Chapter 709 708. Coach Kruger Who Was Shot While Lying Down (Please Ask for a Monthly Pass)
The defensive end does not use defensive tactics, but single defense and double-teaming at the basket. First, abolish Turkoglu, the organizer of the Spurs' positional battle, and do not carry out oppressive defense and zone defense, so that Turkoglu's high-position support ability will be lost. The role is not at all regional pincers, Turkoglu's ability to pass and cut cannot be fully utilized, forcing Turkoglu's role to become a three-pointer.
Stockton defended against Charlie Ward's three-pointer, Korver defended Turkoglu's three-pointer, and Boozer just followed Horry. Horry's biggest problem now is his age and slow speed.
Liu Mang and Rasheed Wallace dealt with Ginobili together, and Duncan let him shoot if he wanted to make a mid-range shot. The Eagles didn’t want to widen the point difference at this time, they just needed to form a counterweight. .
On the offensive end, Liu Mang deliberately uses the same speed as Ginobili, so that Ginobili has the opportunity to keep up with him, constantly consumes Ginobili, and on the other hand uses the pick-and-roll cooperation of Stockton and Boozer Partnered with Rasheed Wallace and Korver's off-ball pick-and-roll to consume Duncan.
The Eagles can go all out for this kind of tactical play, but the Spurs can't go all out. Their characteristic is stability, especially Duncan, who will not give up defense.
Duncan's defense was indeed terrifying, and the Eagles' offensive efficiency was extremely low. From the seventh minute of the first quarter to the seventh minute of the second quarter, the Eagles only scored 19 points.
However, just halfway through the second quarter, Duncan's physical fitness encountered a serious challenge. It was not a big problem for Duncan, who was originally 28 years old and at the peak of his physical fitness, to play the whole game, but when he played the whole game, he was almost I have never encountered such a situation before, the opponent is not aiming at opening the score or fighting a defensive battle, and the purpose of the Eagles is simply to consume his physical energy!
By the way, Liu Mang's side also exhausted Ginobili enough. After Ginobili entered the inside and dunked one, Liu Mang and Rasheed Wallace's pincer attack became more and more rapid. Ginobili only Being able to go all the way to the basket under Liu Mang's strict defense, and then distribute the ball, consumes a lot of physical energy.
From the second half of the first quarter to the official timeout of the second quarter, the scores of the two teams have been very anxious. The Eagles don’t play fast breaks, but they grind their positions steadily. It’s okay to have low offensive efficiency. The Spurs are not Duncan as the main When holding the ball, the offensive efficiency is not high.
When the second quarter was officially suspended, the score between the Eagles and the Spurs was 33 to 31, and the Eagles still led by two points!
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Liu Mang returned to the bench, took a dose of physical potion, and then drank it with Gatorade.
From the second half of the first quarter to the official timeout of the second quarter, Liu Mang has been running with Ginobili. The Spurs still dare not make substitutions. They can keep up with Liu Mang. Except for Parker, only Ginobili Billy might be able to keep up, but if Parker came up, a weird defensive player like Liu Mang wouldn't care about Parker's mid-range and long-range shots. While consuming Ginobili, he didn't dare to make substitutions easily, so he could only use Ginobili to death.
Liu Mang led Ginobili to run more and more vigorously, especially after finding that Ginobili's running speed was obviously declining, Liu Mang ran even more vigorously, and took the initiative to reduce the speed so that Ginobili could Keep up, and then sneak a shot of physical potion.
Although he scored 8 points in the first 7 minutes, Liu Mang only scored 5 points in the next 12 minutes, and now he only scored 13 points with 5 minutes left in the half, but he saw that he was also soaked and walked back to the bench Ginobili, who was panting heavily with his head down, Liu Mang couldn't help but smirk while drinking Gatorade, and then... choked...
"Cough cough cough cough..." Liu Mang coughed wildly from the choking.
Coach Kruger saw Liu Mang coughing wildly, and hurried over to pat Liu Mang on the back: "Ace, are you all right, are you tired?"
Don't look at Coach Kruger who dislikes Liu Mang from time to time, but to this disciple, he is very different from others. He takes care of Liu Mang the most.
Others were shocked when they saw Liu Mang coughing like crazy. Athletes have a kind of injury that can be regarded as a disease. After strenuous exercise, the intake of oxygen is not enough, which leads to problems with the air bubbles in the lungs. Coughing like crazy can be regarded as a disease. , can also be counted as injury, of course, the probability of occurrence is not high, but it is still very scary for athletes, so vital capacity training is a very important part of athletes.
