From today on is the king

Chapter 338.
Cang Le God!

Liu Mang really wanted to slap himself.

What did I do!
Forcibly promote Pippen, who is only at the starting level, to a first-class player!
That is to say, in this game, Liu Mang gave away a first-class player to the opponent for nothing!

Pippen had just played here, and suddenly he felt no back pain, no leg pain, and a comfortable back. He felt that he couldn't run out of strength, as if he had returned to the feeling of his youth!

The effect of this break is so good?Or is the Gatorade I drank today better than the Gatorade I drink at home?

Bridge Bean Sacks!

Liu Mang hurriedly took another look at the effect of the mania potion, it's a little abnormal!
"Mania Potion: The user's body and spirit are extremely excited, and the overall strength has a certain degree of improvement. The physical condition depends on the physical talent and there is a certain degree of temporary improvement. Side effects: reduced sanity, and a sharp decline in physical fitness after the effect ends."

This time, Liu Mang combined reality and finally understood it. This is indeed a special card with a strong effect!No wonder the chance of winning is about the same as the chance of winning a skill!
I can't see any effect when used on a big fat referee, but when used on a guy with historical physical talent like Pippen, the effect is too obvious!
A little hurt!
I shot myself in the foot with a stone!
……

Back from the timeout, the Blazers frontcourt.

After Pippen received the serve, he didn't give it to the little flying mouse, and dribbled to the three-point line by himself.

During the Rockets period, Pippen was still at the tail end of his peak. Although without Jordan, it is impossible for him to average 20+ per game, but his comprehensiveness is still there!
Pippen feels that his physical condition has not been so good for a long time, and it feels great to be light and flexible!

Facing Raheem's defense, Pippen changed direction and broke through!
What calm and rational, throw it aside!
However, Pippen's breakthrough at the peak tail is very strong!So it doesn't matter if it's cold or not!Pippen breaks through on the left!Raheem followed closely, but this time when Pippen bumped into Liu Mang, there was no chance for Liu Mang to stick to him. After pushing Raheem away with explosive power, he forcibly threw Raheem away at a much faster speed than before!

Raheem suddenly realized that he couldn't keep up with this old Batman!

After rushing to the inside, Pippen attracted Ratliff's supplementary defense, and Pippen quickly passed the ball to Dale Davis. The passing speed and awareness were better than usual!
Dale Davis felt great rhythm when receiving the ball, jumped up on the spot and scored two points with a dunk.

Peak Pippen, even Pippen's organizational ability is fully displayed!

It is said that Pippen was able to average 20+ per game with so many open spots next to Jordan. However, to be honest, during the second three consecutive championships, Jordan was able to have so many open mid-range and long-range shots.

The two complement each other!

The Eagles attacked, and Liu Mang pushed forward.

Originally, the Blazers would always be lacking in defense. The starting lineup, Momonga, could keep up with Jason Terry, but the others couldn't defend Raheem. Raheem attracted a double-team, and the others had space. Especially, Jason Terry and Raheem were both active on the same side, so Jason Terry scored two three-pointers at the beginning of the first quarter.

In the rotation lineup, Ruben Patterson, the defensive champion, can be defended against Raheem and Jason Terry, but at this time the Eagles' Liu Mang is on, and the Blazers' defense is still off.

Now, Liu Mang looked at Pippen, who was actively defending, and felt a lot of pressure!The Blazers can defend all three outside lines!

Moreover, the Blazers changed their defensive strategy, using Pippen to defend Raheem and Ruben Patterson to defend Liu Mang.

Ruben Patterson is indeed the Blazers' best defensive perimeter right now, but that's it, Kobe's terminator, who claims to be, has above-average defensive ability and the team's defense is below the arrow level.

Just now Jason Terry and Raheem played for half a quarter, and now Liu Mang came up to play.

The Eagles' scoring efficiency is still maintained, but Liu Mang's scoring-based style of play is a little less effective than Pippen's combination of sudden passes. With 33 seconds left in the half, Liu Mang missed a layup, and the difference between the two teams was 9 points!
The Blazers attacked, and the Eagles returned to defense quickly. The ball had to be defended, and the last ball had to be scored within seven or eight seconds!
Pippen dribbles up the court, and he feels great now!It’s been a long time since it’s been this good!
Rahim didn't expect this old guy to be able to explode with such energy. In the past one minute or so, the Blazers scored all three offenses. In the first three rounds, the two teams were efficient and fast-paced. It took only 30 seconds for both teams to finish one offense.

This time, Pippen began to press the time. When there were 24 seconds left in the 10-second offensive time, Pippen beckoned for a pick-and-roll, and Ruben Patterson came up to pick and roll with Pippen outside!

In this feeling, Pippen feels like returning to the high pick-and-roll with Jordan before 1998.

Ruben Patterson came up to block Raheem, then split and cut in, Liu Mang and Raheem switched defenses!Ruben Patterson's air cut was very fast. Ruben Patterson's physical fitness is very good. When he is off the ball, his first step is extremely fast. Pippen's pass and cut are also just right.

15 seconds left!
Liu Mang received the serve and pushed forward quickly. Ratliff was relatively slow in the Hawks' attack. Looking at Pippen who was in front of him with the last defense, Liu Mang took a deep breath and said, Fuck!

Liu Mang leaned over Pippen, and Pippen quickly took a step back to avoid being fouled. Declining sanity doesn't mean a decline in golf quotient, it just makes him more impulsive. On the contrary, because of his high spirits, Pippen's reaction became faster.
shameless!
Liu Mang stopped abruptly and took a step back!

