Chapter 1337 1336. The Strongest Kill (1/5)

Chapter 1337 1336. The most powerful buzzer beater (15)

The referee watched the replay and gave Ginobili, who was sent off, a first-degree flagrant foul.

He made unnecessary moves when he couldn't defend, and caused his opponent to be injured. It was definitely a flagrant foul.

Ginobili and McGrady were sent off because of fighting. The flagrant foul was considered an additional foul.

Then there were technical fouls. Liu Mang and Jason Terry were both called for technical fouls for pulling Artest. Kwame Brown elbowed Duncan to break free when he was hugged by Duncan and was also called for a technical foul. Duncan was also called for a technical foul.

The fans felt it was too strange. In a fight, Artest was there. Of the seven people who participated or tried to participate, two were sent off, four received technical fouls, and there was one flagrant foul, but none of them had anything to do with Artest!

The technical fouls on both sides canceled out, and the Hawks got two free throws.

The Spurs called a timeout.

There were two minutes and forty-five seconds left in the third quarter, 65 to 68, and the Spurs were still three points behind. The opponent still had a chance to make two free throws, but for the Spurs, it was more advantageous!

The opponent had two starting players who couldn't play!

Some teams' head coaches hate players who maliciously hurt their opponents. Most of them were former players who became head coaches after retiring, but players who became head coaches were not necessarily like that. Popovich was not the kind of person who would feel guilty after his players injured the opponent. He would not express his opinion on such things, nor would he encourage them, but he would not use this player because of this.

Even so, Ginobili was sent off, which was a big problem for the Spurs in the fourth quarter!

Seeing Jason Terry and Liu Mang on the other side, Popovich was very troubled. It was difficult for this duo to beat Parker and Duncan alone!

With Ginobili, the three horses combined are not inferior to any opponent, but if one is missing, it is not as simple as three minus one. Just like when Liu Mang, Jason Terry and McGrady appear on the court together, one of the three eagles can even shoot in an open position, the same is true for the three horses.

The open shots in the positions where the stars are good at, as well as the continuity of scoring, are definitely higher than those of role players, otherwise they are not stars.

Is Artest the only one to reuse?

…

After the timeout, Jason Terry went to the free throw line and made two free throws.

With both free throws, the Hawks extended their lead to 70-65, leading by 5 points, and had the ball.

The Hawks sent out Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown.

The Spurs sent out Parker, Michael Finley, Artest, Duncan, and Elson.

Without Marion, the Spurs are not worried about the speed of the Hawks' one big and four small.

The Hawks attacked, but Jason Terry's mid-range pull-up jumper missed.

When the Spurs attacked, the Hawks couldn't defend. Artest crushed Prince into the basket and made a hard layup!

It was a rare opportunity to attack, and Artest was very excited!

Liu Mang and Jason Terry started to play recklessly. Without two main players, the tactics collapsed. Conventional tactics had no effect on the Spurs, and it was better to play one-on-one.

Liu Mang and Jason Terry each scored a goal at the end of the third quarter and scored 5 points together, but Artest scored three in a row! And it was a 2+1!

After three quarters, the Hawks only led by 3 points with 75 to 72!

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Although Artest missed a year of playing games, which interrupted his growth period when he almost reached the MVP level, and because he missed a year of playing games, he even performed worse than in the first few games of the 2004-05 season, when the Pacers had 7 wins and 1 loss at the beginning of the 2004-05 season, and Artest averaged 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, which was a real MVP-level performance.

But although Artest declined, he is still one of the best small forwards.

If Popovich wants to use him, Artest can make a contribution immediately!

Looking at Artest's 89 ability rating, his skills are not good, and he can't be stopped without McGrady. Liu Mang is very worried!

In the fourth quarter, the Spurs tied the score at the beginning of the game. The Hawks immediately called a timeout and replaced Granger. Granger was the only one who could hold Artest!

Battier and Prince tried, but the physical gap was too big. On the contrary, Granger, a sophomore, was tall and could make some interference, giving Liu Mang the opportunity to assist in defense.

When Battier and Prince were defending, Liu Mang couldn't even find a chance to help defend. How could he defend against a muscle monster like Artest who was at his 27-year-old physiological peak?

However, after Granger went up and Liu Mang had a chance to help defend, the problem came again. Parker's cut-in began to tear the space... Duncan and Michael Finley in the bottom corner also started to fire...

Fortunately, Liu Mang and Jason Terry were accurate enough!

Liu Mang made free throw line jump shots again and again. Artest needed to help defend Jason Terry. Liu Mang had a very bright performance at the free throw line. He made 5 of 8 free throw line jump shots in the last quarter, helping the Hawks and the Spurs' "new troika" to compete.

Artest scored 13 points in less than 14 minutes from the end of the third quarter to the first eleven minutes of the fourth quarter. His performance was quite strong, which surprised the fans. The TV commentator also expressed surprise. Artest returned to the level of last season, and played even better because of Parker and Duncan.

Why Artest didn't "fit in" before has become an inexplicable question.

But Artest scored 13 points in less than 14 minutes, but still failed to help the Spurs gain the lead. Liu Mang's mid-range shot was too stable!

Artest's amazing performance could not cover up the fact that Liu Mang made free throw jump shots again and again after being blocked at the three-point line and the basket, using Jason Terry to contain Artest's mid-range defense. Steady! Powerful!

The stable performance of the two-time MVP and three-time Finals MVP made the Spurs lead by Liu Mang's mid-range shot when they were about to overtake the score.

With 46 seconds left, the Hawks attacked.

