Everyone thought that the Hawks would easily defeat the Nets. They won the last game by more than 40 points. The fans or the stars and celebrities who came to watch the game all came to watch the Hawks' Eastern Conference Championship Award Ceremony.

, Nets fans stopped coming to the game because of this, and many fans even sold their tickets to Eagles fans.

When the game first started, almost all the fans were chatting, eating, and watching the game in a relaxed manner.

But I didn’t expect that this competition would become more and more intense!

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The two teams played very anxiously from the beginning. The offense and defense of the two teams became fierce. Both teams played at a very high level. Even the Nets played even better than when they played against the Pacers.

Excellent standard.

At the beginning, the Eagles scored a three-pointer and two basket points, scoring seven points in a row, but then the Nets' defense became faster and faster, and the Eagles' offense also encountered some troubles, while the Nets, relying on

A more diverse style of play, and a mentality of not caring about winning or losing to try more styles of play. Unexpectedly, the results were quite good, maintaining an offensive efficiency similar to that of the Eagles.

In the sixth minute of the first quarter, the Eagles only relied on Prince's three-pointer to lead the Nets by 1 point, because the two teams scored the same number of goals!

15 to 14, the Eagles lead by one point, and the ball is in the hands of the Eagles.

The game has been going smoothly so far. Neither team has called a timeout. The Eagles want to leave the game to the players themselves. Anyway, at 3-0, Coach Kruger can sit back and play slowly and adjust the ball.

The status of the team.

The Nets finally managed to play the best offense in the series and would not disrupt their own rhythm because of their brain problems.

The Eagles continued to attack with Liu Mang holding the ball.

Liu Mang pretended to cut through Rasheed Wallace's pick-and-roll. Prince chose an air cut to take away Carter who wanted to quickly cover up. Liu Mang retreated before Aaron Williams blocked him.

Rasheed Wallace was in the pick-and-roll position and hit a three-pointer.

During the transition between offense and defense, after Kidd and Carter picked and rolled, Carter failed to score a three-point shot against Liu Mang's defense. The Nets' ability to get rid of the defense was still far behind the Hawks.

But looking back, Liu Mang, who made another three-point shot, was also determined. Kidd, who was stuck closer to the basket than Rasheed Wallace, grabbed the defensive rebound. Carter and Richard Jefferson were both quick.

Next, Liu Mang, Prince, and Raheem were chasing closely, but Kidd's pass was too accurate. Carter just received the ball as soon as he reached the three-point line. After receiving the ball, Carter immediately made a beautiful move laterally and passed the ball.

Liu Mang, who was catching up, swayed away. Liu Mang pounced directly from Carter. Prince and Rahim could only block it. Carter threw the ball toward the backboard, and Richard Jefferson succeeded in the alley-oop!

If it were Carter in the past, he would just do it with the ball. After he came to the Nets, his assists hit a career low whether in the regular season or the playoffs, averaging only 2.6 assists per game, although he was still considered a scorer.

Excellent, but obviously did not show his talent in organizing offense.

It was the Eagles' offense again, and Liu Mang finally succeeded in breaking to the basket. Prince scored a three-pointer at the beginning of the day and then actively cut back to contain Carter. Liu Mang's breakthrough became smoother. After reaching the basket, Liu Mang

Facing Jason Collins' big change, he threw a jump shot... The force was a bit too strong, and the space was released, but it hit the inside of the basket and bounced out.

However, Prince, who cut in, had better offensive awareness than usual today. After Liu Mang broke in, Prince, who had run out again, suddenly changed direction to follow up, just in time to grab the offensive rebound, and tipped the ball in, causing Jason Collins to foul.

, got two free throws.

There was no dead ball for half a day. The two teams played cleanly with very few fouls. Neither team called a timeout. The referee finally caught the opportunity and quickly entered the official timeout.

18 to 16, with two free throws left, the Eagles had the maximum possible lead of 4 points, but there was no relaxation. A 4-point lead was basically nothing.

Liu Mang did not return to the bench. He was going to play anyway. When he saw Stockton taking off his training clothes, he knew that he would be without the ball for a while. The extra 100 seconds to practice three-pointers was also 100 seconds. He was having a fierce battle with the Nets just now.

