530. Simple and crude
It took a full 22 seconds of offensive time for the Pistons to score two points.
After the goal, the Pistons quickly returned to defense, and their return speed was too fast, and the center was only two meters and six.
Offense and defense switched, and the Eagles attacked.
Liu Mang pushed over, Billups immediately came up, Liu Mang was surprised, Billups was not afraid of being fouled?
Suddenly, Liu Mang saw Billups' hand moving backwards, and secretly sighed that he was worthy of being Mr. Big Scene, and learned the little tricks he had used before, and wanted to use his body to suppress Liu Mang to prevent him from getting up.
But! Put your hands behind your back...... Liu Mang's left elbow was pressed against Billups's chest, trying to separate Billups, and at this time, he was lucky enough to trigger the iron elbow gong! Liu Mang accelerated to the right side to break through, Billups wanted to go up, but he felt a huge force coming from Liu Mang's left arm, and he couldn't stand it!
Giving up the interference of the hand, Billups could only rely on his strength to resist, but without the interference of the hand, it was difficult to pose a threat to Liu Mang's breakthrough, and Liu Mang didn't have to change direction, and directly broke through.
Why at the beginning of the century, the almost invincible Iverson breakthrough relied on a change of direction, while the future Westbrook breakthrough was directly accelerated? It's because you can get started at the beginning of the century! The anti-breakthrough is all about pulling and dragging, and it is difficult to break through without shaking people away, and the kind of blowing penalty that will foul when you reach out and pull in the future makes it so easy to break through from the outside, unless it is a long-handed monster like Leonard and Rondo who don't need to pull people to defend the area.
Liu Mang passed Billups and entered the inside line, Billups was not depressed, but followed closely behind Liu Mang, Liu Mang was supposed to accelerate to get rid of Billups after breaking through, and Clifford Robinson came up! And Billups form a bag clip!
Very fast and decisive bag, gave Liu Mang a lot of physical confrontation, Liu Mang was about to pass to Boozer, jumped up to find Boozer, suddenly, Liu Mang held the ball in his hand came with an out-of-control force, the ball was taken out!
Hamilton!
When Liu Mang broke in and was blocked by Clifford Robinson, Hamilton sneaked up from behind Clifford Robinson and reached out to pull out the ball in Liu Mang's hand! Fortunately, the ball was slapped away and fell to Boozer's feet, Boozer picked up the ball and rushed inside, Ratliff and Ben Wallace started hand-to-hand combat, Ratliff did not let Ben Wallace go to make up for Boozer, but Ben Wallace was stunned to squeeze Ratliffe, at this time Boozer had jumped up and put the basket, Ben Wallace slapped Boozer on the arm, and knocked Boozer to the ground!
The referee's whistle blows, and the thug fouls.
That's too big! Ratliff and Boozer, who got up, walked towards Ben Wallace, who did not shy away from putting his head against the two of them, and the referee hurried over to separate the three.
Boozer and Ratliff were relatively calm, just wanting to show the referee an attitude and express their dissatisfaction with the blow of this scale.
Ben Wallace couldn't defend the ball at all, it was just going for someone, but it only gave a foul to a thug.
Of course, Boozer and Ratliff are quite used to it, and the foul blowing penalty in these years is like this, which can only put pressure on the referee, and cannot be changed.
Boozer stepped to the free throw line and made one of two free throws.
It's time for the Pistons to attack again.
The Hawks found that Liu Mang couldn't keep up with Hamilton, and the Pistons blocked Hamilton for the whole team and let Hamilton catch and shoot.
The Pistons still play that way, unchanged, Billups first consumed time, and then after the time was almost exhausted, he continued to break through, and at the same time the Pistons blocked Hamilton, this time the Hawks changed the defense very quickly, Boozer went to make up for Hamilton in advance, Clifford Robinson blocked and ran to the right side of the 45-degree angle outside the three-point line, Hamilton received Billups after breaking through to the inside after the return pass, his hand did not stop the ball, and the ball was thrown towards Clifford Robinson, Clifford Robinson catches the ball and hits a three-point shot!
5 to 1! The Pistons started the game with a 4-point lead over the Hawks!
Immediately after the Hawks attacked, after discovering the Pistons' desperate defensive strategy, Liu Mang was not ready to take the ball himself, and commanded Boozer to open up space on the right side near the bottom corner, taking Clifford Robinson away, Ratliff came to the right side outside the three-second zone, waiting for the response, Prince went to the left bottom corner, Liu Mang himself opened up space at a 45-degree angle on the left side, and Raheem fell low!
Conventional tactics to fight Jason Terry, strange tactics to beat Liu Mang, when there is no way, chisel Rahim!
Raheem faced Michael Curry, the height and strength advantage was obvious, at this time Ben Wallace was afraid of Ratliff's catch, and did not immediately wrap Rahim, Raheem bulldozer to scuttle Michael Curry into the basket.
But!
