Chapter 846 845. The Correct Approach for the Small to Defeat the Big
The Mavericks' simple and crude style of play, relying on the strong singles ability of almost all players, is quite powerful.
The biggest advantage of this style of play is that it is simple. It leaves the opponent with only two choices, either to be beaten one-on-one. The Mavericks, with a group of top singles players, are too strong in one-on-one situations.
Otherwise, he will be double-teamed and then killed by the ball.
Although the Mavericks are last in the league in assists per game, after losing Nash, the highest assists are Michael Finley's 4.4 assists per game and Nowitzki's 3.5 assists per game. The entire team has no real organization. At the core, assists are almost always obtained through singles or counter-attack passes, but they are effective and actually create points after double-teaming.
When playing against the Mavericks, you really have to fight violence with violence. You win by scoring. Playing against a team like the Mavericks and playing a team offense doesn't seem to work!
Coach Krueger made that clear after playing a team offense for half a quarter.
To defeat the Mavericks, it is important to improve individual defense efficiency. Coach Kruger has studied the Lakers' upset victory over the Mavericks. Among them, the best thing the Lakers did on the defensive end was to use Odom to limit Nowitzki. , Odom is fast enough to guard guards, tall and heavy enough to guard the inside. It is the Lakers who have an absolute advantage against the Mavericks this season despite their average strength. It is thanks to the strength of Kobe and Odom. One attack and one defense!
Coach Kruger replaced Rasheed Wallace with Josh Smith, and used Josh Smith, whose physical fitness is similar to Odom's, to guard Nowitzki.
The defensive end has been adjusted. Coach Kruger does not plan to replace the other four people. The outside trio is the team's best defensive team. Kwame Brown's rebounds have skyrocketed, and the team's interior line can stand up to Dampier. , there are only Kwame Brown and Rasheed Wallace, but Rasheed Wallace is not good at rebounding, and it is not a day or two. Nowitzki has averaged 9.9 rebounds per game several times, and Rasheed De-Wallace's best year in rebounding was when Sabonis returned to China and was unable to play in the NBA, averaging 8 rebounds per game.
The defensive end has been adjusted, but to win, you must first ensure your own success rate. Team offense is a good choice, but the Mavericks are characterized by strong team defense and quick defensive rotations, but alone Defense is not that great.
Playing a team offense with the Mavericks feels a bit like giving up one's strengths to the last. You don't have to be so rigid when dealing with different types of teams. This is the biggest advantage of Coach Kruger and Liu Mang since they have been working together for more than three years.
After the plan was made, Coach Kruger arranged the singles tactics, and with a wave of his hand, four players came on the court.
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There was such a tacit understanding that even if coach Kruger did not arrange singles tactics, Liu Mang was ready to start singles when he came up.
What kind of team offense is needed to beat the Mavericks? Liu Mang is very sure about this matter. He has never seen the Suns' team offense so powerful that they were beaten by the Mavericks in the playoffs...Liu Mang thinks about it and it seems that others can't see it...
After the official timeout, the Hawks replaced Rasheed Wallace with Josh Smith. There were no substitutions in other positions, and there were no substitutions on the Mavericks. Junior general Johnson and Popovich are of the same origin. Popovich Use Duncan to death, and young general Johnson will use Nowitzki to death.
After receiving the serve, Liu Mang passed it to McGrady, then ran to the frontcourt, came to a 45-degree angle on the left side of the basket, and leaned on Harris to ask for the ball.
No more tactics?
The Mavericks didn't expect the Eagles to change so much. They changed from a high-speed team attack to a stationary singles attack. They played really unrestrainedly!
Harris was pressed behind Liu Mang and wanted to go around, but found that Liu Mang's legs were rooted to the ground and could not hold him up at all!
Originally, Liu Mang's weight was considered good for a point guard. With the natural increase in weight caused by strength training and age, he weighed 90 kilograms this season, and his strength rating was 80, and he had a strength rating of 84 kilograms and 75. Harris can be called a heavyweight point guard in comparison.
Coupled with the iron kick skills that are close to the second level and are about to be completed, it is too difficult for Harris to push Liu Mang to stay still, let alone not being able to get started.
McGrady lobbed the ball to Liu Mang. Liu Mang caught the ball, turned sideways, and hit Harris.
Harris couldn't bear it at all and was forced to take a step back.
Liu Mang turned around and faced the basket completely. After taking a step forward with his right foot, he stepped back with his left foot and shot the ball in the air.
The movements this time were extremely smooth, just like the previous experiments during the official pause!
Liu Mang's outstretched right foot hindered Harris's attempt to pounce, and Liu Mang hit a fadeaway jumper!
Seeing Liu Mang's singles action, the fans at the scene began to exclaim, and then booed wildly.
This action is too provocative!
He actually learned the shooting moves of his opponent's superstar!
