From today on is the king

Chapter 713 712. The Strongest Showdown!

Chapter 713 712. The Strongest Showdown!
"Beat-LA...Beat-LA...Beat-LA..."

The Lakers players had just come out of the player tunnel, and the starters hadn't even come out yet, and the call for Beat-LA had already sounded in the Phillips Arena.

For such a fiery away atmosphere, the Lakers players were not frightened by the Eagles' Devil's home game, but were full of pride.

The Celtics can be called the No. 10 giant in the NBA in terms of the number of championships and the fact that they have dominated the NBA for [-] consecutive years except being interrupted by Chamberlain for one year. However, the No. [-] team in the NBA that fans really recognize is the Lakers.

When the Lakers players heard the word Beat-LA, they were full of honor for the team.

When Kobe came out first, the audience booed the loudest. Even Payton and O'Neal who came out later couldn't compare to the boos Kobe received. Especially when O'Neal came out, some fans shouted "I want to hug my thigh..."

Kobe's face was livid, the word thigh is now his taboo!

O'Neal yelled at the away fans to hug his thigh, and he was a little proud, with a smile written all over his face.

The main thing is that what Liu Mang said in the interview yesterday made O'Neill's affection for Liu Mang a lot, and he quite agrees with Liu Mang's words.

When Wang Zhizhi made his debut, there were Chinese fans cheering at the scene...

Malone is sitting on the sidelines in a suit today. He is already old. This season, he averaged 33 minutes per game, 14 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists per game. He is still the best player except for a few super power forwards.

Malone had already got together with Stockton yesterday, and at noon, he specially came to Phillips Arena to meet Liu Mang, Boozer, and Stockton for a new and old version of the Shuangsha gathering, so when it was time for the game, he didn't take the risk of making his teammates unhappy to say hello to the Eagles.

After the old Malone offended the little blacksmith by making waves with the Lakers, he swallowed his anger for a while.

After the appearance ceremony of the players on the Lakers side, it was the turn of the players on the Eagles side to play.

I don’t know when Rasheed Wallace became the player with the highest cheers on the scene. Liu Mang was full of envy and hatred. Although judging from the local jersey sales, he alone was higher than the rest of the Eagles combined, and the share of various peripheral products of the Rogue League was getting higher and higher, but he was still full of envy and hatred for Rasheed Wallace who had the highest cheers in the arena.

Feeling the envious eyes of the cheapskate, Rasheed Wallace proudly pulled Ratliff. The two ran around halftime and then ran to the free throw line.

The two teams did not communicate, and there was a feeling of absolute opposition between the strongest teams in the East and West in the 90s and [-]s. Even Wang Zhizhi, who replaced Malone in the starting position today, did not come to say hello. Compared with Kobe, he was more cautious.

After experiencing the treasonous incident, he is careful about this aspect of things.

However, the atmosphere between the two teams is not very tense. The Lakers claim to be the strongest team since the new century. It hasn’t been long since the three consecutive championships.

The strongest enemy is right in front of you, and only a team like the Lakers that has just won three consecutive championships and a team like the Eagles that is about to play the strongest record in the new century have this kind of confidence.

On the Eagles side, they were all chatting and laughing while communicating about the game for a while while shooting hot shots.

On the side of the Lakers, the Lakers were divided into two groups. O’Neal was always so happy playing happy basketball, but his strength allowed him to play happy basketball and win three consecutive championships. O’Neal didn’t practice shooting at all. He touched the back of his head with his left hand and his buttocks with his right.

The final pre-match preparations are over, and the game is about to start. The two teams will start playing on the big screen.

The Lakers sent Payton, Kobe, Devin George, Wang Zhizhi, and O'Neal to the starting lineup.

Liu Mang looked at the starting roster of the Lakers and asked the system about the strength of these players.

"Gary Payton, averaged 11.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game, ability evaluation 75, 60 three-pointers, 77 mid-range shots, 82 layups..."

"Kobe Bryant, averaged 24.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game, 95 ability evaluation, 81 three-pointers, 92 mid-range shots, 95 layups..."

"Devin George, ability evaluation 72, 77 three-pointers, 71 mid-range shots, 79 layups..."

"Wang Zhizhi, averaged 10.3 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, with an ability rating of 75 (peak), 84 three-pointers, 75 mid-range shots, and 80 layups..."

"Shaq O'Neal, 19.8 points, 12 rebounds, 2.6 assists, ability rating 98..."

The sooner the little blacksmith got to the playoffs, the better he was. What about the soft-footed shrimp in the playoffs as promised... By the way, Liu Mang remembered that this guy had a nickname of the king of the Western Conference Finals. He had never lost in the Western Conference Finals. Either he would kneel in the second round, or go to the final stage...

However, he has probably reached his peak period. After looking at it, Wang Zhizhi is 27 years old. Time is really a killing knife. However, Wang Zhizhi has grown a lot stronger in the past two years with the Lakers. Sure enough, he still has the opportunity to pursue honors and play time to be more motivated. It's just that Liu Mang's 6.9 rebounds seem uncomfortable at first glance, just as uncomfortable as his own average of 32.9 points per game.

