1222. Happiness comes suddenly
For the Hawks, they played so well in the first half and only led by two points at halftime. In normal times, it would have been very frustrating. Liu Mang had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the half, Tracy McGrady had 10 points and 6 assists in the half, and Jason
-Terry played 8 minutes in the second quarter and scored 11 points. The Hawks scored 54 points, of which the three of them scored 37 points.
But this time is different, leading the Heat at half-time, and the Eagles are very excited! This is an away game, and they have never led at half-time in an away game before!
As for the Heat, after the Eagles and Trihawks played so well at halftime, they were still only two points behind. According to common sense, they should be happy, but this is their home court and they cannot be happy.
Being pressured at home was the first time since Wade turned on the body hair whistle!
The atmosphere in the locker rooms of the two teams is very different.
The Hawks had a very lively discussion on tactics. On the Heat's side, Pat Riley looked not very good and was analyzing the defensive problems in the first half.
A very unanswerable question, how to deal with Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady's organized offense!
Pat Riley can't find a solution. How can he deal with a team with two Tracy McGrady or two pennies? Role players can still jump around so much!
Pat Riley took advantage of the intermission to go to the video room and find his great apprentice Stan Van Gundy. Stan Van Gundy said that he was just a lonely editor and refused to give advice.
In this series, Stan Van Gundy, as a team consultant, went to do video work without even going to the scene. He still has two years of contract, and he is enduring it. Anyway, he is earning a salary of 1.5 million US dollars a year, so he can endure it.
rise.
Pat Riley feels that fat people are troublesome. As a teacher, doesn’t he just want to win another championship? As for now, he doesn’t say a word!
Unable to think of a solution, and with no face from his apprentice, Pat Riley felt a little depressed.
At this time, a young editor in his 30s in the video room came to Pat Riley and said: "Boss, I have an idea."
"Say it." Pat Riley was annoyed and didn't want to listen, but if someone has a way, he might as well listen.
"Boss, we can do this..." the young editor began to talk about the method he thought of to deal with the Eagles.
Pat Riley was just listening casually, but he actually heard something he hadn't thought of!
Pat Riley began to look squarely at the young man in front of him and asked, "What's your name?"
"Erik Spoelstra." The young man said excitedly.
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After the break, the Hawks sent out a lineup of Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Prince, Josh Smith, and Rasheed Wallace.
The Heat sent a combination of Jason Williams, Wade, Antoine Walker, Haslem, and O'Neal.
Wade and O'Neal are preparing to play the entire game.
Pat Riley is full of confidence again, and the Heat players are also full of confidence. They have a way to deal with the Eagles' dual-control combination!
During the halftime break, the pressure in the Heat locker room was very low and the atmosphere was serious because they didn't know how to deal with dual controls. Now there is a way to curb Liu Mang's changes in play style!
But……
Before the Heat come up with their defensive strategy to defend against the dual-control core play, this defensive strategy has not yet been tested to see if it is feasible, or in other words, the Hawks have not even given them a chance to test whether it is feasible...
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Heat used Antoine Walker to play small forward. Antoine Walker squeezed Prince's turnaround jumper from the mid-range, but Prince interfered well. Antoine Walker
Missed the mid-range shot.
When the Hawks were on offense and the Heat were ready to defend against Liu Mang's breakthrough pass or Liu Mang's off-the-ball McGrady's breakthrough pass to Liu Mang for the second time, Liu Mang reached outside the three-point line.
The dividing line was more than half a meter away, so I threw it away...
Wade was still gesturing to his teammates behind his back, but Liu Mang just threw it away...
Liu Mang didn't even understand that Wade was actually standing inside the three-point line! He had to at least stand on the three-point line! It was so "disrespectful"!
Liu Mang hit an open three-point shot!
57 to 52, the Eagles opened up the point difference to the largest 5-point difference in the game!
Wade watched blankly as Liu Mang returned to the way he did in previous games, shooting a three-pointer and then returning to defense with his gun pointed...
It seemed that he had been stupid! Wade thought that he was only concerned about preventing Liu Mang from turning his back to break through, and did not go up to it, completely ignoring Liu Mang's three-pointer!
A few seconds ago, Wade was still thinking about preventing Liu Mang from turning around and supporting him, but now he is a little confused!
Suddenly it was stretched to 5 points!
That defensive strategy, which they felt had a high IQ, didn't even have a chance to be used!
Pat Riley was about to vomit blood on the sidelines. He was thinking about how to guard against Liu Mang's setter. Then he remembered that Liu Mang had many setters but not many assists, just like Penny Anfernee Hardaway's.
The characteristics are the same.
Moreover, Liu Mang was the Eagles' leading scorer in the first half! Liu Mang's total three-pointers this season ranked first in history in a single season!
Liu Mang was surprised that he actually got such a three-point opportunity, 19 points!
No one can imagine that in the first half, relying on a dual-control combination to lead by two points on the road at halftime, breaking the embarrassing situation of never leading at halftime on the road before in the series, the core players of the team would actually lead in the second half.
Give up the style of play in the first half and switch back to the previous style of play that was not very efficient!
The Heat's emergency tactics and strategies during the break were all designed to deal with Liu Mang's second pass and back-turn pass, a killer move that even Jordan and Pippen couldn't guard against. Who knew the Hawks would suddenly change their style of play!
It should be said that no one expected that Liu Mang played like a fish in water in the first half, scoring 16 points on 6 of 12 shots in the half. After playing a very successful half of the game, he actually changed his style of play in the second half.
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This dealt a fatal blow to the Heat's tactics in the third quarter!
Due to poor defensive tactics, they were beaten 11 to 4 by Liu Mang's three-pointer and McGrady's breakthrough pass at the beginning!
The Eagles made 4 of 6 shots at the beginning of the third quarter, while the Heat only made 2 of 5 shots!
After playing for more than three minutes, the Heat were ambitious and wanted to take the lead at the beginning of the third quarter. Who knew that the Eagles would open the point difference to 65-56, and the point difference suddenly reached 9 points!
Liu Mang hit two three-pointers, raising his personal score to 22 points. Tracy McGrady broke through and scored a 2-1, and Rasheed Wallace scored two points with a catch and throw.
Happiness comes too suddenly!
After the effect of Liu Mang's Anfernee Hardaway's star card ended, Liu Mang was going to try it out in the third quarter. If it didn't work, he would think of other methods. Unexpectedly, the Heat's defense was strange because of their head. When the Heat
Chapter completed!