Chapter 619
Surrounded by his teammates, Liu Mang returned to the bench. No matter whether it was the domestic TV station, ESPN in the United States, or even T.N.T TV shots that had been fighting against Liu Mang, Liu Mang’s left foot was shown in close-ups, which made him look even more ball-like. Emmanuel helped Liu Mang take off the ice pack on his ankle. The swelling on the inner side of Liu Mang's left ankle quickly congested after the ice pack was taken away. The fans in front of the TV couldn't help being moved.
The shameless little rascal once again became a fan.
The big screen at the scene also showed a close-up of Liu Mang's feet, and there was a real exclamation from the scene.
Coach Kruger looked at Liu Mang's swollen ankle. Although Moron Willie said that Liu Mang was fine, he still asked worriedly, "Ace, are you okay?"
"Small injury, no problem." Liu Mang put on the shoes Molong Willie handed over, then stood up and jumped, expressing that he was fine.
Fans are always the cutest. Except for a very few people who really have problems with their minds, most people on the scene are moved by it.
When Liu Mang shook his head and stood up and jumped, many Spurs fans at the scene spontaneously applauded.
Nothing to love or hate, just for this passion for basketball.
Liu Mang was surprised this time. He never thought that as a player of the visiting team, he could actually make those Spurs fans who were so angry by him give applause!
"Ace, are you really okay?" Jason Terry made a rare hypocritical look.
"There is a problem, a big problem!" Liu Mang glanced at the 'abnormal' Jason Terry, "You useless guys, I am not here, you are beaten like this, let me see , When I left, I seemed to be leading by more than ten points... Hey, I was wrong, can you let me pretend? I am injured, I have an injury! I bleed for the team, I am for the ball The team has made contributions, Yayu..."
The brash Liu Mang was pushed on a chair by his teammates and gang-beaten, his foot was injured, but it was okay to slap him in the face.
Seeing Liu Mang's death again, Coach Kruger made sure that the kid was fine, and decisively waved his hand. Stockton, who had lasted for a quarter, was replaced. Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Pullin Adams, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown play!
The Spurs saw that Liu Mang was back, and Popovich also replaced all the main players, including Parker, Ginobili, Turkoglu, Duncan, and Nesterovic.
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The timeout ends and players from both teams enter the field.
The Eagles attacked, and when Liu Mang received the serve in the backcourt, the applause turned into boos.
The applause just now was a respect for Liu Mang who came back to continue the game with his foot injured like that. The booing now is also respect, out of respect for the opponent!
The booing made Liu Mang feel a little more normal, and the Spurs fans applauded him, which was really uncomfortable.
Liu Mang advances to the frontcourt, Ginobili defends against Liu Mang.
Without Bowen, Ginobili is the best defensive player on the outside of the Spurs. Ginobili looked at Liu Mang's swollen ankle and thought Liu Mang, who had an injured foot, should be easy to defend against, right? Ginobili saw that Liu Mang was beyond the three-point line, and immediately pressed towards Liu Mang, trying to suppress Liu Mang's injured foot.
This is basketball. Ginobili feels a certain amount of guilt for Liu Mang's injury. After all, Bowen is his teammate and Liu Mang was injured by Bowen. But a game is a game, and it is always about the opponent's weaknesses and weaknesses. Hit where it hurts, feel guilty, but keep attacking where Liu Mang was injured. Ginobili pressed on Liu Mang's left shoulder without hesitation. Liu Mang's left foot was injured. From Li's point of view, Liu Mang can only use his right foot from the left hand side to accelerate the breakthrough.
As soon as Liu Mang got beyond the three-point line, he saw Ginobili heading towards him. How could he not know what Ginobili was thinking?
Seeing Ginobili blocking his left hand side, Liu Mang immediately saw that Ginobili wanted to bully him because his left foot was injured and did not dare to use force, and he was mainly defending his right hand from breaking through. Liu Mang smiled, that's so good How can you not make good use of the opportunity in front of you?
Ginobili felt something was wrong when he saw Liu Mang's smile, but he still pressed on Liu Mang's left shoulder, bullying Liu Mang's left foot.