The Eagles are all back in the starting lineup. The game against the Celtics the day before yesterday deliberately allowed Ratliff, who had already had a rest, to continue to rest for an extra game. Just for today's game, the strongest lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff returned!
The referee signaled the substitutes of the two teams to go down, and the staff removed the warm-up ball. Liu Mang and Boozer embraced and then went to the center circle, put the index finger of their left hand in front of their mouths, made a silent movement, and turned 360 degrees on the spot.

Seeing Liu Mang's actions, the fans at the scene knew that that was coming, and the scene went from extremely noisy to extremely quiet.

The scene was dark, and Rasheed Wallace's face appeared on the big screen. Of course, he had to come to the game in person. Rasheed Wallace roared. The live performance was not as loud as the recorded and broadcast sound. It sounded a little hoarse and plastic, but it made the fans feel even more excited!

"Ding... The roar of the Celestial Lord is triggered, and the devil's home court is opened, from fans of Rasheed Wallace and Phillips Arena."

This is the first time the Lakers have come to the Eagles' home court to play. They have heard that the fans at the Eagles' home court are crazy and restless, but they don't care. No matter how restless they are, can they be as restless as Salt Lake City?

The fans who like to make trouble the most have never been black fans. On the contrary, white fans are more fond of making trouble. Whether it is Europe or the United States, it has always been the case, because white people are richer and less afraid of trouble. The famous NBA home games are Salt Lake City, Portland, and Boston.

Similar to football hooligans in Europe, the most troublesome basketball fans are also white.

When the Lakers players saw the legendary Rasheed Wallace's roar, they didn't think there was anything at first. They booed everywhere, but when the scene fell into madness, the Lakers players were taken aback by the sudden burst of cheers from the silence!
A little blacksmith whose reflex arc can circle the earth is nothing. Maybe he didn’t react at all. Maybe he was suddenly woken up when he went back to the hotel to sleep at night. O’Neill made an exaggerated expression of surprise. Most of his here was for performances.
It's no worse than the madness of the fans in Salt Lake City!

Liu Mang was very satisfied with the cheers from the fans, he gave the opponent a blow before the game started, good job!That being the case, he didn't care about the fact that Brother Tianzun stole the highest cheers at home.

Just then, the system prompt came.

"Ding... Features: Cold-blooded level 5 trigger, ignoring away pressure, from Kobe Bryant."

"Ding...Team buff: The OK trend is triggered, and the away team's anti-pressure ability of the OK combination is enhanced, offsetting part of the away pressure, from Kobe Bryant & Shaq O'Neal."

Depend on!
Liu Mang forgot that this blacksmith's brain circuit is different from that of ordinary people, so he can't be scared!

But there is a little effect. The team that can win three consecutive championships has long been used to winning away games without changing the core combination. The culture of strong teams is different. Liu Mang can only work hard to cultivate his team's winning culture!
……

Rasheed Wallace and O'Neal came to the middle circle to jump the ball.

Liu Mang waited at the free throw line without much hope. Don't look at O'Neill's fat, the speed of the ball is inhuman!

Sure enough, Rasheed Wallace, a small jump ball expert, lost to O'Neal, and O'Neal dialed the ball back.

Seeing that Payton passed halftime and handed it to Kobe, Liu Mang really wanted to despise Payton for being afraid of a blacksmith. Wouldn't it be okay if he didn't pass it to this guy?This guy is a cancer!You won't let go of the ball!

For the Lakers, it is now the end of the regular season. The Lakers have a stable record and are second in the Western Conference. The rest of the schedule is very easy except for the Hawks and the Kings.

Seeing Kobe advancing, Liu Mang took the initiative to defend.

"Come on, the guy who can't get the MVP, you can't get the MVP, you will never get it." Liu Mang rants at Kobe.

Today Liu Mang took the initiative to apply to play against Kobe. Although the coaching staff was a little confused, both Liu Mang and Prince were single-defense players. Except Liu Mang’s defensive strength was not as good as Prince’s.

Kobe came beyond the three-point line and saw Liu Mang defending him, he was still so arrogant, and he felt like there was a conspiracy like the Eagles coaching staff!This guy is not the kind of person who can touch eggs with stones. Kobe recognizes Liu Mang's defensive momentum and strength. On the whole, Liu Mang's defense is definitely the best among first-class single-defense players. Although he is not as super single-defense as Prince, Kobe feels difficult to deal with, but it also makes Kobe agree.

There must be a conspiracy!
Kobe didn't believe that after Liu Mang had Prince, he would really come to confront him head-on again.

Ignoring Liu Mang's provocation, he thought about defending the ball for two seconds. Just as Kobe was about to act, he took the ball one step ahead. Liu Mang immediately pressed towards Kobe, wanting to sneak attack and steal.

Kobe's reflexes are amazing!Grabbing the ball with his little hand, he turned around to avoid Liu Mang's pounce, and jumped straight away, stepping on the three-point line and throwing it with a long two-point strike!

Almost the three-point distance from the front basket, Kobe's strong shot hit the backboard and bounced into the basket with no difficulty in creating it!

