1155. Five small miracles
After beating the Texas duo of the Mavericks and Spurs in a row, Liu Mang thought that the team would habitually go into a slow heat-up state, and was ready to start behind, like most games in March, and even fall behind at halftime, and then chase points with Jason Terry in the third quarter.
Unexpectedly, in the first game in April, Horry broke out!
Scored 4 threes in a row at the beginning!
The Hawks scored a total of 15 points in the first half of the first quarter, Liu Mang did not score a point on 0-of-4 shooting, David Lee scored on a single shot, and Kwame Brown made one of two free throws on an offensive rebound.
If it is changed to the usual rotation, Liu Mang did not score in the first seven minutes, and the cake-eating players under the basket only scored 3 points, then the Eagles started a little miserable, it must have been played by the other party at the beginning, after entering 2006, as of now, such a situation is not uncommon, it is often Liu Mang who later scattered the waves of joy and chased the score difference back, and could not catch it back...... Just lose.
But today, after the Cavaliers started the game so well, James made 2 of 3 three-pointers, 3 of 5 shots in 7 minutes, plus a free throw to score 9 points, and the Cavaliers scored 16 points in seven minutes, and they only led by 1 point!
All because Horry scored 12 points in the first half of the quarter!
4 out of 4 hits!
When the Cavaliers defended Liu Mang very well, and Liu Mang himself felt poor, Horry actually stood up to help the Eagles hold up the score!
When it came to the official timeout, the Eagles only trailed by 1 point when the four people played very badly at the beginning!
The last time they played the Jazz, the Hawks also had a bad start and were beaten 18-3 by the opponent...... He trailed by 15 points at the beginning, and then slowly caught up and lost.
But this time it's very different!
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The Cavaliers changed their lineup, with former Hawks player Ira Newbell being swapped as small forward, James going to the point guard position, Larry Hughes continuing to play, and Don Yell Marshall and Vallejo coming on inside.
The Cavaliers are eating the rookie bonuses of the three main players of James, Gooden, and Vallejo, plus the big Z salary cut of more than six million, and the Cavaliers have strengthened a lot, which was not reflected at first, but as the season deepened, these players began to make technical changes towards the style of play that suited James, and slowly became more and more comfortable playing with James, and the Cavaliers did not make a trade, but the depth of the roster is getting better and better.
On the Hawks' side, Coach Kruger originally planned to let Horry go up and throw him, so he replaced him, and if he had the opportunity to go up and adapt to find a feeling, he didn't expect Horry to break out today!
Horry's old-fashioned style of play, the defensive end can't mean that he can keep up with the outside line, and he doesn't play aggressively, and the consumption is not large, in this case, Coach Kruger is ready to make a fuss about Horry's sudden outburst now.
The Hawks changed to a five-man lineup of Liu Mang, Iguodala, Korver, Horry, and Josh Smith.
The timeout came back and the Cavaliers attacked.
James pushed forward to the frontcourt, saw that the two tallest players on the other side were about the same height as him, so he directed Vallejo to the inside position, wanting to play the height advantage.
But Josh Smith's top defense did a really good job! Vallejo couldn't get a place!
The key to the death of the five small is the top defense of the opponent's big center, the big Z Josh Smith can't bear it, in the face of those centers who are close to two meters two or even more than two meters two, with five small pure death, there will be a center named Boban Marjanovic in the future, in most years in the NBA is estimated to be unable to play, the ability to move is not as good as Bol and Big Z, and there is no shooting ability, but it is a BUG in the small ball era, the shooting rate is higher than O'Neal, and he will dunk directly when he receives the ball while standing on the inside.
It's okay for Josh Smith to play the average center and not let the opponent get to the position.
Horry's defense of the small forward is 100% unstoppable, but the defense is now slowing down and only three points and Donyer Marshall, who is high under the basket, and the defense is okay.
James passed the ball to Vallejo, who was stunned and had no chance to get close to the basket and could only stand up to Josh Smith's high-flying throw......
As a Brazilian, Scola was ashamed of Vallejo's shooting, even if he didn't have a foot, his hands were so hard, and he threw iron!
Horry retracts to grab a defensive rebound!
Liu Mang received the ball and advanced towards the front court.
This lineup of the Cavaliers, there is less outside pressure, but the defense has become better, Vallejo has excellent lateral movement and supplemental defense, anti-off-ball blocking and dismantling ability, Vallejo is on the court, is the best defensive lineup of the Cavaliers, Da Z and Yao Ming's defense is similar, there is a commanding height under the basket, and the ability to help teammates grab rebounds is excellent, but the defensive effect is far less than Yao Ming, Yao Ming moves better, grabs rebounds better by himself, and has better block awareness, and Da Z is more on the court The Cavaliers have better offensive space.
