From today on is the king

Chapter 971 970. Let me guard against him!
The Spurs were very clear at the beginning, that is, to use strong singles to score the ball, and the Eagles had a problem with their tactical strategy at the beginning. It was not that the tactical strategy was bad, but that the opponent's defense was too good.

Coach Kruger wants to use the overall strength of the team, which is true, but the opponent is the Spurs, and this strategy is problematic.

The scale of whistleblowing in the finals was large and the physical contact was large. After the role players received a lot of physical confrontation through running positions, pick-and-rolls and other procedures, their hand feeling plummeted, so open shots repeatedly failed.

Those who can maintain stable scoring under such high confrontation are not role players, but stars!

Liu Mang's quick shots around the pick-and-roll continued to drive the rhythm, and the Spurs players felt like they had returned to the last round of the series.

Horry picked up the ball and sent it out. The Spurs continued to attack at a fast pace. Duncan cut into the middle and scored two points for a layup.

The Spurs' shot selection is still very stable, focusing on Duncan, Ginobili, and Bunche Wells, just like playing the Suns. Although the pace is fast, the shots are very stable!Hit very steadily.

But after steady and fast pace, the speed of the Eagles also picked up.

And compared to the Suns, it is more difficult for the Spurs to defend against the Eagles!

When the Spurs played the Suns in a fast-paced offense and defense, they mainly blocked the basket and made three-pointers. However, both Liu Mang and McGrady liked to hold the ball in the middle distance, forcing the Spurs to block the mid-range.

Thanks to the fact that the Spurs played really well offensively at this time, Duncan performed well and held on to the score.

At the end of the first quarter, the Eagles scored 31 points in a single quarter, the Spurs scored 28 points, and the Eagles played an efficient scoring performance.

During the break, Popovich finally had time to scold people properly. The official timeout just now was not enough for him to scold. The players quickly picked up the rhythm again.

The Spurs are only two days away from the last game of the Western Conference Finals on the 25th, and the rhythm of playing the Suns is still affecting them.

After Popovich finished cursing, he spit to emphasize the rhythm.

For the Hawks, Coach Kruger also understood that to play against a team like the Spurs, you can only rely on stars and use the simplest and most direct tactics.

This simple tactic... is naturally a triangle attack!Is there a more straightforward play that works well for the Spurs?
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After the intermission, with a 3-point lead, Liu Mang, McGrady, Jason Terry, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown played.

On the Spurs side, Bunch Wells is great, but his physical fitness doesn't seem to be good. This player seems to dislike training very much, so he was replaced in the second half of the first quarter.

The reason why Popovich’s official timeout only emphasizes pressing rhythm and emphasizing defense, and did not say anything related to offense is because of this. After the time when Bunch Wells played for a while, the Spurs would be fine if they were in their own rhythm.

What Coach Popovich considers is stability, and the fast-paced play with high scores is considered stable, but in the second quarter, if Coach Popovich changes the rhythm, there will be no problem.

This is a psychological thing. Players always have a feeling that after a quarter, there is a feeling of a new game.

The troika continued to play on the Spurs side, and Nesterovic also played to defend the basket and liberate Duncan's ability to supplement defense and assist defense. Another player is... Bruce Bowen!This guy can still play a game for more than ten minutes, too many will not work.

When the enemy met, he was extremely jealous, and Bao Wen came up with an expression of wanting to eat Liu Mang.

The Spurs took the lead in the second quarter.

Liu Mang felt the evil gaze from the bottom corner, so he ignored him, and if he wanted to get reimbursed completely, come here.

It's a lie that Bo Wen doesn't hate Liu Mang. He was originally a middle-class player. Now that he has a basic salary, it's impossible not to be hostile to Liu Mang.

But now he only dared to show a ferocious expression and didn't dare to do anything else, that kid seemed poisonous to him!Anyone who wants to hurt this kid will make it worse.

But the defensive end couldn't keep up, and he was worried that his feet would be injured further and he couldn't play the ball. Bowen's defensive end was useful except for his awareness when blocking the defense. Single defense was basically useless, but the open three-pointer became more accurate!He averaged 10.3 points per game against the Suns. He was the only Spurs player who scored in double figures besides the troika and Bunch Wells. He averaged 2.9 three-pointers per game in the Western Conference Finals, which was a great threat.

