872. Big Players
Jason Terry is a playoff player, and he was the only player on the Hawks team to average 20 points per game in the playoffs last season, except for Liu Mang, and is Liu Mang's most powerful scoring helper.
In this game against the Heat, Jason Terry's ability to maintain his scoring ability in high-intensity defense was on display.
The playoffs are a game in which the number of points scored is more important than the quality of the scores.
In the playoffs, it's usually the kind of games where teams have a lot more scorers than their opponents, such as the Kings in 2002, the Spurs in 2014 and the Cosmos later.
Or it's as strong as the peak Jordan and O'Neal, the strongest in history who can beat each other inside and outside.
And most of the time in the playoffs, just like the Hawks playing the Heat now The intensity of the confrontation is a playoff-level game, tactics or something, it is difficult to play, most of the time it is against the defense, and it is already a good answer to create one-on-one singles opportunities, such as the triangle offense of the Zen master, which is to help the star create singles opportunities.
At this time, players like Jason Terry and Liu Mang, who can just do it with the ball and can shoot it, it's time for them to play.
Wade also has that talent, but now, he doesn't have that ability on the offensive end, he was shot by Jason Terry when defending Jason Terry, but he himself can only break inside, Iguodala guards his mid-range shooting according to Liu Mang's instructions, Josh Smith comes to pinch him, and the Hawks' defensive rotation is particularly fast, when Wade passes to Leitner, Jason Terry has rotated to defend to Leitner.
Leitner was good when he was young, and now at the end of his career, his catch-and-shoot was interfered with by a short man and he didn't have a consistent shooting percentage, and when Leitner passed the ball to Jason Terry's original defender, Josh Smith, who was holding Wade, had already expanded out with a physical quality that was not weaker than James.
So it's not that Wade doesn't want to pass the ball, it's that he can't pass the ball!
Why pass the ball when he forces a layup than when he misses a teammate to catch the ball and shoot more from the field?
So, when Wade was not as good as Jason Terry in this kind of tough battle, Wade lost the battle between the two.
From the second half of the first quarter to the fourth minute of the second quarter, in 9 minutes, Jason Terry scored 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting, 3-of-5 3-pointers, 2-of-4 from mid-range, and hit both free throws, 3 more points than Wade scored nearly 12 points in the first quarter and a half!
The Hawks' lineup advantage, after full preparation this time, was fully displayed, Jason Terry can use Iguodala's open cutting ability, Calderon's open three-point wanton single, but Wade can't break Iguodala and Josh Smith's sandwich, mainly because Wade can't pass the ball when only Eddie Jones is singing, because the pass is not as hard as himself.
In the fourth minute of the second quarter, the Hawks led the Heat by 9 points at 31-40 thanks to Jason Terry's 9 minutes and 15 points!
Seeing that the point difference was about to reach more than 10 points, Van Gundy called a timeout and quickly replaced all the starters, Wade of course continued to use it to death, this is the team culture of the Heat.
Jason Terry was back on the bench and was as tired as a dog, but it was so cool!
At the first official timeout, when Jason Terry heard that Liu Mang asked him to go up and wave as much as he wanted, Jason Terry was still a little worried, but who was he? In the history of the NBA, there are many big waves, and in order to be more waves, he is willing to go from the starter to the master of the bench, and he has nothing to worry about when he gets the ball.
Anyway, even if there is a problem, there are Liu Mang and Maddie on top, Jason Terry has no pressure at all, and he thinks it is an opportunity to vote.
After 9 minutes in a row, shooting an average of 1 shot per minute under high-intensity defense, which is a completely incredible performance, and 6 of 9 shots, Jason Terry is really happy now, but he is tired enough.
Although Jason Terry is not good at defense, he is very serious and responsible, and he feels that he has stolen all the opportunities of his teammates on the offensive end, and he has to work the defensive end, so now he is holding double the joy of holding on to it like a dead dog.
It's tired, but Jason Terry now thinks Liu Mang's advice is too good!
If it weren't for Liu Mang's suggestion, no matter how wasted he was, he wouldn't dare to fight like this without Liu Mang playing together and Liu Mang taking the blame.
Liu Mang has long known the characteristics of Jason Terry, so when the coaching staff wanted him to take a little more rest in each game and let Jason Terry play more of his ability, Liu Mang did not refuse, but gave advice to Jason Terry.
Playing physical fitness is one thing, Liu Mang has no problem in this regard, there is no problem with playing the whole court, but the playing time is too long, more or less there will be distraction, reduce the game time a little, it is good for concentration, Liu Mang also wants to let his nerves have a chance to slow down, physical energy medicine is effective for the body, and there is no way to consume the head.
In this kind of high-intensity game, relying on Jason Terry's scoring ability to play against the opponent in the transition section is effective! Coach Kruger is pleased, Jason Terry has opened up the difference, the Heat side looks like they are going to change back to the main team, and Coach Kruger is also ready to make a substitution.
On the Heat side, Wade, Damon Jones, Eddie Jones, Haslem and O'Neal are back on the court.
Liu Mang watched Jason Terry soar for 9 minutes, and couldn't wait to play, playing with Maddie, Prince, Kwame Brown, and Mourning.
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After the timeout, Liu Mang waited next to the top arc, and after Damon Jones came over, he immediately followed Damon Jones to run, this guy's three points are too powerful, he doesn't dare to give any gaps, O'Neal and Wade are both on the court, and the Heat team has two players with good passing.
