Everyone thought that the Hawks would easily beat the Nets, who won by more than 40 points in the last game, and the fans or the stars and celebrities who came to watch the Hawks Eastern Conference championship award ceremony came, and the Nets fans did not come to watch the game, and some fans even sold tickets to Hawks fans.

At the beginning of the game, the fans were almost chatting, eating, and watching the game very easily.

But I didn't expect that this game was getting more and more intense!

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The two teams played very anxiously from the beginning, and the offense and defense of both teams tended to play white-hot, and they both played at a very high level, and even the Nets played at a better level than when they played the Pacers.

At the beginning of the game, the Hawks scored a three-pointer and two baskets to score seven points in a row, but then the Nets' defense became faster and faster, and the Hawks' offense also encountered some trouble, and the Nets, relying on a more diverse style of play, and a mentality that didn't care about winning or losing to try more plays, but I didn't expect the effect to be good, maintaining an offensive efficiency similar to that of the Hawks.

In the sixth minute of the first quarter, the Hawks only relied on the three-pointer scored by Prince to lead the Nets by one point, because the two teams scored the same number of goals!

At 15-14, the Eagles led by one point and the ball was in the hands of the Eagles.

The game has been playing smoothly so far, neither team has called a timeout, the Eagles want to leave the game to the players to solve it themselves, anyway, 3-0, Coach Kruger can sit back and relax and play slowly and adjust the state of the team.

The Nets, for their part, managed to play the best offense of the series, and they wouldn't have a problem with their head to disrupt their own rhythm.

The Eagles continued to attack, and Liu Mang held the ball.

Liu Mang blocked through Rashid Wallace, pretending to cut in, Prince chose an empty cut, taking Carter, who wanted to make up for the defense quickly, Liu Mang withdrew around the position of Rasheed Wallace to block the money before Aaron Williams blocked, and hit a three-point sniper shot.

After the offense and defense switched, after Kidd and Carter blocked and dismantled, Carter didn't score a three-point shot against Liu Mang's defense, and the Nets' ability to get rid of defense was still much worse than that of the Hawks.

But looking back, Liu Mang, who made another three-point shot, was also iron, stuck in Kidd, who was closer to the basket than Rashid Wallace, grabbed the defensive rebound, Carter and Richard Jefferson both went fast, Liu Mang and Prince, Raheem chased very tightly, but Kidd's pass was too accurate, Carter just arrived at the three-point line and just received the ball, Carter immediately made a beautiful lateral move, shaking Liu Mang who was catching up, Liu Mang pounced directly from Carter, Prince and Rahim could only block it, Carter threw the ball to the rebound, Richard Jefferson takes the air!

If it was Carter in the past, he would just do it with the ball, and after he came to the Nets, whether it was the regular season or the playoffs, his assists hit a career low, averaging only 2.6 assists per game.

It's time for the Hawks to attack again, Liu Mang finally managed to break to the basket, Prince started today with a three-pointer and then actively cut to the air, containing Carter, Liu Mang's breakthrough became smoother, and after getting to the basket, Liu Mang faced Jason Collins' big change of direction and threw after jumping...... The force was a little stronger, and the space shook out, but it bounced out on the inside of the basket.

However, Prince, who cut in, had more than usual awareness on the offensive end today, and after Liu Mang burst in, Prince, who had been running out again, suddenly changed direction to follow up, just grabbed the offensive rebound, and made a basket to cause Jason Collins to foul and get two free throws.

There were no dead balls in the half day, the two teams played cleanly, there were very few fouls, and the two teams did not call a timeout, and the referee finally seized the opportunity and hurried into the official timeout.

18-16, with two free throws, the Hawks had the most possible 4-point lead, but there was no relaxation, and a 4-point lead was basically nothing.

