Nima!

Liu Mang sat on the sidelines and wanted to cover his face.

Although domestic and foreign countries have very different views on square dancing, China is a carnival of a group of aunts, and most young people don't like to participate, of course, disturbing the people is one thing.

In Europe, the United States, and Australia, on the contrary, there are places where young women participate more, and they feel very "foreign" and fashionable, just like we see things imported from abroad.

Due to cultural reasons, young people in China do not like to stay with their elders, let alone dancing together, while in European and American countries, it is normal and common for parents and children to dance together and participate in parties.

Awkward dancing between teammates is even more common.

So the Pacers fans at the scene even forgot to boo the Hawks, they were all surprised by this novel dance, and some people learned it.

However, Liu Mang felt embarrassed and thrown abroad!

This picture was still transmitted back to China, Liu Mang didn't dare to think about it!

Why did you suddenly encounter the domestic square dance Divine Comedy, and suddenly it seems that the square dance genes in the body are alive?

Although the teammates were a little surprised that Liu Mang suddenly went up so lively to dance with Prince, they were just surprised that it came so suddenly, although the movements were a little more magical, but it was not unacceptable, there were more strange dances in the United States.

Finally, the game began, and Liu Mang left those who didn't have it behind and started the game.

The jump ball, compared to the soft Brad Miller, or Ratliffe, was superior, and the Hawks won the jump ball first.

The two first-round picks selected by the Hawks this year suddenly became famous through the three games after the big trade, and the Hawks management won the honor of "picking up the little spills".

Prince pulls to the bottom right corner, Jason Terry passes the ball to Rahim from close range on the left, Mohammed comes out to get Jason Terry off the ball, and Ratliff goes to the bottom right corner for Prince off the ball.

Jason Terry and Prince both have huge open three-point threats, so the space is wide open, and Raheem has started to make offensive moves while his teammates go out to block and pick-and-roll.

But!

When Raheem still wanted to run over Artest like last season, he found that this guy's defense was even more ferocious than last season!

And the strength is also better than last season, Rao is Rahim's big forward, and he doesn't have much advantage in confrontation!

But height and reach are still a good thing, Rahim and Artest fought hand-to-hand and then squeezed to the edge of the three-second zone and threw the ball directly to the basket, the ball hit the basket and bounced off the basket, and then Raheem jumped out in the air and hit the ball lightly!

Liu Mang couldn't help but marvel at Rahim's skill in using his physical advantage.

It's like watching Garnett play an offense, it shouldn't be a skill of this height.

Artest watched Rahim score the ball, and he was helpless, Rahim played with a natural dislocation, if there was no teammate with excellent defense, he really couldn't prevent it.

Brad Miller's defense is good, but it's mainly one-on-one defense, and the help defense is really not good, and most of the defense relies on small actions to defend the opponent's interior.

The key is that the sense of co-defense is not good, Rahim has hit so deep, it is difficult to get the ball out when he is clamped, Artest secretly screamed when Rahim threw the ball to the basket, but his teammates just didn't come.

When it came to the Pacers offense, Tinsley dribbled from the outside, and Reggie Miller ran around with Jason Terry.

Anti-ball player, Jason Terry is very bad, but without the ball, he and Liu Mang have learned, just shame on the face! You can't help but look at God.

Artest opened hand-to-hand combat mode with Rahim in the low post, Artest didn't think about attacking by himself, his offense is also part of the defense, using his physical strength that is difficult to vent to entangle with the opponent's first scorer, the purpose is very simple.

That is, the defensive scale of this era is very large, otherwise they would have been whistled for offensive fouls, Artest and Rahim's arms have been twisted, and the referee did not blow it.

Tinsley looked at Prince's height and skinny, and wanted to rely on speed and strength to break through, but he crashed directly into Prince's arms, Prince's lateral movement ability was very good, Tinsley saw that he was about to lose the ball, and quickly passed to O'Neal Jr.

O'Neal Jr. got the ball in the mid-range position, first lifted the ball high, and his teammates understood that all the space was opened, including Brad Miller, who pulled it outside the three-point line and let O'Neal Jr. play alone.

Whether it's the current era of Isaiah Thomas or the future period of Coach Carlisle, the Pacers' characteristic is that they can stretch the space to a great extent!

