From today on is the king

Chapter 974 973. A triple-double in the finals! (asking for a ticket)

"Dinah, you have to stay with Christine and don't run around,"

"I see, Dinah is not a child anymore." Little Lolita rolled her eyes.

"Yes Yes Yes……"

After instructing little Lori, Liu Mang said to the bodyguard Christine Wagner: "Christin, Dinah is in your hands."

Christine Wagner nodded.

After Liu Mang finished speaking, he went to the home team's training ground to prepare for the game tonight.

The two-day rest time passed quickly, and on May 5, at 31:08 tonight, the Eagles will usher in the second game of the finals against the Spurs.

The Eagles are probably the only team in the finals that won Game [-] and felt that the schedule was not good for them.

After two days of rest, when the losing side has enough time to adjust, the winning side has to play three away games after the first two games. Under tremendous psychological pressure, they dare not lose even one home game.

Of course, most of these pressures are on the coaching staff. In front of the players, Coach Kruger and others maintain a confident appearance, giving the players confidence.

After the warm-up training, the Eagles entered the stadium, feeling the enthusiasm of the fans, and the players were very excited.

After the players of the two teams entered the field, they did not greet each other. They warmed up in their own half.

The Eagles are very motivated, and the Spurs are full of fighting spirit. Losing the first game is not a big psychological pressure for the Spurs. They only need to win one of two away games, and they have three consecutive home games at home. As long as they win an away game, they can hope for a championship.

The final warm-up time before the game ended. The offensive assistant coach Stockton and the defensive assistant Mike Woodson emphasized the tactics on both ends of the offense and defense. In the end, coach Kruger concluded: "Rhythm! We must grasp our rhythm, and then it is defense. We have always done well on the offensive end. Defense and rhythm are the key points. Let's go!"

Coach Kruger gave an order, and the five starters all went up to do their opening moves.

Prince swayed in a fascinating dance, and McGrady went to communicate with the referee. With Kwame Brown clapping and scattering the chalk, the lights dimmed. After Rasheed Wallace's roar triggered the devil's home court, Liu Mang threw the chalk into the air, and the game was about to begin.

The fans waited for two days, and they were going crazy. They really wanted to watch the second game. The feeling of anticipation but worry made the fans feel too crazy!
It's too hard to guess what the Eagles' game will be like!

The ratings of today's game are higher than the previous one. The fans on the Internet said that they would not watch the Eagles game even if they died, but they still bought the viewing rights of the game honestly.

Amid the cheers of the audience, Liu Mang came to the free throw line in his own half, waiting for Kwame Brown and Duncan to jump the ball in the middle circle.

When Duncan came on the court, the system prompt came.

"Ding...Talent Skill: Natural King Level 5 Trigger, Characteristics: Absolute Calm Trigger, the Spurs players are affected by the temperament of the team's soul and are in an absolutely stable state, from Tim Duncan."

Today Duncan is more serious than last game!
Liu Mang can understand Duncan’s mentality at this point. The Spurs do not have home court advantage, so although they made changes in the first game, the Spurs, which has always been known for their calmness, will not hold the mentality of absolutely desperately winning the first game.

After the first game, Popovich studied the Eagles' play style in the finals, and made targeted preparations for this game. The second game is the one they want to win desperately!
The coaching staff of the Eagles also emphasized this point, and Liu Mang also understood it very well and was fully prepared.

The Spurs switched back to the regular lineup today, starting with Parker, Ginobili, Horry, Duncan, and Nesterovic.

The Hawks have not changed. The starting lineup of Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown is on the field.

After the referee whistled the ball and threw the ball into the air, the excited Kwame Brown won the jump ball from Duncan again. After receiving the ball, Liu Mang did not pass the ball directly. Instead, he rushed to the center line and was blocked by Ginobili.

Ginobili tried his best to follow Liu Mang, but he was not completely thrown away, but when Liu Mang accelerated, he was already at a position parallel to the bottom line with Ginobili!

When Liu Mang started the air cut, McGrady, who had just received the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right, made a move to pass the ball back to Liu Mang in the face of Horry's immediate posting.

At this time, McGrady took the ball back, and before Ginobili, who had switched from Liu Mang's defense, was able to defend in place, he made a three-point shot...

"Swish"

McGrady hit the first three-pointer again!

McGrady made a decisive shot and added an assist to Liu Mang!
This was beyond the expectations of the Spurs, and they still played like this!

The key is to enter again!

