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Chapter 1223 1222. Happiness Comes Suddenly (510 Subscribe)
For the Eagles, they played so well in the first half and only led by two points in the half. In normal times, they must be very depressed. Liu Mang had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the half, McGrady had 10 points and 6 assists in the half, Jason Terry scored 8 points in 11 minutes in the second quarter, and the Hawks scored 54 points. The three scored 37 points.

But this time it's different, leading the Heat at halftime, the Eagles are very excited!This is an away game, and we haven't taken the lead at halftime before!
As for the Heat, with the Eagles playing so well at halftime, they are only two points behind. Normally speaking, they should be happy, but this is their home court, so they can't be happy.

The home court is under pressure, this is the first time since Wade opened the body hair whistle!

The atmosphere in the locker room of the two teams is very different.

The Eagles discussed tactics very enthusiastically. On the Heat's side, Pat Riley's face was not very good, and he was analyzing the defensive problems in the first half.

It's a very unsolvable question, how to deal with Liu Mang and McGrady's organized attack!

Pat Riley can't find a solution, who the hell can deal with a team with two McGradys or two pennies?Role players can still jump so well!
Pat Riley took advantage of the intermission to go to the video room to find his big apprentice Stan Van Gundy. Stan Van Gundy said that he was just a lonely editor and refused to give advice.

In this round of the series, Stan Van Gundy, as the team's consultant, went to do video recording work, and he didn't go to the scene. He still has a two-year contract. He is struggling. Anyway, with a salary of $150 million a year, he can afford it.

Pat Riley feels that fat people are troublesome. As a teacher, he just wants to win another championship. As for now, he doesn't say a word!

Can't think of a solution, and the apprentice doesn't give face, Pat Riley is a little depressed.

At this time, a young editor in his 30s in the video room came to Pat Riley and said, "Boss, I have a way."

"Tell me." Pat Riley was annoyed and didn't want to listen, but someone has a way, so let's listen.

"Boss, we can do this..." The young editor began to talk about the method he thought of to deal with the Eagles.

Pat Riley was just listening to it casually, but he didn't expect to hear something that he didn't even think of!

Pat Riley started to look at the young man in front of him and asked, "What's your name?"

"Eric Spoelstra." The young man said excitedly.

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Back from the intermission, the Eagles sent out a lineup of Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Prince, Josh Smith, and Rasheed Wallace.

The Heat sent a combination of Jason Williams, Wade, Antoine Walker, Haslem, and O'Neal.

Wade and O'Neal are ready to play the whole game.

Pat Riley is full of confidence again, and the Heat players are also full of confidence. They have a way to deal with the Eagles' double-control combination!
During the halftime break, the air pressure in the Heat's locker room was very low and the atmosphere was serious because they didn't know how to deal with the double control. Now there is a way to curb Liu Mang's change of play!

but……

Before the Heat have come up with their defensive strategy of anti-double control core play, this defensive strategy has not been verified whether it is feasible, or the Eagles have not even given them a chance to test whether it is feasible...

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Heat used Antoine Walker to play small forward. Antoine Walker squeezed Prince's turnaround jumper in the middle distance and was well interfered by Prince. Antoine Walker missed the mid-range shot.

When the Eagles were attacking and the Heat were ready to defend against Liu Mang's breakout or when Liu Mang was off the ball and McGrady held the ball and gave Liu Mang a second pass, Liu Mang went beyond the three-point line, more than half a meter away from the three-point line, and threw it directly...

Wade was still gesturing with his teammates behind his back, and Liu Mang just threw it away...

Liu Mang didn't even understand that Wade was standing inside the three-point line!At least stand on the three-point line!Too "disrespectful"!
Liu Mang hit an open three-pointer!

57 to 52, the Eagles widened the point difference to the biggest 5 point difference in the game as soon as they came up!
Wade watched in a daze as Liu Mang returned to the way he was in the previous game, making a three-pointer and returning to the defense...

It seems that I have made a fool of myself!When Wade thought of himself, he was only concerned about preventing Liu Mang from turning his back and breaking through, but he didn't go up, completely ignoring Liu Mang's three-pointer!

A few seconds ago, Wade was still imagining how to prevent Liu Mang's turn around and respond, but now he is a little confused!
It was pulled to 5 points all of a sudden!

The defensive strategy that they feel that their IQ occupies a high ground does not even have a chance to be used!
Pat Riley was about to vomit blood on the sidelines, so he was thinking about how to defend against Liu Mang's setters. Then he remembered that Liu Mang had many setters but not many assists, just like the characteristics of Penny Anfernee Hardaway.

Moreover, Liu Mang was the Eagles' leading scorer in the first half!Liu Mang's total number of three-pointers made this season ranks first in history in a single season!

For Liu Mang, he was surprised that he got such a three-point chance, 19 points!

No one can imagine that in the first half, relying on the double-control combination, the core players of the team who led the away game by two points in the first half and broke the embarrassing situation that they had never led in the away game before the series, would actually give up the first-half play in the second half and switch back to the previous inefficient play!

The Heat's emergency tactics during the break were all aimed at dealing with Liu Mang's setter and back-turning dribble, which Jordan and Pippen couldn't defend against. Who knew that the Eagles suddenly changed their style of play!
It should be said that no one expected that Liu Mang played like a fish in water in the first half, scored 12 points on 6 of 16 shots in the half, played a very successful half of the game, and changed his style of play in the second half!
This dealt a fatal blow to the Heat's tactics in the third quarter!
The mistakes in defensive tactics caused them to be defeated by Liu Mang's three-pointer and McGrady's breakthrough goal at the beginning. They played a wave of 11 to 4!

The Eagles made 6 of 4 shots at the beginning of the third quarter, while the Heat only made 5 of 2 shots!
After playing for more than three minutes, the Heat were smug and wanted to overtake the score at the beginning of the third quarter. Who knew that the Eagles opened the point difference to 65 to 56, and the point difference suddenly came to 9 points!
Liu Mang made two three-pointers, raising his personal score to 22 points, McGrady broke through and scored a 2+1, and Rasheed Wallace scored two points with a catch and throw.

Happiness comes so suddenly!

After the effect of Liu Mang's Anfernee-Hardaway star card ended, Liu Mang was going to try it in the third quarter. If it didn't work, he would think of other ways. Unexpectedly, the Heat's own head was green and it was very strange to defend.

(End of this chapter)