From today on is the king

Chapter 760. 759. Defensive battle
"what……"

Liu Mang was slapped on the floor, screamed and got two free throws.

There are performances that make the picture exaggerated, but his screams are not all exaggerated.

Just now Liu Mang used Boozer's pick-and-roll to get to the basket with difficulty, and also used Kwame Brown's threat to deceive O'Neal away, but O'Neal slapped Liu Mang on the right shoulder without a chance to block the shot, directly destroying Liu Mang's come-up, and even slapped Liu Mang on the ground.

That is to say, this person is Liu Mang, and other people have such small painful injuries that were slapped on the floor like this. It is estimated that there is no way to treat them. They can only use ice compresses to restore the slight bruises, and they can only bear the pain.

When Liu Mang was slightly injured, he immediately cured the injury with primary injury medicine and 500 superstar points.

However, Liu Mang's performance was exaggerated, but this is the Lakers' home court. Although O'Neal's actions were a bit excessive, the referee still only gave a shooting foul.

Liu Mang could only hold Kwame Brown's hand to stand up and walk to the free throw line without cheating malicious or technical fouls.

Seeing Liu Mang who was screaming miserably just now, but immediately looked like a normal person, the fans booed a lot.

It's not that Liu Mang doesn't want to continue to play miserably, but he has tried several times. The referee's bias towards the Lakers is the same as before. Liu Mang hasn't received many home whistles at home. It can only be said that at home, the referee's call is very fair. In the away game, it may still be considered fair, but the Lakers' rough actions, the referees are all just ordinary fouls!
Liu Mang's current thinking is to cheat if he can get a heavy penalty, and let it go if he can't. Adjust his mentality and body, and take free throws well.

Now the Eagles are only supported by his free throws!
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From the very beginning of the game, the way the Lakers played made the Eagles' preparations like fools.

The Eagles have defensive expert Mike Woodson, tactician Ron Kruger, future tactical library Liu Mang, and 20-year-experienced playmaker John Stockton.

On the Lakers side, there is also a group of outstanding coaching staff, and the most outstanding of them is the nine-time coach who is tied for the first in NBA history, Phil Jackson!
It wasn't that there was something wrong with Coach Kruger's conservative tactics, but that Zen Master had too much experience. When he was behind 0 to 2, at the beginning of the third game, the head coach who gave up his advantage first, probably Zen Master alone dared to do it!
With a 2-0 lead, coach Kruger prepared to use defense to make conservative tactical choices in the third game. There is no problem. If it was Zen Master ten years ago, he would do the same, and he really did it, and he did it in the away game with a 2-0 lead.

The 92-93 season was the most difficult championship for the Bulls' first three consecutive championships. Their record in that season was only third in the league, with 57 wins, while the opponent Suns in the finals had 62 wins.

Back at home, Zen master chose the same conservative strategy as coach Kruger, playing defense, but he completely miscalculated. The Suns won two of the three home games. The only game he won was Jordan, who scored 55 points in the finals. He raised his scoring average in the finals to more than 40 points.

But the current Zen master already has a wealth of experience in winning championships, and he can easily judge the strategy that Coach Kruger will choose.

Coach Kruger wanted to use defense to deal with the Lakers, but the Lakers did not play offense from the beginning. The Lakers' starting lineup was mobilized by Zen Master to make it look like there were five little blacksmiths on the field.

The shooting percentages of the players of the two teams were extremely low from the very beginning. In the first half, O'Neal's shooting percentages were only 40.00%.

Under such circumstances, even if O'Neal started to decline in physical fitness after hitting a few bad shots, and couldn't spend too much effort on the offensive end in order to maintain defense, they had Kobe!

Defeating opponents with rich blacksmithing experience, Liu Mang is not as good as Kobe in this regard.

The two teams had been defending in the first half. At the end of the half, the Eagles only scored 31 points, but the Lakers were not particularly good. With 33 points, the two teams added up to less than 70 points in the half!It's not at the same level as the first two games!
With the shooting percentage of the two teams falling below 40.00% due to defense, Kobe's 30.00% mid-range shooting percentage in the first half today is amazing!

