After the first quarter, the Eagles and Suns were tied at 36 to 32. Wade, who came off the bench, broke through and created two three-point opportunities for Liu Mang. Liu Mang scored two three-pointers in a row, beating the original score.

Trailing by two points, the team overtook a four-point lead.

Such a score in a single quarter of the finals... It's really rare to see it in several years.

Liu Mang feels that the Suns are unexpectedly difficult to deal with!

Liu Mang did not look down upon the Suns, and has been preparing carefully. The Hawks will not look down upon any of his teammates in the Finals. The Suns fought hard in the Western Conference to reach the Finals, and it is more difficult to reach the Finals.

The Eagles are the better team in the Eastern Conference.

But the ferocity of the Suns' offense is even more terrifying than the Eagles imagined!

After half a quarter of the first quarter, the Hawks called a timeout and brought Wade on. Together with Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Marion, and Kwame Brown, they wanted to use defense to contain the opponent's fast break. They found that it was very difficult to control the opponent's fast break.

difficulty.

Pressure defense is of little use to Nash, but is often used by Nash to create sharp coordination.

The Suns changed into a bigger lineup and used O'Neal Jr. and Kwame Brown to partner in the paint to provide stability on the offensive end. The Suns didn't care at all.

The Suns are now playing their first away game. Those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, but they have to start a fast break.

The Suns' two major shooters, Raja Bell and Barbosa, have already started shooting in the Western Conference playoffs and are now in good shape. This season is basically the peak of these two players. In the regular season

The two of them combined for 4 three-pointers.

At the end of the first quarter, the Eagles replaced the outside combination of Jason Terry, Liu Mang, and Wade. Wade suddenly used Jason Terry and his own containment defense to pass two three-pointers to Liu Mang.

The opportunity was divided, allowing Liu Mang to throw the ball out before Laga Bell, whose running position was not pursued, was caught.

The Suns are acting aggressively, and the Hawks can only use superstars to solve the problem.

The Hawks feel a lot of pressure, but the Suns are actually even more miserable.

Gentry saw that his hand was so good. He made 5 of 8 three-pointers in a single quarter. He finally led by two points with 41 seconds left in the first quarter. In the end, he was "easily" overtaken by Liu Mang with two three-pointers.

The run-and-gun game didn't seem to be working, so Gentry was going to replace the lineup with Calderon, Gordon Kirisek, Jason Richardson, Josh Smith, and O'Neal during the break.

For the Eagles, Coach Kruger learned about the Suns' thoughts in the first quarter. The opponent wanted to try a hard game no matter what. The Suns were not afraid of losing an away game, but Kruger

Coach Ge is afraid of losing a home court!

But no matter what, Coach Kruger was not in a hurry and replaced Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Tracy McGrady, Scola, and Gasol in the lineup. Coach Kruger estimated that the opponent would definitely replace O'Neal at this time.

Even if O'Neal doesn't play, Gasol can be replaced later.

After the interval, Liu Mang saw that the opponent had indeed replaced O'Neal, and his coach's prediction was correct.

The Suns attacked, and Liu Mang stayed at the top of the arc, waiting for Calderon to advance.

O'Neal did not go out to screen for Calderon. When he screened for Calderon in the regular season, Gasol completely ignored him and stood still outside the three-second zone. O'Neal was embarrassed.

This time O'Neal took one step outside the right side of the three-second zone to ask for the ball.

Calderon immediately lobbed the ball over.

This location?

Gasol still stayed in the three-second zone and ignored O'Neal.

O'Neal did not choose to shoot from this close to mid-range position, but broke through inside!

"watt?"

Gasol saw O'Neal's big body and was able to dribble in flexibly!

I never expected that O'Neal would fight like this. Gasol could only take one step forward and block O'Neal. He was really rushed... Then...

But after Gasol took a step to stand up straight, O'Neal made a flexible right turn before contacting Gasol, and shot with a small hook from his left hand...

Hit the board!

Yao Ming shed tears after watching this ball...

You have worked so hard to practice your dreamy steps for so long, but the result is not as good as others relying on your innate talent!

After all, it has been a season, and the Suns have thought of many ways to deal with Gasol, but after all, Gasol has the best defensive awareness, which can make up for many shortcomings in footwork. It is difficult for a running and jumping center without shooting ability.

He can be beaten, just like Howard and Kwame Brown were beaten by Yao Ming.

Moreover, Gasol still has the tonnage, and it is difficult for O'Neal to hit him.

The Suns coaching staff didn't come up with a good way to solve this problem, but O'Neal came up with a way himself.

When playing against the Lakers, O'Neal also tried using Yao Ming as Gasol, and this trick worked!

If the opponent does not defend, O'Neal will have room to accelerate, and the opponent will defend... That is more in line with the Suns. If O'Neal can open up space in the mid-range, the Suns' offense will be better. In the Western Conference Finals, O'Neal has played very well recently.

The highest average assists per game in the four-year playoff series was 3.2, thanks to pulling out Yao Ming.

It's just that not many people noticed this, and the Eagles didn't notice it either.

Who would have thought that the 36-year-old O'Neal could still break through with the ball like this?

Because O'Neal didn't play well offensively in the Western Conference Finals, he only scored 10 points in the first three games. In the fourth game, Yao Ming's physical strength declined and he scored 18-10.

Seeing O'Neal shaking his big butt to retreat, looking very proud, Gasol, who has already grown a beard, felt very unhappy!

Picking up the ball and passing it to Liu Mang, Gasol ran forward with his head down.

Liu Mang felt that he had to help Gasol regain his position. After advancing to the frontcourt, he directed Gasol to the high post.

Gasol didn't expect that he would also play a role on the offensive end! He immediately came outside the free throw line. When Gasol ran out, Liu Mang immediately broke through from the right side. Calderon had no time to back away and wanted to defend.

O'Neal came out and quickly took it back to prevent Liu Mang from hitting the basket.

Liu Mang passed back to Gasol at the free throw line, and Gasol stood at the free throw line and shot...

When shooting, he straightened his arms and puffed out his cheeks. He did the same thing as his brother, and he went in!

After the shot, Gasol clapped his hands hard twice and ran back hard.

O'Neal felt that this kid's brain was not working well! What was he so excited about when he hit an open mid-range shot? He looked even more proud than when the center broke through and turned around for a layup just now!

Don't tell me, O'Neal was really irritated.

After Calderon advanced to the frontcourt, O'Neal continued to ask for the ball from Calderon!
Chapter completed!