Liu Mang thought that Calderon would be excellent in other teams after playing in a strong team for a few years, and he also knew that his statistics were excellent, but he didn't expect to be so good!

Unlike when he was with the Hawks, who came off the bench and also had Jason Terry or Maddy or Iguodala in possession, Calderon was the absolute core of the ball in the Suns' second line, and O'Neal admired Calderon's passing.

"Ding...... Characteristics: Engine level 4 trigger, in a slow-paced attack and defense, have a clear judgment of the situation on the field, and improve the tacit understanding of teammates, from José Calderón. ”

The skill hint is to give Liu Mang an intuitive explanation of Calderon's role on the field, and Calderon relies on his strength to play the same effect on the field as the skill effect prompted by the system to Liu Mang!

And because he has partnered with Liu Mang, Maddie and others, Calderon is not cowardly in commanding O'Neal, Josh Smith is an old teammate, knowing Calderon's excellent passing, so he actively cooperated, at first Calderon was just regarded as an addition to Josh Smith, only the role of pitcher, but with the support of Josh Smith, Calderon became the core of the second team.

When the Suns traded Marion for Calderon and Josh Smith, they were scolded by Suns fans, and some non-Suns fans also sneered, mainly because they were dissatisfied with the Suns for helping the Hawks when they were targeted by everyone, so that the Hawks could successfully survive the aging crisis of Rasheed Wallace, and also helped the Hawks solve the crisis that Josh Smith could not be traded in the third year and the value of the trade fell sharply in the fourth grade, because the Hawks did not have the conditions to renew Josh Smith.

If Josh Smith and Iguodala are not traded, they will definitely be rotten in their hands and robbed by other teams in the future, and Suns fans are also dissatisfied with trading these two people with an average of 20+10 per game, a second-team, and an All-Star power forward.

But Josh Smith arrived at the Suns and quickly won the love of Suns fans with his brutal physicality, after Gentry made the role of using O'Neal as a pseudo-starter-true sixth man, Calderon showed his excellent passing skills and rhythm control in his partnership with O'Neal, just like the second engine of the Suns, so that the Suns' second team has a very different but very efficient positional offensive from the main lineup!

Calderon has been outstanding in recent games, averaging 9 points and 7 assists per game in the last ten games, and has gone from being just a solid shooter next to Nash to the core of the second team!

Nash has been more efficient this season than he was last season, and Calderon has been instrumental in getting Nash well-rested and being a solid shooter to hit threes and mid-range when paired with Nash.

Rondo ...... I was abused by Calderon, a senior!

Even in the face of Kidd or Baran Davis, Liu Mang never saw Rondo being abused so badly, but when he beat Calderon, Rondo couldn't prevent it at all!

On the offensive end, because of O'Neal under the basket, it was useless for Rondo to easily break through Calderon, and Calderon saw Rondo burst in, so he went to block the Hawks' three-point shooter's off-ball blocking and running.

Gentry used a beautiful 5-4 strategy, four small men to block the perimeter, and relied on O'Neal's huge body to guard the basket.

Rondo did shoot 2-of-4 from the field in the half quarter, and his personal score was pretty good, but his teammates didn't have any good shots! Rondo is playing, and he doesn't know what to do, just like LeBron James in the 2014 Finals in the original time and space, holding the ball in the middle range is not throwing, nor is passing!

Originally, the Eagles wanted to rely on the second team to put on a one-shot lineup to open the score, but the second team led by the duo of Calderon and O'Neal in turn blew up the second team of the Eagles!

The Suns' scoring efficiency is certainly much worse than that of the starters, but they are stable!

Calderon is a solid point guard, and O'Neal is estimated to be the most solid center of all time......

Many people think that O'Neal is the most dominant center in history, but they ignore how stable he has been in the 14 years since he entered the NBA until he was 34 years old!

But thinking about it, can the No. 24 partner who dares to smash the basket with an iron head still win three consecutive championships, can it be unstable......

In the fourth minute of the second quarter, with Barbosa's bottom corner three-point shot, the Suns outscored the Hawks by three points 39-36!

The Eagles call a timeout!

……

Liu Mang was just about to get on the board, but was pressed back to his seat by Coach Kruger.

"Jason, Tracy, you go up, Danny, you continue to defend against Josh, Kwame you go up against O'Neal......"

Coach Krueger made personnel changes and replaced Maddy, who played the full first quarter, early.

was beaten 10-5 by the opponent's second team, and the Hawks could only replace the main force early.

However, Liu Mang's strategy of raising and fighting remains unchanged, and Liu Mang can only sit.

