From today on is the king

Chapter 900 899. Double Waves Combining One Wave (Seeking Double Monthly Tickets!)

Relying on Prince and Rasheed Wallace scoring 15 points together in the first quarter, the Hawks managed to withstand the pressure brought by the Rockets' super defensive combination of David Wesley, Yao Ming, and Richard Jefferson when McGrady missed a goal and only made 4 of 3 free throws and Liu Mang only scored 6 points.

The strengths of the Eagles' role players are on display.

During the intermission, the Eagles replaced Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Muhammad, and Alonzo Mourning in the rotation.

Three rebounds and a defensive frontcourt, a combination of two shooting guards, and the regular lineup of the Eagles' rotation. Originally, Jason Terry was supposed to bring Korver up, but there was no point difference. They tied with the Rockets, and Liu Mang had to come up to hold the lineup.

Liu Mang looked at the Rockets' lineup from the bench...

What lineup is this?

Mike James, this point guard is not bad, with 78 ability evaluation, 84 offense, 71 defense, 86 three-pointers, 77 mid-range shots, and 87 layups...

Liu Mang remembers that this is the only Rockets substitute who averaged more than 5 points per game, averaging 5.6 points and 3.7 assists per game, but this is a scoring point guard. He scored 20 points in 10 minutes as a substitute for the Celtics, but he was forced to organize the offense because there was no passer in the Rockets. 3.7 assists and 2.9 turnovers...

Liu Wei’s impression of him is that he broke out in the Celtics last season and killed them once. It reminded Liu Wei that this guy was the winner of the “ESPY Most Inspirational Award” in the first decade of the 21st century. The main reason is that this guy was Kobe who scored 81 points in the game against Kobe. Kobe scored 27 points in the third quarter. I have an impression. After 20 seasons, he retired in 06.

After the end of last season, this guy averaged 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game. The Bucks signed him to a two-year contract, which can be regarded as finally gaining a firm foothold in the NBA. Previously, they were all non-guaranteed contracts.

But the Bucks were bad, so it was almost given to the Rockets for nothing.

Except for Mike James who is capable of averaging 10+ points per game, and Richard Jefferson leading the team, Liu Mang looked at the other players in the Rockets' rotation, it was really miserable!
Richard Jefferson continues, young guy with good physical strength, Joan Barry, averaging 4.3 points per game, and Morris Taylor, who got a big contract from the Rockets this season and has a salary of 900 million this season. He has played 15 games so far. It seems that his average of 7 points and 4 rebounds per game is good, but his data has little effect on the Rockets' average points per game.

穆托姆博，场均2.9分7.1板1.9个盖帽，篮板和盖帽还是很厉害，可不能得分！单场0分7板2盖帽是穆托姆博这赛季的标配……

There was originally Jim Jackson, one of the 3Js, but he not only overlapped with Richard Jefferson, but also clamored for the middle class to renew his contract in advance after scoring 12+6 last season. The Rockets were not willing to pay that money, so he was sent to the Suns for David Wesley of the Hornets in a three-way trade.

Now the Rockets' bench lineup is really miserable!

Liu Mang played with a substitute, Richard Jefferson played with a substitute, and the second quarter began.

Rockets possession.

When Richard Jefferson is needed to score in singles, you know that the Rockets have reached the "end of the road". Richard Jefferson wants to rely on his physical fitness to make a breakthrough, but Iguodala's physical fitness is not lost to him. Iguodala's defensive experience has gradually become richer. Ferson blocked Mourning's defense, but was squeezed away by the stronger Mourning. Mourning slapped Richard Jefferson's throw.

Liu Mang rushed up to grab the ball alertly, received a defensive rebound, and advanced quickly!
Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Iguodala, and Muhammad quickly rushed to the frontcourt.

Liu Mang rushed beyond the 45-degree three-point line on the right side of the opponent's basket and took off!
Richard Jefferson and Mike James, who were chasing back, both rushed towards Liu Mang. Liu Mang threw the ball in the air to Jason Terry who followed up in the middle. Jason Terry missed his first three-pointer, but Muhammad who followed closely blocked Morris Taylor who was rushing back to grab a defensive rebound. Iguodala grabbed an offensive rebound!
Iguodala didn't layup directly, but passed it to Jason Terry!

Iguodala, who was originally selfless, became even more selfless in the Hawks... Jon Barry and Mutombo, who were chasing back, had just passed the halfway line. When they saw Iguodala grab an offensive rebound and face an empty basket, they turned around and ran back to the frontcourt. Who knew that Iguodala would pass the ball in this situation!

Jason Terry received the ball again from the top arc and continued to shoot decisively.

After a trial shot, Jason Terry, who knew that he had made a mistake just now, made a steady hit this time!

27 to 24, the Eagles came up and overtook the point difference by three points!

Offensive and defensive transition, the Rockets attack.

Richard Jefferson's breakthrough attracted Mohammed's mid-range siege, and Richard Jefferson quickly passed to Morris Taylor.