This is all in!
Liu Mang saw that Kobe was obviously very proud of his clumsy dancing posture, twisted his upper body, twisted his lower body and did not move. He was celebrating this shot with a proper and uncoordinated dance step. He immediately sprayed: "I am lucky and made another shot? You are the only one who is so selfish."

After speaking, Liu Mang ran back to the basket and waited for the serve.

Just as Kobe was about to retreat, he was almost pissed off by Liu Mang!

When Liu Mang pushed forward, Kobe blocked Liu Mang from beyond the three-point line, and also yelled: "Who is more selfish than you? A selfish guy like you will never win the championship."

Liu Mang crossed his left arm to open up a little space with Kobe, protected the ball and advanced beyond the three-point line, and said as he advanced, "I have more assists than you! Selfish."

The two dudes started hurting each other.

When Kobe heard Liu Mang's words, he started to be afraid of Liu Mang's pass. This guy couldn't guess according to common sense. The more he saw Liu Mang's posture of scoring, the more Kobe worried that Liu Mang would play a pick-and-roll. Without Ma Long, they defended the pick-and-roll.

Suddenly, Liu Mang made a movement to break through to the front right, and Kobe subconsciously moved to the rear left, and was also ready to go around on errands.

But Kobe turned his head and immediately realized that he was cheated. He turned around and wanted to make up for it, but Liu Wei had already jumped on the spot and made a three-pointer!

"Swish"

Liu Mang also had a good start and made a three-pointer.

Kobe is confident that he can guard against Liu Mang. Of course, in fact, he can also greatly limit Liu Mang's regular state. After all, he was selected for the best first team by the media after receiving the defensive first team voted by the coach.

That's why Kobe didn't think that Liu Mang would be tough from the very beginning. Although the Eagles have a rebounding advantage over his Lakers, they don't have the kind of crushing gap with other teams, that is, the Lakers have a crushing rebounding advantage against most teams except the Eagles.

For example, Kobe, when both O'Neal and Malone are absent from the game, they usually choose to break through and score, and only when there are big men will they focus on mid-range and long-range shots.

Kobe Bryant was surprised by Liu Reck's shot. Liu Reck just made a probing movement and Kobe backed away.

After the goal, Liu Mang retreated immediately. At this time, Liu Mang didn't stimulate Kobe. He just wanted Kobe to pass the ball. Kobe passed the ball one-on-one.

Liu Mang returned to his own three-point line. After seeing Payton advanced to the frontcourt, he handed it over to Kobe. Facing the dribbled Kobe, Liu Mang started talking again: "You have no way to score on me except for luck, and my teammates are going to double-team you. You should call it a pick-and-roll. O'Neal is so strong and will help you solve everything so that you can score easily."

Liu Mang said so now, but before the start of the game, he had told his teammates that no matter what he said when he and Kobe were facing each other, they should not hinder his one-on-one with Kobe. His teammates were very puzzled. They trusted Liu Mang and knew that Liu Mang could not guard against him, but Liu Mang's miraculous three years made his teammates believe that he had a way.

The requirement of the task is that if Kobe is flanked and Kobe doesn't score, then even if Liu Mang scored a single against Kobe in the next round, it will not be counted in the score contest with Kobe, and it will cancel a round, so Liu Mang can only do it by himself.

Liu Mang wanted Kobe to play a pick-and-roll. Although he might not be able to defend against the pick-and-roll, Kobe made a good pass and passed it to O'Neal. Kobe couldn't score, so O'Neal left it to his teammates.

"This guy, want to single out? Is it a conspiracy?" Kobe looked at the defense of the Eagles players, but he really didn't find anyone preparing to attack. He was a little surprised and felt that something was wrong.

No matter what is wrong, this is an opportunity!

In Kobe's view, as long as Prince doesn't double-team, even if Raheem double-teams, it's an opportunity. It's better to block the defense from the inside. It's easier for O'Neill and Wang Zhizhi to grab rebounds if they pull out the opponent's inside.

Kobe's greatest strength is decisiveness!

Quite resolute, immediately began to make a sudden Liu Mang, and made an emergency stop jump shot in the middle distance!

"Damn!" Liu Mang didn't expect Kobe to be so determined, and was forced by Kobe to make a mid-range stop jump shot.

"Ding...Stubbornness level 5 trigger, the next attack must be a shot, from Kobe Bryant."

This guy, did you say that too many good shots are not a good player?
He deserves to retire and become a He Dou Dagger!

4 to 3, Kobe led Liu Mang by 1 point.

After receiving the serve, Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, and he wanted to hit back!

Kobe defended Liu Mang's three-point defense more strictly this time, but because he was afraid of Liu Mang's fouls, Kobe did not dare to elbow and pull and push Liu Mang's waist and abdomen when he was defending.

Seeing Kobe's defensive flaws, Liu Mang took a small step back half a step, and at the moment before Kobe continued to press up, he made a sharp change to the right, making an Iverson-like brilliance!Break through from the right!

After being passed by, Kobe didn't lose his mind and didn't stand still, he immediately turned around and chased after Liu Mang.

