu Mang used it occasionally before, but the defenders were all opponents whose speed and reaction were not as good as his. It was surprising that he could do so well against Iverson.

Iverson pushed forward, and Liu Mang immediately pressed him up. It doesn't matter if he is stepped over, it's better than being dizzy by Iverson's flower-piercing butterfly step.

But Iverson didn't take the opportunity to pass Liu Mang directly. He saw the Eagles' defensive trend of shrinking double-teams, took a step back, opened the distance with Liu Mang, and gestured for Van Horn to come over for the pick-and-roll.

Liu Mang saw Van Horn coming up for the pick-and-roll, and wanted to bypass the pick-and-roll in advance, but the few tenths of a second that Van Horn delayed Liu Mang was enough for Iverson to rush into the inside line unimpeded, and Muhammad, who came out of the defense, was caught Iverson made a one-step pass, and he didn't have the speed of Liu Mang who could force Iverson to go off the line and break through after being passed by. Ratliff could only take one step up to prevent Iverson's step layup. Iverson threw the ball to the basket, McCloch hit the ball a little in the air, and completed a beautiful breakthrough lob.

The Eagles originally planned to defend Iverson single-handedly by Liu Mang from the outside. After Iverson broke through, he double-teamed. Taking advantage of Iverson's weakness of lack of height and limited vision, Iverson was forced to take a shot against the defense. The most perfect result It is to directly steal or block Iverson. I didn't expect Iverson to pick and roll!

This is completely inconsistent with the Eagles players' impression of Iverson!

In fact, Iverson's ability to read defense is not bad at all. If his ability to read defense is poor, can he have so many assists?

It’s just that he used to be more superstitious about his personal ability. At the same time, he was the best scorer in the league. He was not one of them at one time. Coupled with the 76ers’ defense that used to be the best in the league, he didn’t have to think too much about reading the opponent’s defense. For things like defeating the opponent, just hold the ball and shoot desperately. If you fail to make the shot, then defend the opponent and make another shot.

But now Iverson has gradually become obsessed with this small-scale cooperation with his teammates, and likes this brisk style of play. Of course, scoring is still his favorite. He still averages 22 shots per game, but it has been since Jordan retired. After that, Iverson had a new low number of shots after becoming the league's strongest scorer, and his 44% shooting percentage was also a new high since the NBA was suspended! With a relatively reasonable style of play combined with passing the ball, with such a group of teammates, Iverson played well and had a chance to hit the top four in the Eastern Conference. His strength is indeed strong!

But Larry Brown doesn't like to play pick-and-rolls, because teams that play pick-and-rolls and encounter fast-paced offenses will become miserable if they don't have a defensive center with strong athletic ability.

After McCloch scored the goal, Raheem immediately rushed into the basket to pick up the ball, and threw it directly towards the frontcourt. Liu Mang was about to go down, and it was too late for Van Horn to pull Liu Mang. Van Horn He tried his best to chase and defend Liu Mang, but the distance became wider and wider. Liu Mang made a quick layup and scored two points.

Because of Iverson's pick-and-roll, Liu Mang was left in the top arc by Van Horn's three-point threat that opened up the space. Without Liu Mang's pursuit and defense, who could slightly limit Iverson's speed, Iverson attracted the defense inside and made a pass. The ball was easy, but when it came time to switch offense and defense, Van Horn couldn't stop Liu Mang at all.

Larry Brown doesn't like the small ball era very much. From 2004 and 2005, he was still the best coach in the league, but after 2006, no matter where he coached, his record was very bad. It can be seen that he belongs to the current In the 1980s, when the rules changed, he was completely out of date.

Of course, he doesn’t like it. It doesn’t mean he won’t coach a brisk team. He just doesn’t like it. Like the current 76ers, his offensive structure is also very good, but he can’t defend against opponents on the defensive end, so he doesn’t like it. Even though the 76ers' record this season is much better than last season's, he still prefers defense as the top priority last season.

