From today on is the king

Chapter 1504 1503. The Willful Zhuge Weiqi (seeking a monthly ticket)

Duncan walked to the free throw line, perhaps out of nervousness. He missed his usual two free throws and made two free throws. Jermaine O'Neal defended the defensive rebound.

Duncan's free throws basically only scored one of the two free throws, but the efficiency of the extra penalty was a bit higher, with a hit rate of about 70.00%, which means that the first free throw rate was quite high.

After the start of the second half, the Eagles fouled the first four times. Except for Gortat's excitement at the beginning, the next three times were when Duncan reached the scoring area and was about to make a shot. Gortat or Jermaine O'Neal fouled.

That is to say, the Eagles fouled four times, and the Spurs not only played four offenses. When Parker or Ginobili made a shot or passed to an open pitcher, the Eagles were on normal defense.

This dissipated a lot of Duncan's uneasy feeling. The opponent just didn't want him to make a smooth shot.

From a tactical point of view, Duncan's feeling is indeed one of the goals Liu Mang wants to achieve. Duncan's reduction in touch with the ball is bound to have an impact on the Spurs' offense.

However, Liu Reck underestimated the influence of Duncan without the ball, just like Liu Reck can easily get 10 assists without the ball under Rondo's combing.

Just like Liu Mang just ran around the basket to the left. If the point guard is not Rondo, McGrady or Jason Terry can easily play one-on-one singles in the high post on the right without worrying about being double-teamed.

In the 5th minute of the third quarter, Jermaine O'Neal fouled Duncan who cut in. After the Eagles fouled for the fourth time in a single quarter, Liu Mang felt that he had to do that! !

72 to 73, the Eagles are still one point behind, so continue to be anxious, with the stability of the Spurs, it is too difficult to play!

Liu Mang felt the strength of possibly the strongest head coach in history. The Eagles had pioneered certain styles of play, but Popovich used them in the past, and used them no worse than the Eagles!

Duncan continued to make one of two free throws, made the first free throw again, and missed the second free throw. Liu Mang defended the defensive rebound, handed the ball to McGrady, and led Battier to run without the ball.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Liu Mang took advantage of McGrady's hands to pass the ball and followed the pick-and-roll. Battier went around the back to block a three-pointer. Liu Mang stepped inside the three-point line, separated McGrady and Battier again, and faced Ginobili's defensive mid-range jumper...

hit!

Today Liu Mang's middle distance feels hot!The Spurs do everything they can to defend against three-pointers, but the mid-range defense can only be said to be okay. When encountering Mitaka, the defense is really not good.

After Liu Mang made the shot, he clapped his hands and made a "five". Gortat and O'Neal felt very ashamed. They hadn't done this kind of thing before, but the coaching staff agreed, and they could only prepare in shame.

74 flats!
With more than 6 minutes left in the third quarter, the two teams have scored 74 points!

The Spurs scored 74 points before finishing three quarters, which surprised fans who watched the Spurs play for the first time this season.

However, the position of the players after the Eagles' goal made the fans even more confused... Jermaine O'Neal and Gortat did not retreat!
The moment Duncan passed the ball to Parker and walked onto the court, Gortat immediately went up and gave Duncan a loving hug.

In the last round, Duncan still had a fluke mentality, thinking that the Eagles just didn't want him to have a chance to make a call and fouled him when he received the ball and made a shooting action. Now that Gortat hugged him like this, Duncan immediately understood.

Again!
Since the 2003-2004 season, Duncan's free throw percentage has never exceeded 60.00%. Last season was 60.00%. This season is 60.00%. , The free throw percentage is among the top insiders, only better than O'Neal.

But generally speaking, the head coach of the current team is very concerned about face, and will not use shark-slashing tactics against DeAndre Jordan, who is just a pie-eating man, like 10 years later. Kwame Brown rarely encounters intentional fouls.Obviously not, it's just that no one can lose that face, it's just that the old Nelson set a precedent. Occasionally, a team will kill Shaquille O'Neal, but it's not very common to chop O'Neal in the playoffs.

Cutting Duncan is even rarer. There is only one team that doesn't care about these things at all, and cuts it as soon as it says...

Moreover, this is not the first time the Eagles have done this, there have been two precedents before!

The fans at the scene were stunned for a moment, this action was too obvious, shameless enough...

But, it’s normal for my own team. Although the fans at the scene feel ashamed, they are very excited. As the saying goes, a wife is worse than a concubine, it’s better to steal... The point of this sentence is "stealing".

If you can get an extra advantage by relying on shark-slashing tactics, it will certainly make fans excited.

The Eagles will directly attack the Sharks in their first match of the season. Even Popovich, who is as sophisticated as Popovich, did not expect this situation. Popovich would not do this when the Lakers were at their peak.

Duncan is probably nervous, but of course the main reason is that his free throw ability is really bad enough. Other mid-range shots with a 40.00% shooting percentage are basically above 80.00%. Kobe, Yao Ming, Anthony, Iverson, Nowitzki, Liu Mang and others are all like this.

