: 639. McGrady's challenge

The entire basketball world is in shock to form the "Big Three" for the Nets, but the days are still as usual, and the Hawks season continues.
The Hawks ushered in the first game back-to-back at home against the Bucks.
The Bucks became the top four opponents in the Eastern Conference this year and didn't want to meet in the first round. The main players are Reed and TJ-Ford. In addition to the Pistons, Hamilton, the Hawks have Liu Mang, and the other two goals in the Eastern Conference. The team is very afraid of TJ-Ford.
In this game, Stockton was mentioned as the starting position, starting with Prince, Rahim, Boozer, and Ratliff.
The Bucks are very good this year. After Reed became the absolute core, he led the Bucks to play better and better, and has returned to the top eight in the east, both exceeding the Hornets record.
The Bucks sent the lineup to TJ Ford, Reed, Desmond Mason, Van Horn, and Joe Smith, who was the most tragic top pick of his girlfriend.
At the beginning of the game, Stockton was tragic on the defensive end and was continuously passed by TJ-Ford. The speed of TJ-Ford is really nothing to say. The response ability is not very good. He used his own threat to break through the ball as a rookie. He averaged almost 7 assists per game. This time he faced the historical assist King Stockton and played quite coquettishly. He continuously broke through the passes to create opportunities for his teammates.
Reed fully demonstrated his ability to catch a jumper. When TJ Ford disrupted the defense and Rahim was forced to make up the defense, he and Desmond Mason's ball-free pick-and-roll got rid of Prince's. The defensive catching jumper was a steady beep.
Today, Liu Mang and Rashid Wallace are away. The defensive combination of one of the fastest outside defense opponents is gone. The best insider defense master is gone. The defense of the Hawks' starting stage has a big problem.
TJ-Ford ’s speed is not alone, and almost all teams can only use the team defense to prevent him from scoring, so that TJ-Ford ’s organizational ability can rely on the break of the pitch. All are close to 7 assists, not to mention the old Stockton, even when he was young, it may not be able to withstand this may be the fastest player in the league.
However, although Stockton failed to defend TJ-Ford, he still used color on offense.
Liu Mang could n’t play in the last two games. Of course he had to take on a more important task. The cooperation with the two Boozer seemed to be a double-sharp reproduction. Boozer showed a strong attack at the beginning. , Squeezing Joe Smith out of the basket to score easily and continuously, forcing the Bucks to attack him at this point, and no one dare to release Stockton's COSCO shot. Stockton has only averaged this season 5 points and 4 assists, but the shooting rate is terrible, easy to get a shooting rate of 50 + 44 + 91.
Boozer's offensive strength is not much worse than that of Rashid Wallace when he was in the West. It's just that the team needs a defender. He didn't complain about his role and was willing to be with Stockton. Support the second team, but he is definitely a power forward in the East!
The Hawks also relied on Boozer's consecutive open-cut scoring scoring to attract a pinch, Raheem and Prince got a lot of easy mobile opportunities, and the Hawks and Bucks were comparable in the opening game.
The Bucks 'new generation backcourt combination and the Eagles' young and old paired version of the double-sharp combination have played a lot.
This year's heading star is hard work, just started a wave with Stockton and Boozer in the starting stage, and in the first quarter of the official suspension rotation time, Reed has to come up against Jason Terry.
It must be said that Jason Terry's height problem limited his talent in shooting guard position. Reed, who entered the NBA one year later than Jason Terry, is already stronger than Jason Terry.
However, Jason Terry does not have to think too much about Reed every time he comes out of the bench, just score!
In the second half of the first quarter to the middle of the second quarter, the Hawks suppressed the Bucks led by Reed after Jason Terry came up. Jason Terry had Rahim, Boozer and Kwame Brown's rebounding advantage is a huge inside combination. Dare to throw and dare to enter. When hitting the middle of the second quarter, Jason Terry helped the Hawks get a 7-point lead. The Hawks 47 to 40 lead.
After the two teams changed back to the starting lineup, the two teams were in a stalemate period. Stockton rested and returned to lead the team with Boozer. The several defenders led by TJ-Ford and Reed have The Bucks of COSCO's teammates continued their tug of war.
After halftime, the Hawks still maintained a 5-point lead 61-56.
The key turning point of the game was in the third quarter. After the intermission, the third quarter continued.
The Hawks once again sent out the combination of Stockton and Boozer, coupled with Jason Terry, Prince's two pitchers and Ratliff guarding the basket, trying to attack on the position in the third quarter Pull the score away.
But this time the Bucks coach has changed. The former Trail Blazers All-Star guard and the current Bucks coach Terry Porter made the starting lineup full in the third quarter and has been trying to speed up. , Consume Stockton and Ratliff.
If Liu Mang and Rashid Wallace are there, not many teams in the league dare to speed up when facing the Hawks.
But Liu Mang and Rashid Wallace are not here today. The Bucks have worked. Stockton can now maintain his state for 20 minutes in a game, and it is still when the rhythm is controlled by the Hawks. It is only possible to play in a slow-tempo positional attack. He has played 13 minutes in the first half. He was forced to pull the rhythm by the Bucks as soon as he came up in the second half. Mond-Mason is running fast, this is a super-better physical fitness.
Stockton was quickly exhausted and coach Kruger had to replace him, and Ratliff couldn't hold up in this style of play and was replaced.
Then they could only replace Willie Green and Jason Terry in the backcourt, with Prince, Rahim and Kwame Brown inside.
The backcourt combination of Willie Green and Jason Terry was really a few blinds, mainly starting from Willie Green. As a "point guard", his assists are outrageous. The Hawks also played 30 games, with 15 assists ...