Liu Mang's speed was very fast, but Kobe did not give up, because the fat man inside was his most solid back!
After Liu Mang passed Kobe, he looked at his teammates on both sides, but none of them got a chance. Neither Rasheed Wallace in the right corner nor Prince in the left corner had a chance. Raheem and Devin George fought hand-to-hand, and no one came to double-team him.

However, just as Liu Mang entered the free throw line, he turned his head to look at the basket, and saw that it was indeed a big fat man!

O'Neill came out to block Liu Mang with an agility that was extremely inconsistent with his body!

That broad body completely blocked Liu Mang's line of sight!Moreover, there is a fat man in the front and a blacksmith in the back, Liu Mang is caught in the pinch of the OK group!

There is no way to pass the ball!Even if his teammates came to meet him, he couldn't pass it out!

No way, Liu Mang forcibly bumped into O'Neill, throwing the ball as much as possible.

"Boom..."

Liu Mang crashed into a pile of fat, and the referee didn't blow the whistle. O'Neal's defensive awareness was not blocked, and the record of the second most blocked shots in a single game in history was not given casually. As long as he is serious, O'Neal's defense in the three-second zone is definitely one-to-one!
The ball thrown by Liu Mang had no target, it flew directly from the right side of the backboard, and even Ratliff, who was vacant under the basket, didn't catch it!
This ball is a mistake!

Maybe it's because he has won Kobe Bryant more times before, or maybe he is too impressed with Kobe's future iron king in history. In short, Liu Mang despised Kobe too much this time!It's not the kind of contempt that doesn't look down on Kobe, but the contempt relative to Kobe's strength. He attaches great importance to Kobe's strength, but it doesn't reach the level of the most important. He subconsciously believes that Kobe is now relying on O'Neal, but he ignores the current Lakers. The regular season relies on Kobe!

Liu Mang thought that his trash talk, defense and defensive strategy could restrain Kobe.

Then, Liu Mang encountered Pierce's feelings!
Unlike Liu Mang who wanted to win this game but also wanted to complete this task and that task, the Lakers' style of play was very clear.

At the beginning, Kobe played. When Kobe was tired and O'Neal had the offensive motivation, O'Neal played. Of course, even O'Neill now hopes that Kobe can score more points. For him now, it is much easier to stand up and defend than to score.

On the defensive end, the Lakers' defensive strategy is to defend Kobe against Liu Mang's outside shots and try his best to prevent breakthroughs.

On the Eagles side, Liu Mang wanted to fight Kobe one-on-one, but fell into the Lakers' defensive strategy!
After Liu Mang was flanked once more, he was prepared. After that, he started to make more breakthrough feints. After passing Kobe, he made a mid-range shot from a position that O'Neal, who was one step outside the free throw line, could not defend. However, he did not completely get rid of Kobe's defense in this way, and his scoring efficiency was very low.

The first quarter hit the official timeout, and Liu Mang only scored 9 points on 3 of 8 shots!Two two-pointers and one three-pointer, and one of two free throws made by O'Neal on the ground.

The Eagles also only scored 12 points. Except for the few offenses where Liu Mang handed the ball to Raheem, Raheem scored one by himself and cooperated with Ratliff. The Eagles had no other points!

As for the Lakers, Kobe played very well today, playing in the playoff mode, scoring three consecutive starts, and then triggering Kobe's time level 4 in the opening game, scoring 15 points in a row for more than half a quarter!And he opened his heart and made two alley-oop passes to O'Neal, scoring 7 points in 19 minutes!
Liu Mang forced to defend Kobe alone, but failed. Instead, Kobe used this to make a nearly perfect start!

7 out of 6 shots, a player like Kobe, or just defend him to death, if he develops his touch, even if God comes to defend, he can only be blown up!

And Liu Mang, released such a monster!

……

After the official timeout, Liu Mang returned to the bench. Before he could say anything, Coach Kruger pointed at Liu Mang and said, "You sit down, John, Jason, Sharif, Carlos, Kwame, you go up, John, you and Carlos are in charge of organizing the offense, Sharif, try to defend Kobe well, force them to pass the singles, Kwame, the inside defense is up to you..."

Before Liu Mang had time to react, he was put on the bench!
Coach Kruger understood that Liu Mang was inflated!
I thought that if I was going to win the MVP, I would be invincible, and I wanted to fight Kobe one-on-one, so I got the current result.

Coach Kruger understands Liu Mang's thoughts, after all, young man.

But at this time, you can’t get used to it, and indulge when it’s time to indulge, because those things that should be tolerated are not things that can affect Liu Mang’s future development, and most of them are not Liu Mang’s hot-headed willfulness.

But this time, Liu Mang wanted to fight Kobe one-on-one. Obviously, no matter what, Liu Mang and the team were not profitable. In the first 7 minutes, Coach Kruger was waiting to see if Liu Mang had any plans, but found that there was no plan at all.

Liu Mang looked like he wanted to score against Kobe, but was killed by the Lakers' flanking defense.

