Chapter 713 712. The Strongest Showdown!

"Beat-LA...Beat-LA...Beat-LA..."

The Lakers players had just come out of the player tunnel, and the starters hadn't even come out yet. The call for Beat-LA had already sounded in the Phillips Arena.

For such a fiery away atmosphere, the Lakers players were not frightened by the Eagles' Devil's home game, but were full of pride.

The Celtics can be called the No. 1 giant in the NBA in terms of the number of championships and the fact that they have dominated the NBA for 10 consecutive years except for one year interrupted by Chamberlain. But the No. 1 team in the NBA that fans really recognize is the Lakers. , the Lakers who created the dynasty three times, no team can match them in terms of continuity as a giant. Beat-LA has also become a legend in the history of the NBA. Let the Lakers win the championship.

When the Lakers players heard the word Beat-LA, they were full of honor for the team.

When Kobe came out first, the audience booed the loudest. Even Payton and O'Neal who came out later couldn't compare to the boos Kobe received, especially when O'Neal came out, there were fans shouting "" I want to hug my thigh..."

Kobe's face was livid, the word thigh is now his taboo!

O'Neal yelled at the away fans to hug his thigh, and he was a little proud, with a smile written all over his face.

The main thing is that what Liu Mang said in the interview yesterday made O'Neill's affection for Liu Mang a lot, and he quite agrees with Liu Mang's words.

When Wang Zhizhi made his debut, there were Chinese fans cheering at the scene...

Malone is wearing a suit and sitting on the sidelines today. He is already old. He has averaged 33 minutes per game this season, 14 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists per game. He is still the best performer except for a few super power forwards. The playing time is so high, and there are many minor injuries and illnesses. At the end of the season, it’s time to rest and prepare for the playoffs. The Lakers don’t care about the ranking. When they won the three consecutive championships, they won it in the first year. 67 wins, and the next two champions are far from 60 wins.

Malone had already got together with Stockton yesterday, and at noon, he specially came to Phillips Arena to meet with Liu Mang, Boozer, and Stockton for a new and old version of the Shuangsha gathering, so it was time for the game When he was playing, he didn't take the risk of making his teammates unhappy to say hello to the Eagles.

After the old Malone offended the little blacksmith by making waves with the Lakers, he swallowed his anger for a while.

After the appearance ceremony of the players on the Lakers side, it was the turn of the players on the Eagles side to play.

I don’t know when Rasheed Wallace became the player who got the most cheers on the scene. Liu Mang was full of envy and hatred. The sales volume is high, and the share of various peripheral products of the Rogue League is getting higher and higher, but it is still full of envy and hatred for Rasheed Wallace who has the highest cheers in the arena.

Feeling the envious eyes of the cheapskate, Rasheed Wallace proudly pulled Ratliff, and the two ran around halftime, then ran to the free throw line, and the two crossed arms , The cheers at the scene boiled again.

The two teams did not communicate, and there was a feeling of absolute opposition between the strongest teams in the East and West in the 1980s and 1990s. Even Wang Zhizhi, who replaced Malone in the starting position today, did not come to say hello. Compared with Kobe, he is more cautious. Kobe dared to go to Liu Mang's house for dinner at the risk of being scolded by Lakers fans after being discovered, but he didn't dare to go.

After experiencing the treasonous incident, he is careful about this aspect of things.

However, the atmosphere between the two teams is not very tense. The Lakers claim to be the strongest team since the new century. It hasn’t been long since the three consecutive championships. The team is very confident in themselves.

The strongest enemy is right in front of you, and only a team like the Lakers that has just won three consecutive championships and a team like the Eagles that is about to play the strongest record in the new century have this kind of confidence.

On the Eagles side, they were all chatting and laughing while communicating about the game for a while while shooting hot shots.

On the side of the Lakers, the Lakers are divided into two groups. O'Neal is always so happy playing happy basketball, but his strength allows him to play happy basketball and win three consecutive championships. O'Neal doesn't practice shooting at all. Touching his buttocks with his right hand, he started his signature opening dance moves. His teammates laughed non-stop around O'Neal. The other group of people was Kobe, who looked at the fat man with contempt many times, and practiced his own shooting.

The final pre-match preparations are over, and the game is about to start. The two teams will start playing on the big screen.

The Lakers sent Payton, Kobe, Devin George, Wang Zhizhi, and O'Neal to the starting lineup.

Liu Mang looked at the starting roster of the Lakers and asked the system about the strength of these players.

"Gary Payton, averaged 11.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game, ability evaluation 75, 60 three-pointers, 77 mid-range shots, 82 layups..."

"Kobe Bryant, averaged 24.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game, 95 ability evaluation, 81 three-pointers, 92 mid-range shots, 95 layups..."

"Devin George, ability evaluation 72, 77 three-pointers, 71 mid-range shots, 79 layups..."

"Wang Zhizhi, averaged 10.3 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, with an ability rating of 75 (peak), 84 three-pointers, 75 mid-range shots, and 80 layups..."

"Shaq O'Neal, 19.8 points, 12 rebounds, 2.6 assists, ability rating 98..."

The sooner the little blacksmith got to the playoffs, the better he was. The soft-footed shrimp in the playoffs that was promised... By the way, Liu Mang remembered that this guy had a nickname of the king of the Western Conference Finals, and he had never lost to the Western Conference Finals. Whether it is two rounds of kneeling, or going to the final stage...