Liu Mang ran with Ginobili for so long, because of the amazing physical impression Liu Mang left on his teammates, the teammates also thought that Liu Mang might be too tired.
Liu Mang almost choked himself to death with a sip of water, and after recovering, he said, "It's okay, coach, I just drank water too fast and choked."
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The Hawks bench fell silent.
Coach Kruger chose to ignore this idiot, really, why didn't he choke to death? Coach Kruger took the tactical board, ignored Liu Mang, and called out the players he wanted to replace: "Jason, Matt, Nazr, Kwame, you go on the field, Jason, you handle the ball with Ace, We have to play fast! Bring up the rhythm!"
Liu Mang felt neglected, so he had to do something!
Seeing Ostertag in the training uniform, Liu Mang rolled his eyes, and the bad idea came again...
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On the other side, the Spurs' bench is not because Popovich didn't see the Eagles' attrition tactics, but because of this kind of "overlord conspiracy", there is nothing he can do if he sees it.
The Eagles' double-shake style of play is powerful, especially the Eagles gave up the zone defense and sent four three-pointers Liu Mang, Stockton, Korver, and Rasheed Wallace, plus an air cut domineering, The lineup of Boozer, who is also very accurate in mid-range shooting, is definitely one of the strongest offensive lineups in the league. It is also the lineup with the strongest offensive firepower in the Eagles. It can suppress the offense of the Eagles. If Duncan rests, the point difference will definitely be opened by the Eagles. Their offense, if there is no Duncan, will definitely be the last or second team in the league.
Faced with the Eagles' conspiracy, Popovich could only jump into it knowing that it was a pit.
Now for Popovich, the most troublesome thing is that there is no back line that can defend against Liu Mang and Stockton or Jason Terry at the same time. Malik Rose is the worst, but he used to be It's not impossible to play power forward, it's not impossible to play small forward, and it's okay to defend against shooting guards, but it's a bit too much for him to defend against guards.
Moreover, Popovich also had a headache for the Eagles' irregular substitutions and tactical changes. In the last few minutes, he didn't even know how the Eagles would rotate, and he couldn't figure it out at all! Most team substitutions are traceable, but the Eagles dared to send Stockton, Korver, and Boozer, the three worst defensive players of the Eagles, on the field at the same time. , Popovich feels that it has opened the door to a new world, which has a great impact on his personal coaching philosophy, and has a great influence on him, but it is useless to have a big influence at this stage.
Popovich looked towards the Hawks bench, his eyes lit up!
He saw Ostertag take off his training clothes, move his body on the field, jump, twist his waist, and run in place.
"This guy with a big forehead wants to fight at high altitude while Tim is tired!" Popovich immediately 'understand' the tactics of the Eagles!
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Popovich couldn't help but stand on the sidelines with his arms crossed, and began to have a white-haired Popovich, whose hair fluttered when the air-conditioning wind just passed the Spurs bench. Nobili.
Popovich sent a full starting lineup of Parker, Ginobili, Malik Rose, Duncan, and Nesterovic, and continued to use the troika to death.
If playing a big lineup, Popovich doesn't have to worry about physical problems. Duncan has been attacking in the first seven minutes of the first quarter, but the consumption is very small, because the Spurs' slow-paced offensive and defensive battles are too strong.
Now that the Hawks are going to deploy a big lineup and play positions again, Popovich is not so worried about the physical fitness of Duncan and Ginobili.
It's just... this is Popovich's personal guess...
When the five players of the Eagles came out, Popovich once again had a mouthful of old blood in his throat.
Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Barnes, Muhammad, Kwame Brown!
The Eagles sent five players who can run the most and hit the offensive rebound most in the current lineup!
After seeing Ostertag put on his training clothes after running and jumping, and sat back on the bench, and it was Popovich who saw Ostertag wearing training clothes with his naked eyes, Popovich was almost pissed off. die!
So treacherous!
How about being so shameless!
There are so many tricks for changing people? Change everyone to play dirty?
Popovich felt that it was insidious enough for him to acquiesce in Bowen doing bad things, but he didn't expect that a mountain would be as high as a mountain!
Popovich gritted his teeth and glared at Coach Kruger on the Hawks bench. Coach Kruger felt the murderous aura and looked at the source of the murderous aura. It was Popovich. He was very confused. This league has the worst reputation. One of the coaches, I don't seem to have provoked him, right?
Popovich's current reputation is not very good, mainly because Bowen, Coach Kruger and Popovich have a very ordinary relationship, there is no hostility, but there is not much communication.
Seeing Popovich gnashing his teeth, coach Kruger was at a loss...
