From today on is the king

Chapter 749. Temptation
Sensing the jealous eyes of a certain player on the opposite side, Liu Mang smiled smugly...

Liu Mang really wanted to tell the narrow-minded man opposite: Xiao Ke, keep working hard, and one day you will be able to sit in this position like Xiao Ye...

After the American national anthem was played, the game was about to start.

Following Rasheed Wallace's roar, Liu Mang and Boozer embraced and came to the court to prepare for the game.

"Ding... The OK trend was triggered, and the morale of the Los Angeles Lakers surged, suppressing the morale of the host's team. From Kobe Bryant and Shaq O'Neal."

"Ding... The Eagles Devils triggered at home, offsetting the impact of the OK trend. From Rasheed Wallace and Phillips Arena fans."

The OK combination is amazing!Liu Mang was surprised, how could this little blacksmith and that dead fat man meet a strong enemy, they were obviously about to fight, yet they still had such a mood of working together to fight the game.

Hurry up and fight!

Liu Mang really wanted to backhand a high-level alienation card to slap the two of them in the face, but thinking of using it before, it would be fine for the two of them if it was a less important game, but once they both felt that it was time to win the game, it would be useless.

Fortunately, it was Rasheed Wallace's roar of the gods, which suppressed the awe-inspiring momentum cultivated by the OK combination for three consecutive championships.

The last team to suppress the Lakers' OK trend in the playoffs was Duncan, who was born king last season and was absolutely crushed by a team weaker than his own team.

However, watching Rasheed Wallace and O'Neal stare at each other is quite interesting. Rasheed Wallace has never been persuaded when he met O'Neal. Four years ago, he almost prevented the Lakers from winning the first championship. The inside combination of Rasheed Wallace and Sabonis is worthwhile. The Trail Blazers were the ones who won the championship that year by defending Little Flying Squirrel to only 5 points.

Winners and losers are right, but it doesn't prevent Rasheed Wallace from seeing O'Neal as a shot. Although he can't beat O'Neal without Sabonis, he still has to do it if he can't.

For O'Neal, there was no pressure to play in the finals during the three consecutive championships, even against Mutombo. On the contrary, it was three years in the Western Conference Finals. Except for the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals in 01, it was too easy. In 00 and 02, it was extremely difficult, and both times were tiebreakers.

He was even more impressed by the Trail Blazers, who restricted O'Neal by defense, compared to the Kings who defeated the Lakers by attacking.

With the whistle of the referee, the ball is thrown into the air, and the game begins!
Liu Mang could see the undulating fat shaking on O'Neill's bulging belly with the naked eye, but just such a big belly guy can't play slower than Rasheed Wallace!Toss the ball back by a hair's breadth.

Liu Mang retreated quickly, and Rasheed Wallace quickly retreated to the basket.

After receiving the ball, Fisher pushed forward and handed it to Kobe. Liu Mang chased after Fisher, and Prince defended against Kobe.

Faced with Prince, who is known as the strongest single-defense player in the more famous Eagles and is more willing to report, Kobe is very afraid. He has suffered from Prince in both matches.

Without forcing singles, Kobe came to a 45-degree angle on the right, waiting for his teammates to move.

Malone came to the left mid-range to open up space, and Rasheed Wallace had to keep up. Malone shot 40.00% of his field goals in the playoffs this year, and his overall shooting rate was as high as 40.00%.

Devin George's three-point shooting rate in the playoffs is also very high, with a shooting rate of 30.00%, averaging 1.2 three-pointers per game.

O'Neal got an easy chance to get stuck, Ratliff tried his best, but couldn't stop O'Neal from getting stuck.

But this is expected. Ratliff tried his best to confront O'Neal and consume O'Neal.

Kobe lobbed the ball into O'Neal's hands, and Kobe had a very good sense of rhythm for the center lob. O'Neal received the ball and turned around and squeezed hard, carried Ratliff away, and smashed the ball directly into the basket!
"Ding...Talent skill: Overlord step is triggered at level 5. When the level is full, you can play singles at the basket. As long as you have enough physical fitness and don't get fouled, you will definitely complete the dunk. From Shaq O'Neal."