What the Spurs expected was that the Eagles would take advantage of Liu Mang's breakthrough and air cuts to deal with them at first. They didn't expect the Eagles to be so simple and rude. The kind of opening shots that were used to open the situation in the last game will come again in this game!

Coach Kruger applauded on the sidelines, but fortunately it was a shot!
Playing against the Spurs, coach Kruger's judgment is very accurate, so he can't play conventional games with the opponent.

Generally speaking, a guy like Liu Mang who scored 23 points by breaking through a single quarter in the last game should take advantage of this strength at the beginning.

But the opponent is the Spurs, so you can't play regular games with them. If you play regular games with them, in the past six years, except for the Lakers who have won them a few times, all other teams have lost.

Because the Spurs are the most stable team in the league, not one of them, they must play in a way that does not follow the routine, and they must play so that the opponent cannot adapt.

McGrady's three-pointer once again took the initiative for the Eagles at the beginning.

After McGrady made the shot, the Eagles retreated quickly.

After receiving the serve, Ginobili pressed the rhythm and pushed forward. After crossing the center line, he looked at Liu Mang who was waiting for him with an expectant look.

In the second quarter of the last game, Ginobili had a rare "lost" mood this season. Liu Mang scored 23 points in a single quarter, and his mentality was a bit blown. After two days, he finally adjusted.

Ginobili waited for Duncan to land on the right side of the basket, then lobbed the ball towards Duncan.

When Ginobili lobbed the ball towards Duncan, Ginobili saw Liu Mang immediately let go of him and flanked Duncan.

"Watt?" Ginobili didn't expect that he was emptied. Popovich deliberately let him push forward with the ball, just wanting Liu Mang to defend him. Unexpectedly, the opponent even emptied him!

Just when Ginobili was ready to catch and shoot, Prince, who was originally defending Parker, switched to him, and Parker, who was in the right corner, was empty!

Still put Parker!

And instead of shorting Parker directly, it is in this way!
After receiving the ball, Duncan was flanked by Liu Mang and Rasheed Wallace, and immediately distributed the ball to Parker. Parker received the ball in the bottom corner, feeling full of humiliation!

unacceptable!

Just let it go short, and even play the rotation defense method to go short, first use Liu Mang to defend against Ginobili, and then use Prince to rotate to defend against Ginobili and let him go short!
This feeling of being completely despised, Parker felt too humiliated!
However, he didn't know how to handle the ball when he was open.

"Hurry up and shoot, why don't you use it if I give you a chance?" Liu Mang said as he moved to the middle distance of the bottom line and was ready to defend Parker from rushing inside.

The Spurs have many veterans and a stable core. The short power forward has played very hard this year for money. The strongest player on the outside is a bald man who is hard to shake his confidence. Even when his hair starts to thin, he still hides it with long hair.

Not every young man is so calm!

Parker hesitated for two seconds after receiving the ball, and after hearing Liu Mang's words, he pulled up a three-point shot...

You have to shoot if there is an open spot, which is a manifestation of the Spurs' resolute execution, and then... Parker made a three-pointer from the bottom corner to cross the bridge!

Kwame Brown blocked Nesterovic, Rasheed Wallace blocked Duncan from rushing to grab an offensive rebound, and the Spurs retreated quickly to prevent the Eagles from counterattacking and speeding up. However, the Spurs were disappointed again.

After his teammates settled down, Liu Mang just passed halftime, and immediately passed the ball to McGrady at a 45-degree angle on the right.

When McGrady received the ball, Horry felt his scalp tingling, and immediately stuck to McGrady. This guy is so accurate!

McGrady took a step back, and Horry was about to continue posting it. McGrady's long legs stepped out to the right, suddenly!
McGrady took one step at a faster pace, taking advantage of the breakthrough gap exposed by the opponent's defense shot, the league's fastest first three steps threw Horry away!

The Spurs began to adjust their defense inside. Duncan had Nesterovic guarding the basket, and Duncan followed Rasheed Wallace to the right corner.

At the same time as McGrady broke through, Liu Mang, who was leaning on Ginobili in the middle distance on the left, suddenly turned around and cut from the left side of the basket to the inside. After McGrady burst into the three-second zone, Liu Mang just went from the left to the three-second zone, and the two wings rushed together!

Duncan let go of Rasheed Wallace and rushed back. A Medinestrovic could barely cover the defense. Another Liu Mang, Duncan had to take it back.

