Chapter 884 883. The Most Gorgeous Offensive Battle (Asking for Double Monthly Tickets)
There is a fundamental difference between the Hawks' cavalry tactics and the Suns' run-and-gun tactics.
If the Eagles don't perform well offensively, they will think of using defense to solve the problem, using the thinking of a playoff team.
But the Suns are different, defense? They never consider that if their opponent shoots the ball in, their response is to shoot more!
The Suns didn't think about how to defend at all, they only thought about offense!
This Suns team quickly became popular because of their crazy energy!
Because they did not consider defense, their defense became simple and crude. Because Liu Mang was quick to grab the ball after attacking the basket, he hit the basket five times in a row from the first timeout in the first quarter, but failed to score. The ball is in his hands. Stoudemire is not necessarily as good at rebounding as Liu Mang. Stoudemire's awareness of rebounding is too poor. He only averaged 5.6 defensive rebounds per game this season, while Liu Mang Defensive rebounds are 5.1. Nowitzki has two seasons with only 4 total rebounds and 6 total rebounds missing double figures in rebounds per game. Nowitzki's career defensive rebounds per game before the age of 30 The rebounds are 8.2. Stoudemire has never had such a performance in the peak season of his career.
Stoudemire is great at offensive rebounds, but when it comes to defensive rebounds, he can't compete with Liu Mang. Even Liu Mang is inferior to Liu Mang in his positioning ability and his ability to predict rebounds. He relies entirely on his jumps to rebound. While Smith's rebounds were average, Liu Mang was as strong as Stoudemire in rebounding. He grabbed offensive rebounds for three consecutive rounds, and after scoring, he also grabbed the ball to block the Suns' first opportunity. Fast break.
Although Nash went to the referee and the referee also warned Liu Mang, Liu Mang did not dare to hold the ball for so long after the referee's warning. However, he picked up the ball and took a step to throw it to Stoudemire or Marion. A little, one or two seconds more is enough. The Eagles' lineup only needs more than one second more to prevent the Suns from counterattacking immediately.
Although they still couldn't stop Nash and Stoudemire's positional fast break, after Stoudemire and Nash were prepared for Liu Mang's blocking and ability to block cuts, Liu Mang couldn't stop Stoudemire. Meyer's position was high and he hit high and dunked directly, but at least he kept the speed at a pace that the Eagles were comfortable with.
The goal of the defensive tactics arranged by Mike Woodson is to concentrate the opponent's scoring on Nash and Stoudemire. Liu Mang and Josh Smith guard the two. , but McGrady, Iguodala, and Prince have to limit the other three's open three-pointers.
Liu Mang's contingency strategy was to take advantage of the fact that the league has not yet stipulated that offensive players are not allowed to touch the ball after scoring. Within the limits acceptable to the referee, he used small tricks from the beginning to slightly restrict the Suns' direct counterattack.
However, after the Suns called a timeout, they immediately came up with countermeasures. D'Antoni made a strange move. The Eagles started to attack only after they were in position. D'Antoni chose the whole team to shrink in the mid-range to prevent the Eagles from the outside. Rushing inside to waste time prevented Liu Mang from taking advantage of his position to grab rebounds and block fast breaks.
Seeing that the Hawks were about to overtake the score relying on stability, the Suns relied on strange moves to continue the rhythm.
Just like the Suns had to defend when the Hawks fell into position, the Hawks were open on the outside and had to shoot!
Liu Mang directly received the ball in the top arc and hit Nash in singles. Nash didn't move forward and defended. What else could Liu Mang do if he didn't throw it? You can only adjust well and use the best shooting feeling to shoot the ball.
But as soon as Liu Mang made a shot, the Suns used Stoudemire and Marion to grab rebounds, and Big Q and Joe Johnson made consecutive three-pointers.
The fans at the scene were all frightened by the Suns' style of play. They always felt that their own team was the most promiscuous, and compared with the Suns, it really pales into insignificance!
Liu Mang scored 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter, and McGrady scored 6 points and 5 assists. The offensive end was as smooth as possible.
But the Suns' side is smoother. The Suns' assists are not concentrated in the hands of two people like the Hawks' side.
At the end of the first quarter, the Hawks were 36-38, two points behind the Suns!