O'Neal saw Mourning coming up and immediately pressed to the inside to get in the position, he is now in his best year since the 2000-2001 season, with a nine-minute break for the game, almost 20 minutes later, and now he is alive and well.
O'Neal singles, the Heat also stood still, when Wade organized the offense, others were running to find out the chance, and when O'Neal was single, others only needed to stand and wait to catch the ball, which was the best way to open up space for O'Neal.
Liu Mang leaned against Damon Jones and looked inside, wanting to see what difference Mo Ning had in defending O'Neal.
"Alonzo Mourning, Ability Rating 81, Offense 71, Defense 94, Shooting 67, Layup 85, Speed 79, Strength 94, Endurance 70......"
As Mo Ning played more and more games, the impact of the minor injury was gone, and he basically recovered to the strongest strength he can have now, Liu Mang felt that a defensive center with an 81 ability evaluation played as a substitute, which was too luxurious! There is almost no difference from last season's Ratlleaf.
It's just that this stamina is too bad! It's much worse than Ratliff, who has 80 stamina and has no problem playing 278 minutes a game to be at his best, while Mourning, to be at his best, is 167 minutes at most.
Liu Mang can't blame Mo Ning, he hasn't played well for four years, and he has changed his kidney, and he is about to turn 35.
O'Neal was on the right side of the basket and Mourning, the rest of the Heat opened up space, and the rest of the Hawks could only pull away, and the Heat had the best shooting lineup.
The strength of Mo Ning 94 is very powerful, and there are few who are stronger than him in the center, but there is still a significant gap with the first power in the alliance of 99, a full level of gap.
Mourning tried his best, but it only brought more trouble to O'Neal's card position, O'Neal's center of gravity sank, his ass pouted, and his right foot stepped backwards into the three-second zone, and he was forced to get to the position.
After Wade hoisted the ball to O'Neal, he ran to the left side of the basket to the middle distance, fearing that Wade now had a mid-range shot, and Maddie didn't dare to directly pinch O'Neal.
After O'Neal received the ball, Mourning defended exactly the same way as Kwame Brown to defend O'Neal after O'Neal wanted the ball, O'Neal moved forward a little and slapped the ball down the moment his body hit back, pressed up O'Neal who moved a little forward, stuck to O'Neal, and reached out around O'Neal's huge body to pull the ball!
O'Neal was used to this kind of defense before playing Kwame Brown, and decisively turned and walked to the basket, but Mourning's deceptive action just now did not exhaust his strength, and knowledge was to force O'Neal to turn quickly! Purely in order to consume O'Neal's physical strength, Mo Ning immediately squeezed under the basket the moment O'Neal turned around, and his excellent judgment made Mo Ning still in front of O'Neal!
Turning around didn't get rid of Monin! O'Neal was ruthless, exerted his strength again, hit his waist on Moning, jumped inside, and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands through Moning!
Isn't this still the same unstoppable! Liu Mang thought that Mo Ning was confident that he would be able to defend himself if he wanted to play center......
A little belly slandered, but Liu Mang knew that Mourning's consumption of O'Neal was better than Kwame Brown!
Kwame Brown was two or three meters apart, and he clearly saw Mourning's defensive skills on the left bottom line, and he felt that he benefited a lot, and no matter how much he pointed, he didn't see it more directly with his own eyes.
Although it is only one more step to prevent O'Neal on the offensive end, for Kwame Brown, it is a huge improvement to make O'Neal do one more move and consume a little more physical energy!
Being able to consume a little more O'Neal's physical strength is the biggest problem for other teams when they face O'Neal who has regained his former physical strength.
Offense and defense switched, the Hawks attacked, just now Jason Terry finished picking, and now it's Liu Mang and Maddie's turn again.
Mainly Liu Mang singles, Maddie catches the ball and shoots and second passes as supplements, Liu Mang continues to block and dismantle with Maddie, if Wade and Eddie Jones on the Heat side come to prevent Liu Mang from impacting the inside line to prevent Liu Mang, Maddie can receive the ball and shoot or continue to break through the ball, otherwise Liu Mang will rush to the basket and force the opponent to give a chance to shoot from close range.
On the Heat side, O'Neal picked up a few physical declines, began to assist Wade's offense, and began to take the initiative to block and cut in, and the Heat's offense was a little better than in the first quarter.
But Liu Mang felt it, scored 12 points in 8 minutes, Kwame Brown got 4 points and 2 boards, Maddy scored 3 points and 2 assists, Prince and Rasheed Wallace scored 4 points, and at the end of the half, relying on Liu Mang's 20 points, 3 boards and 5 assists, Jason Terry's 15 points and 1 assist, Maddy's 8 points and 4 assists, the Hawks won 63-52 at halftime, leading the Heat by 11 points!
The Heat were already playing well, with 52 points at halftime being their regular score, but the Hawks were even better on the offensive end! Got 63 points!
The main thing is that Jason Terry's performance of 15 points in 9 minutes!
The real leader behind the Heat, God operator Pat Riley, did a lot of calculations, but he didn't count that Jason Terry was so strong! Just like the first two Jason Terry explosions in the 2006 Finals in the original time and space that stunned Pat Riley, the Heat originally tried to drag the Hawks into the position, and had the opportunity to grind to the last moment of the game to decide the winner.
But Jason Terry has broken the divine arithmetic of the god operator!