After Parker advanced to the frontcourt, Duncan leaned on Kwame Brown inside to ask for the ball.

With 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter, Duncan played like a small forward, and he played very comfortably at that fast pace, scoring easily without consuming much energy.

Bunch Wells is still resting on the sidelines, so it will be Duncan who wins the opener at the beginning of the second quarter.

Duncan leaned on Kwame Brown inside, and Parker lobbed the ball to Duncan.

Duncan took the ball, turned his head to look at Kwame Brown who was waiting in full force, and when he was about to force Kwame Brown directly, he felt his hand was slapped hard, and the ball dropped!

Duncan reacted very quickly, grabbed the ball back and held it in his arms.

At first glance, it was Liu Mang!
Liu Mang just let Parker go!

The Spurs played slowly after falling behind, and there was also a problem, that is, Parker's outside shooting was too strong!The reason why Duncan didn't press the rhythm in the second half of the first quarter was because as long as Parker was there, they would be 4-on-5 offensively. Compared to Ginobili, Parker is too young now. Parker, who has just turned 23 in the Western Conference Finals, is a few months older than Liu Mang, but he is not as mature as Liu Mang at all.

Duncan was just Duncan, who was double-teamed and slapped. He ignored Liu Mang with a blank face and turned around directly, trying to push Kwame-Brown away.

However, Duncan underestimated Kwame Brown's hard work and Liu Mang's strength. The two stuck close to him one after the other, hanging on him like two koalas.

Duncan had no choice but to throw the ball. Parker caught the ball from outside the three-point line. Seeing Liu Mang immediately let go of Duncan, who was two meters away from him in the middle distance, Parker still did not hesitate and continued to shoot three-pointers...

This time the luck was not so good. The three-pointer hit the front of the basket and bounced back. McGrady rushed over to get the ball back, turned around and started running towards the Spurs' half court.

Just now the Spurs played fast-paced ball for a while, and they were used to it. However, during the intermission, Coach Popovich repeatedly emphasized the pressure of rhythm, so Duncan used the pressure-paced inside post-up singles style of play. Now the Spurs are not used to it!
McGrady advanced to the center line, Liu Mang ran across the center line faster, Parker and Ginobili moved towards Liu Mang to defend.

After Liu Mang attracted the defense, he passed back to McGrady who followed up in the middle. McGrady rushed to the free throw line and took off. He scored two points with a fairly stretched dunk.

33 to 28, the Eagles expanded the point difference to 5 points for the second time!
Simple and rude, the Eagles will continue to use their stars to score points, and at most they will cooperate with two players. Role players will play if they can play a role, and it is normal if they don't. Liu Mang made this point clear.

The Spurs attacked, Parker didn't dare to hold the ball, and Ginobili advanced.

Parker only scored 3 points in the first quarter, 3 of 1 from 3 points, and [-] assists, which is good, but it was obtained by passing the ball to Ginobili and Duncan in a fast pace.

Liu Mang followed Parker without the ball and heard the system prompt.

"Ding... Features: Demon Sword triggers at level 5, unpredictable and weird scorer dispatched, from Manu Ginobili."

The Spurs... This kind of team with three stars is simply enough!

Bunch - Wells came first, Duncan scored another wave of counterattacks, and now it's Ginobili's turn.

The Big Three with different positions and those who are willing to sacrifice are like this. One can be replaced when one is tired, and another can be replaced when one is not playing well.

Ginobili advanced to the frontcourt and began to play singles. McGrady's defense was very good and he did a good job, forcing Ginobili to take a step inside the free throw line. If Ginobili goes in a little bit, he will fall into the pincer circle of McGrady and Rasheed Wallace. Ginobili can only make a horseback archery action.

McGrady was afraid of fouling, so when Ginobili made this move, he could only raise his arms without jumping, trying his best to block Ginobili's sight.

However, Ginobili is too demon!The upper body is attached to McGrady and the ball is thrown out, and the ball falls into the basket hollowly!

The feeling of this close distance is also amazing!
This season Ginobili shot 40.00% from the field in the regular season. As the team's second-leading scorer, it can only be said to be okay. Both Kobe and Iverson have a 40.00% shooting rate.

