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Chapter 1536 1535. Large triple pair! (The second asks for a monthly ticket)

The core combination of Calderon + O'Neal, accompanied by the lineup of Barbosa, Josh Smith and Diaw.

Without Nash's fast-break organization, the Suns couldn't play at a fast pace, but after Calderon came up, the Suns played slowly!

Calderon is getting more and more sophisticated now. With more experience in the NBA, his ability is getting stronger and stronger. There are already teams preparing to dig him up after the end of the season this summer. His contract is about to expire. He has a lot of research on the game and can be used to guide the leader of the team.

In the control of slow-paced games, Calderon is much better than Nash, and not only offensively, his personal defensive ability is at best quite satisfactory, but his defensive command ability is very strong, which is the key to the top performance of the Suns' second lineup.

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

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

At this time, Calderon took advantage of O'Neal's sufficient physical strength to allow O'Neal to hit two consecutive goals and played a wave of 4-0.

Originally, the Eagles opened to a score of 13 to 8, and the 5-point difference was suddenly reduced to 1 point!

Taking advantage of Wade's breakthrough from the bench and causing a foul by Barbosa, the Eagles continued to make substitutions, replacing Kwame Brown with Gasol Jr., replacing Grant Hill with a power forward, and dispatched a lineup of Liu Mang, Wade, and Tracy McGrady on the outside.

The timeout came back, the Suns did not make substitutions, and the Eagles attacked.

McGrady dribbles to the left side of the top arc after receiving the frontcourt ball and breaks through from the left. Wade helps Liu Mang block Barbosa, and Liu Mang cuts to the inside.

McGrady gave the ball to Liu Mang. Liu Mang rushed in to attract the defense and passed it to Gasol Jr. who was in the middle distance.
Excellent kick!

The characteristic of Liu Mang's transfer station has made his own awareness of passing the ball better and better!

To the Suns offense.

The Suns found some ways to deal with Gasol Jr. In addition to controlling the rhythm, Calderon is also very good at pick-and-rolls. After all, he was trained by the Eagles as Stockton's successor, but he was put in the Josh-Smith deal by mistake.

Calderon and Josh Smith pick-and-roll, and Calderon came to the high position on the right side of the free throw line after the pick-and-roll. In this position, Grant Hill, who switched defense with Liu Mang, did not dare to let it go. Calderon was like Stockton, who had no defensive speed.

Josh Smith cut in with Liu Mang, and Gasol turned around and flanked Josh Smith together.

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

O'Neal originally wanted to throw behind Gasol, but he didn't expect that Gasol turned around much faster than he expected, and threw the iron hastily!

Unlike at the beginning of the season, although there were not many opportunities to play, Gasol played 19 games anyway, and the training for muscle gain and fat loss was also quite effective. His movement was much better than at the beginning of the season, and he turned to block O'Neal!

Gasol's speed is not fast. It can only be said that it is better than the beginning of the season. However, the Suns' style of play is based on the fact that Gasol is as slow as he was at the beginning of the season. In fact, it can be seen when Gasol defends Yao Ming in the Christmas game.

Stop it!
This time the Eagles' lineup adjustment prevented the positional attack of the Kashark combination!
Liu Mang snatched O'Neal's hard-hitting rebound and immediately threw it forward.

Barbosa rushed towards the counterattacking McGrady and Wade, Wade and McGrady started playing, you hit the board, I jumped up and hit the board again, I didn't shoot, I kept hitting the board...

Feeling Barbosa's helplessness, McGrady was kind-hearted. When Wade once again flipped the ball over Barbosa's head to the backboard and bounced to McGrady, McGrady jumped up and pressed the ball into the basket, and he didn't play Barbosa anymore.

Being able to defend the card-shark combination plus Josh-Smith's offense in the positional battle is inseparable from Gasol's progress.

It's just that Gasol's change is a little different from what Liu Mang expected.

The original little Gasol was born to lose weight. After the 2008 Olympics, he was brought into the NBA by the Grizzlies. In one year, he lost nearly 140 kilograms of fat and picked up 120 kilograms.

But this little Gasol, Liu Wei feels that after losing weight, he is more than 120 kg...

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

But Liu Mang didn't find it strange either. Every player's development would change a little bit because of his arrival. The elementary school students all went to practice step-back three-pointers, and it was acceptable for Gasol to eventually become a muscular big white bear.