Coach Kruger knew that words might not have much influence on Liu Mang, so he simply used the actual description. First, he used "cold violence" to put Liu Mang on the bench who was supposed to play for a long time, and then used Stockton to teach Liu Mang the correct way to play against the Lakers.

Moreover, Coach Kruger also ordered other people not to talk to Liu Mang, so that Liu Mang could calm down.

……

On the Lakers side, O'Neal, who came up to defend for a few minutes, went down to rest. Wang Zhizhi and Medvedenko partnered inside. Wang Zhizhi averaged 10.3 points and 6.9 rebounds per game this season. The strength is much stronger.

On the perimeter, the Lakers sent the best perimeter defensive combination of Fisher, Kobe, and Kareem Rush.

The combination of Stockton and Boozer, with Jason Terry as a shooter and Raheem as an assaulter, and Kwame Brown at the basket, the Eagles' offensive play suddenly became another team.

Without Malone, the Lakers have no good way to deal with the Eagles' pick-and-roll offense. Stockton explained what stability means, leading teammates, playing steadily, and the teammates are strong enough. The second team of the Lakers can't defend, and Stockton plays more steadily.

Even though Kobe on the Lakers side started to use the explosion and Raheem came up, he couldn't prevent Kobe.

Kobe used his defensive strength to play for his teammates. Wang Zhizhi's three-pointers and cuts began to play a role. The Lakers' scoring efficiency did not decrease much, but the Eagles' scoring efficiency improved. As long as they play steadily, the Lakers cannot defend against the Eagles.

Although the Lakers' defense is good, there is still a gap compared with the Spurs, especially this is the regular season, and there is a gap with the Spurs, Timberwolves, Pistons, Pacers and other teams. Their strength is offense.

After the first quarter, Stockton took the rotation lineup and withstood the pressure during the period when Kobe started to organize the offense. The score was 26 to 31. During this period, the Eagles chased the two-point difference instead!
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During the intermission, Liu Mang stared at Coach Kruger with fiery eyes. He knew what Coach Kruger meant, but he was still very dissatisfied when he was pushed on the bench at the beginning. He felt that he just wanted to complete the task.

Only now have I discovered that you thought the other party was a super god, but the super god you thought was just a super god you understood, and the strength of the other party obviously exceeded what you could understand at the time!
McGrady's team sucks, Iverson started to change his style of play after he came back, Carter has talent but never fully realizes his talent into strength. The last time he played against Kobe, Kobe was in rush mode. Liu Mang thought it was an explosion.

When Liu Mang became stronger now, he began to truly understand how terrifying a superstar is!
The dedicated Kobe, even if he doesn't have the rush mode, is still not something that Liu Mang can compete with!

Of course, Liu Mang was dissatisfied at first, but he began to calm down when he saw his teammates trying so hard to wipe his ass, biting the score that was 7 points behind at the start and narrowing the gap by [-] points.

Seeing his teammates fight so hard, he really couldn't afford to score with Kobe Biao. Moreover, if he really wanted to fight one-on-one, he really couldn't beat Kobe.

And even if it's for the mission, winning the game is more important!If the game is lost, the mission is also a failure!
When Coach Kruger saw Liu Mang's fiery eyes, he lost the little thought that rolled his eyes and became more pure. Although there was less thought, sometimes, this kind of pure heart is better.

Coach Kruger is not afraid of the strength of the Lakers. He is confident that hard steel can win. This is the confidence he has accumulated in leading the team with Liu Mang over the past three years, especially the confidence he has played this season!
Seeing Liu Mang's more pure eyes, Coach Kruger knew that this kid was thinking about it, and he relaxed. It's not that it would be serious if he lost this game, but that Liu Mang can't have that kind of inflated mentality. It's best to kill it in the cradle from the very beginning.

Coach Kruger asked Liu Mang with a rare mocking expression, "Want to go?"

Liu Mang nodded immediately.

"Then go!" Coach Kruger pointed to the field.

"Uh..." Liu Mang was a little taken aback, "What is the tactical arrangement?"

"Get lost!" Coach Kruger suddenly turned fierce, and kicked towards Liu Mang, spraying while kicking: "Have you played according to the tactics?"

Liu Mang reacted very quickly, from taking off his training uniform to getting on the field in one go without any muddy water, and also dodged Coach Kruger's kick. Even the team staff who came to pick up the training uniform were stunned. With this skill, he can take down the Nice fasting film!
Seeing Liu Mang, who sat lifelessly on the sidelines for half a quarter and was ignored, finally became active again and returned to the court. Seeing the familiar "interaction" between Coach Kruger and Liu Mang, the Eagles fans who were suppressed by the Lakers for a whole quarter and fell behind by 5 points in a single quarter also suppressed it for a long time.

The devil's home game can only make the strong stronger. If you can't beat the opponent, those cheers will instead become a catalyst for the opponent's morale, making the opponent feel that you are afraid of them and boo them.

The Hawks fans, who had been suppressed for half an hour, saw that Liu Mang seemed to have recovered, and cheered again!
That's what it feels like!

After Liu Mang put Kobe and Kobe aside, even if he fell behind, he felt more comfortable physically and mentally!

