From today on is the king

Chapter 1116. Chapter 1115. The Most Powerful Forward in History
Liu Mang is discussing with Coach Kruger, Mike Woodson, Stockton and McGrady how to deal with each other.

Knowing that playing against the Spurs is not easy, Liu Mang is ready to encounter obstacles.

But I didn't expect to encounter such a defense.

Popovich's defense, something!

Moreover, the Spurs' stable offense is also a troublesome problem. The opponent plays slowly, but the success rate is very high.

Sometimes the more you hate something, the easier it is to think about how to deal with it. Popovich hates three-pointers so much, he really made a good use of three-point defense.

In the starting lineup of the Spurs, Finley is for the championship, and Sprewell is looking forward to getting a contract in the summer in order to perform well this year, otherwise he will be completely unemployed. Oberto is a famous tough guy in Argentina. Duncan is now playing center and defending the basket. The Spurs are better than before in defending the basket and three-pointers.

Especially in the game between the Eagles and the Spurs, the Spurs' defense was particularly outstanding.

"We need a more stable shooter. Let Keller come on, and the stability of receiving the ball is better. Ace, don't play the pick-and-roll, you can play high and low." Offensive assistant coach Stockton pays more attention to space.

"Rashid can play center forward. He can shoot and open up space. Kwame's help defense is a bit weak. Rasheed can do it. Josh can play power forward." Defensive assistant Mike Woodson made adjustments on the defensive end.

"We don't have to chase their running positions too much. They are pressing the rhythm and won't shoot so early. We use a faster speed to force them to run, but the focus of defense should be on when they shoot. The goal of the defense is clear." McGrady also put forward his own suggestions.

The head coach and the master-student combination who grabbed the tactical board responded: "Okay."

There are more people and more strength. This time, several main tactical personnel of the Eagles have seen that their own side has done poorly and the opponent has done very well. In fact, the more targeted the offense and defense, the more breakthroughs can be found relatively speaking, because the intention of the approach is very clear.

In this case, Liu Mang is going to start playing from the middle distance.

Coach Kruger had the same idea as Liu Mang. He originally thought that the Spurs were a group of old-fashioned players who could quickly move the ball from the outside to play. Unexpectedly, the opponent's ability to block three-pointers became stronger and stronger.

……

Back from the timeout, both teams performed personnel rotations.

For the Hawks, the lineup of Liu Mang, McGrady, Korver, Josh Smith, and Rasheed Wallace played.

For the Spurs, although Duncan's playing time has been reduced a lot this season, Duncan's playing time has not been reduced when playing against strong teams. The main reason is that the Spurs have abused food very badly this season.

The Spurs sent a lineup of Parker, Ginobili, Sprewell, Duncan, and Muhammad.

There was a small cheer when Muhammad entered the court, and some fans wearing Muhammad's No. 2 Hawks jerseys were chanting Muhammad's name.

It's not just that Liu Mang has a deep affection for his teammates in the first championship, but also the Eagles fans, and I guess it will be the same in the future. As long as Liu Mang is still playing for the Eagles and the Eagles are still in Liu Mang's era, then the fans will deeply remember those who won the first championship.

Muhammad was very moved, and then went to the court to beat his old club.

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line, took a deep breath after receiving the ball, and made a steady free throw, 12 draws!
Without missing three free throws, Liu Mang made all three free throws, leading the score to 14-12.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Spurs attack.

Parker didn't hold the ball anymore. He was the only one who didn't score in the Spurs' starting stage, and Oberto scored two points.

Parker led Liu Mang to run without the ball, feeling Liu Mang's persistent pursuit and defense as if he and his same-sex attraction, Parker had a feeling of running in the sunset-this life is destined to be restrained!
After Ginobili advanced to the front court, McGrady defended him. McGrady defended Ginobili, and his palms were sweating. Last year's finals, this guy scared him enough.

However, unexpectedly, Ginobili did not play singles, but waited for his teammates to move!

Still running out of time, when there were 10 seconds left in the attack time, Duncan came to the high position on the left side of the free throw line, leaning against Rasheed Wallace to ask for the ball, and Ginobili lobbed the ball over.

Before Liu Mang reached the high position first, Duncan came first!

In the first half of the quarter, Duncan has been blocking people and catching and shooting, basically without consumption, and played very smartly. When it came to the rotation stage, Duncan began to hold the ball.

Duncan high post singles!Squeezed the old opponent with his shoulders, and failed to open the position, but it had already made Rasheed Wallace lower his center of gravity. Duncan turned around quickly and made a breakthrough off the line!

Rasheed Wallace quickly turned around and followed. At this time, Josh Smith, who was attracted by Duncan's turn and cut, came to the bottom line to defend.

14 flats!
After the Spurs scored, they quickly retreated and the Eagles attacked.

Liu Mang sent the ball to McGrady. After reaching the front court, he came to the exact same position as Duncan and leaned against Sprewell to ask for the ball.

McGrady passed the ball to Liu Mang and then cut inside.

