From today on is the king

Chapter 264 262. That Smile

Why is there no expression?

Curiously, Liu Mang leaned over to the faceless brother who was ignored.

It may be that the sense of presence is too weak. No one on the Spurs seems to notice that Liu Mang's opponent is next to Duncan.

Have the Spurs players forgotten that they still have this teammate?

Liu Mang stared at Duncan, Duncan turned his head to look at Liu Mang, did not speak, turned his head back and continued dribbling to warm up.

The rest of the Spurs didn't seem to see this, and the Eagles players were sore when they saw Liu Mang running to the opponent's warm-up half.

What's wrong with my rookie!

Liu Mang was just curious, very curious!problem for many years.

"Brother Deng, I want to ask you something." Liu Mang couldn't help asking.

Duncan glanced at Liu Mang, then turned his head back.

"My surname is Duncan, not Deng." Duncan corrected, "Could it be..."

Is it?

Duncan stopped in the middle of speaking.

Liu Mang was looking forward to the next one, this guy with a paralyzed face is not dumb after all.

But go on!
Just when Liu Mang couldn't help but want to curse, Duncan continued, "Don't you even know my name? I'm Brother Duncan, not..."

No?

stuck again...

"It's not Brother Deng!" Duncan emphasized his surname.

"..." Liu Mang really wanted to incarnate into the Hyuga Clan, to let this weird guy know how speechless he was.

It seems that the paralyzed face is very concerned about this, Liu Mang explained to prevent the other party from feeling that he disrespected the senior: "Brother Deng is your nickname in our country, it is not important, I have something to ask..."

Before Liu Mang finished speaking, Duncan suddenly spoke extremely sharply, and said excitedly to Liu Mang: "Brother Deng is a pet name? From your country? This is very important! Do you have my fans in your country? My God! Can they notice me? Come on..."

"OK!" Liu Mang turned around and left.

It's confirmed, this guy is a boring hidden chatterbox!He is also a boring man who really wants to be noticed!
Watching Liu Mang walk back, Rahim who just ran to the center line to pick up the ball that flew into the halfcourt curiously asked Liu Mang whose face was twitching, "Ace, why are you looking for that guy?"

When Liu Mang saw Raheem, he suddenly had a funny idea.

Liu Mang made a very casual look: "Sharif, I just went to tell Duncan that you, as a senior, will torture him to death today."

Cut, kidding again... No, wait!

Rahim felt that this rookie might be able to do such a thing!It's not impossible, but the possibility is too high!

The one who provoked all kinds of pretense during the All-Star Weekend was my rookie!
Raheem saw Duncan who was talking to the air excitedly while nobody was paying attention to the Spurs training halftime, and Raheem felt a chill...

terrible!

We two rookies are definitely going to provoke!
Heaven!That MVP with facial paralysis was so angry!
When did I see Tim Duncan with so many expressions!

Seeing Duncan's smile unexpectedly, Rahim saw Duncan's smile in an instant, it was too evil and terrifying!

The kind of smile that seems to want to express one's kindness to the people next to him but is not very gentle, the kind of smile that tries to release one's kindness as much as possible, that deliberate smile is too perverted!

Duncan actually has the ability to laugh!
Duncan, who was excited about having Chinese fans, suddenly found that the rookie seemed to have left?
So disappointed, Duncan wanted to carefully ask how he was evaluated by Chinese fans, but found that the rookie was gone!
Duncan hurriedly looked for where the rookie was, and just happened to see Liu Mang chatting with the 96 generation Rahim opposite, and Duncan's eager eyes became even more perverted...

Raheem misunderstood this perverted look, thinking that Duncan was threatening him with his eyes when he was angry.

How to do?
Raheem was a little scared. This might be the most powerful striker in history... the strongest?
Raheem is also a bit sloppy now, the strongest is amazing!The strongest can scare others at will!My buddy entered the NBA in 96, he is a senior!senior!

Raheem shot back at Duncan with a more perverted look.

