Chapter 756: 755.OK Furious, the New Blacksmith Is Here!

Raheem and Kwame Brown were surprised when they stood still, and O'Neal thought of them when he ran.

However, the boss of the team has already gone to thank them, and the two also returned to the bench to move their bodies. Half of their bodies were almost numb after being hit by O'Neal just now.

After re-strengthening the basket, the referee confirmed that there was no danger and the game resumed.

The two teams did not rotate, and they were still in the beginning of the test. Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt.

After Payton found his defensive feel in the last game of the Western Conference Finals, although the offensive end is still not good, but the defensive end has found the feeling of last season. Although there is a certain gap with the best defensive team, it is also at a first-class level.

Seeing that Rahim was fighting with Kobe, the little blacksmith was really capable of attacking and receiving... No, he was able to attack and defend. Rahim, who was seven or eight centimeters longer than him, did not lose the wind in hand-to-hand combat. There was no hope. Raheem took advantage of the opponent's lack of a genuine small forward to put some defensive pressure on O'Neal.

Liu Mang beckons Kwame Brown to come out for a pick-and-roll. Malone immediately switches defenses with O'Neal.

Malone is good at pick-and-rolls, and he is also good at defending against pick-and-rolls. Liu Mang used Kwame Brown to block Payton and took a step to the right. Seeing that Payton was about to bypass Kwame Brown, Malone also rushed up. Liu Mang kicked his right foot when he landed, changed direction and returned to the left side of Kwame Brown, went straight to the basket from the middle, and came to the free throw line. Seeing O'Neal rushing over, Liu Mang did not hesitate , Pull up the jumper directly!

O'Neal was a step too late to return to the three-second zone from the bottom line on the right. When he rushed forward, Liu Mang's mid-range shot had already been shot, and he swiped into the frame and scored two points!

On the other side, Kwame Brown helped Liu Mang block Payton twice in a row, and immediately cut to the basket after blocking, helping Liu Mang take away the defense.

The pitcher feels good today! As Liu Mang returned to defense, he was thankful that he hadn't slackened in the training of the CIC in the past three years. Even though the efficiency of the CIC is the lowest shooting choice in the regular season, the characteristics of the CIC are like this. The efficiency is average, at most 100%. A shooting percentage in his early forties, counting as a three-pointer with a three-point shooting percentage of 33%, under normal circumstances, is more efficient than a first-class mid-range shooter.

However, in the playoffs, for players with the ball, three-pointers are mainly used as a diversionary weapon to attract the opponent's defense. Especially in this era, the efficiency of three-pointers dribbling and shooting is terribly low, and the lethality is not enough. Even the future Stephen Curry, under the rule that the defense above the free throw line cannot touch the opponent's body with his hands, he can't make a few three-pointers, and his average number of free throws in the finals is usually only three to four times per game , This is disastrous for the team's top scorer. Once a strong three-pointer is missed, there is no way to counter it.

The CIC is different. The characteristics of the CIC are that the regular season is also the playoffs, and the efficiency will not change significantly. In the finals, the CIC still had a shooting percentage in the early 40s, so it would blow the sky.

It was the Lakers' turn to attack, and Payton came up to give the Lakers the versatility on the defensive end. Although Liu Mang's mid-range shot was not able to defend against it, because mid-range shots have always been an unsolvable problem, as long as they are accurate, they are strong, so they couldn't defend against it Liu Mang's CIC does not mean that Payton's role is gone. He defended Liu Mang's three-pointer very well.

However, on the offensive end, Zen Master wanted to use Payton to organize the offense and liberate Kobe's idea of ​​being suppressed when facing Prince on the offensive end, but he was directly stifled. In Zen Master's view, Payton is a point guard after all. No matter how average the long-range shot is, the opponent has to guard against it. Who knows that the opponent would rather let Payton shoot.

There was no other way, O'Neal could only shake his arms and throw the ball into O'Neal's hands. O'Neal struggled to carry Kwame Brown and smashed the ball into the basket.

