493. What about the ball? (Ask for a commuter pass~)
Coming back from the timeout, the Eagles fielded the strongest lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Raheem, Mohammed, and Ratliff.
The Kings really used the main force to the death, Webber played the rhythm of the whole game, Bibby, Christie, and Peja also ran for 40 minutes, and Divac, a veteran, also played more than 30 minutes.
With 5:46 left on the clock, the Hawks trailed the Kings by six points 91-97.
The Eagles possessed the ball, and Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt.
Bibi couldn't prevent it, and was replaced by Christie to defend Liu Mang, who had already scored 26 points in the first three quarters.
The Hawks started to run normally, Muhammad mentioned the free throw line distance, ready to block Liu Mang, and Rahim pulled to the bottom left corner of the basket to block Jason Terry.
The Eagles' normal running tactics are the same as the tactics that the Kings players saw when they studied the Hawks before the game, but seeing such a normal running position, the Kings players didn't believe it! Because before, the Hawks had such a run, but they didn't expect it at all when they shot at the end.
The Kings didn't know where to put their attention, and they always felt that anyone could get the ball and ignore the offense.
However, the Eagles really played very normal this time, Liu Mang wanted to play Christie alone, Christie may be a super defensive titan in the league guard second only to Kidd and Kobe, at this time Liu Mang did not choose to come hard, seek stability, and want to block and dismantle, Muhammad came up to help Liu Mang block Christie.
Pick-and-Roll Master Trigger!
Christie was alert and was ready to quickly get around the pick-and-roll when Mohammed was in the block, his 90 speed combined with excellent anticipation was enough to complete the task, but! Liu Mang was like a gust of wind, passing past Muhammad, Christie was hindered by Muhammad, and in just half a second, Liu Mang's feet were like stepping on Hot Wheels, and when Christie reacted, he had already rushed into the free throw line!
It's like popping out of a spring!
The Kings were already nervous about the Hawks' blind and blind shots, and they couldn't figure out how the Hawks were going to play, and when it came to the last official timeout, Rao was the Kings' defensive assistant coach Thibodeau, and he couldn't think of a solution, and there was no way at all, because the Hawks played this tactic for a while, and then played the tactics of other teams, so Thibodeau's last solution was to watch the defense.
So, Liu Mang rushed to the free throw line, Divac immediately rushed over to make up for the defense, and at this time, Raheem just helped Jason Terry block Bibby, turned and rushed to the basket! Liu Mang was assigned to Rahim as soon as possible, Rahim rushed to the basket, because Weber did not follow Muhammad, at this time immediately blocked in front of Rahim, Bibi and Peja, who were originally blocking and dismantling, ran in with Rahim!
Tactics achieved!
Liu Mang first took advantage of the Kings' defense to get dazed and really played a block with Muhammad, the Kings hurriedly returned to the defense, Liu Mang passed to Rahim, and completely attracted the defense away!
Raheem didn't force his shot, jumped up and turned around to distribute it to Jason Terry, who received the ball completely empty on the outside!
A three-point shot hit!
Jason Terry was really strong in the key moment, and his three-point shot narrowed the gap to three points!
Three points away!
Kings Attack!
Bibby advanced to the frontcourt, looking at Raheem who came up on defense, Bibby really has nothing to do, he is not a physical fitness player, average speed, average strength, although he plays very hard, but only for point guards to defend him, when encountering this kind of defender who is taller than him, faster and more flexible than him, and physically far stronger than him, he is often deflated, just like last year's Western Finals Seven Battles where he was prevented by Kobe Bryant from missing 11 consecutive shots.
Bibi saw that Webb was stuck in Muhammad under the basket again, and immediately passed it over.
Webber has already played confidently, scoring 45 points in three and a half quarters, which is already the second highest single-game score in his career, plus the Hawks let him play alone throughout the game, he took the ball and half turned around without hesitation to have another old man single!
But!
The Eagles are suddenly starting to wrap up! As soon as Webb turned around, he saw Ratlief step over to block the path of his half-turned, and at the same time raised his arms high, blocking the connection between him and Divac, Webb turned around and tried to withdraw or pass to his teammates, and suddenly bumped into another person! Webb was shocked to find that Rahim was already pressed behind him!
Webb was caught in front and back!
Although Raheem's figure is smaller than Webber after gaining weight after coming to the king, the two are about the same height, Webber was faced head-on, and Rahim raised his hands high to indicate that he didn't push people, Weber couldn't see his teammates who were let go by Raheem after turning around!
Webb was caught off guard by the Eagles' sudden pack, he didn't prepare the pass at all, thinking he was sure to score, and today his confidence was fully displayed.