What a pervert!
Every time I see it I feel crazy!
But this is the expected situation. As long as O'Neal is in good physical strength, he is so incomprehensible.

There is a player like O'Neal who has a one-on-one shooting rate close to 60.00% at the basket, and a player who has a shooting rate of more than 50.00% in singles, and there is no chance to counterattack.

Liu Mang returned to the bottom line and received Ratliff's serve. Just after halftime, Kobe pressed him up, and the halftime was tight!
Looking at Kobe, who was looking like he was going to eat people at the beginning of the game, Liu Mang turned his body sideways, put his left elbow on Kobe, and protected the ball with his skillful right hand.

Liu Mang once again felt the feeling of Wade being defended by Kobe so that he couldn't even get close to the three-point line when he dribbled.

"I'm not leaving!" Kobe responded forcefully.

"Go away!"

"I just won't go!"

"..."

Liu Mang and Kobe squeezed out of the three-point line while fighting each other without nourishment. Kobe couldn't press Liu Mang too much, and he didn't dare to use his hands. As for Liu Mang's raised arm, Kobe had no good way to completely suppress Liu Mang, so he could only retreat outside the three-point line.

When Liu Mang and Kobe were talking, he was paying attention to Kobe's defensive steps. Kobe stepped back and tilted his body slightly to the left.

"If you don't go, I'll go!"

After Liu Mang finished speaking, he suddenly slapped the ball on the ground, pulled away and took a step back. Kobe quickly pressed up, and was very afraid of Liu Mang's step-back jumper. Kobe didn't dare to let Liu Mang go too far.

After Liu Mang took a step back, the ball he pulled back bounced up, and Kobe pressed it up. Liu Mang had two choices, he could break through left or right!

As the top defensive player in the league, Kobe naturally judged that he had made a defensive mistake. He had two gambling defensive options, one was to block Liu Mang's left, which was his own right, and the other was to block Liu Mang's right, which was his own left, and he had to choose one.

Kobe's mind flashed back to the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Eagles and the Nets, the video of Liu Mang's 50-plus points game...

The choice was a split second, and Kobe immediately moved across to the right after saving.

Liu Mang had long expected that the opponent would make such a choice because of his left hand breakthrough. When he took a step back, his left hand pulled the ball from behind to the right, and he still chose the right breakthrough!

All of a sudden, Kobe passed cleanly, and Kobe rushed in the completely opposite direction!
Liu Mang's probing breakthrough and dribbling behind the back!

Easily rushing into the inside, Ma Long was pulled to the right corner by Rasheed Wallace, and there was no chance to come up to help defend. Liu Mang rushed to the three-second zone, and O'Neal had already stepped out in advance.

Liu Mang saw O'Neal pressing up, and threw the ball in the air. The ball passed over the palm of O'Neal's jumping up to interfere, and came to the right side of the basket. It seemed to be thrown casually, but the passing accuracy was super.
Returned a dunk!
The Eagles retreated immediately after the goal.

The Lakers pushed forward and still gave O'Neal a singles. O'Neal overcame Ratliff, turned around and made an easy shot with a small hook. The huge body with such a delicate small hook is simply incomprehensible!
Looking back, the Eagles attacked.

As soon as Liu Mang arrived in the frontcourt, Kobe blocked him no matter what. Liu Mang wanted to change direction, but Kobe waited for Liu Mang to change direction and blocked him. Liu Mang played a large-scale change-of-direction breakthrough, went around the left side of the basket at a 45-degree angle and rushed inside. Devin George was forced to attack.

It was the Lakers offense again, and O'Neal once again shoved Ratliff and smashed the ball into the basket.

When it was the Eagles' turn to attack, Liu Mang broke through to the free throw line, O'Neal failed to defend, and Liu Mang stepped on the free throw line and made a mid-range shot.

