87. The eagle is going to collapse......
How to describe the mood of the Eagles players right now.
The content of Liu Mang's interview has come out, the Eagles players are silent, and the atmosphere in the locker room is weird.
Blame Liu Mang, this kid is vigorously touting how powerful his teammates are, and saying that the Pistons are worthless.
Praise Liu Mang?
Oh my God, the Pistons are probably angry now, especially the named Stackhouse, and Ben Wallace, who was said by Liu Mang to have no use except for grabbing rebounds, these two people can't deal with the Hawks!
The teammates were speechless, but one guy had a great change in his impression of Liu Mang.
"Haha, rookie, well done, I guess the guy on the other side is already angry!" Jason Terry himself is a big mouth, as the saying goes, it's not a family that doesn't enter the door, Jason Terry feels that the one who has this kind of "confidence" is the teammate he should have!
Coach Krueger was already desperate, and after despair, he calmed down, and it has come to this, and the most important thing is to play a good game!
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At 4 p.m. ET on Dec. 23, the game between the Hawks and the Pistons is about to begin.
Not many people paid attention to the game between the Hawks and the Pistons, and it was only because these two teams were basically determined to be the top four teams in the East, and it should be given to the national live broadcast, but the time was arranged very well, and the four o'clock in the afternoon on Thanksgiving Day was completely to warm up for the Lakers who played the game at half past six in prime time.
Originally, there were not many highlights in this game, although the two teams ranked first and second in the league, but both teams started the schedule relatively easily, maybe it will come down in the middle of the season, because the Nets, who are the first in the East, rank first in the league in defensive efficiency, beating the Spurs and the Heat, the Nets are not doing well against the strong teams in the West, but they have not lost a game in the East so far.
But now this game has suddenly become a bit interesting because of a rookie's big mouth.
Old birds educating rookies has always been a favorite thing in the NBA, such as Jordan, who just entered the NBA, was squeezed out by the smiling assassin Isaiah Thomas, and not passing the ball to Jordan on the All-Star weekend has always been something that old fans talk about.
Originally, there was no contradiction between the Pistons fans and the Hawks, the Hawks have never been the enemy of the Pistons, the peak of the two teams was not at the same time at all, and the fans of the two teams have always been happy.
But today, the Hawks players were greeted by a barrage of boos when they came out.
Especially when Liu Mang came out, the boos reached the maximum, and there were all kinds of abuse.
Liu Mang was mentally prepared for a long time and was still a little unbearable, he didn't expect the fans of the Motor City to be so popular, no wonder there would be an Auburn Hills Palace incident later.
"Ace, be careful what you say next time you are interviewed, you are still a rookie, and it is easy to be targeted......" Muhammad began to work as a nanny again.
Liu Mang nodded honestly while listening, as if it was not him who spoke during the interview before.
Just after being trained by Coach Kruger, and being read by Mr. Nanny for a long time, just hiding at the end of the bench, Jason Terry is here again.
"Look at these fans, just them off! We must win today! I can't see that you are such a rookie, you still have such a character, not bad. "Jason Terry's rare recognition of hooliganism.
Liu Mang watched Jason Terry prepare to play, and felt that this world was so magical!
An alternative coach who was supposed to have only had two years of coaching opportunities and had a good record, was fired after two years of more than 40 wins, a nanny who loved to read the Mother-in-law's Sutra, and a narcissistic tsundere short man......
The race started quickly.
Usually when jumping the ball, there should be interaction between both parties.
But today the Eagles are embarrassed! The important rookie on his own bench just said bad things about his opponent and did not take the initiative to step forward.
And the pistons, who were said badly, did not take the initiative to interact, mainly because they felt faceless.
This world is like this, there are some contradictions, that is, he doesn't ask, and you don't say.
After the game began, the Eagles unsurprisingly fell across the board.
Although the Pistons have not yet formed a future Pistons Five, they already have a core team, that is, Ben Wallace, a super center who has never known what offense is, but will be selected to the All-Star team every year for the next five years, and it is no surprise that he will be on the All-Defensive Team every year for the next five years, and will win four of the best defensive players.
