Every time D'Antoni wants to regain control of the rhythm through tactical adjustments, Coach Kruger and Mike Woodson's corresponding offensive and defensive tactics will come immediately.

All the Hawks' tactics are aimed at those two goals, allowing Quentin Richardson, who can run and shoot three-pointers, or Barbosa, who comes off the bench, to have a wrong rhythm and block Stoudemire's air cut.

Let Nash or Stoudemire hold the ball and play in isolation. Even if it doesn't work, let the Suns send the ball to Joe Johnson and let Joe Johnson play in isolation.

But in a one-on-one match against the Hawks...the backline partnership of Liu Mang and Jason Terry made the Suns shoot a lot of shots.

After a while, D'Antoni became fierce. Regardless of whether there was a chance or not, outside players would throw three-pointers when they got the ball!

I don’t know why D’Antoni is so superstitious about three-pointers, but he just did it. The Suns threw 14 three-pointers in the second quarter, but only made two!

As for the Hawks, in the second quarter, he made three three-pointers by himself, scoring 11 points and 2 assists in a single quarter. Jason Terry scored 9 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, mainly through passes to the air.

With Josh Smith cutting and Kwame Brown connecting under the basket, the Hawks scored 31 points in the second quarter, while the Suns only scored 27 points. Nash had already scored 25 points at halftime, and Joe Johnson scored 25 points at halftime.

Scored 12 points in the game, but the Suns only scored 51 points in half, and the Eagles scored 62 points!

Liu Mang made 7 of 13 shots in the half and scored 20 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds. Jason Terry had 9 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, helping the Eagles widen the point difference to 11 points!

At halftime, Coach Kruger, Mike Woodson and Stockton were still discussing what changes D'Antoni would make in the second half as they walked to the tunnel and back to the locker room.

Liu Mang got close to the three of them and saw that the three of them had considered almost all of D'Antoni's tactical responses and were well prepared to deal with D'Antoni's tactical changes. He felt that these three were so stingy!

Liu Mang looked back at D'Antoni, who was on the other side of the bench but had not yet returned to the tunnel. His face was red and he looked like an overripe bitter melon.

Liu Mang thought of D'Antoni's expression when he was dominated by Popovich.

Poor on-the-spot command!

D'Antoni's strength lies in the construction of the system. When he has the right core, excellent pitchers, and powerful pie-eating players, he can formulate a very powerful tactical system, whether it is the Nash era or the Harden-Paul era.

That's true.

In the Nash era, there were Stoudemire, Marion and a group of pitchers, and in the Harden-Paul era, there were Capela and more pitchers. But when he encountered a problem that couldn't be solved, he had only one solution - increase his three-point shots!

D'Antoni is similar to Coach Kruger, he is a tactical construction head coach, and his on-the-spot command is relatively weak.

But the difference is that Coach Kruger focuses on defense, and he also has Mike Woodson, an excellent defensive assistant, who takes defense as his foothold. Even if the on-the-spot command is a bit poor on the offensive end, he is willing to delegate power to Liu Mang to ensure defense.

It is the most basic tactical guarantee.

D'Antoni is also willing to give command to Nash, but without defense, once D'Antoni can't do anything and Nash can't organize the offense, the Suns don't even have the most basic guarantee.

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After the halftime break, the Eagles, who had an 11-point lead, sent out a five-small lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Tracy McGrady, Iguodala, and Josh Smith.

Coach Kruger took the lead in making changes to prevent the Suns from playing ruthlessly.

Sure enough, D'Antoni was worried for half the game. In the second half, he took Amar'e Stoudemire, who only played face-up singles and had not developed a mid-range shot, off the court, and replaced him with Nash, Barbosa, and Quentin Richardson.

Joe Johnson, Marion's lineup.

"Crazy! They are all crazy! Is this the NBA?" This was the commentator of the live TV station in the United States. The commentators of Time Warner and ESPN both called the coaches of the two teams crazy.

"This lineup is unreasonable, but it is worth trying. Kruger is very good at it. He can see that the Suns will play unreasonable basketball. The Suns have been playing unreasonable basketball this season, so Kruger uses unreasonable basketball."

The lineup should be used to deal with unreasonable opponents..." This is the opinion of a commentator on the imperial TV station about the lineup of the two teams.

After Liu Mang came on the field and saw the opponent's height, he suddenly felt like he was in the small ball era, but he knew that the Eagles and the opposite Suns were the "dinosaurs" in the league now.

In the third quarter, the Suns took the lead.

As soon as Big Q passed the ball to Nash, the two immediately advanced quickly. Liu Mang handed over the task of guarding Nash to Jason Terry and followed the fast-running Barbosa.

After Nash quickly advanced to the frontcourt, he saw that the person guarding him was Jason Terry, and knew that the opponent wanted him to play in singles again.

Nash is very confident in his scoring ability. When he was implementing singles tactics with the Mavericks, he scored 39 points with an ultra-high efficiency of 12 of 16 shooting and 13 of 16 free throws. He only played 30 minutes, but he knew that light

You can't win if you score by yourself.

Nash chose to break through. Jason Terry's defense was as active as Nash, but also very ineffective. Nash changed his direction and was left behind.

At this time, Barbosa consciously cut inside. Liu Mang was closest to Nash and immediately blocked Nash's breakthrough route. Jason Terry actively switched to Barbosa.

Liu Mang and Jason Terry were both very fast. Nash failed to get the ball to Barbosa immediately, and he found himself placed in a mid-range singles position again!

After quickly looking around at the positions of his teammates, Nash found that he was at the free throw line and was "imprisoned" to this position again!

Instead of choosing a mid-range shot, Nash exited the three-point line, took off, and shot a three-pointer!

