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Chapter 589 588. Pressing the Brigade!

After the timeout, the Eagles had the ball, and the Eagles still led 42 to 41 by 1 point.

There were no substitutions on the Nets side. Kidd, Rodney Rogers, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, and Aaron Williams continued to play.

The Nets' tactics have not changed, they just want to grind until the Eagles collapse first.

If Stockton goes down and Liu Mang goes to hold the ball, then they will defend in the low post and block the outside line. When the Eagles have no inside scoring advantage and can only shoot outside, it is their chance to win!
However, seeing the lineup that the Eagles came up with, the Nets didn't understand it a bit!

Five people, Liu Mang, Prince, Barnes, Raheem, and Kwame Brown, stepped up. Kidd was a little confused. Instead of strengthening the low post, it removed one of the low post attacking candidates?
The Nets are ready. If the Hawks replace Liu Mang, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Boozer with four low-post offensive players, they will continue to fight for offensive stability. They are also ready to specifically target Boozer's poor defense.

But Prince, Barnes, and Kwame Brown, the three offensive players who only have functional roles, and even Barnes, who has no role in the offensive end of the Nets except running back, came up. The Nets said they didn't understand!
The Eagles attacked, and Liu Mang slowly pushed forward after receiving the serve. The rest of the Eagles quickly ran to the frontcourt. The really fast ones, Kwame Brown’s speed rating was 84. The number one pick was not given just because of his physical fitness.

After Liu Mang advanced to the top arc, Kwame Brown and Prince came to the left side of the three-second zone, and Raheem and Barnes came to the right side of the three-second zone. Just when Kidd looked back and saw that this strange position was confusing, he turned his head and saw that Liu Mang had reached the top arc of the three-point line and threw the ball directly!
Liu Mang made a three-pointer shot!

Seeing that it was too late to pounce, Kidd reacted quickly and rushed to the inside. Forget it if he gets in, and grab a rebound if he doesn't get in. The four positions of the Eagles except the point guard are taller than the average height of the Nets, which is used to defend and protect rebounds!And there is Kwame Brown, a seven-footer!And this rushing in, even if Liu Mang made a shot, Kidd could still pick up the ball and launch a fast break.

Liu Mang's first three-pointer shot was a bit hasty, purely to catch Kidd by surprise, the ball bounced off the basket.

Rebound scramble!

The basket is full of 9 people!

It's not easy for anyone to grab, and the card slot can't be blocked at all!
At this time, Raheem, Barnes, and Prince squeezed the others tightly. Kwame Brown used his height, wingspan, and the best bounce among the nine insiders to push the racket to the top arc, and the ball returned to Liu Mang.

The ball flew over Richard Jefferson's head and fell headlong into the hoop amid another constant jostling by the inside crowd!
45 to 41, the Eagles lead by 4 points!
After scoring the goal, the four Eagles immediately ran back under the basket. After Liu Mang made a shot, he immediately stuck to Richard Jefferson. The first was to prevent the Nets from grabbing a defensive rebound and counterattack if he missed the shot.

On the Nets side, Kidd and Byron Scott never thought about this kind of play!It's purely a gamble!If the Nets made a good prediction in advance and locked the position of grabbing the rebound in advance, this style of play would not work at all, and we could only bet on Liu Mang's first shot, but the Nets obviously did not think of this style of play, and Liu Mang's cleverness succeeded.

After switching from offense to defense, Kidd pushed forward and found that Liu Mang was defending him. Kidd felt a little bit of something wrong!
Kidd still gave the ball to Rodney Rogers. Prince went to defend Rodney Rogers. Liu Mang ran closely to Kidd, which was much tighter than Stockton's previous defense. When Aaron Williams came out to pick and roll, Liu Mang squeezed directly and followed behind Kidd. Rodney Rogers did not dare to pass the ball when he saw Kidd making an air cut.

On the other side, Kenyon Martin and Richard Jefferson, who continued to pick and roll air cuts, encountered a rough defensive confrontation!Barnes is a stupefied young man who doesn't care about anything, he presses on Richard Jefferson face to face. When Kenyon Martin goes to pick and roll Richard Jefferson, Barnes, who is entangled with Richard Jefferson, takes a step forward and squeezes past Kenyon Martin with Richard Jefferson. Raheem is right next to Kenyon Martin, blocking them, and the four of them are completely squeezed together like playing a hug game!
Rodney Rogers didn't dare to pass the ball at all, only Aaron Williams was empty, but Aaron Williams was a pure blue-collar draft pick. Kidd ran in and out and was followed by Liu Mang to death. Rodney Rogers had to come by himself. He was confident. After all, he was a professional sixth man.