During the confrontation, Liu Mang clearly felt the impact. The penalty scale in the playoffs was greater than that in the regular season. Liu Mang's three-point shooting in this year's regular season has been greatly affected. For the first time in his career, his three-point shooting percentage was less than 10%.

Four percent.

The bad boys of the Pistons who directly hit people are not counted. In terms of confrontation alone, in Liu Mang's opinion, this season is the pinnacle of NBA history. The points per game average of all teams in this season is the lowest since accurate data records are available.

I can tell.

Liu Mang's shooting percentage decline is not simply due to the increase in three-point shots, because the number of hits has not increased significantly. It is because he encounters greater defensive confrontations and his feel is affected.

The Nets are more active in defense today, and Liu Mang often has to go through at least two confrontations and several changes of direction before he has a chance to shoot a three-pointer.

When Liu Mang picked up the ball after throwing it, he looked at the big screen. It was 7 minutes and 23 seconds, 18 to 16. This score was good enough. The Nets really couldn't defend their offense today!

After a while, if they change into a rotating lineup, the opponent will still have the three big players on the outside, and Liu Mang will feel a lot of pressure.

He couldn't tell what changes had occurred in the opponent's offense. At first, Liu Mang thought it was the Nets that had transferred the ball from Kidd to Carter. However, Liu Mang thought carefully about it, except for the two or three seconds when Carter broke through and held the ball.

, At other times, Carter didn't hold the ball much, and he still played without the ball. Occasionally, he held the ball for a long time, and it was because Kidd was stared at by Liu Mang himself.

But the Nets' offensive movement is completely different from what Liu Mang has seen before. It seems that the entire team has come to life, and there have been many subtle changes on the offensive end.

Liu Mang was thinking about it and unconsciously walked back to the bench to think about it. He took out the Nets scouting report that was placed behind the bench and flipped through the shooting heat maps of all the Nets players.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Coach Kruger is discussing tactics with Stockton, Boozer, Prince, and Kwame Brown. There is nothing special to talk about. The game is going well.

Up to this point, 3-0, the players' tactics in the first three games were extremely smooth.

Liu Mang was practicing three-pointers when he suddenly came back to read the scouting report. Coach Kruger was talking about tactics when he suddenly caught sight of this scene. He stopped talking about tactics and went over with a tactical board to see what Liu Mang was looking at.

The teammates who were interrupted while listening to the tactics also gathered around and found that Liu Mang was looking at the opponent's shooting heat map...

What's the use of watching? The opponent's three-pointers were so bad today. They opened 16 points, all of which were counterattacks and scoring at the basket. The three-pointers were locked. Kidd had no chance to shoot in the mid-range. Nets' shooting heat map

What does it seem to be used for?

Liu Mang also knew that the opponent's shooting heat map was useless in today's game. They were facing a lot of confrontations and their outside shooting was average. The opponent must be worse. However, through the shooting hot spots, Liu Mang made it clear that the opponent's offense looked like

There are very different changes, but there are no changes in the scoring area of ​​each player!

Even if the tactics change, the areas where players are good at shooting, layups, and air cuts still cannot be changed. The tactics only allow the players to have better opportunities to display their strengths, but cannot give the players more abilities that they are not good at!

Liu Mang figured this out and looked up to see that his teammates and coaches were coming over. Coach Kruger even brought the tactical board over.

What a good coach! He understood his little apprentice's thoughts so well that Liu Mang took the tactical board and erased all the running lines on it. He also called the names of his teammates who were on the field, which was exactly what Coach Kruger had just thought.

Most of the names to be replaced are different.

Coach Kruger watched Liu Mang draw and touch his right chest. Looking at Liu Mang, he only had one thought in his mind: The tactical board was robbed again. Doesn't he care when he sees his mentor having angina? Is this disciple?

Doesn't your conscience hurt?...Wait a minute, it seems that I touched the wrong place, my heart is on the left side...