He understands that this is a lesson learned from the way the Rockets and Lakers used Olajuwon and O'Neal during their defending seasons, and that not everyone is like Jordan, who won the regular season every year with three consecutive championships.

Jordan is still the most majestic mountain in people's minds.

The reason why Liu Mang is regarded as the most qualified junior to challenge Jordan is that during his three-game winning streak, his regular season record did not decline, but broke the historical record in the third year.

But this is the defending season after three consecutive championships, Rao is the Hawks are very confident in Liu Mang's physical fitness, and they have to keep playing, and as the season deepens, the implementation will be stricter, even if there are unexpected situations, such as this time their bench lineup was pressed by the Suns, except for Rondo who scored two goals, only Granger received the ball and caused Tim Thomas to foul one of two free throws, and only scored 5 points in more than four minutes.

Liu Mang watched Jason Terry and Maddy come on the court, partnering with Rondo on the outside, and Granger and Kwame Brown went up, and he was also a lot more relieved.

Sure enough, with Maddie and Jason Terry after the timeout, the Hawks' side wasn't at a big disadvantage like they were at the start of the quarter.

However, Calderón played with ease in the face of Rondo's defense, focusing on stability, and the pace was maddeningly slow.

O'Neal doesn't have to worry about physical strength, he is tired and the main force is there, so he does his best to play his strength, even if he is so old, about to be 35 years old, he can't help but be guarded, contain Kwame Brown, and he still has the vision to share the ball when he receives the ball.

Although Rondo has become easier to organize the offense with Jason Terry and Maddy, the weirdest thing about Rondo is that the stronger his teammates, the more effective he can play.

The Suns have maintained a slight lead, and Rondo and Maddy have done their best to organize the offense and break inside, helping Jason Terry and Granger to get outside shots, or Kwame Brown to get outside shots, and the offense is already very good.

However, the Suns still held on to their lead!

After the official timeout, it was still a stalemate, and when it was 53-59 and 6 points behind, the Eagles called a timeout again!

Liu Mang took off his training uniform, and there were more than two minutes left in the second quarter, so he had to take advantage of this time to narrow the difference.

Liu Mang had to say...... Gentry's head is so useful!

O'Neal can't play Kwame Brown, among the active interior players, there are efficient ones who can play Kwame Brown one-on-one, except for Yao Ming, Duncan, Nowitzki, Elton Brand, Garnett, Milicic, O'Neal Jr., these real inside players, there are only pseudo-inside real outside players like Turkoglu and Lewis, and it is impossible for O'Neal to eat Kwame Brown alone.

But put O'Neal on the second line...... Invincibility!

Reduced O'Neal's playing time from 344 minutes at the start of the season to 234 minutes now, including 156 minutes in the second and third quarters with the bench, no team's interior bench can compete with it!

Moreover, after the Hawks exchanged two of the Three Hawks, the Suns only replaced Kurt Thomas with James Jones to suppress Jason Terry and Maddy after the Hawks stepped up, still relying on the performance and rhythm on the offensive end, and withstood the firepower of the Twin Hawks instigated by Rondo!

This is a rare time for the Eagles to be restrained by the opponent's tactics!

Calderon + O'Neal, the core combination of the strongest second team in the league!

Even better than Liu Mang imagined before, Gentry took this team apart!

They don't have a star like Liu Mang who can seamlessly switch between various rhythms, but there are a lot of them!

The roles are reversed, but it is the Suns who make the opponent feel cruel!

……

After the timeout, the three eagles came together, and one of the advantages of playing the Suns Hawks is that they can send the three eagles together without worrying about the problem of outside defense, first of all, it is not easy to defend against the fast-paced offense and defense of their main lineup, and the second is that there are fewer people in their guard line who can hold the ball and attack, but there are more players with the ball in the front line, just use Jason Terry to defend their starting Raja Bell, Maddie and Marion to defend their Josh Smith and Dio, how much can be limited, and Kwame Brown protects the rebound under the basket.

Of course, the limit is not large, when O'Neal is away, their main lineup is even more powerful than last season, and the Hawks want to equalize before halftime and play more panicked, instead of narrowing the score before halftime, they were pulled away by two points!

At halftime, the Hawks trailed the Suns by 8 points, 57-65!

In terms of assists, due to the synchronization of Liu Mang and Nash's playing time, Liu Mang only fell behind by 1 4-5, but in terms of three points, Nash and Calderon successively commanded the Suns to attack, and both of them were sharpshooter-level three-pointers, leading the whole team, and the Hawks trailed the Suns by 10 three-pointers in the half with 7 three-pointers at halftime!

Liu Mang was still thinking about how to complete the three mission objectives at first, which is good...... Collapse across the board!

Card Shark Combo ...... It's too good to put it in the second lineup!