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During the break, Liu Mang watched Tracy McGrady sweating profusely as he put on his training clothes to keep up the heat, and then drank big gulps of energy drinks. Only then did he realize that even though he was unable to guard against the opponent during the high-speed rotation, the offensive end still failed. McGrady, who had to support and distribute the ball, played the full first quarter!
The pace is too fast! Including timeouts and dead balls, the first quarter only lasted 22 minutes! The first quarter passed unknowingly. When the tense game relaxed a little during a few minutes of rest, McGrady's fatigue suddenly came.
Tracy McGrady's physical fitness can only be played for 8 minutes in a game, which can ensure that he can complete the three important tasks of breaking through the ball, organizing offense, and defensive end very well. No matter how much time he has, he will have to be less active in one aspect, but the point difference Ever since Liu Mang tricked the Suns, he has been hovering in two or three points. McGrady has been going all out to defend, which is too much physical exertion for him.
Coach Kruger did not expect this. The pace of the game was too fast. Jason Terry should have been substituted in after about 20 minutes of the game, but the first quarter was over after 22 minutes! Moreover, with such good scoring continuity, Coach Kruger did not dare to make substitutions. He could only use the five-small lineup to play the entire first quarter and consume the time when the opponent's starting lineup was on the court.
This is also the most uncomfortable point for other teams when playing against the Suns. The game rhythm is too fast, which leads to big problems in rotation. The main lineup consumes too much physical energy, and then is run to death by the Suns who can run people to death.
The key is that the whistle in the regular season is not as loose as in the playoffs. It is not enough to have a strong confrontation. It doesn't matter if a small guy like Liu Mang is a little bit bigger when confronting a big guy. He can kill Stoudemire by blocking with Stoudemire, but Josh Smith committed two fouls in the first quarter, and Iguodala was called for two fouls when he was defending Joe Johnson. It was only by rotating the lineup that he could play until the end of the first quarter without being replaced. If he changed the core inside line, it is likely that the Suns would have a foul crisis in a few moves.
Unlike the Hawks who played fast and had fewer free throws, the Suns' average free throws per game are particularly high, 25 per game, while their opponents only averaged 18 per game!
The referee used the normal regular season whistle scale after the rule change to whistle the game, and strictly whistled the hands-on actions when the inside line switched to the outside line, which made the Hawks very passive!
Coach Kruger really didn't expect the Suns to play so aggressively. It is completely beyond the understanding of ordinary people. If they get used to this style of play, they will be beaten to death when they meet a real strong enemy in the playoffs!
However, Coach Kruger was worrying about the opponent in vain, Mike D'Antoni had never thought about this problem!
Coach Kruger asked Mike Woodson, but Mike Woodson had no choice. He could not imagine that the opponent would play like this.
As the head coach and offensive coach, Coach Kruger did a good job on the offensive end, but no matter how good the offense was, the Suns were so unstoppable in the regular season.
At this time, Liu Mang, who was already shooting, came up and said, "Coach, if you can't defend us, just use offense!"
Liu Mang thought for a while and had some ideas about how the Spurs would beat the Suns.
It was very simple and direct. Attack in regular time, rely on the three horses to drive the whole team, and increase the intensity at the critical moment. Don't let the Suns get used to the intensity in the first three quarters and then play in the critical moment. It has to be sudden, like in 2007, when the Suns had a center and shooting guard who could adapt to the intensity, the Spurs couldn't stop them.
There are still ways to deal with the current Suns.
Coach Kruger would definitely want to kick Liu Mang to death under normal circumstances, but there is no other way now. The opponent's offense cannot be stopped under the regular season's whistle standards, and the only way to solve the problem is to use offense.
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After the second quarter started, the Hawks replaced Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Muhammad, and Kwame Brown.
On the Suns side, Nash took the Brazilian Lightning Barbosa, Casey Jacobson, Marion, and Steven Hunter to the court.
After the Suns came up, they continued to run and play.
On the Hawks side, Liu Mang and Jason Terry started to play singles continuously, and fought hard with the Suns.
Last summer, the Suns had a full rotation of 9 players who could run.
The Hawks tried hard to suppress the rhythm to the rhythm they were good at, using the height advantage of Kwame Brown and Muhammad to give Liu Mang and Jason Terry better singles opportunities.
The new and old best sixth man's whirlwind play, after the Suns changed their rotation lineup in the second quarter, they could only maintain the score difference with the opponent.
