Liu Mang took the tactics board, directly erased the tactics drawn by Coach Kruger, and then called the lineup in his mind together, and then painted.

Coach Kruger didn't pay attention and found that the tactical board in his hand was gone!

It's so angry!

However, I really can't help but want to see what Liu Mang is doing!

The season has reached the 31st game, the Eagles' tactical system has long been formed, and the role distribution of players has long been fixed.

The Pacers, on the other hand, clearly seized the opportunity, and Coach Carlisle wanted to snipe the Hawks in this game, lay the groundwork for a few more regular-season meetings between the two teams, and prepare for the playoffs.

Coach Krueger really admires Coach Carlisle, he drills every gap, and magnifies this loophole infinitely when there is a loophole.

Whenever this unexpected situation comes, the top teams are usually unwilling to spend too much effort in the regular season to fight wits and courage, and would rather leave it to the players to solve it themselves.

However, the players have alternative operations, especially Liu Mang's ideas, which makes the Hawks coaching staff very curious, this guy has too many strange tricks in an endless stream, which always allows Coach Kruger and Mike Woodson to learn something.

Coaches and players learn new tactics, and the Eagles do.

Seeing the person Liu Mang wanted to replace, as well as the tactics arranged, Coach Kruger secretly sighed that he really guessed correctly, this kid is doing something again! And every time it's more exaggerated!

Although I think this is too unreliable, but I think it won't be worse than being led by the other party's nose, right? I just don't care.

Rahim, who is the protagonist of the tactics, looked at Liu Mang with strange eyes and said, "Ace, are you sure you're not playing me because I robbed you of the ball?" ”

Liu Mang's expression was very sincere: "Sharif, how can you say that? We are brothers! I just wanted to experiment with you with the new tactics...... No, I think you have that ability! ”

I accidentally said that I missed my mouth.

"......" Rahim was speechless, but if it did, Rahim felt ...... As a defensive leader, you can have more opportunities to perform!

And this style of play is really unheard of, very imaginative play, and Rahim also wants to give it a try.

Seeing that Rahim didn't refute it, Liu Mang took his teammates on the field!

……

Both teams are back on the field.

On the Pacers' side, veteran Kenny Anderson played, Anthony Johnson was replaced, gained weight, and his physical strength did not decline, Artest, who averaged 39 minutes per game this season, continued to play, and the power forward position was replaced by Al Harrington, the best sixth man favorite, a misplaced master, and the center position Pacers have actually been changing in the first quarter, this time with Jonathan Bender, a former All-American high school student and the fifth pick in 99.

The Hawks, on their side, sent a lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Barnes, Raheem, and Rashid Wallace.

Coach Carlisle tilted his head and pouted disdainfully when he saw the lineup on the Eagles' side, their lineup was not at all afraid of the Eagles' "cavalry tactics".

Obviously, seeing this lineup, everyone thought the Eagles were going to run.

After Liu Mang came up, he saw that the center on the Pacers' side was Jonathan Bender, the overly thin bamboo pole-type center who relied on the free throw line to easily dunk on the free throw line in the 99 draft, I heard that this guy is a very "gentle" person, even speaking very gently, playing ball is even more gentle, and the mobility is very good, it seems that the Jim Carrey opposite is "predicting" that his side is going to play counterattack tactics, so he replaced it with such a physical fitness man.

This made Liu Mang feel really lucky! Compared to Jeff Foster or Scott Pollard, two stump white power centers, this guy is obviously easier to deal with.

At the end of the break, the Hawks lost the jump ball, so the power to attack first in the middle two quarters of the game was on the Hawks' side.

Liu Mang received Rahim's serve, and seeing Rahim's eyes with resentment, Liu Mang pointed to the opposite basket several times, and Rahim immediately ran forward.

Grudges are resentments, but Rahim, who wants to do things, can't suppress it!

Liu Mang slowly advanced, stepping on the 8-second illegal point to pass the half, and watched Rahim go to the position while advancing.

Artest saw Rahim running over, and did not hesitate to continue to scold Rahim, to compete with Rahim, Al Harrington, who is not good at defense, to defend against Barnes, an opponent who is not good at attack.

But......

Raheem ran all the way to the basket!

Rasheed Wallace went to the bottom right corner to open up space and take Jonathan Bender away, Barnes went to the bottom left corner, Al Harrington had to follow out, although Barnes shot less, gave him fewer opportunities to shoot, his offensive ability is indeed clumsy, except for the second offense of offensive rebounding, there are not many ways to score, but in the summer Barnes practiced hard three points, although it was useless, but the fixed-point shooting had a three-percent shooting rate, and he had to defend.

Prince pulled away at a 45-degree angle on the left side of the basket and took away Kenny Anderson, who was the worst defender of the Pacers, and Liu Mang dribbled to the top arc, seeing that there was a huge space to pull, and only Raheem and Artest were left under the basket!

Liu Mang slowly dribbled outside the three-point line, facing Anthony Johnson, who is known for his rough defense and is also a veteran player of the Hawks, Liu Mang suddenly went from slow to extremely fast, and rushed towards the basket!

