Auburn Hills Palace is a great place. When Liu Mang arrived here, he thought of an interesting thing.

After the pre-game activities such as playing the American Empire song were over, the game was about to begin. The rosters of the two teams were shown to the audience in front of the big screen and TV.

Playing against the Pistons, a team that has almost no suspense about meeting them in the playoffs, the Eagles dare not look down upon them. The entire lineup is back, including Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace,

Ratliff's core lineup came in.

On the Pistons side, the lineup is still Billups, Hamilton, Stephen Jackson, and Ben Wallace.

Liu Mang called together Rasheed Wallace and Ratliff, the inside defensive duo whose relationship was getting better and better and their cooperation became more and more tacit, and whispered a few words. Their eyes lit up...

The game is about to start, let’s start with the opening moves.

It's not like no one did the opening moves in the past, but there was no situation like the Eagles where the whole team did it. It caused a small trend, and some players started to do the opening moves more frequently.

For example, Ben Wallace of the Pistons and Bosh, who always likes to receive attention, started dancing face to face when the game was about to start.

The dancing talents of the two...it's time to learn from the fat guys in Los Angeles. Apart from exaggerated movements, they have no other advantages. They can be as ugly as they want.

Ben Wallace never wanted to lose to the Eagles, but he kept losing the game, so he used some roundabout tactics to defeat the Eagles from the opening moves...

Not to mention, the opening moves of Bosh and Ben Wallace were more eye-catching than the opening moves of Rasheed Wallace and Ratliff when the Hawks played away games. Ratliff showed off his muscles and

Rasheed Wallace's "scholar" moves are so weak compared to Bosh and Ben Wallace's dancing moves!

However, just when Ben Wallace was very proud that he thought of a better opening move, he found that the opponent's two inside players did not make any fancy moves to counterattack.

Rasheed Wallace and Ratliff came to the center circle. They faced each other and staggered. At the same time, they stretched out their right hands and bumped into each other on the inside of the elbow joint in the air. The two arms formed an X shape, and then Rasheed Wallace

Rice came to the side of the center circle and waited for the jump ball.

X, the highest level restriction in American film classification in the old days, means that it is too bloody and violent, and minors should not watch it...

Ben Wallace looked at the other party's concise and concise opening moves, and suddenly felt that his and Bosh's opening moves... were so stupid... the other party didn't care at all about whether to counterattack or not, it was so stupid...

Liu Mang came on the court after hugging Boozer on the sidelines. I just watched Rasheed Wallace and Ratliff's X-crossed arm strike. It was really exciting!

…

The game started. Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace stood on both sides of the center line. The referee threw the ball into the air, and the two Wallaces jumped up together.

Ben Wallace's physical fitness is really great, but he was able to move the ball backward even though he was five or six centimeters shorter.

The Pistons attack first.

As soon as Billups received the ball, Liu Mang saw a figure rushing over and quickly followed him.

This guy Hamilton is so good at running!

Liu Mang kept running with Hamilton. He went around the baseline and was blocked by Ben Wallace who ran upfield. Liu Mang went around and continued to follow Hamilton. When Hamilton dealt with Liu Mang, his running ability was stretched to the limit. He knew once

There was no way to get rid of Liu Mang in the pick-and-roll, so he continued to look for pick-and-rolls and used Bosh to block Liu Mang. Facing Bosh, a weakling, Liu Mang directly rushed forward until Hamilton and Stephen Jackson made the third pick-and-roll without the ball.

, Liu Mang lost Hamilton.

But it doesn't matter, Raheem continues to run with Hamilton.

On the other side, when Liu Mang was chasing Hamilton, Billups had already arrived in the frontcourt. Seeing Hamilton being chased by Liu Mang, he immediately started to break through. When Hamilton and Stephen Jackson set a pick-and-roll, he got rid of Liu Mang.

Turn around and jump to pass the ball!

Prince, who was guarding Billups, quickly jumped up to interfere with Billups's pass to Hamilton, because Raheem did not completely follow the pace, and Hamilton only needs one or two steps to take off after receiving the ball.

Prepare to take action, even if you catch up, there is nothing you can do.

However, Billups did not pass the ball to Hamilton, but to Stephen Jackson!

Stephen Jackson took advantage of Liu Mang's focus on Hamilton, withdrew from the three-point line, received the ball, and shot a three-pointer before Liu Mang could react and pounce!

When Liu Mang rushed forward, the ball flew past his fingertips, slid through an arc in the air, and fell into the basket!

Too careless!

The Hawks used the same defensive strategy as before, constantly switching defenses and following Hamilton, but the Pistons' offense actually used the extremely simple style of play before, with different changes!

Billups no longer only has two simple options: singles and passing to Hamilton, but passing to Stephen Jackson!

Larry Brown's team has always had a simple offense, relying mainly on defense. The offensive style has not changed all year round. It doesn't matter if it is defended, but this time it made an unexpected pass!

Looking at the opponent's skillful cooperation, it seems that he has practiced it many times, but when Liu Mang watched the Pistons' game videos in the past period, he clearly did not see too many passes like this.

The Pistons' offense is either Billups' singles, or the combination of Billups and Hamilton's passing and running, or Bosh's cutting and mid-range face-up singles, and Stephen Jackson's

In singles on both wings, except for Billups and Hamilton, there was very little cooperation from anyone else, but this time Stephen Jackson was brought into the cooperation!

In other words, this style of play is specially prepared for the Eagles!

And it definitely wasn't a sudden inspiration, it had been practiced many times. As for why it was not used in the playoffs, Liu Mang was quite puzzled.

