Carter was unhappy and angry about being blocked. He was even more unhappy when he saw Raheem counterattacking and also dunked.

Carter started the singles, just to deduct a point to regain the field.

As for Liu and Si, they had been planning for a long time with the increasingly sinister Mike Woodson before the game. They found that it was very difficult to deal with a guy like Kidd who was very smart and knew how to avoid his own shortcomings. In this case

, just start with other people.

Carter, who has always been criticized for his desire to win and criticized for his excessive dazzling skills, became the target of three evil men.

Looking at Carter's style of play, the Nets are going crazy!

Carter's chance of dunking alone was extremely low, because he was such an obvious target and the opponent would definitely target him. Then when he was thinking about how to dunk, it was as if the pass button was broken.

The Nets were fooled by the Hawks at the beginning!

Carter averaged 29.6 points per game in the playoffs this season, second only to Liu Mang's 31.62 points per game and Kobe Bryant's 30.3 points. His shooting percentage at the basket was as high as 65.9%, better than the two insiders O'Neal and Yao Ming.

The player with the highest field goal percentage among players is still six points higher. Carter's performance in the playoffs this year was off the charts!

However, Carter's ability to perform like this is not due to him alone, but to a large part of Kidd's credit.

Carter's empty-handed counterattack speed, air-cutting sharpness, and open three-point ability were all well utilized by Kidd. Carter scored 62% without the ball, and only 38%.

Scoring is singles and free throws.

Carter doesn't like to play without the ball, but Kidd can make Carter's off-ball play very entertaining, which makes Carter very happy, so Carter and Kidd work well together. In the series with the Pacers, the Basketball team

The Nets look like they have two Carters, or two Richard Jeffersons. Except for singles, they play exactly the same style next to Kidd, except that Carter is more accurate and can score.

In the original regular season, the Nets had no confidence in the playoffs against the Hawks. Even when they entered the playoffs as third in the Eastern Conference, they had no confidence in passing the second round until they defeated the Pacers in a difficult tiebreaker in the second round.

Only after that did they regain their confidence... Except for Carter, Carter had always been very confident in his own strength and felt that he still had an unlimited future and could play for a few years.

And because of this, Carter, who was already very confident in himself, became a little too confident!

When the Eagles' devilish home game suppressed the confidence of many Nets players, when Carter saw Liu Mang's challenge, he didn't think too much about it, he just did it!

At the beginning, Carter made five consecutive breakthroughs and failed to dunk once.

In the seven playoff games with the Pacers, Carter averaged 2.7 dunks per game, but only 0.4 dunks per game were with the ball, and the rest were all direct dunks after catching the ball...

As for the Eagles, they counterattacked one after another. Rahim, who was dunked by Liu Mang, was very active. He counterattacked and dunked, followed by the iron dunk that was chasing Liu Mang. He scored 6 points in a row in the beginning, plus Liu Mang.

After scoring 5 points, the Eagles started with an 11-3 run!

Carter made no other contribution except causing Liu Mang a foul. He also made one of two free throws and only scored one point from five shots. If it weren't for Richard Jefferson's tip-in shot, the Nets would have scored more than 3 points in the opening game.

The clock is about to fall behind by ten points.

The Nets' puppet-like head coach finally called a timeout when they were 8 points behind.

Kidd's head was so big that he didn't care whether he wanted to give Carter face or not, so he took Carter aside to chat...

On the Eagles side, Liu Mang knew about Carter Wool when he saw the Nets calling a timeout. This game is almost over, and the Nets must play well.

But there is nothing to be afraid of, as the 8-point lead has been established.

Coach Kruger also judged this and used Kwame Brown to replace Ratliff, who was a little tired after blocking several Carter breakthroughs. The Eagles had begun to study the Nets' style of play a long time ago, and they got

After Carter lost Kenyon Martin, the offense of the inside players was basically finished. The sharpest offensive end became outside cuts and three-pointers.

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After the timeout, the Eagles sent out a highly mobile lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown.

There were no substitutions for the Nets, Kidd, Carter, Richard Jefferson, Aaron Williams, and Jason Collins came on the court.

Carter sent the ball to Kidd, and Kidd advanced to the frontcourt. When the two reached the frontcourt, they discovered that the Eagles' defense had changed!

Kwame Brown and Rasheed Wallace, two highly mobile interior linemen, and Raheem guarded an interior zone defense!

Liu Mang did not continue to follow Carter and came to Kidd. Prince went to defend Carter.

Compared with Liu Mang's aggressive and biting defensive style, Prince's defense made Carter even more uncomfortable. Carter felt that Prince was like a robot, without feelings or emotions, and he had no reaction when he elbowed him.

, is an honest and disciplined defense, and Prince's physical condition and enthusiasm completely covered Carter's running movements.

On Liu Mang's side, when he saw Kidd advancing, he followed up and pressed up, blocking Kidd at the three-point line and constantly putting pressure on Kidd's body.

Seeing Liu Mang's expression of wanting to bite someone, Kidd immediately asked Aaron Williams to come out for the pick-and-roll, but it was Raheem who followed Aaron Williams, not the inside man!

Liu Mang and Rahim directly sandwiched Kidd one step inside the free throw line. They were really good at covering up Kidd. They were surprised to find Richard Jefferson who had retreated to the left three-point line.

Passed the ball.

There was no one in front of Richard Jefferson. Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown were blocking the cut, and Richard Jefferson retreated to the outside of the three-point line to receive the ball.