Liu Mang had 30 points in the first half, Jason Terry also scored 15 points in the second quarter, Kwame Brown made 4 dunks in the second quarter, 10 points in a single quarter, the Hawks scored 41 points in the second quarter, but the Suns also scored 40 points. Nash seemed to have only 7 assists in the first half, but the Suns played the offense alive under his organization!
Magic Johnson said that in the first decade of the 21st century, only Nash, Kidd and Paul were able to become superstars by organizing offense. They didn't necessarily have to get a lot of assists, but every pass they made was valuable!
At the end of the first half, the Hawks were still one point behind the Suns with 77 to 78.
The current Suns may only belong to the regular season. Before the gathering of the "Suns Three Dirty" combination of Raja Bell, Kurt Thomas, and Jaylen Rose, they were defeated when they met strong defensive teams in the playoffs, but now the Suns are too invincible in the regular season! Except for the three rare situations that they have a bad touch or the opponent's touch is more explosive than them, and the referee relaxes the scale of the whistle, they can only be described as invincible in the regular season this season!
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During the halftime break, Coach Kruger pulled Liu Mang and McGrady, the two core players, to discuss with Mike Woodson.
In this game, should we continue to play hard or try to solve the problem with defense.
Mike Woodson usually does not participate in the voting of the choice of play. He is a very good assistant coach. He knows that when a defensive assistant coach needs a defensive tactic, he should come up with it.
McGrady is not good at this either, so it is mainly Liu Mang who makes the decision to help Coach Kruger, who has choice anxiety, decide.
Liu Mang thought of Nash's long-distance running endurance like a football player, and his ability to lead the team to score 88 points in the first half with only seven assists. When the Suns replaced all the main lineup in the second half, they had already tried to attack. Today, the Suns' touch was normal and even a little hot, and the referee's whistle scale was not biased because it was a popular game. The Suns were not afraid of the devil's home court ignited by Rasheed Wallace. It was difficult for him to solve the problem by attacking.
In this case, Liu Mang said without hesitation: "Let's continue to attack! I don't believe it! Our offense will lose to them!"
Liu Mang enjoyed the feeling now, the feeling of challenging the strongest offensive team, it was so cool!
Liu Mang felt Nash's strong fighting spirit in the matchup with Nash, so Liu Mang played the whole first half and got 30 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, but still failed to overtake the score, and still wanted to continue to fight with Nash.
Only in the game with Nash can you have this feeling. Only Nash will be so desperate to solve the problem with offense. Liu Mang decided to be willful.
Seeing Liu Mang's expectant expression, three pairs of eyes looked at each other, knowing that asking this kid was unreliable!
It's better not to ask. Now that he asked, Coach Kruger finally found someone to help him make decisions, and he let Liu Mang go.
It's just right, use this game to see how powerful the Suns' offense is!
Only by understanding how strong the opponent is, can you think of ways to deal with the opponent.
Liu Mang knows that the Suns will encounter problems in the playoffs. He knows that the Suns have never succeeded in the playoffs, but others don't know that when the Suns reached the middle of the season, they had played 41 games and had 34 wins and 7 losses, and ranked first in the West. The Suns are like the Hawks in the previous two years, and have been regarded as a favorite for the championship.
Coach Kruger also regarded the Suns as a potential opponent in the finals!
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After the halftime break, Liu Mang and Nash looked at each other tacitly when they came to their respective benches to take off their training clothes, smiled at each other, and understood each other's thoughts.
Just tough!
Liu Mang scored 30 points in the first half, the highest in the game, while Nash also scored 24 points in the first half!
30 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists VS 24 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, the performance of the two is evenly matched!
The strong teams Nash encountered before all wanted to deal with him from the defensive end. It was the first time this season that Nash encountered Liu Mang, who chose to attack after failing to defend on the defensive end.
This made Nash feel so rare.
Although the two were just gentlemen, they appreciated each other!
After the start of the second half, the offense of the two teams was completely released. Coach Kruger let Liu Mang's temper go wild on the one hand, and on the other hand, he wanted to see how strong the Suns' offense was. In addition to Liu Mang, the other four positions used the team's best athletes McGrady, Prince, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Kwame Brown for a six-man rotation. With Liu Mang, there were seven people in rotation, trying to maintain the continuity of the offense.