McGrady immediately passed to Rasheed Wallace in the right corner, and Rasheed Wallace received the ball for a three-pointer... The Spurs switched defenses really fast. When Duncan rushed in, Horry, who was chasing McGrady, immediately rushed towards Rasheed Wallace. Rasheed Wallace was disturbed and missed a three-pointer!
Nesterovic was blocked on the left side of the three-second zone because Kwame Brown opened up the basket space to defend against Kwame Brown's pass and McGrady's layup at the same time.
Kwame Brown's offensive rebound!

I want to buckle again...

"Snapped……"

After Duncan threw McGrady, he took off continuously, and slapped his body sideways with precision on the ball raised by Kwame Brown!

The ball hit Kwame Brown's head and popped out of bounds, and the Spurs got the ball!
McGrady wanted to try his own three-point threat and Liu Mang's cut threat to play a team offense. The effect was not bad, but Duncan was a little too strong, and Kwame Brown was hated.

Fortunately, he was abused by O'Neal. Kwame Brown is used to being abused, so he retreated quickly.

When it came time for the Spurs to attack, Parker advanced to the frontcourt and saw that the defender had turned into Liu Mang!

The Spurs understood, no matter what, they just wanted to release Parker!

When Parker doesn't have the ball, he uses rotation defense to let go of Parker, and uses Liu Mang, who can defend a little against Ginobili's breakthrough, to guard Ginobili who is holding the ball. If Parker holds the ball, Liu Mang directly defends Parker and double-teams others.

Parker became a guinea pig being played with!
Liu Mang restrained Parker too much. It was different from the psychological restraint he played against Arenas. Liu Mang's style of play directly restrained Parker. Parker didn't even have the ability to explode like Arenas!
Parker passed the ball to Ginobili who came up to meet him. As soon as Ginobili received the ball, Liu Mang and Prince pinched towards Ginobili.

At this time, Parker's air cut is not good, and he can't attract the defense when he pulls away!
Compared with the Spurs' defense against the Eagles, the Eagles' defense against the Spurs is simpler. The Spurs' two inside shots are not far away. Duncan's furthest is a mid-range shot from the free throw line. Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown can both defend in the three-second zone.
Under the pincer attack of Liu Mang and Prince, Ginobili forcibly broke through to the basket and missed a throw!
Liu Mang uses Kwame Brown and Rasheed Wallace to block and guard the defensive rebound!
When it came time for the Eagles to attack, McGrady advanced to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Liu Mang. Liu Mang forced a layup to Rasheed Wallace who forced himself to the basket. Rasheed Wallace received the ball and made a lucky shot.

Then the two teams started another wave of iron-making journey, and the two teams began to compete with each other relying on defense.

In this kind of defensive game, the Eagles have a slight advantage. With Liu Mang and McGrady, who can shoot suddenly, especially strong shots, against Ginobili alone, they slowly start to gain some lead!
It's useless for the Spurs to call a timeout. The Eagles just grind their defense to death.

Popovich didn't expect the Eagles to play like this. The Eagles clearly had an offensive advantage in the last game. In this game, they took the initiative to give up those offensive advantages and grind their defense with them. Then they used McGrady's comprehensive skills, and Liu Mang sought stability to kill them at the basket. They didn't use their existing advantages to create opportunities for other teammates, which disrupted Popovich's plan!

The Spurs' defense does not mean how strong individual defense is. Parker, Ginobili, Horry, and Nesterovic are not very good in single defense. They are strong in zone defense and execution of defensive rotation.

That is, speed and altitude are required!
The speed of Parker and Ginobili is the key to the Spurs' rotation defense. The height of Duncan and Horry is the key to the zone defense. Any other substitute will not work. Parker is very important in the Spurs' defensive system. The Spurs' lineup is their best defense.

When the official timeout came in the 7th minute of the first quarter, the Eagles were 12 to 8, leading the Spurs by 4 points!
老鹰队7分钟才拿到12分，已经很惨了，马刺队那边7分钟只拿到8分！其中5分还是吉诺比利飙进了一个三分和一次篮下造成夹击的普林斯的犯规的两次罚球！

The pace is so slow that it makes people feel desperate!

Even the Spurs didn't expect to be able to hit this level!
All this is due to the defensive strategy discussed by Liu Mang and Mike Woodson.

This strategy is what Liu Mang thought of from the original seven-game finals between the Pistons and the Spurs in 2005. After chatting with Mike Woodson, Mike Woodson immediately came up with this strategy by analogy.