But in the next game, Ginobili's shooting percentage did not drop but rose, increasing to 50.00%!

Especially the shooting rate of 60.00% at the basket, the first outside line!

30 to 33, the Spurs continued to cling to the score.

The Spurs retreated steadily, returning to the rhythm of retreating at the beginning of the game, bringing the game into the quagmire of positional warfare.

After receiving the serve, Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, no longer running tactics, and began to play mainly singles.

For singles, Liu Mang is the strongest in the Hawks team, and McGrady and Jason Terry have to stand aside.

Ginobili stepped up to defend Liu Mang, trying to use a more mature body to defend Liu Mang, suppressing Liu Mang's start.

But well...

Liu Mang licked his lips at Ginobili, blinked at Ginobili, and when Ginobili's ass was tightened, Liu Mang suddenly exerted strength and squeezed directly towards Ginobili!

Liu Mang is stronger than Ginobili now!If Ginobili took half a step back to defend, it would still be difficult for Liu Mang to hit him. Ginobili is a tall defender weighing 93 kilograms, but it is too difficult for Ginobili to suppress Liu Mang when he is next to the defense.

Liu Mang quickly cut into the three-point line, Duncan had already taken a step to block the defense, Ginobili turned around and quickly pressed on Liu Mang.

Liu Mang suddenly stopped, took a step back, and exited the three-point line. Ginobili reacted quickly and wanted to make up for it, but was blocked by McGrady!

Liu Mang made a sideways jump, dodged the attacking Bo Wen, and made a long-distance three-pointer with one step across the three-point line...

Finally, Liu Mang hit the first three-pointer of the game!
Liu Mang didn't think about passing the ball, but the Spurs were still guarding against his pass, so Duncan was prepared to defend in advance. He wanted to cut off the connection between Liu Mang and his teammates. Bowen's defense was also to prevent Liu Mang from splitting with McGrady.

But Liu Mang is playing very resolutely now, he just wants to shoot. His movements, McGrady's pick-and-roll, and Jason Terry's reverse run are all to create shooting opportunities for Liu Mang!
36 to 30, the point difference was opened to 6 points by the Eagles!
For the first time in this game, the point difference expanded to more than 5 points!
Liu Mang hit a three-pointer here, and the Spurs didn't stop scoring. Ginobili started to waver!
Ginobili made a shot from close range, which made McGrady dare not give Ginobili any offensive space. Ginobili began to break through to the basket, using McGrady's defense to make various footwork, Ginobili scored consecutively or passed the ball.

Liu Mang did not show weakness either, and started various singles.

In the positional battle, Liu Mang and Ginobili were evenly matched!
Ginobili the demon and Liu Mangwen, the two are evenly matched!
At the 7th minute of the second quarter, the Spurs called a timeout and entered an official timeout.

When the official timeout of the second quarter came, Liu Mang scored 9 points, Jason Terry scored 4 points, McGrady scored 3 points, Rasheed Wallace made 2 of 1 free throws, and the Hawks scored 17 points in the half quarter.

But for the Spurs, Ginobili scored 10 points, Bowen made a three-pointer, Duncan made 4 of 2 free throws, and scored 15 points in more than half a quarter!
The Eagles have a 48-43 lead with a 5-point lead.

During the run-up style of play, the touch of the two teams warmed up, and they maintained an efficient performance in the second quarter.

The head coaches of the two teams are very annoying. They both played very well, but they just couldn't prevent it!

The fans were very happy to see it. They thought it was a defensive battle, but they didn't expect that it would be a singles against Biao first, then a quick offensive and defensive transition, and then it would become a star singles.

In the previous finals, they were all trying to break the opponent's defense, but in this year's finals, the two head coaches were trying to defend each other.

But I just can't prevent it!

Both Liu Mang and Ginobili went crazy!

David Stern and the executives of several major TV stations in the United States were speechless and asked the sky: I really can't figure out the Eagles!The Spurs have been led astray!
Just when Coach Kruger had a headache and both Prince and McGrady couldn't guard Ginobili, Liu Mang went up and said, "Let me guard that Argentine!"

(End of this chapter)