Chapter 926 925. Low-Level Behemoth, Revenge on the Sun! (Asking for Monthly Votes)
Whenever D’Antoni wanted to regain control of the rhythm through tactical adjustments, Coach Kruger and Mike Woodson’s corresponding offensive and defensive tactics would come immediately.
All the tactics of the Hawks were for those two goals, to make Quentin Richardson, who could run and shoot three-pointers, or Barbosa, who came off the bench, lose their rhythm, block Stoudemire’s empty cuts, let Nash or Stoudemire hold the ball and play one-on-one, or at least let the Suns pass the ball to Joe Johnson and let Joe Johnson play one-on-one.
But compared with the Hawks in one-on-one play… After Liu Mang and Jason Terry’s back line partner came on the court, they made the Suns shoot like crazy.
During the game, D’Antoni became ruthless, and the outside players would throw three-pointers when they got the ball, regardless of whether there was a chance or not!
I don’t know why D’Antoni is so superstitious about three-pointers, but he did it. The Suns threw 14 three-pointers in the second quarter, but only made two!
As for the Hawks, in the second quarter, he scored three three-pointers by himself, and got 11 points and 2 assists in a single quarter. Jason Terry scored 9 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, mainly passing to Josh Smith who cut and Kwame Brown who received the ball under the basket. The Hawks scored 31 points in the second quarter, while the Suns only scored 27 points. Nash had 25 points in the first half, and Joe Johnson scored 12 points in the first half, but the Suns only scored 51 points in the first half, while the Hawks scored 62 points!
Liu Mang made 7 of 13 shots in the first half, scoring 20 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds. Jason Terry scored 9 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, helping the Hawks expand the score difference to 11 points!
At halftime, Coach Kruger, Mike Woodson and Stockton were still discussing what changes D'Antoni would make in the second half when they walked to the player tunnel and returned to the locker room.
Liu Mang approached the three and saw that they had considered almost all of D'Antoni's tactical responses and had prepared all the strategies for D'Antoni's tactical changes. He felt that these three were simply too stingy!
Liu Mang looked back at D'Antoni, who was on the bench and had not yet returned to the player tunnel. His face was flushed and he looked like a ripe bitter melon.
Liu Mang thought of D'Antoni's expression when he was dominated by Popovich.
His on-the-spot command was too bad!
D'Antoni's strength lies in the construction of the system. When he has the right core, excellent pitchers, and powerful players, he can formulate a very powerful tactical system, whether it is the Nash era or the Harden-Paul era.
In the Nash era, there were Stoudemire, Marion and a group of pitchers, and in the Harden-Paul era, there were Capela and more pitchers, but when he encountered a problem that could not be solved, he had only one solution - increase three-point shots!
D'Antoni is similar to Coach Kruger. He is a tactical construction head coach, and his on-the-spot command is relatively weak.
But the difference is that Coach Kruger focuses on defense, and Mike Woodson is an excellent defensive assistant coach. He takes defense as his foothold. Even if his on-the-spot command on the offensive end is a little worse, he is willing to give power to Liu Mang to ensure that defense is the most basic tactical guarantee.
And D'Antoni is also willing to give command to Nash, but without defense, once D'Antoni has no way and Nash can't organize the offense, the Suns will not even have the most basic guarantee.
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After the halftime break, the Hawks, who had an 11-point lead, sent out a five-small lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, McGrady, Iguodala, and Josh Smith.
Coach Kruger took the lead in responding to prevent the Suns from playing hard.
Sure enough, D'Antoni was worried about the half-time game. In the second half, he put Stoudemire, who only had face-to-face singles and had not developed mid-range shots, off the court and replaced him with Nash, Barbosa, Quentin Richardson, Joe Johnson, and Marion.
"Crazy! They are all crazy! Is this the NBA?" This is the exclamation of the commentator of the live TV station in the United States. The commentators of Time Warner and ESPN both said that the head coaches of the two teams were crazy.
"This lineup is unreasonable, but it is worth trying. Kruger is very good. He saw that the Suns would play unreasonable basketball. The Suns have been playing unreasonable this season, so Kruger used an unreasonable lineup to deal with unreasonable opponents..." This is the view of a guest commentator on the two teams' lineups from the court TV station.
