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Chapter 737 736. Worries Come True (for Subscription) 24
Carter was very upset and angry about being blocked, and he was even more upset when he saw that Raheem, who was counterattacking, also dunked.

Carter started singles, just to get back the field with a deduction.

As for Liu and Si, they planned for a long time with the increasingly insidious Mike Woodson before the game, and found that it was very difficult to deal with a guy like Kidd who is very smart and can avoid his own flaws.

Carter, who has always been criticized for his determination to win and lose, and complained about his too much showmanship, has become the target of three sinister men.

Looking at Carter's style of play, the Nets are going crazy!
The chances of Carter dunking in singles are extremely low, because he is too obvious a target, and the opponent will definitely target him, and then when he is thinking about how to block the dunk, the pass button seems to be broken.

The Nets were overshadowed by the Eagles at the beginning!
In this season's playoffs, Carter averaged 29.6 points per game, second only to Liu Mang's 31.62 points and Kobe's 30.3 points. He shot 60.00% at the rim at [-] points, which was [-]% higher than O'Neal and Yao Ming, the two inside players with the highest shooting percentages. Carter's performance in the playoffs this year was outstanding!
However, Carter can play such a performance, not because of him alone, but because of a large part of Kidd.

Carter's empty-handed counterattack speed, sharpness of air cuts, and open three-point ability have all been well utilized by Kidd. Carter has 60.00% of his two-point scoring, which is off-the-ball scoring, and only 30.00% of his eight-point scoring is singles and free throws.

Carter doesn't like to play off the ball, but Kidd makes Carter's off-ball play very entertaining, which makes Carter very happy, so Carter and Kidd cooperate very well. In the series against the Pacers, the Nets looked like they had two Carters, or two Richard-Jeffersons.

In the regular season, the Nets had no confidence in the playoffs against the Hawks. Even when they entered the playoffs as the third in the Eastern Conference, they did not have the confidence to pass the second round. They did not regain their confidence until they defeated the Pacers in a difficult tiebreaker in the second round... Except for Carter, Carter has always been very confident in his own strength. He feels that he has an unlimited future and can play for a few years first.

And because of this, Carter, who was already very confident in himself, became a little too confident!

When the Devils of the Eagles suppressed the confidence of many Nets players at home, Carter didn't think too much about Liu Mang's challenge, just now!

At the beginning, Carter made five consecutive breakthroughs, but did not make a dunk.

In the seven playoff games against the Pacers, Carter averaged 2.7 dunks per game, but only 0.4 times per game were dunks with the ball, and the others were all direct dunks...

As for the Eagles, they fought back one after another. Rahim, who was dunked by Liu Mang, was very active. He counterattacked and dunked, followed by Liu Mang's iron dunk, and scored 6 points in a row. In addition, Liu Mang scored 5 points. The Eagles started a wave of 11 to 3!

Carter made no other contribution except for Liu Mang's one foul. He made two free throws and only scored one point in five shots. If it weren't for Richard Jefferson's tip-up and a goal, the Nets would have fallen behind by ten in the first three minutes.

The puppet head coach of the Nets finally called a timeout when they were 8 points behind.

Kidd's head was getting bigger, and he didn't care whether he gave Carter face or not, so he pulled Carter aside to chat...

On the Eagles side, Liu Mang knew about Carter's fleece when he saw the Nets called a timeout.

But this is not afraid, the 8-point lead has been established.

Coach Kruger also judged this point, and used Kwame Brown to replace Ratliff, who was a bit tired of blocking Carter's several breakthroughs just now. The Hawks began to study the Nets' style of play a long time ago. After they got Carter and lost Kenyon Martin, the offense of the inside players was basically over. The sharpest offensive end became outside cuts and three-pointers.

……

After the timeout, the Eagles sent Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown with a highly mobile lineup.

The Nets did not make substitutions. Kidd, Carter, Richard Jefferson, Aaron Williams, and Jason Collins played.