However, it has roughly reached its peak period. After looking at it, Wang Zhizhi is 27 years old. The years are really killing pigs. However, Wang Zhizhi has become a lot stronger in the past two years with the Lakers. Sure enough, he still has the opportunity to pursue honor and play. Time is more motivated, but Liu Mang's 6.9 rebounds seem uncomfortable at first glance, just as uncomfortable as his own average of 32.9 points per game.

The Eagles are all back in the starting lineup. The game against the Celtics the day before yesterday made Ratliff, who had already rested for a game, continue to rest for an extra game, just for today's game, Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem , Rasheed Wallace, Ratliff's strongest lineup is back!

The referee signaled the substitutes of the two teams to go down, and the staff removed the warm-up ball. Liu Mang and Boozer hugged and then went to the center circle, put the index finger of their left hand in front of their mouths, made a silent movement, and turned 360 degrees on the spot. lock up.

Seeing Liu Mang's actions, the fans at the scene knew that that was coming, and the scene went from extremely noisy to extremely quiet.

The scene was dark, and Rasheed Wallace's face appeared on the big screen. Of course, he had to come in person when he appeared on the stage. Loud, slightly scratchy and plasticky, but more exciting for the fans!

"Ding... The roar of the Celestial Lord is triggered, and the devil's home court is opened, from fans of Rasheed Wallace and Phillips Arena."

This is the first time the Lakers have come to the Eagles' home court this season. They have heard that the fans at the Eagles' home court are crazy and restless, but they don't care. No matter how restless they are, can they be as restless as Salt Lake City?

The fans who like to make trouble the most have never been black fans. On the contrary, white fans are more fond of making trouble. Whether in Europe or the United States, this has always been the case, because white people are richer and less afraid of trouble. The famous devils and devils in the NBA are at home. Salt Lake City, Portland, and Boston are all cities with a very high proportion of white people.

Similar to football hooligans in Europe, the most troublesome basketball fans are also white.

When the Lakers players saw the legendary Rasheed Wallace's roar, they didn't think there was anything at first, they were booed everywhere, but when the scene fell into madness, the Lakers players were suddenly cheered from the silence Shocked!

The little blacksmith who can circle the earth with a reflex arc is nothing. Maybe he didn’t react at all. Maybe he was woken up suddenly when he went back to the hotel to sleep at night. O’Neill made an exaggerated expression of surprise. Most of his here is probably a performance. , Peyton is okay, Devin George and Wang Zhizhi are all shaking with fright!

It's no worse than the madness of the fans in Salt Lake City!

Liu Mang was very satisfied with the cheers from the fans, he gave the opponent a blow before the game started, good job! That being the case, he didn't care about the fact that Brother Tianzun stole the highest cheers at home.

Just then, the system prompt came.

"Ding... Features: Cold-blooded level 5 trigger, ignoring away pressure, from Kobe Bryant."

"Ding...team buff: The OK trend is triggered, and the away team's anti-pressure ability of the OK combination is enhanced, offsetting part of the away pressure, from Kobe Bryant &Shaq O'Neal."

Depend on!

Liu Mang forgot that this blacksmith's brain circuit is different from that of ordinary people, so he can't be scared!

But there is a little effect. The team that can win three consecutive championships has long been used to winning away games without changing the core combination. The culture of strong teams is different. Liu Mang can only work hard to cultivate his own players. Team winning culture!

...

Rasheed Wallace and O'Neal came to the middle circle to jump the ball.

Liu Mang waited at the free throw line without much hope. Don't look at O'Neill's fat, the speed of the ball is inhuman!

Sure enough, Rasheed Wallace, a small jump ball expert, lost to O'Neal, and O'Neal dialed the ball back.

Seeing that Payton passed halftime and handed it to Kobe, Liu Mang really wanted to despise Payton for being afraid of a blacksmith. Wouldn't it be okay if he didn't pass it to this guy? This guy is a cancer! You won't let go of the ball!

For the Lakers, it is now the end of the regular season. The Lakers have a stable record and are second in the Western Conference. Except for the Hawks and the Kings, the rest of the schedule is very easy. O'Neal will also start to support Ready for the playoffs.

Seeing Kobe advancing, Liu Mang took the initiative to defend.

"Come on, the guy who can't get the MVP, you can't get the MVP, you will never get it." Liu Mang rants at Kobe.

Today Liu Reck took the initiative to apply to play against Kobe. Although the coaching staff was a little confused, both Liu Reck and Prince were single-defense players. Except that Liu Reck's defensive strength was not as good as Prince's, and Prince was in NO- Handcheck is the main player who can be selected into the best defensive team based on pure defense. Except for the difference in strength, Liu Mang and Prince have similar defensive functions. It is no problem to switch defenses. The coaching staff thinks that Liu Mang must have a "conspiracy" to deal with Kobe. This guy, the coaching staff is naturally happy.

Kobe came beyond the three-point line and saw Liu Mang defending him, he was still so arrogant, and he felt like there was a conspiracy like the Eagles coaching staff! This guy is not the kind of person who can hit eggs with stones. Kobe recognized Liu Mang's defensive momentum and strength. In general, Liu Mang's defense is definitely the best among the first-class single-defense players, although not as super as Prince. A single-defense master made Kobe feel difficult to deal with, but it also made Kobe agree that Liu Mang's defense, in Kobe's view, was almost equal to McGrady, who was mainly defensive back then, and was on the edge of the best defensive team.

There must be a conspiracy!

Kobe didn't believe that after Liu Mang had Prince, he would really come to confront him head-on again.

