Iverson was not very surprised to see Liu Mang dunking, he knew Van Horn's defense, and he might be blown a 2+1 if he went up, although it was a little cowardly, but it was a wiser choice.

The key is Liu Mang's change of direction just now!

In just one second, Liu Mang's whole body seemed to be doing a feint!

And this breakthrough action, Iverson thought of an old opponent in the same class, Stephen Marbury, who competed with him for the status of the top show back then!

Liu Mang's movements just now looked too much like Marbury's probe breakthrough!

Although ordinary people may not be like Liu Mang and Marbury's change of direction because of the surprise of the two people's size, Iverson and Marbury have fought too many times, and they know too much about this breakthrough method of defeating the opponent's defensive prediction.

"This kid, it's terrible!" Iverson has nothing to say about Liu Mang's learning ability! It can only be described as terrible.

The 76ers attacked, Iverson received the ball and did not suppress the rhythm, the normal speed advanced to the frontcourt, the 76ers averaged 99 points per game this season, almost breaking 100, which is a new high in points per game since Iverson joined the 76ers, although the 76ers' defense has declined a lot this year, and the average points conceded per game after trading away Mutombo reached 97 points, but the offensive end has improved a lot because of Iverson's changes.

Liu Mang returned to the defense quickly, waiting for Iverson in the top arc, the ball just now made him a little excited, but he didn't expect that when it came to the moment of urgency, he really made the usual incoherent movements, Marbury's breakthrough action is indeed not low, Liu Mang occasionally used it before, but the defenders are opponents who are not as fast and reflexes as him, and it is surprising that Iverson can complete it so well.

Iverson pushed over, Liu Mang immediately pressed up, it didn't matter if he was taken by one step, it was better than being dizzy by Iverson's flower-wearing butterfly step.

But Iverson didn't take the opportunity to pass Liu Mang directly, he saw the defensive trend of the Eagles preparing to shrink the bag, took a step back, opened the distance from Liu Mang, and gestured for Van Horn to come over to block the demolition.

Liu Mang saw Van Horn come up to block and dismantle, and wanted to go around the block and dismantle in advance, but Van Horn delayed Liu Mang's 0/a few seconds, which was enough for Iverson to rush into the interior unimpeded, and Muhammad, who followed the defense, was passed by Iverson in one step, and he did not have Liu Mang's speed that could barely press Iverson to break through the line, Ratliff could only step up to prevent Iverson's stride layup, Iverson threw the ball to the basket, McCulkey put the ball a little in the air, and the beautiful breakthrough was completed with an empty catch.

The Eagles were originally going to defend Iverson on the outside line, Iverson broke through and carried out a package, taking advantage of Iverson's lack of height and limited vision, forcing Iverson to shoot against the defense, the most perfect result was to directly steal or block Iverson, but I didn't expect Iverson to block and dismantle!

This is completely inconsistent with the impression that the Eagles players have of Iverson!

In fact, Iverson's ability to read defense is not bad at all, if he has poor reading and defensive ability, can he have so many assists?

It's just that he used to be more superstitious about his personal ability, and at the same time he was the best scorer in the league, and he didn't have one of them at one time, and with the 76ers' defense that was once the first in the league, he didn't have to think too much about reading the opponent's defense and slowly defeating the opponent.

But now Iverson is gradually obsessed with this kind of small-scale cooperation with his teammates, likes this kind of brisk play, of course, scoring is still his favorite, and he still has an average of 22 shots per game, but it is already a new low since Jordan retired from the NBA shutdown, Iverson has become the league's strongest scorer, and the 44% shooting rate is also a new high since the NBA suspension! With a relatively reasonable style of play and passing, with such a group of teammates, Iverson played well and had the opportunity to hit the top four in the East, and his strength was really strong!

But Larry Brown doesn't like to play pick-and-roll, because pick-and-rolls can be miserable when a fast-paced offensive team doesn't have an athletic defensive center.

After McCloch scored, Raheem immediately rushed into the basket to pick up the ball, and threw it directly to the front court, Liu Mang was already fast, Van Horn wanted to pull Liu Mang too late, Van Horn struggled to chase Liu Mang, but the distance was getting bigger and bigger, Liu Mang quickly and easily layup to score two points.

