656. New Jersey Raptors
The Eagles are back with five Tigers after a ten-game hiatus!
The starting combination of Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rashid Wallace and Ratliff was introduced.
On the Nets' side, after trading Kenyon Martin, they traded their 2005 second-round pick to get Clifford Robinson from the Warriors, and ate Clifford Robinson's big contract raw to supplement the lack of interior staff.
The Nets fielded a starting lineup of Kidd, Carter, Richard Jefferson, Clifford Robinson, and Jason Collins.
The Nets are terrible on the outside, but the two players on the inside who have a ability evaluation of less than 70, Jason Collins is a meat shield center, Clifford Robinson played well in last year's contract year, and got a three-year 16 million pension contract with the Warriors, and he is almost 39 years old, as people expected, he will collapse with a big contract, but the Nets are really short of manpower inside, so they traded Clifford Robinson back to see if they can return to the strong team to play again, but unfortunately, Age is irreversible, even with Kidd, Clifford Robinson's statistics after coming to the Nets are only 6 points and 3 rebounds, the most important thing is defense, and he can only rely on the aftermath of the past to deter the opponent.
Due to the fight between the two teams on the 1st of this month, which also led to the suspension of Rasheed Wallace for 10 games, the number of on-site security guards at the Hawks' home stadium has increased significantly.
And this focus battle, many fans are paying attention, the TV station is eager to do things in the game, so there is attention, and the league is reluctant to have such a high concentration of the game without live broadcast, so the Eagles can only increase the number of security personnel at home to solve unexpected problems.
The starters of both teams came to the court and stood up, Liu Mang waited for Rashid Wallace and Jason Collins to jump the ball, he had already seen the Nets side of the team directly make defensive moves, in order to guard against his fast break, Liu Mang did not do those useless things.
There was no suspense, Rashid Wallace easily won the jump ball from Jason Collins, and Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt.
Richard Jefferson saw Liu Mang advancing and immediately rushed up to press the defense.
Liu Mang raised his left arm, separated the space from Richard Jefferson to avoid being tackled, and did not rush to attack because Richard Jefferson pressed the breakthrough space exposed by the defense.
It's so obvious!
The Nets now have no interior line at all, and it is clear that they want to use pressure defense to force Liu Mang to make offensive choices quickly and raise the rhythm, but Liu Mang was not fooled and played steadily.
Richard Jefferson constantly pressed Liu Mang's body, but he didn't dare to reach out to pick up the ball, for fear of being fouled by Liu Mang, so there was no substantial oppression effect on Liu Mang.
Seeing his teammates settle down according to the established tactics, Ratliff was close to the baseline on the left edge of the three-second zone, and Rasheed Wallace was at the junction of the high and low positions on the left side of the three-second zone, the two opened the space on the right side of the basket, Prince went to the left bottom corner, and Raheem opened up the space in the middle distance on the right.
After waiting for his teammates to fall into the offensive position, Liu Mang took a step back, and the cat bent down to make a posture to break through.
Seeing that Liu Mang was not disturbed by his own pressing defense, and did not attack in advance because of the breakthrough space he exposed, Richard Jefferson had no choice, the Hawks' positional offense had already fallen into a good position, he could only retreat to the three-point line, open up space with Liu Mang, and try to prevent Liu Mang at the three-point line.
Liu Mang looked at Richard Jefferson who retreated to the three-point line, looked at the distance between himself and the three-point line, smiled, and suddenly grabbed the ball......
Richard Jefferson, who had been staring at Liu Mang, saw Liu Mang suddenly show a sinister smile, secretly screamed badly, and pounced on him.
But Liu Mang grabbed the ball and jumped too fast when he took the ball down and bounced it back, and when Richard Jefferson pounced on it, he had already thrown the ball out!
Kick-out King Level 5 triggers!
Liu Mang's three-point shot was not affected by the rhythm of the shooting, nor was it interfered by Richard Jefferson, who pounced, and he shot perfectly!
With smooth movement and standard shooting movements, Liu Mang's pull-out jump shot competed strongly with Kobe Bryant and Maddie for the title of picturesque.
It's just that...... It's so picturesque...... If it's accurate, it's not picturesque......
Liu Mang's three-point shot was smooth and beautiful, and he was not affected by the interference of the other party and his own wrong rhythm, but he was originally crooked, so there was no way.
Richard Jefferson pounced and didn't interfere with Liu Mang, a little desperately turned his head to watch the ball fly out, and then despair turned into a surprise, the flight path of the ball was a little crooked!
The ball bounced high on the left side of the basket, and Richard Jefferson was about to breathe a sigh of relief and prepare for a fast break, but ...... It's a mess under the basket!
