From today on is the king

Chapter 420 418. An inch is long and an inch is strong!

Kidd was already unhappy with Liu Mang. Although he took revenge in the playoffs last season, just ask Liu Mang. Is it easy to get revenge for a cheapskate once?Once an enemy, always an enemy.

The Nets fell into a positional battle. If it was last season, Kidd would give the ball to Van Horn or Kittles in singles, and then just defend. Slowly grind, and slowly wait until the pick-and-roll time comes.

But this time, Kidd continued to hold it beyond Liu Mang's expectations. Collins and Kenyon Martin went to the two bottom corners to pick and roll for Kittles and Jefferson!
The pick-and-roll from the wings cuts in!
Kenyon Martin helped Kittles pick and roll, and Muhammad could barely keep up after switching defenses. Kittles had the most serious physical decline this year, and after Collins helped Jefferson pick and roll, Kidd passed the ball to Jefferson who had just finished the pick and roll.
Liu Mang decisively chose to shrink, and together with Ratliff double-teamed Jefferson, Jefferson passed the ball back to the top arc!

Kidd designed this ball for himself!After receiving a pass back, Kidd made a three-point shot!

hit!

The simpler the offensive tactics, as long as the ability is sufficient, the harder it is to defend!
It's not that Liu Mang didn't see Kidd's thoughts, but that Jefferson hit Ratliff with a small fight, which was obviously more threatening than Kidd's three-pointer!
Kidd's personal offense is not the Nets' first choice, but it's a good goal if they make a shot!

This year, the Nets don't know how many teams that underestimated Kidd's outside shooting have underestimated Kidd after the start, and Kidd made a three-pointer at the start, and then the defense dared not let go of Kidd easily, making Kidd's pass more fierce!

After Kidd made a three-pointer, the Nets quickly retreated and also blocked the Eagles' fast break.

Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt. Kidd defended him, and his mouth began to move: "I didn't want to shoot a three-pointer, but I didn't expect it to be so easy to make a three-pointer."

Liu Mang calmed down after listening to Kidd's words. This guy responded with strength!
Last season, Liu Mang broke various rookie three-point records. If it weren't for Ray Allen's superb three-pointers, Liu Mang broke the record for three-pointers in a single season in his rookie year.

It's getting better!

Liu Mang beckoned for a pick-and-roll, Raheem stepped out, and Kenyon Martin came to the other side to block Liu Mang's pick-and-roll in advance, but Raheem ran out to block half of the people, and before he could block Kidd, he turned and ran to the inside!

Liu Mang threw the ball into the sky, a lob!
Raheem just turned around and went to the free throw line when the ball fell right into Raheem's hands!

Kidd looked at this beautiful lob in surprise. Of course, he can get this kind of ball easily, but it doesn't mean that this kind of ball can be passed easily!Just now, when Liu Mang and Kenyon Martin had already formed a pincer attack, he seemed to throw the ball casually, and it landed so precisely on Raheem's way forward!

This kind of ball, Kidd is sure, there are less than 5 people in the entire league who can pass this kind of pass!
Watching Raheem rush to the basket and smash the ball into the basket through Collins, Kidd's defense saw the feeling of himself and Kenyon Martin's pick-and-roll!
Only then did Kidd realize that this kid was actually imitating his own pick-and-roll!Kidd was extremely shocked!
The cutting and passing routes of Liu Mang's two pick-and-roll offenses flashed through his mind. Kidd was sure that this was the routine he used in the finals last season!

The accuracy of this passing, and this learning ability, the only difference is experience!

Over time, when this kid accumulates experience and masters the passing techniques he has learned, it is simply terrifying!

Traditional point guards, like traditional centers, are players that need time to grow. Kidd himself entered maturity in the sixth season. Needless to say, Nash has accumulated a lot of money, even Stockton, the historical assist king, entered the NBA at the age of 22.