Liu Mang arrived in the front court and met Larry Hughes's defense to defend the ball.
Seeing that Korver's side was followed by Don Yell Marshall, and it was James who defended Horry, Liu Mang immediately commanded Iguodala to run to attract Newbell's defense, preventing him from helping to defend on the inside, and then looking for a block, and the object of the blockade was ...... Horry!
Horry came out to help Liu Mang block Larry Hughes, in fact, he didn't block it too well, but it was enough to block it!
Demolition Master Level 5 trigger!
Liu Mang bypassed the block and broke through quickly!
James hurriedly changed his guard to catch up, but he could only barely keep up, and he couldn't post it, so he could only expect to interfere with Liu Mang's impact on the basket from behind, and his hat-chasing interference was very good.
Larry Hughes, on his side, didn't dare to let go of Horry to pinch Liu Mang when he encountered a block, so he could only change his guard and stick to Horry to prevent Horry from running out of space.
Liu Mang rushed into the basket, Newbell went to chase Iguodala who ran back, Vallejo made up the defense quickly, quite active and fighting, the first time to make up the defense in place, Liu Mang was ready, when he encountered a pinch, he hoisted the ball to the left side of the basket, Josh Smith received the ball and scored two points.
It's unreliable to expect Horry to keep shooting, but Horry is now shooting 4 three-pointers in a row, James and Larry Hughes don't dare to let go of him, and Liu Mang makes good use of Horry's space!
17-16, the Hawks led for the first time in this game!
was overtaken, and the Cavaliers did not lose their cool by this incident, and continued to play steadily.
James advanced to the frontcourt, and now he doesn't pass to teammates who have a height advantage on the inside, and he originally wanted to play with a height advantage.
James hurts, the Eagles are too difficult to deal with! finally limited Liu Mang at the beginning, but Horry broke out, and now he has a lineup without a center, if Josh Smith is regarded as a small forward, and Josh Smith can really be regarded as a small forward, then the Hawks don't even have an interior line, but it looks like the defense is not bad!
It feels like you can't find an egg that you can't sew.
In the face of Iguodala's defense, James did not break through directly, but let Vallejo come out to block and dismantle.
Vallejo doesn't look good in a lot of places, he can't run, he can't shoot, he can't eat cakes, but he's positive! Good body, good rebounding, good defense, good blocking, very suitable for James, this season has 7+7 data so far, and he can almost get 80 million.
James took advantage of Vallejo's solid blocking and broke through ...... met Josh Smith, who was physically and he was like a twin, and even the age difference was just over 20 days......
Josh Smith switched from defensive center mode to defensive perimeter, sticking to James, who squeezed under the basket and took three steps...... One more step to the basket......
Iguodala quickly contracted and pinched up with Josh Smith when James took three steps, and James passed back to Vallejo, who had just run into the free throw line, and Vallejo received three people under the basket and chose to throw ......
Liu Mang followed Larry Hughes to grab the rebound, Vallejo's throw looked unreliable, but luckily it fell in after a few bounces on the basket.
It's already defended well, using the speed and physicality of Iguodala and Josh Smith to defend James, and let Vallejo's long shots empty, but the opponent has made all of this kind of ball, and there is no way.
And Vallejo can't always be that accurate!
As the game deepened, Liu Mang's feel began to gradually recover, and he started a tug-of-war with the Cavaliers.
After the first quarter, Liu Mang scored 4 points and 5 assists, Horry scored 12 points, and James scored 14 points and 3 assists.
In the first half of the first quarter, the Hawks relied on Horry's three-point score to bite the score, and in the second half, they relied on five small to limit James.
In the second quarter, the Eagles began to put weapons of mass destruction, and Jason Terry came in!
Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Kwame Brown are on the lineup.
On the Cavaliers' side, Big Z rested and returned to the court, Don Yell Marshall, who had a good hand, continued to stay on the court, James and Larry Hughes, two poor versions of Janway who averaged 40+ minutes per game, continued to appear, and the point guard position was replaced by Damon Jones, a once excellent pitcher.
As soon as Jason Terry came up, the Hawks' offense was immediately different, and the double wave began to wave!
The Cavaliers played very well today, and after the start of the second quarter, Liu Mang and Jason Terry, who gradually found their touch, scored 12 points in a row, but James and Larry Hughes broke through and scored one by one, helping the Cavaliers to take a one-point lead when they attacked first, and the Hawks scored on their side, and they could return one immediately.
The two teams began to play a beautiful battle against Biao!
The game was played well, the fans cheered and cheered, and the situation began to tilt in favor of the Eagles.
In the ninth minute of the second quarter, Korver, who came off the bench, hit an empty three-point shot, and the Hawks once again overtook the score!
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