Willie Green came up and took the ball to dry, and then the Hawks' offense became Willie Green, Jason Terry, Rahim, and you played one by one.
Jason Terry is the most violent gun, Rahim is the most stable gun, and Willie Green, as a rookie self-confidence is a good thing, but he does not have that ability.
In this trio, Jason Terry played the role of Liu Mang, although weakened a bit, but it was enough. Rahim is still the one who only concentrates his offensive end on every game. The game can get five or six points steadily in the game, but his characteristic is stability, and there are very few outbreaks, especially now that it is defensive.
There is no problem with these two points. The biggest problem is that Willie Green, who is playing Jason Terry, has become part of the Hawks crash.
Jason Terry's game can be said to have exploded, playing 37 minutes in the game, scoring 41 points on 16 of 33 shots, but in the second half of the fourth quarter, he really couldn't shoot, he didn't know Liu Mang How did you throw out more than 40 times in a game?
Rahim's side, after losing weight, it is more difficult to eat hard inside. He also scored 20 points and 14 rebounds by air cut and middle distance singles, but it did not play a role in determining the outcome. Boozer also got 20+ 10, but the Eagles, except for these three, no one scored in double figures.
In the Bucks' 6-man scoring double, TJ-Ford leaned against the young in the contest with Stockton, got 17 points and 15 assists, Reed flew in the absence of Liu Mang, the same He scored 40 points and shot 17 of 28 from the field. No one could guard him. Prince was strong in the single defense. He couldn't prevent the shot after the ball was picked up.
In the end, the Hawks were reversed by Reed and the Bucks led by TJ-Ford, who may be faster than Iverson. The Hawks lost to the Bucks 103 to 110, and the six-game winning streak was ended.
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For the Hawks, after the fight, the most difficult thing is not that the core player Liu Mang was suspended, but that the two suspensions were back-to-back.
If the Bucks relied on the team basketball led by Reid and TJ-Ford to get rid of the Hawks, the next game with the Magic will face a real superstar.
Although the Magic have a bad record, but with McGrady, they can never be ignored. After Rivers was sacked, although the Magic ’s record is still very difficult, it is only 6 wins and 28 losses until now, but somehow began to win. Although the recent record of 6 wins and 9 losses is bad, but at least a battle.
It may be that McGrady has no motivation to play other teams in this situation. He was not the kind of person who was particularly motivated, but every time McGrady played the Hawks, he was very active!
The Eagles and Bucks worked hard to reach a 24-hour break after the last moment, and immediately ushered in a home game with the Magic back to back.
Stockton was so tired yesterday that he can only take a break today. Playing TJ-Ford is really difficult to prevent.
Therefore, the Hawks can only put Jason Terry in the starting position.
Maybe it ’s a habit of playing as a substitute. It ’s difficult to get up to face McGrady ’s defense directly. McGrady is desperate. But McGrady played the Eagles today and it broke out completely. He scored 11 points in the first quarter. 3 rebounds and 4 assists brought the Magic to life.
On the Hawks side, Jason Terry was put to death by McGrady. Although Rahim scored 10 points in a single quarter, he only had 9 of 3, completely struggling against Juwan Howard. 10 points.
Liu Mang was banned, Stockton could not play, Calderon Dish, Willie Green 14 of 4 yesterday, that is to say, there is no available point guard, Jason Terry ca n’t organize an attack, and the pick-and-roll Not much to fight, Boozer can only go up and go to the lower position, just like Raheem's body foul.
In the first quarter, the Hawks were 27:17 by the Magic, 10 points behind in the single quarter.
After that, McGrady started a scoring and assist show. He scored 20 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists in the first three quarters, leading the Magic to lead the Eagles by 14 points in three quarters. The Magic led 83-69.
In the fourth quarter, Jason Terry and Rahim still want to try to make a comeback, but the mad McGrady seems to want to use the score to meet the Eagles again after two days ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Want to stimulate Liu Mang by scoring. In the fourth quarter, he scored 15 points, 4 rebounds, and 1 assist. In one fell swoop, the difference was 22 points. The Magic led the Hawks 100-78.
After McGrady played the first three quarters, he continued to run up in the fourth quarter, and had already scored 35 points, 12 rebounds, and 12 assists.
The Hawks are completely untouched. Liu Mang, Stockton, Rashid Wallace, three pass masters are absent. They are overturned by the violent McGrady. Coach Kruger can only replace the main force and announce the surrender. .
This is the first time for the Hawks this season!
In the end, the Hawks were slaughtered by the Magic 92 to 115.
Two consecutive losses, the record fell to 27 wins and 7 losses.
Liu Mang can only watch the game at home for two consecutive days. He also saw the efforts of his teammates, but it is true that this lineup was built for him. Without him, it was okay to have Stockton in the first game. At that time, it was completely scattered.
After watching the game, their players could only go back to the locker room with their faces tied up. Liu Mang was very uncomfortable, it was all his own fault!
McGrady ...
Liu Mang watched Time Warner ’s live TV broadcasts in Georgia and Florida. McGrady was invited to participate in a post-match news interview after leading the Magic to a huge defeat in the big three doubles.
McGrady's rare fighting spirit this season is high. In an interview, he said: "I just watched it. It seems that my scoring average has returned to 29.3 points. Like Ace, Ice is coming back in the next game. We will continue to play against the Hawks in the next game. I really want to see if I am stronger or Ace is stronger. This game should be a welcome comeback for Ace! "
Liu Mang didn't expect how he would announce the competition for the scoring title after he struggled with two consecutive losing streak, but he didn't expect McGrady to challenge him first!