From today on is the king

Chapter 1117 1116. You Can't Learn Height

After the start of the second quarter, the Hawks replaced Tracy McGrady with a lineup of Jason Terry, Iguodala, David Lee, and Mourning.

For the Spurs, Duncan continued to play the core role on the field, and the lineup of Udri, Ginobili, Finley, and Nesterovic continued to play.

Liu Mang and Jason Terry started the mode of whoever has the better hand and whoever hits the middle distance.

The anxious situation continued. In the middle of the second quarter, the score was still anxious. Except for too many fouls by Mourning and David Lee, the Eagles were not at a disadvantage, but they did not have an advantage either. The two teams tied at 37 and entered an official timeout.

The rhythm is very slow, but the efficiency of the two teams is not too low, and both have a shooting percentage of around 40.00%. Even if Liu Mang's defensive strength has been greatly improved, he can't control the breakthrough. Ginobili, who is at his peak, has a lot of flaws, but it is impossible to defend against him who is in a normal state.

To say that the Spurs played very well in terms of skills and tactics, and played very well together, but with this rhythm, even if they played smoothly together, the fans were drowsy.

On the contrary, it is the aggressive singles of the Eagles, which is more popular with fans. The comparison of the two sides' styles of play has brought about a qualitative change in the impression points of the Eagles and Spurs in the eyes of domestic fans.

The Spurs' style of play is even more annoying.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, even if not every fan will watch this game, the ratings are even higher than last year's finals when most people in the country are on holiday and most people are at home.

After the official timeout came back, the Eagles sent a lineup of Mihawks plus Josh Smith and Kwame Brown.

The Spurs replaced Parker and Duncan with Muhammad, Sprewell, and Finley.

There is still not much difference between the two teams. For the Eagles, Liu Mang stopped being in a hurry after a quick start and asked the coaching staff to slowly study the tactics and style of play for this game. He, McGrady and Jason Terry can use their personal abilities to compete against each other.

If you have a good hand, if you have a chance, you can go a few times in a row, and if you can't do it, you will try your best to close the score with the opponent.

At the same time, Liu Wei is still working hard to learn Duncan's high-level support. The basic skills are really nothing to say. Liu Wei is really envious of Duncan's high-level support.

Seeing Duncan's excellent vision brought by his height advantage, he can send the ball to his teammates as soon as his teammates cut in. Regardless of whether he can send an assist or not, but such a pass and cut will undoubtedly disrupt the Eagles.

And Liu Mang really can't learn such a high-ranking support!

There is a saying that you can learn everything, but you cannot learn height.

Liu Mang thought of another insider who is famous for his high-post support. He is also a star who claims to be a power forward but works as a center. It is not Garnett, but Gasol!
Liu Mang felt very sorry that Rasheed Wallace had no personal offensive threat now, but there was no way. Rasheed Wallace came to the Eagles at his peak, assisted and changed his style of play to focus on defense, three-pointers, and cuts.

Liu Mang felt that if he had an inside line who could cooperate with him in such a high position...it would be easier for him to organize the offense.

Duncan is the core of the organization, but he is not the one who gets the assists. The assists are basically concentrated on the four perimeter players of Parker, Ginobili, Finley, and Sprewell.

At the end of the half, the Eagles and the Spurs scored 49 to 50, temporarily falling behind by one point.

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Back in the locker room, Liu Mang already understood that to play against the Spurs, he had to play against a superstar.

Moreover, to beat the Spurs, the demand for superstars is stronger than ever!

If the playing team wants to beat the Spurs, it is impossible to let the top five Pistons in the original time and space come.

Manu Ginobili scored 11 points and 4 assists in the half, Sprewell scored 6 points and 2 assists, Duncan scored 8 points and 6 rebounds, Udrih and Finley each made a three-pointer, and Muhammad scored 6 points...

Although the Spurs' team style of play was not as perfect as when Popovich fell in love with the three-pointer, it was already taking shape. This situation came much earlier than before. The main reason was that they didn't win the championship last year and Bowen was waived by Liu Mang.

It is said that Popovich made Duncan, but in fact, it may be the opposite. Perhaps Duncan's talent to adapt to any era of play has made Popovich.

