819. Falling in love with a team is that simple
"Can you get a player who can get the ball to Yao!" Van Gundy's head is big!
After the official timeout in the first quarter, the Rockets replaced Yao Ming to rest, and when Yao Ming was there, he could still contain the Hawks' pressing defense from the inside.
After Yao Ming went off the court, the Rockets couldn't guard against it.
Not at all in the pre-race plan!
Van Gundy and Thibodeau wanted to rely on Yao Ming's positional basket protection ability and low-post singles to deal with the Hawks, and they were ready to play around Yao Ming, but they didn't use it at all!
Who would have thought that the Hawks, who were grinding with the Heat in the last game, would suddenly become as unrestrained as the Suns in this game?
The key is that this is still a fast-paced offensive and defensive transition with defense, not just to be fast and fast, to defend with all your might, it is Coach Kruger and Mike Woodson's want to play, play like the Suns, don't say that the coach doesn't accept it, even if Liu Mang says it, Maddie won't care.
It may be that the Rockets are really too poor except for the dual-core, allowing the Hawks to give full play to their strongest advantage - physical fitness for the first time after the start of the season.
The previous positional warfare of steady single defense, joint defense, positional battle singles, blocking and dismantling, and grabbing offensive rebounds could not fully bring out the athleticism of the Eagles.
The Eagles' 15-man squad, except for Korver, Calderon, Vallejo, and Kevin Willis, are all players who can run, jump and defend!
Coach Kruger originally thought that it was just Liu Mang's whim doing things and wanted to change to a relaxed style of play in the regular season, but he didn't expect to really bring out the enthusiasm of the players, and also make use of the athletic ability that he had never thought of releasing in a way!
And that's not to say that Calderon and Korver are useless, but because of the strength of other people's athleticism, Korver's catch-and-catch three-pointer, Calderon's catch-and-catch three-pointer, and third-pass or second-pass play better!
Maddie is not like a No. 1 player, who only thinks about assists, when Liu Mang was replaced and rested, he took Calderon to play with Jason Terry, Josh Smith, and Rasheed Wallace, and saw Calderon's second or third setter selfless and high passing accuracy, and he was able to take advantage of the opportunity after his teammates tore apart the opponent's defense, and decisively created more opportunities for Calderon.
At the end of the first quarter, the score was tied 33-14 by the Hawks, leading by 19 points in a single quarter!
After Yao Ming came on the court in the second quarter, the Hawks' defense guarded Yao Ming more strictly, and the Rockets did not have a good pick-and-roll player, whether it was Yao Ming, Jim Jackson, or Richard Jefferson, they were all the ones who blocked and pick-and-roll, not the ones who used the pick-and-rolls, and Bob Sula didn't have that ability, and their backup point guard was Charlie Ward...... 34 years old, retiring, Joan Barry, is a catch-and-shoot pitcher......
When Yao Ming was at rest, there was no good substitute center, and when Yao Ming was there, no one could pass the ball to him, not a point guard, and no big forward could pass inside.
Both of these points were targeted by the Eagles.
And Van Gundy Jr. planned a strategy against the Eagles for almost a month, but the Eagles changed their style of play and made it useless!
Whether it's the strategy of defending against the Eagles, or the strategy of dealing with the Eagles on the offensive end, none of them come in handy!
At halftime, the Hawks were outnumbered 71-45.
It's not that the Rockets scored more in the second quarter, they scored 31 points in a single quarter, because the pace was too fast! The number of shots increased a lot, and they could still suppress the rhythm in the first quarter, but in the second quarter, Maddy became more and more familiar with the style of play, and sent 7 assists in a single quarter to completely lose the rhythm of the unprepared Rockets and enter the rhythm that the Hawks wanted!
Four assists in the first quarter, seven assists in the second quarter, and eleven assists in the half! Maddie is playing and getting into the groove!
Seeing that the situation in front of him was completely unexpected, and he couldn't even think of a coping strategy, Van Gundy Jr. swore that if he was given half a month, he would definitely be able to think of a way to deal with the Eagles, at least a tie could still be done, after all, this is an away game, the Rockets have an advantage, and the more they meet the devil away, the more they have an advantage.