When Liu Mang received the ball, he had already observed his teammates. Muhammad was taken to the right at a 45-degree angle by Rasheed Wallace. Korver pulled Parker away from the left corner.

Sprewell was knocked back half a step!

The two Nezha braids on Sprewell's head are about to get hairy, how can this kid get so much strength!

Sprewell lowered his center of gravity and prepared for the next impact. Liu Mang achieved his goal. He swung the ball behind him with his right hand and quickly turned right to walk to the baseline!

That's right!It's exactly the same style of play as Duncan, and he wants to return it!

but!

Ginobili, who was defending McGrady, immediately attacked Liu Mang after McGrady cut in. Liu Mang immediately distributed the ball to McGrady who was outside the reasonable collision zone. McGrady received the ball, but Duncan stretched his arms to interfere with the shooting space. McGrady jumped up and passed the ball to Josh Smith on the right side of the three-second zone.

However, this time McGrady jumped up and passed the ball and did not deceive Duncan. Duncan turned around and pressed on, reaching out and poking the ball!

Duncan is a lot slower, jumps a lot shorter, and both offense and defense are career-low performances, but that is relative to Duncan himself. In addition to comparing Garnett and Nowitzki this season, Duncan is better than any other power forward even if he has a career-low performance!
The five or six top power forwards at the beginning of the century, except for Garnett and Nowitzki, who has entered the peak period in the past two years, other power forwards including Webber, even in the peak season, are not as strong as Duncan, who is the weakest in this season!
Duncan himself took the rebound that he ordered to fly into the air!
Be guarded!

McGrady and Josh Smith wanted to fight back, Josh Smith pulled Duncan's arm and was called for a foul.

Liu Mang gritted his teeth and clapped his hands, retreating to the backcourt.

I originally wanted to use McGrady to cut in to attract Duncan's defense, but I didn't expect that after Duncan plays the center, he is only responsible for defending the basket. The deterrence is so strong and the defensive effect is so good!The Spurs can have two people double-team him and let Duncan guard the basket alone.

It's tricky!Liu Mang's head is a bit big now!

So you can only fire at mid-range?

But without Kwame Brown, Rasheed Wallace opened the space, offensive rebounding is a big problem!
Just when Liu Mang returned to defense with a headache, he heard the whistle...

what's going on?
Liu Mang saw that his teammates were running ahead of him, could it be...

Liu Mang turned his head to see that Duncan held the ball and stared at the referee with wide eyes.

Liu Mang obviously saw that the referee was holding the whistle tightly, and took it off with trembling hands. It was obvious that his body wanted to blow it again, but his reason made him hold back.

What did Duncan do again?
Except for Liu Mang, everyone else was puzzled and looked at the big screen.

Screen playback: After Duncan was fouled by Josh Smith, the referee went up to ask for the ball. After the ball was dead, he had to pass the referee's hand first, but now Duncan, who started to let himself fly, actually gave the ball to the referee. When the referee had reached out to catch the ball, Duncan took the ball back and played a crotch pass at the referee...

And then... Duncan got called a technical foul.

"..."

Seeing Duncan's innocent look, Liu Mang was speechless, and cursed, "Yes!"

Liu Mang just ran across the center line, and had to run back to make a free throw...

However, when Duncan made such a move, Liu Mang, who was in a pained mood, relaxed a lot.

It's only the first quarter, don't need so many troubles, just play slowly.

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line and made a technical free throw.

15 to 14, leading again by one point.

Duncan took the technical offender and continued to come to the high position to serve as the starting point of the offense like a normal person.

When the Eagles were attacking, Liu Mang also launched an attack from a high position, but after suffering a loss, Liu Mang began to turn around and shoot more jump shots.

Generally speaking, the performances of the two teams in the second half of the first quarter were similar. Liu Mang's high-post mid-range singles continued the team's scoring.

The Spurs are indeed stable!The league's third-best field goal percentage is still a ground-breaking field goal percentage, and it's hard to shake their efficiency.

Although the Eagles focus on the opponent's slow-paced play and focus on the opponent's final shot, the Spurs can divide the ball except for Muhammad. The Eagles still cannot really limit the Spurs.

In the second half of the first quarter, Duncan showed Liu Mang the correct way to use the high back!

With 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, Duncan, as the core of the organization, organized the team's offense in an orderly manner.

On Liu Wei's side, Liu Wei used the high-post singles and organizational offense many times last year, and he is also using it this season.

After all, Liu Mang is a guard, and his high post is mainly used for scoring, not passing. He is not as powerful as a high post supporter like Duncan.

Liu Mang thought of another No. 21, and the high-level support was also very strong.

Liu Mang had an idea that he thought was weird, when would he find two high-ranking No. 21 students to support him?
In the first quarter, the two teams were hard to beat. Liu Mang scored 11 points in a single quarter, but only had 1 assist. The scores of McGrady and Rasheed Wallace were almost all forced by themselves.

The Eagles were 25 to 24 at the end of the first quarter, relying on the free throw given by Duncan's inexplicable technical offender, leading by one point!
(End of this chapter)