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The timeout ends and the Eagles have the ball.
run!
Unlike the previous 19 minutes, when the Eagles were dawdling in positional battles, this time the Eagles really ran!
On the other hand, the Spurs, because the Eagles played more games in the first quarter, they have been "fake fast breaks". up.
Especially the speed of the Eagles is really fast. Both Liu Mang and Jason Terry who served the ball rushed to the frontcourt. Parker and Ginobili failed to block them in the first place. Liu Mang advanced to the three-point line at full speed. Stepping into the three-point line, Parker and Ginobili blocked it, and Liu Mang immediately passed to Jason Terry.
Jason Terry receives the ball and drives from beyond the three-point line to the left of the basket.
At this time, Parker and Ginobili, who found that their defenses were in conflict, were "synchronized" again. Both of them wanted to make up for it, and they both rushed towards Jason Terry. Liu Mang took advantage of the situation and cut from the middle. Jason Terry immediately gave it to Liu Mang, and Liu Mang entered the three-second zone in the middle.
Duncan is going to scold his mother!
Those two bastards on the outside line, how did they defend against this!
Seeing Liu Mang rushing in, Duncan had to take a step forward to defend. Liu Mang received the ball and made a mid-range shot, and the Spurs dared not let go.
Seeing Duncan coming up, Liu Mang took a step towards the right. Nesterovic also took a step ahead. With a good defensive awareness in positional warfare, he got stuck and wanted to change direction and return to the basket. down the route.
but! Liu Mang didn't want to score by himself. After attracting Duncan and Nesterovic's defensive action, he threw the ball into the air and flew from the heads of Duncan and Nesterovic to the left side of the basket. Kwame Brown jumped up on the spot, his head almost hit the backboard, received the ball in the air, followed the falling potential energy, and smashed into the basket hard!
After dunking in, the Eagles did not retreat quickly, but directly started fighting around the front!
The audience of five people is pressing!
Kwame Brown clings to and entangles Duncan, who is running forward, Muhammad stands in front of Nesterovic and interferes with Nesterovic who picks up the ball and is about to serve, Liu Mang clings to Kyle Nobili, interfere with Ginobili receiving the ball, Jason - Terry and Barnes to block Parker receiving the ball.
Both Parker and Ginobili couldn't make the pass, and Nesterovic was in a hurry. Finally, he saw Malik Rose who was vacant. Seeing that he was about to violate the five-second rule, he quickly threw it out.
Malik Rose's scalp will explode when he receives the ball, he is a swingman who used to play power forward!
Seeing Manu Ginobili and Parker being stuck tightly by each other, Malik Rose could only bite the bullet and push forward cautiously.
Malik Rose had just reached the three-point line and was about to find a teammate when he saw Barnes blocking him.
Continue to stick defense!
The Eagles use speed to five-man oppressive marking!
Faced with Barnes' defensive pressure that was more fierce than himself, Malik Rose was about to blow up. Seeing Ginobili, who was stuck close to Liu Mang, pushed Liu Mang and ran to the middle, Malik Rose immediately uploaded go out.
However, Liu Mang was too fast! Pushed half a step away, he immediately pressed back. The moment before Ginobili caught the ball, he stretched out his long arm and poked the ball out!
Jason Terry and Parker both chased Liu Mang, Jason Terry immediately counterattacked after grabbing the ball, and when Liu Mang attracted Parker and Ginobili to chase him, he dribbled the ball himself Speeding up to the front court, before Duncan rushed up to block the shot, he chased and shot a three-pointer...
"Kang..."
Iron...
But it does not matter!
Liu Mang slammed into Parker behind him with his back, his left arm was pressing on Ginobili, the Iron Mountain Kick and Iron Elbow skills played a miraculous effect at this time, Liu Mang took off the offensive rebound with his right hand, and threw the ball into the basket!
After Parker was pushed away by Liu Mang, he pulled Liu Mang's waist, and Manu Ginobili, who was pinned down by Liu Mang on the other side, also grabbed Liu Mang's left arm. Liu Mang grabbed the offensive rebound and the ball The moment it was thrown, the referee blew his whistle!
The goal is valid, and a penalty will be added!
The foul this time was counted on Parker, and Parker's action was more obvious.
The fans at the scene saw this scene and saw the Eagles score 4 points in a row, and they all went crazy!
Liu Mang first gave Kwame Brown an alley-oop, then stole Manu Ginobili, and finally grabbed an offensive rebound in a 1-on-2 and easily scored!
Moreover, it is still 2 plus 1!
