Hamilton went to argue with the referee, and the referee couldn't help it, the rules were like this, they were so tight, and they violated the shooting cylinder when the opponent was shooting.

It's all about using the rules, Hamilton wanted to use the rules to oppress Liu Mang, but Liu Mang used the rules to make a foul.

In fact, it's not that no one else has found out that Liu Mang is using the rules, it's just that only Liu Mang is used to playing like this, and when other players are attacking, the first thing they think about is to get the shooting space to shoot, they don't want to think about making fouls, how many fouls can be made in a game? Instead, it's possible that they disrupted their shooting rhythm because they wanted to make fouls, because that's not their habit.

And making fouls also requires skills, because of Liu Mang's appearance, making fouls has increased the difficulty, and many people have begun to guard against fouls on the outside, and Liu Mang unconsciously dug a pit for his "respected" future King of Jingdezhen, Mr. Xiao Dengdeng......

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line, felt good at the beginning, and hit all three free throws steadily.

When Liu Mang made free throws, Coach Krueger replaced Ratliffe with Kwame Brown, and the substitution was so early that the Pistons didn't expect it at all.

A team with a bad interior offense like the Pistons doesn't really need an interior Optimus like Ratliff, and it's a complete waste to squeeze around with him and Ben Wallace's muscular iron man inside, and Rutliff is used against Kenyon Martin, O'Neal, Duncan and others, and when it comes to dealing with Ben Wallace, it's not needed at all.

Offense and defense transition, Pistons offense.

Seeing Kwame Brown coming up, Liu Mang knew that the defense prepared before the game against Hamilton was about to begin! The Eagles' plan before the game was that if Liu Mang could prevent Hamilton, he would have a regular single defense, and if he couldn't prevent it, he would come as planned!

After seeing Hamilton coming, Liu Mang continued to follow Hamilton.

Billups advanced and continued to choose to break through, and the Pistons' offensive play for Hamilton without the ball also began, Liu Mang followed Hamilton to the left side of the basket at a 45-degree angle, and sure enough, he was blocked by Stephen Jackson again, Liu Mang did not continue to choose to chase Hamilton, but switched defenses with Rahim for the first time!

Raheem stuck to Hamilton as soon as possible, without giving Hamilton any gap, Hamilton didn't expect the Eagles to change the defense directly! But he kept running and ran inside, and Ben Wallace helped Hamilton block Raheem.

At this time, the Eagles changed their guard again! Kwame Brown immediately switched guards with Raheem and chased after Hamilton!

Raheem and Ben Wallace pushed and shoved on the inside, although Raheem couldn't push Ben Wallace, but Billups, who burst to the right, didn't dare to pass to Ben Wallace, because Rahim looked even taller than Ben Wallace!

Ben Wallace's offense is too bad, his physical fitness, if he has a little offensive skills, the inside card is the main one, even if he is a little shorter, he can break free of space to dunk, but the key is that he has no offensive skills at all, he may be cut off when he catches the ball, and he may attack and foul when he turns around and squeezes the opponent, otherwise he will not have such a good physical fitness, and there are few opportunities to eat cake in a game.

The Eagles switched defenses for the second time and didn't give Hamilton a bit of space, and Kwame Brown is really physical! And the defensive awareness is so good, when I change the perimeter, I don't think about sticking so closely, but just keep it at a distance that can interfere with Hamilton, and maintain the defensive threat.

Hamilton had a hard time running and felt like he had someone over his head all the time, so he had to look for a pick-and-roll again, and a pick-and-roll with Bosh.

But after just having a lesson, Rashid Wallace, who discussed with Kwame Brown about how to defend big and small, switched to him and used the same defensive strategy as Kwame Brown!

And it's not just the blocking and dismantling of defense, when Rashid Wallace and Kwame Brown really can't keep up, Liu Mang immediately let go of his defender to cover Hamilton, and Billups is on the right side because Hamilton can't get out of the gap for a long time, Billups has been forced to the bottom corner by Prince! Stephen Jackson, who is floating outside the three-point line on the left, is in a position where Billups does not dare to pass!