Duncan was looking at Liu Mang with what he thought was friendly but what Rahim thought was provocative. He accidentally met Rahim who was next to Liu Mang. Seeing Rahim's angry eyes full of fighting spirit, he felt inexplicable. What happened to the juniors of the 96 generation?
……

After the U.S. imperial anthem was played, Rahim called his teammates together for the final pre-match preparation.

"Brothers, come here." Raheem said with a serious expression.

Seeing this, Jason Terry, who was originally relaxed, also became serious, and asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter, Sharif?"

"That facial paralysis provoked me!" Rahim said angrily, although he 'knew' that Liu Mang went to provoke me first.

But a superstar is actually serious with a rookie, shameless!
Although this rookie in my family is also very shameless, but the other party is even more shameless!

"We must win today's game..." Raheem was trying to make his teammates serious, but found that a certain rookie who 'caused' this incident was chatting with the very plump cheerleader.

This is something you figured out!

"Ace! Come here!" Raheem rarely showed the majesty of the boss.

Seeing that the team captain seemed angry, the cheerleader stuck out his tongue at Liu Mang, and ran back to their resting place beside the players' tunnel.

Liu Mang was so sorry, he hadn't asked for the phone number yet, so he ran back to the group of teammates and asked, "What's the matter, Sharif?"

"Think about it, how do you deal with that facial paralysis?" Rahim asked.

"Duncan?" Liu Mang was taken aback, "We can't deal with him! He's so strong!"

Raheem almost slipped and fell to the ground. Who was so nervous before, talking all day long that this game cannot be lost to the Spurs, and must win?
Can't deal with it now?
Looking at Liu Mang's attitude of "let's keep an eye on it, let's talk about the rest", why does Rahim feel a little windy?

Uh, it seems that Rahim really took what he said seriously, and Liu Mang left a drop of cold sweat, it was too sincere, but he really thought of an interesting method.

Liu Mang suddenly showed a smirk, which made Rahim's hairs stand on end.

"Sharif, Theo, Jason, Dean, Nazr, come here..."

……

The game is about to start.

The Spurs sent Parker, Steve Smith, Bowen, Duncan, and David Robinson.

The Eagles still send the regular top five starters.

The rookie sports car has already taken the starting position as the season progressed. Suddenly, because of a certain rookie, the players in the 2001 class were not so eager to start, and other All-Star players were still sitting on the bench.

Liu Mang has already begun to influence the trend of the younger generation. How good it is to be a substitute. If you play well, you are good. If you play poorly, others will not let a substitute take the blame.

However, the starting point guard Charles Smith, who was introduced by the Spurs heavily last summer, was reimbursed for the season, and he suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament. It is not known whether he can return.

The jumpers of the two teams came to the center of the court.

The Spurs jumper is of course the Admiral, but the Eagles are not the tallest Ratliff on their side, nor the second tallest but much better bouncer Muhammad, but the small forward Raheem!

This made David Robinson of the Spurs a little stunned, a small forward jumping the ball?

He looks quite tall, but it's too child's play!

The referee blows the whistle to start the game and throws the ball into the air.

David Robinson was about to win the jump ball easily, and when he jumped high, Raheem, who was much faster than him, jumped up and flicked the ball back. Dean Groff grabbed the ball and handed it to Jason Terry.

Seeing the astonishment on David Robinson's face, Liu Mang on the sidelines began to show a smirk again, which made coach Kruger feel that this young disciple was getting more and more insidious, and began to think about whether he should bring this disciple to the NBA...

These days, there is no concept of no position. Before James entered the NBA and a large group of [-] to [-]-meter swingmen entered the NBA, Pat Riley did not think of this pretentious concept.

Players these days still have a clear concept of position. Jump balls are a matter for centers and power forwards. Liu Mang knows that in the 2012-2013 season, Battier was the player with the highest jump ball success rate on the Heat. The reason is simple. He can always make opponents look down on him, and then wins jump balls by relying on the bounce speed of small forwards faster than center forwards.