Ignoring Liu Mang's provocation, he thought about defending the ball for two seconds. Just as Kobe was about to act, he took the ball one step ahead. Liu Mang immediately pressed towards Kobe, wanting to sneak attack and steal.

Kobe's reflexes are amazing! Grabbing the ball with his little hand, he turned around to avoid Liu Mang's pounce, and jumped straight away, stepping on the three-point line and throwing it with a long two-point strike!

Almost the three-point distance from the front basket, Kobe's strong shot hit the backboard and bounced into the basket with no difficulty in creating it!

This is all in!

Liu Mang saw that Kobe was obviously very proud of his clumsy dancing posture, twisted his upper body, twisted his lower body, and was celebrating this shot with proper uncoordinated dance steps. If you shoot this kind of ball, you are the only one who is so selfish."

After speaking, Liu Mang ran back to the basket and waited for the serve.

Just as Kobe was about to retreat, he was almost pissed off by Liu Mang!

When Liu Mang pushed forward, Kobe blocked Liu Mang from beyond the three-point line, and also yelled: "Who is more selfish than you? A selfish guy like you will never win the championship."

Liu Mang crossed his left arm to open up a little space with Kobe, protected the ball and advanced beyond the three-point line, and said as he advanced, "I have more assists than you! Selfish."

The two dudes started hurting each other.

Hearing Liu Mang's words, Kobe began to be afraid of Liu Mang passing the ball. This guy can't guess according to common sense. The more he saw Liu Mang's posture of scoring, the more Kobe was worried that Liu Mang would play a pick and roll. Pick-and-roll thieves.

Suddenly, Liu Mang made a movement to break through to the front right, and Kobe subconsciously moved to the rear left, and was also ready to go around on errands.

But Kobe turned his head and immediately realized that he was cheated. He turned around and wanted to make up for it, but Liu Wei had already jumped on the spot and made a three-pointer!

"swish"

Liu Mang also had a good start and made a three-pointer.

Kobe is confident that he can guard against Liu Mang. Of course, in fact, he can also greatly limit Liu Mang's regular state. After all, he was selected for the best first team selected by the media after receiving the coach's first defensive team. He is a star who started from the defensive end. At this stage, he is extremely dominant on both ends of the offense and defense. He has O'Neal on the inside and has no scruples on single defense on the outside. With a fat man behind him, he can do whatever he wants.

So Kobe didn't think that Liu Mang would be tough from the beginning. Although the Eagles had a rebounding advantage over his Lakers, they didn't have the kind of crushing gap with other teams, that is, the Lakers had the same advantage against other teams except the Eagles. Most of the teams outside the team have a crushing rebounding advantage. He understands Liu Mang's idea of ​​​​shooting more waves when he is double-teamed. It is the so-called heart-to-heart, mutual sympathy, the same world, the same backboard...

For example, Kobe, when both O'Neal and Malone are absent from the game, they usually choose to break through and score, and only when there are big men will they focus on mid-range and long-range shots.

Kobe Bryant was surprised by Liu Reck's shot. Liu Reck just made a probing movement and Kobe backed away.

After the goal, Liu Mang retreated immediately. At this time, Liu Mang did not stimulate Kobe. He just stimulated Kobe to pass the ball to Kobe. Kobe passed the ball one-on-one.

Liu Wei returned to his own three-point line, saw Payton advanced to the frontcourt, and handed it to Kobe. Facing the dribbled Kobe, Liu Wei started talking again: "You have no way to score on me except you are lucky. Yes, and my teammates are going to double-team you, you should call the pick-and-roll, O’Neal is so strong and will help you solve everything so that you can score easily.”

Liu Mang said so now, but before the start of the game, he had already told his teammates that no matter what he said when he and Kobe were facing each other, they should not hinder his one-on-one with Kobe. His teammates were very puzzled, and they trusted Liu Mang and knew that Liu Mang couldn't guard against it, but Liu Mang's miracles in the past three years made his teammates believe that he had a way.

The requirement of the task is that if Kobe is flanked and Kobe doesn't score, then even if Liu Mang scored a single against Kobe in the next round, it will not be counted in the score contest with Kobe, and it will cancel a round, so Liu Mang can only do it by himself.

Liu Mang wanted Kobe to play a pick-and-roll. Although he might not be able to defend against the pick-and-roll, Kobe made a good pass and passed it to O'Neal. Kobe couldn't score, so O'Neal left it to his teammates.

"This guy, want to single out? Is it a conspiracy?" Kobe looked at the defense of the Eagles players, but he really didn't find anyone preparing to attack. He was a little surprised and felt that something was wrong.

No matter what is wrong, this is an opportunity!

In Kobe's view, as long as Prince doesn't come to double-team, even if Raheem does double-team, it is an opportunity. easy.

Kobe's greatest strength is decisiveness!

Quite resolute, immediately began to make a sudden Liu Mang, and made an emergency stop jump shot in the middle distance!

"Damn!" Liu Mang didn't expect Kobe to be so determined, and was forced by Kobe to make a mid-range stop jump shot.

"Ding...Stubbornness level 5 trigger, the next attack must be a shot, from Kobe Bryant."

This guy, did you say that too many good shots are not a good player?

He deserved to retire and become He Dou Dagger!

4 to 3, Kobe led Liu Mang by 1 point.

After receiving the serve, Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, and he wanted to hit back!

Kobe defended Liu Mang's three-point defense more strictly this time, but because he was afraid of Liu Mang's fouls, Kobe didn't dare to elbow and push Liu Mang's waist when he was on the defense. Can't make small moves unscrupulously in this season with a large defensive scale like defending against others.

