After Liu Mang got the rebound, before he could pass it to McGrady, he was immediately hugged by Haslem who was following closely. The Heat started hard enough and did not give the Hawks a chance to counterattack, so they directly committed a tactical foul.

The last time the Heat scored 122 points in a single game against the Suns and lost by 15 points 107-122, the Heat began to be wary of the fast counterattacks of the Hawks and Suns.

Compared with the Suns, the Heat are more afraid of the defensive "run and gun" team of the Hawks. Although defense is not considered a run and gun, both the Hawks and Suns are considered run and gun teams.

The Eagles had a sideline ball, and Liu Mang sent the ball to McGrady.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Liu Mang saw Kwame Brown under the basket being pestered by O'Neal.

"This fat guy has lost weight and is as flexible as he was three years ago..." Liu Mang thought of O'Neal when he first played against the Lakers three years ago. Pat Riley forced O'Neal to lose weight just to make O'Neal

He has that kind of mobility on the defensive end, unlike the previous two years where the Hawks were unwilling to move unless they faced the Spurs.

Kwame Brown was entangled by O'Neal and could not come out to pick and roll for Liu Mang, because O'Neal would be squeezed together with Liu Mang and Wade, and there would be no space. On the other side, Rasheed Wallace encountered Hasler.

The same goes for Tom. The short Haslem is also entangled with Rasheed Wallace.

If you have no other choice, just stay in position.

McGrady made a gesture to Liu Mang, dribbling with his left hand and curling the three fingers of his right hand, with his thumb and little finger stretched out, like a six. In fact, it was a special gesture for the two of them plus Jason Terry, which meant:

One for you and one for me.

Liu Mang immediately ran to the left at a 45-degree angle to create space for Tracy McGrady.

McGrady singled out Ace Jones from a 45-degree angle on the right side.

It was quite a simple task. McGrady suddenly accelerated as he was dribbling. Eddie Jones was already under a lot of pressure to defend McGrady. He was so nervous that he kept retreating. McGrady took one step inside the three-point line and made an emergency jumper.

In the eighth year of his career, he has never made a long-range mid-range shot with a shooting percentage lower than 40%. McGrady started the game very well today and hit a hollow shot.

The offense and defense transitioned, and the Heat attacked. Originally, Wade wanted to play a few games in the beginning to let Liu Mang and McGrady know that he was different from before. Who knew that the other side actually saw through it.

Wade didn't do it on his own anymore. When he saw O'Neal pressing Kwame Brown in the paint for the ball, he immediately lobbed it over.

The Heat started their regular play again, and O'Neal came up and hit two first.

Kwame Brown followed Mourning's instructions and kept making physical contact with O'Neal when he was getting the ball. However, when O'Neal was about to get the ball, he moved forward a little, slapped the ball down and hit his body backwards.

Pressing on O'Neal who moved forward a little, he pressed against O'Neal and reached around O'Neal's huge body to get the ball!

Kwame Brown has small hands, but his arms are not short. He has the same height and wingspan as Howard, but his size is a little better. His hands have already touched the ball!

But O'Neal was so focused on this game, how could he not have thought that his old rival on the opposite bench would teach the young No. 1 pick some techniques to defend him? When he felt Kwame Brown's pressing movement, O'Neal was about to take the shot.

The ball was in his hands. When Kwame Brown reached out and lost his defensive position, he quickly turned around and pressed Kwame Brown behind him. He took a step forward and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands!

This turn is too fast!

Rasheed Wallace, who was close to the free throw line on the other side of the basket, was always ready to wait for Kwame Brown to be knocked into the paint. Tracy McGrady, who was guarding Wade, was also ready, but O'Neal's

The turn was too fast, it only took one second from turn to dunk!

Liu Mang looked at O'Neal and was really confused!

In terms of ability evaluation, O'Neal no longer has the absolutely invincible crushing ability of previous years. However, that is only for O'Neal himself. He is not as strong as before. It is different for others! O'Neal just does not have himself.

He was so powerful when he was most invincible, but he is still the most invincible center in the league! His ability evaluation is now not as good as Garnett and Duncan, just because those two are guys who can win the best defensive player, he is still

He is the most offensive interior player in the league.

He was beaten again! Kwame Brown gritted his teeth and ran forward. Anyway, it was just Gang! It was up to him whether Gang just had to pass. The bosses on the offensive end would solve it themselves.

Van Gundy's team always defends very well, especially when playing against the Hawks. They retreat quickly. Liu Mang receives McGrady's serve and is not in a hurry to speed up to avoid mistakes and being beaten by the opponent's extremely fast outside trio.

There is also a physical power forward who is 2.03 meters tall and plays counterattack.

After Liu Mang arrived in the frontcourt, he beckoned McGrady to come over for a pick-and-roll. McGrady came up to help Liu Mang block Wade.

"Ding...the pick-and-roll master is triggered at level 5..."

coming!

