From today on is the king

Chapter 492 490. Substitute King
"Shaq O'Neal, overlord step mode. Ability value 103, offense 110, defense 89..."

As long as O'Neal goes all out, he is still one of the two best players in the league, and the other is of course the best player now Tim Duncan.

After playing for most of the quarter, Liu Mang finally understood that it doesn't make much sense to stimulate or not stimulate the contradiction of the OK combination. The contradiction of the OK combination is already irreconcilable. For them, the tactics of provocation and division will make them fight even more violently.

O'Neal leaned against the home whistle and crouched under the basket with a deadpan face. His ferocious offensive and defensive performance made the Eagles unstoppable.

Boozer and Ratliff were ravaged in turn. O'Neal scored 7 points in 12 minutes of the first quarter, more points than the entire Hawks team.

Rahim is lucky that he is not an insider, this time the little hooligan also made a wrong estimate!
Boozer and Ratliff were so desperate. When Liu Mang told them about his division strategy this time, they were a little bit happy that they were going to make trouble.

Well, the matter was worked out, but O'Neill, who was going all out, was released!

Fortunately, O'Neal's biggest problem now is his physical fitness. He made 8 shots in the first quarter, made 8 of 6 shots and missed 5 free throws.

After Boozer and Ratliff returned to the bench, they looked at Liu Mang resentfully, it was different from what they planned!
Liu Mang could only show an embarrassed smile.

Liu Mang felt a little sad, it was different from what he expected!
Every time you encounter an OK combination, there will always be problems with the strategy.

Liu Mang feels that the OK combination is poisonous!

He really wanted to tell Kobe and O'Neal that it's useless for the two of you to stay together, and there is going to be a fight, so let's break up!
But it seems that every time I want to disperse the OK combination, but instead let them burst out with strange strengths when they compete internally. This combination is a combination full of bugs. How can there be a combination that is already incompatible and can win three consecutive championships with a group of old, weak, sick and disabled?

This combination is a BUG!

Liu Mang was very sure that Kobe and O'Neill had no chance of easing their conflicts, and the two were close to fighting each other. At least when they were both at their peak, there would be no chance for their relationship to improve.

Because both of them are too strong and their personalities are too tyrannical.

If there is even a slight chance to reverse the relationship between the two, the Lakers will not send O'Neal away in 04.

Liu Wei watched O'Neal, who scored 12 points and 4 rebounds in a little more than half of the first quarter, and caused 3 fouls on the inside of the Eagles, sitting on the bench. Not to mention, I feel a little bit sorry for this pair. If they wait patiently for two years together, until the defending season after the three consecutive championships fails, and then the Lakers spend a year to recruit young players who are ready to fight and ordinary stars who are willing to win the championship together. Has the potential to dominate the NBA for a few more years.

However, although Liu Mang regretted it, this had nothing to do with him. The mighty Lakers were his even more difficult opponents. He only wanted to beat the Lakers.

Glared at by coach Kruger with a serious face, Liu Mang knew that he made a mistake this time. There is no way around it. Occasionally, there is such a way to make strategic mistakes... Well, Liu Mang also understands that the little blacksmith is poisonous, and the strategy of getting involved with this guy will always become weird.

Tough opponent!
Watching O'Neal leave the field, Kobe brought the second team on the field with a murderous face, and Liu Mang cheered up and brought the lineup of Jason Terry, Raheem, Boozer, and Muhammad to the field.

For the Lakers, Kobe brought Brian Shaw, Devin George, Samaki Walker, and Wang Zhizhi on the court.

There are only 4 Lakers players who averaged double figures per game this year, Kobe, O'Neal, Fisher, Wang Zhizhi, all gone.

Back from the timeout, the Eagles have the ball.

9 to 17, trailing by 8 points at the start, still at the home court of the Lakers, Liu Wei felt too much pressure!

Send the ball to Jason Terry, Liu Mang received the ball back from Jason Terry and advanced to the frontcourt.

Liu Mang pushed forward, the second lineup, on paper the Eagles had a clear advantage, but with Kobe on the other side... that's hard to say.