I just watched the video and studied the reports given by the scouts. I only know that the Spurs are unshakably ranked first in the Western Conference this year. However, the Spurs have always been the team with the best record in the Western Conference. The Lakers won three consecutive championships.

I feel that the Spurs have a high shooting percentage this year and played well together.

But now, the Eagles players and coaching staff know how terrifying the stability of the Spurs is!
Liu Mang scored 18 points in the half, McGrady scored 10 points in the half, Jason Terry scored 6 points in a single quarter, the Eagles scored 34 points, and the team only had 49 points.

For the Spurs' excellent three-pointers and basket defense, there is really no good way to deal with it. During the halftime break, the Eagles are ready to fully enter the mode of playing giant stars.

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Back from halftime, the Hawks, Liu Mang and McGrady continued to play, and did not send pitchers up. Instead of looking for pitchers to create space for Liu Mang and McGrady, it is better for them to come by themselves, sending Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Kwame Brown to the frontcourt.

On the Spurs side, after the intermission, the troika got on, Mohamed and Finley came on.

"Boss of the system, use Little Jimmy's madness."

"The host uses the special card Jimmy Butler's madness. When the host makes a successful shot in this quarter, the three-point shooting percentage reaches at least 50.00%."

It's a bit wasteful to use this in a regular season, but Liu Mang only made two three-pointers in the first half!

If this situation continues, Liu Mang will definitely not be able to complete the task of eight three-pointers in a single game, and he must beat the Spurs in this game. He has already made two fouls against Ginobili, a 2+1 and a mid-range foul and two free throws. Now he is still short of six three-pointers, causing a foul by Ginobili, and then, there is still victory!

Curry's star card is much more important than a special card.

The effect of this special card is just one game, experience the star card of the strongest pitcher in history, the effect it brings is long-lasting!

Although Liu Mang felt that he would fight to the end on his side, fighting for the critical moment, he would not lose to the opponent.

Liu Mang is very confident about this, but in this way, he cannot guarantee that his mission can be successfully completed.

If you die to the end, you can't pay attention to your own statistics. You can only look for the advantages that you can use as much as possible like in the first half. The opponent is bound to prevent his three-pointers, but the most important part of his task happens to be three-pointers!
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At the beginning of the third quarter, the Spurs attacked and Parker moved forward. He only scored two points in the first half, but he managed to restrain Liu Mang's defense.

But this time after Parker advanced to the frontcourt, he saw McGrady guarding him!
Liu Mang didn't go to defend Parker, but went to defend Ginobili, who performed very well in the first half.

Tracy McGrady, Iguodala, and Prince did not defend Ginobili well, and Liu Mang faced Ginobili directly.

After Parker consumed the offensive time, he handed the ball to Duncan in the high position. After Duncan received the ball, the Spurs' running began.

Under Liu Mang's pursuit, Ginobili didn't have such an easy interlude in the first half. Liu Mang's speed like a shadow restricted Ginobili's air cuts. The Eagles' lineup is very fast. Whenever a player on the Spurs has an open space to receive the ball and wants to shoot, the Eagles have already blocked it.

Finally, the ball was in Parker's hands. Parker's one-step small throw from the free throw line failed to score under the interference of Iguodala, who was in place on defense. McGrady grabbed a defensive rebound!

The current style of play of the Spurs requires high offensive stability, otherwise there will not be too many offensive rebounds. After all, Duncan has moved to a high position.

Mike Woodson studied for so long in the first half. Although he couldn't completely limit the opponent's offense, he also had a clear focus on defense. The one exposed was Parker!
But the more important thing is the offense. Liu Mang advances to the frontcourt. The defensive end can make fewer restrictions from the opponent's lineup. However, there is no particularly good strategy to deal with the opponent's defense.

Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, Ginobili posted up, this time Ginobili did not reach out, he defended Liu Mang four times in the first half, and Liu Mang got 4 free throws.

Liu Mang didn't care if it was the shooting point he was used to. Under the defensive action of Ginobili's push, Liu Mang came to the left side of the top arc, facing Ginobili's defense, and directly shot a three-pointer!

Ginobili didn't react, didn't pass the ball to McGrady, didn't fall into the high position?

(End of this chapter)