Chapter 798
Just play like this!
McGrady started to break the jar, and played casually. After dribbling the ball for half the time, seeing Raheem guarding the three-point line, McGrady accelerated to the right and broke through. Raheem accurately judged the position. Stuck on McGrady's breakthrough route, suddenly McGrady continued to move to the right, Raheem followed up again, but was blocked, turned around, Raheem didn't see anyone!
He lowered his head and saw that it was Liu Mang!
Outside pick-and-roll coordination!
Relying on his iron foot skills and iron elbow skills, Liu Mang stood beside Rahim like a low wall!
Turn around and chase McGrady or take advantage of the situation to defend against Liu Mang?
Seeing that Nelson, who had changed defense against McGrady, was passed immediately, Raheem chased after McGrady. McGrady immediately passed back to Liu Mang and connected with Liu Mang again. Divide the line, throw the sniper shot!
It may be that he took the initiative to find a confrontation at the beginning, the touch was affected, and he missed the first three-pointer!
However, Kwame Brown, relying on his equally explosive physical fitness and being stronger, squeezed Howard away and pressed the ball directly back to the basket in the air!
Just now Howard grabbed offensive rebounds in a row. Although it has nothing to do with Kwame Brown, he is still back now!
When it came to the Magic's offense, Howard was completely deflated this time. Rasheed Wallace saw Howard continue to increase the internal confrontation as if he saw his father and enemy.
On the side of the Magic, Hill changed his style of play, let Raheem hold the ball and attack the ball, Hill responded from the outside, and took advantage of Raheem's ability to hit anyone who can be misplaced to attract pinch shots, and Hill himself became He adopted the role player's style of play, dribbled the ball across the half court, and passed Raheem to play.
Raheem turned into an offensive arrow, and the effect was really good, creating a lot of opportunities for the Magic.
But Liu Mang was sure that Rahim was playing like this, his physical fitness would definitely not be able to stand it!
Liu Mang asked his teammates to double-team Raheem more to consume Raheem. On the offensive end, McGrady made more breakthroughs, and went to cooperate with McGrady in pick-and-rolls to continue to consume Raheem.
Liu Mang knew Raheem's style of play very well, so he adjusted his strategy against Raheem.
McGrady didn't know why Liu Mang's head suddenly became "normal", and he began to use strategies to deal with his opponents, but this is a good thing, isn't it? After playing enough, start to play well. The key point is that at first Liu Mang took the ball and played a few blindly, making the opponent a little confused. Now he suddenly plays normally, and the opponent can't adapt to it! The most important thing is that the Eagles are all too familiar with Liu Mang's sudden change of pace!
Hill is very smart. His scoring ability is not enough, so he uses his field control ability to control the rhythm of the Magic team, but the overall strength of the team is not good!
Raheem is at best paired with McGrady. On Mobley's side, unless Prince takes the initiative to let go of him and shrink the inside line, Mobley has nothing to do. Nixon is just a rookie and knows what to do with the ball. , The pass will not pass, Howard was targeted by a group of Eagles, and everyone wanted to find some scenes on him.
The main reason is the cooperation between McGrady and Liu Mang, as if the two were born to cooperate. The pick-and-roll between the two who have never practiced before, the first time they cooperate, they have such a tacit understanding! Regardless of whether it is a big block or a small block, it will immediately play a role.
At the beginning when Liu Mang was playing around, the Magic couldn't tell the difference between the Eagles with McGrady and without McGrady. It seemed that McGrady was like a weakened version of Raheem last season, but the two suddenly Together, there are two outside ball-holding points that can be attacked and defended, and the five players of the Eagles are too mobile. The Magic play a small lineup, and there is no way to compare with the Eagles in mobility!
Except for Raheem, the magic team can create opportunities for teammates, and no one else can!
When the official timeout of the first quarter was reached, the point difference had been opened by the Eagles to seven points, 18 to 11, and the Eagles scored 18 points in seven minutes!
Liu Mang continued his scoring show, scoring 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block and 1 assist, and McGrady scored 3 points and 2 assists.
McGrady was replaced for a rest. Neither Prince nor Kwame Brown could guard Raheem. Only McGrady was able to guard Raheem. It was also a pity that McGrady had to carry the opponent's almost 110 kg power forward.
Raheem scored 5 points and 2 assists alone. Except for Howard himself who made up a dunk, the rest of the Magic basically had no chance to score independently. It's not that they don't have that ability, but they really can't!
That being the case, Coach Kruger decided to fight against the opponent! Pull up the speed.