Little O'Neal pushed up Muhammad and couldn't beat it, but Little O'Neal then squeezed it, turned left sharply, and cut in the direction of the bottom line, Muhammad's single defense is indeed getting better and better, and accurately predicted that Little O'Neal turned around this time, and followed the power of Little O'Neal to turn around and receive the edge of the three-second zone.

But little O'Neill's footwork is too strong! And the flexibility of physical fitness is not comparable to Mohammed, a turn just after the end, O'Neal Jr.'s knee almost twisted movement immediately another right turn into the three-second zone, left hand to catch the ball, face the basket, across the reasonable collision area arc big throw shot.

Excellent footwork, strong physical fitness, soft touch, little O'Neal's big throw hollow hit!

If O'Neal Jr. is like Duncan, who is about the same size as him, he can't do it, his offensive style of play is soft, 70% of the points are outside the close range, most of them are even in the middle distance, this is the reason why O'Neal Jr.'s offensive evaluation is average, the shooting rate is too low, there is no shooting rate that his physical fitness should have, and when there is no teammate who can cause enough inside kills, his offensive performance is very average, and there is no teammate who can contain the opponent's inside line into the inside. His mid-range shooting efficiency is low.

But this kind of one-on-one with a full open space, he is very strong, so he can play so well in the Pacers, because the Pacers have three-point ability at almost all positions.

But if you really want to keep playing like this, O'Neal Jr.'s knees can't stand it, that kind of continuous big turn is different from the dreamy footsteps of Yao Ming and Olajuwon in the early days, those two are relying on solid lower body strength and tonnage to get stuck in position, spinning top in place, O'Neill Jr. is destroying his knees, and that's how he got so many knee injuries.

On the court, Raheem and O'Neal Jr. played singles one by one, Raheem was tortured by Artest, O'Neal Jr. fought with his knees, and the scores of both teams slowly increased.

Liu Mang looked at the Pacers' side and relied on their talent to play, and they could be hard steel with their own side, and felt that the Pacers' talent was really strong, but it was a pity that their coach wouldn't use it!

Raheem still has the ball, but he is a passer who averages more than 3 assists per game all year round, which is much better than O'Neal Jr.'s pure singles player and catch-and-shoot player who has never averaged 1.5 assists per game.

Slowly, when Reggie Miller, the main player who opened up space for O'Neal Jr., got tired of running and started to stand still, O'Neal Jr.'s side began to fall down, and the Hawks gradually gained some advantages.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Hawks led the Pacers by four points at 14-10.

The Pacers called a timeout and had to make a substitution!

The Pacers replaced Reggie Miller, this year is a year of Reggie Miller's playing time collapse, last season there was an average of 36 minutes per game of the absolute main playing time, this year the average playing time is only 25 minutes per game, nearly a full quarter less.

When Liu Mang saw Reggie Miller go off the court, he really felt sorry!

Sometimes the biggest regret in the NBA is that I can't see Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong.

Liu Mang really wanted to fight with the guys in the eighties, but unfortunately he was not at his peak yet, and those people were already old.

It's like not seeing the duel between the peak Olajuwon and the peak O'Neal, and it has always been a pity not to see which of the two completely different styles of play in the same position is stronger.

……

Coming back from the timeout, the Eagles fielded a combination of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Chris Crawford, Newbell and Boozer.

The Pacers fielded Tinsley, Eric Strickland, Ron Mossell, Al Harrington, Brad Miller.

The Pacers attacked, Tinsley pushed in, and Liu Mang defended it.

With the same defense as Prince, Liu Mang took advantage of the double advantages of height and speed to go up to hug Tinsley, Tinsley hurriedly wanted to block and dismantle, and Harrington came out to block Liu Mang.

The Eagles made a decisive change of defense, and Newbell stayed in a position where he took a big step away from Tinsley to avoid Tinsley's air cut.

Tinsley, who has no ball in his hand and no open cutting opportunities, has no offensive threat, which is a clear point during the Hawks' pre-game defensive drills, and Tinsley, who is a streetball player, does not have the ability to shoot from mid-to-long range.

Liu Mang was guarding Harrington on the outside, watching this two-meter-and-six-meter guy pouting his butt and dribbling, he really couldn't do anything about the other party!

Harrington pouted his ass and squeezed Liu Mang back again and again, and suddenly Harrington turned around sharply and stepped back to shoot three points!

Harrington's retreat was unskillful, and he didn't have the ability to get rid of the defense at all, and Liu Mang immediately pounced.