After seeing Liu Mang dodge the defense, Eddie Jones knew that Liu Mang was going to explode with an explosive speed similar to Wade's, so he rushed forward, but just as Wade's acceleration was unstoppable, Eddie Jones followed.

The defense behind Tracy McGrady was unable to block it! Liu Mang suddenly threw him away.

Eddie Jones could only chase after him to avoid Liu Mang's easy mid-range shot.

Liu Mang got rid of Eddie Jones and rushed inside. Rasheed Wallace took Haslem to the bottom corner. O'Neal could only step out to cover the defense. He accelerated after being screened by Liu Mang in the playoffs last year.

He kept the shame of the buckle in his heart.

Liu Mang did not take off, but accelerated and rushed into O'Neal's arms. He slapped the ball from O'Neal's crotch. The ball passed through O'Neal's crotch and bounced into the hands of Kwame Brown inside. Eddie Jones had already rushed in.

It was still a step too late, and Kwame Brown dunked the ball directly and scored two points.

After dunking, Kwame Brown beat his chest and roared while fighting back.

Liu Mang became iron-clad when he saw Kwame Brown returning a dunk. He didn't know who taught him...Liu Mang remembered it. It seemed that he taught him in last year's finals...Little Kwame did a good job!

The offenses of both teams have fallen into regular positional battles. Different teams can have different playing styles. This is the most difficult point for the Eagles to allow their opponents to defend, because the Eagles plan the spot based on the opponent's playing style.

Tactical strategy for the game.

The Heat started with a few shots from O'Neal. O'Neal made 3 of 5 shots in the beginning. He missed two consecutive shots because Kwame Brown's many small moves consumed his energy. Wade's breakthrough under the basket started.

For distance jump shots, the main thing is to break through the basket. When McGrady was guarding him, Wade's height disadvantage was too great. There was a full ten centimeters difference. The key point is that the speed of the two was almost the same. Wade still chose to focus on attacking at the basket.

He knows very well that his mid-range shooting ability is still not enough, and the probability of making a shot when being interfered with is still a bit low.

For the Eagles, it is said that it is a one-man singles game, but in fact it is mainly Liu Mang's singles game. McGrady's physical strength cannot support him to go all out on both the offensive and defensive ends, otherwise he will not be able to play the whole game.

Liu Mang once again started to challenge Wade and O'Neal one by one. After breaking through on the left and right sides and having similar finishing ability at the basket, he could barely withstand the offense of the still young Wade and the aging O'Neal.

Liu Mang mainly scored, supplemented by passing the ball after attracting the opponent's defense. By the seventh minute of the first quarter, Liu Mang scored 8 points and 2 assists, McGrady scored 5 points and 1 assist, and the Eagles ended the match with the Heat.

16 square meters!

At the beginning, both teams' offense was very efficient, with both teams' shooting percentages above 45%.

The game is officially suspended.

…

After the official timeout, the Hawks sent out a lineup of Calderon, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Rasheed Wallace.

Liu Mang was sitting on the sidelines. He didn't play because he wanted to give all the ball rights to Jason Terry. Just like when he came up from the bench and was fully trusted, Coach Kruger was experimenting. Jason Terry

Can Terry, the team's second-leading scorer and one of only two players averaging more than 15 points per game, perform well enough in the rotation?

Already entering the middle of the season, the Hawks may have a horrific three-month schedule every year. The Hawks need the team's second-leading scorer to make a greater contribution so that Tracy McGrady and Liu Mang can get more points in the game.

Break time.

Liu Mang does not have physical fitness, but although the coaching staff knows that Liu Mang has good physical fitness, they still have to consider Liu Mang's future and avoid too many injuries in the early stages of his career.

Liu Mang didn't refuse. It would be better if he could play more relaxedly. Moreover, Liu Mang remembered that in the 2006 Finals, Jason Terry was the Finals MVP in the first two games! If the Mavericks hadn't met that year,

Going by the body hair whistle, Jason Terry is the No. 1 favorite for Finals MVP.

To beat the Heat, Jason Terry needs something different.

Sure enough, Liu Mang's guess was right!

Jason Terry did not disappoint Liu Mang, he started to get angry as soon as he came up!

On the Heat's side, O'Neal went to rest, and Wade took over the point guard position, joining the rotation of Eddie Jones, Russell Butler, Christian Laettner, and Michael Doriac.

Jason Terry went up and faced Wade's defense and hit a three-pointer.

Immediately afterwards, Wade broke through for a layup and was caught on the edge of the three-second zone by Iguodala and Josh Smith. When encountering these two top physical men, Iguodala and Josh Smith completely ignored Laettner who was opening up the space.

Wade didn't expect this, and was blocked by two people on the edge of the three-second zone and couldn't make a throw.

Rasheed Wallace grabbed a defensive rebound from Doriak. The Heat need Mourning so much, their backup center is so bad!

The Heat retreated quickly, and this time Wade blocked Jason Terry's three-pointer, but Jason Terry took advantage of Wade's defense to break into the mid-range, make a sudden jump shot, and hit it again!

The king of substitutes!
Chapter completed!