Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, and Jason Terry, this super rotating singles lineup known as the "Three Eagles Combination" gave Pat Riley a chill.

Although this trio has big flaws, such as the three eagles have overlapping functions, such as Jason Terry's height disadvantage and defensive disadvantage, such as Liu Mang is sometimes too jumpy, and for example, Tracy McGrady is sometimes too calm.

However, their strengths far outweigh their flaws.

You will never find such a strong three-man rotation in the back line again!

Jason Terry made a mid-range shot against Posey, indicating that although Pat Riley's defensive ability was perfect, he could not match the hard power of the Eagles!

The defense of the Hawks was as perfect as possible, but it was no match for the Heat's simple two-man cooperation.

After the Heat scored 6 consecutive points, Wade finally missed his mid-range shot and the Hawks guarded the defensive rebounds.

Iguodala continued to advance, and the Heat understood that the Hawks were just using Iguodala's holding the ball as a cover, but how to solve Jason Terry's runaway performance from the last game?

They can only use Wade, their strongest perimeter defender, to go with Jason Terry.

Payton switched to Iguodala and asked Posey to guard Liu Mang.

A helpless move!

If Jason Terry plays the tactic and Payton and Wade switch defenses, Payton can still give Jason Terry some restrictions. Posey really can't do that. If the Hawks directly give the ball to Jason Terry,

When Terry is playing in isolation, he can also use Wade to defend him.

After Iguodala advanced to the frontcourt, he saw the change in the Heat's defense and immediately passed the ball to Liu Mang, who was leaning on Posey. This change in the Heat's defense was what they wanted!

Liu Mang received the ball with his right hand and swung the ball towards Posey's back. He quickly turned left and passed Posey, received the ball and broke through to block him.

Simple and crude! Just like a magic trick, Percy was left behind.

To guard against Kobe Bryant, guard against Tracy McGrady, guard against Carter... Posey can give some restrictions, but he really can't guard against Liu Mang, just like he couldn't guard against Jason Terry who was "assigned" to Liu Mang.

Posey didn't give up. He quickly chased Liu Mang after being passed. At least he couldn't let Liu Mang easily fire from mid-range like Jason Terry.

Liu Mang did not stop for a jumper, but rushed to the basket. When O'Neal was willing to defend, he was very defensive. Back then, he was selected for the All-Defensive Second Team no matter what he defended. His defensive dominance under the basket should not be underestimated.

Liu Mang entered O'Neal's defensive range, attracted a double attack, and passed the ball to Mourning on the left side of the three-second zone!

The ball was actually passed in place! Liu Mang's sight was blocked by O'Neal! There were exclamations from the scene!

It's a pity that Mourning's layup was a little too powerful, and the thrown ball hit the right side of the basket and bounced behind Mourning.

He is indeed old!

Two years younger, even if he had a kidney transplant, Mourning would still choose to dunk directly! But now in order to have the strength to fight with O'Neal, Mourning rarely jumps.

Wade quickly moved in to grab the rebound.

Liu Mang felt a little regretful, but told Moning not to take it to heart, as there would always be times when he failed to make progress.

In the second quarter, the two teams continued to focus on the small score gap in the process of anxiously trying to widen the gap and chase points.

However, neither team achieved their expected goals...or, in other words, neither team performed beyond expectations.

Even if the Heat took a short-term lead around Wade, the Hawks' Liu Mang, Jason Terry, and Tracy McGrady, who came up from the rotation, quickly took the lead back.

The Hawks were dominated by Liu Mang in the backcourt, and used the second pass and single score that made the Heat want to strangle Liu Mang to calm the situation. McGrady and Jason Terry took turns playing as the main attacker.

As for the small forward, McGrady will be on, Korver will be on, Jason Terry will be on, Prince and Iguodala will take turns on the outside, and at least two defensive leaders will be maintained on the outside.

In terms of the inside, there are more maneuverability and situations that need to be targeted. With Haslem on, Rasheed Wallace must move to the power forward position. With Antoine Walker on, the power forward position needs to be about

Smith, and of course Rasheed Wallace.

Kwame Brown and Mourning played as needed. Mourning couldn't count on anything offensively. Kwame Brown played at the tail end of O'Neal, which was also very difficult. Centers like him and Howard would have a hard time facing O'Neal.

, they didn’t even move when they bumped into each other. One step could block their eating space. This is also the main reason why Howard and Kwame Brown were pinched by Yao Ming.

Rasheed Wallace plays a vital role in this series. He can go around inside to defend against O'Fatty, and outside to defend against body hair. The effect is average, but the average effect is already very good. Others

It would be even worse. Without Rasheed Wallace, Wade and O'Neal would definitely play better.

As for others, playing is a side effect. Rookie David Lee played a few minutes in the fourth game, which was worse than Boozer's rookie year.

The Heat spent a lot of money last summer to bring in so many role players. Their lineup depth is not inferior to that of the Hawks. Several of them defend and contribute to the offense in the hope of winning the final championship.

The veteran used his remaining heat to help Wade and O'Neal keep the score tight.

However, every time the Heat had a chance to take the lead, they were quickly overtaken, but they stubbornly refused to let the Hawks widen the gap.

In the second quarter, the head coaches of the two teams went back and forth in tactics. You predicted my tactics, and I in turn used your defense. The two teams played very fiercely.

At the end of the half, the Eagles entered the intermission with a two-point lead, 54 to 52.

Such a lead, with half a game left, is hardly an advantage!

Moreover, the Heat played very well. Although O'Neal was replaced in the second quarter, O'Neal only played once. Although he did not score, he only scored 2 points and 3 rebounds in the single quarter, but he was O'Neal, standing there.

He is a threat. Although Pat Riley likes to squeeze players, he does a very good job in deploying personnel during the game.

The main offensive points in the second quarter were Payton and Wade. Wade scored 25 points in the half and made as many as 11 free throws in the half!

O'Neal took a rest on the court in the second quarter, and relied on his size to win 4 free throws, 2 of 4, which really forced the Eagles to not dare to kill the shark. Originally, the Eagles planned to kill the shark, but O'Neal halftime

He made 4 of 7 free throws, and his free throw percentage was over 50%. He really didn't dare to kill the shark.

At the end of the half, Liu Mang heard the system prompt that the effect of Pence's star card had ended. Seeing that the point difference had not widened, Liu Mang did not have much regret. This was at the home court of the Heat, leading by two points at halftime.

Compared with the previous two away games, there has been a huge improvement!
Chapter completed!