Liu Mang waited for Ginobili to press in front of him. When his left shoulder touched Ginobili, he slammed his left foot on the ground, passed in front of Ginobili, and rushed straight to the three-point line !
Just as Ginobili was about to press hard on Liu Mang's left body, he jumped out of the air and rushed out of the three-point line, then turned his head and looked at Liu Mang sprinting at full speed in horror.
Is that human being?
Not worried about your injured feet at all?
Manu Ginobili was passed by with one step, and the Spurs' inside defense was caught off guard. When Liu Mang rushed into the inside line, Duncan was still in the reasonable collision zone, so he could only step forward and hug Liu Mang. Throw it in the basket.
The feeling didn't cool down after resting for almost half an hour, the ball hit the backboard and bounced into the basket, 2+1!
Liu Mang opened his arms and broke free from Duncan's arms. Hearing the boos once again, Liu Mang felt great! Give your teammate a high-five and walk to the free-throw line!
The Spurs players were stunned. Does this look like they are injured?
Duncan looked at Liu Mang as if nothing had happened, but the swelling on his feet cannot be fooled. He had a similar injury back then, which directly caused him to miss the playoffs in the defending season. Now the injury on the soles of his feet also made him His state has declined sharply compared to the previous two years, he feels really incredible, his face with few expressions shows shock!
Liu Mang received the ball thrown by the referee and took a deep breath. Now, it's time for the real show!
Without the threat of always thinking about how to abolish a guy who is better than himself in offense, Liu Mang wants to enjoy the opportunity to feel the strength of a superstar after all the hard work!
Liu Mang also made an extra penalty, 47 to 41, and the point difference once again widened to more than 5 points!
When Liu Mang made a free throw, Coach Kruger replaced Jason Terry with Raheem. From Liu Mang's unscrupulous full attack, Coach Kruger understood that this kid is going to do something on the offensive end up.
Coach Kruger tacitly helped Liu Mang replace the iron-blooded defensive formation. If it weren't for Ratliff's physical problems, he would have even replaced the strongest defensive formation.
When it was the Spurs' turn to attack, Parker saw that Liu Mang came back so irritable and rushed at full speed, facing Duncan without the slightest scruple, forced a layup, and felt a kind of despair in his heart.
The kind of despair he faced Kobe Bryant when he played in the playoffs for the first time in 2002!
This year’s Kobe is hard to say, he’s almost playing like the No. 1 player in the league. He is the best guard in the league on both offense and defense. Even if he has to fly to Colorado to go to court once or twice a month, his state will be affected. Kobe dominates the back line on both ends of the offense and defense. Parker dare not say that Liu Mang can reach the level of Kobe this year, but compared with Kobe with the invincible tail OK combination two years ago, Parker thinks Liu Mang is more terrifying!
Seeing that Liu Mang didn't care about his ankle injury at all, and pressed towards him, Parker, who had been abused by Liu Mang many times, immediately passed the ball to Ginobili.
You are brother! I don't want to play anymore, okay? Parker immediately took Liu Mang to run around, hoping that the injury on Liu Mang's foot would affect Liu Mang's continuous running.
However, Parker looked at Liu Mang who was like a shadow behind him, and fell into despair: Coach, you are lying! It is agreed that this guy is injured, just focus on his injury, you are lying!
On the other hand, Ginobili faced Prince with the ball, and he was even more unlucky than Parker. Prince may be the best single-defense outside line in the league this year. He does not have the defensive threat of Bowen, nor does he Tester's ability to help the team build a defensive system from the perimeter is the best defensive player-level ability, but if it's just a single defense, this year Prince may be the league's number one perimeter single-defense master!
Prince's perfect single-defense awareness, brisk footwork, super long height and wingspan suppressed Ginobili beyond the three-point line. Ginobili was going crazy. He thought Liu Mang was the one The player with the best perimeter defense of the Eagles, unexpectedly, is the player with the lowest presence among the Eagles starters in his class!