Because of Iverson's blocking, Liu Mang was left in the top arc by Van Horn's three-point threat who opened up space, and there was no Liu Mang's pursuit of Iverson's speed that could slightly limit Iverson's speed.

Larry Brown doesn't like the small-ball era very much, from the fact that he was the best coach in the league in '04 and '05, but after '06, he has a bad record wherever he goes, you can see that he belongs to the current era, and when the rules change, he is completely outdated.

Of course, he doesn't like it, it doesn't mean that he won't coach a team that plays lightly, he just doesn't like it, like the current 76ers, his offensive structure is also very good, but he can't defend the opponent on the defensive end, so he doesn't like it, even if the 76ers' record this season is much better than last season's record, but he still prefers last season's style of play where defense was the first priority.

The current lineup of the 76ers, in the case of Iverson's sudden shooting, did play well on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, whether it was a positional battle or a counterattack against the Hawks, it could not be prevented, and the game entered a confrontational situation from the beginning.

The Hawks' overall defense is a notch higher than that of the 76ers, and from time to time they can limit Iverson's organizational offense, but the 76ers can't stop the Hawks' offense at all, and when the official timeout reached the first quarter, the Hawks led the 76ers by 5 points at 14-9.

Liu Mang's defense has indeed become very different after he started the game, and Jason Terry was often made up for the breakthrough by the opponent when he played the start, forcing Iverson to use the block and pick and tear many times to complete the defense when he fell into the positional battle, although it was still difficult to prevent Iverson, but he was sharper when counterattacking.

With 7 points and 1 assist, Liu Mang was ready to open up the difference in one fell swoop in the next rotation lineup.

Indeed, the gap between the 76ers and the top teams is still obvious, despite Iverson's presence, but most of his teammates were originally defense-oriented, although this year he relied on Iverson's personal ability to be willing to pass, and Larry Brown did his best to build an offensive system and play well, but the main thing is that his ability to abuse vegetables is much stronger.

In addition to Van Horn, most of these players of the 76ers are not good at offense, especially outside shooting, as far as Van Horn, Coleman, Snow and a few others have stable three-point ability, and the others are all veterans of the 76ers, who are used to shooting and not being able to shoot defense, and they are not playing well this year.

However, just when Liu Mang was about to defeat the 76ers with his teammates next, Coach Kruger put him in the tactical position of the bottom corner pitcher and counterattack contact point!

Liu Mang was a little surprised when he heard this arrangement at first, and then he remembered that he had become a tactical starter!

Although he has also played as a starter before, the tactics have not changed, and he has to take the lead in the attack when he goes up.

This is also Liu Mang's personal is not afraid of physical consumption, for another person, his pseudo-starter with such a long playing time, with his kind of offensive end to dominate the offense, the defensive end of the defensive side of the defensive style of play, physical fitness can never keep up, Kobe Bryant in the peak of the team is not much ball organization, all handed over to Fox, Odom, Gasol and others, Kobe Bryant is mainly responsible for singles to attract the bag or score, mainly to score, the bag also throws himself.

Coach Kruger is afraid that Liu Mang will play more time after playing as a starter, physical consumption is part of the worry, and Liu Mang has always dominated the ball, which is easy to be targeted, and the overall strength of the East is not strong, except for the Pistons, Pacers, and Nets, playing other teams is not worried about being targeted, but what should I do if I meet these three teams in the playoffs? What if it's really targeted?

Therefore, with more than ten games left in the playoffs, Coach Kruger promoted Liu Mang to the starting position in advance, enhancing the defensive dominance of the starting lineup, and allowing Liu Mang to start adapting to this change in advance.

There was a loss that did not adapt to such a change, but Liu Mang had no opinion, and followed the rotation lineup of Jason Terry, Prince, Raheem, and Boozer on the court.

The Eagles fielded a small lineup, and Liu Mang was rarely placed at the shooting guard.

The 76ers brought on Snow, Iverson, Kenny Thomas, Teilo Hill and Coleman.

Larry Brown is just reluctant to send a small lineup, and Coleman, who is two meters and eight meters tall and has an arm span of two meters and 2.20 meters, is still on the court, which is his last insistence on maintaining a big lineup in the compromise of offensive basketball.

After the timeout, the 76ers attacked, Snow pushed over and immediately gave the ball to Iverson, and Liu Mang and Iverson faced each other at the point guard position.