Seeing Kobe's defensive flaws, Liu Mang took a small step back half a step, and at the moment before Kobe continued to press up, he made a sharp change to the right, making an Iverson-like brilliance! Break through from the right!

After being passed by, Kobe didn't lose his mind and didn't stand still, he immediately turned around and chased after Liu Mang.

Liu Mang's speed was very fast, but Kobe did not give up, because the fat man inside was his most solid back!

After Liu Mang passed Kobe, he looked at his teammates on both sides, and none of them got a chance. Neither Rasheed Wallace in the right corner nor Prince in the left corner had a chance. Wen-George fought hand-to-hand, and no one came to double-team him.

However, just as Liu Mang entered the free throw line, he turned his head to look at the basket, and saw that it was indeed a big fat man!

O'Neill came out to block Liu Mang with an agility that was extremely inconsistent with his body!

That broad body completely blocked Liu Mang's line of sight! Moreover, there is a fat man in the front and a blacksmith in the back, Liu Mang is caught in the pinch of the OK group!

There is no way to pass the ball! Even if his teammates came to meet him, he couldn't pass it out!

No way, Liu Mang forcibly bumped into O'Neill, throwing the ball as much as possible.

"Boom..."

Liu Mang crashed into a pile of fat, and the referee didn't blow the whistle. O'Neal's defensive awareness was not blocked, and the record of the second most blocked shots in a single game in history was not given casually. As long as he is serious, O'Neal's defense in the three-second zone Definitely one of a kind!

The ball thrown by Liu Mang had no target, and flew directly from the right side of the backboard, even Ratliff, who was vacant under the basket, didn't catch it!

This ball is a mistake!

Maybe it's because he has won Kobe Bryant more times before, or maybe he is too impressed with Kobe's future iron king in history. In short, Liu Mang despised Kobe too much this time! It's not the kind of contempt that doesn't look down on Kobe, but the contempt relative to Kobe's strength. He attaches great importance to Kobe's strength, but it doesn't reach the level of the most important. He subconsciously believes that Kobe is now relying on O'Neal, But it ignores the Lakers at this stage. The regular season depends on Kobe!

Liu Mang thought that his trash talk, defense and defensive strategy could restrain Kobe.

Then, Liu Mang encountered Pierce's feelings!

Unlike Liu Mang who wanted to win this game but also wanted to complete this task and that task, the Lakers' style of play was very clear.

At the beginning, Kobe will do it. Kobe will do it when he is tired and O’Neal has the offensive motivation. Of course, even O’Neill now hopes that Kobe can score more. Much easier.

On the defensive end, the Lakers' defensive strategy is to defend Kobe against Liu Mang's outside shots and try his best to prevent breakthroughs.

On the Eagles side, Liu Mang wanted to fight Kobe one-on-one, but fell into the Lakers' defensive strategy!

After Liu Mang was flanked again, he took precautions. Afterwards, he began to make more breakthrough fakes, and after passing Kobe, he made a mid-range shot from a position that O'Neal, who was one step outside the free throw line, couldn't defend, but he got rid of Kobe in this way. The defense was not completely freed, and the scoring efficiency was very low.

The first quarter hit the official timeout, and Liu Mang only scored 8 points on 3 of 9 shots! Two two-pointers and one three-pointer, and one of two free throws made by O'Neal on the ground.

The Eagles also only scored 12 points. Except for the few offenses where Liu Mang handed the ball to Raheem, Raheem scored one by himself and cooperated with Ratliff. The Eagles had no other points!

As for the Lakers, Kobe played very well today, playing in the playoff mode, scoring three consecutive starts, and then triggering Kobe's time level 4 in the opening game, scoring 15 points in a row for more than half a quarter! And he opened his heart and made two alley-oop passes to O'Neal, scoring 19 points in 7 minutes!

Liu Mang forced to defend Kobe alone, but failed. Instead, Kobe used this to make a nearly perfect start!

6 out of 7 shots, a player like Kobe, or just defend him to death, if he develops his touch, even if God comes to defend, he can only be blown up!

And Liu Mang, released such a monster!

...

After the official timeout, Liu Mang returned to the bench. Before he could say anything, coach Kruger pointed to Liu Mang and said, "You sit down, John, Jason, Sharif, Carlos, Kwame, you all go up, John. , you and Carlos are in charge of organizing the offense, Sharif, try to defend Kobe as much as possible, force them to pass in singles, Kwame, the inside defense is handed over to you..."

Before Liu Mang had time to react, he was put on the bench!

Coach Kruger understood that Liu Mang was inflated!

I thought that if I was going to win the MVP, I would be invincible, and I wanted to fight Kobe one-on-one, so I got the current result.

Coach Kruger understands Liu Mang's thoughts, after all, young man.

But at this time, you can’t get used to it, and indulge when it’s time to indulge, because those things that should be tolerated are not things that can affect Liu Mang’s future development, and most of them are not Liu Mang’s willful head. It's the one who makes a profit.

But this time, Liu Mang wanted to fight Kobe one-on-one. Obviously, no matter what, Liu Mang and the team were not profitable. For the first seven minutes, Coach Kruger was waiting for Liu Mang to see if there was anything. Planned, but found, totally unplanned.

Liu Mang looked like he wanted to score against Kobe, but was killed by the Lakers' flanking defense.