Although Clifford Robinson and Jason Collins had the advantage of standing and were closer to the basket, Rashid Wallace and Ratliff had already begun to twist with Clifford Robin and Jason Collins to compete for the basket position from the time Liu Mang directly pulled the three-pointer, and Raheem also squeezed Carter away and rushed inside.
The inside line has started hand-to-hand combat!
After the ball bounced and fell, the six people in the basket did not know whose hand touched the ball first, but they did not hold it firmly and were stabbed away by another, and then the ball was clicked several times in the air, and was finally poked out of bounds by Rahim.
At the beginning of the game, there were constant exclamations, and the game was so exciting at the beginning, the inside line was completely like a fight, so scared that the referee almost blew the whistle, and the security guards who had already been on guard on the sidelines almost rushed in.
Fortunately, there is no action to go to people, they are all stuck positions allowed within the rules, but the action is a little bigger, but they are all aimed at the ball.
didn't make up for the ball, the Hawks' three frontcourts were a little regretful, and Liu Mang and Prince had retreated to avoid the ball being grabbed by the Nets and then counterattacked.
The referee awards the Nets baseline ball.
The Hawks' three frontcourts can only retreat, Liu Mang high-fived them one by one in the top arc, although he failed to score the ball, but the main thing is that he didn't score, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't score, at least he organized the Nets to play fast break.
Kidd received the initiation and advanced to the front court, handing the ball to Carter at a 45-degree angle, Carter Street Ball with the ball and attacking, Prince defending in front of Carter.
Although the Nets have a big problem with the inside of this lineup, their outside offense is really ferocious, Clifford Robinson and Jason Collins are two meters and eight meters, one is two meters and one three, the height of the basket is no problem, the tonnage is enough, the hand-to-hand combat under the basket is very good, but it can't be guarded against, although Clifford Robinson is much stronger than Kenyon Martin in his career, but the gap between Clifford Robinson and Kenyon Martin is too big to play the role of Kenyon Martin.
But the Nets are better on the offensive end than before, after all, there is one more Carter, and their three outside breakaway shots are terrible.
Prince single-handedly defended Carter, the pressure was still a bit big, this was one of the best swingmen in the league, just when Prince was afraid of Carter's breakthrough, Carter suddenly pulled up a three-point shot like Liu Mang!
Prince didn't expect that Carter would shoot directly against his height and reach advantage!
was also in a hurry, Carter's three-point shot hit the front of the basket and bounced to the direction of the top arc, Liu Mang, who was following Richard Jefferson without the ball in the top arc, heard the sound of hitting iron, turned his head to look, just a ball flew in front of him, and subconsciously hugged the ball to protect it, avoiding being snatched away by Kidd and Richard Jefferson.
Liu Mang's first reaction was to fight back, and he turned around and his legs were tense to get up, but he suddenly stopped the idea of counterattacking and scoring, but he grabbed the ball behind his back to guard against Kidd and Richard Jefferson's steals, and waited for his teammates and opponents to run to the front court before slowly advancing the ball.
Carter, Richard Jefferson are so depressed!
Whether it is the offensive end or the defensive end and wants to speed up the pace, Liu Mang just won't be fooled!
How could Liu Mang not see what the Nets' three outside players were thinking?
Isn't it just that you want to play the connecting section?
The Nets made it clear that they wanted to use some seemingly misguided defense and offense to speed up Liu Mang, and their three major outside lines could run and play, and the offensive combination of Richard Jefferson and Carter scored more points than Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, and Kittels!
The Nets want the Hawks to fight back, and then the Nets take advantage of the Hawks' counterattack after the defensive foothold is not stable, and then play the Hawks' counterattack, and the Nets are obviously more proficient in this style of play, although the Hawks have cavalry tactics, but mainly defensive counterattacks, rather than this increasingly defenseless and closer to running and bombing play.
The current Nets are really more and more like a poor man's version of the run-and-gun team, and their lineup is obviously the original lineup of the 2004-2005 season, when they met Wade and O'Neal's Heat in the playoffs, and the two teams averaged 110 points per game......
Don't be fooled!
Liu Mang played a positional battle steadily, and the Eagles became the first team to reduce the pace in this game.
The unreliable wave of three points at the beginning, Liu Mang advanced to the front court and waited for his teammates to settle down, and then began to play well.
Liu Mang chooses to break through on the right side!
Richard Jefferson's defense is really good, close to Liu Mang's side, Liu Mang burst into the free throw line and suddenly grabbed the ball and took a step forward as if he was going to shoot directly, and the ball was lifted.
Richard Jefferson knows this old opponent very well and knows that the opponent may be a feint, Liu Mang's one-handed ball feint is already very famous, and he is regarded as Maddie, who is ten centimeters shorter, but if he doesn't pounce, Liu Mang will definitely shoot directly in stride, and Liu Mang's stride shot is also known as Iverson who is ten centimeters taller......
