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75 to 83 lost to the Rockets, 93 to 117 lost to the Clippers ...

After a 36-game winning streak, the 13th and 14th home teams faced back to back against the Western Conference, and the Hawks lost.

Playing the Rockets, only two of the Eagles scored in double figures, Liu Mang scored 21 points, Scola scored 15 points, and none of the other scored double figures.

Playing the Clippers, the offense was better, but the defense collapsed again.

Sometimes, even most of the time, you do n’t need to play tactics in good condition

In fact, during the 36-game winning streak, the Hawks tactics have not always been good, divided into two stages.

The tactics were very good when winning the first 18 games in a row. When winning the Suns in the 18th straight game, there was still a lot of routines. Follow the tactics one by one.

But after the 18-game winning streak, the following 18-game winning streak, including the double-kill Lakers, are all old bustards. The Hawks completely crushed their opponents by pure state, and they didn't fight much.

What is the purpose of tactics?

Get a chance to score easily and get a better shot.

What do you mean by better shooting opportunities and easy scoring opportunities? It is to be able to throw the ball with more certainty.

But during the 18-game winning streak behind the Hawks, they don't need those things at all. The opponents are better defended. The Hawks can throw the ball here.

That kind of state is so good, when the opponent is close, the shot can also be shot, and sometimes it can be shot, but in addition to luck, the ball needs to have the sharpness that can grasp the chance of the moment The sense of smell, can catch a little opportunity in the defense, and can seize this opportunity, there is no doubt that they are superstars.

Normally, the defensive shot, even Kobe, only has an overall shooting percentage of 45.6%, and Liu Mang is about the same.

However, during the following 18-game winning streak, the Hawks can guarantee such a hit rate, but by the time the 35th straight win the Heat, the Hawks' offense has already withered. Playing the Magic is probably back to the light, and then in Under the defense of the Rockets with Iguodala, Guy, Artest, Landry, Bynum, Mutombo and others, they completely collapsed and created the Hawks' lowest scoring record this season.

After playing the Clippers, the Clippers took advantage of some of the Eagles' current problems. The Eagles defense failed to play.

This kind of problem is the concern of coach Kruger.

Once the state was good enough, the team's tactical discipline was reduced, too much to want to win the game in a good state, and lose the enthusiasm for the offense and the defense ...

This kind of problem is very troublesome. Even if the physical fitness is not a problem because of the rest, it will still be very troublesome. It may be solved after the feel is restored, but Coach Kruger can't count on this. What did the Eagles rely on during the three consecutive championships? It's defense!

Although the offense is strong, the playoff defense is the key!

On March 15, 2008, on International Consumer Rights Day, the Eagles held a team meeting.

Having just experienced a two-game losing streak, the Hawks record turned 57 wins and 8 losses, basically saying goodbye to the hope of breaking the 73 wins and 9 losses maintained by his team. Coach Kruger gathered the players before the team opened the three-seater. Come to a meeting together.

The meeting was very brief. Coach Kruger's teacher was very active and only spoke for ten seconds, but the short content of ten seconds is very important!

"At the beginning of the next game, I need to see that our tactics can be played on the offensive end and the defensive end must return to the level before the 36-game winning streak. Players are waiting to get more playing time before showing their abilities. "

After coach Kruger said this and left the coaching staff, the conference room exploded!

"Gosh, did the coach take gunpowder today? Why is it so irritable?" Jason Terry exclaimed.

"The coach is right, we should reflect on it." Finley actually supported Coach Kruger's idea.

"Yes, our defense yesterday was too poor, and the Clippers scored 117 points, which is too shameful." Grant Hill echoed.

Finley and Grant Hill, two highly respected veterans, said this, and others felt a trace of shame.

Start to sit down and think calmly.

After losing two straight games, most of the Eagles players are still immersed in the madness of the previous 36 straight games.

Not only the Eagles players, but also the fans and the media. They didn't care about losing two games to the Eagles. They felt that the Eagles were invincible.

Liu Mang thought that the Warriors had a 24-game winning streak, but ended up losing the championship with 73 wins and 9 losses ...

Does the regular season winning streak have anything to do with the playoffs? Of course, there are 20 consecutive victories, and the record is certainly not bad, not to mention 36 consecutive victories.

The Hawks are now 57 wins and 9 losses, the league's first is very stable, the Spurs are now 53 wins and 12 losses behind the Hawks full three and a half wins.

The current 50-win team, the Eagles and Spurs, the Raptors are only 49 wins and 16 losses.

But in addition to home advantage, the regular season record for the playoffs, really no other help.

Even if the Eagles won all the next games, 74 wins in a 17-game winning streak to break the record to enter the playoffs, but if the playoffs do not perform well, this point is meaningless.

Liu Mang thinks it is because of adjustments, to reverse the current bad atmosphere of the team.

