The Hawks tried to play fast, but instead raised the Suns' already fast pace to a higher level. The Suns scored 17 points in 4 minutes and made 7 of 7 shots!

The Hawks scored 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting, which was already good. They even stole one from the Suns midway, but after scoring 12 points in 4 minutes, they were still 5 points behind!

Coach Kruger called a long timeout, interrupting the Suns' rhythm for a long time, mainly to adjust.

Liu Mang recalled that in the original time and space, the Spurs, who eliminated the Suns in the Western Conference Finals this season, seemed to have averaged over 100 points per game. The Spurs also failed to suppress the Suns' rhythm. Liu Mang could not remember the exact number.

I scored, but I remember a very interesting set of data. The difference between the Spurs' scoring average in the Western Conference Finals and the Finals was 24 points. The Spurs averaged less than 85 points in the Finals, but averaged 105 points in the Western Conference Finals.

above.

The Spurs defeated the Suns relying on offense.

What Liu Mang remembers is that the Spurs relied on their success rate to defeat the Suns' fast-paced shots.

That was definitely an atypical Spurs team, a bit like the team-based Spurs of the future, but very different.

Liu Mang has a big head. The way he can think of for the Spurs to defeat the Suns is to rely on "stability", a stable offense, and a stable mentality. What Liu Mang remembers most clearly is that the Spurs' five games were all half-games.

After falling behind for a game or even three quarters, they finally managed to reverse course thanks to Ginobili's MVP-level offensive performance in almost every game in the fourth quarter of the playoffs that year.

Liu Mang found that his understanding of the Suns was a bit biased. He unconsciously put the Warriors into it. However, although the Warriors have a strong offense, they are a defense-oriented team. In the 2017-2018 season, they played their own accurate

Since the statistics were collected, the team averaged 7.5 blocks per game in a season, breaking the NBA historical record.

Liu Mang watched D'Antoni lead the team during the Rockets period. The Rockets' defense at that time was not weak, which destroyed some of Liu Mang's impressions of real running and gunning. It also had something to do with his age. He watched the Suns when he was a kid.

It's game.

But now I find that D'Antoni was even crazier than Nelson when he was young! Liu Mang looked at the smiling mustache on the Suns bench and said that once he became famous, he was talking about D'Antoni.

When Liu Mang was thinking, Coach Kruger called him over: "Ace, don't be anxious when you shoot, take your time..."

"Slow down the pace to fight the position?" Liu Mang asked.

"No, we still play fast on the offensive end and look for offensive opportunities as quickly as possible, but we have to make some subtle adjustments. Andre, Josh, come here..." Coach Kruger said the next five will take the field.

The players shouted together and mentioned some tactical changes.

Coach Kruger did not change the rhythm in a hurry, but was making "fine adjustments". Liu Mang's eyes widened when he looked at the four teammates that Coach Kruger called over.

If you change the head coach of most teams, you will definitely panic and want to slow down the rhythm at this time, and then the rhythm you originally prepared will be destroyed.

But who is Coach Kruger? He is the head coach who has an apprentice named Ace Liu. At this time, you have to make waves! You also have to show a unique posture!

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Liu Mang looked at the four teammates who were playing with him, glanced at Coach Kruger, and thought to himself: Coach, are you kidding me, or are you starting to go bald and want to take revenge on society?

What are these four teammates going to do together?

What about fine-tuning the tactics?

But the coping strategy seems pretty good!

Just talking about this substitution has already caught the opponent off guard!

Liu Mang, Iguodala, Tracy McGrady, Prince, Josh Smith.

The Eagles fielded five small lineups!

In fact, they are the fifth graders, but except for Josh Smith who is two centimeters shorter than Stoudemire, in other positions, the Hawks are taller than the Suns or at least the same height. Liu Mang is two centimeters taller than Nash, and Iguodala is taller than the Suns.

As tall as Big Q, McGrady is two centimeters taller than Joe Johnson, and Prince is five or six centimeters taller than Marion.

But the center was actually Josh Smith, who occasionally played small forward. The Suns were shocked. This substitution was a bit harsh!

