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Chapter 1222 1221. Halftime Lead (410 Subscribe)
Liu Mang, McGrady, and Jason Terry, this super-robust singles lineup known as the "Three Eagles" made Pat Riley feel like his hair was blown.

Although this trio has great flaws, for example, the three eagles have overlapping functions, such as Jason Terry's height and defensive disadvantages, such as Liu Mang is sometimes too jumpy, and McGrady is sometimes too calm.

However, their strengths far outweigh their flaws.

I can't find such a strong three-man rotation in the back line anymore!
Jason Terry made a mid-range shot against Posey, indicating that although Pat Riley's defensive prediction ability was perfect, he was no match for the hard power of the Eagles!
Even the defense of the Eagles is as perfect as possible, but it is no match for the simple two-man cooperation of the Heat.

After the Heat scored 6 points in a row, Wade finally failed to make a mid-range shot, and the Eagles defended their defensive rebounds.

Iguodala continued to advance, and the Heat understood that the Eagles were just using Iguodala to hold the ball as a cover, but how to solve Jason Terry's runaway performance from the last game?
They can only use Wade, who has the strongest perimeter defense, to go with Jason Terry.

Payton switched to Iguodala and asked Posey to defend Liu Mang.

Helpless move!

If Jason Terry plays tactics, Payton and Wade switch defenses, Payton can still give Jason Terry some restrictions, Posey really can't do it, if the Eagles directly give the ball to Jason Terry singles, Wade can also be used to defend.

After Iguodala advanced to the frontcourt, seeing the changes in the Heat's defense, he immediately passed the ball to Liu Mang who was leaning against Posey. The Heat's defensive changes were exactly what they wanted!

After receiving the ball, Liu Mang swung the ball with his right hand towards Posey's back, quickly turned left and wiped Posey, received the ball and broke through towards the block.

Simple and rude!Like a juggler, Percy was left behind.

Defense against Kobe, McGrady, Carter...Posey can give some restrictions, but against Liu Mang, he really can't defend against it, just like he can't prevent Jason Terry from being "assigned" to Liu Mang.

Percy didn't give up either, and hurriedly chased after Liu Mang after being passed, at least he couldn't let Liu Mang fire easily at mid-range like Jason Terry.

Liu Mang didn't stop for a jumper, but rushed into the basket. When O'Neal was willing to defend, he defended very well. Back then, he was selected to the second team of the best defense for any defense, and his defensive dominance at the basket should not be underestimated.

Liu Mang entered O'Neal's defensive range, and after attracting a flanking attack, he hit the ground and passed the ball to Mourning on the left side of the three-second zone!
The ball actually passed in place!Liu Mang's sight was blocked by O'Neill!There was an exclamation at the scene!
It's a pity that Mourning's layup was a little too powerful. The thrown ball hit the right side of the basket and bounced behind Mourning.

It is indeed old!

Two years younger, even if he had a kidney transplant, Mourning would still choose to deduct it directly!But now, in order to be able to have strength in hand-to-hand combat with O'Neill, Mourning seldom jumps.

Wade quickly closed in to grab a rebound.

Liu Mang felt a little regretful, but he signaled Mourning not to take it to heart, there will always be times when he won't make it.

In the second quarter, the two teams continued to focus on the small score gap in the process of anxiously trying to widen the gap and chase points.

However, neither team has achieved their expected goals...or in other words, neither team has performed beyond expectations.

Even if the Heat overtook Wade for a short period of time, Liu Mang, Jason Terry and Tracy McGrady, who came in the rotation, all quickly overtook the Hawks.

The Eagles had Liu Mang in the backcourt, using the setters that made the Heat want to choke Liu Mang and scoring in singles to calm the scene. McGrady and Jason Terry took turns playing as the main attackers.

For small forwards, McGrady is on, Korver is on, Jason Terry is on, Prince and Iguodala are on in turns, and at least two defensive pioneers are kept on the outside.

In terms of inside, there are more maneuverability and situations that need to be targeted. On Haslem, Rasheed Wallace must be at the power forward position. On Antoine Walker, Josh Smith is needed at the power forward position. Of course, Rasheed Wallace is also fine.

Kwame Brown and Mourning played as needed. Mourning had nothing to count on on the offensive end. Kwame Brown played against O’Neal at the peak of his game. He and Howard, the type of center, faced O’Neal.

Rasheed Wallace played a crucial role in this round of the series. He could go around the front to defend against O'Fat, and he could switch to defend against body hair outside.

As for the others, playing was a side effect. Rookie David Lee played a few minutes in Game [-], which was worse than Boozer's rookie year.

Thanks to the fact that the Heat spent a lot of money on the introduction of so many role players last summer, the depth of the lineup is not inferior to the Eagles. Several veterans who desperately defended and tried their best to contribute to the offensive end played their residual heat to help Wade and O'Neal bite the score.

However, every time the Heat had a chance to overtake the score, they were quickly overtaken back, but they stubbornly refused to allow the Eagles to widen the point difference.

The head coaches of the two teams played against each other tactically in the second quarter. You predicted my tactics, and I used your defense in turn. The two teams played very fiercely.

After halftime, the Eagles entered the intermission with a two-point lead, 54 to 52.

Such a lead, with half a game left, is hardly an advantage!

And the Heat played very well. Although O'Neal was replaced in the second quarter, O'Neal only played a solo once. Although he didn't score, he only scored 2 points and 3 rebounds in a single quarter, but he was O'Neal. He was a threat standing there.

The main offensive point was Payton and Wade in the second quarter. Wade scored 25 points in the half and made as many as 11 free throws in the half!
In the second quarter, O'Neal rested on the court for a quarter, relying on his size to get 4 free throws and made 4 of 2 free throws. It really forced the Eagles to dare not attack the sharks.

At the end of halftime, Liu Mang heard the system prompt that the effect of Penny's star card had ended. Seeing that the point difference began to widen, Liu Mang didn't have much regret. This is the Heat's home game, leading by two points at halftime. Compared with the previous two away games, there has been a huge improvement!
Next is the crucial third quarter!
(End of this chapter)