In the original time and space in the 2004-2005 season, Mike Woodson had already gone back to his teacher Larry Brown. The Pistons defended so well in the two seasons of 03-05, and they were inseparable from Mike Woodson. Most of the defense was supported by him. The same was true for the 01ers in 76.

Liu Mang's stable kills at the basket, scoring 7 points and 5 assists in the first 2 minutes, Tracy McGrady scored 5 points, Rasheed Wallace hit a layup, just three people scored, it was grinding to death!
This style of play was not even expected by Popovich, and the Eagles started off quite successfully!
……

After the official timeout came back, both teams made personnel adjustments. The Spurs sent Udri, Ginobili, Brent Barry, Bunch Wells, and Duncan to the lineup.

The Eagles sent Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Korver, Josh Smith, and Mourning.

Popovich put on such a lineup to save the offense. The offense played too badly.

The Spurs have possession of the ball, and with this lineup, the Eagles started to rotate defenses quickly. Liu Mang and Korver's ability to assist defense and rotate defenses has been brought into play, and Jason Terry's enthusiasm has also been reflected to a certain extent.

With Manu Ginobili's breakthrough goal, the Spurs had some chances for three-pointers, but there were not many opportunities, and the offense improved slightly, but it was not to the point where they could overtake the score.

As for the Eagles, Liu Mang and Jason Terry started the play planned in the tactics. Liu Mang broke through to seek stability and made kills, and Jason Terry made waves outside!
Mostly Jason Terry Waves!
The Eagles play like gamblers, using Liu Mang’s cuts or breakthroughs to create opportunities for Jason Terry. After receiving the ball, Jason Terry does not necessarily catch and shoot. He is very different from ordinary pitchers.

This rhythm is something that Jason Terry makes it difficult for opponents and teammates to adapt, but as long as it is accurate, it is very scary!
And in the finals, Jason Terry, the king of the bench in this big scene type, came up very accurately!
In the second half of the first quarter, the Eagles scored 5 points in 13 minutes, 10 of which were scored by Jason Terry!The other 3 points were Korver's three-pointer with a corner catch.

Although the Spurs improved a little in the last 5 minutes, relying on Ginobili's points and Bunch Wells' singles, the Spurs scored 5 points in 10 minutes, but the Eagles played a wave of 13 to 10!

After the first quarter, the Eagles were 25 to 18, leading the Spurs by 7 points!
……

Rao is Popovich's head, and he can't turn around. This kind of gambler's style of play is what a team that won the first game and played some advantages should have?
The Eagles, which took the initiative at the beginning, became more determined and more comfortable.

After the start of the second quarter, when the Spurs replaced Duncan as center, the lineup of Parker, Ginobili, Horry, and Bunch Wells was ready to deal with the singles of Jason Terry and Liu Mang.

One move is restricted, and everywhere is restricted, which is the current Popovich.

The time spent by the Eagles in the past two days was not in vain!

Coach Kruger was under tremendous pressure and used gambling tactics to gain the lead at the beginning, and his style of play worked!

The Eagles are at a disadvantage in terms of the schedule, so they can only gamble. The second game must be won, otherwise it will be too difficult to play three consecutive away games. If they lose one game at home and lose all away games...

Fighting with the Spurs in a steady style of play, using the regular team's style of play that finds the advantage and seizes the advantage. Except for OK, no team has ever beaten Duncan after the second grade in the playoffs. Therefore, in order to win, you must take a gamble!
This gamble now seems to be correct!
The Eagles' strategy is to use defense to stabilize the situation. On the offensive end, Liu Mang seeks stability, McGrady seeks perfection, and Jason Terry makes waves. The advantages of the three in the first game are reflected in the details, and the three styles of play are switched back and forth.

As for the data, Liu Mang, McGrady, Jason Terry, who cares about the data at this time?The victory of the game is more important!
Jason Terry can score 5 points in a row in 10 minutes and then willingly go off the court to rest. Liu Mang can reduce his shot rights. The defensive end has no such data as steals and blocks.

At halftime, the Eagles took a 46-point lead 37 to 9!

Liu Mang made 8 of 3 shots in the half, 1 of 1 three-pointers, 5 of 4 free throws, and scored 11 points. It was the least score in the half in two years and seven finals games. Jason Terry scored 14 points, McGrady scored 13 points and 4 assists on 11 of 2 shots, helping the Eagles lead by 9 points at halftime!
The atmosphere of the Eagles is still very hot, as long as they take the lead, the Eagles fans in front of the TV are fine, as long as their own team leads, but other fans feel that they have been cheated by the Eagles again!
From the commentator's analysis, as well as their own judgment with the naked eye, the ugly game was all caused by the strange changes on the Eagles' side!