Duncan missed another two free throws!
Duncan seemed to have expected that he would miss the second free throw this time. The moment the ball hit the basket, Duncan jumped inside, wanting to shoot himself, but O'Neal reacted quickly and slapped the ball out, and the ball reached Jason Terry.

The Spurs returned to the defense quickly. Parker and Battier caught up to Liu Mang. Jason Terry stepped down quickly, followed by Ginobili.

Maddie is here!

McGrady catches the ball and shoots a three-pointer...Goes in!
77 to 74, the Eagles lead by 3 points!
The Spurs call a timeout!

Popovich reacted quickly, but he has never been good at coping with this sudden reversal of the situation. All he can do now is to replace Duncan. Duncan also played half of the third quarter. Duncan played 21 minutes in the first half, which has exceeded the time the Spurs used against Duncan in the first three quarters this season.

But Duncan went down... the Spurs system collapsed in half!
The immature Spurs system is able to play so well, and more than half of it relies on Duncan's containment.

Ginobili went crazy for half a quarter in the first half of the second quarter. He is not the kind of player who is very stable, and he usually only goes crazy for a period of time in a game.

So, in the second half of the third quarter, the Spurs relied on Parker to carry the team alone...

For the Hawks, Liu Mang didn't expect Popovich to replace Duncan so decisively, but he didn't miss this opportunity. He replaced Marion and Kwame Brown and led the team to a 15-9 half-quarter scoring shock wave.

After three quarters, the Eagles led the Spurs by 92 points 83 to 9 and entered the intermission!
The Spurs scored 83 points in three quarters, which is already surprising. The Eagles scored 92 points in three quarters against the Spurs...

Eagles fans have been enjoying the fun of "New Era Basketball", but the fans in front of the TV saw this scene and felt that the future is really coming. Even the Spurs really focus on offense!
Soon, the intermission ended, and the players of the two teams entered the field to start the fourth quarter contest.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Brad Miller and Luis Scola, who came off the bench, fouled Duncan directly.

In the third quarter, we have to take a little face into account, but the shark-slashing tactic has already begun, and the face is torn. The Eagles have no intention of covering it up, and just go straight to it!
With a strong sense of shame and excitement, the insiders of the Eagles continued to send Duncan the warmest hug...

If Popovich is given time to prepare... There is really no good way to face this shameless behavior. Unless Duncan can maintain at least [-]% of his free throws, otherwise this situation is quite unsolvable.

What's more, Duncan made 15% of his shots today, not to mention 4%. After Duncan walked to the free throw line for the first time in the fourth quarter, he made another two free throws and made [-] of [-] free throws!

Duncan is not good at leading the team to comeback, especially relying on his least confident free throws to come back, and he has even less confidence in free throws.

What Popovich faced was a dilemma. Replacing Duncan was a big loss. Duncan was like Liu Mang. Without Liu Mang, the Eagles didn't know what they would do. But without Duncan's Spurs, they had already felt it in the playoffs of the 2000 defending season. They fell directly from the championship team to being brutalized by the Suns.

Keeping Duncan on the court, the opponent kept hacking sharks. The key is that the opponent had too many insiders, and Grant Hill and Finley, who came off the bench, were not ashamed to have intimate contact with Duncan.

It is very simple to crack the Shark, Duncan can be as accurate as O'Neal's free throws at critical moments, but Duncan can't...

Shark slashing tactic did stagnate the rhythm of the court. Yes, Popovich also considered slashing shark counterattack, but when the Eagles used slashing shark tactic, they didn’t replace Kwame Brown or Rondo with two players with low free throw percentages. Liu Mang and McGrady or Jason Terry alternately played infinite singles. It’s true that the efficiency was low, but at least it was more efficient than Duncan’s free throw scoring...

In the 4th minute of the fourth quarter, Popovich became angry and stopped playing!The point difference is only 14 points, and the Eagles lead 103 to 89 by 14 points, but Popovich directly replaced the troika, which is so willful.

In the end, the Eagles relied on cutting sharks, relying on Liu Mang's 28 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists, Tracy McGrady's 20 points, Jason Terry's 18 points, Scola, Finley, Jermaine O'Neal, and Grant Hill combined to score 30 points.

邓肯上半场半场15+7+4，表现非常出色，甚至盖过了刘莽上半场的表现，但全场比赛下来刚好22分10板……第三节开始一个助攻都没有了……邓肯的24罚8中也亮瞎了接近2000万看直播的球迷们的钛合金眼……

People have always known that O'Neal's free throws are bad, and he often has such performances. They didn't notice that Duncan often had such performances. They didn't notice that he often made 7 of 1 free throws and 8 of 2 free throws. When this free throw percentage expanded to 24 of 5 free throws, it was particularly eye-catching...

When Liu Mang heard the final whistle sounded, he was about to put on a show when he suddenly heard the system prompt...

"Ding... first encounter with the Spurs system, goal 1: 10 assists in a single game completed. Goal 2: limit the Spurs to less than 100 points (failure). Mission failed..."

(End of this chapter)