Chapter 706 705. Thousand Years Background Emperor (Seeking Monthly Ticket)

On the morning of March 24, Liu Mang arrived at the arena more than an hour before the training schedule arranged by the team, and arrived at the arena before 8 o'clock in order to avoid the media.

In the recent home games of the Eagles, there have been a lot of reporters, and most of the time they have to accept interviews. After all, they just played against the Kings, Mavericks and other teams.

In today's game, Liu Mang felt troubled before he played. Except that Duncan was a big trouble, and this game was different from the previous games against the Kings, Mavericks, Pacers, and Pistons. The Eagles are going to play soon. The real super team, the defending champion Spurs!

It's time for the playoffs. The Spurs have always been strong in the playoffs. Although theoretically losing Bowen's strength will decline, but they have the peak Duncan, and everything is not a problem.

Duncan is undoubtedly the most popular inside player in the United States other than O'Neal. If it weren't for the Spurs' reputation, it would not be difficult for Duncan's popularity to compete with O'Neal.

Playing against such a team, plus the two teams still have great grievances, Liu Mang thought that there must be many reporters, so he avoided it.

But when the teammates are all here, the team's training has begun. Except that the imperial court will broadcast the game today and interview a few players from the Eagles, and it's just a routine interview. There is nothing else. .

There are no exclusive interviews from major American TV stations, no open interviews...

Generally speaking, for games that are broadcast live across the United States, the coaching staff of each team will use it to motivate the players during the team meeting. After the training is over and the team meeting is held, Liu Mang will know that this is the case. The second match against the defending champions was not televised across the United States...

As the defending champions, the Spurs have a total of 11 planned live broadcasts across the United States this year, plus the additional broadcasts, there are only 14 games, which is very different from the treatment of the Lakers in previous years...

The match between the league's No. 1 team and the defending champion was not broadcast live across the United States, which made Liu Mang feel that the Spurs were really unpopular. By the way, he even lost a chance to broadcast nationally.

Who doesn't want to show their face in live broadcasts across the United States, Liu Mang also thought, the more you show your face, the more hooligans will increase their value, right?

Fortunately, there are still live broadcasts in China, which is a bit comforting.

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How can we find a way to play Duncan badly? Liu Mang studied this question while studying the Spurs game video.

This guy is a bit pissed off. Ratliff and Raheem are taking turns off today. Neither of these two best candidates for flanking Duncan will fight, which will have a great impact on Liu Mang's plan of abuse.

If the defending champion can be swept in the regular season, the United States may not pay much attention to the Spurs, but the domestic side will definitely increase a lot of rogue value, which is still very important.

Of course, more importantly, this game must be won! Dealing with Duncan is important.

In the tactical training and team meeting in the morning, the arrangements of the coaching staff were very normal. They were all tactical arrangements based on the best lineup that can play now. The tactical arrangements are very reasonable and normal. Can they deal with Duncan and Liu Mang? It's hard to say.

The arrangement of the coaching staff is understandable. After all, it is just the regular season. The team can win the best. The outcome of this game really has nothing to do with the overall situation. The current record pressure of the Eagles is not as strong as when Liu Mang just yelled that he wanted to win 68. Dangerous, after 15 consecutive victories, the Eagles' goal of 68 wins has become relatively easy.

But Liu Mang wants to win!

Although the Lakers are Liu Mang's expected opponent in the finals, what if the Spurs win? With Duncan around, it’s hard to say. Bowen never defended Kobe in the playoffs, and Kobe even gave him the title of King of the Western Conference Finals. If Malik Rose is replaced, it’s not guaranteed. .

However, as the MVP of Lianzhuang in the past two years, Duncan's strength is too strong. To pass the strongest peak period, Duncan's plantar fasciitis broke out completely after 2005, and after that, Duncan is still at the super giant level , this guy has always been difficult to deal with and can never be taken lightly.

Stockton went to the lounge after his lunch break and saw Liu Mang watching the TV with a worried face. He was puzzled, Liu Mang was still anxious?

"Ace, what are you worrying about?" Stockton asked curiously, this guy is going to win the MVP, so why worry?

"John, oh..." Liu Mang breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm trying to figure out a way to deal with Duncan. If Theo and Sherif don't fight today, it won't be so easy to deal with Duncan."