Webb, who stepped on the edge of the three-second zone, saw that he was about to attack for three seconds, so he could only force the ball to throw the ball to the basket!
Webber is not an inside line with a height advantage, speaking of which he can be said to be a mini inside, only two meters and six meters tall, plus the decline in physical fitness, he has made 30 shots in this game, and he still managed to shoot 30 times, not counting his free throws in 6 of 8 free throws.
Divac saw the ball flying towards him, and the fear when he saw Webb being caught in the bag immediately turned into a surprise, and he could directly make up the basket when he got this rebound!
Divac struggled to jump up with his matchbox-like bounce to make a stoppage!
Seeing that his hand was getting closer and closer to the ball, getting closer and closer, just as Divac was ready to touch the ball and push it back to the basket, one hand reached for the ball faster than him......
Number 1!
Eagles that No. 1!
Divac saw the number 1 pass in front of him and took the ball away!
Liu Mang's key rebound!
After landing, Liu Mang kicked with his left foot and immediately sprinted towards the frontcourt!
The Kings' two outside lines returned to the defense for the first time, not trying to stop Liu Mang from going fast, but taking the first step back to defense, Liu Mang dribbled and ran forward, almost entering the three-point line at the same time as Bibby and Christie, and after rushing into the three-point line, Bibby and Christie struck towards Liu Mang.
Liu Mang rushed to the free throw line, and at this time, Jason Terry and Raheem also rushed over, and Peja, who originally chased back and wanted to chase Liu Mang, had to block Jason Terry.
Liu Mang sought stability this time, did not have to score three points, saw Christie in front of his left, Bibi in front of his right, the two were about to form a bag, Liu Mang decisively took a stride to wipe Bibi first, Christie also took a big stride in front of Liu Mang, Liu Mang then took a step with his right foot towards the right edge of the three-second zone, and at the same time grabbed the ball in his hand with his right hand, Christie stared at Liu Mang's footsteps, trying to judge Liu Mang's intentions in advance when Liu Mang changed direction for the last time.
But......
Christie saw Liu Mang's feet hit the ground at the same time!
Then he turned around and ran......
What's going on?
Christie watched Liu Mang turn around and run away, could it be that he passed out to shoot for his teammates?
That's not right! Christie looked at Jason Terry, who was blocked by Peja, and saw Raheem, who had just reached the free throw line, and Muhammad, who had just stepped on the three-point line, and Ratliff, who had not come to the backcourt at all...... Balls!
Christie is so confused!
The fans at the scene saw Christie's stunned expression after the failure of defense, although most of them were Kings fans, they still couldn't help but want to laugh! It's so funny, Christie's honest face, and now it's so funny!
Adelman calls a timeout!
1 point left! 96-97, the Eagles narrowed the gap to one point!
At this time, the big screen above the court played back the wonderful picture just now, Liu Mang grabbed the ball with his hands when he stepped to the right, but he did not grab the ball with both hands when he took three steps like ordinary players, and even the rhythm was different from that of ordinary players, grabbing the ball and lifting it up and throwing the ball to the basket with the force of the step to the right!
The ball was thrown too suddenly, Christie was still predicting Liu Mang's change of direction, who knew that Liu Mang grabbed the ball and went straight to the basket with his low hand!
It's not just the same hand and foot, it's this kind of sudden shot that no one can predict at all!
Iverson's stride and hand-to-foot layup, combined with Dragic's low-handed layup on the run, gave Christie a spin!
After feeling sorry for Christie and feeling funny, after watching the score replay on the big screen, it was only then that the Kings players and fans reacted that something was wrong, and there was only 1 point behind the difference!
The Hawks came up, and the sudden serious style of play made the Kings very uncomfortable, they were looking for a way to deal with the Hawks' blind play throughout the game, every time they came back from a pause, the Hawks changed their style of play, the Kings had no choice, followed the blind fight, because the Kings' strength was really average, the Hawks deliberately killed one in order not to let the strongest inside and outside the Kings line, and left a single.
Of course, due to the overall strength of the Kings, the Kings have also been suppressing the Hawks.
As a result, the Eagles suddenly changed back to a serious style of play, and the king finally managed to keep up with the rhythm of a few blind plays, but they were not used to playing normally this time!
At this time, the Kings found out that the Hawks had been playing with them at a strange pace, in order to catch them off guard at this last moment and play a completely unexpected style of play!
The Kings players thought about this clearly after returning to the bench, and then glared at Liu Mang, who was high-fived his teammates.
Liu Mang felt a burst of malice behind him, that feeling of a cold vest, he had experienced it many times this year.
Yes! The master carried the pot this time! Even if it's not, the master admits it, this is the master's strategy!