……

Back from the intermission, for the Eagles, Stockton continued to play, and the lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Boozer, and Ostertag played.

With Liu Mang on the field, the Eagles will naturally put defense into the team's strategy.

Liu Mang, Prince, Ostertag, the best weapon to limit the OK combination!

For the Lakers, Fisher, Kobe, Rush, Brian Russell and O'Neal played.

Brian Russell is also a player with an average three-point ability. Apart from Ma Long, the best power forward beside O'Neal these years is probably Wang Zhizhi. Wang Zhizhi, who played the first quarter, has come to rest.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Eagles attacked.

Liu Mang advanced after receiving the serve.

Kobe watched Liu Mang push forward, and saw Liu Mang's eyes obviously changed, not the kind of eyes that were ready to do something, but more "competitive" feeling.

This kind of pure eyes made Kobe pay attention immediately, this kind of Liu Mang is even more difficult to deal with.

Kobe thought that Liu Mang wanted to fight against him because of public opinion, but Liu Mang was indeed too young to play off himself.

And Liu Mang was able to restore his original state of mind so quickly, which made Kobe a little appreciative... What the hell!

When Kobe saw Liu Mang advancing, he immediately threw the ball to Stockton, then made a face at him, and ran towards the inside.

This bastard!
Kobe immediately chased after Liu Mang, cursing secretly while chasing: How can this bastard run so fast!
Liu Mang ran to the basket. Ostertag had both physical strength and years of experience in cooperating with Shuangsha and Hornacek. He blocked Kobe like an iron wall, and he blocked it to death!

Liu Mang came out from the basket with Ostertag's pick-and-roll, and O'Neal had to chase Liu Mang.

At the same time, after Boozer blocked Stockton from the outside line, he came in to help Liu Mang block O'Neal. O'Neal was good enough to defend pick-and-rolls or off-ball pick-and-rolls.

The moment Liu Mang received the ball, he turned around and shot a three-pointer!

The speed is so fast that Kobe, who has already studied the Eagles' pick-and-roll coordination and knows Liu Mang's most common foothold, can avoid Ostertag and rush over at the fastest speed, but he can't interfere!
Quick shot master level 3 is triggered, and Liu Mang's whole movement speed of turning around and throwing three-pointers is 15.00% faster!It's this 15.00%, which happened to completely avoid Kobe's active defense!

Coupled with Stockton's pass, Liu Mang has the most perfect sense of receiving the ball, and the feeling of shooting is perfect. The sharpshooter is triggered at level 5, and Liu Mang's three-point hit is hollow!
After scoring the goal, Liu Mang clapped his hands, performed the signature move of Jay Chou's double Jay Chou, lowered his head and glanced up, and said to Kobe, "Oh, good defense."

After speaking, Liu Mang immediately turned around and returned to defense. The Lakers started to play less fast breaks since last season, but that doesn't mean they didn't play. Liu Mang immediately retreated to defense.

29 to 31, two points away!
Liu Mang is completely in the mood!

When the Lakers attacked, Fisher pushed forward and handed it to Kobe. Kobe held the ball and came to the same side as O'Neal. The Lakers also had Kobe. When they were on the same side as O'Neal, they could completely pull out the defensive players.

Kobe is ready to cooperate well with O'Neal. He has scored so many points, and he has to pass the ball. He said in the interview yesterday that he is not a good player.

Coincidentally, the Eagles' defensive strategy is also to block the outside line and single defense at the basket!
Kobe lobbed the ball to O'Neal, and O'Neal looked at his old opponent behind him, the big white bear who had been hitting him in the playoffs for two consecutive years, and slammed into it with all his strength.

When the two lumps of fat collided together, there was a "pop" sound!
O'Neal took a lot of effort to open up a little space, and the small throw shot fell into the basket!
Fortunately, there was not much offense in the first quarter and a long rest. Kobe played the hard steel Eagles in the first quarter, so O'Neal only had to defend in the three-second zone to prevent Liu Mang from entering, otherwise O'Neal really couldn't squeeze Ostertag.

Although O'Neill could not be prevented, Ostertag's performance made the fans applaud and applaud!
It’s amazing!

Since the new century, since O'Neal reached the top of the NBA for the first time, no player has been able to carry O'Neal like this, and can force O'Neal to such a difficult twisting body and small throws!Ostertag was the first!
In the past few years, because Ostertag wanted to give his sister a kidney, he started to lose fat to the point of surgery in 99. In addition to the recovery after the midway operation, as well as the impact of returning to the NBA to re-adapt and gain weight after losing a kidney, he played poorly for four consecutive years. Fans have not seen anyone who can hold O'Neal for many years.

Although it is O'Neal who is 32 years old and averaged less than 20 points per game for the first time in his career in forming the Big Four, that is also O'Neal!This season, O'Neal is still the league's number one center and still has no solution, but when he was physically fit, he was actually slightly restricted by Ostertag.

This is enough for the Eagles, as long as it can consume O'Neal's physical fitness, O'Neal's biggest problem now is physical fitness!