"To deal with Duncan?" Stockton was startled! The relationship between him and Malone has reached the point where it is not just as simple as a teammate, it can be described as a relative. Duncan only played for a few years, and he snatched Malone's title as the number one power forward in history. Stockton didn't like it very much. Duncan, just like Malone would rather go to the Lakers than go to the Spurs at the risk of OK's infighting.

Stockton became interested in an instant: "Ace, let me help you, how do you want to deal with Duncan, let's figure out a way together!"

Stockton is a member of the core duo of the only team that has beaten Duncan in the playoffs in the past six years, except for the OK combination. He has a little experience in dealing with Duncan.

In the past six years, Duncan won the championship twice. Except for the time he was reimbursed in the playoffs and was killed by the Suns, it was not counted in the number of times he was defeated. The only ones who defeated him in the playoffs were Stockton and Malone, Kobe and O'Neal.

Seeing Stockton being so active, Liu Mang remembered, isn't there an experienced teacher on his side? Rasheed Wallace has nothing to do with Duncan. Liu Mang asked, and it was tantamount to asking. Rasheed Wallace was swept by Duncan in the second grade, but Stockton and Duncan played against each other in the playoffs The record is 4 wins and 1 loss. He easily defeated the top twin towers of the Spurs. Although Stockton defeated Duncan in his rookie year, Duncan was different from ordinary rookies. He entered the NBA as the strongest power forward. In the 1996-97 season, Malone, who won the first MVP in his career, was at his peak. His strength was already comparable. In his first year in the NBA, he had a second defense. The second defense was still squeezed by Malone, who performed a little better on the defensive end. Second defense.

Thus, Liu Mang and Stockton, the insidious pair of mentors and apprentices, started the evil plan to "slay Buddha"...

The discussion between the two became more intense, and the teammates also came to the arena two or three hours early after the lunch break to prepare for the evening game. He let out sinister laughter from time to time, and felt that the temperature in the entire locker room dropped a lot...

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The Eagles' home game against the defending champions is about to begin!

Fans in other parts of the United States are not interested in this game. If it weren't for Duncan, the Spurs have abolished so many stars over the years, and the league probably would have expelled the Spurs from the NBA.

But the fans of Atlanta attach great importance to this game!

The enemy of the Eagles on the road to the championship is the enemy of Atlanta basketball fans!

Now for the Eagles, the biggest obstacle on the way to the championship is only the Nets, Spurs, and Lakers. As the defending champion, the Spurs seem to be not as strong as the Lakers, but Eagles fans still pay attention. When entering the stadium, there were boos all over the place!

In addition to being one of the three biggest enemies, there is also the conflict between the Eagles and the Spurs. During the last match, Bowen's malicious stepping shocked the Eagles fans. Fortunately, Liu Mang is fine. Bowen is also a villain with evil rewards, and now it is abolished, otherwise Atlanta fans will not only be hostile to the Spurs!

When the Eagles players came out, the fans immediately turned into cheers. The fans tried to use their voices to suppress the morale of the Spurs.

After Liu Mang played, he saw the troika of the Spurs. Compared with when Liu Mang met the Spurs in the first half of the season, the troika was obviously about to take shape! It's not far away from the troika reaching the peak of their strength next season!

Ginobili has an ability rating of 89. At the age of 27, he is almost at his peak, and he is only one step away from the top stars.

Parker, with an ability rating of 84, is not far from a first-class star, and Parker is only 22 years old, and his future is limitless.

Duncan has an ability rating of 99, surpassing O'Neal, Garnett, and Tracy McGrady. He is the player with the highest ability rating among the more than 400 players in the league.

Of these three guys, except for Duncan who is the definite No. 1 pick, the other two are low-ranked rookies. Popovich's vision is really great!

If Duncan is the basis for Popovich to make mistakes, then Popovich's vision of low-ranking Taobao is the best way for Popovich to make up for those mistakes on the basis of Duncan's mistakes. If it weren't for the two rookie bonuses of Parker and Ginobili, even with Duncan's existence, Popovich could make mistakes. With the strength of the second and third rounds of the playoffs, it is impossible to reach the finals. It depends on the combined salary of Parker and Ginobili in the past two years, which is only 2 million.