Liu Mang accepted the change of position, devoted himself to defense, and clinged to Iverson tightly, Iverson took a look at the Eagles' lineup, this time he did not want to block and dismantle, but a change of direction to kill Liu Mang into the inside!

Liu Mang immediately followed, clinging to Iverson who broke through, pressing Iverson down the line, and sandwiching Iverson on the right side of the three-second zone with Boozer under the basket and Raheem on the baseline defense Tejlo Hill!

At this time, Iverson wanted to pass to his teammates in the inside or bottom corner, Liu Mang was ready to block at any time, Raheem blocked the passing space at the bottom line, and Boozer blocked the passing space under the basket.

But unexpectedly, Coleman actually left the basket and ran to the top arc!

Iverson's return pass to the top arc was very timely, and Coleman ran to the top arc to catch the ball and turned around for a three-point shot!

The 76ers felt really good on the outside today, and Coleman hit a three-point shot.

Coleman immediately returned to defense after making the shot, and the rest of the 76ers quickly followed, not giving the Hawks a chance to play a fast break.

The Hawks fell into a positional battle, with Liu Mang and Prince pulling to the two corners to open the space, Jason Terry holding the ball, and Boozer and Raheem pulling the basket very empty.

However, at this time, Jason Terry has become uncomfortable with playing, he has not played as a substitute, it is not that he has not come up and held the ball by himself, but since the three eaglets have established the structure of the offensive core, he has never had such a highly concentrated ball possession, and usually only Liu Mang has such ball possession.

When this kind of blind wave can be made without scruples, Jason Terry is a little uncomfortable, and there are too many offensive methods to choose from, blocking, breaking, pull-up jump shots, and direct three-point shots......

Although this matter was emphasized during the pre-game training, there were more options, which made Jason Terry a little hot, and threw a three-point shot directly after a change of direction.

The point is not to enter!

Iverson retracted the basket and got the defensive rebound, the 76ers pressed quickly, Iverson broke through again to draw the defense away, and then passed back to the top arc, Kenny Thomas's catch-and-shoot three-pointer also hit!

15-14, after the timeout, the 76ers overtook the score!

Seeing that Jason Terry was a little annoyed, his teammates all went up and patted Jason Terry on the shoulder to give him confidence.

Jason Terry said that he was fine, received the ball and moved slowly, not in a hurry to make decisions, and slowly adapted to his new identity.

In the past, Jason Terry was very envious of Liu Mang's position of dominating the ball as he wanted, but now he finds that it is not so easy!

Such a sixth-man with a high concentration of ball possession should play well, after all, there are so many balls, but if you don't play well, you have to carry the pot.

And with such a ball, you need to make the right decisions, you need to drive the team's overall offense, ability is one thing, the main thing is that there is a lot of pressure!

This new style of play Jason Terry only played one round, and he felt the pressure rolling in, at this time Jason Terry didn't admire Liu Mang too much, he actually had such a big heart, and he could play how he wanted.

Jason Terry feels that he is really happy to play as a starter before, most of the time he just catches the ball and shoots correctly, he doesn't have to worry so much at all, except for more than a quarter of time in the starting stage to organize the offense, the other 344 or 5 minutes, Liu Mang will deal with these pressures.

But it's all come to this point, this need to dominate the offense when the second team is in the second lineup, and help the starters relieve the pressure of scoring and organizing the offense, isn't it what a best sixth man should do, Jason Terry knows that the team's current record pressure has passed, and continues to do it with the ball!

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The Eagles' offense has become a lot more shaky than before, and Coach Kruger sat on the sidelines and there was no big surprise.

In the last eight games, the Hawks' record is not under much pressure, the Magic is only 37-37, the Hawks are already 39-35, the eighth position is very stable, and the Hawks are in a back-to-back with the 76ers, the remaining six games are very easy, except for the Celtics and Pacers, the other opponents are all in bad rows, and at most the Wizards are a little troublesome.

Almost all of the Magic's remaining eight games are playoff teams.

So the Eagles have plenty of time to slowly grind in.

Originally, this thing was planned to be completed gradually by Coach Kruger at the beginning of the season, but who knew that the pressure on the record this season was so great that the pressure on the record was not lifted until April, and it was still eighth.

The Eagles don't plan to hit the seventh or sixth position, so diversifying the team's ball core has become the key to the last few games!