But looking back, Kobe and O'Neal cooperated, lobbed the ball to O'Neal and then suddenly cut, Malone came up just right to block Prince for Kobe, Kobe cut into the basket, O'Neal gave the ball to Kobe, Kobe scored two points...

Both sides have been testing each other's defense and offense at the beginning.

The Lakers are trying to test the strength of the Eagles in the playoffs. Although the Eagles won 70 games in the regular season, that is nothing. It is the absolute guarantee of Liu Mang's MVP. The championship depends on winning the playoffs.

And the freehand breakthrough skills that Liu Mang showed at the beginning made the Lakers very afraid!
With the ability of the left hand, not only the breakthrough on the left is a threat, because the threat on the left makes the attack on the right easier.

Seeing Liu Mang's breakthrough movement, Kobe had an idea almost immediately, he also wanted to practice his left hand!

The Lakers were testing the strength of the Eagles at the beginning, while the Eagles were using Liu Mang's start to take advantage of Kobe Bryant's greatly changed singles, trying to withstand O'Neal's first few offenses as much as possible.

Relatively speaking, O'Neal's singles when he is physically fit are too incomprehensible, and he can play one by one inside.

Liu Mang’s breakthrough was due to Kobe’s defensive moves becoming more and more rough. Since it was difficult to predict, Kobe chose to use physical contact instead of skills. In terms of inside, O’Neal suffered a loss and chose to stay on the line of the reasonable collision zone, not giving Ratliff a chance to eat cakes.

The goal of the Lakers is very clear. Taking advantage of O'Neal's sufficient physical strength to play a few more games, O'Neal also successfully made 3 of 3 shots in the opening game, dunked twice, turned around with a small hook, and passed a ball to Kobe Bryant who cut into the basket. The Lakers scored 8 points in the start.

On the Hawks side, Liu Mang went 2-for-1, Ratliff dunked once, and Raheem made a mid-range shot from the left baseline. The Hawks scored 6 points and were two points behind in the start. The Hawks called a timeout.

……

Zen master held the tactical board a little puzzled, whistled, and gathered the Lakers players together.

It seems that the Lakers played more smoothly than the Eagles, but Zen Master was very puzzled watching from the sidelines. The Eagles didn't double-team O'Neal and watched O'Neal score?
For the Hawks, after Liu Mang returned to the bench, he adjusted so quickly to Kobe's defense and felt very uncomfortable. It wasn't that he didn't want to shoot two more shots, but that he had no good way.

It is worthy of being the Iron Man who was advanced in the first defense and later became a first-team player. He is really good, and the defense is not covered.

And O'Neal is obviously more serious than the regular season, and he seems to have much better physical fitness, which means saving his strength for the playoffs.

The point is that the Lakers didn't seem to be contemptuous at all, but they were doing their best. They were much better than the Pistons in Liu Mang's memory when they played against the Five Tigers.

Kobe is using O'Neal's tyrannical singles to open up the situation!
Well... that's exactly what the Eagles want...

Watching another "beater" next to him take off his training clothes and tuck his jersey into his shorts, Liu Mang felt it was too exaggerated every time he saw this guy standing next to him!

The Lakers rely on fat to win the world?We have it here too!

……

After the timeout, the Lakers are still in the starting lineup, Fisher, Kobe, Devin George, Malone, O'Neal.

The Eagles carried out a large-scale rotation. They only played 3 minutes in the opening game and changed three players!

The female love trio were all replaced, and Stockton, Boozer and Ostertag were replaced!
The most feared Ostertag was replaced by the opponent, and also replaced by the old and new combination of Stockton and Boozer. The most worried insider on the Zen master's side came up.

What kind of way is the Eagles going to visit O'Neal?

Before the game, Zen Master thought about the various ways the Eagles might defend against O'Neal, so Fisher's three-pointer was better placed in the starting lineup, just to open up space for O'Neal.

However, after the game restarted, O'Neal continued to ask for the ball inside, and the Eagles still chose single defense...

There are no defensive tactics to speak of, just single defense!
(End of this chapter)