The current lineup of the 76ers, with the combination of Iverson's sudden shot, is indeed playing very well on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, no matter whether it is defending against the Hawks' positional battle or counterattack, they can't defend against it. The game has entered from the very beginning. A confrontational situation.

The overall defense of the Eagles is a level higher than that of the 76ers. From time to time, it can limit Iverson's organizational offense, but the 76ers can't stop the Eagles' offense at all. After the official timeout of the first quarter, the Eagles lead 14 to 9 5 points for the 76ers.

After Liu Mang started in the starting lineup, the defense really became very different. When Jason Terry was in the starting lineup, his opponents often made up for the breakthrough, and forced Iverson to use pick-and-rolls many times when he fell into a positional battle. To completely get rid of the defense, although it is still difficult to defend Iverson, it is more sharp when counterattacking.

With 7 points and 1 assist, Liu Mang is ready to open the gap in one fell swoop during the next rotation.

Indeed, the gap between the 76ers and the top teams is still obvious. Although Iverson is there, most of his teammates are mainly defensive. Although Iverson's personal ability is willing to pass the ball this year. Although Lee Brown doesn't like to focus on offense, he still tries his best to build an offensive system and play well, but the main reason is that his ability to abuse food is much stronger.

Except for Van Horn who was good at offense, most of the original 76ers players were not good at offense, especially outside shooting. Only a few players such as Van Horn, Coleman, and Snow had stable three-point ability, and everyone else was 76. The veteran player before him is used to not being able to make shots and defend against defense, so he didn't play well this year.

But just when Liu Mang was about to defeat the 76ers with his teammates, coach Kruger put him in the tactical position of corner shooter and counterattack point!

Liu Mang was a little surprised when he heard this arrangement at first, but only then did he realize that he had already become the tactical starter!

Although he also played the starting lineup before, his tactics have not changed. He has to lead the offense when he goes up.

This means that Liu Mang is not afraid of physical energy consumption. For another person, he played such a long time as a pseudo-starter. With his style of play that dominates the offense on the offensive end and defends desperately on the defensive end, his physical fitness can never keep up. Kobe Bryant At the peak of the team, they didn't have much organization with the ball. They were all handed over to Fox, Odom, Gasol and others. Kobe was mainly responsible for attracting double-teams or scoring in singles.

Coach Kruger is afraid that Liu Mang will play more time after starting the game. Physical consumption is part of his worry. Another is that Liu Mang has always dominated the ball and is easy to be targeted. The overall strength of the Eastern Conference is not strong, except for the Pistons and Pacers. , Nets, playing against other teams is not worried about being targeted, but what should we do when we meet these three teams in the playoffs? What if you are really targeted?

Therefore, with a dozen or so games left in the playoffs, Coach Kruger put Liu Mang in the starting position ahead of time to enhance the defensive dominance of the starting lineup and at the same time let Liu Mang start adapting to this change in advance.

Liu Mang had no problem adapting to this change for a while, and played with the rotation lineup of Jason Terry, Prince, Raheem, and Boozer.

The Eagles sent a small lineup, and Liu Mang was rarely placed at the shooting guard position.

The 76ers replaced Snow, Iverson, Kenny Thomas, Teiro Hill and Coleman.

Larry Brown is unwilling to field a small lineup. Coleman, who is 2.08 meters tall and has a wingspan of 2.20 meters, is still on the court. This is his last insistence on maintaining a big lineup in the compromise of offensive basketball .

After a timeout, the 76ers attacked. Snow pushed forward and immediately gave the ball to Iverson. Liu Mang and Iverson faced off at the shooting guard position.

Liu Mang accepted the change of position, devoted himself to defense, and stuck tightly to Iverson. Iverson took a look at the Eagles' lineup. Fall into the inside line!

Liu Mang followed up immediately, sticking closely to the breakthrough Iverson, pushing Iverson down the line, and together with Boozer at the basket and Raheem who defended Teiro Hill on the bottom line, Iverson was pushed down the line. Clamped on the right side of the three-second zone!