The Mavericks and the Lakers are strong because of their deep pockets, and the owner of the Spurs is stingy selling tractors because of Popovich and Duncan.

After giving a thumbs up to the Troika, Liu Mang turned around and went to practice his mid-range shot. In today's game, the mid-range shot is the key!

Every time Ginobili sees Liu Mang, he will feel the "warmth" of this world, because every time Liu Mang looks at him, there is admiration in his eyes, and there seems to be a little sympathy. Ginobili doesn't know that he has What is worthy of sympathy, so I thought it was a mistake, I just felt that Liu Mang admired him very much.

This made Ginobili very happy.

Parker was very timid when he saw Liu Mang, because he was afraid of being abused. No player in the 2001 class was not afraid of seeing Liu Mang.

Ginobili watched Liu Mang go to practice mid-range shooting, and really wanted to chat with Liu Mang. Although they are both NBA players, they are employees of a big company, but Manu Ginobili and Liu Mang have been together for a year. The number of times he spoke was only a few times. Counting the All-Star Weekend and meeting Liu Mang three times this year, plus this and the last match, Ginobili only met Liu Mang five times in total.

However, Popovich forbade the Spurs players to talk to the Eagles players before the game, nothing else, Bowen's revenge, Popovich wrote it down!

Just when Ginobili regretted not being able to chat with Liu Mang due to team regulations, a big hand stroked Ginobili's head.

Without looking up, Ginobili knew who it was, and said, "Tim, who is better, Ace or me?"

In fact, Ginobili and Duncan are only one year apart. Ginobili has entered the NBA for the second year, and his social relationship is no longer that of a rookie last season. Very calm.

Regarding who is stronger between himself and Liu Mang, Ginobili really wants to hear the answer from Duncan, the best player in the world.

Duncan continued to stroke Ginobili's head like a child's head. Ginobili used to object to this gesture, but now... he's used to it.

Duncan had no expression on his face. He seemed to be thinking about it, and then said, "Ace needs to be stronger. He defends better."

Boss, why don't you be so honest!

Ginobili was a little depressed. Apart from being coquettish, Duncan has another characteristic: honesty, otherwise he would not have been exposed that he handed over his property to a high school classmate. Even Popovich told Duncan that it was wrong to do that. , but Duncan was too honest, thinking that he was a high school classmate and would not harm him.

Ginobili gritted his teeth and said, "I will be stronger than Ace! I will definitely beat him!"

Right after Ginobili said these words, he saw on the other side of the court, Liu Mang, who was practicing a hot shot, suddenly turned his head around and stared at him with surprised eyes, and then those eyes became full It's a joke.

Ginobili's heart skipped a beat, as if the person involved had heard bad things about someone behind his back!

But it's more than ten or twenty meters away!

And the scene is so noisy!

The playful look from Liu Mang was fleeting, Ginobili saw Liu Mang turned his head back and continued to practice shooting.

"It's an illusion!" Ginobili comforted himself...

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"Ding... The King of the New Generation Players series missions are triggered, and Manu Ginobili's challenge is triggered."

"Manu Ginobili's challenge: 1. Limit Manu Ginobili's score in this game to less than 15 points. The task rewards Manu Ginobili with a star card for the 03-04 season. 2. Defeat Manu Ginobili's team in the final game, task reward: characteristic: demon knife. Failure penalty: Manu Ginobili's state will increase by 20% when he next fights with the host, until the host successfully completes Subsequent re-arranged suppressing tasks. (Note: If Manu Ginobili fails to reach the finals within three years, and the host reaches the finals at least once, the task is considered completed, such as Manu Ginobili within three years If Lee reached the finals, the host did not reach the finals in the same season, and the mission is considered a failure.)”

Ginobili's suppressing mission is finally here!

The characteristic of the demon sword... Liu Mang feels weird. When it is strong, it is strong, but when it is cheating, it is heinously cheating!

That's it!

It is always necessary to suppress Ginobili, the strongest perimeter player in the 2002 class. Although Ginobili was selected in 1999, he only entered the NBA in 2002 and was classified as a player in the 2002 class. target to suppress.

