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Chapter 1491 1490. Kill the super center!

It was Liu Mang who called the timeout!
The Diligent Shark is not a joke. If O’Neill works as diligently as Duncan in his career, it will be no problem to play for 20 years. Liu Mang has always felt this way, but if it is a Diligent Shark, he can only be a thin version of O’Neal. It is too difficult for this body to work hard and maintain health.

During the Magic period, O'Neal was thinner, and his mobility was better than those lanky and tall physical centers. In his ten-year career, O'Neal averaged the second and third highest scoring seasons in the second and third grades; he averaged the highest rebounds per game at 13.9 in his rookie season, and averaged at most 3.5 blocks per game. It was also in his rookie season. At that time, he was the thinnest in the NBA, and he was also the most able to run and work hard. But at that time, he was not particularly dominant. The game dives sharply.

But after the Lakers became fat, O'Neal's regular season statistics were not as good as in the Magic period, but the playoff statistics skyrocketed compared with the regular season, and he played an average of 30+ points per game in the playoffs that the Magic had never played in the playoffs. The finals were even better than the playoffs...

The hardworking O'Neal is easy to lose weight, just like he lost 4 kilograms and close to 10 pounds last summer, but if O'Neal worked so hard from the beginning, there may be a lot less injuries, but the same, O'Neal has been working hard and has been thin, so he will not be so powerful.

You can't have both, and what O'Neal is most known for is that he can fly like that with a weight of more than 140 kilograms, and he has played for so many seasons. At the age of 36, he still has the ability evaluation of the league's top three centers.

Look at Yao Ming, who is 138 kg, who is too late to gain weight to 140 kg, and look at Gasol, who is also 138 kg...

"Boss, do we really want to do that?" Kwame Brown asked with a sigh of relief when he saw Liu Mang called a timeout, but also a little ashamed.

"Then you continue to defend O'Neill, who lost [-] kg at the beginning of the season and is in the best condition and has the most energy!"

"..." Kwame Brown was dumb, and didn't know how to answer the words, so he simply walked to the bench and sat down.

Liu Mang feels that Rasheed Wallace is more interesting in some aspects and can argue, but Kwame Brown has Kwame Brown's advantages and is also a very interesting teammate.

Except for the Suns players who couldn't make up their minds, Eagles assistant coach Van Gundy didn't know what to say. He thought Liu Mang said this in the morning tactical meeting was a joke, but he didn't expect it to be called a timeout after only one round!

Seeing Coach Kruger's expression of interest in that matter, Big Van Gundy could only get up and set up defense...

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The 20-second short timeout was very fast, and the Eagles quickly arranged it.

After a timeout, the Eagles took a sideline kick and McGrady sent the ball to Rondo.

The people present saw a big man who was too fat to come to the bottom line and stand with O'Neal.

The Hawks only changed one person here, replacing Kwame Brown with rookie Marc Gasol.

Little Gasol was standing next to O'Neal. He was [-] meters tall, and his body shape looked similar!
Although O'Neal is fat, he still has a lot of muscle. Little Gasol really has a lot of fat. In addition, he has gained muscle and lost weight in the past few months. The muscle gain has increased a little, and the fat content has not decreased significantly.

O'Neal turned his head and looked at Gasol several times. He read the news that the Eagles drafted a fat guy, and he was still surprised. Now he knows, it was used to deal with him!

But this is a rookie!And it was such a bloated rookie, the Eagles actually replaced the league's strongest single-defense center with a rookie in less than 1 minute!

With a center forward with a mid-range shot, Rondo beckoned Liu Mang to go to the top arc. When Liu Mang came to the top arc, Rondo handed the ball to Liu Mang to help Liu Mang block Raja Bell.

The tacit understanding between Liu Mang and Rondo was cultivated last season, and they completed the pick-and-roll cooperation very smoothly after the hand-to-hand pass. Liu Mang used Rondo’s pick-and-roll to break out at a high speed, and smashed Nash who was switching defenses. At the same time, Marion helped McGrady pick and roll without the ball. , Liu Mang gave the ball to Gasol Jr. on the left baseline!
Little Gasol was not afraid of receiving the ball, and he made a mid-range jumper from the baseline...

I am not afraid, but I am too excited, and the middle distance in the open space is iron!