Morris Taylor's position made Richard Jefferson vomit blood after passing the ball. He actually stood in the three-second zone. He didn't want to shake the ball to attract Mourning to defend and pass it to Mutombo.

Muhammad turned around and received the defensive rebound.

Richard Jefferson is really good at attacking with the ball. He can break through and attract double-teams from Mourning or Muhammad, but Mutombo has no offensive threat. Maurice Taylor got injured after getting a big contract, but his enthusiasm is getting worse and worse. Just standing under the basket like that and not relying on mid-range shots to open up space, Richard Jefferson was so angry that he was about to vomit blood.

The Rockets retreated much faster this time. Richard Jefferson interfered with Muhammad and tried to steal. Muhammad protected the ball and passed it to Liu Mang. The Eagles missed the first fast break.

Liu Mang has a little bit of regret, the Rockets' lineup is not only slow at the center, but also old, which is an excellent counterattack opportunity.

Liu Mang advances to the frontcourt, and the man defending him is not Richard Jefferson, which makes Liu Mang startled, Richard Jefferson defends Jason Terry!

Liu Mang dribbles the ball and singles the "inspirational man" in front of him.

Mike James is very active, but he can't prevent it!

Mike James is short and has good speed. Liu Mang can't get rid of the opponent because of his poor speed and rhythm, so he squeezed Mike James to the top corner on the right side of the free throw line, turned around with his back against Mike James, suddenly jumped and turned, and shot from the middle distance!

Liu Mang made a high-post turnaround jump shot. Relying on his height advantage, he easily threw the ball over the head of Mike James and scored two points steadily.

29 to 24, the Eagles lead by 5 points!

Finally, looking back, Richard Jefferson relied on his three-point ability, against Iguodala's defense, and made a forced shot from outside the three-point line. The Rockets slightly eased the scoring crisis.

When the Eagles attacked again, Liu Mang continued to play singles with the ball. Richard Jefferson came to defend Liu Mang this time. When Liu Mang saw Richard Jefferson defending him, he immediately passed it to Jason Terry.

Jason Terry faced Mike James, dribbled two steps, made a breakthrough, and then stepped back and jumped out of the three-point line... In fact, this action was useless. Mike James did not lose his position at all. Mike James' defense is not good because of his defensive attitude and enthusiasm.

After Jason Terry made a few breakthroughs and retreated, he forced a fadeaway jumper against Mike James' block!

Dare to vote, really dare to enter!
Amidst the chanting of the guest commentator Zhang of the imperial court, Jason Terry made a few three-pointers and really scored!

Liu Mang saw Jason Terry's actions, and felt that this guy's actions were just to prevent him from assisting!
The direction of the game was completely different from what the fans expected.

The fans in front of the TV saw the defensive battle between the two teams in the first quarter, Yao Ming’s footsteps, Liu Mang’s and McGrady’s outside pick-and-rolls, and the two teams’ high-speed and effective defensive strategies.

However, the Rockets told the fans that the team in Space City is different from other teams. How can a team flying in space be expected by ordinary people?

After the Rockets started the second quarter, it was completely impossible to see that they were the same team as the first quarter!
Just like the Chinese national team's strength suddenly plummeted without Yao Ming in the original time and space, the Rockets are now very prominent in this aspect.

The Rockets claim that Houston has a [-]-[-] team, because they only played well in the first and fourth quarters, and they played badly in the middle two quarters!
Because Yao Ming's physical fitness can only support him to play the first quarter and the last quarter, and the middle two quarters are at the end of the quarter to play the last three or four minutes.

Liu Mang and Jason Terry scored 8 points in a row, feeling hot. In the next game between the two teams, Liu Mang and Jason Terry's singles shooting rate remained at an efficient level of 50.00%, which means that they can make at least one shot twice.

On the Rockets side, it takes three and four offenses to make one shot.

In terms of rebounds, Mourning and Muhammad took advantage of Yao Ming's absence to bully the Rockets' substitute insiders. Mutombo is very strong, and he is still very strong at an unknown age, but he has never understood what offense is. At his peak, he only relied on offensive rebounds and dunks.

The Rockets can only try their best to reduce the rhythm, relying on Mutombo's defensive rebound protection ability to barely let the score open so quickly, the offensive end can only rely on Mike James and Richard Jefferson to take turns to score the ball.

By the time of the official timeout of the first quarter, the Eagles were 42 to 34, leading the Rockets by 8 points!

The Eagles played a wave of 18 to 10!

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With 5 minutes left in the second quarter, it was too early for the Rockets to replace Yao Ming, but the Rockets' offense was frustrated. Van Gundy Jr. could only replace Juwan Howard, hoping that Juwan Howard could rely on comprehensive offensive methods to help the team counter the onslaught of Liu Mang and Jason Terry.

The Eagles also made timely substitutions, replacing the twin towers of Muhammad and Mourning with Josh Smith and Kwame Brown to increase their mobility inside.

