There is a fundamental difference between the Hawks' cavalry tactics and the Suns' run-and-gun tactics.

If the Eagles don't perform well offensively, they will think of using defense to solve the problem, using the thinking of a playoff team.

But the Suns are different, defense? They never considered that if the opponent shoots the ball, their way to deal with it is to shoot more balls!

The Suns didn't think about how to defend at all, they only thought about offense!

This Suns team quickly became popular because of their crazy energy!

Since they did not consider defense, their defense became simple and crude. Because Liu Mang was quick to grab the ball after attacking the basket, after the first timeout in the first quarter, he hit the basket with five consecutive goals and failed to score.

Even though he had the ball in his hands, Stoudemire was not necessarily as good at rebounding as Liu Mang. Stoudemire's awareness of rebounding was so poor that he only averaged 5.6 defensive rebounds per game this season, while Liu Mang

Defensive rebounds are 5.1. Nowitzki has two seasons with only 4 total rebounds and 6 total rebounds, averaging double figures in rebounds per game. Nowitzki's career defensive rebounds per game before the age of 30

The rebounds are 8.2. Stoudemire has never had such a performance in the peak season of his career.

Stoudemire is great at offensive rebounds, but when it comes to defensive rebounds, he can't compete with Liu Mang. His positioning ability and prediction of rebounds are not as good as Liu Mang's. He relies entirely on jumping to rebound.

While Smith's rebounds were average, Liu Mang was as strong as Stoudemire in rebounding. He grabbed offensive rebounds for three consecutive rounds, and after scoring, he also grabbed the ball to block the Suns' first opportunity.

Fast break.

Although Nash went to the referee and the referee also warned Liu Mang, Liu Mang did not dare to hold the ball for so long after the referee's warning. However, he picked up the ball and took a step to throw it to Stoudemire or Marion.

Just one extra second or two is enough. The Hawks lineup only needs more than one second more to prevent the Suns from counterattacking immediately.

Although they still couldn't stop Nash and Stoudemire's positional fast break, after Stoudemire and Nash were prepared for Liu Mang's blocking and blocking ability, Liu Mang couldn't stop Stoudemire.

Meyer's position was high and he hit high and dunked directly, but at least he kept the speed at a pace that the Eagles were comfortable with.

The goal of the defensive tactics arranged by Mike Woodson is to concentrate the opponent's scoring on Nash and Stoudemire. Liu Mang and Josh Smith guard the two.

, but McGrady, Iguodala, and Prince have to limit the other three's open three-pointers.

Liu Mang's contingency strategy was to take advantage of the fact that the league has not yet stipulated that offensive players are not allowed to touch the ball after scoring a goal. Within the limits acceptable to the referee, he used small tricks from the beginning to slightly restrict the Suns' counterattack.

However, after the Suns called a timeout, they immediately came up with a countermeasure. D'Antoni made a strange move. The Eagles started to attack only after they were in position. D'Antoni chose the whole team to shrink from the mid-range to prevent the Eagles from the outside.

Rushing inside to waste time, preventing Liu Mang from taking advantage of his position to grab rebounds and block fast breaks.

Seeing that the Hawks were about to rely on stability to overtake the score, the Suns relied on strange moves to continue the rhythm.

Just like the Suns had to defend when the Hawks fell into position, the Hawks were open on the outside and had to shoot!

Liu Mang directly received the ball in the top arc and hit Nash in singles. Nash didn't move forward or defend. What else could Liu Mang do if he didn't throw? He could only adjust and use his best shooting feeling to throw the ball in.

But as soon as Liu Mang made a shot, the Suns used Stoudemire and Marion to grab rebounds, and Big Q and Joe Johnson made consecutive three-pointers.

The fans at the scene were all frightened by the Suns' style of play. They always felt that their own team was the most promiscuous, and compared with the Suns, it really pales into insignificance!

Liu Mang scored 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter, and McGrady scored 6 points and 5 assists. The offensive end was as smooth as possible.