And the Pistons except for Hamilton's running position and Bosh's running position, in fact, there is no other positional team to attack, they are the same as the 76ers in 01 and 02, Larry Brown only has such an offensive tactic, their goal is to prevent the opponent from killing, it doesn't matter if they can't shoot, they will defend to the death.

Billups is not a particularly good playmaker for the offense, but he controls the rhythm very well, and he can play the biggest role under Larry Brown, which is to drag the rhythm to death together, but this time Hamilton has been running for so long and has not been able to get a shot, and Billups's rhythm has also been disrupted!

Seeing that there are 5 seconds left, Hamilton has no chance at all, Billups can only come by himself, then turn around and want to make a sideways three-point wave shot, his offense, the degree of the wave is not worse than Liu Mang, this career shooting rate has not yet reached forty percent of the super wave shooting king, when there is no way, he just dares to shoot!

But!

As soon as Billups turned around, the ball was cut off by Prince as soon as it was in the direction of the basket!

Prince steals Billups!

After holding the ball, Prince immediately looked for Liu Mang to pass the ball, but the Pistons' defensive attitude was really good, Billups was stealed, and the first reaction was to interfere with Prince's pass, and the rest of the Pistons team also used rough movements to stop the Hawks from going down the fast break when Billups was stealed.

Liu Mang clapped his hands and signaled not to worry, steady and steady.

The Pistons quickly retreated, and Liu Mang received the ball from Prince, steadily advanced it, and continued to play alone.

Liu Mang came to the three-point line, looking at Hamilton to defend himself, with the lesson of the last time, Hamilton did not dare to go up recklessly, but stayed within the three-point line, honestly prepared to rely on his own physical strength and energy to kill the opponent, just follow Liu Mang, no longer expect to put too much pressure on Liu Mang, forcing Liu Mang to make a mistake or something, he is still very self-aware.

Liu Mang came to the three-point line, looking at Hamilton not too close and not too far, Liu Mang just arrived outside the three-point line, and he rushed to the left!

Liu Mang knows that his attack on the left side is still the same, and it doesn't have a big effect, but others are different! Others' impression of him is the impression of a 65-point super scorer, Liu Mang just took two strong steps to the left, Hamilton immediately pressed up to the left, and did not crush to death, using the kind of action that wants to press Liu Mang down the line, similar to Prince's defense of Billups, the difference is that the Pistons' interior defense, Stephen Jackson and others who are fixed on the left side of the basket to defend Raheem are all ready to pinch and make up for the defense, and Hamilton is also ready to prevent Liu Mang from passing the basket to the right side, Ben Wallace is also ready to block Liu Mang's pass to Kwame Brown on the inside!

The Pistons' isolated defensive strategy!

Another familiar defensive name is Jordan's Rule! The Pistons put the strategy of blocking the opposing offensive player with the ball in Jordan's rule to this era where you can get started with defense and can be wrapped in advance!

But!

When Liu Mang took two strong steps, he suddenly withdrew from the three-point line and shot Hamilton who hurriedly pounced back!

didn't get a chance to shoot in the open space, Hamilton's physical strength was good, and he pounced back and interfered with Liu Mang's shot, and Liu Mang's three points were not thrown!

But!

Because the Pistons wanted to isolate Liu Mang, Ben Wallace walked to the edge of the three-second zone and went around Kwame Brown to block Liu Mang's cross, Stephen Jackson also let go of Rahim's sticking defense, Kwame Brown turned around and stuck Ben Wallace, Raheem rushed into the inside line to grab Liu Mang's iron ball, and easily scored two points on the second offensive layup!

The most critical point for the success of Jordan's rule is that Jordan does not have three points, and the original five tigers of the Pistons can use the essence of this tactic to designate a team with super scorers in defense in this era, and they can kill the Lakers in the Finals.

And the Hawks are different, Liu Mang's three-point shooting on the Hawks' side is the first offensive means, and the Pistons failed half of it at the beginning with this strategy, while the Hawks' side has a good team atmosphere and the same goal, Liu Mang just shoots others to grab rebounds, the purpose is very clear, plus Stephen Jackson's defensive awareness and defensive ability are too far from Prince, who was originally the Pistons Five Tigers!