After Liu Mang pushed forward, he handed the ball to Raheem in the low post. Devin George was defending Raheem. Without O'Neal at the basket, Raheem finally had a chance to play inside!Easily beat Devin George to get two points.

11 to 17, with six points left.

Without O'Neal, the Eagles' offense became much easier. Raheem ate one inside, which put a little pressure on the Lakers' inside. Liu Mang can have better offensive tactics next time.

The Lakers did not have O'Neal's inside defense, but on the offensive end, Kobe came...

Seeing Kobe approaching with killing intent on his face, seeing Jason Terry running around with Brian Shaw, and Raheem chasing after Devin George, Liu Mang almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

Do these two guys need to be so tight!
Liu Mang looked at Kobe who came to the top arc, and didn't care about complaining, and came to the top arc to defend Kobe.

Liu Mang stood in front of Kobe and glanced to the side. Fortunately, the two guys didn't forget their defensive strategy by the OK combination that went berserk today.

At this time, Brian Shaw was in the right corner, Jason Terry defended very tightly, Wang Zhizhi used his height to attract Muhammad to the basket, Boozer squatted inside, and Samaki Walker’s mid-range and long-range shots had degraded terribly this year. Apart from eating cakes at the basket, there was no other effect.He and Samaki-Walker are on the strong left side of the rim, and Bryant is also at a 45-degree angle to the left.

The Eagles used zone defense!Moreover, while constantly compressing the space of the Lakers, Raheem and Boozer flanked Wang Zhizhi with Muhammad on the left side of the three-second zone. The defense against Samaki-Walker and Devin George was probably to shoot casually, and Kobe Bryant passed casually.

The defense is very targeted, just to bully the Lakers for not having good role players...or in other words, the role players who bully the Lakers are too old to die!
Kobe observed the Eagles' defense and immediately made a judgment. Devin George and Samaki Walker, these two people's ability to open up space is too bad!The Eagles completely squatted inside. Wang Zhizhi, Fisher, and Fox opened up the space in the starting stage. Whether he and O'Neal played outside singles or low singles, it was very easy, but now this lineup...

Kobe tried to pass the ball to Devin George, Devin George just got the ball, Raheem immediately jumped from the paint to the middle distance, Devin George immediately returned the ball to Kobe...

Kobe had no choice but to force Liu Mang to the middle distance. Before Boozer came to help defend, he made a strong shot from Liu Mang's hand that was about to be inserted into his eyes.

wipe!This is all in!
Liu Mang has already defended well, but Kobe can make shots.

There is no problem with the defensive strategy. I and my teammates have defended very well, but if they can't stand Kobe, they can make shots!
Liu Mang can only start from the offensive end!The strategy didn't work, and the poisonous OK made a wave of it. If so, let's fight!
The Eagles attacked, and Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, passed the ball to Jason Terry, and received the ball just after halftime. Jason Terry saw Brian Shaw who was defending him, and immediately understood Liu Mang's strategy, and began to single Brian Shaw.

It's too easy for Jason Terry to play Brian Shaw. As a substitute, Jason Terry's purpose is much simpler. His idea is very simple, shoot when he has the ball, and open up space when he doesn't have the ball. This is a qualified sixth man plus a three-point shooter.

Jason Terry only needed a change of direction to shake the nearly 38-year-old former US team's main point guard, and rushed to the free throw line to make an emergency stop jumper and easily scored two points.

Looking back, Kobe continued to play singles. If the boss was so accurate, would he still be called the boss? Kobe missed the turnaround jumper that he squeezed away after sticking to Liu Mang this time, and Muhammad protected the rebound.

The Eagles strike back!
Liu Mang rushed to the frontcourt to pass the ball to Jason Terry, and Jason Terry hit a three-pointer!

He scored 5 points in a row, and Jason Terry chased the score to 16 to 19!

Still three points away!

Ordinary coaches, especially coaches like Popovich, are definitely called a timeout at this time.

But Zen master is different. He didn't call a timeout in a daze, and let the players play by themselves.

Kobe received the free throw line and advanced to the frontcourt. Seeing that there was only a three-point difference, he began to calm down.