Liu Mang didn't go back to the bench, anyway, he still had to go, seeing Stockton take off his training clothes, he knew that he was going to play without the ball for a while, and 100 seconds more to practice three points is also 100 seconds, just now in the fierce confrontation with the Nets, Liu Mang obviously felt the impact of his hands, the playoffs blow penalty scale, bigger than the regular season, this year's regular season Liu Mang's three points have been greatly affected, and the first three-point shooting rate in his career is less than forty percent.

The Pistons' bad boy who directly hits people is not counted, just talking about confrontation, this season is the pinnacle of NBA history in Liu Mang's view, and it can be seen from the average points per game of all teams in the lowest season since accurate data records began.

Liu Mang's shooting rate has declined not simply because of the increase in three-point shots, because the number of shots has not increased significantly, but because the defensive confrontation encountered is greater, and the hand feels the impact.

Today, the Nets are more active defensively, and Liu Mang often has to go through at least two confrontations and several changes of direction before he has a chance to throw three points.

When Liu Mang picked up the ball after throwing, he looked at the big screen, 7 minutes and 23 seconds, 18-16, this score is enough, the Nets really can't defend today's offense!

After a while, if he changed to a rotating lineup, and the other party still played the outside triumvirate, Liu Mang felt a lot of pressure.

I can't say what changes have happened to the opponent's offense, at first Liu Mang thought that the Nets transferred the ball from Kidd to Carter, but Liu Mang recalled carefully, except for two or three seconds when Carter broke through with the ball, at other times, Carter didn't hold the ball much, or a no-ball offensive style of play, and occasionally held the ball for a long time, also because Kidd was stared to death by Liu Mang himself.

But the offensive movement of the Nets is completely different from what Liu Mang has seen before, it seems that the whole team has come alive, and there have been many subtle changes on the offensive end.

Liu Mang thought about it, unconsciously walked back to the bench to think about it, took out the Nets' scouting report placed behind the bench, and flipped through the shooting heat map of all the players in the Nets.

Coach Kruger, on his side, was talking to Stockton and Boozer, Prince, and Kwame Brown, and there was nothing special to talk about, and the game came to this, 3-0, and the players' tactics played extremely smoothly in the first three games.

Liu Mang was practicing three points, and suddenly walked back to read the scouting report, Coach Kruger was talking about tactics and suddenly aimed at this scene, and the tactics were not talked about, so he took the tactical board and went over to see what Liu Mang was looking at.

The teammates who were listening to the interrupted tactics also gathered around and found that Liu Mang was looking at the opponent's shooting heat map......

What's the use of looking at things? The opponent's three points are so bad today, the opening 16 points, all of them are counterattacks and basket scores, the three points are locked, the mid-range shot Kidd has no chance to shoot, what does the Nets shooting heat map seem to be for?

Liu Mang also knows that the opponent's shooting heat map in today's game is useless, their side has suffered a lot of confrontation, the outside shooting is average, and the opponent must be worse, but, through the shooting hot spots, Liu Mang made it clear that the opponent's offense looks very different, but the change in the scoring area of each player has not!

Even if the tactics change, the player's area that is good at shooting, layup, and air cutting still can't be changed, and the tactics only let the player's own strong points have a better chance to play, but can't let the player have more abilities that he is not good at!

Liu Mang figured this out, and when he looked up, his teammates and coaches had come over, and Coach Kruger had brought the tactical board in his hand.

What a coach! Knowing his little apprentice's intentions too well, Liu Mang took the opportunity to take over the tactical board, erased all the running lines on it, and the names of the teammates he called on the field were mostly different from the names that Coach Kruger wanted to change just now.

Coach Kruger watched Liu Mang draw, touched his right chest, looked at Liu Mang, and had only one thought in his heart: the tactical board was robbed again, and he didn't care when he saw his mentor's angina? Doesn't this disciple's conscience hurt? …… Wait, it seems to have touched the wrong place, and the heart is on the left......

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After the timeout, the Hawks sent a lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Barnes, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown.

On the Nets' side, the outside triumvirate didn't move, the inside line was rotated, Aaron Williams went to the center position, and the second-round pick Davin Brown in '01 came on, and the Nets switched to a brisk lineup.