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

On the Nets side, the Big Three on the outside did not move as expected. There was a rotation on the inside. Aaron Williams moved to the center position. Davon Brown, the No. 8 pick in the second round in 2001, came on the court. The Nets changed to a brisk team.

lineup.

With their pick-and-roll style of play, without Kenyon Martin, the Nets are still very good at defending the outside, but they are not good at defending the inside. Every time Boozer comes up, he can beat them to death.

They might as well stop defending the paint and use a smaller lineup to deal with the Hawks, taking advantage of Boozer's slow speed.

But this was anticipated by Liu Mang, so he put on a super capable combination, both in fighting and defense.

Kidd obviously did not expect such a change in the Hawks, but he did not become panicked like before, but clapped his hands to signal his teammates not to panic.

The boss's emotions will drive the emotions of his teammates. Kidd's solid performance today is the key to the Nets' overall stability today.

After the timeout, Prince stood on the free throw line first. His fixed-point shooting was still very good. Prince made two free throws. The Eagles led the Nets by 4 points, 20-16.

Kidd took a deep breath, received the ball and advanced slowly. The opponent's lineup changed beyond his expectation. He could only control his emotions by himself. Only by not panicking can his teammates play well.

After Kidd advanced to the frontcourt, he wanted to find Carter. Carter's threat was the key to tearing apart the Eagles' defense that they had studied in the past two days. But when Kidd looked for Carter, he found that Prince was bypassing Carter!

It doesn’t matter whether Carter will cut through the air, simply not letting Carter catch the ball. As for whether Carter will cut through the basket... This is unlikely. The two towers of Kwame Brown and Rasheed Wallace are playing.

Inside, each one is better than the other.

Carter found an opportunity on the horizontal line of the free throw line, took Prince, ran around the dotted line of the free throw line, came to the left side of the basket, and ran out of the three-point line to catch the ball.

After making a circle to catch the ball, he still ran out of position. Carter received Kidd's pass on the left side of the basket. Prince suddenly accelerated and when Carter received the ball, he got stuck on the right side of Carter's body.

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After Kidd passed the ball, Liu Mang pushed to the right side of the basket next to Kidd. Kidd, prompted by this body language, followed Liu Mang's pressure and retreated to a 45-degree angle on the right side of the basket, blocking the space.

Pull it to Carter.

I just feel a little weird, and I don’t know what’s wrong with it, it just feels weird.

After Carter received the ball, he subconsciously wanted to move toward the top arc, but Prince blocked the space on the right side of his body. The key is that Kidd had already moved beyond the 45-degree three-point line on the right side. Even if he forced it past,

He was also flanked by Liu Mang almost immediately, and Carter saw the breakthrough route off the line on the left side of the basket left by Prince!

Carter accelerated suddenly, broke through from the left, and tried to use his explosive speed to get rid of Prince.

However, Prince's long legs were also very fast, and kept pressing Carter to rush inside. After Carter broke through, he found that he could not start at full speed, and was basically blocked when he entered.

Carter wants to find Kidd or Richard Jefferson. According to the tactics, Kidd should use Richard Jefferson's off-ball pick-and-roll at this time, or Kidd himself can attract Liu Mang and Barn.

With Si's flanking pursuit, Richard Jefferson can make an air cut. Otherwise, Liu Mang and Barnes can block Richard Jefferson. Kidd has a chance, and if he wants to attack Richard at the same time,

-It is basically impossible for Jefferson and Kidd. Richard Jefferson's physical fitness is too good.

However, when Carter just raised his head to turn around, he saw Richard Jefferson, just over one meter or two meters away from him in the left corner...

Carter felt that his brain capacity was not enough for a while. Richard Jefferson was here, so how could Kidd deal with Liu Mang? And why was Richard Jefferson here?

Kidd, who was obsessed with Liu Mang, finally realized something was wrong. The other party was too treacherous! They separated him from Richard Jefferson! And Kidd himself didn't notice this at first.

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Carter was breaking through on the other side. For a second that surprised Carter, Carter broke deep and was caught in the lower left corner of the basket by Rasheed Wallace and Prince! The two of them covered Carter's head like that.
To be continued...