Prince's block compressed Rodney Rogers' shooting angle to the extreme. Rodney Rogers was forced to lean back, and the ball flew to the front of the basket more than ten centimeters before falling down. Three non-sticks!

At this time, Kidd rushed into the inside in time, but Kwame Brown came up to stop him and Aaron Williams who rushed in. On the other side, Raheem and Barnes also blocked Kenyon Martin and Richard Jefferson. Liu Mang easily received the defensive rebound.

The situation was not good, the Nets retreated quickly, Liu Mang immediately pushed forward, and the five Eagles who could run and jump all pressed up to counterattack!
After crossing the center line, Liu Wei saw that the Nets retreated quickly. The speed of the Nets lineup was also very fast. All five players retreated. Liu Wei slowed down after crossing the center line, and the rest of the Eagles continued to press in.

With the experience just now, the Nets are very active this time. After Liu Mang reached the top arc, he jumped against Kidd's defense!
When Liu Mang grabbed the ball and took off, the Nets were already ready to grab the rebound and actively blocked positions. Kenyon Martin blocked Kwame Brown, Aaron Williams blocked Raheem, Richard Jefferson blocked Barnes, and blocked the three strongest rebounders of the Eagles. However, Rodney Rogers, who returned to the defense and rushed to his own basket, could not find his defender!Rodney Rogers didn't find a man card!
After quickly scanning the field, Rodney Rogers found Prince in the left corner!
Liu Mang didn't jump up to shoot, but threw the ball to Prince!

An open three-pointer from Princeton Corner!
This time Prince was competitive enough, and made a steady three-pointer, and the Eagles opened the point difference to 7 points!
The biggest difference in the field!
Liu Mang's offensive tactics are these two rounds, and the defensive strategy is what Mike Woodson thought of when he saw Liu Mang wanted this lineup.

In the first two offenses, one was smart, and the other was to attack the opponent's defensive tendency. This tactic may not be effective in the third offense.

But as long as the Eagles scored these two goals and defended once, they would have enough leads.

So, when it was time for the Nets to attack again, the Eagles' combination of physical fitness and flow began to oppressive defense!
Facing this kind of defense, Rodney Rogers struggled to single-handedly play Prince. Even McGrady and Carter struggled to play Prince. Among shooting guards like Prince, Prince's top speed, height of [-] meters and wingspan of [-] meters, coupled with excellent defensive prediction, completely locked Rodney Rogers.

Rodney Rogers made another strong shot. Fortunately, this time Aaron Williams shot the ball out of the baseline. Although he failed to get the ball back, the Nets at least prevented the Eagles from counterattacking. The counterattack of the five Eagles was really scary.

When the ball was dead, the Nets quickly called a timeout. Coach Byron Scott arranged a strategy to defend the Eagles lineup, but he didn't make any substitutions. He could arrange the defense, and his on-the-spot command on the offensive end was average. Kidd didn't allow substitutions, and he had no other ideas.

The Eagles played like this. During the timeout, the Eagles did not make any substitutions. The Eagles still had the same lineup. The five major defensive players appeared on the field and defended fiercely.

After a timeout, the Eagles attacked. Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt. Seeing that the Nets were stuck under the basket, someone from the Eagles ran out instead, and the Nets immediately expanded their defense.

Obviously, the Eagles' clever offensive play has failed.

However, Liu Mang's singles ability is the strongest among these players on the court!Liu Mang started playing endless singles, leaving the main defensive tasks to his teammates. He only needed to follow Kidd on the defensive end, who had no other scoring methods except mid-range shots and three-pointers, and focused on the offensive end.

The Nets and the Hawks actually had the same problem in the Eastern Conference finals last season. They both didn’t have the key points to decide the outcome. It’s just that the Nets’ lineup depth was more advantageous at that time. When they encountered the Eagles, who also had no key points, it was often the Nets who won the game in the end.