But the Suns' side is smoother. The Suns' assists are not concentrated in the hands of two people like the Hawks' side.

At the end of the first quarter, the Eagles were 36-38, two points behind the Suns!

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During the break, Liu Mang watched Tracy McGrady sweating profusely as he put on his training clothes to keep up the heat, and then drank big gulps of energy drinks. Only then did he realize that despite being unable to guard against the opponent in a high-speed rotation, the offensive end was still

McGrady, who had to support and distribute the ball, played the entire first quarter!

The pace was too fast! Including timeouts and dead balls, the first quarter only lasted 22 minutes! The first quarter passed before I knew it. When the tense game took a few minutes to rest, I relaxed a little. Tracy McGrady's

Fatigue came all of a sudden.

Tracy McGrady's physical fitness allows him to play 8 minutes in a game, which can ensure that he can complete the three important tasks of breaking through, organizing offense, and defensive end very well. No matter how much time he has, he will have to be less active in one aspect, but the point difference

Ever since Liu Mang tricked the Suns, he has been stuck at two or three points. McGrady has been going all out on defense, which is too much physical exertion for him.

Coach Kruger did not expect this. The rhythm on the court was too fast. Originally, Jason Terry should be replaced when the overall time of the game started was about 20 minutes, but after 22 minutes, the first

The quarter was over! Moreover, with such good scoring continuity, Coach Kruger did not dare to make substitutions, so he could only fill the first quarter with five small lineups, consuming all the time the opponent's lineup was on the court.

This is also the most uncomfortable thing for other teams when they play against the Suns. The pace of the game is too fast, which leads to big problems in rotation. The main lineup consumes too much physical energy, and then they are beaten to death by the Suns who can outrun people.

The key is that the whistles in the regular season are not as loose as in the playoffs, and the intensity of confrontation is not enough. It doesn't matter if a small man like Liu Mang makes bigger moves to fight against a big man. If he is stuck with Stoudemire, he can beat Stoudemire to death.

But Josh Smith committed two fouls in the first quarter, and Iguodala was called for two fouls when he was defending Joe Johnson. In other words, this is just a rotation of the lineup, so that he can play until the end of the first quarter without being replaced.

The core insider is likely to be involved in a foul crisis by the Suns in a few seconds.

Unlike the Hawks, who play fast and take fewer free throws, the Suns average a very high number of free throws per game, averaging 25 per game, while their opponents only average 18 per game!

The referee used the normal regular season rules after the rule changes to call the game, and strictly penalized the overhand action when the inside line changed to defend the outside line, making the Eagles very passive!

Coach Kruger really didn't expect the Suns to play so aggressively. It was completely beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. If you are used to this style of play, you will not be beaten to death when you encounter a truly strong opponent in the playoffs!

However, Coach Kruger is worrying about the opponent in vain, Mike D'Antoni has not thought about this issue at all!

Coach Kruger asked Mike Woodson, and Mike Woodson had nothing to do. He never expected that the opponent would play like this.

As the head coach and offensive coach, Coach Kruger did a good job on the offensive end, but no matter how good the offense was, there was nothing he could do. The Suns were so unsolvable in the regular season.

At this time, Liu Mang, who was already excited about shooting, stepped forward and said, "Coach, if we can't guard you, let's attack!"

Liu Mang thought for a while and had some ideas on how the Spurs could beat the Suns.

It's very simple and direct. Attack in regular time, rely on the troika to drive the whole team, and increase the intensity at critical moments. Don't let the Suns get used to the intensity in the first three quarters. It has to be sudden at critical moments, like in 2007.

Now that the Suns have a center and shooting guard who can adapt to the intensity, the Spurs can't stop them.

The current Suns still have ways to deal with them.

Coach Kruger would definitely want to kick Liu Mang to death in normal times, but now there is no other way. Under the regular season penalty standards, the opponent's offense cannot be stopped at all, so he can only use offense to solve the problem.

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After the start of the second quarter, the Eagles replaced Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Muhammad, and Kwame Brown.