The double-bad blocking and dismantling style of play, without Kenyon Martin's Nets, is still very good at defending the outside, but the defense on the inside is not good, every time Boozer comes up, they can beat them to the point where they don't want to, they are simply not ready to defend the inside, and they have changed to a small lineup to deal with the Hawks, taking advantage of Boozer's slow speed.

But this was expected by Liu Mang, so he changed to a super capable combination, whether it was fighting or defending, he was super capable of fighting.

Kidd obviously didn't expect such a change from the Eagles, but instead of getting flustered like before, he clapped his hands and signaled his teammates not to panic.

The boss's emotions will drive the emotions of his teammates, and Kidd's solid performance today is the key to the Nets' solid team today.

After the timeout, Prince stood at the free throw line first, and the shooting from the spot was still very good, Prince hit both free throws, and the Hawks led the Nets by four points 20-16.

Kidd took a deep breath, received the ball and slowly advanced, the opponent's lineup changed beyond his expectations, he could only control his emotions, he was not flustered, and his teammates could play well.

After Kidd advanced to the frontcourt, he wanted to find Carter, and Carter's threat was the key to tearing apart the Hawks' defense that they had studied in the past two days, but when Kidd was looking for Carter, he found that Prince was going around Carter!

It doesn't matter if Carter will cut in the air, simply not let Carter catch the ball, as for whether Carter will cut the basket in the air...... It's unlikely, two towers, Kwame Brown and Rasheed Wallace, are on the inside, one jumping better than the other.

Carter saw an opportunity at the level of the free throw line, took Prince with him, ran around the dotted line of the free throw line, came to the left side of the basket, ran out of the three-point line to catch the ball.

After going around to catch the ball, still running out of position, Carter received a pass from Kidd on the left side of the basket, Prince suddenly picked up speed, and when Carter received the ball, he got stuck on the right side of Carter's body.

After Kidd passed the ball out, Liu Mang pushed Kidd to the right side of the basket, and Kidd was hinted by this body language, and retreated to a 45-degree angle on the right side of the basket with Liu Mang's pressure, opening up space for Katra.

I just think it's a little weird, and I don't know what's wrong, I just think it's weird.

After Carter received the ball, he subconsciously wanted to move to the top arc, but Prince stuck the space on the right side of his body, the key is that Kidd has gone to the right side of the 45-degree angle outside the three-point line, even if he is forced to pass, he will almost be caught by Liu Mang at the first time, and Carter saw the breakthrough route of the left side of the basket left by Prince!

Carter accelerated sharply, broke through from the left, and tried to get rid of Prince with his burst speed.

However, Prince's long legs were also very fast, and he kept pressing Carter to rush inside, and Carter found that he couldn't fully get up after breaking through, and he was basically capped when he went in.

Carter wants to find Kidd or Richard Jefferson, according to tactics, at this time Kidd should borrow Richard Jefferson's off-ball blocking, or Kidd himself attracted Liu Mang and Barnes to chase the defense, Richard Jefferson can cut in the air, or Liu Mang and Barnes to block Richard Jefferson, Kidd has a chance, and it is basically impossible to want Richard Jefferson and Kidd at the same time, Richard Jefferson is too physical.

However, when Carter just raised his head to turn his head, he saw Richard Jefferson, who was in the bottom left corner more than a meter or two away from him......

Carter felt that his brain capacity was not enough for a while, Richard Jefferson was here, so how could Kidd's side deal with Liu Mang? And why is Richard Jefferson here?

Kidd, who was entangled by Liu Mang, finally found out what was wrong at this time, the other party was too treacherous! Separated him from Richard Jefferson! And Kidd himself didn't notice this in the first place!

Carter, who was breaking through on the other side, was surprised for a second when Carter suddenly went deep and was sandwiched in the bottom left of the basket by Rashid Wallace and Prince! The two of them just put a lid on Carter's head!