Ben Wallace deserves to be the best defensive center under the basket, and when Rahim turned to dunk, he suddenly pounced, and the bounce was extremely fast! And the prediction was very accurate, seeing that Raheem was about to be capped, fortunately, Raheem reacted quickly, his fingertips shook, and he turned from a dunk to a small throw, narrowly avoiding Ben Wallace's block, and the ball hit the rebound and bounced into the basket.
It's so hard!
It's time for the Pistons to attack again, Billups continues to break through, Hamilton continues to go around the block and move to the left side of the basket, Liu Mang immediately switches defenses with Boozer after encountering Clifford Robinson's block, Boozer goes to chase Hamilton, Liu Mang goes to follow Clifford Robinson, at this time Billups immediately makes a choice, no passing, and continues to rush to the basket!
Prince couldn't stop Billups, Ratliff stepped over to make up for the defense, at this time Rahim saw that the situation under the basket was not good, and shrank back, Billups did not pass to the empty Ben Wallace for the first time, and waited for a second, although Ben Wallace stood one step outside the three-second zone, but in this position Billups felt that it was difficult for Ben Wallace to throw, and it was unlikely to come in and dunk, Raslip turned around and could shoot it, but Rahim didn't dare to bet on such a chance, after all, it was too tight from the basket, so he quickly shrank back, Billups passed at this point, a long pass from the baseline to Michael Curry in the bottom right corner of the basket.
Michael Curry's empty three-pointer!
The fans at the scene let out a "NO ......" exclamation, but fortunately, the ball was not thrown, and Rahim guarded the defensive rebound.
At this time, the Pistons' offensive routines were completely exposed, simple and crude offensive tactics, Billups's breakthrough, Hamilton's blocking and dismantling of vacant shots, passing to those with vacancy when there was no vacancy, and actively blocking and dismantling without the ball to form a dislocation, giving Michael Curry or Ben Wallace a chance, mainly Billups, Hamilton, Clifford Robinson's three-person offense.
Although he knew that Hamilton couldn't shoot a team alone, the Hawks couldn't be unguarded, and if they were really shot by him, the difference would be no different from being shot by him.
That's what Billups is all about as a coach on the field, to get Hamilton to start the game and then use the threat that Hamilton brings to create opportunities for others, Hamilton's passing is also very good, and he is selfless and has good vision, as long as his teammates have a chance, even if he is confident that he can throw the ball in before the opponent pounces next to him, he will also give his teammates a better chance.
Billups, Hamilton, Clifford Robinson, three players who pass well form a scoring circle, first of all, the three of them pass the ball before to score, when all three are blocked, there must be a chance for the other two teammates, Michael Curry and Ben Wallace Although they are not very good at scoring, they are only responsible for shooting, and they are counted as earned, and they do not go back to defense.
The Hawks were well prepared and used Liu Mang and Prince's switching defense to deal with the Pistons at the beginning, but they didn't expect the Pistons to play a completely different style of play from the original Coach Carlisle!
Liu Mang is very familiar with this style of play, and he is very impressed, the future ratings killer, the playing style of the Pistons Five Tigers! It's just that Raheem, who shoots faster and more accurately, has become Clifford Robinson, but if you don't consider offensive efficiency, this style of play is really powerful, because it's too simple, the Hawks can only defend simply and roughly, and the Pistons don't consider offensive efficiency, just grind the rhythm to shoot the ball, and then defend, the Hawks fell into passivity at the beginning! Get into the rhythm of the Pistons!
The Pistons have increased their defense, made bigger moves, and played more confrontations, taking advantage of the fact that the playoffs were blown on a larger scale that they hadn't used in the previous three games.
The Hawks started the game very unfavorably, and could only fight with the Pistons to defend, and until the official timeout in the first quarter, the Hawks only scored 8 points, while the Pistons relied on the open shots of Hamilton and Clifford Robinson, scored 14 points in seven minutes, and led the Hawks by more than 5 points at the beginning!
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During the official timeout, Liu Mang felt the resentful eyes from his teammates and coaches, and knew that this was his own pot.
The Pistons are too strong after entering Rage Mode! It is worthy of a team that can turn the tables 1-3, and the strength is estimated to be similar to the Suns in the 05-06 season, except that one is offensive and the other is defensive, but their common feature is that they are strong in the case of being 1-3 by the team led by the scoring champion.
Liu Mang turned out to be a tactical board, thought about it for a while, and there it was!
Talked to Coach Krueger and Assistant Coach Mike Woodson.
"Will it work?" Coach Kruger was so helpless with this disciple that he came up with a strange trick!
Coach Kruger didn't ask Liu Mang, Liu Mang can say this way, he must think it can be done, he asked Mike Woodson.
Mike Woodson didn't think there was such a way, mainly because there had never been a team with such a single offensive tactic as the Pistons before, even the iron-blooded Knicks had Alan Houston, Ewing, John Starks, Larry Johnson...... And so on.
Mike Woodson said uncertainly: "Can it be done......"
2 to 1, Liu Mang's strategy passed!
Liu Mang called Jason Terry, Prince, Rahim, and Ratliff together......