From the very beginning, the Pistons' tactical strategy was a failure!

5 to 2! The Eagles quickly took the lead.

At the beginning of the game, the Hawks grabbed the Pistons' goal, and then the Pistons attacked, originally confidently thinking that he was the league's No. 1 middle-distance shooting master, and Hamilton, who wanted to challenge Liu Mang, was now in an unprecedented desperate situation, and there was no chance to shoot at all! Not a single bit!

The Hawks would rather let go of Bosh and Stephen Jackson than give Hamilton a chance, the Pistons' Billups is in control of the rhythm, but Hamilton is the core of the offense, he can't open this point, and the Pistons' already poor offense is directly paralyzed!

Although Billups began to look for opportunities to shoot Bosh and Stephen Jackson, the two of them shot well, but the stability of these two shots is much worse than Hamilton, and it is difficult to get into the basket and attack, there are only two targets on the Hawks' side, Prince prevents Billups from three points, the whole team blocks Hamilton, and there are Kwame Brown or Rasheed Wallace in the basket at any time, the most important thing is that Ben Wallace can't attract the interior defense, and others cutting in it is equivalent to sheep in the tiger's mouth!

On the other hand, when the Hawks attacked, Liu Mang faked a retreat and began to shoot, and the Pistons didn't dare not guard against Liu Mang's fake burst, and tried to be rushed into the interior by Liu Mang After causing a foul on Ben Wallace, they could only watch Liu Mang continue to attract the retreat after the defense, and the rest of the Hawks frantically hit the rebound, as much as possible to compete for offensive rebounds, so that Liu Mang can rest assured to shoot.

The Eagles have the complete upper hand!

By the end of the first quarter, the Hawks were 28-14, scoring twice as many points as the Pistons!

Both teams did not make substitutions, and they both played the whole quarter with the lineup after Liu Mang made the first foul!

It was only in the first quarter that the Pistons felt the desperation of the previous two playoffs.

It's not that they can't prevent it, it's not that they can't shoot in despair, but they can't shoot in despair, but they are desperate Liu Mang's three-point wave shot, just like Hamilton's running shot, how can they not get tired!

In the first quarter, Liu Mang shot 3 of 8 from outside the three-point line, and made 12 shots in the whole quarter, but when the first quarter was over, he still looked like he was infinitely energetic. This was completely unimaginable for Hamilton, who never thought he would get tired of running!

By the second quarter, the two teams began to rotate.

The Pistons' high-intensity offense and defense, physical consumption is very large, this season's Pistons starters have less playing time than during the Carlyle coaching period, mainly because of the system brought by Larry Brown, the consumption is too great, and they don't have a physical maniac like Iverson, Hamilton's endless running is longer than last season, of course, more tired, playing time has dropped from 38 minutes last season to 34 minutes, Billups and Ben Wallace have also dropped to 35 minutes of playing time, Although I couldn't prevent it in the first quarter, the physical exertion couldn't be avoided.

In the second quarter, Stockton on the Hawks' side came on the court with a rotational lineup, Jason Terry, Barnes, Boozer, and Ratliff came on the court, grinding the position and playing offense!

The combination of Atkins, Bob Sula, Chris Williams, Campbell, and Oku from the Pistons is no match for the Hawks bench bandits led by Stockton.

The main thing is that Bob Sula feels like he is a wrist, and as the Pistons' fourth scorer after Hamilton, Bosh and Stephen Jackson, he scores more points than Billups averages 12 points per game. Playing an average of 12.7 points per game so far this season, he came up with the ball and was pressed to death by Barnes in the Phillips Center, Barnes played like a fish in water in the face of a fierce confrontation team like the Pistons, and the Pistons themselves raised the confrontation, loosening the referee's blowing scale, but making Barnes extremely powerful on the defensive end, locking Bob Sula.

Boozer and Oku, the two slow-paced drifting outside the three-point line, Oku did not have a three-point chance, and Campbell on the inside was guarded by Ratliff with sufficient physical fitness, and he didn't dare to catch the ball, which was the king of blocks for two consecutive years!

