The referee was on standby today, concentrating all his attention to avoid accidents, came to the center circle, signaled the players near the center line of the two teams not to move too much, blew the whistle at the beginning of the game, and threw the ball into the air.

The two centers bounce up quickly!

O'Neal is really talented, he will be 34 next month, and after two years of continuous weight loss, he is still more able to jump than the vast majority of centers in the league.

Kwame Brown is even more able to jump, though! When your finger is shortened, you will be the first to touch the ball and bring it to the back.

Liu Mang received the ball, and the Eagles attacked first!

The Heat's outside defense, in the East, is probably second only to the Hawks, and the outside line of Posey and Wade, the two All-Defensive Team Winners, is very powerful.

In terms of the league's starting outside defensive efficiency this season, the Heat are ranked higher than the Hawks!

The Heat rank third in the league in perimeter defensive efficiency, and the Hawks rank seventh.

Defensive efficiency is not to say that the Hawks' starting three outside lines are defensive masters, it is better, because most teams have only one All-Star level player on the outside, and in most cases, two outside defensive masters are completely sufficient, and the Hawks are often encountering the speed-type outside star Liu Mangfang, the physical outside star Maddie Defense, and the technical star Prince Defense, on the whole, the defensive efficiency of the three is not so high.

And the Hawks often play garbage time, the pace is fast, and often in the fourth quarter is a pure bench, and the defensive efficiency drops down all of a sudden, and it would be nice to have seventh in the league.

And, just like today's game, Wade and Posey, against Liu Mang and Maddy, just against the upper position, Jason Williams defended Prince completely enough.

The Eagles are hated by other teams, not for nothing, it's too extravagant.

After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he met Wade's defense and handed the ball to Maddie first.

Liu Mang didn't come to the first attack by himself!

Liu Mang saw it when he went to the frontcourt, the Heat wanted to defend like the Spurs, Wade pressed physically like Sprewell after Liu Mang advanced to the halfcourt, forcing Liu Mang to go to an uncomfortable position to hold the ball and attack, Liu Mang decisively chose to let Maddie hold the ball.

After Maddie received the ball, Posey didn't dare to stick too tightly.

Maddie looked at Posey's excellent small broken steps, two meters and three meters tall, weighing ninety-eight kilograms, to have speed and speed, to have strength and strength of the defensive giant, Maddie is not in a good mood to fight this kind of opponent, and meet a defensive master who can fight!

Atlanta's top lapper used one of the Hawks' two signature starting outside moves, the big loop created space, grabbed the ball with one hand and threw it around, Posey didn't stick tightly, and leaned back again, retracting his arm to avoid being fouled.

Maddie just spun the ball around and took it off the top of her head, and quickly shot it out to the right front and strode forward!

Percy hurriedly retreated, but couldn't keep up!

Maddie's first three steps are too fast!

Fortunately, Haslem has already received the bottom line and blocked it.

Maddie played the ball to Rasheed Wallace in the bottom right corner, and Posey quickly raced towards Rasheed Wallace.

Rasheed Wallace receives the ball and shakes a shot, Posey flies towards the bottom corner, Rasheed Wallace takes the ball back, and the baseline breaks!

Although Rasheed Wallace has no offensive power with the ball, such a big man, if he really rushes in, O'Neal can only foul, and Haslem immediately goes to block it back.

Rasheed Wallace passes the ball to mid-range at this point!

Just now, Maddie ran to the top arc after passing the ball and helped Liu Mang block Wade, Liu Mang took advantage of Maddie's block to receive the ball after two teammates contained the defense, and threw a step inside the free throw line!

O'Neal and Kwame Brown fought hand-to-hand under the basket, and if they made up for Liu Mang, when the Hawks' tactics played and the space was so open, they couldn't prevent Liu Mang from hanging inside, and O'Neal could only expect Liu Mang's throw to not go in.

However, O'Neal's expectations were disappointed, and Liu Mang scored a close-range throw from inside the free throw line.

Liu Mang is very comfortable to throw, and the feeling of being a full starter is cool, and the complex tactics are so smooth.

In Pat Riley's iron-blooded field, the Heat defense is very disciplined, and simple tactics are not easy to use, while Josh Smith and Iguodala are still young after all, Liu Mang and when they cooperate, they are relatively simple and rough tactics, and with Rashid Wallace here, the tactics are a little more complicated, and Rashid Wallace will not make too many mistakes, and the cooperation is very good.

After the goal, Liu Mang quickly retreated.

Liu Mang waited for Jason Williams to advance over, and after Jason Williams received the serve and advanced to the front court, he saw that it was Liu Mang who defended it, and immediately handed the ball to Wade, and then ran towards the bottom corner.

Liu Mang saw that Jason Williams didn't hold the ball to organize the offense when he met him, and he still felt a little sorry for him when he first met Jason Williams.

Liu Mang followed Jason Williams to the bottom corner, and Maddy waited for Wade to come over, and stepped back to the three-point line to defend Wade.

