The core combination of Calderon O'Neal, coupled with the lineup of Barbosa, Josh Smith, and Diaw appeared.

Without the fast break organization of Nash, the son of the wind, the Suns could not play at a fast pace, but after Calderon came up, the Suns played slower!

Calderon is becoming more and more experienced now. As he becomes more and more experienced in the NBA, his abilities are getting stronger and stronger. Some teams are already preparing to dig him out after the season ends this summer. His contract is about to expire. He has a strong understanding of the game.

Very thorough research that can be used to guide team leaders.

In terms of controlling slow-paced games, Calderon is much better than Nash, and it's not just offensive. His personal defensive ability is average at best, but his commanding ability on the defensive end is very strong, and he is the Suns' No. 1 player.

The key to the second lineup's top positional performance is to have players appear in the right place at the right time and ensure that teammates do what they are supposed to do.

Just like now, the Suns' rhythm has dropped to the rhythm that is most suitable for O'Neal. Josh Smith and Barbosa retreat immediately to delay the fast break, and Calderon and Diaw guide the defense to cooperate with O'Neal's retreat.

Fast break tactics are not so easy to play. When the opponent has a very good positional attack tactics and strong players, the Eagles failed to attack twice after the Suns called a timeout for the first time.

Play well.

At this time, Calderon took advantage of O'Neal's ample physical strength and allowed O'Neal to hit two consecutive goals, leading to a 4-0 run.

The Eagles were originally leading 13-8, and the 5-point difference was suddenly reduced to 1 point!

Taking advantage of Wade's breakthrough, which caused Barbosa to foul, the Hawks continued to make substitutions, replacing Kwame Brown with Gasol, replacing Grant Hill at power forward, and sent Liu Mang from the outside.

, Wade, McGrady’s lineup.

After the timeout, the Suns made no substitutions and the Eagles attacked.

After receiving the ball in the frontcourt, McGrady moved to the left side of the top arc and broke through from the left. Wade helped Liu Mang block Barbosa, and Liu Mang cut inside.

McGrady passed the ball to Liu Mang, who rushed in to attract the defense and passed it to Gasol in the mid-range. Gasol dared to throw, received the ball and made a mid-range jumper from the baseline...hit!

Excellent transfer ball!

The characteristics of Liu Mang's transfer station have made his awareness of transfer passing better and better!

Here comes the Suns offense.

The Suns found some ways to deal with Gasol. In addition to controlling the rhythm, Calderon is also very good in pick-and-rolls. After all, he was trained by the Hawks as Stockton's successor, but he was eliminated by some combination of circumstances.

Added to the Josh Smith trade.

Calderon and Josh Smith set up a pick-and-roll. After the pick-and-roll, Calderon came to the high post on the right side of the free throw line. In this position, Grant Hill, who was switching defenses with Liu Mang, did not dare to let go. Calderon seemed to have no defense and was slower.

Stockton's mid-range shot is extremely accurate after the pick-and-roll, and he's very daring to throw.

Josh Smith led Liu Mang to cut in, and Gasol turned around and flanked Josh Smith.

When Josh Smith cut in, he received a pass from Calderon, attracted the defense and passed to O'Neal who moved behind Gasol.

O'Neal originally wanted to throw the ball behind Gasol, but Gasol turned around much faster than he expected, and he threw the iron in a hurry!

Different from the beginning of the season, although there were not many playing opportunities, Gasol still played 19 games, and the training to increase muscle and reduce fat was also quite effective. His movement was much better than at the beginning of the season. Turn around

Blocked O'Neal!

Gasol's speed is not that fast. It can only be said to be better than at the beginning of the season. However, the Suns' style of play is based on Gasol's slowness like at the beginning of the season. In fact, by Christmas

This can be seen when playing against Gasol against Yao Ming. Gasol's progress in movement is quite obvious, from extremely slow to slow.

Be on guard!

This time the Eagles' lineup adjustment prevented the Kashasha combination's positional warfare attack!

O'Neal's rebound was snatched by Liu Mang and immediately thrown forward.

Barbosa rushed toward McGrady and Wade who were counterattacking. Wade and McGrady started playing. You hit the board, I jumped up and hit it again. I didn't shoot and kept hitting the board...

Feeling Barbosa's helplessness, McGrady was quite kind-hearted. When Wade once again put the ball over Barbosa's head and bounced the ball toward McGrady, McGrady jumped up and pushed the ball into the basket.

No more teasing Barbossa.

Being able to defend against the offensive trio of Shaq and Josh Smith in positional battles is inseparable from Gasol's progress.

It's just that Gasol's changes are a little different from Liu Mang's expectations.

Gasol originally lost weight. After the 2008 Olympics, he was brought to the NBA by the Grizzlies. In one year, he lost weight from nearly 140 kilograms to 120 kilograms.

But this little Gasol, Liu Mang feels that even after losing weight, he is still more than 120 kilograms...

Liu Mang can't predict what kind of impact it will have.

But Liu Mang doesn't find it strange. Every player's development will always change a little bit because of his arrival. The elementary school students are running to practice step-back three-pointers. Gasol will eventually become a muscular white bear.

acceptable.

Anyway, it seems that Gasol's mid-range shooting and passing feel have not been affected at present. He is even better than in the original time and space, when he lost nearly 20 kilograms in one year during the 2008-09 season. In the original time and space, Gasol was a rookie.