Anyway, it seems that Gasol’s mid-range shooting feel and passing feeling have not been affected at present, and it is even better than the original time and space where he lost nearly 08 kilograms in a year in the 09-20 season. In the original time and space, Gasol’s mid-range shooting percentage was 40.00%. Come back to practice.

Now Gasol is doing it in a health-oriented way because of gaining muscle and reducing fat. Whether Thomas Carter is treating diseases or helping people lose weight, he will do it step by step. Gasol's shooting and passing have little impact on his touch.

Anyway, it’s easy to use!
Compared with the season opener, the Eagles have done a better job defending the Suns!
At that time, although Gasol defended O'Neal's low-post singles, he was still quite poor in defending against the Kashark combination.

After all, the Suns are a wonderful team that splits into two core lineups and builds a team that is likely to enter the Western Conference playoffs, but this time, Gasol's little progress, coupled with the Eagles' three most defensive perimeters, has given the card-shark combination great restrictions!

After the official suspension of the first quarter, the Suns had no choice but to re-dispatch the running and bombing lineup...

The Eagles have exploded on both offense and defense, especially Liu Mang.

During the period when the Eagles had a 17-game winning streak, the most frightening thing was that Liu Mang adapted to his teammates better. Although Liu Mang averaged nine assists per game at the beginning of the season, most of them were led by Rondo and McGrady learned from Rondo to guide the team.

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

A point guard with the league's third-per-game average is not the core of tactics, and Liu Mang's pass is even more difficult to defend.

Because Liu Mang has the opportunity to shoot decisively, double-team, he passes the ball, and when he encounters a help defense, he also passes the ball.I didn't have any fear at all, and continued to vote for the second time when I was determined...

The pure run-and-gun lineup of Nash, Raja Bell, Barbosa, Jason Richardson, and Josh Smith sent by the Suns was also suppressed by the run-and-gun lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, McGrady, Grant Hill, and Marion on the Eagles!

What makes the Eagles uncomfortable 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 at all cowardly. They have a corresponding lineup to counter whatever moves you make!

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

The Suns tried their best to score points, but after the Suns gave up positional warfare and defended, the Eagles scored even more irritable!

Liu Mang's score here is so-so. He only scored 11 points after the first half, but he scored 9 assists in the half...

11 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds. As long as he is outside the three-point line, he will be stuck, and he will attack when he rushes in. There are too many passing options!
If it wasn't for McGrady's head wattage at the end of the first half, when he received the ball and needed a 360-degree turn for a layup, Liu Mang would have 10 assists in the half.

半场打完，靠着刘莽11分9助攻6篮板，麦迪半场17分，贾森-特里半场10分，隆多的4分1板1助攻1抢断，韦德8分2抢断2助攻，内线加起来拿到24分，老鹰队半场74比61领先太阳队13分！
The Suns have tried their best, but the Eagles, who are also doing their best, are even more explosive!
The Hawks threw 49 times in the half and scored 30 goals. With such an offensive performance, the Suns, the second-best scoring team in the league, couldn't make a few shots in a season.

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

The Eagles suppressed them with the Suns' best style of play!
Fans in the field and in front of the TV looking forward to the end of the Hawks' winning streak will be disappointed...

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

Harden, who was wearing the No. 24 Eagles jersey on the sidelines, cheered up in the second half. Liu Mang scored 15 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, including 10 of 8 free throws!There is also a three-pointer, a mid-range shot and a layup!
Under the leadership of Liu Mang, the Eagles failed to make a comeback in the second half of the crazy Suns who wanted to turn around!

The Suns have really worked hard, and the state cannot be said to be bad, but under the dazzling performance of the Eagles, they are a step behind, a lot.

Use the change of the inside line as the rhythm adaptation point, use Liu Mang as the passing transfer station and scoring arrow, and use McGrady or Rondo as the tactical core...

刘莽全场打了40分钟拿到33分13板15助攻1抢断2盖帽，麦迪全场27分4板3助攻，贾森-特里19分，韦德15分，隆多8分3板4助攻，小加索尔6分，夸梅-布朗16分10板……

Under the outstanding performance of the Eagles players, the Eagles beat the Suns 133 to 115!
纳什39分5助攻和卡尔德隆的10分6助攻、约什-史密斯的17分8板7助攻成了无用功！
The stars of the Suns can only watch Liu Mang win 18 consecutive victories over them!

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(End of this chapter)