"Ace, Jason, Andre, Josh, Kwame, you go up, press the defense, play a defensive counterattack!" Coach Kruger ordered, let's run!
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Back from the timeout, on the side of the Magic, Hill’s comeback debut is average. Apart from controlling the rhythm, the point guard’s shooting is not good. The main reason is that he doesn’t have a three-pointer. The mid-range shot is good but he enters the free throw line. Just made it up.
However, Hill's physical condition is good. The head coach of the Magic, John Davis, is very happy about this. He let Hill play for half a quarter to try his skills, so he replaced Hill. It is not appropriate to play for too long just after returning , replaced Turkoglu and Deshaun - Stevenson, Nelson was replaced, Mobley went to play point guard, and Raheem returned to the small forward position.
The Magic sent a lineup of Mobley, DeShawn Stevenson, Raheem, Turkoglu, and Howard.
The Hawks replaced the lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Josh Smith and Kwame Brown.
The Magic team's substitutions are very traditional, that is, the best ones are replaced. When John Davis saw the lineup that the Eagles replaced, there was only one thought in his mind: the opposite group of people should do what?
An official timeout, replacing the three main players! They are still the defensive gatekeepers in the first half of the quarter. In this lineup, one defends the black hole and two rookies, do you still want to defend?
After Liu Mang and others came on the court, they spoke with practical actions, so they really didn’t need to defend. The Magic’s ball-handler entered the three-point line, and the Eagles flanked them. They took the initiative to let the Magic take shots from the outside. , if you don't enter...
Josh Smith grabbed the rebound and made a long pass to launch a counterattack!
According to Liu Mang's suggestion, the team's cultivation of Josh Smith mainly focuses on helping defense, rebounding, and handling the ball in counterattacks.
Josh Smith really knows nothing but dribbling and using his body. Liu Mang knows that his characteristic is that he is easily influenced by the coach's tactical position, so he suggested that the coaching staff develop the abilities most needed by his teams. It is to help defend pincers, rebounds, and counter long passes!
The current three-point ability of the Magic is ridiculously poor. Last season, the Magic averaged 4.8 three-pointers, of which 2.6 were made by McGrady. Now that McGrady has left, Raheem and Mobley added a three-pointer There are very few votes, one is almost 30 years old, and the peak has passed, and the sum can not make up for the loss caused by McGrady's departure.
The Magic made an outside shot, and the Eagles collectively pulled up the pace. The Magic couldn’t make a shot. Iguodala used his strong body to block Raheem and try to block Raheem from hitting the offensive rebound. Sh Smith bullies Howard and Turkoglu, Kwame Brown is mainly responsible for blocking, Josh Smith or Iguodala grabs a defensive rebound and throws Liu Mang or Jason Terry who is going down the frontcourt. Then follow up to find a second offensive opportunity.
Eagles' new generation cavalry company, keep charging!
Rahim saw the Eagles' counterattack, which was full of memories of the past three years, but everything has passed, and now the opponent is charging, and he can only rely on his familiarity with this style of play, as much as possible. Possible interference, but found that there is no way to interfere, because the teammates are a little too ordinary.
The current lineup of the Magic is not bad, but compared with the Eagles, it is too ordinary. The average playoff team may have the strength to fight, but facing the Eagles, there is really nothing to do. Raheem can only do his best. It is possible to maintain the success rate and reduce the number of direct counterattacks, but the more energy Raheem uses on the offensive end, the defensive end can only be reduced.
By the middle of the second quarter, the Eagles had begun to widen the point difference.
In the second half of the second quarter, the Eagles replaced the lineup of Calderon, McGrady, Prince, Muhammad, and Rasheed Wallace, and once again played conventional tactics. .
The Eagles suddenly changed their style of play again, and there were five ups and downs. The head coach of the Magic, John Davis, began to wonder if he was a fake head coach. He finally found a job as a head coach. It seems that the lineup is not bad. There are rebounding kings, champions, and the older generation of Jordan's successors who have miraculously recovered. The role players are also very good. Can't follow the other party's thinking!
Raheem is too familiar with seeing the Eagles' rhythm change, but he himself has no good way to deal with it.
To say that the way Raheem can think of to deal with the Eagles is to change the rhythm with the change, but Raheem adapts to this change and wants this change, but the Magic can't do it!