The first ball, of course, was given to the boss, and Jason Terry advanced and passed it to Raheem.

It was Steve Smith who defended Raheem. Bowen performed well against many small forwards and guards, but against players like Artest, Pierce, and Raheem who didn’t jump or break through, except for dunking directly at the basket, it was really useless. Pierce faced Bowen from time to time with a hit rate of 50.00%.

Raheem received the ball from a low position on the left side of the three-second zone. Leaning against Steve Smith, Raheem slammed back and directly slammed Steve Smith into the three-second zone.

Muhammad ran to the free throw line for Jason Terry's off-ball pick-and-roll when Raheem slammed into Steve Smith. When Duncan went to help defend Raheem, Jason Terry cut to the basket. Raheem gave Jason Terry a layup.

David Robinson was indeed getting older, pinned down by Ratliff's massive arms.

Coach Kruger watched from the sidelines that his offensive tactics were really good. He played reverse runs, off-ball pick-and-rolls, and air cuts. Raheem, in particular, was very serious and focused, and he grasped the timing of the pass. Jason Terry's excellent performance continued this time without any problems.

The trouble is defense, Duncan is about the same as O'Neal at the basket.

The Spurs attacked, Steve Smith and Bowen, these two shooters who could participate in the three-point contest stood at the two bottom corners, attracting Raheem and Jason Terry away.

Parker dribbled to the frontcourt, Duncan relied on Ratliff to get a position under the basket, David Robinson with a mid-range shot pulled Muhammad to the middle distance at a 45-degree angle on the right, and the basket was empty.

Parker lobs the ball to Duncan, who singles Ratliff.

Ratliff worked very hard to cover Duncan's shot angle. As the league's best shot blocker and the block leader with an average of 3.7 blocks per game so far this season, Ratliff put a lot of pressure on Duncan.

But the big basic skills are the big basic skills. The continuous swaying fake moves finally tricked Ratliff into jumping up. Duncan stepped to the other side of the basket and picked up the ball to make a layup...

A very common tactic for the Spurs at Duncan's peak was to pull everyone apart. Duncan was alone and didn't have much movement. That's why the Spurs' style of play at that time was slow and ugly.

No one noticed that when Duncan was concentrating on dealing with Ratliff, a small man slipped into the paint, and when Duncan got the call and picked up the ball to lay up, he slapped Duncan's right hand just as he was shooting...

Duncan looked at Dean Grove with a tragic expression on his face, and listened to the referee blowing the whistle for a thug foul, and began to have a bad feeling that something was coming!
Thugs?
The fans were a bit regretful, this double-teaming was really decisive and resolute, and the opposing point guard didn’t have a long-range shot, so they weren’t afraid of Duncan’s points. It’s a pity that their own point guard’s physical fitness was mediocre. The rookie seemed to be a little stronger and jumped a little higher, but he could only be considered excellent.

Duncan went to the free throw line and almost missed two free throws, but the second one was hit.

The Eagles attacked, relying on the cooperation of two All-Star players, Jason Terry made a three-pointer from the outside.

Opening 5 to 1!

It was the Spurs offense again, of course it was Duncan singles. Just when Duncan turned around for a layup again and consciously noticed that Dean Grove was turning to the other side, avoiding Dean Grove's move to foul, Duncan's shot was directly pressed down by Ratliff on his arm!
It's not aimed at defending the ball, it's clearly aimed at fouling!And it was still aimed at shooting fouls!

A phrase popped out of Duncan's head...

Shark hacking tactics!

It turned out to be a shark!
Well, Duncan's free throw percentage in the early stages of his career was terrible, with a minimum of less than 60.00% and a maximum of just 70.00%. It's just that O'Neal's free throws were so bad that people remembered that not many people noticed that Duncan's free throws were actually pretty bad.

Duncan felt it, and Popovich on the sidelines also looked at Coach Kruger on the other side of the bench in shock, and Coach Kruger looked at Liu Mang with shocked eyes...

(End of this chapter)