However, Rondo, who was not in charge, cut in, clicked in the air, clicked the ball into the basket, and made a second offensive tip-up!
After Rondo scored a goal, Gasol flung his body fat and retreated in a more desperate posture than O'Neal. The Suns' offensive tactics against the Eagles felt incredible. Using a rookie as the end point and using a 1.8-meter-five point guard to hit the offensive rebound?
It is nothing new for the Eagles to change their tactics, but the Eagles' current choice of play is too weird!
This is a tactic that Kwame Brown can't play!Gortat could have played, but Gortat was still young last season, was stage fright in the playoffs, and didn't dare to shoot from mid-range, so he didn't play it last year.

Mid-range shooting, height, and passing are the rare advantages of Gasol's offensive end at this stage, especially mid-range shooting and height, which are the key to the Eagles' ability to play the tactics just now.

The focus is on defense, and Van Gundy is worried. Although he has arranged defensive tactics according to Gasol's characteristics, he doesn't know what Gasol can do.

Nash advances to the frontcourt, the game has just started, the ball still has to be given to O'Neal, and there is still plenty of time to maximize the use of O'Neal's physical fitness.

O'Neal's position is still very simple, and Gasol can't squeeze O'Neal, and his bulky body can't get around, so Gasol is behind him.

Nash easily lobbed the ball to O'Neal, but... O'Neal stood back after receiving the ball!
Ostertag was once one of the best centers against O'Neal. Ostertag was 130 meters and 97 kg in weight against O'Neal very well. O'Neal rarely averaged less than [-]% of his shots in the playoffs.

Ostertag is tall, has a large tonnage, and has a large lateral area. O'Neal can't hit it and has no room for a hook. In 97 and 98, O'Neal met the Jazz for two consecutive years and played a playoff record of 1 win and 8 losses. It is because he is limited by this point that he can only run and score.

As for Gasol, the height of 130 meters is comparable to that of O'Neal, and his wingspan is even better. Without the disadvantage of height and wingspan, he weighs [-] kilograms, and his lateral area is wider than that of O'Neal... and the tonnage is one grade heavier than that of Ostertag!
O'Neal hit the opponent twice and didn't retreat much. He wanted to turn around and there was no space on the right baseline, and he couldn't carry the basket in front of him. O'Neal was stunned!
If it's O'Neal at his peak, even if he can't hit the space, he can knock Gasol back a little, at least with some face.

But now O'Neill can't step down!
There was no other way, O'Neal hit it hard, and forced a throw against a pile as big as Gasol...

This is a few blind shots, and the ball falls out of the bottom line!
Hi the fans!

They felt inexplicable seeing Gasol Jr. on the field. They didn't expect Gasol Jr. to be able to restrain O'Neal! The 36-year-old O'Neal, that is also O'Neal!
Director Zhang, the guest commentator of the Imperial TV station, felt a little uncomfortable, but he still said: "This is the Eagles' European big pyrenes. They have the conditions to defend against super centers!"

Van Gundy stood up while Gasol defended against O'Neal. Although it was assumed that there was such a possibility, Gasol is a rookie after all. Whether he dares to defend, whether he can show his defensive awareness in the game like he did in training is a problem. Many college players and European players who performed well before entering the NCAA have stage fright in the NBA. This has always been a big problem, especially inside. Qi is an example.

But Gasol did it!

Liu Mang watched Gasol clenched his fists and cheered, and felt that something was missing. Thinking of Gasol with a big beard in Los Angeles, Liu Mang thought that Gasol could also grow a beard.

O'Neal returned to the defense in shame, and the Suns players couldn't help it. If O'Neal was three years younger, he would have played much better, but he is 36 after all.

As the game continued, the Eagles had a bunch of [-]-meter tall men who dared to make mid-range shots and could handle O'Neal on the inside, which was really troublesome for the Suns' positional offense.

Marion can keep up with Josh Smith, and the confrontation is not the same. The main lineup of the Eagles just changed the center from a pancake man to a mid-range shot guy. The other four starters cooperated tacitly...

Nash didn't expect the game to be different from what he expected from the very beginning!
O'Neal is the most important part of their positional warfare offense. It is because of O'Neal who is still in shape that they have positional warfare tactics.

For the Eagles, no matter whether O'Neal pulls away or goes out to block people, Gasol always counts the time in the three-second zone, goes out when it is about three seconds away, and stays inside at other times.

After playing for more than four minutes, except for Shaquille O'Neal who kicked Kwame Brown and made a small hook at the beginning, only Nash made a mid-range singles shot by Liu Mang on horseback and archery. He only scored 4 points in more than four minutes!
And the Eagles scored 9 points!
When Liu Mang and McGrady hit a three-pointer after a pick-and-roll, the score was 9-4, and the score fell to 5 points, the Suns called a timeout!
(End of this chapter)