Coach Kruger knew that words may not have much influence on Liu Mang, so he simply used the actual description. First, he used "cold violence" to put Liu Mang on the bench who was supposed to play for a long time. Then use Stockton to teach Liu Mang the correct way to play against the Lakers.

Moreover, Coach Kruger also ordered other people not to talk to Liu Mang, so that Liu Mang could calm down.

...

Back from the timeout, on the Lakers side, O'Neal, who came up to defend for a few minutes, went down to rest. Wang Zhizhi and Medvedenko partnered inside. Wang Zhizhi averaged 10.3 points and 6.9 rebounds per game this season. Dvydenko's playing time, of course, Wang Zhizhi, who has stronger shooting ability, taller height and better blocking ability, has played in a strong team like the Lakers for two years, and his strength is indeed better than that of Medvedenko. The ability evaluation of 67 is much stronger.

On the perimeter, the Lakers sent the best perimeter defensive combination of Fisher, Kobe, and Kareem Rush.

The combination of Stockton and Boozer, with Jason Terry as a pitcher and Raheem as an assaulter, and Kwame Brown at the basket, the Eagles' offensive play suddenly changed. a team.

Malone is not here, the Lakers have no good way to deal with the Eagles' pick-and-roll offense. Keton played more steadily.

Even though Kobe on the Lakers side started to use the explosion and Raheem came up, he couldn't prevent Kobe.

Kobe used his defense to control the ball for his teammates. Wang Zhizhi's three-pointers and air cuts began to play a role. The Lakers' scoring efficiency did not decrease much, but the Eagles' scoring efficiency improved. As long as they play steadily, the Lakers can't defend against the Eagles. Team.

Although the Lakers' defense is good, there is still a gap compared with the Spurs, especially this is the regular season, and there is a gap between the Spurs, Timberwolves, Pistons, Pacers and other teams. Their strength is offense. Bian shouldn't have been defended by the Lakers to such a bad start.

After the first quarter, Stockton took the rotation lineup and withstood the pressure during the period when Kobe opened up and started to organize the offense. The score was 26 to 31. During this period, the Eagles chased by two points Points difference!

...

During the intermission, Liu Mang stared at Coach Kruger with fiery eyes. He knew what Coach Kruger meant, but he was still very dissatisfied when he was pushed on the bench at the beginning. He felt that he just wanted to finish It's just a task, I didn't expect Kobe to be so powerful. It's not that Liu Mang hadn't been beaten by Kobe in the past two years, but at that time, he felt that he was not strong enough to defend and attack. Now that he is stronger, he must No problem.

Only now have I discovered that you thought the other party was a super god, but the super god you thought was just a super god you understood, and the strength of the other party obviously exceeded what you could understand at the time!

McGrady's team sucks, Iverson started to change his style of play after he came back, Carter has talent but has never fully realized his talent into strength. The last time he played against Kobe, Kobe was in rush mode. Liu Mang thought it was that. break out.

When Liu Mang became stronger now, he began to truly understand how terrifying a superstar is!

The dedicated Kobe, even without the rush mode, is still not something that Liu Mang can compete with!

Of course, Liu Mang was dissatisfied at first, but seeing his teammates work so hard to wipe his ass, bite the score that was 7 points behind at the beginning, and narrowed the gap by 2 points, Liu Mang began to calm down.

Seeing his teammates fight so hard, he really couldn't afford to score with Kobe Biao. Moreover, if he really wanted to fight one-on-one, he really couldn't beat Kobe.

And even if it's for the mission, winning the game is more important! If the game is lost, the mission is also a failure!

When Coach Kruger saw Liu Mang's fiery eyes, he lost the little thought that rolled his eyes and became more pure. Although there was less thought, sometimes, this kind of pure heart is better.

Coach Kruger is not afraid of the strength of the Lakers. He is confident that hard steel can win. This is the confidence he has accumulated in leading the team with Liu Mang over the past three years, especially the confidence he has played this season!

Seeing Liu Mang's purer eyes, Coach Kruger knew that this kid was thinking about it, and he relaxed. It's not that it would be serious if he lost this game, but that he couldn't let Liu Mang have that kind of pain. An inflated mentality is best nipped in the bud from the start.

Coach Kruger asked Liu Mang with a rare mocking expression, "Want to go?"

Liu Mang nodded immediately.

"Then go!" Coach Kruger pointed to the field.

"Uh..." Liu Mang was a little taken aback, "What is the tactical arrangement?"

"Get lost!" Coach Kruger suddenly turned fierce, and kicked towards Liu Mang, spraying while kicking: "Have you played according to the tactics?"

Liu Mang reacted very quickly, from taking off his training uniform to getting on the field in one go without any muddy water, and also dodged Coach Kruger's kick. Even the team staff who came to pick up the training uniform were stunned. , You can take down Nice fasting tablets!

Seeing Liu Mang, who had been sitting lifelessly on the sidelines for half a quarter and no one paid attention to him, finally became active again and returned to the court. Seeing the familiar "interaction" between coach Kruger and Liu Mang, he was suppressed and beaten by the Lakers. The Eagles fans, who were behind by 5 points in a single quarter, have been suppressed for a long time. The home court advantage has a certain effect on the Lakers, but Kobe's performance completely offset this effect, and even hit the morale of the Eagles. atmosphere at home.

The devil's home game can only make the strong stronger. If you can't beat the opponent, those cheers will instead become a catalyst for the opponent's morale, making the opponent feel that you are afraid of them and boo them.