Seeing that Liu Mang had picked up the ball, Pippen rushed back and tried to block it!
Pippen's defensive awareness and skills are very good. He jumped up and didn't press forward. He just stretched out his hand to block Liu Mang's shot point and didn't press up. The reason was to prevent Liu Mang from fouling him.

This action of Pippen felt that it was impossible to be called a foul anyway. He didn't even think about taking the shot. He just wanted to block Liu Mang's shot and interrupt the pitcher's rhythm. This is the core of defense, not to block the shot!
but……

Someone once described Lonzo Ball's shooting like this. The throwing action is like sweeping a large area, and a defender with a radius of one meter reaches out to foul...

Liu Mang looked at God's hand above him, good opportunity!

While throwing the ball up, Liu Mang jumped up to the right, picked it up and swung it over his shoulder, and the arm that was about to throw the ball from the left just hit Pippen's hand who landed and stretched out his hand!

It's true that all the tricks can't stop a rookie who is determined to make a foul!
The referee whistles, and Pippen hits a foul!
At the beginning of the ball, Liu Mang didn't aim to draw a foul. He just wanted to have a space to step back and shoot a three-pointer, so he deliberately used the foul-making action that the opponent would definitely avoid. He really created space and retreated successfully.

However, Pippen was too active on defense in a manic state, and Liu Mang's hard shots would have no sense of rhythm as Pippen expected, so Liu Mang took advantage of the situation and made Pippen a foul.

"NO!" Pippen cried out in pain.

Pippen committed 3 fouls, but there were only 1.7 seconds left, that is, Liu Mang could score no matter whether he made a penalty or not. In theory, there was no next attack, so Coach Cheeks left Pippen on the court to grab rebounds.

After Pippen yelled a few words, he went to the right side of the three-second zone to grab a rebound and was closest to Liu Mang, still chanting.

"Can you make a shot? Do you want to use your best performance, pretending that your hand is injured by me and you can't make free throws. Your acting skills are so good that the referee will definitely allow you to go back to the locker room early." Pippen said, staring at Liu Mang.

"I don't know, but I know the point difference at the end of halftime must be [-] points." Liu Mang easily hit the first free throw after speaking.

The feeling was really good today, followed by Liu Mang's two free throws. Amidst Pippen's displeased murmur, at the end of the first half, the Eagles led the Blazers by 67 points 57 to 10.

……

……

During the half-time break, both teams went beyond the pre-match expectations and were still tensely arranging tactics.

For the Trail Blazers, the established idea was that if the opponent opened up the point difference at halftime, the game would be abandoned. If the score was tight, they would try to chase points. The primary goal was not to consume too much energy. Tomorrow they had to play against the Hornets.

But the situation has become very surprising!

Pippen was unexpectedly active today. He led the team to bite the opponent to death in the second quarter, especially in the last 2 minutes. It felt like a dream to return to the peak, breakthrough layup, breakthrough point pass, corner three-point pass, pick-and-roll pass and cut. The four offenses in the last 2 minutes of the second quarter made the Trail Blazers feel hopeful. It was only the opponent's shameless rookie who made a three-point foul at the last moment that opened the point difference to 5 points. Otherwise, they would only fall behind by about [-] points at halftime.

A difference of 7 points will only be considered as a difference of about 5 points.

Pippen is in such a good state that the players are very excited. They feel that there is a chance to reverse the situation. Coach Cheeks also sees hope. Since he wants to win, why not win two consecutive away games?

So the Blazers began to actively make tactical arrangements for the second half around Pippen and Rasheed Wallace's tactical play.

……

In the locker room of the Eagles, there is not much to arrange in terms of tactics. They are in the lead, and there is no need for the leading side to change their style of play, but to guard against the opponent's outburst.

Pippen's outburst was unexpected. This was not expected before the game. Pippen had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists in the halftime today, catching up with his usual statistics in the two games.
How to deal with this veteran?

It is true that a team with an extra ball-handling core like Pippen is difficult to deal with, especially a team like the Trail Blazers with many talented scorers.

Coach Kruger wants to scold the management for being stingy again. Which coaching staff only has 5 coaches?Which head coach has only four assistants?And one of the assistants is also a part-time scout to the NCAA?
It's the Eagles. Now the Eagles have a defensive assistant Mike Woodson, a shooting assistant, and an assistant in charge of tactical training.

Finding someone to discuss it will not work.

Ask the novice!
There are many crooked ideas for rookies!

Coach Kruger called Liu Mang over.

At this time, Liu Mang was excited that three-sixths of the task had been completed. Although Pippen went berserk, the overall strength of the Blazers had risen to the level of the Eagles. The competition was fierce, but the Eagles had a chance to win, and if it was more intense, they would have a chance to complete the task.

"Coach, what's the matter?" Liu Mang came to the locker room.

"What can you do to deal with Pippen, Ace?" Coach Kruger asked straight to the point.

"Against Pippen?" Liu Mang responded subconsciously, "I fouled him! There were already three in the first half, and it's OK to be short of three."

"..."

This... is really a simple and crude method...

and many more!

Coach Kruger feels something is wrong...

Co-authored, this disciple of my own has deliberately made Pippen's foul since the beginning of the game?Then Pippen was irritated, so he had 10 points and 7 assists in the second quarter?
And what did this disciple say?Three more?Depend on!This stinky rookie is really itchy if he doesn't do anything for a day!The goal of making trouble today is to make Pippen commit six offenses?

Not to mention, coach Kruger's thinking has become very divergent after staying with Liu Mang for a long time. This guess is really close...

　There is one more chapter, most of it has been written, and I will update it after dinner~
　　
　
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