Carter sent the ball to Kidd, and Kidd advanced to the frontcourt. After the two arrived in the frontcourt, they found that the Eagles' defense had changed!
Kwame Brown and Rasheed Wallace, two super mobile insiders and Raheem, guarded an inside defense!

Liu Mang didn't continue to follow Carter, and came to Kidd, and Prince went to defend Carter.

Compared to Liu Mang's aggressive defense that seemed to bite people, Prince's defense made Carter even more uncomfortable. Carter felt that Prince was like a robot, without emotion or emotion, and he didn't respond to elbows. He just defended honestly and sternly. Prince's physical condition and enthusiasm completely covered Carter's running movements.

On Liu Mang's side, when he saw Kidd advancing, he followed him, blocking Kidd at the three-point line, and constantly putting pressure on Kidd's body.

Seeing Liu Mang's expression about to bite, Kidd immediately asked Aaron Williams to pick and roll, but it was Raheem who followed Aaron Williams, not the insider!
Liu Mang and Raheem directly caught Kidd within the free throw line, and it was really good to make up for Kidd. They found Richard Jefferson, who retreated beyond the left three-point line, and passed the ball.

And Richard Jefferson has no one in front of him, Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown are blocking the cut, and Richard Jefferson retreats to the three-point line to receive the ball.

However, letting Richard Jefferson or Aaron Williams catch the ball was originally an extreme defensive strategy after research by Mike Woodson and a certain pair of mentors and apprentices!

Richard Jefferson averaged 3.7 three-point shots per game in the first two rounds of the series, and only hit 0.9 times per game. In the playoffs, his three-point shooting percentage was only 20.00%. Four Richard Jefferson is the point that Liu Mang proposed to use!

Richard Jefferson's three-pointer was okay in the regular season, with a 30.00% six-point shooting rate, but he averaged only [-] goals per game, and the playoffs suddenly showed his original shape.

Watching another group of inside double-door shots by the opponent, Carter was stuck tightly by Prince. Prince was like a ghost. Carter didn't like playing off the ball so much, so he just stood outside the three-point line.

Richard Jefferson pulls up for a [-]-pointer...

No hit!
The defensive strategy was successful, but it didn't notice that Kidd sneaked into the predicted rebound when Richard Jefferson shot, grabbed the ball first, and threw it to Richard Jefferson when Kwame Brown rushed forward to defend it.

If Richard Jefferson made his first off-ball shot, he would have been confident, but he didn't make it!After receiving the ball from Kidd, Liu Mang hesitated at the first moment after receiving the ball. Liu Mang, who was planning to rush out but did not expect Kidd to grab the rebound and could only rush back, rushed over from the side. Richard Jefferson just jumped up, startled, and threw it towards the basket regardless of who it was.

An aggressive Kwame Brown grabs the ball in front of Kidd and throws it upfield.

Raheem went down quickly, received the ball in the middle line, and scored two points with another counterattack!
Liu Mang was already very active, he didn't expect this group of teammates to be even more active!

Everyone in the Eagles is very excited, active in defense and quick in offense.

Finally, Kidd did not rely on others, and hit a mid-range shot immediately after the quick pick-and-roll.

Kidd's mid-range after the pick-and-roll is still very good. If the defense doesn't keep up, he throws it up, and because his teammates are performing poorly, he is not afraid of hitting the iron himself.

The Eagles are attacking and have already led 13 to 5 by 8 points. Liu Mang wants to widen the point difference to more than [-] points.

However, the defense of the Nets is really good. Carter's physical fitness has been utilized. The Nets actively shrink and block the defense. Liu Mang suddenly got caught in the middle distance and was caught by three people. He had no chance to change direction, but his teammates had a chance.

The defense is too hard. Even without the ball, Prince is giving Carter physical contact. The defensive IQ is too high. From the off-ball end, Carter feels uncomfortable.