The season's mid-range shooting percentage was 40.7%. However, in the second grade, the first season after losing weight, the mid-range shooting percentage was only 29%. After practicing for more than a year, it was only 10-10%.

In the second half of the 2011 season, I worked on my mid-range shooting again.

Now Gasol is building muscle and losing fat in a health-oriented way. Whether Thomas Carter is treating illnesses or helping people lose weight, he will do it step by step. Gasol's shooting and passing skills are improved.

It doesn't have much impact on the feel.

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Compared to the season opener, the Hawks defended the Suns' position battle better than they did in the season opener!

At that time, although Gasol was able to defend O'Neal's low post, he was still very poor at guarding against the Kasha Shark combination.

After all, the Suns are a strange team that can even enter the Western Conference playoffs if they split into two core lineups. But this time, Gasol's little progress, coupled with the Hawks' three strongest defensive perimeters

, giving the card shark combination great restrictions!

After the official timeout in the first quarter, the Suns had no choice but to re-insert their run-and-gun lineup...

The Eagles are in great shape on both offense and defense, especially Liu Mang.

The Eagles had a good run-in and won 17 games in a row. The most frightening thing about this period was that Liu Mang became more adaptable to his teammates. Even at the beginning of the season, Liu Mang averaged nine or a few assists per game. Most of them were

It depends on Rondo to lead the team and Tracy McGrady to learn from Rondo to lead the team.

But during the 17-game winning streak, with the two outside playmakers consciously helping him, Liu Mang took the initiative to lead the team's offense.

A point guard ranked third in the league per game is not the core of the tactics, and Liu Mang's passing is even more difficult to defend.

Because Liu Mang has the opportunity to shoot decisively and double-team. He passes the ball and passes the ball when encountering help. If he does not double-team or help defend one-on-one, he will really shoot to death! There is no fear at all, it is ironclad.

I will continue to vote for the second time...

The Suns' pure run-and-gun lineup of Nash, Raja Bell, Barbosa, Jason Richardson, and Josh Smith was also replaced by the Hawks' Liu Mang, Jason Terry,

McGrady, Grant Hill, and Marion's running and gunning lineup suppressed it!

The thing that makes the Eagles very uncomfortable for their opponents in the game is that the Eagles will not take the initiative to change the rhythm of the field this season. Instead, they will change the lineup according to the rhythm of the opponent. They are not timid at all.

, they all have corresponding lineups to counter!

The most important thing is that Mitaka is in great shape now!

The Suns tried their best to score more points, but after the Suns gave up positional defense and started running and gunning, the Eagles' scoring became even more violent!

Liu Mang's scoring was average. He only scored 11 points after the first half, but he had 9 assists in the half...

11 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds. As long as he is stuck outside the three-point line, he will be flanked when he breaks in. There are too many passing options!

If McGrady hadn't had his head go crazy at the end of the first half when he received the ball and had to do a 360-degree turn for a layup, Liu Mang would have had 10 assists in the half. When McGrady received the ball, there were only two seconds left. He jumped up and turned around to return the ball.

The halftime buzzer sounded before the ball was thrown out.

After halftime, Liu Mang had 11 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds, Tracy McGrady had 17 points at halftime, Jason Terry had 10 points at halftime, Rondo had 4 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal, and Wade had 8 points and 2 steals.

With 2 assists and a total of 24 points inside, the Hawks led the Suns by 13 points 74-61 at halftime!

The Suns have tried their best, but the Eagles, who have also tried their best, are in even more explosive shape!

The Hawks threw the ball 49 times in the half and made 30 goals. This kind of offensive performance is something that the Suns, the second-leading scoring team in the league in terms of points per game, cannot do many times in a season.

When a super offensive team encounters an opponent with such a strong offensive state, the psychological blow will be greater than if a strong defensive team is defeated by a strong offensive team!

The Hawks used the Suns' best style of play to suppress them!

Fans at the scene and in front of the TV looking forward to the end of the Eagles' winning streak will be disappointed...

After the start of the second half, the Suns consciously increased physical confrontation, so Liu Mang began to commit more fouls.

Harden, who was wearing No. 24 Hawks jersey on the sidelines, got excited in the second half. Liu Mang scored 15 points in the third quarter, including 8 of 10 free throws! There was also a three-pointer, a mid-range shot and a layup!

Under the leadership of Liu Mang, the Eagles did not let the Suns comeback in the second half, who were crazy about reversal!

The Suns have really worked hard, and the state cannot be said to be bad. It's just that due to the dazzling performance of the Hawks, they are a step behind, a big step.

Use the changes in the interior as the rhythm adaptation point, use Liu Mang as the passing transfer station and scoring arrow, and use McGrady or Rondo as the core of the tactics...

Liu Mang played 40 minutes and scored 33 points, 13 rebounds, 15 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks. McGrady scored 27 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Jason Terry scored 19 points, Wade 15 points, Rondo 8 points and 3 rebounds.

4 assists, Gasol 6 points, Kwame Brown 16 points and 10 rebounds...

Thanks to the outstanding performance of the Eagles players, the Eagles defeated the Suns 133-115!

Nash's 39 points and 5 assists, Calderon's 10 points and 6 assists, and Josh Smith's 17 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists were in vain!

The stars of the Suns could only watch as Liu Mang won 18 consecutive victories over them!

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Chapter completed!