After Liu Mang threw the ball in, he saw Ginobili and Parker with shocked faces, and patted the jersey on the arm that Ginobili had grabbed and the waist that had been pulled by Parker just now.
Liu Mang actually has such a sense of grabbing rebounds and blocking positions, and he actually gets stuck so steadily!
This surprised Parker and Ginobili, because their rebounding efficiency was much higher than that of Liu Mang! Ginobili averaged 29 minutes per game and 4.4 rebounds per game. Parker averaged 33 minutes per game and 3.3 rebounds per game. They were both stronger than Liu Mang, who averaged 3.7 rebounds per game in 38 minutes per game. , I didn't even get it!
Seeing Liu Mang's pretentious look, Parker and Ginobili were very discouraged.
Can't fight offensively, defensively, even rebounding!
Liu Mang walked up to the free throw line with a sullen expression, just to piss off the opponent!
Liu Mang's mid-range shot feels really good today, and he hit the free throw steadily and hollowly.
After returning from the timeout, the Eagles played a wave of 5-0!
38 to 31, the Eagles lead by 7 points!
Popovich exploded on the sidelines, yelling at the referee: "That guy fouled for rebounding!"
Fortunately, there is no zero tolerance yet, otherwise Popovich would definitely be the head coach with the most technical fouls in the league.
Popovich yelled for a long time, but the referee ignored it.
After Liu Mang made a free throw, the Spurs attacked. After Duncan received the ball from the referee, he quickly sent the ball out before the Eagles defended the serve and formed a pinch. After Parker received the serve, Jason Terry pressed Up, Parker had to push fast.
If you want to bring the opponent's rhythm up, pressing and oppressing the defense is undoubtedly the best way.
Of course, this method needs to have a lineup that is fast enough and good enough to defend. It just so happens that the Eagles have it!
The Spurs were originally one of the two teams with the best tempo. Except for the Pistons, no team can compete with the Spurs in tempo, and neither can the current Heat.
However, there is a very important key for the Spurs to press the rhythm. Duncan can have enough defensive restraint. However, the full 12 minutes just came can be counted as a full defense for the entire game. Now his physical fitness has declined sharply. The Eagles only use Kwame Brown to defend in the paint! And it's still the kind of hand-to-hand combat that consumes Duncan's physical energy.
At least for a few minutes, before Duncan rested, the Spurs' offense was greatly challenged. They were not strong on the offensive end, but when they encountered the Eagles' oppressive defense and counterattack, the Spurs were chaotic. !
The Eagles failed to prevent the Spurs from serving to the two guards, so they began to shrink the defense and pinch Ginobili.
In the next period of time, Popovich saw Manu Ginobili make a strong shot from Liu Mang and Barnes. The next group of people can't get in at all. The Spurs twin towers are enough to occupy the position. Jason Terry, Mohamed, and Kwame Brown are all taken in. You two like to vote or not, just defending Nobili's posture.
Ginobili was double-teamed by Liu Mang and Barnes, and was completely lost in the increasingly frantic atmosphere of the away game...
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Popovich had no choice but to yell for a long time to no avail. Five minutes later in the second quarter, the Spurs only scored 4 points. The Eagles, who only scored more than 10 points in a single quarter and only scored 13 points in the first seven minutes of the second quarter, played a 13-4 climax in the next five minutes!
46 to 35, the Eagles led by 11 points at halftime!
Popovich can’t help it, really can’t. Although he is very good now, he can maximize the strength of a star and maximize the role of a star. He is already a very good coach. For his vision, he has won two championships in five years, so he can't be better.
But the current Popovich, firstly, is still far behind the "League No. 1 coach" who will have more experience in the future. Second, the Spurs are now a superstar basketball team, mainly playing Duncan. The Eagles have played badly and have no energy. In the past few minutes, Popovich has nothing to do, and he dare not change. Now the Spurs' starting lineup is their best defensive lineup. It's going to be tough for the Eagles!
The main reason is that Duncan consumes too much, the defensive oppression is not so strong, and the offensive stability is not so strong, leading to a vicious circle, and the defense is even worse!
One mistake, the whole world collapses!
The turning point of the game was when the Hawks consumed Duncan and Ginobili, but Popovich didn't have a good strategy to deal with it.
After the start of the second half, Popovich had to let Duncan rest for a while. Originally, this disciple had a foot injury, but it was not serious and did not affect the game. It was just a little inflammation, which was within the controllable range, but this This kind of tired game, if you don't rest well and continue to fight tiredly, a small injury may become a major injury. It's just a regular season. Popovich is eager to beat the Eagles, but he is only worried about the psychological pressure in the finals. The game was swept by the Eagles, and it will be a lot of psychological pressure to meet the Eagles in the finals.