D'Antoni looked at the Hawks' substitutions. He felt that the lineup he had arranged was crazy enough, but the substitutions made by the coach on the opposite side were actually even crazier!

This is the lineup that Coach Kruger and Mike Woodson have spent many days determining if the defense cannot guard the Suns.

The Suns did not make any substitutions. They still had the combination of Nash, Big Q, contemporary Jordan, Marion, and Little Bully. Their lineup all played more than 35 minutes, and every game played the first quarter to establish an advantage.

After the timeout, the Eagles attack.

Liu Mang sent the ball to McGrady, who advanced to the frontcourt.

When Liu Mang arrived in the frontcourt, he saw Marion defending. The Suns actually used a "power forward" to defend the point guard!

The Suns' defense was not there to begin with. Now that the Hawks have used five perimeter lineups, they just defend casually. Marion has a long wingspan and is fast. He is the Suns' best perimeter defender and can defend James.

He also dared to guard against Yao Ming and wanted to use him to restrict Liu Mang.

Liu Mang cut in from the middle. Sure enough, Marion's defense was N times better than Nash's, and he couldn't keep up with his speed. However, relying on his prediction and the interference of his wingspan, he managed to keep up with Liu Mang. Liu Mang held up his left hand.

Nash leaned on Marion and asked McGrady for the ball. Nash actively interfered with McGrady's pass, but was unable to interfere at all. McGrady easily lobbed the ball to Liu Mang, who was leaning on Marion to cut in.

Liu Mang received the ball and stepped on the free throw line and paused for a moment. Marion blocked Liu Mang's front. Liu Mang suddenly swatted the ball to the left and moved the ball forward to the left with a horizontal dribble. Marion wanted to follow but was blocked.

Someone blocked it! It was Josh Smith! Liu Mang easily drove into the basket from the left, stepped on the left edge of the three-second zone with his left foot, grabbed the ball, exerted force with his left foot, and jumped out towards the basket.

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When Liu Mang jumped up, he looked behind him on the right side. Sure enough, Marion, Joe Johnson, and Big Q were already down immediately, regardless of whether the Eagles scored or not.

Stoudemire jumped up to interfere with Liu Mang, but Liu Mang did not shoot after jumping up because he took off from one foot and landed on the ground with his right foot. He continued to take a step forward and passed from Stoudemire's side.

Passed by, came to the other side of the three-second zone, and threw the ball into the air from behind Stoudemire!

Stoudemire fell out of the air and was about to hit the ground when he was knocked away by a huge force! Josh Smith helped Liu Mang pick and roll and then turned around and rushed in. When he saw Liu Mang's lob, he took off directly.

, knocking Stoudemire away in the air and smashing the ball into the basket!

Stoudemire took several steps back after landing and hit the sponge of the basket. Liu Mang rushed to the basket and caught the ball that bounced on the ground after Josh Smith dunked. He wanted to show off and roared when he saw it.

Josh Smith kicked him. Josh Smith immediately reacted and quickly retreated. The rest of the Eagles also retreated.

"Amare, are you okay?" Liu Mang asked kindly.

Stoudemire was stunned for a moment. Boss Ace is a good man! He shook his head.

"That's good." After Liu Mang said that, he threw the ball to Stoudemire, turned around and ran back. At this time, the other four players of the Eagles had all returned to their defensive positions.

Josh Smith's physical fitness is so good. When Liu Mang was a fan, he felt that if Josh Smith met D'Antoni and Nash, he might have the same pie-eating ability as Stoudemire.

And he is similar to James in that he rarely gets injured and is very suitable for running and gunning. Of course, Josh Smith's focus on defense is not comparable to Stoudemire's.

Although Josh Smith's physical fitness is similar to that of James, he and James are not the same type of players at all. The gap in golf IQ and personality is too big, otherwise he would not have performed as well as he did in high school, but he is only the first round of the draft.

He was selected in the middle of the draft, but James is the No. 1 pick in the draft. Josh Smith should develop into a fixed role in order to avoid the fact that his lack of golf intelligence and personality make his style of play easily affected by other people's words.

Liu Mang was holding the ball and caring about Stoudemire, which made Nash feel that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain it.