After the Hawks' bench bandits came up, they relied on the blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation of Stockton and Boozer to organize the offense, and Jason Terry's mid-range shooting opportunities and Barnes's air cutting opportunities were countless, rubbing the Pistons!

By the time the official timeout reached the second quarter, the Pistons had collapsed!

The Hawks have too much experience in playing the Pistons, when Liu Mang tried out the Pistons' "new application of Jordan's rule", and found a way to break the Pistons' defense in the starting stage, and after the Hawks locked Hamilton, the Pistons have collapsed!

In the second half of the second quarter, after Liu Mang brought Prince, Raheem, Rashid Wallace, and Kwame Brown up, the game completely lost suspense, and the Hawks once again launched a meat grinder defense and a one-person four-person empty cut or rebound tactics to deal with the Pistons.

Larry Brown was so angry on the sidelines that he was vomiting blood, and he could see that the Hawks were "plagiarizing" his tactics from the 76ers!

And the Eagles have a better lineup! Better than his 2000-2001 season!

Looking at his own disciple Mike Woodson on the Hawks bench, Larry Brown had the feeling that he had taught his apprentice to starve his master!

At halftime, the Hawks were 54-31 and had a 23-point lead!

How is this game still played?

Watching Liu Mang score 30 points on 10-of-26 shooting, 6-of-14 three-pointers, and 4-of-5 free throws in the half, and the total score difference from his own side was only 1 point, the desperation of the Pistons in the playoffs in the past two years resurfaced in his heart.

Not at all the opponent of this team! Not at all the match for that hateful bastard!

A sense of despair rolled in the hearts of the Pistons players.

Liu Mang's side, 30 points in the half, 26 shots, and a happy shot, except that the hit rate is really miserable, more iron than a little blacksmith, but it is really cool!

However, it is a pity that the Pistons surrendered after half the game, and the players lost their fighting spirit, in order to avoid being slaughtered, to avoid the point difference being so ugly and even a brawl, Larry Brown angrily put the main players on the bench, announced their surrender, and replaced them with pure substitutes to save a little face.

The Hawks didn't go too far, using Stockton and Boozer to bring Willie Green, Barnes, and Kwame Brown up to brush up the stats.

Stockton watched his total assists get bigger and bigger with Mark Jackson and Magic Johnson, not to mention how happy he was, and happily played against the bench and the Pistons' bench.

Larry Brown looked at Mike Woodson, who was chatting happily with the Hawks stars on the Hawks bench, and finally understood why his teacher asked him to come to the Pistons last summer, and the gap between the two teams' lineups was too big!

Larry Brown hated the Hawks for snatching the Rasheed Wallace they wanted in advance, and he originally wanted to wait for Rasheed Wallace to buy it at a low price and pick up a bargain when the Trail Blazers couldn't sell it, but he didn't expect to be picked up by the Hawks! And he's the only head coach who feels like the Hawks have picked up a treasure when Rashid Wallace joins the Hawks, because he knows that Rashid Wallace is a player who can play well as long as he has enough motivation and a good enough team atmosphere.

Merely...... If Larry Brown knew that Prince, who made him so red-eyed, that he was originally his player, but was snatched away by Liu Mang, it probably wouldn't be as simple as blushing......

Liu Mang's side, clocking out at 30 minutes at halftime, everything is so beautiful.

It's just that what makes him wonder is that Bosh, who has become a top show, why does he have no sense of existence? Watching Bosh follow the substitutes to brush up the data and brush it happily, this is too unpursued! Why didn't you think about provoking the master!

In addition to winning this game, Liu Mang has a goal, that is, he wants to try to conquer Bosh, one of the "future triumvirate" of the 03 generation, how difficult it is, but he didn't expect that Bosh did not appear in the position of confronting him at all, and even when he broke through to the basket, he stood in the three-second zone and watched, and did not try to make up for the defense.

Just when Liu Mang was puzzled, the system prompt came.

"Ding...... The host has conquered the rookie of the class of 2003, Chris Bosh, who is very impressed by the host's ability to lead the team. ”

“……”

Liu Mang was speechless! This Bosh is too unpursued! No wonder in the future, when James and Wade say hello, he will be the third child!