But now he can't think of it for a while! He really wanted to call and ask his brother if he had a little note ready to deal with the Eagles......
However, it's not just Van Gundy Jr. who wants to cry, there is also someone on the Eagles' side who wants to cry.
After halftime, Liu Mang still scored the most points from the Hawks, not that he didn't want to pass, but Maddie was addicted to passing, and finally ran into a headless team like the Rockets, and beat the defensive counterattack into a flying flight, Maddie was obsessed with passing, and didn't give Liu Mang the ball to dribble, Liu Mang only needed to rely on his temporary "engine" characteristics to drive the rhythm of his teammates, Maddie snatched the ball away to organize the offense, and Liu Mang was responsible for shooting when he came on the court in the second quarter......
The Hawks scored 38 points in the second quarter, and Liu Mang scored 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting......
However, Liu Mang was full of expectations for two assists in the first quarter and one in the second quarter......
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After trailing by 26 points at halftime, the Rockets struggled a little in the third quarter, and the margin widened to 33 points, and after the third quarter, the Hawks led by 33 points at 101-68, and the Rockets players didn't want to struggle.
What a fart!
Because as long as Yao Ming goes up, he will be targeted, and the Rockets don't have a good on-the-spot command, and they didn't think of a way at halftime, they prepared for a month before, who would have thought that the Eagles would change when they said they would? They even thought about the various changes in the Eagles' positional battle, how they would deal with it, but they never imagined that the Eagles would fight like this!
Yao Ming played 25 minutes in the third quarter, only made 7 shots, and scored 10 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks on 4-of-7 shooting......
Liu Mang refused to pass the ball when he received it in the third quarter, and while secretly scolding the four quarterbacks for being bad guys, he threw the ball when he received it, and quickly put himself into the tactical plan to choose his first score, and actively ran and threw wildly.
If you don't get an assist, just brush the score!
6 points in the first quarter, 20 points in the second quarter, and 18 points in the third quarter, taking advantage of the Rockets' confusion at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends did not know how to play, Liu Mang shot 15 of 27 in the third quarter, 7 of 11 three-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, and scored 44 points!
On Maddy's side, he handed out 3 assists in the third quarter, mainly because a certain player was too lonely and did it regardless of the ball, which shattered his idea of trying to hit 15+ assists or even 20 assists in a single game.
However, 14 assists in a single quarter still set a new personal record of 13 assists in a single game for Maddy! With 14 points, 14 assists and 3 rebounds, Maddie is becoming more and more obsessed with organizing offense.
didn't get 15 assists, what else could Maddie do, she could only choose to forgive the unlucky child.
In the fourth quarter, Liu Mang and Maddy were replaced, and the Rockets did not struggle, and Jason Terry took Iguodala, Korver, Josh Smith, and Vallejo up to the waves.
In the end, the Hawks slaughtered the Rockets with a score difference of 129-93 and 36 points!
Liu Mang looked at his own data, 44 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and felt that the world was too strange: the master was ready to brush assists, how did it become a score?
It's not scientific!
Yu Jia and Director Zhang, who broadcast this game live, were speechless for a long time, saying that the champion showdown?
Said to be the battle of the three major stars of the 01st class?
Said that Liu Mang and Maddie are two scoring champions against the MJ combination?
Today Yao Ming had 10 points and 6 rebounds, and Richard Jefferson had 16 points, and the Rockets were completely in a situation of disorganization and no tactics, and it felt like they were not ready for this game.
"Not prepared", this is the most mentioned words in the commentary in order to maintain the face of the Rockets.
If little Van Gundy knew what Director Zhang said, he would definitely run to the toilet and cry: "I'm not unprepared!" It's just that I've prepared too much, and I can't adjust my strategy against the Suns! ”
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129 points in a single game!
The Hawks set a new record of 127 points per game scored by the Suns in the second game of the season when they played the Nuggets at the beginning of the season!
The Rockets scored 93 points as a team, in fact, there is nothing too unexpected, the Rockets' average points per game this season have almost stabilized now, and it is only 96 points, and 93 points is normal.
But the process of them getting so many points is not normal, the shooting rate is too low, only 33 goals in 97 shots, the shooting rate is almost 35 percent!