But this year is different. Although Richard Jefferson has improved for the Nets, he has only become a player with an ability rating of 83. With Kidd’s addition, he is only a player on the edge of a first-class star at 85, and the rating of 85 is Kidd. It worked poorly.

Conversely, Liu Reck's singles ability has made great progress this year. Although Kidd's defense put a lot of pressure on Liu Reck's singles, Liu Reck's shooting rate is not high, but he can score as long as he can!Defensive Nets!
The offensive and defensive transitions of the two teams are fast, and they are getting faster and faster, but the offense of the Nets has stagnated. If the Eagles' starting lineup is a meat grinder lineup, then this lineup is to press the big team!

Liu Mang slowly grinds his points in the endless singles, and there will always be a few.

After playing, the Eagles gradually widened the point difference. At the end of halftime, the Eagles 55 to 44, opened the point difference to 11 points!
In this tug-of-war of trying to see which side can't survive the collapse first, and which side can hold on, the Eagles won and the Nets collapsed first!
In the last five minutes of the second quarter, the Nets only scored 3 points!Was beaten by the Eagles 13 to 3!

Leading by 11 points at halftime undoubtedly gave the Eagles a huge psychological advantage. Everyone was motivated and prepared to kill the Nets in the second half!
After the halftime break, the third quarter started. The Eagles switched to the Meat Grinder defensive combination again, and they didn't shake their wits anymore. They just got used to it. Relying on a stronger defensive combination than last year, the Eagles were grinding to death.

The Nets fell behind in one move and their moves were restricted. If they wanted to play offensively and chase points, they couldn't defend against the low-post attacks of Liu Mang, Raheem, and Rasheed Wallace. They did a good job of defending, but they didn't care about the offensive end. Mourning's role was lower than expected, not as good as Jason Collins.

In order to avoid the point difference from being further widened, the Nets can only grind defense with the Eagles.

The official timeout of the second quarter is the key turning point!

This time, the Eagles relied on their strength, Liu Mang relied on his small brain and singles ability, and Mike Woodson's defensive construction to maintain the advantage!
After the fight, the physical confrontation between the two teams increased, as if returning to the feeling of last year's Eastern Conference finals. The scoring efficiency of the two teams declined severely in the third quarter, and the decline was even worse. This year, the Nets have no advantage in the depth of the lineup!

After three quarters, the Eagles lead the Nets by 77 points 62 to 15!
In the fourth quarter, the Eagles continued to play steadily. If they played against other teams, they might relax after leading for so long and so many points, but against the Nets, even if the Eagles reached the last 2 minutes, as long as the Nets did not replace the main players, the Eagles would fight to the death!
The physical confrontation between the two teams continued to intensify in the last quarter, and the scoring of both teams almost stagnated, but the Eagles, which had a leading advantage, maintained a high fighting spirit. Liu Mang didn't care so much, his teammates trusted him to give him the ball, and he just threw it!Breakthroughs, three-pointers, mid-range shots, throw when you have a chance, try to draw a foul if you don’t have a chance, if you really can’t score, get a foul, or even make a mistake, retreat quickly to guard against the Nets’ offense.

After 8 minutes in the final quarter, the two teams scored more than 10 points in the final quarter. The scoring and the second quarter before the official timeout were completely like two games, but the pace of the two teams was not slow, but the confrontation was heavy and the defensive intensity was high. It was too difficult to score.

Finally, with 59 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Eagles still led by 12 points, 96 to 84. In less than a minute, the Nets announced their surrender!

In the end, the Eagles defeated the Nets in an away game 96 to 89, avoiding a two-game losing streak!
Liu Mang played for 43 minutes and only took a 5-minute break in the first quarter. Afterwards, he played the last three quarters. He made 31 of 13 shots, 11 of 4 three-pointers, 6 of 4 free throws. He scored 34 points, 6 assists and 3 rebounds, leading the team to beat the Nets!
It can be said that the Eagles put all their efforts into this game. Except for Liu Mang, only Rasheed Wallace scored 16 points. The other scores were all scattered, and none of them exceeded 10 points. Whoever had the opportunity and who had the courage to get the ball would shoot.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the Eagles players cheered as if they had won the championship!Even Calderon and others in suits were infected by the desperate play of their teammates!
Kidd, who left silently after the loss, looked at Liu Mang surrounded by Eagles players. His fear of Liu Mang gradually turned into uneasiness!

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