After Liu Mang came on the court and saw the height of the opponent, he suddenly felt like he was in the small ball era, but he knew that their Hawks and the opposite Suns were the "dinosaurs" in the league now.
In the third quarter, the Suns attacked first.
As soon as Big Q passed the ball to Nash, the two immediately advanced quickly. Liu Mang handed the task of defending Nash to Jason Terry, and he followed the fast-running Barbosa.
After Nash quickly advanced to the frontcourt, he saw that it was Jason Terry who was defending him, and he knew that the opponent wanted him to play alone again.
Nash was very confident in his scoring ability. When he was executing the singles tactics in the Mavericks, he scored 39 points with a super high efficiency of 12 of 16 shots and 13 of 16 free throws, and he only played for 30 minutes, but he knew that he could not win the game by just scoring.
Nash chose to force the attack. Jason Terry's defense was as active as Nash's, but the effect was also very poor. He was left behind by Nash's change of direction.
At this time, Barbosa consciously cut to the inside. Liu Mang was closest to Nash and immediately blocked Nash's breakthrough route. Jason Terry actively switched to Barbosa.
Liu Mang and Jason Terry were both very fast. Nash failed to pass the ball to Barbosa in the first place. He found himself in the position of mid-range singles again!
After quickly looking around at the positions of his teammates, Nash found himself at the free throw line and was "confined" to this position again!
Instead of choosing a mid-range shot, Nash stepped out of the three-point line, jumped, and shot a three-pointer!
Liu Mang rushed over the moment Nash grabbed the ball with both hands, and stretched out his arms to block Nash's shooting route.
Nash's bounce was too poor, and the shooting space was covered by Liu Mang. He leaned back in the air, and the extent of his head leaning back was almost parallel to the floor!
Nash's back-lying jump shot...
The ball flew less than ten centimeters above Liu Mang's fingertips and plunged into the basket!
Seeing Nash sitting on his butt after landing, Liu Mang had no time to sigh at this magical touch. After landing, he immediately sprinted to the front court.
Nash got up and quickly chased after Liu Mang. The Suns also retreated quickly. D'Antoni thought about the strategy for a long time, but he had no choice but to use a small lineup to strengthen the rhythm of retreat and fast attack, trying to kill two birds with one stone.
It must be said that the Suns retreated really quickly. When McGrady received the serve and prepared to pass the ball, Liu Mang had been caught up by Barbosa and Nash.
The small lineup actually fell into a positional battle. McGrady really didn't expect it, but it was like that. McGrady pushed forward to the frontcourt.
Liu Mang ran into the three-second zone and was double-teamed. He just wanted to run to the outside, but he saw Josh Smith use the threat of the impact of his body to the mid-range to take Marion out of the three-second zone. Barbosa went out to defend McGrady, Big Q went to defend Jason Terry, Joe Johnson went to the weak side to follow Iguodala, and Liu Mang glanced at Nash who was two centimeters shorter than him...
Liu Mang retreated from the three-second zone, came to the right side of the three-second zone, pressed Nash behind him, and asked McGrady for the ball.
McGrady saw Liu Mang fall to the low post!
This is very rare this season! Liu Mang only has two low-post techniques, which are definitely not suitable for tactics, so all back-to-backs are high-post back-to-backs, but McGrady saw that it was Nash who was defending Liu Mang, and immediately passed it to Liu Mang.
When Liu Mang was fighting with Nash, he screamed in his heart: "System boss, use Wen-Baker star card!"
"Ding... Wen-Baker 1996-1997 version, ability rating 87 (peak), offense 90, defense 82, three-pointer 59, mid-range shot 84, layup 96, speed 82, strength 94... Time limit half a game, matching degree 40%, matching bonus in progress..."
"Ding... The host obtains matching bonus attributes for strength and layup, temporarily increased from 81 to 89, and layup from 92 to 94..."
When Liu Mang received the ball, Wen-Baker's star card had already taken effect.
Liu Mang adjusted his posture after receiving the ball, tilted his head and said to Nash: "Steve, are you ready?"
Just as Nash was about to speak, he was suddenly hit by a huge force!