It's just that I didn't expect that in order to suppress Ginobili, he still needs to beat Ginobili in the playoffs, and defeating Ginobili in the playoffs... wouldn't that be the finals!

As for the three-year period, it is probably the last period of the mission of the king of the new generation of players, that is, before the end of the 05-06 season, the players who were in the same period as Liu Mang were probably players from the 01st to 05th five-year period, five years apart. Those who are more than one year old belong to another generation of players. .

Limit Ginobili to less than 15 points...

This is not a difficult task in normal times. Although Ginobili is the second strongest player on the Spurs, his statistics this year are mediocre, averaging 13+4+4 per game, but it is not that Ginobili only scored so many points. But generally speaking, as the best sixth man who has played more games off the bench than in the starting lineup, Ginobili doesn’t need to score so many points. His organizational ability is an important part of the Spurs. He and Turko It is important for the Spurs that Grew alternately plays the bench to lead the second unit.

If Ginobili really wants to score, twenty or thirty points is not difficult. His weird style of play makes it difficult for all teams in the league to guard against.

Liu Mang felt more pressure, but more fun! Fighting against powerful enemies always makes people excited!

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The game was about to start, and Popovich looked at the Eagles' starting lineup on the big screen, with a mouthful of old blood in his throat.

The Eagles sent Liu Mang, Korver, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Ostertag.

After Liu Mang and Stockton's strong suggestions, coach Kruger and Mike Woodson rearranged the defensive strategy. As for the offense, there are Liu Mang, Stockton and Jason Terry, don't worry so much .

Looking at the inside combination of Ostertag and Rasheed Wallace, Popovich was so angry that he felt targeted!

As for the person involved, Duncan, there was no major reaction, and his expression did not change. As for whether there was any change in his heart, it is hard to say.

The starting lineup sent by the Spurs is Parker, Ginobili, Malik Rose, Duncan, Nesterovic.

With Rasheed Wallace yelling, the scene boiled again. Liu Mang and Boozer hugged and came to the court.

Old opponents, Rasheed Wallace and Ostertag both went to shake hands with Duncan to say hello, and they were not allowed to say hello before the game, so the Spurs players couldn't control so much during the game.

Although Duncan is sullen, doesn't know how evil he is inside, and likes to touch people's heads, he is still a very good person. Rasheed Wallace and Nesterovic have a good relationship with Duncan. They often fight and are very friendly. familiar.

It's a bit exaggerated to see Ostertag, who is a lot thicker than Duncan, stand in the middle circle and shake hands with Duncan!

When Duncan and O'Neal stood together, it seemed that the gap in the occupied area was exaggerated, and the picture in front of them was even more exaggerated!

Ostertag was very excited to see Duncan. He knew that the only role he came to the Eagles was to deal with the two best insiders in the West. Now it was time to deal with Duncan. He felt that it was time to prove his value!

jump ball!

Rasheed Wallace and Duncan stand on the center circle for a jump ball.

The referee blew his whistle, and Rasheed Wallace jumped up first and pushed the ball back.

After receiving the ball, Liu Mang immediately wanted to rush forward. Ginobili appeared in front of Liu Mang immediately, ready to defend Liu Mang's fast break.

"Cut." Liu Mang let out a disdainful voice unabashedly, controlled the ball well, pushed forward slowly, and waited for his teammates to settle down.

Ginobili blocked Liu Mang's rapid advance, and immediately backed away, taking a step inside the three-point line and waiting for Liu Mang to advance.

After Liu Mang crossed the center line, he saw Ginobili waiting for the three-point line to defend. There was no big surprise. Malik Rose defended very well, but his speed was not enough. He is better at defending mid-range singles. Benefits are stronger.

Liu Mang dribbled the ball outside the three-point line, waiting for his teammates to move, and at the same time looked at Ginobili's defense. His footwork was very good and his defensive position was also very good.

Ginobili is not good at defending off the ball. He focuses all his attention on the ball and is easy to embarrass.

Liu Mang dribbled the ball and suddenly accelerated to the right!

Ginobili defended Liu Mang very seriously, and immediately moved half a step to the left to push him up. He never thought of blocking Liu Mang. His defensive goal was very clear. He just wanted to suppress Liu Mang and enter Duncan's back. defense area.