Liu Mang had the illusion that when Ben Wallace was on the floor, the whole rhythm of the Eagles became extremely slow! Everyone on the Pistons was in the right place, forcing the Hawks to slow down.
This is different from the rhythm of the Heat's shrinking basket, the Heat will be shot to death if they meet a team like the Spurs, Kings, and Lakers with three-point ability, and the Pistons are the overall defense, from the inside out!
Chaggie Atkins, the point guard of the Pistons, was undrafted in '99, but he counterattacked to become the best rookie team player, which is called a fast hand, and this year he has become the fast hand king who competes with Iverson for the steal king.
Jerry Stackhouse, one of the former Pistons double guns, although he averaged 29.8 points per game in the year after Grant Hill left, almost became a member of a rare club with an average of 30+ per game in history, and was criticized, but to brush such a high score, he really can't brush it without strength.
Stackhouse has average defensive awareness, but he is very effective in this era, he is very physical, he has excellent outside movement, and Jason Terry really defends it.
On the inside, both teams are defensive, and the offense is decisive and has little effect.
As a result, the Hawks routinely began Raheem's style of play.
Generally speaking, at this time, there is really no recruitment.
Fortunately, although the Pistons are strong defensively, they are not the invincible Pistons Five Tigers in the future, and they have a huge flaw, that is, small forwards.
Michael Curry at the Pistons' small forward position is really average defensively, positive, and conscious, but his body can't keep up with it, and he is pressed and beaten by Rahim, if Raheem shoots a little better, this game is his show time.
The Hawks can only rely on Raheem to continue scoring, and the Pistons did not let Stackhouse, who is a little more effective defensively, defend Raheem, in that case, Stackhouse may not be able to defend Raheem, who has a huge advantage in height and weight, and Michael Curry is basically impossible to defend Jason Terry.
Sometimes, whether a coach has top coaching ability, it can be seen from the rookie season, Coach Rick Carlisle of the Pistons is a genius coach, and entering the NBA is the favorite for the best coach, his decision is very decisive, so that Michael Curry is blown up, anyway, Ben Wallace under the basket can be a good complement to the defense, this approach is undoubtedly correct, Raheem entered the basket two or three times in a row to cause fouls or scores, efficiency began to decline, and a person rushing into the basket in a row consumes a lot of physical energy, and the Pistons also found some ways to defend and started to hit the iron continuously while playing Raheem.
The Hawks changed their style of play and let Jason Terry play the pick-and-roll and shoot directly, and the effect was mediocre.
The Pistons seem to have a tradition of severing the connection between the opponent's scorer and the rest of the team, letting the scorer pick up alone, and limiting it well!
After Raheem scored two goals in a row and caused a foul in the opening game, the Hawks began to struggle to score.
On the other hand, on the Pistons' side, Coach Carlisle attaches importance to defense, but also to offense! The future Mavericks are a well-known team with an extremely balanced offense and defense, and finally managed to win the championship.
His overall offensive skills are no worse than that of Popovich in the future, and with a pick-and-roll run, he easily crushed the Hawks' decent interior defense in the league.
Hit the Pistons, the Hawks are going to collapse!
Liu Mang found that he seemed to have kicked an iron bucket! Completely the Pistons! When I watched the video before, the Pistons were definitely not as active in other games as they were today!
The opening game was beaten 13-8, and in less than half a quarter, the difference was stretched to more than 5 points.
The record is so good, it is impossible to say that Coach Kruger has no ideas, of course, he wants to win the game, and when he saw that the difference in points was 5 points, he quickly called a timeout.
At this time, Liu Mang knew that he was going to go, and he felt uneasy, but if he was asked to do it again, he would still choose 10,000 hooligan points......
So that's it! Let's go!
Coach Kruger saw Liu Mang walking directly to the court, and shouted in his heart: Why are the Pistons so irritable today? If you are still so confident on the field, aren't you afraid that this coach will hide you!