At this time, Iverson has no chance to pass to the inside or the corner teammates. Liu Mang is ready to block the shot at any time, Raheem blocks the pass space from the bottom line, and Boozer blocks the pass space to the basket.

But unexpectedly, Coleman actually left the basket and ran to the top arc!

Iverson returned the top arc in time, and Coleman ran to the top arc to catch the ball and turned around to shoot a three-pointer!

The 76ers felt really good on the outside today, and Coleman hit a three-pointer.

After the shot, Coleman immediately returned to defense, and the rest of the 76ers quickly followed up, not giving the Eagles a chance to play a fast break.

The Eagles fell into a positional battle, Liu Mang and Prince pulled to the two bottom corners to open up the space, Jason Terry held the ball, Boozer and Raheem pulled the basket very empty.

However, at this time, Jason Terry also became uncomfortable playing. It’s not that he hasn’t played as a substitute, it’s not that he didn’t come up and hold the ball by himself, but since the establishment of the core structure of the attack by the three eaglets, he There has never been such a highly concentrated possession of the ball. Usually, only Liu Wei has such a possession.

Jason Terry is a little uncomfortable when he can make a few waves without any scruples. There are too many offensive methods to choose from, such as pick-and-roll, breakthrough, emergency stop jumper, three-point direct shot...

Although this matter was emphasized during the training before the game, there were too many choices, which made Jason Terry a little hot-headed, and he threw a three-pointer directly.

The key is not to enter!

Iverson retracted to the basket and got a defensive rebound. The 76ers quickly pressed in. Iverson broke through again to attract the defense away, and then passed back to the top arc. Kenny Thomas also hit a three-pointer!

15 to 14, after the timeout came back, the 76ers overtook the score!

Seeing Jason Terry a little annoyed, his teammates went up and patted Jason Terry on the shoulder to give him confidence.

Jason Terry said that he was fine, and slowly pushed forward after receiving the ball, not in a hurry to make a decision, and slowly adapted to his new identity.

In the past, Jason Terry was very envious of Liu Mang's position of dominating the ball as he pleases, but now he finds that it is not so easy!

Such a sixth man with highly concentrated possession of the ball should play well. After all, there are so many possessions, but if he does not play well, he has to take the blame.

And this kind of ball possession requires making correct decisions and mobilizing the team's overall offense. Ability is one thing, but the main reason is that there is a lot of pressure!

This new style of play Jason Terry has only played one round, and he feels the pressure rolling in. At this time, Jason Terry should not admire Liu Mang too much, he has such a big heart, he can play whatever he wants.

Jason Terry felt that he was really happy to be a starter before. Most of the time, he was right to catch and shoot, so he didn’t have to worry so much at all. Except for the need to organize the offense for more than one quarter in the starting stage, the other 34-5 In a few minutes, Liu Mang will handle the pressure well.

But we have come to this point. This kind of need to lead the offense in the second team and help the starters relieve the pressure of scoring and organizing offense. Isn’t that what a best sixth man should do? Jason Terry knows the ball Now that the pressure of the team's record has been overwhelmed, let's continue to work with the ball!

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The Eagles' offense has become much more unstable than before. Coach Kruger sat on the sidelines, not much surprised.

In the last eight games, the Eagles' record is not under much pressure. The Magic are only 37 wins and 37 losses. The Eagles have already won 39 wins and 35 losses. The six games are easy. Except for the Celtics and Pacers, the other opponents are all bad. At most, the Wizards are in a little trouble.

The Magic's remaining 8 games are almost all playoff teams.

So the Eagles have plenty of time to grind in slowly.

Originally, coach Kruger planned to complete this matter gradually at the beginning of the season, but who knew that the record pressure was so great this season, and the record pressure was not relieved until April, and he was still eighth.

The Eagles don't plan to hit the seventh or sixth position, so the team's ball-handling core is diversified and well integrated, which has become the key to the last few games!