Just as Liu Mang accelerated a step, he stopped abruptly, and Ginobili yelled inwardly that he was not good! In the last fight, Liu Mang's left breakthrough shocked the world! Ginobili immediately wanted to take back his traversing steps. Suddenly, seeing the smile on Liu Mang's face, he felt that he had been tricked!

What Liu Mang used was the opponent's defensive prediction! The opponent will definitely be afraid of his left, especially the Spurs who have personally experienced his breakthrough from the left. What he uses is the difference between the opponent's prediction and his own strength prediction!

Liu Mang stopped for a step, and immediately got up and continued to break through!

Ginobili's ability to change direction is really not covered, the demon knife is the demon knife, he almost lost his center because of his continuous change of direction, he stabilized his body, and stuck to Liu Mang.

However, Liu Mang's breakthrough is not limited to this routine!

Rasheed Wallace came out to block Ginobili, Ginobili bumped into Rasheed Wallace, and he, who was about to lose his center of gravity, fell to the ground!

Liu Mang borrowed the pick-and-roll, the pick-and-roll master was triggered at level 5, his speed soared to 102, and he rushed into the inside line like lightning!

Watching Liu Mang rushing in, Duncan still had that expressionless face, coming up to defend. His defensive experience is really good. He didn't block up like other defensive players, but stayed in the three-second zone. As for Liu Mang Maybe a mid-range shot...the Spurs can't guard against a mid-range shot.

Just as Duncan expected, Liu Mang didn't make a mid-range shot after the pick-and-roll. Liu Mang's speed was too fast, and an emergency stop jump shot was not a good choice. , take a step out to supplement the defense, blocking Liu Mang's route to directly attack the basket.

Liu Mang suddenly changed from extremely fast to extremely slow!

The footsteps of human peristaltic essence are coming! He took a sideways step to avoid Duncan, and then took another step out. When Duncan jumped up to block the shot, Liu Mang's second step landed on the ground, changing direction and taking off towards the basket!

This is a speed change from a rabbit to a house, which is enough for Duncan to guard against!

But I have to guard against it. Liu Mang's stride shooting ability to pick up the ball and throw it out at any time is second only to Iverson in the league. The rhythm is too weird!

But Duncan dared to jump like this because there was someone behind him!

Nesterovitch!

In the fast-paced era in the future, Nesterovic's mid-level contract will become another garbage contract signed by Popovich, but now, Nesterovic is in this slowest-paced year. Defensive effect is outstanding!

Nesterovic's broad body stood in front of Liu Mang, and after being delayed by Duncan, Liu Mang's speed was not so fast, and he blocked in front of Liu Mang.

Perfect inside pinch! Liu Mang's attack route was blocked!

Moreover, Duncan behind Liu Mang also flanked him after landing, mainly to block Liu Mang's pass to Rasheed Wallace.

Duncan had no expression on his face, and was so happy in his heart that as long as Liu Mang dared to make a move, he would slap the ball away!

However, Duncan and Nesterovic saw Liu Mang flying up and falling to the ground again.

Moreover, Liu Mang ran out of the baseline immediately after landing. The key is that Liu Mang didn't have the ball in his hand!

This is……

Duncan yelled badly, and immediately wanted to bypass Nesterovic and Liu Mang to defend, but it was over!

Nesterovic felt a huge force coming from behind him, he couldn't control his body that was pressing forward to block Liu Mang, he threw himself out, and almost ate his shit!

At the moment when Liu Mang changed direction after Duncan jumped up, when Liu Mang jumped up on the third step, he had already thrown the ball from the crotch of Nesterovic, who was standing up, and passed the ball. The speed was so fast that both Nesterovic and Duncan were fooled!

Ostertag received the ball and ran two steps with his huge body, without dribbling, flew up and jumped directly to smash the ball into the basket!

The impact of Ostertag's huge tonnage not only knocked Nesterovic out, but Duncan, who actively bypassed Nesterovic to defend, also became the background!

The action of Duncan reaching out to cover, coupled with his expressionless face, and his habitually extending hand after the cover is capless, it looks so bleak and bleak...

Liu Mang saw Duncan's action as if frozen, ran to Duncan, jumped up, and gave Duncan a high-five.

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The fans at the scene were cheering, but at this moment, the scene fell silent...