Chapter 615
The final preparation time before the game was over. The referee was indeed a professional, but he didn't smile, and blew his whistle to indicate that the starting match of the two teams was about to start and they were ready to play.
Liu Mang, who was wearing a heart, and Boozer, who was also wearing a heart, hugged and walked onto the court!
Although the Eagles made a farce at the beginning, the game was about to start, and the players of the two teams immediately entered the state.
The Eagles sent Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff.
The Spurs sent Parker, Ginobili, Bowen, Duncan, and one of their two most important additions of the summer, former Timberwolves Rasu Nesterovic.
Rasheed Wallace and Duncan came to the center circle.
Liu Mang looked at Duncan, who insisted on calling himself a power forward, in order to avoid the MVP not being a team and to prevent the All-Star from starting.
Duncan felt that Liu Mang looked at him strangely, and wondered what this guy wanted to do? But there is no free time to care about this, and Rasheed Wallace's jump ball is important.
And Rasheed - Wallace has been an opponent for many years. Duncan attaches great importance to Rasheed - Wallace. Duncan won the playoffs for the first time in 1999. The two played against each other in the Western Conference Finals. Rasheed -Wallace beat Duncan to the ground. While Rasheed Wallace averaged 20+ per game, he and Sabonis defended the second-year Duncan to an average of 16 points per game. Duncan even scored 5 points per game. Fortunately, David Robinson was still at the end of his peak that year. When Duncan was strictly guarded, he took the opportunity to explode and led the Spurs to sweep the Trail Blazers.
Rasheed Wallace also attaches great importance to Duncan. This is the first time he has played against the top players in the league in a true sense since he came to the Eagles. How difficult it is to guard Duncan. Players at the same position who entered the NBA know best.
Two guys in the West who insisted they weren't centers and insisted on squeezing power forward were ready to jump the ball.
The referee blew the whistle and threw the ball into the air. When the ball reached its highest point, both Rasheed Wallace and Duncan jumped up and reached for the ball.
Rasheed Wallace narrowly overwhelmed Duncan and sent the ball back.
Liu Mang, who was ready for a long time, jumped up to catch the ball, rushed forward when it landed, and ran towards the frontcourt, but the Spurs had already guarded against Liu Mang, Duncan and Rasheed Wallace For the jump ball, the Spurs players knew that the chance of winning was only 50-50. Parker was already prepared to prevent being intercepted by Liu Mang at the beginning of the game, and the Spurs team was also ready to return to defense immediately.
When Liu Mang crossed the center line, he saw that Bowen was already waiting outside the three-point line, and Nesterovic was one step outside the free throw line.
Liu Mang was a little regretful that he didn't have a direct chance to fast break. He controlled the ball well and waited for his teammates to get in position.
Watching his teammates run into the three-point line, Liu Mang moved forward with continuous cross-step dribbles under the crotch, and slowly approached the three-point line while changing hands and dribbling under the crotch.
The fans at the scene watched Liu Mang's streetball-like action, and after a long time of slowing down, they finally recovered, and immediately broke out, booing Liu Mang violently.
Looking at Liu Mang dribbling, Bowen looked very unhappy, not because of Liu Mang's arrogant actions, but because he was unhappy seeing every opponent with talent and good offensive ability.
Seeing Liu Mang's action, the rest of the Eagles opened up the space tacitly. Rahim took Ginobili away from the middle distance on the left, Prince took Parker away from the left corner, and Raheem De Wallace went to the right corner to take Nesterovic away, and Ratliff pulled to the edge of the left three-second zone to carry Duncan.
Seeing his teammates pulling away, Liu Mang suddenly accelerated his forward speed and sprinted towards the left!
Bowen reacted quickly and took a step towards the right back, and he kept the room to make up for the position to the left. The number of times he and Liu Mang fought was not once or twice, and he had done a lot of research on Liu Mang's habits. I know that as long as Liu Mang puts a little pressure on Liu Mang's left hand, Liu Mang will change his direction and walk to his right hand. As the best defensive second team in the past three years and the top defensive player in this year's defensive first team, Bowen's defensive prediction is in place .
When Liu Mang rushed in front of Bo Wen, he stopped for a moment. Bao Wen saw Liu Mang stepping on the three-point line and made a cross step. It's all about acting in advance.
but!
After Liu Mang made a cross step, he accelerated towards the left again!
Bowen yelled inwardly, and quickly wanted to turn around to make up for it, but his physical fitness was too average. He was 2.01 meters tall and only weighed 86 kilograms. Not only did he not have explosive power, but he even had enough muscles to support mid-to-high-speed changes of direction. None, the waist is still throwing to the left, the head and footsteps want to change direction to the right, but the center of gravity is unstable, and the buttocks fall to the ground!
Seeing that Bowen was lying on the ground by Liu Manghuang, the boos at the scene stopped suddenly. The fans at the scene looked at the scene with disbelieving eyes. Liu Mang stopped suddenly and changed direction, and shook Bowen down up! And without any physical contact!
Liu Mang dribbled the ball with his left hand towards the inside from the left side of the three-second zone. Ratliff turned around and cut around Duncan from the bottom line to the other side of the three-second zone to help Liu Mang open up space.
Duncan took a step back and stepped on the left edge of the reasonable collision zone. His inside defense was really good. While defending against Liu Mang, he also blocked the line connecting Liu Mang and Ratliff, with a strong sense of defensive space. It's suffocating!
Liu Mang swung Bowen, he didn't expect this at all, now he was so excited, he only had one thought in his head, after shaking the opponent, of course he must buckle the opponent's center forward!
Liu Mang rushed to the left edge of the three-second zone, jumped towards Duncan, grabbed the ball with his right hand and smashed it towards the basket!
Just when Liu Mang jumped up, he saw Duncan jumping up too, and with that height, that arm span, and that defensive prediction, Liu Mang found that his right hand shot space was all blocked!
Liu Mang quickly switched the ball to his left hand in the air, avoiding Duncan's block, and hooked the ball with his left hand deftly.
Liu Mang took a deep breath after he landed, he almost got caught, this hateful facial paralysis, this time he was actually on guard, what about the man with the strongest background that he promised?
Liu Mang returned to defense immediately after scoring a goal, without even looking at Bowen who got up from the ground. It took only two seconds from shaking Bowen to layup. The Eagles players were all excited when they returned to defense Those who came to high-five Liu Mang, those who slapped their buttocks, those who slapped their heads, the Eagles players on the sidelines and the cheering group composed of people from their own logistics department behind the Eagles bench all jumped up excitedly. Shake Bowen down!
And the movements were done in one go, without any physical contact. There is no doubt that this extraordinary performance will be recorded in NBA history! Even after ten or twenty years, this scene may be remembered by people!
On the other hand, the Spurs were angry and embarrassing. Bowen was their number one defensive gate on the perimeter! It was turned over at the beginning!
Duncan still had no expression on his face. Parker secretly sighed that this opponent in the same class is too strong. It is getting stronger every year. This time the match is more than a step stronger than last year's match! It deserves to be the strongest opponent of its time, and it deserves to be the second in the scoring list.
Ginobili felt that Liu Mang's emergency stop was too familiar, but he didn't know where it made him familiar.
The one who was the most angry was naturally Bowen, his face was full of gloom, and Liu Mang, who had returned to his own half, happened to see Bowen's gloomy expression, and his heart was secretly vigilant.