Passing awareness and ability, talent, and such a great learner!Kidd saw a second-year player with a terrifying future. The key is that this guy is only 20 years old!
This made Kidd feel a sense of crisis. He must win the championship quickly while this guy is still young. Otherwise, with the Eagles' current talent lineup and draft ability, the Eastern Conference will probably fall into a period of despair for a long time in the future!
Originally, Kidd's idea came up when he saw the second-year James when he formed the Three Musketeers with Carter and Jefferson. Later, he went directly to the Mavericks giants, and then he failed.

Seeing Rahim's cruel dunking, his classmates felt a little bit of enjoyment after being dunked. Liu Mang felt weird, turned around and ran back to defend quickly.

Just as Kidd thought, Liu Mang was imitating each other in the two pick-and-rolls at the beginning.

Returning the same way to the other, Liu Mang said that learning from the current organization ability may be the strongest opponent's style of play.

When the fans at the scene saw Liu Mang starting again today, they had an inexplicable premonition. Could it be that the passing version of the hooligans is coming again?

The last time Liu Mang played as a starter, he had 5 assists in the first quarter, and then played as a substitute, becoming a small expert in wave shooting.

This time Liu Mang played the starting game again, and he actually started to pass the ball first again. Did this guy use two sets of handles when he was starting and when he was on the bench?One set of pass buttons failed, one set of shooting buttons turned into pass buttons?

It was time for the Nets to attack again. Sure enough, after Kidd made a three-pointer at the beginning, Liu Mang did not dare to let him go. Kidd did the same again, trying to use the off-ball pick-and-rolls on both sides to open up space to make a fuss.

However, Kidd underestimated Ratliff’s defensive awareness of being the best defensive player. This time, Collins went out to block Prince. It was indeed difficult for Jefferson to get rid of Prince’s defense independently. This rookie was as tough as his rookie in the same class last season.
Ratliff didn't come out to guard the pick-and-roll at all!Ratliff, who is very conscious, stood on the edge of the three-second zone and waited for him to rush in. Ratliff obviously judged that the defense in the last round was his fault. Jefferson has no mid-range and long-range shooting ability for the time being, and his three-point shooting percentage is only 20.00% this season. So this time, Ratliff decisively shrunk to the inside, just not going out!
When Collins went out to pick and roll and Ratliff stayed on the edge of the three-second zone and did not go out, the two coaches, Coach Kruger and Byron Scott, couldn't help nodding to Ratliff's defensive awareness. The Nets' extremely simple positional tactics failed!
Jefferson was only in the second grade, and he didn't know what to do when he encountered this situation. He wanted to pass back to Kidd. At this time, Liu Mang tried his best to go around Kidd, and actively joined in when he was not strong enough. Jefferson saw this and chose to continue to break through!
When Jefferson rushed to the edge of the three-second zone, Ratliff took Jefferson for a while and then retracted to a reasonable collision zone position. Jefferson did not increase his speed, otherwise his physical fitness would be directly deducted.

Possessing the league's recognized small forward position second only to Carter's physical fitness, but without Carter's skills, Jefferson chose to force the floater, which was completely interfered by Ratliff, iron!

Ratliff took off the rebound with one hand.

The Nets returned to defense very quickly. When Kidd saw Jefferson's choice, he knew that the ball was over, so he quickly retreated. Ground-breaking offense is indeed not the strength of the Nets. Even if Kidd has a three-pointer, it is just one more option.

Kidd found that he really underestimated the Eagles!Mainly the position of the point guard and the position of the center.

As a point guard, although Liu Mang sometimes plays illogically, he can make shots and pass them to his teammates. Ratliff is not as good as Ben Wallace in terms of rebounding and impact, but Ben Wallace doesn't have the height and wingspan.When defensive awareness and ability are similar, height and wingspan are advantages!
The defensive combination of Liu Mang and Ratliff is more difficult to deal with than the defensive combination of Billups and Ben Wallace in Kidd's eyes!

(End of this chapter)