This rhythm change is easy for the five rookies of the Eagles who have just entered the NBA, because they have no NBA experience, they are all like rough jade, and they understand their team status, and they can do whatever they want , but the Magic are different. They already have a fixed style of play. The two rookies, Nelson and Howard, have no ability and are completely suppressed by players in the same position.
Looking at McGrady who quickly integrated into the changing rhythm of the Eagles, Raheem sighed, a superstar is a superstar.
As everyone knows, McGrady is completely broken, so let's just hit a few times like that. It's quite exciting. Seeing the opponent's bewildered look, there is a feeling that his IQ has taken over the high ground...
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112 to 97, in the end the Eagles easily defeated the Magic without bloodshed.
Liu Mang scored 26 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 9 of 17 shots. McGrady scored 16 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks on 6 of 13 shots. Jason Terry scored 31 points. Due to the long garbage time, Jason- Terry has been soaring points, the Eagles basically gave up defense in the fourth quarter, let Jason Terry go soaring points, to save face for Raheem's new team and Tracy McGrady's old club.
Although McGrady fell out with the Magic in the end, but the Magic can send him to the Eagles, so the resentment is not so deep.
Kwame Brown scored 16 points and 14 rebounds in 33 minutes, continuing his outstanding performance in the preseason. After taking the starting position, Kwame Brown has made significant progress, although he is no different from the second pick of the Bobcats. The performance in the first game was similar. The No. 2 pick in the NBA scored 23 points and 12 rebounds in the first game, but for Kwame Brown, it was good enough. Two years ago, no one would think he could Play like this.
Moreover, it was mainly Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown who teamed up to make the No. 1 pick Howard play only 5 points and 7 rebounds in 26 minutes. And Duncan, the free throws are amazing!
The Magic's best performer was Raheem, who scored 33 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. He was forced to become an all-around player, but the more he scored, the more rebounds came down, and the defense became miserable.
But Howard's defensive end is really scary enough, jumping too high, that is to say, the Eagles have McGrady and Liu Mang, Jason Terry dare not go inside when he is on the court, Howard's shot-blocking awareness is really scary, Howard is not there, The Magic's defense at the basket completely collapsed.
Howard is not as good as Kwame Brown in single-defense awareness, but Kwame Brown is far inferior to Howard in defense awareness.
After winning the game, McGrady went to be interviewed. He only took 13 shots, not as many shots as the sixth man Jason Terry. There are many rights, so the media invited him to be interviewed, not the MVP Kwame Brown of this game.
Liu Mang took Kwame Brown back to the locker room, and said as he walked, "Kwame, you have another opponent."
"Is that guy? Boss, do you think I'm better than that guy?" Kwame Brown went off the field and began to be indecisive and weak again.
"Your hands are too small to be his match."
"Boss!"
"Okay, okay, you will be better than him. His lower body strength is too bad. He can't jump that much when he is in his 30s. It will not work. You are different. Your body is too perfect. You really want to be managed by the Wizards. There is something wrong with your head, I just saw your figure similar to Olajuwon..."
The first half of Liu Mang's words made Kwame Brown full of confidence, Olajuwon's figure!
But in the second half of the sentence, Kwame Brown felt that he had been stabbed by the boss again. Liu Mang continued, "It's just that they didn't expect Kwame to have such small hands, so it's hard to do anything offensively..."
"Boss, don't blame me for having small hands. I was born with small hands..." Kwame Brown stretched out his hand and compared it with Liu Mang. It was really small, a little smaller than many small point guards. For example, Jason Terry, except for Kwame Brown, the Hawks have the smallest hands on the team. He can barely catch the ball, but he is also a little bigger than Kwame Brown. Kwame Brown can really catch the ball. It's hard work, you have to pass it out as soon as you grab the rebound, or you'll drop it in one shot.
Liu Mang discovered that Kwame Brown really cared about this matter! I stopped joking with Kwame Brown. After finally giving this guy some confidence, Liu Mang chose to comfort him: "It's not a big deal. You just need to do a good job of defense. If you have a chance to catch the ball and dunk it, forget it. , more practice on rebounding and defense, look at Theo, he can only defend, and he still gets a tens of millions of contracts."
"Okay, boss! I will try my best to get a ten million contract!" Kwame Brown's eyes lit up when he heard the money.
"..." Liu Mang was speechless, this bastard, why don't you be so rich! Who did I learn from!
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Today is still the third watch, sorry for the lateness, there was a brat on the floor who pried open the electric box, and also pried off all the wires in the electric box, the whole floor was cut off, and the electrician didn't come until after three o'clock in the afternoon Fix it, have a meal and continue writing.