The Hawks fans, who had been suppressed for half an hour, saw that Liu Mang seemed to have recovered, and cheered again!

That's what it feels like!

After Liu Mang put Kobe and Kobe aside, even if he fell behind, he felt more comfortable physically and mentally!

...

Back from the intermission, for the Eagles, Stockton continued to play, and the lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Boozer, and Ostertag played.

With Liu Mang on the field, the Eagles will naturally put defense into the team's strategy.

Liu Mang, Prince, Ostertag, the best weapon to limit the OK combination!

For the Lakers, Fisher, Kobe, Rush, Brian Russell and O'Neal played.

Brian Russell is also a player with an average three-point ability. Except for Ma Long, the best power forward beside O'Neal these years is probably Wang Zhizhi. Wang Zhizhi, who played the first quarter, is also time to go down and rest. .

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Eagles attacked.

Liu Mang advanced after receiving the serve.

Kobe watched Liu Mang push forward, and saw Liu Mang's eyes obviously changed, not the kind of eyes that were ready to do something, but more "competitive" feeling.

This kind of pure eyes made Kobe pay attention immediately, this kind of Liu Mang is even more difficult to deal with.

Kobe thought that Liu Mang wanted to fight against him because of public opinion, but Liu Mang was indeed too young to play off himself.

And Liu Mang was able to restore his original state of mind so quickly, which made Kobe a little appreciative... What the hell!

When Kobe saw Liu Mang advancing, he immediately threw the ball to Stockton, then made a face at him, and ran towards the inside.

The bastard!

Kobe immediately chased after Liu Mang, cursing secretly while chasing: How can this bastard run so fast!

Liu Mang ran to the basket. Ostertag had both physical strength and years of experience in cooperating with Shuangsha and Hornacek. He blocked Kobe like an iron wall, and he blocked it to death!

Liu Mang came out from the basket with Ostertag's pick-and-roll, and O'Neal had to chase Liu Mang.

At the same time, Boozer came in to help Liu Mang block O'Neal after blocking Stockton from the outside line. At a 45-degree angle from the side, as soon as he stepped out of the three-point line, Stockton's pass came!

The moment Liu Mang received the ball, he turned around and shot a three-pointer!

The speed is so fast that Kobe, who has already studied the Eagles' pick-and-roll coordination and knows Liu Mang's most common foothold, can avoid Ostertag and rush over at the fastest speed, but he can't interfere!

Quick shot master level 3 is triggered, and Liu Mang's whole movement of turning around and throwing a three-pointer is 15% faster! It was this 15 percent, which just happened to completely avoid Kobe's active defense!

Coupled with Stockton's pass, Liu Mang has the most perfect sense of receiving the ball, and the feeling of shooting is perfect. The sharpshooter is triggered at level 5, and Liu Mang's three-pointer is hollow!

After scoring the goal, Liu Mang clapped his hands, performed the signature move of Jay Chou's double Jay Chou, lowered his head and glanced up, and said to Kobe, "Oh, good defense."

After speaking, Liu Mang immediately turned around and returned to defense. The Lakers started to play less fast breaks since last season, but that doesn't mean they didn't play. Liu Mang immediately retreated to defense.

29 to 31, two points away!

Liu Mang is completely in the mood!

The Lakers attacked, Fisher advanced and handed it to Kobe. Kobe held the ball and came to the same side as O'Neal. Most of the time, opponents would rather let a Lakers pitcher other than Kobe Bryant throw the ball than let O'Neal catch the ball.

Kobe is ready to cooperate well with O'Neal. He has scored so many points, and he has to pass the ball. I said in the interview yesterday that the wave shot is not a good player. Even if I want to swallow this sentence, I can't Slap yourself in the face as soon as you said it, at least make people forget about it before breaking your promise.

Coincidentally, the Eagles' defensive strategy is also to block the outside line and single defense at the basket!

Kobe lobbed the ball to O'Neal, and O'Neal looked at his old opponent behind him, the big white bear who had been hitting him in the playoffs for two consecutive years, and slammed into it with all his strength.

When the two lumps of fat collided together, there was a "pop" sound!

O'Neal took a lot of effort to open up a little space, and the small throw shot fell into the basket!

Fortunately, there was not much offense in the first quarter and a long rest. Kobe played the hard steel Eagles in the first quarter, so O'Neal only had to defend in the three-second zone to prevent Liu Mang from entering, otherwise O'Neal really couldn't squeeze Oster Tower. grid.

Although O'Neill could not be prevented, Ostertag's performance made the fans applaud and applaud!

It's amazing!

Since the new century, since O'Neal reached the top of the NBA for the first time, no player has been able to carry O'Neal like this, and can force O'Neal to such a difficult twisting body and small throws! Ostertag was the first!

A few years ago, because Ostertag wanted to give his sister a kidney, he began to lose fat to the point where he could be operated on in 1999, plus the recovery after the midway operation, and returning to the NBA to re-adapt and grow quickly after losing a kidney. The impact of obesity has played poorly for four consecutive years. The fans have not seen anyone who can carry O'Neal for many years.

Although it is O'Neal who is 32 years old and averaged less than 20 points per game for the first time in his career in forming the Big Four, that is also O'Neal! This season, O'Neal is still the league's number one center and still has no solution, but when he was physically fit, he was actually slightly restricted by Ostertag.

This is enough for the Eagles, as long as it can consume O'Neal's physical fitness, O'Neal's biggest problem now is physical fitness!