Richard Jefferson pounced when Liu Mang stepped out to hold the ball up, Liu Mang grabbed the ball back, slowly changed direction and stepped into the three-second zone and jumped towards the basket.
Jason Collins and Clifford Robinson both shrank in when Liu Mang changed direction, and pounced on Liu Mang to block when Liu Mang jumped up, Liu Mang was already the third step, and no matter how he walked, he was walking.
However, Liu Mang jumped out in the direction of the basket, but jumped directly out of the bottom line!
Rasheed Wallace stepped into the basket from the left side of the basket and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands past Clifford Robinson, who pounced!
no-look-pass! And it's a crotch pass!
Shoot the ball down the crotch as he jumps, and swing the ball from his own and Clifford Robinson's crotch to the middle, and Rasheed Wallace cuts in to catch the ball with both hands!
The Eagles immediately returned to the defense after the goal, and they didn't celebrate, just to keep the rhythm down.
In the attack just now, Liu Mang started to break through from 10 seconds to 10 seconds, and when Rashid Wallace dunked the ball in, there were only 5 seconds left, and the rhythm was very low!
It is to fight positional warfare.
The Nets continued to try to play fast for the next two rounds, but this style of play led to extremely inefficient offense! And the Eagles just don't fall for it, they just have to grind their positions slowly.
And the Hawks' positional battle is also excellent, especially with Rashid Wallace who can open up space and cut into the air, the offensive efficiency is good, the Hawks scored 6 points on 3-of-5 shooting in the opening game, and the Nets did not score once in 4 consecutive attacks.
The Hawks' basket advantage is too strong, although the Nets are desperately trying to hold the defensive rebound, but when the Hawks can't score and have no chance to grab offensive rebounds, they often directly hit the ball out of the bottom line without giving the Nets a chance to counterattack.
There was no way, seeing Liu Mang attract Carter's bag after breaking through and pass to Rahim, Rahim's mid-range shot, after the Hawks scored 6 points, the Nets could only follow the rhythm of the Hawks and fall into position.
The six-point gap was opened at the beginning of the game, and the Nets could only play position.
If you play the position, the Nets can actually play, but there is no chance of winning, the Hawks' advantage under the basket is too great, and the landing position is slowly grinding, and the Nets have no chance of winning at all, but the matter has come to this, and they can only grind and play.
The Nets can only use the regular style of play of ordinary teams, Kidd's jumper and open three-point shooting after blocking and pick-and-roll, Carter's breakaway shot, Richard Jefferson's open cut to Carter and bottom corner three-pointers, the Nets finally began to score after being beaten 6-0, the Nets' outside triumvirate is really powerful, especially Carter, who doesn't seem to have as many honors and highlights as Koaimai, but this is one of the few players in the league who can 50+ in a single game in the playoffs, or in the face of the peak 76ers, the strength can be seen.
Relying on breakaway points and tie scores, the Nets' scoring began to rise.
Among the active players, he can get 50+ outside in the regular season and the playoffs, except for Iverson, Carter is one, but he usually focuses on how to win, and only focuses on the playoffs, but he doesn't have many opportunities to play in the playoffs, but this year, Carter knows that he has to play hard, first of all, he has to slap the face of the Raptors management to prove that he is still a top star in the league, and partner with Kidd to have a chance to win the championship, who doesn't want the championship.
But Carter is very good on the offensive end, maybe it's because his physical fitness hasn't declined, his physical fitness is too good, and the defensive end is really lazy, so he wants to make up for the block.
Liu Mang made continuous breakthroughs in the positional battle, and Carter wanted to make a breakthrough in Liu Mang's rhythm change.
Rahim, for his side, got consecutive shots from the same position, taking seven shots and hitting five shots from a point on the right side of the three-second zone in the first quarter!
And although Carter's sudden score is powerful, it is mainly when it is passed to the outside, the outside shooting rate is high, and Kidd's empty three-point is getting better and better, especially after Carter comes, Kidd's outside line encounters fewer and fewer defenses, and the empty three-point shooting rate is as high as 37 percent!
Not to mention Richard Jefferson's side, this year is a metamorphosis compared to last year, and the second Carter's title is not for nothing, and the three-point empty cut is a beep!
Compared to the outside, the Nets' interior on the offensive end is a decoration, and Ratliff alone can crush them to death.
After Rasheed Wallace began to defend Richard Jefferson's air cut, Carter's offense began to be blocked, and at the end of the first quarter, the Hawks were 27-22, still leading by 5 points!
In this kind of positional warfare, Kidd completely lost the advantage of instigating his own counterattack on both wings, and completely became a pure pitcher!
The Nets seem to have become the New Jersey Raptors!