"Ace, give it back to me!"

After the afternoon extra practice after returning from Philadelphia, Jason Terry lay on the floor wailing.

"roll!"

"I'll take you to have fun. I know a few girls who are very good at life."

"Go away, you and the coach secretly agreed to play as a substitute and give it to me. It's not something you want to sell. You can buy it if you want to! I finally played it and will return it to you? What a beautiful thought... That's right.

, what’s the girl’s phone number?”

"I won't give it to you. If I'm found doing community labor, you have to drag me into the water. Want a girl? Go to Georgia Tech and find her yourself!"

"mean!"

"..."

"..."

Liu Mang and Jason Terry joked for a while after the team's training, and then continued practicing.

The playoffs are coming, and there is no pressure for a playoff spot. The pressure of the playoffs is coming. It will not be easy for the No. 1 player in the Eastern Conference to play No. 8!

The Eagles' record became 40-36 after back-to-back games with the 76ers at home and away, pushing the Magic, who had lost another game, a little further. The Magic's record became 37-38. Next,

There are still two back-to-back games, and the opponents are both very strong. The Magic's playoffs are basically in trouble.

The Hawks just finished a back-to-back home and away game. First at home, due to the first tactical change, their offensive performance was extremely unstable and they were defeated by the 76ers in the away game.

Then, after the Eagles flew to Philadelphia with the 76ers that night, they played well in back-to-back games and pulled one back. Their four games this season ended in a 2-2 tie.

The Eagles have back-to-back records of 1 win and 1 loss.

The main reason is that there is no pressure, and the whole team is cooperating with Jason Terry and Liu Mang's transformation.

How much possession of the ball does Liu Mang need to hand over, how much possession of the ball does Jason Terry need to increase, and how to grasp this degree is the key.

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The season is still going on, and after winning back-to-back games with the 76ers, the Hawks ushered in two consecutive home games, the Seattle SuperSonics and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

As the saying goes, a humble gentleman is as gentle as jade.

In the NBA, I'm probably talking about Ray Allen. He is one of the few pitchers who was harmed by Liu Mang and did not complain about Liu Mang outside the game.

The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. This is the character of Ray Allen. He can make surprising moves, such as leaving Pierce, Garnett, and Rondo to join the arch-enemy Heat in the future.

But this is his character. The game is a game, and he does not mix personal grudges into his career.

After being traded to the SuperSonics, after a period of running-in period, Ray Allen successfully brought the Musketeers culture of the Bucks to Seattle, together with Lewis, Radmanovic, and Brent Barry.

Formed the Sonics Musketeers camp, relying on these four sharpshooters who averaged more than 1.5 three-pointers per game, the SuperSonics' record gradually improved after acquiring Ray Allen, although the gap between the playoffs and the playoffs was obvious.

The same gap as the Knicks from the playoffs, but this is real hope. Ray Allen is at his peak, Lewis and Radmanovic are gradually growing up, Barry is old and strong, as long as there is a good pass

Golfers join, they are ready to take off!

The Sonics' goal is very clear, which is not to show off and show their strength to everyone. They have the ability, but they just lack a point guard.

If there is a team that wants the Nets to be eliminated in the playoffs more than the Hawks, it is the SuperSonics. Kidd's contract expires at the end of this season, and their goal is Kidd.

The Hawks are probably Kidd's main opponent in the playoffs. Kidd will definitely pay attention to this game of the Hawks, so everyone on the SuperSonics side is playing very hard! Both offense and defense are working hard!

The Sonics are an oddity in the Western Conference. They are obviously a shooting team, but their defense is good and their offense is average. They average 7.1 three-pointers per game. However, their overall offense averages 93 points per game and only allows 92 points per game.

Coach Nate McMillan's coaching ability is indeed outstanding. Although he is only in his third year of coaching, he has already demonstrated his outstanding coaching talent and organized the team's system in order.

The team's plan is clear, the coaching staff has implemented it well, and the players are also looking forward to attracting a super point guard to join them in the summer, so they are working hard.

then……

The Hawks were blown away by the Sonics.

The Eagles are still in the throes of adjusting to the new style of play. It's okay to play slowly, but they can't stand up to the SuperSonics' efforts. The Eagles panicked even as they played. Liu Mang wanted to win the ball.

Leading the offense, but also having to take into account Jason Terry's style of play. When encountering such an anxious game, he becomes unable to care about the beginning or the end.

If there is a reason to lose to the already good SuperSonics, then losing two consecutive home games to the Cavaliers, both the Eagles and Cavaliers are so desperate!

The Cavaliers were originally 16 wins and 62 losses, only "leading" the Denver Nuggets by one loss. However, in this game, the Cavaliers felt great and the Hawks played strangely. The Cavaliers actually led from the beginning to the end! In the end!

The Cavaliers defeated the Hawks 95-89!

The head coach of the Cavaliers was heartbroken. The record actually tied the Nuggets!