In the transition between offense and defense, the Eagles did not play fast. In order to consume O'Neal, the Eagles continued to lay down positions and run tactics, just like dealing with Duncan!
Actually, for the Hawks, O'Neal and Duncan are... the same...

The Eagles continued to fall, and Liu Mang pushed forward and continued to hand the ball to Stockton.

The Lakers' defense immediately began to shift towards Liu Mang without the ball.

Liu Mang's off-ball running began to be used by Stockton as a defensive pinpoint, and the rest of the Eagles began to open up!
O'Neal VS Eagles, the game became anxious.

But the Eagles play easy tactics, and the Lakers' triangle offensive position is really playing star singles. O'Neal is getting more and more tired facing Ostertag, and even wants to take the initiative to cooperate.

But O'Neal is really strong. Kobe is also good at offensive rebounds at this stage, and he also grabbed two make-up baskets that O'Neal was defended by Ostertag.

The power of the OK combination is indeed strong!
Liu Mang has now become an attractive target for defense, and the defensive end is only helping to pinch opponents who want to make air cuts except for O'Neill, but playing his own role, Liu Mang is playing happier instead.

Don't care about his mission, right now, Liu Mang feels this kind of wholehearted, from technique and tactics to strength to psychological warfare, the feeling of competing with the opponent for victory, he enjoys it very much!

The scores of the two teams fell into a stage of continuous anxiety!
The score has been anxious until the second half of the fourth quarter. O'Neal really went all out today, throwing his arms and scoring with Kobe. Even if the Eagles made preparations, they couldn't prevent it.

The more O'Neal played, the more excited he was, and he just focused on attacking. The main reason was that this feeling made the OK team very familiar, and Malone on the sidelines watched with fiery eyes.

On the contrary, O'Neal's defensive enthusiasm basically disappeared from the second quarter. After Liu Mang came out of the basket without the ball, he could always easily find a gap, forcing the Lakers to block Liu Mang when Liu Mang started from the air cut or change defenses early when Liu Mang came out of the baseline. Back to more than 30.00%.

Moreover, Liu Mang played like this, scoring easily. After scoring 8 points in the first quarter, he scored 10 points in the second quarter under the organization of Stockton.

In the third quarter, Liu Mang used himself as the offensive ball-holding point, and the Eagles switched back to the starting lineup. In the third quarter, Liu Mang only scored 6 points in the case of 20 assists in a single quarter, but he still scored 20 points after the third quarter. Excellent scoring performance, 3 points, 9 rebounds and 20 assists in three quarters, almost 10+[-] in three quarters!
……

After the start of the fourth quarter, Liu Mang was completely guarded. Stockton played a long time today. He came back in the fourth quarter and squeezed Jason Terry to the bench.

Stockton started to organize the offense when Liu Mang was double-teamed by Wu Wu.

Playing against the Lakers, Stockton is still full of vitality!With the defense attracted by Liu Mang, Stockton and Boozer led the team to play team offense together.

Compared with the hard steel of the Lakers, the Eagles also consume a lot of energy, because no one can defend anyone, but the Eagles want to defend against the Lakers, and it is precisely because of the Eagles' defensive pressure that they have been clinging to the score. The OK combination is indeed too strong!In this game, the two worked together a little bit, and immediately showed the ability of the strongest duo.

However, the overall strength of the Hawks is still better, mainly because Liu Mang devoted himself to the tactical strategy against the Lakers that he had discussed with Mike Woodson and coach Kruger early in the season.

With 2 points behind at the start, the Eagles and the Lakers led by the OK combination have been anxious for the whole game. The Lakers have maintained a slight lead. Finally, with 5 minutes left, there was no chance to score in the final quarter.
Immediately afterwards, O'Neal gave the ball to Wang Zhizhi. Today, Wang Zhizhi, who performed very well offensively under the outside pressure and defense of the Eagles, made a solid three-pointer.

At this time, Liu Mang's physical fitness became the key to the game!
Boozer and Ratliffka took the position under the basket. Raheem grabbed the defensive rebound and immediately threw it forward. After Liu Mang received the ball, he stopped outside the three-point line and swayed.
After Liu Mang flew over Kobe, at the critical moment, his unique attributes exploded, and the rhythm was not very good, but he didn't wait for his teammates to follow up, and directly threw a three-pointer!

Fortunately, but also strength, Liu Mang's chasing three-pointer went through the basket!
Two three-pointers in a row!

Liu Mang scored two three-pointers in a row at the critical moment!
112 to 107, the Eagles overtook at the critical moment and led by 5 points!
At this time, the Lakers did not call a timeout, and the Zen master signaled Kobe to come by himself.

"Ding... Black Mamba's bite is triggered at level 4, and the comprehensive ability evaluation at critical moments is +4, from Kobe Bryant."

"Ding... Features: Cold-blooded level 5 trigger, from Kobe Bryant."

Kobe is Kobe, he advanced to the frontcourt, Liu Mang and Raheem immediately flanked him, preferring the Lakers to score two points, but also blocked three points.

However, Kobe forced the two of them to take a step outside the three-point line, and pulled up a dry three-pointer.