The Pacers saw Raheem go to the low post, and thought that the Hawks were going to let Raheem play in the low post, and Coach Carlisle didn't think the Hawks would make Raheem lose face for a regular season game, so he trusted Artest's low post defense.

But I didn't expect Liu Mang to suddenly accelerate and burst into the front court!

Anthony Johnson defends toughly, but being tough and being able to defend are two different things, Liu Mang accelerated violently, swept past Anthony Johnson's right side in one step, and rushed to the free throw line distance, Artest defended very aggressively and consciously, and he took a step up for the first time.

This kind of positive defensive attitude and excellent awareness of the defensive position is exactly what Liu Mang wants!

Liu Mang grabbed the ball while dribbling, and without adjusting the action, he grabbed the ball steadily with his big hand and threw it to the basket, and Rahim easily won two points!

At 25-33, Raheem scored two points to narrow the gap to within 10 points.

Offensive and defensive conversion, Pacers offense, Pacers players discussed before serving and advancing, Artest, as the core of the team's defense, instructed the next defense to return to the basket a little faster, in the eyes of the Pacers players, the Hawks played a surprise, they were not ready, because Coach Carlisle said that the Hawks will definitely continue to let Raheem come up as the main offensive point.

Coach Carlisle's first reaction on the sidelines was the same as Artest, thinking that the Eagles were playing a clever trick, looking at the Eagles' open-space position and Raheem's low-post ball, it was clear that Raheim broke through in the middle and long distances or shot Artest was not easy to play, so he was ready to play low.

But looking at the cooperation of Raheem and Liu Mang, why does Coach Carlisle feel so wrong? But I can't say what's wrong, just the weird feeling that has often occurred when facing the Hawks in the playoffs for the past two years.

When the Pacers players arrived in the frontcourt, a scene that the whole Pacers team, from the players to the coach, did not expect, seeing that Raheem did not go to defend Artest, not even Harrington, but ran to the basket and Jonathan Bendelka! Rashid Wallace went to guard against Al Harrington, the swingman at the third and fourth positions.

On Artest's side, a guy who looked more vicious than him came up, and he was not afraid of confrontation, so he started hand-to-hand combat when he came up.

Of course, Barnes is ferocious, but it is still a little worse than Artest, who confronted it, firmly pressed Barnes behind him, and stuck the space to catch the ball.

At this time, Kenny Anderson advanced over, and saw Liu Mang in front of him, Kenny Anderson, a veteran at the end of his career, knew very well that playing Liu Mang was completely equivalent to giving the ball to the other party, so he began to look for teammates, Artest was the second scorer of the Pacers, O'Neal Jr. was not there, Artest was the best scorer, but Kenny Anderson saw that Jonathan Bender under the basket was against Rahim!

That's a lot of height difference! Seven or eight centimeters! Kenny Anderson decisively opted to hoist the ball to Jonathan Bender.

Jonathan Bender received the ball in the low post, although he didn't understand why Raheem, the striker, came to defend him, but with such a good opportunity, how could he not play!

Jonathan Bender slammed into the three-second zone...... Didn't move! When he received the ball, he saw that it was Rahim who was defending him behind him, and he completely forgot that he couldn't squeeze into the basket just now, and forgot that although he was two meters and one four, he weighed only 92 kilograms!

Jonathan Bender, who does not believe in evil, turned around to play high, but was held up by Raheem, and there was no room to jump, Raheem was quick-eyed, and at the moment when Jonathan Bender turned around and grabbed the ball but couldn't jump, he directly stretched out his hands and snatched the ball in Jonathan Bender's hand!

Forced steal!

The Eagles fight back en masse!

Jonathan Bender, a big center bullied by a small forward, and was so straightforward and straightforward to get a steal, the Pacers were completely unprepared.

Raheem immediately advanced a counterattack after the steal, passed the ball to Liu Mang halfway, Liu Mang sprinted to the front court to increase the speed as fast, passed Kenny Anderson's block, and rushed straight to the opponent's basket, attracting the Pacers players who were originally going to defend the Hawks' five-man fast break in all directions.

Liu Mang rushed to the left side of the basket to the middle distance, and stopped and jumped!

The speed compared to the weight is really incredibly fast, Artest, and the unexpectedly first to defend Jonathan Bender both rushed towards Liu Mang to block.

But Liu Mang jumped up to pass the ball! Liu Mang passed the ball to the middle lane, and Rahim rushed in to receive the ball and smashed the ball into the basket!

After the goal, the Eagles didn't cheer or anything, 27-33, still trailing by six points.

The players on the Pacers' side hurriedly communicated the next offense.

Kenny Anderson pushed in and Artest dropped to the low post to single Barnes, but ...... The man who defends on the inside is still Rahim! When Barnes saw that Artest was about to fall to the low post, he immediately went to switch to Al Harrington, and Rasheed Wallace followed Jonathan Bender to the bottom corner, Jonathan Bender has three points, and it is a very accurate kind, but there is no chance to play, he was a "genius" who almost had to participate in the slam dunk contest and the three-point contest at the same time.