Liu Mang used the Golden Rooster Independent once at the beginning of the game, but that action was completely different. Even Nowitzki couldn't tell that it was his shooting action, let alone the fans. That attack was only regarded as Liu Mang's shot. There is a problem with the selection.
But this time everyone saw it!
Liu Mang discovered a problem in the first half of the quarter. His face-up singles were mainly step-back jumpers and breakthroughs to cause damage. He felt that he should integrate this aspect and shoot directly face-to-face with Nowitzki. It was too stupid. One point, would it be better to add other offensive methods, such as back-ups or step-backs, to the Golden Rooster independent jump shot?
Forget about the step-back. You have already successfully stepped back. You can just flick the ball. Why bother with the Golden Rooster Stand.
So he tried the high post back. Liu Mang tried it and it was not bad. He retreated immediately.
In fact, it was not that Liu Mang's Golden Rooster Stand jump shot was so powerful, but Harris's defense was very poor. The Mavericks have always had the worst defense at the point guard position. Otherwise, they would not have pursued Kidd so madly in the future.
In the first half of the quarter, when Liu Mang observed Nowitzki's singles, he found that the Golden Rooster Stand jump shot had the same meaning as the flick shot. Both used unconventional moves to avoid defense. Without the system skill bonus, it was just a choice of shooting posture. It was not so magical. The magical thing was Nowitzki's shooting ability!
Liu Mang's biggest gain was that he discovered a misunderstanding of his own. Nowitzki's Golden Rooster Stand was powerful not because this move was so invincible, but because Nowitzki's other face-to-frame skills were powerful, making this move even more powerful.
The power of the Novis Fund Chicken's independent jump shot is not just the kick when shooting, but the combination of the three-threat stance, his breakthrough ability, shooting ability, judgment of defense, and a series of other abilities!
It is not the kind of shot that jumps back on one foot with the ball, but the use of other threats to make the shooting opportunity better.
This is too much of a test of comprehensive ability. Liu Mang's learning this is just like the flick shot, which is just an additional shooting action.
In Liu Mang's opinion, if it were not for his wingspan being much longer than that of ordinary guards, this move would not be very effective. It would be better to learn the fadeaway jump shot. When the Golden Rooster Stand encounters a wingspan monster like Prince, the effect will not be very good.
However, it is always right to have one more trick to use. Whether it is used or not, it is always good to become more difficult to defend. It is also good to use it in case you are forced into a hurry.
Attack and defense transition, the Mavericks attack.
After Harris advanced to the frontcourt, Liu Mang rushed to steal the ball without waiting for Harris to reach the three-point line. Unfortunately, Harris had a clear positioning for his rookie. He would rather die than challenge Liu Mang. Seeing Liu Mang rushing up, he immediately passed the ball to Nowitzki outside the three-point line.
Josh Smith excitedly defended, wanting to use his physical fitness to defend Nowitzki's bounce as Mike Woodson said.
Josh Smith was fast and able to jump. After Nowitzki received the ball, he made a shooting action. Josh Smith flew up. Nowitzki took the ball back and broke through from the right side of Josh Smith! He left Josh Smith behind and easily broke into the basket.
Dampier's role was highlighted. He entangled with Kwame Brown and blocked Kwame Brown's defense. Nowitzki broke through to the edge of the three-second zone and made a soft throw to score two points!
Sharp and concise breakthrough throw!
When the Hawks attacked, Liu Mang continued to play singles in the high post. Sure enough, the Mavericks double-teamed Josh Howard, and Liu Mang threw the ball to the left corner.
"Ding... Passing Master Level 5 is triggered. Teammates who receive the host's pass will shoot within 1 second, and the overall shooting ability is +5."
After receiving the pass from Liu Mang, Prince made a three-pointer!
Although Liu Mang's awareness of organizing offense is average, his passing vision and accuracy are perfect, and his teammates will shoot the ball after receiving the ball, and their shooting ability is +5!
20-20 tie!
The Hawks tied the score!
However, Nowitzki immediately faced Josh Smith and successfully broke into the inside. This time Kwame Brown blocked him first, but Nowitzki's passing ability was underestimated. He passed the ball to Dampier under the basket, and Dampier received the ball and dunked to score two points.
Josh Smith did a good job of defending Nowitzki's shooting, but he couldn't defend Nowitzki's breakthrough!
After being easily broken through by Nowitzki twice in a row, Josh Smith defended Nowitzki, which made Liu Mang see another misunderstanding.
Rasheed Wallace couldn't defend Nowitzki, not because Nowitzki's jump shot was simply powerful, but because he was afraid of Nowitzki's breakthrough!
Nowitzki is not just a shooter, but a scorer with quite comprehensive offensive skills. Except for the back-to-the-basket technique that has not been developed, his face-to-frame single-handed technique may be more comprehensive than Duncan and Garnett!
It's not that Rasheed Wallace can't defend Nowitzki's shot like Josh Smith, but he can't just block the shot. Having played against Nowitzki so many times, Rasheed Wallace knows Nowitzki too well.