This kind of bad is not a contradiction in the team or a desire to not win, but it is a complex factor. What makes this factor appear is the 36-game winning streak that makes Liu Mang proud, but this 36-game winning streak is also one of the Hawks. Very big constraint!

Liu Mang stood up and patted the table to calm down the noisy meeting room. When everyone's eyes were on him, Liu Mang said: "I support the coach's arrangement. If I don't play well, I don't follow the tactics. I did n’t play well on the defensive end. I also accepted the arrangement of being hidden by the snow. When any of you perform worse than me, I will play again. "

As soon as the words came out, the teammates were shocked.

Liu Mang has been in his career for the seventh year so far. He has never missed a game due to injury or rotation. For more than six years, Liu Mang has missed 12 games, all of which were banned from fighting. The title of "Data Madman".

After being suspended for 6 games in the 0304 season, and almost 4 seasons from the second half of the 0304 season to now, Liu Mang has played in 329 consecutive regular season games, occupying the position of the first person in the history of the Eagles team record, although in In the history of the NBA, there is no number one in the top ten, but it is impossible to enter the top ten, but it is already the best in the Hawks and has the opportunity to catch up with the record of 344 consecutive games played by Derek Fisher.

Liu Mang and Fisher's active first-person competition in active play is now also one of the hawks and Lakers fans compete.

From the understanding of Liu Mang, teammates feel that Liu Mang wants to compete first in any aspect of competition, and coach Kruger said that the kind of playing is not good and there is no need to play. Judging from the Hawks' understanding of the coaching staff, Liu Mang is definitely outside the rules.

But now Liu Mang takes the initiative to be in the same competitive mechanism as his teammates ...

Wade first echoed: "I agree with Ace's statement. I don't pass well and break well, so I go to rest and practice."

"I'm the same. I didn't do well in defending and driving offense, so I gave it to Jason." McGrady also supported Liu Mang's insistence.

"Go, go, you go, don't fight me for the sixth person, Dwyane is enough for me to have a headache, and I will join in!" Jason Terry also echoed.

What else do others have to say?

Originally for Grant Hill, Scola, Gortat, O'Neal, Brad Miller and other substitutes, this arrangement is a good thing for them. Although they do not fight, they have more appearances. Of course time is happy.

Now even Liu Mang supports Coach Kruger's arrangement, and they have no reason to refuse.

Marion and Kwame Brown also felt a sense of crisis, but lost last year's finals, Marion can't wait to win the championship, he has already felt his explosiveness and bouncing decline, want to be able to make at the peak tail Winning the championship with first-class contributions, instead of getting old and hugging thighs.

Kwame Brown felt the crisis, but Liu Mang wanted to do whatever he wanted. He supported the Hawks and followed Liu Mang to get rid of the nickname of parallel champion.

Rondo is still cool ...

Now that you have decided, you should discuss what to do!

Liu Mang turned on the computer, called up the schedule, and released it with a projector.

"Tomorrow we are going to New York, playing the Knicks the day after tomorrow, there are 17 games left, not less time left for us, but not much ..." Liu Mang said, suddenly there was a sense of national football ...

"Yes," Finley took over the words, but he didn't care about playing time, but he had to play his role as the leader of the locker room: "Our next game ~ www.readwn.com ~ Let's start from the defensive end and fight The Rockets have done a good job in defense, and the coach is not angry even after losing the ball, but our defense is too bad to play the Clippers. We first regardless of the feel, regardless of the offense, we have to defend what we should play. level……"

Just like last year's finals against the Lakers, the Eagles players began to speak actively after determining the next team rotation plan and competition mechanism.

The short-term goal is the next three consecutive guests, the Knicks, Wizards, and Nets, on the 17th, 19th, and 21st respectively. The opponents are not strong, but the schedule is very tight. The Hawks played 8 in the first 14 days of March. Games, that is to say, there are 8 games in the 15 days from the 17th to the 31st, and there are two back-to-backs at the end of the month. There are 9 games in the 17 days before the next month. The schedule at the end of the season is very tight.

However, at this stage, step by step, this is a good habit that the Hawks have developed for seven consecutive years. However, the impact of the 36-game winning streak is too great, which once caused the Hawks to be shaken.

But this deep-rooted good habit, as long as you determine what to do, can quickly get back on track.

To get back on track, you have to go step by step and slowly get rid of the situation where the team has played blindly in the last 20 games!

As Liu Mang said, there are not many talks in 17 games, but there are not too many.

Coach Kruger looked at the monitor in the office, which was connected to the camera in the conference room.

Seeing that Liu Mang took the lead, the team members began to actively prepare for the next three consecutive away games and were relieved.

There is Liu Mang, although coach Kruger often wants to hit people, but most of the time this kid is still worthy of his trust.

Fortunately, there are more than a dozen games from the playoffs. I have had adjustment experience before. Coach Kruger is very tuned in adjustment ...