It was so despicable. Liu Mang not only used the star card to strengthen his strength, but also used language to distract Nash's attention to maximize his advantage!
Liu Mang slammed back, and Nash felt like he was flying. This feeling gave Nash a magical thought: Is this the feeling of being hit by an opponent hit by O'Neal?
Liu Mang knocked Nash into the basket in two steps, turned right and stepped one step outside the reasonable collision area.
"Ding... Low-post back-to-the-basket skill level 5 triggered: After successfully turning around and passing the opponent in this low-post back-to-the-basket single play, speed +5, bounce +5, the chance of affecting the referee's whistle in the basket increased by 25%..."
"Ding... The strongest first step triggered..."
Liu Mang jumped up on the spot, and when Marion, who was chasing and defending, rushed over, he jumped up at a super fast speed and smashed the ball into the basket!
When playing against the Heat, the Heat fans would think of their "favorite" Dwyane Wade when they saw this scene, and when playing against the Suns, their fans and players would naturally think of Amar'e Stoudemire!
In this game, Stoudemire hadn't dunked yet, but Liu Mang dunked first!
After Liu Mang smashed the ball into the basket, he whistled at Nash and immediately retreated.
The Hawks didn't worry about the opponent's fast break with this lineup. When Liu Mang turned and jumped, Joe Johnson, Big Q, and Barbosa of the Suns had already started to fast break, but were closely followed by Jason Terry, Iguodala, and Josh Smith. Joe Johnson felt miserable because the opponent's "center" was faster than him! What a world!
It's not the first or second time that Nash has become the background. Players like him who have poor defensive ability but are active in defense are most likely to become the background...
Nash received the serve and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, passed the ball to Joe Johnson, and opened up space by himself. Compared with falling into a positional battle and attracting teammates to double-team him because of the poor shooting rhythm and decreased hand feeling after standing still, Nash's own fixed-point receiving and shooting is a little stronger.
After receiving the ball, Joe Johnson singled out McGrady at the top arc.
McGrady defended well, but Jordan is Jordan, and he is the contemporary Jordan with the ultimate enhanced three-point ability. Joe Johnson used excellent fake moves to shake McGrady off, and then took a three-point shot with a jump step...
Hit!
57 to 64, a seven-point difference!
When the Hawks attacked, Liu Mang ran directly to the low post on the right side of the basket after reaching the frontcourt.
The opponent played a small lineup, and the tallest was only 2.01 meters tall. Liu Mang had the advantage of the low post, and decisively used Vin Baker's star card and sat in the low post to eat him alive!
There is a very simple and rough way to deal with a small lineup. Just have a huge inside advantage point. The opponent does run fast and has three-pointers, but the three-point shooting rate is not as high as the direct layup!
Players like O'Neal and Yao Ming often have physical problems in the current NBA because every team has big men, but when playing with a two-meter-tall three-point shooting "center", they can knock the opponent to death like a child.
Liu Mang fell to the low post and found that the opponent had changed defense. It was replaced by Joe Johnson, a traditional scoring forward-guard swingman with height and tonnage.
Nash had no choice. He tried very hard, but he just couldn't defend!
Liu Mang didn't hesitate. He leaned on Joe Johnson to continue to ask for the ball. McGrady saw that Liu Mang was so confident and threw the ball to Liu Mang again.
Liu Mang received the ball and continued to hit the back, but did not completely knock Joe Johnson back!
Although Joe Johnson is slow, he weighs nearly 110 kilograms and is a heavy guard. He is too strong. Although Liu Mang knocked Joe Johnson back a little, he did not get the space to cut inside!
So, Liu Mang chose to continue to hit him!
Joe Johnson saw Liu Mang hit him again, and lowered his center of gravity again to wait for the collision...
But!
Liu Mang was halfway through the action, suddenly grabbed the ball, turned 180 degrees with his left foot as the axis, kicked the ground with his right foot, and bounced back!
Joe Johnson just lowered his center of gravity, and wanted to rush up to use his height to interfere with Liu Mang's shooting. It was no longer possible. He could only expect Liu Mang's jump shot to miss because of this rapid change of rhythm.
"Ding... Low-post back-up skill level 5 triggered: low-post back-up singles step back to get rid of the opponent's defense, mid-range shooting ability +5, bounce +5."