One of Liu Mang and Rahim relied on strength to block, and the other relied on speed and quickness to press. In this case, Kobe actually threw the ball!

As expected of a guy with 6000 and [-] shooting methods in the legend!
The most important thing is that this time the ball that seemed to be thrown hard actually went in!The long-range three-pointer on the front basket bounces off the backboard and into the basket!

However, Liu Mang also got excited and ran to the front court immediately. Boozer reacted very quickly, picked up the ball and threw it to Stockton, and Stockton threw the ball directly to the front court without stopping.

Kobe didn't expect Liu Mang to go down so soon, and immediately chased after Liu Mang, but the tacit understanding between Stockton and Liu Mang was so good, the tacit understanding between master and apprentice is invincible!
Liu Mang rushed to the bottom corner on the right, throwing Kobe away completely!
However, Stockton's tacit understanding was to want Liu Mang to run to the bottom corner to take Kobe away. Raheem followed up in the middle, and Liu Mang received the ball, turned around and shot directly!
"All of these shots?" Stockton was once again refreshed by Langbi Liu Mang, and Raheem who was following closely just passed the halfway line!
But... There was a clear sound of "swish" into the net, and Stockton felt that the taste of the assist was really fragrant...

Liu Mang, who also has the same cold-blooded characteristics, may not be as strong as Kobe's ability evaluation of 99 at the trigger moment of Duncan's [-] ability evaluation.

But empty!Liu Mang is that strong!
"It's all in!" Stockton's three views were immediately refreshed again!

The point difference is still 5 points, and the Eagles lead the Lakers by 115 points 110 to 5!
37 seconds left!
There is still a chance!

The Eagles didn't dare to be careless. Liu Mang and Raheem continued to attack Kobe, still using the tactic of putting two points and defending three points.

At the critical moment, not only Kobe's talent skills and cold-blooded triggers were triggered, but Kobe's time was also triggered!The ability to resist shooting interference has been greatly improved.

At the critical moment, Kobe scored two three-pointers in a row!
They couldn't defend at all, Liu Mang and Raheem tried their best, but they couldn't defend, and Kobe narrowed the point difference to two points again!
Kobe quickly retreated this time, and the Lakers also hurriedly retreated.

The Eagles didn't call a timeout either!

The Lakers didn't call a timeout because Kobe was in good shape, and the Eagles didn't call a timeout for the same reason. Liu Mang also felt good, scoring three three-pointers in a row!
Liu Mang, who hadn't scored a point in the first 10 minutes, scored 9 points in a row at the last moment. Coach Kruger couldn't interrupt Liu Mang's current touch.

Liu Mang dribbled the ball and advanced to the front court. Kobe waited for Liu Mang to come over with his autumn clothes in his mouth.

After Liu Mang advances to the frontcourt, he stops outside the three-point line. Kobe is ready to block Liu Mang's three-pointer like a dog at any time, but he must also guard against Liu Mang's breakthrough at any time. The Eagles can put two points to defend against three-pointers, but the Lakers can't do it when they are behind.

Ranran, Liu Mang grabbed the ball, threw the ball with his right hand to the left at a 45-degree angle and ran towards his own Stockton, while Liu Mang's body was still leaning forward to the right.

When Kobe saw Liu Mang's action, he immediately prepared to block Liu Mang's air cut, and defending Liu Mang was the biggest focus of the Lakers' game!

then……

Kobe was cheated again!The main reason is that he is inexperienced. He never thought that the action of throwing the ball would be a fake action!

Liu Mang grabbed the ball tightly and took it back, pulled up a three-pointer and shot again!

Liu Mang, whose hands were all ignited, made his fourth consecutive three-pointer!
18 seconds left!
Still five points difference!
At this time, the Zen master had to call a timeout!

It's just that after a timeout was called, Kobe's touch was interrupted. He missed a three-pointer after catching the ball directly. Boozer protected the defensive rebound, and the Lakers could only make a tactical foul.

Kobe's three-pointer missed, the game is considered a final conclusion!
In the end, the Eagles reversed the Lakers 120 to 113!
After defeating the Lakers, the audience was in a sea of ​​joy.

This game was played too hard!

After the final whistle sounded, Liu Mang might not be very tired physically, but the feeling of playing three quarters with passion made him collapse on the floor as if he collapsed!
Won!

Finally won!

For Liu Mang, scoring four three-pointers in a row at the end was like redemption.

Lying on the floor, Liu Mang was a little proud when he saw Kobe walking back to the player tunnel without saying a word, "Small sample, it's useless to get [-] or [-] points, winning is king... Wait, [-] to [-] points?"

Liu Mang sat up in shock, the little blacksmith seemed to have scored 35 points after three quarters, even if he only made two three-pointers in the final quarter, he still scored 41 points!And Kobe obviously had more than 6 points in the fourth quarter!
Liu Mang immediately looked at the big screen, which happened to be announcing player statistics.

The best player in the game, Ace Liu, had 32 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

The highest scorer in the game, Kobe Bryant, had 51 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Trembling, Liu Mang opened the system panel, the first prompt was...

mission failed!

(End of this chapter)

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