Liu Mang immediately pounced on Nash the moment he grabbed the ball with both hands, stretching out his arms to block Nash's shot path.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Nash's jumping was too bad, and his shooting space was shrouded by Liu Mang. He forcibly leaned back in the air, and his head tilted back almost parallel to the floor!

Nash's layup jump shot...

The ball flew less than ten centimeters above Liu Mang's fingertips and plunged into the basket!

Seeing Nash sitting on the ground after landing, Liu Mang had no time to sigh at this magical touch. After landing on the defense, he immediately sprinted towards the frontcourt.

Nash got up and hurriedly chased after Liu Mang. The Suns retreated quickly. D'Antoni thought about the strategy for a long time, but had no other choice. He was forced to use a smaller lineup to strengthen the retreat and increase the rhythm of fast offense, trying to kill two birds with one stone.

I have to say that the Suns retreated really quickly. When McGrady received the serve and prepared to pass the long ball, Liu Mang was already followed by Barbosa and Nash.

The small lineup actually fell into a positional battle. McGrady really didn't expect it, but so be it, McGrady advanced to the frontcourt.

Liu Mang ran into the three-second zone and was flanked. He was about to run to the outside, but saw Josh Smith use the threat of body impact in the middle distance to take Marion out of the three-second zone. Barbo Sala went out to defend.

McGrady went, Big Q went to guard Jason Terry, Joe Johnson went to the weak side to follow Iguodala, Liu Mang glanced at Nash next to him, who was two centimeters shorter than him...

Liu Mang exited the three-second zone, came to the right side of the three-second zone, pressed Nash behind him, and asked McGrady for the ball.

McGrady saw Liu Mang down!

This season is very rare! Liu Mang only has two low-post skills, which are definitely not suitable for tactical use, so the post-up plays are all high-post post plays. But McGrady saw that it was Nash who was guarding Liu Mang, and he immediately passed the ball to Liu Mang.

passed.

When Liu Mang was stuck with Nash, he yelled in his heart: "System boss, use the Vin Baker star card!"

"Ding... Vin Baker 1996-1997 version, ability evaluation 87 (peak), offense 90, defense 82, 59 three-pointers, 84 mid-range shots, 96 layups, 82 speed, 94 strength... half-time game, match

The speed is 40%, matching bonus is in progress..."

"Ding... the host has obtained the matching bonus attribute of strength, layup, temporarily increased from 81 to 89, layup increased from 92 to 94..."

When Liu Mang received the ball, Vin Baker's star card was already in effect.

Liu Mang adjusted his posture after receiving the ball, tilted his head and said to Nash: "Steve, are you ready?"

Just as Nash was about to speak, he was suddenly hit by a huge force!

So despicable, Liu Mang not only used star cards to strengthen his strength, but also used words to distract Nash and maximize his advantage!

Liu Mang slammed back, and Nash felt like he was flying up. With this feeling, Nash had a magical thought: Is this what it feels like to be hit by an opponent who was hit by O'Neal?

Liu Mang knocked Nash into the basket in two steps, turned right and took one step outside the reasonable collision area.

"Ding... The low post skill level 5 trigger: After successfully turning around and passing the opponent in this low post singles, the speed is 5, the bounce is 5, and the chance of affecting the referee's call when shooting from the basket increases by 25%..."

"Ding...the strongest first step is triggered..."

Liu Mang jumped up from the spot, and when Marion came in to defend him, he jumped up with super fast speed and smashed the ball into the basket!

When playing against the Heat, Heat fans will think of their "favorite" Dwyane Wade when they see this scene. When playing against the Suns, their fans and players will naturally think of Amar'es.

Tadmire!

Stoudemire hadn't dunked yet in this game, but Liu Mang did it first!

After Liu Mang smashed the ball into the basket, he whistled at Nash and immediately retreated.

The Hawks' lineup is no longer worried about the opponent's fast break. When Liu Mang turned around and took off, the Suns' Joe Johnson, Big Q, and Barbosa had already started to rush down, but were stopped by Jason Terry, Iguodala, and

Josh Smith followed closely, and Joe Johnson felt miserable. Even the opponent's "center" was faster than him! What a world!

Nash has become a background not once or twice. A player like him with poor defensive ability but active defense is most likely to become a background...

Nash received the serve and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, passed the ball to Joe Johnson, and opened up the space by himself. Instead of falling into the position, he singled out and attracted his teammates to attack him. Because he had established his shooting rhythm and did not lose touch, Nash

My own spot catching and shooting should be stronger.

After Joe Johnson received the ball, he singled out McGrady from the top arc.

McGrady defended very well, but the reason why Jordan is Jordan, and he is also the contemporary Jordan with the ultimate enhanced three-point ability, is not for nothing. Joe Johnson used an excellent fake move to sway McGrady and pull a horizontal jump step three.

Break up...

Hit!

57 to 64, seven points difference!

When the Eagles attacked, Liu Mang reached the frontcourt and ran directly to the low post on the right side of the basket.

The opponent played a small lineup, with the tallest one standing at only 2.01 meters. Liu Mang had the advantage in the low post, so he decisively used Vin Baker's star card and sat down in the low post to eat him raw!

There is a very simple and rough way to deal with small lineups. Just have a huge inside advantage. The opponent does run fast and has three-pointers, but the three-point shooting rate is never as high as a layup!

Players like O'Neal and Yao Ming often have physical problems when playing in the current NBA because every team has big men, but if they play a two-meter three-point shooting "center", they can beat the opponent just like playing a child.

Killed.

Liu Mang dropped to the low post and found that the opponent had changed his defense, replaced by Joe Johnson, a traditional scoring forward and swingman with height and tonnage.
To be continued...