This is Prince, who talks the least and does as much dirty work as Rasheed Wallace and Raheem, but has the lowest sense of presence. The other four of the original Pistons have been selected as All-Stars. Prince is forgotten by himself, but is the deadliest point in perimeter defense.
Rahim has height, confrontation, momentum but slow speed, Liu Mang has speed, confrontation, momentum but not tall enough, and Prince combines the advantages of the two, height, speed, confrontation and terrible arms Zhan, at the pinnacle of this hand-check era, outside single defense is his world!
Manu Ginobili wants to pass the ball, but Duncan on the inside is blocked by Rasheed Wallace, who is now extremely active because of Liu Mang's "Return of the King". It is difficult for Duncan to catch the ball. Rasheed Wallace, he has studied Rasheed Wallace this year and knows that Rasheed Wallace has become a defensive player, but he did not expect to become so thorough and so strong in single defense, Totally exceeded expectations! This is also the most surprising thing for the fans and the media who have begun to discover Rasheed Wallace's transformation. Rasheed Wallace has changed from an offensive player to a defensive player without any discomfort, and there is no so-called The pain in the transition process directly became the top defensive champion among the power forwards in the league!
Ginobili protected the ball and looked at Nesterovic on the other side of the basket, and then saw Kwame Brown with the best physical fitness under the basket. Kwame Brown has become popular recently, double 20, playing against the Rockets Facing Yao Ming, who has become popular in China recently, Nesterovic saw that Kwame Brown couldn't be moved. It was still a little short of the peak, Parker was being chased by Liu Mang, and Ginobili could only pass the ball up to meet Turkoglu.
Turkoglu has no advantage in singles against Raheem, and his height is about the same. Strength Raheem is the real master who can play the fourth position. Although he is a little thinner, he is still not able to play by Turkoglu.
Turkoglu faced Raheem's defensive three-point line and it was difficult to get in. He could only step on the three-point line to meet Raheem's defense and shoot from the outside. Turkoglu's open three-pointer is very good. Defensive shooting is basically equal to blind shooting.
Turkoglu's three-point strike!
Just after Parker, who was running backwards, Liu Mang came to the left side of the basket, jumped up and received the rebound, and immediately counterattacked quickly!
Liu Mang was completely excited. When he rushed to the frontcourt, Parker and Ginobili had already caught up quickly, but Liu Mang ignored them and smashed the ball into the basket!
Scored 5 points in a row!
49 to 41, as soon as Liu Mang came back, the Eagles were about to open the point difference to more than ten points again!
It’s the Spurs’ offense again, Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem’s strongest outside defense and Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown’s inside defense combination may be the second best in the league, like a meat grinder The same attack on GDP.
Liu Mang and Prince locked up Parker and Ginobili directly, and Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown on the inside took turns to fight Duncan, forcing Turkoglu and Nesterovic To become the main point of attack, the Eagles have a clear strategic goal, regardless of physical strength, regardless of the strength of the offense, just to prevent the death of GDP, even if the two role players of the Spurs break out, they will not pose a threat to the Eagles, because they There is Liu Mang!
Liu Mang turned on the personal offensive mode, and the other four were responsible for the defense. The offensive end just opened up the space to catch the ball and hit the offensive rebound.
Liu Mang first rushed towards the inside. When the Spurs began to shrink, Liu Mang shot in the middle and long range. Liu Mang learned a little trick from a daughter lover. When the team has an advantage in rebounding , Shoot if there is difficulty, if there is no difficulty, you must shoot if you create difficulty, shoot to the death, it is best to attract double-teams so that teammates have a better chance to grab rebounds before shooting.
Liu Mang maintains a COSCO shooting percentage in the early 40s, making crazy shots,
On the defensive end, the Eagles blocked the Spurs' offense on the outside, especially Ginobili and Parker. Liu Mang defended Parker, and Prince defended Ginobili. Both of them had difficulty breaking through, even dribbling. The problem is that Liu Mang and Prince, whose fighting spirit exploded because of Liu Mang's return, gave great physical contact, and the referee did not give the home whistle. As long as it is not an obvious foul, in this year when the defense can reach its peak, there is no sound. post.