But because of this, Prince's own shooting was also affected. He made a three-point shot and wiped the rebound and flew out of the baseline.

"It's okay, Taishaun, just throw it if you have the chance!" Liu Mang comforted Prince, but he didn't expect Prince to be so cold, he nodded without expression, and directly returned to defense.

These teammates!

One for scoring, one for being cold, Liu Mang felt more and more that these teammates were too "hateful"!

Prince has become very calm now, even more calm than his rookie year. In his rookie year, he would not dare to shoot because he couldn't make a shot, but now, he understands that as long as he dares to throw, because he has the ability to throw open three-pointers, the opponent will not dare not be defensive.

Not all teams dare to gamble on defense like the Eagles with Liu Mang.

The defense of the two teams began to become more oppressive. After the two teams fell into the positional battle, they played very slowly in the second half of the first quarter. The Nets could not counterattack, and the positional battle had no inside advantage.

As for the Hawks, the Nets’ strict defense made them uncomfortable. Except for counterattacks, Raheem had no good scoring methods. Richard Jefferson’s defense was too strict for him.

But they have Liu Mang!
The Nets used various defensive strategies, but found that with less than three players, Liu Mang could not be stopped at all!

The left and right sides break through as you like, and after getting close to the basket, the left and right hands shoot at will and open the bow. One accidental two people blocked the defense and did not block it. Liu Wei dunked directly across the center.

In the first quarter, there were a total of 11 players on the court. Even Raheem scored 4 points in a row in the first 8 minutes, and only scored 1 point later. He made two free throws and made one.
As for the Eagles, in the next 8 minutes, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown combined to score 6 points, but Liu Mang scored 8 points alone in the next 10 minutes!
After the first quarter, the Eagles led 29 to 17 by 12 points in a single quarter!
Liu Mang's various fancy spiral moves will always rush into the basket from unexpected directions. The Nets can only pinch, and Liu Mang will pass the ball after pinching.
8 free throws in 7 minutes, not many shots, 6 free throws, plus two successful layups, Liu Mang scored 15 points in a single quarter alone!
The Nets' confidence accumulated in the second round gradually began to collapse under Liu Mang's crazy attack!
Kidd tried many methods to change the offensive rhythm, but the Eagles just want to play defense and constantly lower the rhythm of the game, because they have Liu Mang on the offensive end, who looks more like a superstar Liu Mang than Carter today!
A gap in strength loomed before him, and Kidd began to feel powerless. No matter how good he was, he was still just a support. When facing a team like the Eagles with ridiculously strong perimeter defense, Carter's role was not as good as a quasi-first-class insider.

Carter is very good and useful against other teams, but when he meets the Eagles, he is overwhelmed!
As for Carter's singles ability, the Nets dare not use it. Carter can organize offenses, but he is definitely not as good as Kidd. When Carter holds the ball, Kidd becomes a display. Richard Jefferson basically died in the battle, so he just watched Carter play.

……

In the second quarter, the Eagles made a large-scale substitution, and the painting style changed suddenly, Stockton, Jason Terry, Korver, Boozer, Rasheed Wallace.

Five pitchers on the field, that's all.

Kidd also tried to get the head coach to switch to an offensive lineup in the second quarter, but he still wanted to struggle a little bit. He just had a wave with the Eagles and wanted to catch the Eagles by surprise. Unexpectedly, the Eagles replaced five pitchers at the same time!
Kidd looked at Rusios Harris, Rodney Rogers, Brian Scalabrine, Micky Moore beside him...

Let's vote together...

When playing against the Pacers, Kidd was very satisfied with this lineup. He once voted the Pacers to be unnecessary, but today he encountered the second team of the Eagles to fight offense... Kidd organized the offensive end very well, but the opponent has a guy who is even better than Kidd's offensive organization!

Stockton!