Rasheed Wallace was able to defend Nowitzki's breakthrough and forced Nowitzki to make a large backward jump shot. He did a good job. It's just that Nowitzki's touch was really good today. He could make 2 of 3 large backward three-pointers. It's not that Rasheed Wallace didn't defend well, but that the second king's shooting was too accurate.
But this also gave Liu Mang some new ideas!
In the transition between offense and defense, Liu Mang did not pass the ball after receiving the serve, but made a gesture and advanced to the front court himself.
Seeing Liu Mang's gesture, McGrady and Prince pulled away again, and Josh Smith came out to help Liu Mang block Harris.
Harris was about to give up on defense. He couldn't defend in singles, and he wanted to play pick-and-roll! Is the guy on the opposite side still human? Don't bully rookies like this, but General Johnson pays great attention to defense. Harris knows that his role is to rotate defense quickly. Basically, no starting point guard can defend him in singles. In order to keep his starting position, Harris is still very active to follow Josh Smith who was separated after the pick-and-roll to run inside, blocking Josh Smith from directly attacking the basket.
Liu Mang faced Nowitzki in singles again!
Nowitzki blocked Liu Mang at the beginning of the game, and completed his blocking task today at the beginning. Now he is full of confidence! Want to block Liu Mang again... Hey, why don't you jump shot after breaking through?
Nowitzki thought Liu Mang was going to shoot again, but he saw that Liu Mang chose to break through after Josh Smith took Harris away!
Nowitzki quickly stepped back and almost sat down.
Liu Mang took two steps forward and saw Nowitzki retreating continuously. He immediately stopped, kept his upper body balanced, jumped with his left foot, kicked with his right leg, and threw the ball into the basket with his right hand!
Easy hit!
It's not that difficult to play against a big opponent. It's too easy to deceive the opponent. Nowitzki is not a particularly good defensive player. He is good at defending power forwards alone, but his switching and assisting defense are so bad that Cuban wants to curse. Otherwise, he wouldn't spend so much money to get a Dampier. In the future, after Dampier declines, he won't be asked by Haywood for a sky-high price and have to give him a big contract.
Again, it's really stupid to jump directly with Nowitzki face to face!
It's so easy to play against a big opponent. Liu Mang didn't score in the singles against Nowitzki at the beginning. It was purely stupid. He should have used other threats and deceived Nowitzki, and then shot again.
Sure enough, the task quota for the first quarter was completed in one go.
22-2 tie! Tie again!
After the official timeout, Liu Mang scored 4 points and 1 assist, helping the Hawks to hold on to the score and have a chance to overtake...
However, Nowitzki immediately broke through Josh Smith again. This time Liu Mang blocked him and would rather let Harris go to avoid Nowitzki's direct attack on the basket or Dampier's direct dunk.
Nowitzki passed the ball to Harris, and Harris took a three-pointer with endless anger towards Liu Mang, and the three-pointer went in!
25 to 22, with 3 minutes left, the Mavericks have already scored 25 points!
After the official timeout, the Hawks made all three shots, and the Mavericks did the same!
Liu Mang couldn't help but call a timeout.
"Don't jump! He jumped up and you jumped again! Are you stupid!" Liu Mang directly sprayed Josh Smith, "You have such a good bounce, are you afraid of his matchbox bounce? Have you seen how Odom defends Nowitzki?"
Josh Smith was scolded and dared not speak. He was... I really haven't seen how Odom defends Nowitzki! He was not prepared to defend Nowitzki. He thought he was just fighting with the opponent's substitute. The opponent was a top three power forward in the league! He was still a rookie!
"Ace, don't blame Josh, he's still young." Kwame Brown was worried that Josh Smith would be scolded by Liu Mang, so he came up and said.
"He's still young? I was much younger than him when I entered the NBA, and I led the team to 60 wins. You high school students are really annoying, one is more troublesome than the other." Liu Mang retorted Kwame Brown, but did not continue to scold Josh Smith, "Remember, don't jump! If he jumps up, you jump again. If he breaks through, you bump into him. It doesn't matter if you foul!"
After Liu Mang finished speaking, he went to Mike Woodson to discuss. You can't just teach this guy defense! Watching the video and letting him understand that he is one of the future pillars of the team's inside line is also very important. Liu Mang also saw that Josh Smith was a little too excited. Maybe he didn't expect to be able to play against Nowitzki when the score was tense in the first quarter.
Liu Mang knows that Josh Smith is too easily influenced by the coach, which has both good and bad sides, for example, he is willing to learn anything.
However, Liu Mang's words also "offended" another person. McGrady took advantage of Liu Mang's inattention and hooked Liu Mang's neck from behind: "Do you have any opinions about our high school students? Ah!"
"Yamei..."
After many days, the familiar scene of the Hawks reappeared...
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There is still one chapter, which may be a little late. Friends can read it in the morning! I will try my best to write more today! Make up for yesterday's debt.