On the Suns side, D'Antoni was more aggressive. Nash's excellent organization in the second quarter allowed Joe Johnson, Big Q, and Stoudemire to rest for a whole quarter. In the second half, D'Antoni, who was also famous for using his main players to death, did not even use eight rotations. He directly used the six-man rotation of the starter and Barbosa to fight the Hawks' offense!
Liu Mang did not shoot alone, but he and McGrady mobilized the entire team's offense to compete with the Suns' increasingly fierce offense.
In the third quarter, Liu Mang scored 8 points and 3 assists, McGrady scored 8 points and 6 assists, leading the Hawks to score 42 points in a single quarter, but the Suns also scored 42 points. When entering the fourth quarter, the score difference was still 1 point!
After three quarters, the Hawks scored 119 to 120, still one point behind the Suns. The strongest offensive team in the East and West scored in three quarters that other teams in the league would normally find difficult to score!
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As the saying goes: A good swimmer drowns in water.
This sentence does not mean that those who drown are those who can swim, but that those who can swim are often too confident and easily drown themselves when swimming.
The Hawks, including Liu Mang, were very confident in their offense before the game with the Suns, although the Hawks are now behind the Suns with an average score of 109 points per game, which is 111 points per game.
However, since January, the Hawks' average score per game is higher than that of the Suns. The Hawks are better able to use defense to create the opponent's mistakes and counterattack, scoring a little more than the Suns, and have already caught up with the 8-point average score disadvantage of 104 to 112 at the beginning of the season to only two points.
Moreover, the Hawks have been playing defensive counterattacks for three years, and this year they are further promoting the spirit of waves. Liu Mang feels that his offense will not lose to the Suns.
However, the Suns' style of play that focuses on scoring made Liu Mang realize that perhaps his side can abuse the weak to the sky, and the Suns can only win by more than ten points, but the Suns' offense cannot be stopped!
Liu Mang scored a super triple-double of 48 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists, McGrady scored 31 points and 17 assists, Jason Terry scored 23 points, Kwame Brown scored 21 points and 9 rebounds, and a total of 7 players on the Hawks scored in double digits. The 7 main players in the rotation today all scored in double digits. The team scored a total of 164 points. Since the Nuggets scored 184 points in a game without overtime in 1983, the Hawks' single-game score in this game can be ranked second in the past 22 years!
But the first is the Suns in front of us!
The Suns soared 171 points!
In the final moments, Nash made a three-pointer, raising the single-game score to 171 points!
The Hawks lost in the end. Although Liu Mang and McGrady had scored 77 points together, four Hawks scored more than 20 points, and 7 scored in double digits, they still lost to the Suns, all 8 of whom scored in double digits.
Especially Nash's 41 points and 15 assists. Although he didn't have as many assists as McGrady, he did a better job in organizing the offense!
So far this season, the Suns have set a record - the first time the Suns played against a certain team this season, they won all of them!
Playing against the Spurs, they won by nearly 20 points 116 to 99, playing against the Pistons 113 to 112 with Nash's buzzer beater, winning against the Heat by 15 points, playing against the Kings, Mavericks... The first time they played against any team, the Suns won all of them.
This time against the Hawks, the Suns still won!
After the loss, Coach Kruger and Mike Woodson took some of the things recorded in this game, asked the videographer to edit the game video, and then took Stockton and Chip Engelland to a meeting overnight.
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The fans at the scene of the game between the Hawks and the Suns were crazy! Even if they lost in the end, they were just regretful, not angry.
The two teams' offense was so good. Stoudemire made all kinds of dunks, Kwame Brown counterattacked with a tip-in, Nash and Stoudemire connected in an alley-oop, and Josh Smith challenged Stoudemire's bounce speed with a higher jumping height.
Liu Mang and Nash's three-pointer competition, Nash showed McGrady the art of passing...
And Iguodala's counterattack gliding dunk, Joe Johnson's catch-and-turn jump shot three-pointer...
There are many more... In the end, both teams were immersed in the offensive competition, and the Hawks, who lost in the end, just felt regretful...
The players played well, the fans watched well, and the league felt even better!
The ratings have been soaring since the first quarter, and David Stern wanted to commit suicide. Why was this game scheduled so early that Chinese fans didn't see it!
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