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The record became 40 wins and 38 losses! The Eagles were worried that there would be big pain, but they didn't expect it to be so big. They actually lost two consecutive home games.

Now that we are about to enter the playoffs, this situation is a bit bad!

On this night after losing to the Cavaliers, the Eagles could not calm down for a long time.

Coach Kruger and the coaching staff stayed up late to discuss countermeasures. On the surface, they did not show any pressure in the last four games, but encouraged the players to continue to play well according to the new strategy.

But privately, the coaching staff is under a lot of pressure!

Because in the past two years, the Eagles lineup has been head-to-head with the opponent. Liu Mang dominated the ball and defeated the opponent after coming on the court. This has been a very successful style of play. He reached the Eastern Conference Finals last year. For a young army, it has been very successful.

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But Coach Kruger is not satisfied with the Eastern Conference Finals. He knows very well that with the Hawks' current style of play, if they meet the Nets in the playoffs, they have a low chance of winning!

The main reason is that only Liu Mang is the core point guard who can organize the offense. Although Raheem and Jason Terry provide good assists, they do not play as the core ball handler.

There is bound to be a need for a second ball-holding point.

The playing style of Jason Terry and his partners has been fixed, so it needs to be changed. Putting him on the bench has proven to be a feasible strategy, but that is to catch the opponent by surprise once in a while, and Jason Terry has occasionally

When I was put on the bench, I felt no pressure.

But it's different now. After this became a regular style of play, the pressure came on Jason Terry.

Not only that, after Liu Mang arrived in the lineup, he was not firm about taking away Jason Terry's ball rights during the rotation. Sometimes he needed Liu Mang to control the ball more, but he was worried about delaying Jason Terry's play.

Adapting to the new style of play caused the offense to almost collapse!

Unless the team shoots smoothly like in the second game against the 76ers, the team's offense will be stagnant most of the time!

The coaching staff considers whether the tactics are feasible or not. It is up to the players to grasp such details. The coaching staff had a good idea, but when the players implemented it, problems arose. In just a few days, the coaching staff also

It was impossible to determine which link had the problem, so the coaching staff had to work overtime to discuss whether the tactical structure was wrong.

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Liu Mang has been having a hard time in recent days. After playing, the team not only did not get better, but showed signs of collapse.

This made Liu Mang very depressed.

Liu Mang is certain that the team will become more threatening after transitioning from a single ball-holding core to a two-person ball-holding core.

There are many examples for Liu Mang to make this kind of judgment. For example, Paul and Westbrook in the single-core era in the future will collapse in the playoffs, like an avalanche. Moreover, they were in the Western Conference at the time, far better than where Liu Mang was.

The environment in the Eastern Conference is harsh. The best they can get into the playoffs is to get eliminated in the second round. Even if they play at the MVP level in the regular season, they lead the team to great success, especially with Westbrook's style of play, leading the team alone.

They can't get past the first round of the playoffs, even if they are given superstar teammates.

Instead, Paul and Harden took off instantly after they paired up.

Liu Mang roughly analyzed the problem the Eagles are facing now, which is that both he and Jason Terry are at a loss as to how to decide between holding the ball or not.

When both players need to hold the ball, especially when both players want to be selfless, but they also need to make choices, this situation has become a difficult dilemma for the Eagles to break through.

What to do?

Liu Mang has no experience!

After playing against the Cavaliers, Liu Mang returned home and took a bath. Liu Mang still couldn't calm down. What he originally thought was that there were still 4 games left. After slowly getting used to it, maybe suddenly there would be a solution?

But after taking a bath, Liu Mang not only did not get rid of these worries, but became even more entangled.

At first, Liu Mang did not resist the change from a single core player to a two-person ball-handling team. Instead, he felt that the pressure would be much less, mainly because he had successful examples in his memory - James and Wade during the period of the Heat's Big Three.

They are both top-notch playmakers with the ability to average 7 assists per game. However, in the first year of their combination, the two quickly worked together and reached the finals that year. Although they lost in the finals, they found their best

The way he played, he won two consecutive championships.

But now Liu Mang has discovered a problem, that is, he knows that there are examples of two successful outside ball-carrying cores, but in NBA history, there seem to be very few examples of such successful examples of two superstars, small forward and guard.

, it is difficult for him to find someone to learn from, especially in this case where both defenders have to control the ball, there are even fewer examples.

This is also a headache for the Eagles' coaching staff, because Liu Mang's style of holding the ball after coming on the court was too successful, and Jason Terry's style of focusing on scoring was also very successful. It is too difficult to change this suddenly!

Liu Mang thought about it, and it seemed that there was really no example of two star guards holding the ball getting together when both of them had to hold the ball.

On the contrary, it is the small forward!

Liu Mang suddenly thought of a person and wanted to ask him?

This thought came to mind and he couldn't stop it. Regardless of the fact that it was already midnight, Liu Mang picked up his cell phone and dialed a number...
To be continued...