However, letting Richard Jefferson or Aaron Williams catch the ball was originally an extreme defensive strategy studied by Mike Woodson and a certain pair of masters and apprentices!

Richard Jefferson averaged 3.7 three-pointers per game in the first two rounds of the series, and only made 0.9 hits per game. Richard Jefferson, who shot only 24% of his three-pointers in the playoffs, is

A point Liu Mang proposed to take advantage of!

Richard Jefferson was okay with three-pointers in the regular season, shooting 36% from the field, but he only averaged 0.6 goals per game. In the playoffs, his true form suddenly appeared.

Watching the other team's inside double-door shot, Carter was stuck to Prince, who was like a ghost. Carter didn't like playing without the ball so much, so he simply stood outside the three-point line.

Oh, Aaron Williams... Richard Jefferson felt that if he cut in, he might as well shoot a three-pointer himself.

Richard Jefferson pulled up and took a three-point shot...

Missed!

The defensive strategy was successful, but he did not notice that when Richard Jefferson shot, Kidd sneaked into the predicted rebound spot and grabbed the ball first, before Kwame Brown rushed forward to defend.

When, he threw it to Richard Jefferson again.

If Richard Jefferson had made the first shot without the ball, he would have become very confident next, but he didn’t! After receiving the ball from Kidd, he hesitated immediately after receiving the ball.

Suddenly, Liu Mang, who had planned to rush out quickly but did not expect that Kidd could only rush back after grabbing the rebound, threw himself from the side. Richard Jefferson just jumped up and was startled, heading towards the basket.

It doesn't matter who threw it out.

The extremely active Kwame Brown grabbed the ball in front of Kidd and immediately threw it forward.

Rahim came down quickly, received the ball at the midline, and counterattacked again to score two points!

Liu Mang was already very active, but he didn't expect these teammates to be even more active!

Everyone in the Eagles was very excited, defensively active, and offensively quick.

Finally, Kidd no longer relied on anyone else and hit a mid-range shot immediately after a quick pick-and-roll.

Kidd's mid-range performance after the pick-and-roll is still very good. If the defense fails to keep up, he will throw it away. Moreover, due to the dismal performance of his teammates, he is not afraid of doing it himself. The whole team is doing it, so he is not so conspicuous.

On the contrary, it made Kidd shoot more decisively.

The Eagles attacked and already led 13-5 by 8 points. Liu Mang wanted to widen the point difference to more than ten points.

However, the Nets' defense is indeed very good. Carter's physical fitness has been utilized. The Nets actively shrink and block the defense. Liu Mang burst into the mid-range and was caught by three people. He had no chance to change direction, but his teammates had a chance.

, Liu Mang threw it to Prince, but unfortunately Prince failed to make a three-pointer for the first time in this game.

The defense was too hard. Even without the ball, Prince was giving Carter physical contact. His defensive IQ was too high, giving Carter a feeling of discomfort from the off-ball end. He also seemed expressionless but very active, even if Carter didn't.

Even though he was willing to run away, he was still giving Carter physical contact.

But because of this, Prince's own shooting was also affected. He missed a three-point shot and missed the backboard and flew out of the baseline.

"It's okay, Tyshawn, just throw it away when you get the chance!" Liu Mang comforted Prince, but he didn't expect Prince to be so cold and cold. He nodded without any expression and went back to defense.

These teammates!

One is rushing to score, the other is cold, Liu Mang feels more and more that these teammates are too "hateful"!

Prince has become very calm now, more calm than in his rookie year. In his rookie year, he would not dare to shoot because he couldn't make a shot. But now, he understands that as long as he dares to throw, there will be open three-pointers that can be thrown.

With strength, the opponent would not dare not guard against it.

Not all teams dare to gamble and defend like the Eagles with Liu Mang.

The defenses of the two teams began to become more oppressive. After the two teams fell into the position, the game was very slow in the second half of the first quarter. The Nets could not counterattack. There was no inside advantage in the position battle. Air cuts and both wings flew together.

The off-ball pick-and-roll is unreliable. The Hawks simply don't come out with Aaron Williams' impact. They stick to the basket and their offensive efficiency continues to decline.

As for the Eagles, they were also made uncomfortable by the Nets' strict defense. Apart from counterattacks, Raheem didn't have a good way to score. Richard Jefferson defended him too strictly. Prince

They also couldn't make many open shots, going 0 for 3 in the first quarter. Not to mention the two inside men, their defense was already killing them half their lives.

But they have Liu Mang!

The Nets used various defensive strategies, but found that with less than three people, they couldn't stop Liu Mang at all!

The left and right sides broke through at will. After getting close to the basket, the left and right hands shot at will. By accident, the two men blocked the defense and failed to block it. Liu Mang dunked directly across the center. Liu Mang entered the inside and had to attack with three people. Liu Mang was flanked.

Just pass the ball, and the pass is so elusive that sometimes even the Eagles players don't expect it to be passed to them...

In the first quarter, there were a total of 11 players on the court. Even Raheem, except for scoring 8 points in the first four minutes, only scored 1 point in the later period and made two free throws. The offensive efficiency of the others throughout the quarter was low.

Very low, the Nets played the entire first quarter and only scored 17 points!

As for the Eagles, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown only scored 6 points in the next eight minutes, but Liu Mang alone scored 10 points in the next eight minutes.

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To be continued...