Beckoning for a pick-and-roll, Wang Zhizhi, the only center on the Lakers lineup who can attract the defense after a pick-and-roll, comes out to Kobe for the pick-and-roll.

Liu Mang had no choice but to let go of Wang Zhizhi, and double-teamed Kobe with Boozer.

Also hit!

22 to 16, the point difference returned to more than 5 points!
Liu Mang saw that Kobe can play well as long as he has a decent center, he really thinks enough is enough!This kind of person shouldn't give him three points, it's enough to give him a Death Parker!

When the Eagles attacked again, Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt and was about to pass to Jason Terry when he realized that the man defending him had changed and became Brian Shaw.

The blacksmith deserves to be a blacksmith. He can defend his opponent even harder with his own iron, and then use his rich experience in blacksmithing to defeat his opponent. The end is abominable. Liu Mang only scored two points in the first quarter. Liu Mang waved his hand to let Jason Terry go to the bottom corner.
Before the emergence of the Dream Team, Brian Shaw was the main point guard of the US national team for three consecutive World Series in 86, 88 and 90. His defense was quite good, but he was too old to defend.

Liu Mang saw that Brian Shaw's small steps were really good, especially the three-point defense against the outside line, so he chose the same way as Jason Terry, breaking through from the left!

Time is a killing knife. Brian Shaw, who was a standard 3D forward during the three consecutive championships of the Lakers, couldn't keep up with Liu Mang's footsteps. Liu Mang's left breakthrough, which Liu Mang was not good at, threw Bryan Shaw away. Kobe, who was defending Jason Terry in the left corner, double-teamed him. Liu Mang's goal was achieved!He deliberately chose to break through on the left in order to attract Kobe's defense!Liu Mang immediately passed the pass to Jason Terry, Jason Terry caught the ball and made a three-point shot...and hit it again!
Liu Mang and the excited Jason Terry high-fived, exclaiming that this little guy is really suitable for playing the sixth man, and he can score points when he comes up.

"Ding... discovered the hidden characteristics of Jason Terry, level 1 strike after strike."

"Level 1 of Late Strike, Jason Terry is very eager to appear on the bench, and he can play his own characteristics as he likes. When the number of substitute appearances reaches a certain number of times, Late Strike is activated. When he comes off the bench, he feels hot. If the number of substitute appearances exceeds 60.00% in a season, it will trigger the characteristic: King of the Substitute."

wipe!
Liu Mang felt that he had delayed Jason Terry a bit!
However, Jason Terry's original career did not turn into a pure substitute until he reached the late stage of the Mavericks. Now why Jason Terry likes to play as a substitute so much is completely influenced by Liu Mang.

Liu Mang returned to defense while thinking, let Jason Terry play as a substitute next season, a quasi-All-star substitute, Liu Mang is excited to think about it.

Kobe pushed forward with the ball, continued to maintain his calm performance, and continued to pick and roll with Wang Zhizhi. This time, Liu Mang, Rahim, and Boozer all defended.

The next game entered a state of anxiety. When O'Neal was away, Kobe was very calm, did not die singles, and actively cooperated with his teammates. Kobe, who may already be the best shooting guard in the league, is really good. The Lakers' scoring efficiency is still very good.

The Eagles took advantage of Brian Shaw's weakness to play, whether it was Liu Mang or Jason Terry, whoever Kobe defended, the other was singles, Liu Mang mainly passed the ball, and Jason Terry mainly shot.

It is still a bit difficult for Kobe to be one against two. He is not yet No.1 in the league in the future. It is indeed a bit difficult for one person to deal with Liu Mang and Jason Terry, plus Boozer and Raheem. The point difference is slowly being eroded by the Eagles.

After the first quarter, the Eagles chased the score to 28 to 29, only 1 point behind!
Zen master watched Kobe's completely different style of play after O'Neal left the court from the sidelines, and felt very sorry. If even one of these two disciples had a less strong personality, the Lakers could still dominate the NBA for several years.

Zen master looked at the opponent's Chinese player with 4 points and 6 assists in the first quarter, and really wanted to exchange him with Kobe. Compared with Kobe, Zen master currently prefers O'Neal...

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