The Spurs' offense continued to be blocked in the second half of the second quarter. Duncan occasionally got stuck in the front of Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown and asked for a ball. Singles... Now O'Neal may not be able to play a few games. For a center, physical fitness will always be a problem.
On the other hand, the Eagles completely opened up the offense with Liu Mang's waves, forcibly opening up the situation and messing up the Spurs' team defense.
Popovich looked at the situation on the field and stopped roaring. He was thinking about a question-what should I do when Duncan's state declines?
In a flash, Duncan has been using it for seven years. He had a serious injury before. Now Duncan's plantar fasciitis is also a problem, but it has not yet reached the time of complete outbreak.
Is this game going to be played against the Eagles?
Seeing that Liu Mang played even more fiercely than Kobe in the previous two years, Bowen can still rely on Bowen's defensive threat to limit Liu Mang, but even Bowen's defensive threat is not good for Kobe, who has won three consecutive championships. Too much effect, not to mention that now it seems to be stronger than Kobe Bryant for the three consecutive championships, and Liu Mang, who has no dead ends in his left and right hands?
As for creating another defensive threat?
Come on, Popovich acquiesces to Bowen's black feet, but he is a famous head coach, he can't really tell a player to go up and down his feet, but Bowen likes to do that, and he doesn't object to his opinions. , If it is true that he took the initiative to create a group of black-footed machines, other teams in the league will probably force the Spurs to fire him, just like the 76ers in the future who will ignore the rules of the game and forcibly mess up the process.
The main reason is that there are already rumors in the league. Maybe after the end of this season, there will be rules that are more conducive to team basketball. The era of invincible stars is about to pass, so this year's hand-check has been used to the limit. We must seize the last glorious moment of the team.
Popovich’s original teacher was Nelson, so his thinking is very advanced. He has already begun to consider the development of Duncan’s superstar basketball to team basketball. The promotion of Parker, Ginobili and Turkoglu is his first step. .
But now Bowen doesn't know how the injury is. Ankle dislocation is a terrible injury for a player. Defensive players need to follow the opponent to make big moves on the defensive end. Bowen is already 32 years old and will soon be 33 Yes, it is too difficult to fully recover from this kind of injury. Popovich has already begun to think about the precipitous decline of many superstars who may appear in Duncan when he is 30 years old in two or three years.
As for today's game... what else can I do, just try my best.
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Popovich's current style of play at this stage is the dead grass Duncan on the offensive end, Parker, Manu Ginobili, Turkoglu as assistants, Bowen opened the shot, and the defensive end is also dead grass Duncan, plus dead grass Bowen, Team defense is supplemented.
Now Bowen, the most critical part of the perimeter, can no longer play, and the Spurs tend to collapse on both offense and defense.
The original Spurs, after Bowen's serious decline in the 2007-2008 season, the Spurs collapsed for two or three years and entered a transition period, which proved the value of Bowen very well. But a player like him is really extremely important to a team.
After Bowen was pushed down by himself, Liu Mang was completely excited. After scoring 13 points in the first quarter, he scored 11 points in the second half of the second quarter. In the third quarter, he scored 22 points in a single quarter. 46 points after three quarters!
On the other hand, the Spurs, who are the defending champions after all, did not choose to admit defeat, but persisted. Duncan also responded with 18 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, helping the Spurs to maintain the point difference within 15 points.
After three quarters, the Eagles led the Spurs by 13 points 88 to 75!
This allowed Liu Mang to maximize his rare ability to not lose to Duncan in this game. In the final quarter, Jason, who was double-teamed by Ginobili and Parker, had already stretched out his hands and shouted for a long time - Terry made a forced shot in his sad and angry eyes, and scored 19 points in the final quarter! The Eagles only scored 23 points in the final quarter.
Duncan on the Spurs side couldn't move in the fourth quarter, and the Spurs only scored 20 points in the final quarter.
In the end, Liu Mang scored 65 points and led the Eagles to a 111-95 away victory over the Spurs!
Liu Mang is back as king once again, leading the team to victory!