However, a tactic that can take advantage is a good tactic!
Some fans who are sophisticated about tactics are surprised by the endless tactical changes of the Eagles. Eagles fans are used to their team’s constantly changing tactics.What surprised them even more was that the Eagles' tactics worked wonders against the Spurs!

The Spurs are too stable, so stable that it is difficult for them to make any changes to this situation.

In the second half, the Eagles did not relax. Driven by Liu Mang, McGrady, and Jason Terry, they continued this rhythmic play style. The defensive end was grinding to death, and the offensive end relied on the three.

In the third quarter, the Spurs tried to use Ginobili's monster to counterattack. Ginobili scored 12 points in the third quarter, which really played a role. Jordan was still very good in 20 minutes, helping the Spurs break through 20 points in a single quarter for the first time in this game, and scored 24 points in a single quarter.

However, the Eagles have the strongest wave ratio on the surface!
Jason Terry scored 11 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, and Liu Mang scored two goals in this quarter, both of which were three-pointers. The two scored 17 points together, leading the Eagles to 25 points in a single quarter!
At the end of the three quarters, the Eagles took a 71-point lead 61 to 10!

The stability that Duncan brought to the Spurs, because Duncan and the Spurs are strong enough, they have never lost in the playoffs where they have an advantage since Duncan was in the second grade. When they were stronger than the Lakers in the OK combination in the 02-03 season, the Lakers were almost swept away by them.

However, the performance of the Eagles in this game is obviously stronger than that of the Spurs!

At this time, the stability that Duncan brought to the Spurs had the opposite effect. Even Ginobili couldn't get rid of the characteristics of the Spurs team, and couldn't be as fierce as Jason Terry!
In the fourth quarter, with Liu Mang or Tracy McGrady as a stable point of restraint, Jason Terry continued to perform efficiently in the fourth quarter. He made 13 of 5 shots in a single quarter and shot 60.00% of the Eagles' 12 shots in the fourth quarter. He scored 21 points in a single quarter and helped the Eagles score [-] points in the final quarter.

Although the Spurs scored more points than the Eagles in the final quarter for the first time in a single quarter, Ginobili, Duncan, and Bunche Wells continued to play singles in the final quarter. The three scored 22 points and helped the Spurs score 25 points in a single quarter.
92比86，老鹰队6分的优势击败马刺，大比分2比0领先。

Liu Mang's score today created a new low in the finals in two years. He just scored 20 points, which disappointed many fans who wanted to see his performance. Jason Terry scored 31 points today, stealing the limelight.

Fans are like this sometimes, when they become ruthless, they even blacken their star teammates.

However, when the data came out after the game, people were surprised to find that in addition to scoring 17 points on 7 of 20 shots, Liu Mang also grabbed 10 rebounds and 12 assists before he knew it!
The two teams played too anxiously and dullly. The data on the website is not updated fast enough these years, and the live TV data is not often displayed. Unknowingly, Liu Mang relied on the Spurs' defense to compress towards him, using the pass to Jason Terry and the pass to the basket during the breakthrough. Unknowingly, the assists were already in double figures in the second half of the fourth quarter!
Moreover, Liu Mang was very impactful when he grabbed rebounds at the beginning. Kwame Brown and Mourning both suffered from Duncan's rebounds. Liu Mang saw it in the last game, so he took the initiative to increase his rebounding initiative in this game, grabbing 4 more rebounds than the previous game!There are two or three rebounds in each quarter, relying on Duncan's last mid-range shot and Liu Mang grabs a defensive rebound, and the rebounds are also in double figures!
After winning the game, the fans at the scene were reveling regardless of whether it was good or not, because they won!
And Liu Mang looked at the data on the big screen, and he was also shocked!
The coaching staff already knew that Liu Mang was about to have a triple-double, but in order to avoid the data delaying the win, Liu Mang was as shocked as the fans who saw the data on the big screen in front of the TV at this time!

20+10+12, although there were 5 turnovers, but a triple-double!
　Let’s start with 7500 words, and then write a little more. I have a headache. I’ll lie down for a while and take it easy. I can’t take headache powder. It has the properties of sleeping pills, and I’ll be sleepy after taking it. Let’s continue writing slowly.

　　
　
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