In the face of Rodney Rogers' poor defense, Stockton and Boozer's pick-and-rolls flew up, and Kidd did not dare to defend Stockton, so he could only follow Jason Terry. In the first two rounds of the series, Jason Terry was the only player in the Eagles who averaged more than 20 points per game except Liu Mang.

The atmosphere is getting up, let's wave together...

On the Nets side, these five players were very happy when they first came up, because of the successful experience of the last round of the series, but they played. Although they did not encounter much defensive pressure on the offensive end, they played under increasing psychological pressure. Originally, they wanted to play against the Eagles, but unexpectedly, they turned into chasing after the Eagles' offensive firepower!
The Eagles' offense is more fierce than the Nets!Dare to throw it!

Although until the official timeout, the Eagles were not able to widen the point difference, but when the official timeout came, the Eagles went up and down, playing with Liu Mang, Prince, Barnes, Raheem, and Kwame Brown. When they started to defend desperately, the Nets collapsed.

They voted hi!
The Nets wanted to follow the example of the Eagles and put on a strange lineup to mess up the rhythm of the Eagles, but when they met the Eagles, this kind of imitation became a mere imitation, and the Nets' own rhythm was broken instead.
The Eagles, on the other hand, are too used to this rhythm change. They play like this in more than 100 games a year.

The Nets, which started to shoot wildly, met the Eagles with one big, four small and five fast and highly motivated unlimited defenses.

这届比赛前7分钟，还以19比18领先一分的篮网，后面5分钟被打了个11比4……

With 23 points in a single quarter, the Nets' performance in a single quarter looked pretty good, but the Hawks scored 29 points again in the second quarter.

58 to 40, after halftime, the Eagles have already led by 18 points!

After the intermission, the Eagles came up in the third quarter, and the combination of Liu Mang, Jason Terry and the double waves came up, another change in play style.

Nowhere to be found!

Kidd had no idea what the Hawks' sudden rhythm change was for. Other teams had to change their tactics and style of play because the previous rhythm and style of play were not going well. Just like Kidd learned the shape but not the spirit after learning the rhythm change of the Eagles. He changed the rhythm because the previous rhythm could not cope with the opponent.

The Eagles, on the other hand, wanted to change their style of play simply because of the adjustment of the lineup, instead of waiting until the opponent defended the previous style of play before starting to change their style of play.

The Eagles changed their style of play to serve the players.

The Nets serve Kidd whether they change their style of play or replace them. Kidd is everything to this team.

During the intermission, the Nets had just thought of a way to defend against the Hawks' offensive and defensive lineups, but as soon as the third quarter came up, the Eagles' wave ratio lineup came, Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Barnes, Muhammad, Kwame Brown, two shooters and three rebounds, the defensive end can still defend, it is waves!

The Nets completely collapsed in the third quarter. The confidence accumulated by defeating the Pacers, and the confidence and pride brought by Kidd's reputation as the king of the Eastern Conference Finals began to become fragmented.

Kidd looked too smart in the last round of the series, but when he met the Hawks, Kidd's smarts seemed useless.

Small cleverness, compared with real strength, strength is king after all!
The 70-win Eagles are the strong ones!
The players of the Nets will inevitably think of the fact that after they finally defeated the [-]-win team in the second round, they ignored the fact that they were beaten to pieces by the Eagles in four games during the regular season!
Winning the Pacers gave them the biggest hint that "the regular season record is useless, and the playoffs are the real strength." The main role of Nets coach Frank is to pour chicken soup, constantly hinting to them that they are a strong team in the playoffs, and no matter how strong the regular season record is, they will not be their opponents.

Indeed, that rhetoric seems to work against mediocre title contenders like the Pistons and Pacers, and neither team looks like a match for the Nets right now.

But when they met the Eagles, after the confidence brought by the chicken soup was defeated, it actually hit the morale of the Nets players even more than the original loss!

Kidd looked at Liu Mang, who was displaying his offensive talents recklessly. What he worried about two years ago has really become a reality now!
　I guess there are two more chapters tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)