After returning from the timeout, Juwan Howard, who was replaced as the main attacker, played very positively. His career attitude has always been good, but the effect has not been very good. He has not played much in the playoffs, which shows that his strength does not match his worth.

Juwan Howard's mid-range singles was not good when he met Josh Smith's close defense. He was very good in the mid-range shot, but Dirk Nowitzki, who had a similar technique of getting rid of the defense and a similar style of play, was far behind.

When Richard Jefferson and Mike James took turns in singles, they could at least notice the rhythm control, but Juwan Howard didn't have this awareness, and the Eagles counterattacked continuously.

The cavalry company finally found a chance to charge!

Jason Terry and Liu Mang took turns as counterattack vanguards. The first ball was Jason Terry's quick pass to Liu Mang. Liu Mang received a return pass from Jason Terry's counterattack and rushed to the basket and hit a three-pointer.

At the 9th minute of the second quarter, Jason Terry received a pass from Liu Mang, pulled up a three-pointer and threw it, and scored again!Hit the third personal three-pointer in this section, raising the personal score to 11 points!
When the Eagles scored 9 points in two and a half minutes, the Rockets only scored 4 points by relying on Richard Jefferson to make a dunk and make a foul and an air cut!
When the rhythm completely entered the rhythm of the Eagles, the Rockets were too miserable.

首节只拿到24分的老鹰队，在第二节打了9分钟的时候，就已经拿到27分了，打了火箭队一个27比14，以51比38领先13分！
The Rockets called a long timeout again to make a substitution.

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In the first quarter, the commentators on the imperial TV almost called the game a "preview of the finals". Who knew that in the second quarter, the situation changed suddenly, and the Rockets changed from a team that could play with the Suns and evenly matched with the Eagles to suddenly become a weak chicken.

What else can the commentary do?Find a way to make up for it.

Zhang's knowledge of coaching basketball is still very good. Although he bit the bullet and analyzed the reasons, he really analyzed it for him.

Director Zhang explained to the fans that the reason why the Hawks played differently from the Suns when facing the Rockets was that the Rockets were the Suns' role players when defending the Suns outside.

The Eagles’ scoring is concentrated on Liu Mang. The Eagles averaged 109.7 points per game, second in the league, but Liu Mang’s scoring is the highest among all players in the league. He scored 30.00% of the team’s three points.

Therefore, the Rockets' rotation defense in the first quarter mainly defended against Liu Mang and the former scoring champion Tracy McGrady. However, Prince and Rasheed Wallace scored 15 points in a single quarter, carrying the Rockets' best defensive performance in the quarter.

The Suns lost to the Rockets in three consecutive games because they did not score more than 20 points in the first quarter of the three consecutive games, and the Suns' defense was poor, and the Rockets' poor offense could beat them to 133 points in one game.

Although Liu Mang was defended in the first quarter of the Eagles, Prince and Rasheed Wallace broke out, so that the Eagles did not fall behind when their style of play was restrained.

In addition, the Eagles' defense is not comparable to the Suns. The Rockets scored 39 points in the first quarter against the Suns, but only 24 points in the first quarter against the Eagles.

Therefore, when the Rockets rotated the lineup, they had no chance to take advantage of the lead to breathe, and the Eagles suddenly opened up the point difference.

Yu Jia, the narrator of the court station, listened to Director Zhang's hard-pressed explanation, which really seemed to be going on, and he was about to applaud!
In fact, that's really the case, and this is what the Eagles had already expected.

After watching the game between the Rockets and the Suns, the Eagles had already expected that the Rockets' slow-paced style of play would restrain their defensive counter-attacking team, so coach Kruger used all starters for the entire first quarter to seal the score.

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With 3 minutes left in the second quarter, the Rockets exchanged for four main players plus the sixth man with the worst data in the league, David Wesley, Mike James, Richard Jefferson, Juwan Howard, and Yao Ming.

This is the strongest lineup of the Rockets. David Wesley, Mike James, Richard Jefferson, the three best passers of the Rockets are all on.

The Hawks replaced Calderon, Tracy McGrady, Kyle Korver, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown.

Facing the Rockets' main lineup, what is needed is not so good defense. McGrady's defense against Richard Jefferson is enough. What is needed is offense, so McGrady took two pitchers to the outside line.

Liu Mang returned to the bench to rest for a while. In the second quarter, he scored 7 points and 2 assists. Jason Terry scored 13 points and 3 assists. Liu Mang hated Jason Terry's habit of dribbling the ball before shooting, so he decisively gave Jason Terry more balls.

Have no idea!After Jason Terry's style of playing tricks came out, Liu Mang, who has been partnering with Jason Terry for the fourth year, immediately knew that this guy had a feeling, and he could solve the problem.

Sure enough, Jason Terry scored 9 points in 13 minutes and also sent 3 assists!
After the timeout, the referee blew the whistle and the game restarted. Liu Mang cast his eyes on the court and watched Kwame Brown being abused by Yao Ming again. He felt that Kwame Brown was too pitiful!
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