Stoudemire passed the ball to Nash. Nash saw that the Hawks had returned to defense and did not make any long passes, but the advance was still very fast, and he and Stoudemire quickly came to the frontcourt.

The Suns are actually very good at playing position, mainly because they can turn the position into a fast break!

The Hawks occasionally use fast breaks in position battles, but the Suns always play like this.

Liu Mang waited for Nash to come over from the top arc. During the pick-and-roll between Nash and Stoudemire, Liu Mang chose to defend himself. McGrady and Prince were not very good at guarding, so Iguodala, a young man, followed him.

Big Q is the Suns' best runner.

After Nash came over, he directly started a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire in the top arc. Stoudemire came to block Liu Mang. Liu Mang did not choose to go around the pick-and-roll to block Nash's three-pointer because they had Josh Smith! A guy who can

A man with super physical fitness from one defense to five defenses!

Liu Mang immediately switched defenses with Josh Smith and blocked Stoudemire's cutting path. Stoudemire wanted to turn around and cut in, but was blocked by Liu Mang. Nash saw the Hawks' internal and external defensive combination and had expected it.

At this point, after encountering a switch of defense, he decisively chose to break through and rushed from the right side of the top arc. Josh Smith followed Nash closely to the inside.

Liu Mang is too familiar with Nash's breakthrough method. Isn't his action of rushing directly to the right side of the three-second zone the same as his Dragic's breakthrough route? Dragic is just like

Nash learned this skill!

Liu Mang went inside to defend. Stoudemire's current mid-range shot is not something to be afraid of. Stoudemire only developed his mid-range shot after a serious injury in 2006. The current mid-range shot is not practiced by Stoudemire.

CIC’s thoughts.

Liu Mang got inside and pretended to rush over to block Nash. After Nash changed from a layup to throwing the ball into the air, Liu Mang stopped under the basket and bounced back, trying to block the rebound.

Posture, leaning on Stoudemire.

"Ding...Rock Solid Level 5 trigger, there is a 25% chance of being blocked perfectly when grabbing offensive rebounds."

Tieshan relied on to withstand the impact of Stoudemire's attempt to take off, and his iron foot skills were rooted on the ground to withstand Stoudemire's brute force. The rock solid played an extra role, but Liu Mang blocked it with all his strength.

Stoudemire!

Nash threw the ball for Stoudemire to catch, but it was a mistake!

Liu Mang struggled with Stoudemire with all his strength. The two pounced on the ball that was hanging "crossing the bridge". Liu Mang, who was much faster and more flexible, caught the ball first. McGrady rushed over to pick it up and hugged the ball.

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Be on guard!

The Eagles defended the Suns' offense for the first time in this game!

After the defense, the offense is very simple. Although McGrady advances quickly after protecting the ball, he does not have the blindness before the timeout that he followed the Suns' rhythm and could not control the speed. After advancing to the frontcourt, he waited for his teammates.

Get into position and put the Suns players in a defensive position before passing the ball.

If they keep running, the Suns don't have to get into position at all. But after the Hawks fall into a positional battle and then start to attack quickly, the Suns must defend well. No matter how they wave, they can't let their opponents get into position and slowly adjust their throws.

Three points, they don't have that much time to adjust when they play fast break.

The Eagles' offense was still very easy. Liu Mang continued to use Josh Smith's off-ball pick-and-roll to cut into the inside. McGrady took a slow step and hoisted the ball to Liu Mang's hands, relying on Josh Smith's off-ball pick-and-roll to cut into the paint.

After receiving Stoudemire's attention and taking Marion away, Liu Mang easily scored two points with a layup.

After the goal, Liu Mang caught the ball again and waited for his teammates to run across half the court before throwing it to Marion who was serving.

Seeing this scene, Nash finally understood what he felt was wrong with the last offensive round! That shameless MVP was not "caring" about Stoudemire. He was clearly taking the opportunity to interrupt their fast break!

That bastard! How shameless!

"Amar'e, Sean, when you're on defense, pay attention to grabbing rebounds and balls that fall after they make shots!" Nash quickly reminded.

When Liu Mang turned around and returned to defense, he heard Nash's words, and he was discovered by this guy!
Chapter completed!