Mike Woodson on the sidelines couldn't help but look at the opponent's bench. Larry Brown didn't look too surprised. Obviously he had thought of this tactic. Like Liu Mang, Mike Woodson was very curious.

Why don't you wait until the playoffs to use this kind of "strange move" tactic? If you use it so early, you will definitely be targeted!

If Larry Brown knew what Liu Mang and Mike Woodson were thinking, he would definitely sneer: What's the point of offense? If you can't make a shot if you're being targeted, I'll guard you to death.

Larry Brown firmly believes in his defense’s philosophy of winning championships!

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When his eyes returned to the court, after Stephen Jackson made a three-pointer, Liu Mang was surprised and immediately alerted his teammates.

"Pay attention to guarding the opponent's third point!" Liu Mang reminded his teammates, and after receiving the serve, he advanced towards the frontcourt.

The Pistons retreated really quickly and are indeed one of the best defensive teams in the league.

Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt and saw that Hamilton was coming up on defense. From this, Liu Mang could see what was the biggest shortcoming of the Pistons not getting Prince as they originally did.

It’s not that the Roaring God in Double Wallace is missing, but that there is no absolute strong point in perimeter defense!

Billups is good at defense, but he is not tall enough and his physical fitness is not good enough. Hamilton has enough physical fitness, but his defensive ability is not top-notch. Stephen Jackson has a bad personality, but he plays hard and is willing to defend and press fiercely, but he is not fast.

question.

Liu Mang knew that sending Hamilton to defend him was the best choice for the Pistons.

But this was the best choice. After Liu Mang passed the center line, he suddenly started to speed towards the right side. Hamilton was originally on the three-point line, but when he saw Liu Mang suddenly speeding up, he subconsciously retreated to the left.

Half a step gives yourself room to defend.

The moment Liu Mang rushed to the three-point line on the right side of the top of the arc, he suddenly changed direction to the left, kicked off his right foot and grabbed the ball, came to the top of the arc, and shot a three-pointer!

A beautiful fake move starting from the mid-line, Liu Mang's top arc three-point shot with a horizontal jump step feels perfect. When the shot feels perfect and there is no interference, there is a 50% chance of triggering the level 5 trigger of the sharpshooter, three-point shot.

Hollow hit!

Amid the boos from the fans in the audience, Liu Mang blew smoke that the "muzzle" did not exist, and turned back to defend.

These three points are really enough!

When it comes to catching open shots for three-pointers, Liu Mang is not as scary as Reggie Miller, Peja, and Ray Allen, but his three-pointers with the ball are one of the two or three most terrifying in the league!

To be honest, Liu Mang's three-point shooting percentage with the ball is not very high, but his ability to hit the opponent immediately and still make the shot impressed the opponent so deeply!

Just like Kobe, McGrady's three-pointers are far less accurate than Carter's, but the two of them give people a very accurate impression. After this impression makes them less powerful, people will give them the title of Iron God, but when

When they were able to complete this kind of response and make a shot at their peak, at that time, they were more frightening to their opponents than Carter's steady three-pointers!

Finally, at the beginning, they relied on running positions to attract the defense and create a third shooting opportunity to score a three-pointer. This was not easy for the Pistons! They only averaged 3.9 three-pointers per game, which is not necessarily the case in one quarter.

If there is a three-pointer, the opponent can easily return one.

Originally, the Pistons lost most of their fighting spirit when facing the Hawks. Seeing Liu Mang's natural pretentious style of play, most of the Pistons players really felt like they had lost confidence. They didn't have much respect for Liu Mang before this season.

Hamilton, who was so scared, began to feel like Stephen Jackson's "absolutely no match" and Billups' "let's just be brothers" feeling, because it seemed that he was about to be beaten by Liu Mang for the third consecutive game.

exploded.

As for Bosh... he is still a rookie. In this kind of game, it would be good if he can perform normally...

The Pistons' morale was suppressed at the beginning. Ben Wallace clearly felt that his teammates became more silent. When he ran to the frontcourt, he turned around and yelled: "Cheer up, didn't you just fail to defend once?"

Just be careful next time!"

"Ding... The talent skill Big Ben Domain is triggered at level 5, and the full-level Big Ben Domain feature: Five Tiger Generals is triggered. The Pistons team cohesion is enhanced, which partially offsets the fear and oppression brought by the host's strength, and morale partially recovers. From this

-Wallace.”

Liu Mang had just returned to the backcourt to prepare to defend Hamilton when he heard this prompt.

"He is indeed a genius who breaks the rules. What happened to such a player in college that made 29 teams unwilling to select him in the second round?" Liu Mang sneered.

Seeing Hamilton running over with renewed energy, he no longer looked dazed as he had just been teased with a three-pointer by him. Liu Mang felt that the Pistons were more difficult to deal with than he had imagined!

It's time to start running the marathon again. Although the Pistons have additional tactics, just like Larry Brown's offense has always been so easy to defend, there haven't been many changes in the choice of running routes and supporting players.

The positions are very fixed, and the Pistons don't practice much offense in training, so there are so many changes.

Liu Mang actively followed Hamilton, and finally came to Stephen Jackson's side. Hamilton had been running at full speed for almost 10 seconds, and he was still so energetic. When Liu Mang ran here, if there was another pick-and-roll, he would almost be unable to catch up.

Already.

Sure enough, Stephen Jackson once again blocked Liu Mang.

At the same time, the Eagles' defense became more urgent than in the previous round. Everyone else was sticking to their defenders to avoid being passed by Billups. Although Billups was staring at Billups in the last round.
To be continued...