However, when the Eagles encountered a completely unexpected situation, there were also problems with the choices they made. During the halftime break, Coach Kruger chose to abandon the previous strategy and deployed an offensive combination of Stockton, Liu Mang, Prince, Boozer, and Kwame-Brown in the third quarter.

However, the Lakers still maintain a high-intensity defense, and because of Malone and Payton, the two returned to the home defense to show off. The pick-and-roll cooperation of Stockton and Boozer on the Hawks' side was restricted.

On the other hand, the Lakers were relying on Kobe and O'Neal. Although the Eagles' defense was above the league's average level, compared with the league's best defense in the first half, it was far behind. Kobe was released at once, and O'Neal was given enough rest time to single-handedly challenge the Eagles.

On the Eagles side, Liu Mang was forced to swing his arms to the inside to cause damage. The outside line was defended. The Lakers wanted Liu Mang to enter the inside line. Facing the impregnable walls of Malone and O'Neal, Liu Mang could only throw himself into the air again and again.

At this stage, the Eagles can barely rely on the scoring threat Liu Mang played in the second game, giving Liu Mang many chances to draw fouls.

……

Liu Mang stood on the free throw line, ignored the boos and insults from the fans next to the basket, and made two free throws steadily, scoring 14 points in a single quarter.

The Hawks barely managed to get the Lakers to widen the point difference in the first 8 minutes of the third quarter. In these 8 minutes, Liu Mang scored 14 points and the Hawks team scored 19 points. However, Kobe Bryant also scored 12 points and sent 4 assists to help the Lakers score 24 points. The Hawks were already 50-57 behind by [-] points.

Then in the last 4 minutes, O'Neal had a halftime break and these 8 minutes only needed to be responsible for the defense and the catch and dunk after Kobe broke through and attracted the double-team. He finally regained his physical strength, and the sharks began to wreak havoc!

In the last 4 minutes, O'Neal resumed the madness at the beginning of the first quarter on both ends of the offense and defense. In 4 minutes, he sent three blocked shots and crushed Ostertag, who was replaced by the Eagles when Liu Mang made a free throw.
The Lakers only scored 4 points in the last 8 minutes, but relying on O'Neal's madness, the Eagles only scored 4 points. After three quarters, the Eagles were 54 to 65, 11 points behind!

The Eagles, like dominoes, have control over the game. From the very beginning, they made a wrong move, lost every step, and retreated step by step.

Seeing the 11-point difference, Liu Mang endured it, but still did not choose to use the random star card of Iverson or the strongest point guard of the era.

My side has been completely suppressed. At this time, if I force a wave, there is a high probability that it will not be able to reverse the current situation. From the beginning of the game, the Lakers' OK momentum and unexpectedly fierce defense have already suppressed my side. The use of star cards also depends on the timing.

When Liu Mang played for the Nets last season, he had already learned a lesson. He did not grasp the timing of the use of star cards, which led to waste. When he needed to use them, there was no suitable star card available.

Just as Liu Mang expected, O'Neal, who hadn't shown enough power in the last 4 minutes of the third quarter, was angry with the loss of the first two games. Kobe also suppressed his desire to shoot wildly because of the loss of the first two games.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, O'Neal scored 6 points in a row, and the Lakers continued to maintain defensive pressure. On the Eagles side, the momentum of the game had been knocked out, and they were led by the nose throughout the game. The Lakers beat the game 6-0 at the start, and the point difference was pulled to 17 points.

In this regard, the Lakers established the victory of the game. The Eagles themselves did not stick to their defense in the third quarter, and were opened up by the Lakers. Now they want to tighten up, but there is no way.

In the fourth quarter, Liu Mang could only rely on himself to play singles. He scored 13 of 4 in a single quarter and had no chance of three-pointers. The opponent let him break through. He also scored 12 points in a single quarter, made two mid-range shots, a layup and a dunk, and made 6 of 4 free throws.

The Lakers maintained a 15-point lead to the end!
In the end, relying on Kobe to score 30.00 points with 26% nine-point shooting, O'Neal scored 40.00 points with 31% four-point shooting. The key is that he made 14 of 9 free throws today, which was "terrible". The Lakers finally tied the big score to 84-69 with 1-2!

　There will be another chapter in a while, friends who want to sleep, you can watch it tomorrow morning~
　　
　
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