Liu Mang used the turnaround jump shot he learned from Jordan! Sliding far back in the air! Not only the small bounce bonus after Vin Baker's strength bonus, but also the bounce bonus of the 5th level of low-post back-to-the-basket skills, Liu Mang's jump height at this time is the same as when the pick-and-roll master is triggered!
Liu Mang focused on throwing the ball out with the best feeling in the air...
Hit!
Liu Mang's accuracy is very poor for long-range shots, but he is very confident in the turnaround jump shot at the edge of the three-second zone!
4 points in a row!
66 to 57, 9 points difference!
The Suns' mid-range singles are not lethal, they can score, but they can't catch up with two points. They can't defend the Hawks' offense, so they can only use three-point offense as the end point, otherwise they will score one and the Hawks will score one, and they will never catch up with the score.
But three-pointers are always inaccurate. Joe Johnson's next three-pointer against McGrady was interfered by McGrady and missed the three-pointer.
The Hawks attacked, and the Suns switched defense again. Liu Mang played Marion in the low post. Marion pressed towards Liu Mang and tried to force a steal. Liu Mang held Marion with his right arm. He dribbled with his left hand as steadily as his right hand. He took a step forward to the right and stepped into the three-second zone. His left-handed throw was also successful!
The score difference returned to 11 points!
After Liu Mang came up in the third quarter, he kept falling to the low post. Marion and Joe Johnson defended him, so he turned over and shot a jump shot. If two people pressed up to defend the jump shot, they could not lower their center of gravity. Liu Mang could use his strength advantage to squeeze in and attack the basket directly. With the two people lowering their center of gravity, Liu Mang turned over and shot a jump shot, which was a sure thing!
If the Suns used Big Q, Barbosa, and Nash to defend, it would be even simpler. They could just run in and use their strongest first step to dunk.
And the Suns didn't dare to double-team!
Josh Smith and Iguodala's cuts; McGrady and Jason Terry's three-pointers, they dare not let go. Liu Mang turned into a low-post monster in the third quarter, with just two simple and direct moves. When there were shooters on the outside and cut-type players on the inside, the Hawks' offense was not interrupted.
The main reason was that the Hawks had an advantage and could slowly grind two points at a time, while the Suns were behind and wanted to catch up. Their only solution was to throw three-pointers.
Halfway through the third quarter, D'Antoni had no choice but to switch back to the inside combination of Stoudemire and Marion to deal with the Hawks' low-post back-to-back style.
Liu Mang fell to the low post, making D'Antoni feel like he was facing the Rockets. The rhythm naturally slowed down, and the inside line was completely unstoppable!
Halfway through the third quarter, the Hawks were already leading by 15 points, 79 to 64!
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When the Suns changed back to their regular lineup, the Hawks also replaced Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown. Liu Mang, McGrady and Prince's outside line combination also changed back, and they competed with each other just like in the first half.
The score difference was hovering around 15 points. Although the Suns had fierce firepower, Liu Mang's steady low post, McGrady and Jason Terry's outside singles shot accurately, and they just withstood the Suns' offensive firepower!
Nash missed a three-pointer, and Stoudemire scored two points with a tip-in. McGrady immediately broke through to the inside, and with Liu Mang's cut from the other side, he passed the ball to Kwame Brown. Stoudemire was attracted by Liu Mang, and Kwame Brown easily dunked and scored two points.
Joe Johnson made a mid-range singles, and Liu Mang immediately dropped to the low post to attract the double-team from the outside, then passed the ball to the outside for a mid-range shot...
The game was entangled until the end, and the Suns had a scoring climax at the last moment, with a wave of 12 to 4, but they were still unable to bring the score back.
Thanks to Liu Mang's sudden explosion in the low post in the third quarter, he scored 13 points in half a quarter and 21 points in the third quarter. The Hawks led by 17 points at 94 to 77 after three quarters, consolidating their advantage. In the end, with Liu Mang's performance of 47 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, the Hawks defeated the Suns 120 to 112, an 8-point difference, and successfully avenged!
Liu Mang held on in the fourth quarter and finally won the game. When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, he heard the system prompt and saw Nash's star card... He almost jumped up!
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