But now, Popovich has to let Duncan rest more. How can a regular season compare to Duncan's health?
After being enraged, Popovich calmed down and sat on the sidelines without saying a word. He looked at Parker who was played around by Liu Mang, and who was double-teamed by Prince and Barnes. Manu Ginobili, very helpless.
Both of them are geniuses, yes, Ginobili is alright, quickly entering the peak period, but Parker, it really takes too long to grow...
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Even Duncan was gone, Liu Mang was shocked, and the middle distance began to wave out of the sky!
The Spurs are really good at defending three-pointers, and they are also good at defending the basket. After Duncan went down, Nesterovic and Malik Rose, who returned to the position of power forward, also defended very well at the basket.
But Duncan stopped playing, and the Spurs had no one who could block Liu Mang's mid-range shot!
Even Duncan, whose physical fitness is declining and can't jump, is a great defensive threat. As soon as Duncan goes down, Liu Mang seems to break free from the shackles, and starts to make continuous mid-range shots. ball.
And passing the ball...
Duncan is not here, so why pass the ball, the guy inside is going to grab the rebound! Want to score yourself rebound shot!
Liu Mang hit the waves from the mid-range. In the few minutes when Duncan was away in the third quarter, Liu Mang made 4 of 9 shots from the mid-range. In addition, he made two free throws fouled by Malik Rose on the inside of the butcher knife. Liu Mang took half of the quarter. To 10 points!
Getting 10 points is not the most important thing. The key is that Liu Mang made too many shots and was able to make shots. The Spurs had to expand their defense.
Ever since, Kwame Brown turned into a monster under the basket and dunked consecutively.
In half a quarter, the Eagles hit a 18-10 scoring shock wave.
At this time, Duncan had a rest and could come back, but the score has become 64 to 45, which is already 19 points behind!
Coming back, it doesn't matter much. Duncan's characteristic is stability. He can stabilize the score, but he lacks the ability to catch up with a big score!
The influence of core players on the team is huge. Duncan's characteristics are the characteristics of the Spurs. Now the Spurs are Duncan's team alone, not the future Spurs system, which is Popovich's team. The Spurs of this era are quite different.
Duncan is the kind who either suppresses the opponent for the entire game, suppresses and wins easily from the beginning to the end, or is anxious to the end and is killed by the opponent.
Now the game against the Eagles is the third situation. After falling behind by a big score, they can no longer catch up...
But it is impossible for the Spurs to give up, they can only change to the starting lineup again.
The Eagles saw that Duncan was back, and they also switched back to the starting lineup. The two-tower lineup of Rasheed Wallace and Ostertag was against Duncan and Nesterovic.
Continue to grind, the Eagles began to take the initiative to grind the rhythm.
"Despicable and shameless!" Popovich once again gritted his teeth and looked at Coach Kruger.
Popovich saw that Duncan was desperate, but there was no way to completely narrow the point difference. The point difference has been hovering between 12 and 20 points. Every time Duncan worked hard, the Eagles immediately stabilized. To stay is to grind the ground and delay the time, relying on defense and the Spurs to waste the time second by second.
In the end, the Spurs failed to narrow the point difference.
With more than 30 seconds left, the Eagles led the Spurs by 12 points, 89 to 77.
Popovich had no choice but to clap his hands and stop fighting!
How can this be spelled? Even if the Eagles don't score a point, they still have to score 13 points in more than 30 seconds. Popovich wants to scold her! The opponent is too shameless, not to mention the wheel battle against Duncan, but also use insidious and cunning tactics to deal with Duncan.
The Spurs stopped attacking. Ginobili threw the ball to the basket before the end of 24 seconds. It was hard. After Liu Mang grabbed the rebound, he stopped attacking and ran out of time.
In the end, the Eagles defeated the Spurs 89 to 77, 12 points!
Liu Mang played 48 minutes, 15 of 32 shots, 36 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Especially in this game, he made 10 mid-range shots and 10 of 19 mid-range shots. He beat the Spurs The key to the team!
I am very happy that my statistics are good, but what Liu Mang is most happy about is that he defended Ginobili to 3 of 16 in the game and only scored 12 points!
Ginobili's player card of the year!
Although there is a gap with the star card used in the 2004-05 season last time, it still surprised Liu Mang!
Just as Liu Mang and his teammates were clapping hands to celebrate the victory, the system prompt came.
"Ding... The legendary mission is triggered: the future is mine."