Liu Mang received a pass from Jason Terry after a single breakthrough and attracted a double team. Liu Mang, who had already made 5 free throw line jump shots in the last quarter, attracted Parker, Michael Finley, and Duncan's early double team. Liu Mang passed the ball to David Lee at the bottom line, and David Lee made a key mid-range jump shot!

98 to 96, the Hawks led by two points!

29 seconds left!

The Hawks are leading by two points!

The Spurs called a timeout!

…

The Hawks need to defend!

Mike Woodson predicted that the opponent would use one big and four small players to expand their offensive advantage. After the suggestion, Coach Kruger sent out Liu Mang, Prince, Battier, Granger, and Kwame Brown.

Sure enough, the Spurs really used one big and four small players, Udrih, Finley, Bowen, Artest, and Duncan.

Although Popovich said he hated three-pointers, his body was still very honest. They always had a lot of pitchers, and sent out three three-point shooters, and two players with excellent mid-range shots, Duncan and Finley.

29 seconds, if you defend, you basically win!

The Spurs had the ball in the frontcourt. Liu Mang stuck to Udrih tightly, Finley was entangled by Prince, Battier was defending Bowen in the bottom corner, and Artest passed the ball to Duncan who was pulled out.

Kwame Brown defended the three-point line. He was not afraid of Duncan in terms of speed, and he hoped that Duncan would break through directly.

Duncan, a 2.1-meter-tall man, has solid basic skills. He protected the ball and dribbled to the left side of the free throw line. This position is Duncan's offensive area. Kwame Brown did not dare to be careless at all. Duncan had 19 points and 13 rebounds, 8 of 15 shots, especially 5 of 10 mid-range shots, which was too stable! If it weren't for the weird free throw rate of 2 of 6, which was actually worse than the mid-range shot rate, the Spurs might have already established the victory.

Liu Mang followed Udrih's running position, Prince went to defend Finley's cut-in and mid-range jump shot, and Artest, after a circle, came around from the top arc and ran to the left at a 45-degree angle.

At this time, Duncan moved towards the top arc, and Kwame Brown focused on defending Duncan and did not give him any chance.

When Duncan passed by Artest who was running, he threw the ball behind his head, then went sideways to block Granger who was chasing Artest!

At the same time, his left half of the body also caught Kwame Brown who reacted and wanted to switch defense!

In just a moment, less than half a second, Artest received the ball at a 45-degree angle on the left side. In the space created by Duncan's one-on-two defense, he did not waste the opportunity and hit a hard shot-style three-pointer!

This damn idiot! The pick-and-roll awareness and imagination are too good! He can actually think of this one-on-two method!

Liu Mang had already let go of Udrih and rushed over, but he was still a beat late. The main reason was that Duncan blocked too well, giving Artest full confidence to shoot a three-pointer!

How come this old man is getting more and more evil as he gets older!

After Artest made the shot, Liu Mang waved to the bench to signal not to call a timeout, and yelled to Prince under the basket: "Give me the ball!"

There are 8 seconds left, so don't call a timeout!

The opponent has a lot of running positions and the defense is messy!

Prince immediately passed the ball to Liu Mang, and Liu Mang quickly pushed forward to counterattack!

The Spurs did not take it lightly because they made a three-pointer. After scoring, Duncan and Artest called their teammates to retreat quickly.

But when Liu Mang rushed forward first, Artest was the closest to Liu Mang, and he immediately defended Liu Mang. Liu Mang pulled sideways and changed direction, rushing across half court first.

At this time, Jason Terry and Battier went to the right and left respectively, attracting defense on both wings. When Liu Mang rushed to the top arc, only Udrih, Finley and Artest of the opponent retreated back first.

Liu Mang stopped outside the three-point line!

Artest was very excited after making a three-pointer. Seeing Liu Mang bend his knees and exert force, he immediately rushed forward.

Liu Mang took the initiative to move forward...

"Andwan!"

Liu Mang yelled, and was knocked forward by Artest who rushed up from behind...

The referee blew the whistle with a black line, this ball and Nida Ye!

Liu Mang was knocked out by Artest, and the ball was sent straight forward, flew out of Liu Mang's hand and hit the basket with a bang...

But this ball was definitely a foul!

At the last moment, Liu Mang did not choose to shake Artest off and dodge the shot. As he made fewer three-pointers today, Liu Mang chose to commit a foul! Three free throws!

Unexpectedly, the last resort was to rely on the killer weapon at the beginning of his career - bumping into someone!

Hearing the boos from the fans, Liu Mang found that bumping into someone was still fun!

There were 1.5 seconds left, and the Spurs had no timeouts!

Artest wailed in pain, watching as he helped the Spurs overtake the score at a critical moment with his performance, but he actually committed a foul in the end!

Artest squatted on the ground, staring at Liu Mang with gritted teeth.

Liu Mang felt the fiery gaze and turned to stick out his tongue at Artest, making Artest want to bite him!

After high-fiving his excited teammates, he walked to the free throw line.

Three free throws!

Ignoring the interference, Liu Mang was very stable in the fourth quarter. After McGrady and Ginobili started fighting, Liu Mang made 6 of 10 shots and remained very stable. With his cold-blooded nature, Liu Mang was very stable at critical moments.

Amid the desperate boos of the fans on the scene, Liu Mang made three consecutive free throws!

101 to 99, the Hawks led by 2 points again!

The Spurs did not pause!

There were 1.5 seconds left, and no substitutions were made when Liu Mang was shooting free throws. The ball came out, and Finley tried his best to throw it towards the opposite basket, but he didn't even touch the rebound. When the ball was still flying in the air, the referee blew the whistle to end the game!

31 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, Liu Mang relied on a touch to kill the Spurs with the departure of his two starting teammates!

With 4 consecutive wins, the Eagles improved their record to 12 wins and 6 losses!