For the Suns, Nash took the field with the lineup of Brazilian Lightning Barbosa, Casey Jacobson, Marion, and Steven Hunter.

After the Suns came up, they continued to run and play.

For the Hawks, Liu Mang and Jason Terry began to play in constant singles, fighting against the Suns.

The Suns assembled a nine-man rotation last summer, all of which could run.

The Eagles worked hard to suppress the rhythm to the rhythm they are good at, using the height advantages of Kwame Brown and Muhammad to make a fuss, allowing Liu Mang and Jason Terry to have better singles opportunities.

The two-time Best Sixth Man of the Year, the old and new Sixth Man of the Year, played with Langbi's style. After the Suns changed into a rotating lineup in the second quarter, they could only maintain the point difference with the opponent.

Liu Mang had already scored 30 points at halftime. Jason Terry also scored 15 points in the second quarter. Kwame Brown had 4 make-up deductions in the second quarter. He scored 10 points in a single quarter. The Eagles scored 10 points in the second quarter.

41 points, but the Suns also scored 40 points. Nash seemed to have only 7 assists in the half, but the entire Suns team revved up the offense under his organization!

Magic Johnson said that in the first decade of the 21st century, the only players who could truly become superstars by organizing offense were Nash, Kidd, and Paul. They did not necessarily have to get a lot of assists, but every pass they made

Balls are valuable!

After halftime, the Hawks were still one point behind the Suns, 77-78.

The current Suns may only belong to the regular season. Before gathering the "Three Dirty Suns" combination of La'Gar Bell, Kurt Thomas, and Jaylen Rose, they stopped playing when they encountered strong defensive teams in the playoffs, but now

The Suns are so invincible in the regular season! Except for the three rare situations where they feel bad or their opponents feel more explosive than them, or the referee relaxes the scale of the whistle, they can only use invincibility in the regular season this season.

To describe!

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During the halftime break, Coach Kruger took the two core players Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady to discuss with Mike Woodson.

In this game, should we continue to fight, or should we try to solve the problem with defense.

Mike Woodson generally does not participate in decision-making when it comes to voting on style of play. He is a very good assistant coach and knows that as a defensive assistant, what he should do is to come up with defensive tactics when the head coach needs them.

McGrady is not good at this either, so it is mainly Liu Mang who makes the decision to help Coach Kruger, who has choice anxiety.

Liu Mang thought of Nash's long-distance running endurance like a football player, and his ability to lead the team to 88 points in the half with only seven assists. In the second half, the Suns replaced all their main lineups and attacked relentlessly. He had already tried it.

Today, the Suns feel normal or even a little hot, and the referee's call scale is not biased because it is a popular game. The Suns are not afraid of the devil's home game detonated by Rasheed Wallace. Their own offense is very good.

Difficult to solve problems.

Under this situation, Liu Mang said without hesitation: "We continue to attack! I don't believe it! Our attack will lose to them!"

Liu Mang enjoys the feeling now. The feeling of challenging the team with the strongest offense is so exciting!

During the matchup with Nash, Liu Mang felt Nash's strong fighting spirit, so Liu Mang played the first half and scored 30 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists but still failed to overtake the score, so he still wanted to continue playing with Nash.

Just one wave.

This feeling can only be felt in the game against Nash. Only Nash would be so desperate to use offense to solve problems. Liu Mang decided to be willful.

Seeing Liu Mang's expectant expression, the three pairs of eyes looked at each other, and they knew it was unreliable to ask this boy!

It would be better not to ask. Now that he has asked, Coach Kruger finally found someone to help him make decisions, and he left Liu Mang alone.

Just in time, use this game to see how powerful the Suns' offense is!

Only by understanding how strong your opponent is can you think of ways to deal with your opponent.

Liu Mang knew that the Suns would encounter problems in the playoffs. He knew that the Suns had not succeeded in the playoffs, but others did not know that when the Suns reached the middle of the season, they had played 41 games and had already played 34 games.
To be continued...