Liu Mang wanted to provoke O'Neal's little trick today, but he didn't succeed, O'Neal didn't start the game and immediately wanted the ball to play a single, Liu Mang's trick didn't work, originally Liu Mang was looking forward to stimulating O'Neal, O'Neal would be angry and wanted to beat Kwame Brown all the time, wanting to use this to consume O'Neal, but O'Neal chose to "retaliate" against Kwame Brown before the game, and he seemed very calm in the game.

Liu Mang was not disappointed, he didn't expect much from this, he just used it by the way, and if it didn't work, it wouldn't work.

Wade received the ball outside the three-point line, and when he saw such a big gap, he still didn't shoot and chose to break through!

Even from a distance of one meter, Wade's explosive speed amazed Maddie!

The first step of the strongest alliance is the strongest!

Maddie knew Wade was going to break through from the right side, and he was ready to move quickly, but he still couldn't keep up! The Flash is like a bolt of lightning, the first step rushes up, and Maddie is in a position parallel to the rebound, Maddie wants to use his body to press Wade, but he can't hold it down, and Wade is squeezed out of the free throw line!

At this time, Rasheed Wallace quickly came up to block Wade, Wade distributed the ball to Haslem who withdrew to the middle distance of the right baseline, and Haslem received the ball and shot from mid-range......

Didn't enter!

But!

O'Neal under the basket used his big belly to push up Kwame Brown, spotted the ball in the air, pointed the ball to the basket, and still didn't score, O'Neal jumped up against Kwame Brown again, grabbed the ball, and smashed the ball into the frame with both hands!

The sharks are still ferocious!

Even the 34-year-old O'Neal is still the league's No. 1 center, fat, strong and flexible!

Liu Mang ran to the edge of the three-second zone, and he didn't dare to stretch out his hand, O'Neill's posture was too fierce!

Liu Mang compared the situation when he played Yao Ming before, and understood why O'Neal did not perform as well as Yao Ming this season, but he was still regarded as the first center.

What restricts O'Neal is the physical fitness and the way the coach uses it, O'Neal's body and offensive means, Yao Ming's offensive end does not have the kind of deterrent power that destroys the basket.

If it were Yao Ming, even if he grabbed the offensive rebound, it was estimated that he would release the basket directly, and he would not do such a "redundant" thing like O'Neal.

But in the game, this kind of "redundant" thing is needed from the perspective of efficiency and physical energy saving, O'Neal's two consecutive offensive rebounds dunked the original frenzied atmosphere on the scene cooled down all of a sudden, and the Heat team's originally somewhat suppressed morale at the Hawks Devil's home court immediately skyrocketed!

As O'Neal stepped back, he used his huge ass to bump Wade into celebration.

Liu Mang watched Wade bounced off by O'Neal, and was really worried that Wade was injured by O'Neal.

Liu Mang felt that it might be that O'Neal had eight years to grab offensive rebounds, and he took the initiative to help himself with a board.

The Heat are also very organized and motivated!

At the beginning of the game, both teams played their own characteristics.

Liu Mang received the serve from Kwame Brown who did not admit defeat, and slowly advanced towards the front court, and after half time, there was no big surprise to see Kwame Brown continue to fight with O'Neal to consume the other party.

No one can prevent O'Neal before the 06-07 season, even in the finals of the 94-95 season, Olajuwon only blew up with O'Neal, the Magic team did not lose much in every game, and was swept entirely because the key ball was not as good as the Rockets led by Olajuwon.

Of course, this is the difference in strength.

From the perspective of preventing O'Neal, before the avalanche of O'Neal's strength in the 06-07 season, no one could prevent him, so what can be done is consumption!

However, this time, after Liu Mang advanced to the half, he saw Wade stepping on the three-point line to defend, and Wade did not go up to the half to press.

Speaking of outside defense alone, the Heat team is stronger than the Spurs, but the overall defense, the Heat team is not as good as the Spurs, just imitated the Spurs' defense, and was easily scored by the Hawks with the overall cooperation, and the Heat team immediately returned to normal defense this time.

Wade watched Liu Mang slowly approach the top arc, his leg muscles were ready to move sideways quickly, unlike Liu Mang, who could only rely on skills on the offensive end to have that kind of explosive speed, Wade is his own physical fitness has such an explosive speed, and both offense and defense can have the same effect.

Wade waited for Liu Mang to break through, and suddenly, Wade saw a mocking smile on the corner of Liu Mang's mouth!

Not good!

Wade immediately lifted his center of gravity and pounced forward, but he was ready to move sideways and backwards to lower his center of gravity, allowing him to pounce a beat slower!

Liu Mang slowly advanced to the outside of the three-point line, and when he was two or three steps away from the three-point line, he suddenly became faster, strode one step outside the three-point line, and pulled out a three-point shot!

Extremely ugly and handsome, just between retreat and direct throw, there is a world of difference in visual effects.

Liu Mang's picturesque standard posture of dry pull three-point shot!