In the transition between offense and defense, the Eagles did not play fast. In order to consume O'Neal, the Eagles continued to lay down positions and run tactics, just like dealing with Duncan!

Actually, for the Hawks, O'Neal and Duncan are... the same...

The Eagles continued to fall, and Liu Mang pushed forward and continued to hand the ball to Stockton.

The Lakers' defense immediately began to shift towards Liu Mang without the ball.

Liu Mang's off-ball running began to be used by Stockton as a defensive pinpoint, and the rest of the Eagles began to open up!

O'Neal VS Eagles, the game became anxious.

But the Eagles play easy tactics, and the Lakers' triangle offensive position is really playing star singles. O'Neal is getting more and more tired facing Ostertag, and even wants to take the initiative to cooperate. While blocking other people on the perimeter, O'Neal was given a chance to catch the ball in one-on-one singles, and O'Neal had to play singles non-stop!

But O'Neal is really strong. Kobe is also good at offensive rebounds at this stage, and he also grabbed two make-up baskets that O'Neal was defended by Ostertag.

The power of the OK combination is indeed strong!

Liu Mang has now become an attractive target for defense, and the defensive end is only helping to pinch opponents who want to make air cuts except for O'Neill, but playing his own role, Liu Mang is playing happier instead.

Don't care about his mission, right now, Liu Mang feels this kind of wholehearted, from technique and tactics to strength to psychological warfare, the feeling of competing with the opponent for victory, he enjoys it very much!

The scores of the two teams fell into a stage of continuous anxiety!

The score has been anxious until the second half of the fourth quarter. O'Neal really went all out today, throwing his arms and scoring with Kobe. Even if the Eagles made preparations, they couldn't prevent it.

The more O'Neal played, the more excited he was, and he just focused on attacking. The main reason was that this feeling made the OK team very familiar, and Malone on the sidelines watched with fiery eyes.

But relatively, O'Neal's defensive enthusiasm has basically disappeared since the second quarter. After Liu Mang came out of the basket without the ball, he could always easily find a gap, forcing the Lakers to block Liu Mang from the air cut. Liu Mang may switch to defense and chase in advance when Liu Mang comes out of the baseline, otherwise Liu Mang's COSCO catch-and-shoot shooting rate is very high. From the beginning of the shooting rate of 33%, when he hit the fourth quarter, Liu Mang, who plays without the ball, has returned to more than 40% of his shots.

Moreover, Liu Mang played like this, scoring easily. After scoring 8 points in the first quarter, he scored 10 points in the second quarter under the organization of Stockton.

In the third quarter, Liu Mang used himself as the offensive ball-holding point, and the Eagles switched back to the starting lineup. In the third quarter, when Liu Mang sent 6 assists in a single quarter, he only scored two points, but he still got it after three quarters. Excellent scoring performance of 20 points, 20 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists in three quarters, almost 20+10 in three quarters!

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After the start of the fourth quarter, Liu Mang was completely guarded. Stockton played for a long time today. He returned in the fourth quarter and pushed Jason Terry to the bench. Jason Terry is so nervous The knife is very accurate when it is accurate, and when it is not accurate, he can't make a shot even if the point guard gives him a shot.

Stockton started to organize the offense when Liu Mang was double-teamed by Wu Wu.

Playing against the Lakers, Stockton is still full of vitality! With the defense attracted by Liu Mang, Stockton and Boozer led the team to play team offense together.

Compared with the hard steel of the Lakers, the Eagles also consume a lot of energy, because no one can defend anyone, but the Eagles want to defend the Lakers, and it is precisely because of the Eagles' defensive oppression that they have been fighting against each other. Grab the score, the OK combination is indeed too strong! In this game, the two worked together a little bit, and immediately showed the ability of the strongest duo.

However, the overall strength of the Hawks is still better, mainly because Liu Mang devoted himself to the tactical strategy against the Lakers that he had discussed with Mike Woodson and coach Kruger early in the season.

With seven points behind at the start, the Eagles and the Lakers led by the OK team have been anxious for the whole game. The Lakers have maintained a slight lead. Finally, with two minutes left, there was no chance to score in the final quarter. Liu Mang, who made 0 of 5 shots, took advantage of Kobe's pick-and-roll around Boozer and hit a three-pointer. The Eagles trailed by one point from 106 to 107 and overtook it by two points!

Immediately afterwards, O'Neal gave the ball to Wang Zhizhi. Today, Wang Zhizhi, who performed very well offensively under the outside pressure and defense of the Eagles, made a solid three-pointer.

At this time, Liu Mang's physical fitness became the key to the game!

Boozer and Ratliffka were at the basket. Rahim grabbed a defensive rebound and threw it forward. After Liu Mang received the ball, he stopped outside the three-point line and swayed. He chased like a mad dog. Kobe overdid it, it's not because he wanted to pounce so fiercely, but because he didn't pounce so fiercely, he didn't even have a chance to force Liu Mang to pretend!

After Liu Mang flew over Kobe, at the critical moment, his unique attributes exploded, and the rhythm was not very good, but he didn't wait for his teammates to follow up, and directly threw a three-pointer!

Fortunately, but also strength, Liu Mang's chasing three-pointer went through the basket!

Two three-pointers in a row!

Liu Mang scored two three-pointers in a row at the critical moment!

112 to 107, the Eagles overtook at the critical moment and led by 5 points!

At this time, the Lakers did not call a timeout, and the Zen master signaled Kobe to come by himself.

"Ding... Black Mamba's bite is triggered at level 4, and the comprehensive ability evaluation at critical moments is +4, from Kobe Bryant."

