From today on is the king

Chapter 118 118. How to solve it?

It's different from what the coach said!
The cavalry are not fighting alone with two arrows, the focus is on the back, it is the two follow-up heavy artillery!
Payton found not only Raheem cut, but also Muhammad who was always ready to catch up!

Nate McMillan is not a talented head coach. Payton, a player with an average of 10+ assists per game, can read the opponent's offensive and defensive tactics better than him.

It’s just that Payton is still a player now, not just a role player like Luke Walton later. When Walton plays, he always plays with the coach’s mind.

Gary Payton pushed forward again, and Vin Baker's physical strength is still good. He handed it over to Vin Baker early on. Because Vin Baker attracted the defense before, he held up a high pass with a wide field of view and passed it to Barry, which frightened the Eagles. This time he hesitated and did not go up to double-team.

Ratliff's single defense can only be said to be above the average level, mainly due to the large coverage area of ​​the auxiliary defense, and it is really difficult to defend against such arrogant and unreasonable ones.

After receiving the ball from Muhammad, Liu Mang pushed forward and still played a pick-and-roll.

In the pick-and-roll league, Liu Mang now has an ability value of 70 after triggering the bench gangster, and his self-confidence is stronger. The main reason is that after the strength bonus, he passes the ball more powerfully and can better grasp the feeling of passing the ball.

After borrowing Ratliff's pick-and-roll, Liu Mang rushed into the interior. This time, Wen Baker was afraid of the Hawks' three frontcourts.

Liu Mang went inside and took the essence of human peristalsis. Suddenly, a supersonic player attacked Liu Mang!

Depend on!
What are you doing with Watt oil!
Originally, Ratliff hadn’t opened up the inside after the pick-and-roll. Mohammed left the three-second zone to pick and roll with Jason Terry without the ball. Raheem ran back, just to open up the space under the basket. The person who comes in makes a tip-up.

But this time Radmanovich didn't go and follow. Just now Payton signaled him not to worry about the air cut, Lewis just defended Jason Terry for a three-pointer, and Radmanovich was ready to double-team.

If he is prepared, Liu Mang also wants to try a 75v72. Wen Baker and Radmanovic have an ability value of 70 and Radmanovic's ability value is [-]. They are both offensive players, and their defense is not good.

Liu Mang quickly passed the ball to Muhammad who had just finished the pick-and-roll in the mid-range. Muhammad hadn't entered the three-second zone yet, and he didn't know what to do with the ball in this place.

Muhammad saw Liu Mang trying to get rid of the pincer attack and run from the inside to the bottom corner. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and slammed the ball to the ground, brutally hitting the inside!
Radmanovich and Payton were about to chase Liu Mang, when they saw Muhammad rushing into the inside line, they hurried up to block it.

Muhammad's muscular body, and his explosive power when grabbing rebounds, can't stop Vin Baker, who crouches under the basket and dies right now.

When the thick guy was playing needlework, Muhammad rushed into the three-second zone and picked up the ball and threw it towards the bottom corner. Liu Mang was surprised that the ball was passed at this time.

But the rhythm is very cool!As soon as he ran to the position and turned around to receive the ball, Liu Mang took advantage of the situation and shot a three-pointer!

Such perfect rhythm, sharpshooter triggers!
The ball slid through a very positive and perfect arc and fell into the basket!
Two points difference!

At the end of the first quarter, the Sonics scored consecutively by relying on Payton's excellent hanging inside and Vin Baker's strong inside ability when he was physically fit.

On the Hawks side, Liu Mang activated his teammates. The Eagles had a third ball-holding point, and the offensive system was established. They continued to pick and roll, counter-run, and cut. Even Muhammad, a thick man, occasionally responded. The Eagles clung to the point difference and finished the first quarter!After the Eagles caught up from 7 points behind to only [-] points behind, they firmly bit the point difference!
Biting the point difference, the young Eagles were still a little frustrated.

Even though they played so well, the opponent still maintained a slight advantage.

The Eagles coach and players on the bench were in a panic.

Except for counterattacks, the Eagles are always grounded, suppressing the opponent's rhythm, and they play very well, but when the pace is slow, Wen Baker is too incomprehensible. Once there is a hit, the Eagles will hit a counterattack once or twice.

"That fat man is too good in singles, coach, let's run to kill him!" Liu Mang couldn't help but said.

"I think we have to be run to death, the opponent's three sharpshooters." Jason Terry choked Liu Mang back with a word.

The dwarf is really annoying!

Iverson who gets mad at the slightest disagreement, Tim Hardaway who can shake human legs off, and this arrogant dwarf!

But Jason Terry said that there is nothing wrong with it. He has already confirmed this when studying tactics before the game. You can’t run and play blindly with the Supersonics. Generally, a team has a 40.00% three-point shooting shooter.

And the Supersonics have three three-pointers with a three-point shooting rate of more than [-]%, which is simply shameless!
The good thing is that Payton is old and decrepit, and his ability to eat raw has declined significantly compared to before the age of 30. At the same time, his outside shooting has not been good, his running ability has also declined, and his offensive rebounding ability is also average. Otherwise, this team is the early version of the Space Warriors.

But although the rebounds of the three frontcourt players of the Supersonics can only be considered average, the combined average of the three players is still 20 rebounds per game, which is not so easy to deal with. Ratliff has to stay on the court for a long time.
As for the Eagles, Liu Mang and Jason Terry are on the court. There is no guarantee of rebounds, and the power is definitely greatly reduced. The two dare to make such waves because they rely on the league's first starting frontcourt combination with an average of 28 rebounds per game.

Liu Mang's surfing style is completely imitated by a guy with two jerseys who has stayed in Milan for a few years in the future. Jason Terry hadn't waved so fast before, and was completely spoiled by Liu Mang.

but……

Coach Kruger is still interested in Liu Mang's suggestion, run?
Coach Krieger pulls out the scouting report.

Vin Baker averaged 15 points and 7 rebounds per game, Radmanovic averaged 12 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, and Lewis averaged 6.3 rebounds per game. The two starters of the Supersonics and the first substitute in the frontcourt have good rebounding abilities. When the three of them play together, the rebound protection is really good.

But apart from these three, no one in the Sonics averaged more than 5 rebounds per game!In addition to these three supersonic rebounders, Payton averaged 4.8 rebounds per game, and the next one was not inside, but Barry averaged 4.6 rebounds per game.

Drummond Mason is a false starter, averaging 8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.

The Sonics are fat inside, but they have a fat style of play. Vin Baker's average playing time is as high as 32 minutes per game by grinding the ground. He is much smarter than Kemp, who is also fat.

But Vin Baker can still cause huge problems for opponents.

Do you have to think about overtaking the score all the time?
uncertain!We have only finished the first quarter now, and there are still three quarters left!
Coach Krueger was concerned, the intermission was coming to an end, and he began to arrange: "Dean, Emmanuel, DeMar, Chris, Theo, you go up and slow down the rhythm, just defend, and the offense will run out of time. Ace, Jason, Sharif, Ira, Nazr, take a rest first."

The four main players of the Eagles were taken aback. What is this arrangement?
(End of this chapter)