And their average number of shots per game so far this season is 80, which means that the tempo has been increased by nearly 25 percent!
This is unacceptable for a Rockets team that has Yao Ming and Richard Jefferson at their core defense.
Because the Hawks shot 51 of 101 from the field, the team's shooting rate exceeded 50%, and the Rockets have limited the opponent's shooting rate to 42% so far this season, ranking sixth in the league, but the Hawks have played more than 50% shooting in the case of such a high number of shots, and made 15 three-pointers in a single game, the key is to only let the Hawks get 17 free throws, that is, the defensive end has almost no pressure.
That is, the Rockets were beaten by the Eagles and were powerless!
This is the famous Houston Five-Five Team! Especially the Rockets of the away Dragons!
However, the most surprising thing is that even the Eagles are starting to run and bang?
The defending champion is going against the sky!
Liu Mang tried to set off a small-ball storm, but other teams didn't agree, and from the beginning, there were more doubts, rather than setting off a small-ball storm at the beginning like the Warriors.
The main thing is that in the current environment, there are so many teams with great interior lines, who will run to play small ball with the Eagles......
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On the U.S. side, there were many voices of skepticism and surprise.
Domestically, since the Suns haven't gotten even one live broadcast from China, who knew before the season that the Suns would play so well, and now their impression is just high scoring.
And the gorgeous offense played by the Eagles in this game made domestic fans enthusiastic.
The reason why so many people in the Suns miss it is because their love for offense is not simply love, but as a kind of faith, which is D'Antoni's belief, and it is also the belief of the Suns' group of players, and even the fans who fall in love with them have also taken it as faith.
But the Suns gave Liu Mang the idea of setting off the era of small ball, although it was questioned from the beginning, but as the first team to set off a small ball storm in China, the Eagles won the championship and played 70 wins before, which did not cause such a big response, and this time a game, there were a lot of more supporters.
Sometimes, it's as simple as attracting fans, maybe you fall in love with Jordan because of a dashing step-back jumper that seems to be leaning against a wall in the air, maybe you fall in love with Maddie because you despise all the players who claim to be talented and your freehand jump shots, or you fall in love with Kobe Bryant because of the arrogance that Kobe Bryant is dead because of the second and first in the world in his mouth...... This time, because of the Eagles' unrestrained style of play, the ratings of the Imperial Court Sports Station have been rising in just one game, and the average rating of this game has reached 3 percentage points! Combined with the number of fans who have watched this game for more than one quarter, the preliminary statistics exceed 40 million!
Among them, there are many fans who, because of this game, fall in love with the Eagles for no other reason!
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On the Hawks' side, it was Liu Mang who was the easiest to wave, but it was Liu Mang who was the calmest after the game, he knew that it was too rare to play the Rockets, and he didn't expect that he would play the small-ball tactics so smoothly.
The more this is the case, the more cautious it must be.
After being interviewed by the imperial court, Liu Mang returned to the locker room and was very excited to see that the players were ready to make an appointment to go to New York tomorrow to play.
There is no way, except for Liu Mang's 44 points, everyone else scored a total of 85 points, and everyone played too well.
Liu Mang snorted: "Kang is busy, don't be too happy, we haven't really done a good job yet!" ”
"Yes, yes, boss, we know that we won't grab shots with you, but don't rob me of assists!" Maddie quipped.
"......" Liu Mang was aggrieved when he heard this, but he couldn't say anything, he threw 27 shots and scored 15 today, which was largely the credit of the whole team, and he finally enjoyed the opportunity for his teammates to take away the defense and shoot him easily.
Said that the master will teach you to play with small balls!
Liu Mang began to look at Maddie resentfully.
However, Maddie's interruption, the atmosphere was a little awkward because of Liu Mang's words, but suddenly became active again, and everyone laughed.
Liu Mang also understood what Maddie meant at this time, don't dampen the enthusiasm of his teammates, Liu Mang also felt that he was a little too careful, too calm.
My teammates worked so hard and they paid off right away, so it's normal to be happy.
Nodding to Maddie, Liu Mang went to the bathroom, ready to find a place to draw a circle and curse this bastard who grabbed the assist......
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