At this time, Kwame Brown covered the back of Rashid Wallace, Davon Brown and Aaron Williams, both of whom have no shooting ability, are preparing to grab offensive rebounds, and the key is that Carter has no space to pass out, so he can only force his shots...... was grabbed directly by Prince and taken away......

Seeing Prince's calm face, such a good defense, and a catch, but there didn't seem to be much emotional fluctuation, Carter always had a question, which planet is this guy from an alien! In order to avoid being hit on the counterattack, Carter hugged Prince for the first time and made a tactical foul.

Since there were very few fouls today and it wasn't yet time for free throws, Carter did the right thing because the Hawks were very good at running.

Liu Mang has reached the middle line, Prince's legendary sense is still a little worse, but it can be prevented, Liu Mang is not in a hurry, and runs back and waits for the sideline ball.

Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the front court, played the position, pressed the rhythm, and then started to play singles!

Kidd saw Liu Mang advancing over, he was guessing what way the Eagles would attack, what tactics would play, seeing Liu Mang dribbling all the time, he thought that the other party was running some tactics, worried about being blocked and dismantled, and subconsciously reached out to touch the back, the picture was extremely obscene, and occasionally turned his head to look at the rear on the left and right.

Just when Kidd subconsciously turned his head again, Liu Mang seized this opportunity, got close to the three-point line, grabbed the ball and bent his knees, raised the ball to the top of his head, and jumped!

Kidd didn't expect that Liu Mang would come over and play singles! And it's just throwing three points!

Kidd turned around for half a second, similar to a blink of an eye, and saw that Liu Mang had already made a shooting move, and the ball had been thrown out, so he quickly jumped up and pounced.

However, just after Kidd jumped up, he saw that although Liu Mang bent his knees and straightened up, he didn't jump, and the most important thing was that the ball that seemed thrown out was still in his hand!

Kidd knew that he had been tricked, so he tried to put away his body in the air and not touch Liu Mang.

However, how could Liu Mang give up the opportunity to have close contact with Kidd and take the initiative to bump into it......

"Ah......h

Liu Mang let out a terrible scream so that the referee couldn't even look at it, and blew the whistle with his eyes closed.

Kidd fouls Liu Mang's three-point shot!

Liu Mang made three free throws.

Just be able to score, and now this lineup needs Liu Mang's singles, the Eagles lineup, the defensive end is indeed super capable of playing, but on the offensive end, only Liu Mang and Rashid Wallace can play, and Rashid Wallace uses more energy on the defensive end, and the offensive end can only count on him to open up space, and the interior players can shoot, and generally maintain the shooting level is very good, because they are used to hand-to-hand combat, and those who can't shoot basically have no chance to develop the possibility of shooting, Because they proved that they are difficult to shoot even free throws after high confrontations.

You can't let the Nets continue to play offense, and it's okay to sacrifice your offense, as long as you defend the opponent.

Of course, on the offensive end, Liu Mang also has to find a way to use the three-point threat to make fouls and breakthroughs, which is his strongest weapon in attack.

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line and took a deep breath...... The first penalty is iron...... Fortunately, the next two free throws were scored.

22-16, the Hawks stretched the difference to the biggest 6 points of the day!

But then the Eagles' offense was not so smooth, Kidd's defense was really good, giving Liu Mang a lot of pressure on the offensive end, because this lineup had no connection points, Liu Mang did not play blocking and dismantling, that was consuming the physical strength of his teammates in vain, so he kept playing singles, and the scoring efficiency began to decline.

However, the Nets' offense was even more like a cliff and stagnated!

After Kidd discovered Liu Mang's conspiracy, he tried to quickly give the ball to Carter to attract a threat on the right side of the basket, but Prince stuck to Carter throughout the whole process, and as soon as the Hawks' offense ended, Prince posted it towards Carter, and the Hawks' lineup was extremely fast, and the Nets' Davin Brown and Aaron Williams were not as fast as Kwame Brown, who was a few centimeters taller than them, and the speed was about the same as Rasheed Wallace.