"Ding... Features: Cold-blooded level 5 trigger, from Kobe Bryant."

Kobe was Kobe, he advanced to the frontcourt, Liu Mang and Raheem immediately flanked him, preferring the Lakers to score two points, but also blocked three points.

However, Kobe forced the two of them to take a step outside the three-point line, and pulled up a dry three-pointer.

One of Liu Mang and Rahim relied on strength to block, and the other relied on speed and quickness to press. In this case, Kobe actually threw the ball!

As expected of the legendary guy with 26,200 shooting methods!

The most important thing is that this time the ball that seemed to be thrown hard actually went in! The long-range three-pointer on the front basket bounces off the backboard and into the basket!

However, Liu Mang also got excited and ran to the front court immediately. Boozer reacted very quickly, picked up the ball and threw it to Stockton, and Stockton threw the ball directly to the front court without stopping.

Kobe didn't expect Liu Mang to go down so soon, and immediately chased after Liu Mang, but the tacit understanding between Stockton and Liu Mang was so good, the tacit understanding between master and apprentice is invincible!

Liu Mang rushed to the bottom corner on the right, throwing Kobe away completely!

However, Stockton's tacit understanding was to want Liu Mang to run to the bottom corner to take Kobe away. Raheem followed up in the middle, and Liu Mang received the ball, turned around and shot directly!

"All of these shots?" Stockton was once again refreshed by Langbi Liu Mang, and Raheem who was following closely just passed the halfway line!

But... There was a clear sound of "swish" into the net, and Stockton felt that the taste of the assist was really fragrant...

Liu Mang, who also has the same cold-blooded characteristics, may not be as strong as Kobe's ability evaluation of 99 at the trigger moment of Duncan's 99 ability evaluation.

But empty! Liu Mang is that strong!

"It's all in!" Stockton's three views were immediately refreshed again!

The point difference is still 5 points, and the Eagles lead the Lakers by 5 points 115 to 110!

37 seconds left!

There is still a chance!

The Eagles didn't dare to be careless. Liu Mang and Raheem continued to attack Kobe, still using the tactic of putting two points and defending three points.

At the critical moment, not only Kobe's talent skills and cold-blooded triggers were triggered, but Kobe's time was also triggered! The ability to resist shooting interference has been greatly improved.

At the critical moment, Kobe scored two three-pointers in a row!

They couldn't defend at all, Liu Mang and Raheem tried their best, but they couldn't defend, and Kobe narrowed the point difference to two points again!

Kobe quickly retreated this time, and the Lakers also hurriedly retreated.

The Eagles didn't call a timeout either!

The Lakers didn't call a timeout because Kobe was in good shape, and the Eagles didn't call a timeout for the same reason. Liu Mang also felt good, scoring three three-pointers in a row!

Liu Mang, who hadn't scored a point in the first 10 minutes, scored 9 points in a row at the last moment. It is impossible for Coach Kruger to interrupt Liu Mang's current touch.

Liu Mang dribbled the ball and advanced to the front court. Kobe waited for Liu Mang to come over with his autumn clothes in his mouth.

After Liu Mang advances to the front court, he stops outside the three-point line. Kobe is ready to block Liu Mang's three-pointer like a dog at any time, but he must also guard against Liu Mang's breakthrough at any time. The Eagles can put two points to defend three-pointers. The Lakers It's not okay for the team to fall behind.

Ranran, Liu Mang grabbed the ball, threw the ball with his right hand to the left at a 45-degree angle and ran towards his own Stockton, while Liu Mang's body was still leaning forward to the right.

When Kobe saw Liu Mang's action, he immediately prepared to block Liu Mang's air cut, and defending Liu Mang was the biggest focus of the Lakers' game!

Then……

Kobe was cheated again! The main reason is that he is inexperienced. He never thought that the action of throwing the ball would be a fake action!

Liu Mang grabbed the ball tightly and took it back, pulled up a three-pointer and shot again!

Liu Mang, whose hands were all ignited, made his fourth consecutive three-pointer!

18 seconds left!

Still five points difference!

At this time, the Zen master had to call a timeout!

It's just that after calling a timeout, Kobe's touch was interrupted, and he missed a three-pointer that directly caught the ball. Boozer protected the defensive rebound, and the Lakers could only make a tactical foul.

Kobe's three-pointer missed, the game is considered a final conclusion!

In the end, the Eagles reversed the Lakers 120 to 113!

After defeating the Lakers, the audience was in a sea of ​​joy.

This game was played too hard!

After the final whistle sounded, Liu Mang might not be very tired physically, but the feeling of playing three quarters with passion made him collapse on the floor as if he collapsed!

Won!

Finally won!

For Liu Mang, scoring four three-pointers in a row at the end was like redemption.

Lying on the floor, seeing the back of Kobe walking back to the player tunnel without saying a word, Liu Mang felt a little proud: "Small sample, it's useless to get forty or fifty cents, winning is king... wait, four or five very?"

Liu Mang sat up in shock, the little blacksmith seemed to have scored 35 points after three quarters, even if he only made two three-pointers in the final quarter, he still scored 41 points! And Kobe obviously had more than 6 points in the fourth quarter!

Liu Mang immediately looked at the big screen, which happened to be announcing player statistics.

The best player in the game, Ace Liu, had 32 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

The highest scorer in the game, Kobe Bryant, had 51 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Trembling, Liu Mang opened the system panel, the first prompt was...

mission failed!