Artest leaned on Rahim to get the ball, and hit Rahim, if he defended Artest from breaking through like a tank, Rahim has nothing to do now, even if he didn't lose weight last season, there is no good way, Artest is not only a big improvement in defense this year, but also a tank breakthrough.

But low-post singles are very different, not just good physical fitness, even O'Neal, who is very good at low-post footwork and small hooks.

And Artest is even blind on how to correctly use his physical advantages in low-post singles! The low post defense is strong, it does not mean that there is a low post offense!

Artest collided with Rahim, Rahim lowered his center of gravity and carried it steadily, Artest was also a bastard, he didn't hit the space, he turned around and threw it forcibly, and forced his shot under Rahim's interference.

As luck would have it, Artest's forced throw bounced off the neck of the basket and landed in the basket.

Although he entered, Artest felt very bad!

After the goal, the Pacers quickly retreated and did not give the Hawks a chance to break quickly.

Liu Mang was not in a hurry, he advanced slowly, and then Rahim continued to go to the low position.

After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, there was no easy breakthrough space like the last attack, Anthony Johnson's defense was indeed very good, a good defensive distance, a good small step to prepare to prevent Liu Mang from breaking through, Liu Mang wanted to break through, but it took a lot of effort, and his side was too showy, so he couldn't reflect Rahim.

The Pacers want to use Artest to stimulate Rahim's desire to attack, and Liu Mang's side will certainly not let go of this opportunity, he is ready to repay the other in his own way, they target Rahim, and Liu Mang can naturally target Artest!

Seeing that Rahim was about to arrive with his back against Artest, Liu Mang immediately hung Rahim.

After hanging to Raheem, Liu Mang took the initiative to stick to Anthony Johnson, and then turned around Anthony Johnson violently, brushed the other party and rushed to the basket!

It took a lot of effort to break through with the ball in hand, and Liu Mang threw Anthony Johnson far away at once and rushed straight to the basket!

Artest was originally going to defend Rahim's low-post single, but when he saw Liu Mang cut in, Rahim made a move to turn around and pass the ball, and Artest immediately blocked Liu Mang like a center.

But! Artest has a better sense of defense than a center, but he doesn't have the wide defensive area under the basket brought by the height and reach of a center!

Raheem turned around and passed the ball as a feint, and when Artest went to block Liu Mang, Rahim took a step directly and burst out, and Artest, who turned around and entered the basket, smashed the ball into the basket!

29-35, the Eagles continue to bite the score!

Artest yelled in annoyance, he felt that his defensive judgment was wrong, but Coach Carlisle on the sidelines noticed that something was wrong!

It's so wrong!

How Raheem's style of play looks more and more like a center forward!

The way Liu Mang and Rahim cooperate is not like the cooperation with the small forward, and Coach Carlisle knows very well that Rahim and the entire Hawks have the worst cooperation with others on the offensive end, which is also the reason why Rahim weakened his offensive role this year, and he also found that the offensive means of his core style of play are very incompatible with Liu Mang's core style of play, so he weakened his offensive role.

Coach Carlisle also grasped this point, knowing that Rahim could only play alone if he wanted to play good data, so let Artest provoke Rahim, wanting to create a two-person attack, compared to Artest's organizational ability, defense can make up for the lack of offense and the tank style of play is really strong, but the work in hand is not good.

But Coach Carlisle didn't expect that in the second quarter, Liu Mang actually cooperated with Rahim! And it's a weird fight!

The cooperation between the two looks really strong!

And the Eagles' defensive strategy is so weird! Coach Carlisle didn't even have the idea of calling a timeout, because he didn't know how to deal with it after calling a timeout, maybe he could replace O'Neill Jr. in advance, but O'Neal Jr.'s fitness would have problems again.

Coach Carlisle is confused! How is it that there is only an interval, and the strategy that is clearly planned to be perfect, is suddenly about to collapse?

After a few more rounds, when it was found that Raheem actually looked so dominant defensively under the basket, and the cooperation between Liu Mang on the offensive end turned from a two-person turn at the beginning, to slowly force the defense on his side to shrink later, Prince and Rasheed Wallace on the outside began to get three-point opportunities, and the difference was slowly narrowed by the Hawks to a negligible three-pointer, Coach Carlisle finally called a timeout.

He's finally sure!

The Eagles actually used such a strange style of play! It feels like child's play!

Raheem actually played center!

It's not the kind of mini counterattack lineup when the Hawks play super cavalry tactics that appear in the center position, Raheem is really playing with a center style of play!

Receiving the ball in the low post with his back to him, the outside line cut to attract the opponent's "center" to complement the defense, and then Rahim raised it high.

Jonathan Bender went to defend and was directly forced by Rahim, Al Harrington couldn't prevent it, and although Artest could defend it, Liu Mang attracted the defense when Artest went to defend Rahim, and Artest had good defensive awareness and ability, but he didn't have the height that a center should have!

Coach Carlisle really felt the suppression of IQ this time, and the other party could actually think of using the small forward as a traditional center and forcibly turning the small forward on his side into a center!

In just 4 minutes, the Hawks chased the score to 37-41!