But Harrington's height advantage and arm span advantage, the key is the shooting action, grabbing the ball with both hands and stretching it out hugely, throwing it out like a cannonball, and smashing into the basket with an anti-aircraft gun!

Liu Mang's defense did not interfere at all!

That's where Al Harrington excels, he can handle the ball, he can shoot, he can play inside singles, he can do anything! Especially three points, he is the main power forward of the Golden State Bandits and Nuggets Gangs in the future! Three points of the wave of a beep, the key is that it is still very accurate!

The point is, Al Harrington, the future bandit, has always been such an arrogant man, after scoring three points, he did continuous high leg raises, and made a celebration gesture with a gun inserted while running back.

Liu Mang was stimulated!

Fuck it!

After receiving the ball, Liu Mang quickly advanced to the front court, and before Tinsley pounced, he chased three points and shot directly!

It felt good, and I was lucky, so I took a dip on the basket and fell in.

Liu Mang returned one to Al Harrington.

Tinsley didn't expect Liu Mang to be so decisive, which is different from what the coach emphasized before the game!

Didn't you say that this guy from the same class began to organize an attack? Why did my teammates shoot before they even got to the basket?

The key is that the jump is so much higher than last season, and Tinsley still has a bounce advantage over Liu Mang last season!

Liu Mang just wanted to return Al Harrington a celebration of gunsmoke, but before he could do it, the Pacers were about to attack!

Al Harrington rushed to the front court to catch the ball and made a three-point shot!

Again!

It's so sudden!

But it's too much in line with Al Harrington's style of play in the Warriors' Black Eight year, all kinds of surprises! Maybe even the head coach of the Pacers, Isaiah Thomas, didn't expect his players to play like that!

The Eagles call a timeout!

Coach Krueger didn't expect that the opponent hit two three-pointers in a row after returning from the official timeout, and the lead was only one point!

Coach Kruger doesn't care about any face now, even if the official timeout has only been a minute, seeing that the situation is not right, he immediately called a timeout.

This rotation lineup was sent, and Coach Kruger wanted to open up the difference, but he didn't expect to be caught by the opponent and counterattacked.

And this kind of counterattack is all too familiar to the Eagles, only this time the victims became them!

Because I didn't expect the opponent to play like this, there is a good saying, good swimmers drown, and the Eagles now feel this feeling of capsizing in the gutter!

The Eagles were going to start the first wave of the opposing starters, and then the bench bandits came out to play the advantage.

Speaking of which, there were some problems when the starting lineup went up, Rahim and Mohammed were tired enough, one was tired enough on the offensive end, and the other was tired enough on the defensive end, so the defense of the second team had a big problem.

Newbell's defensive attitude is okay, and he also started defense, and he can stay in the NBA mainly by this, but the awareness is not good, Chris Crawford is the same, Boozer's words, positive is very positive, but the ability is really not good, empty attitude, but except for specific defensive objects, most of the time it is not good.

Usually the second team of the Hawks, Raheem and Muhammad always have one on the floor, the interior defense is guaranteed, and the blocking and switching defense is more conscious.

But now the frontcourt combination composed of these three pure substitutes has a big defensive problem! Leaked Al Harrington directly.

How do you fix it?

Coach Krueger looked at Mike Woodson, who was still thinking about it, and before he could think about it, the manager had called a timeout, and there was nothing he could do for the time being.

Popovich's style of calling a timeout is really not something that half of people can accept, even if it is someone from their own team.

Coach Kruger called Liu Mang back and looked for a rookie if he had something to do...... No, it's a sophomore, that's the consensus of the Eagles.

Liu Mang was still surprised: "Could it be that today and Xiao Ye Biao are three points of this goods?" When he was called back by Coach Kruger, Liu Mang was confused, why was he so decisive in calling a timeout today, and then watching his teammates and coaching staff look at him, Liu Mang was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and became the "head coach" again? This scene seems to be seen a lot in the Cosmos team......

However, Liu Mang also has a big heart, and he really began to think.

The Pacers' bench lineup is very different from the past, mainly because Harrington has become the best sixth man favorite, which is a huge improvement from last season, and has propped up the Pacers' weakest bench last season.

The choice in front of Liu Mang came out quickly, do you want to attack quickly and open up the difference, or do you want the opponent to attack and grind slowly?

The answer is obvious, offense!

Liu Mang said his idea of substitution, and his teammates were terrified, can this lineup play?