Kidd tried to replace the strong and weak sides of the play, but found that Carter's breakthrough on the left side of the basket was very average, just like the first ball, directly pressed by Prince's right hand, and could only break through with his left hand, Carter didn't know how to break through with his left hand, but he was still far from his right hand, and he was repeatedly sent into the pinch circle, and he didn't even have the corner of the pass!

The Nets are quite a bit of a Princeton system of play today, and they showed a little grandeur and was recognized by Liu Mang!

are all teams that will use Princeton, Liu Mang didn't react at first, after all, he is not a professional tactician, but he has used it so many times, he always has the impression that after playing half a quarter of the game, Liu Mang reacted.

Then, Liu Mang began to command his teammates and kill the Nets with defense!

The Princeton-like style of play of the Nets version of the ball is moving, and the fast passing and cutting is recognized by Liu Mang.

Kidd could only secretly sigh that the opponent's head coach deserved to be the best coach, he thought that he would be recognized and targeted, but he didn't expect that the other party would find a way to deal with it just as an official timeout.

Coach Kruger on the sidelines suddenly had a very familiar feeling, and it seemed that someone said that he was handsome...... Why again?

There is no way, and they can only return to the style of play that flies on both wings, but the Hawks have long had a strategy to deal with the style of play of flying on both wings, and they are more familiar with the Nets' style of play.

But Kidd can't help it, they can't beat the Hawks alone, the Nets without an inside line, and when they encounter a team with such a strong defense inside and outside the Hawks, Carter is locked up, and can only play pass and cut offense, which is not efficient, but can score anyway.

The Princeton-like style of play of the Nets is still too immature after all, and there is no really good organization and an interior line with shooting, otherwise it will definitely be more powerful.

On the Hawks' side, it doesn't matter what their offense is, even if they only score 8 points in the last 4 points and 5 minutes, the Nets only score 5 points!

At the end of the first quarter, the Hawks led the Nets by seven points, 28-21!

found a way to deal with the Nets, and the Hawks continued to play defense in the second quarter to avoid being revived by the Nets and starting a new offensive routine experiment.

Kidd wanted to try more offensive methods, but was blocked by Liu Mang, Liu Mang didn't care so much, it was to block the Nets' offense, and the players who let Coach Kruger replace them were all defensive players, and they just defended in the first half.

Of course, this also made the Hawks' offense slip and slide again, the Nets' offense didn't start, and the defensive end of the fire also came up, and the Nets' defensive end today is really fighting, the kind that goes all out, the two teams are fighting, as if they went back to last year, and started a hand-to-hand fight.

It's just that the defensive end has the advantage on the Hawks' side!

Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown had too much rebounding advantage on the inside, and although they didn't grab a few offensive rebounds in the big matchup, one was one, and the defensive rebounds were well guarded.

In the second quarter, although the Hawks only scored 23 points, the Nets only scored 19 points!

At halftime, the Hawks were 51-40 and finally stretched the difference to 11 points after a quarter and a half of hand-to-hand fighting!

The game was surprisingly good-looking!

Fans were a little bored with the first few Eastern Conference Finals, even Hawks fans, the Nets did not play any role in resistance at all, and the Hawks crushed the whole process.

But today, the Nets hardened, as if they saw the iron-blooded Nets team from last season again.

Watching the blood-pumping defensive battle, the fans couldn't stop cheering from the middle of the first quarter! This is the Eastern Conference Finals!

It's just that the Nets are still iron-blooded, but the Hawks are not the young eagles of the year, and this year's Hawks finally spread their wings and began to soar in the sky!

In the fierce defensive battle, the Eagles can gradually stretch the difference to 11 points!

Eagles fans feel that they have spent a lot of money on scalped tickets and feel that it is worth the ticket price! The celebrities and current stars on the sidelines also watched it with relish!