It looks easy, but O'Neal is not easy either. Kwame Brown's explosive power is beyond O'Neal's expectations. He secretly sighs that he is the first-choice genius among high school students. There is nothing to say about his physical fitness, except that he is too light, but he is only 22 years old. Ah, it's been three years... O'Neal despises the small owner of a new team from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing Kwame Brown's pitiful appearance, Liu Mang felt sorry for him for a second, then received Kwame Brown's serve and pushed forward.

When Payton saw Liu Mang pushing forward, his heart was cold, and he secretly hated that he was not in his prime, otherwise why would he be afraid of this little devil.

After Liu Mang came over, he continued to find Kwame Brown for pick-and-rolls to increase the area that O'Neal had to defend. With Kwame-Brown's pick-and-rolls, Liu Mang broke through from the left again.

Payton and Ma Long really had no choice but to block Liu Mang's three-pointer. After blocking the three-pointer, there was no way to prevent Liu Mang's consecutive pick-and-roll breakthroughs at the same position. They could only pin their hopes on O'Neal. .

After Liu Mang broke into the inside line, he saw O'Neal rushing over with his arms, blocking the passing space between him and Rasheed Wallace. Malone also rushed to the bottom line to block the passing space of Rasheed Wallace. It's really difficult to cut the route! Mainly O'Neill, this time the defense is obviously faster than before! Liu Mang felt that his jumper from the free throw line was likely to be blocked.

So, when Liu Mang stepped on the free throw line, he grabbed the ball, leaned forward, and threw the ball to the right!

Kwame Brown! He cut in from the right side after the pick-and-roll, Malone went to block Rasheed Wallace, Payton couldn't stop Kwame Brown, and was squeezed away!

O'Neal really deserves to be the most talented player at the center position in NBA history. With such a huge body, he suddenly stopped in the middle of the march, turned around to defend against Kwame Brown who just rushed to the basket from behind him, and knocked Kwame to the basket. -Brown blocked it!

But when O'Neal saw that Kwame Brown had no ball in his hand, he knew it was bad!

"Beep..."

The referee whistled, and O'Neal turned his head to see that Liu Mang was already sitting on the floor and slipped out of the baseline. The ball fell into the basket from the right side of the basket lightly, and Kobe on the left side of the three-second zone raised his hand helplessly.

The fans at the scene were cheering, and most of the players didn't see what happened, they could only look up at the replay on the big screen.

On the big screen, after Liu Mang passed Payton in a pick-and-roll, he entered the three-point line from the left. When he got to the free throw line, because O'Neal's block was too fierce, he chose to pass the ball to Kwame Brown who was making an air cut on the right. , However, when O'Neal turned to defend Kwame Brown, Liu Mang's thrown ball was caught tightly by the big hand, and he took it back. At the same time, his body leaned forward and turned into a three-step layup.

This is not over yet, because Liu Mang broke through from the left, Raheem was near the bottom line, and immediately ran to the 45-degree angle to open the space for Liu Mang, but Kobe just chased Raheem to the free throw line At the position of the extension line, seeing that Liu Mang tricked O'Neal with a false pass, he hurried back to defend, and it really put pressure on Liu Mang, hitting Liu Mang and destroying Liu Mang's right hand layup.

but! When the space was blocked for a layup with his right hand and his body was knocked out of balance by Kobe, Liu Mang switched the ball to his left hand and tried to throw it towards the basket. Slide out the bottom line on the ground.

Kobe not only fouled, but also scored! Facing the front and rear blocking defenses of the OK combination, Liu Mang scored 2+1!

Liu Mang got up from the ground, luckily the ball went in, this little blacksmith, murder!

After slandering and rubbing his sore buttocks, Liu Mang walked to the free throw line.

At this time, the Lakers made a substitution, and it was Payton.

In this year's playoffs, Payton completely exposed his old age, that is, the gap between him and those era-level superstars. He was not injured or sick, and his state completely collapsed. The entire playoffs averaged 7 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists per game. It's not the key, the data looks good, but the field goal percentage in the early 30s, the three-point shooting percentage in the early 20s, a total of ten free throws so far in the playoffs, and the state of last season It's like an avalanche in comparison.

Originally, the defensive end that Zen Master was looking forward to relieved Kobe, but he couldn't do it. He didn't have Kobe's enthusiasm for biting like a mad dog.

After Payton was replaced, he walked to the bench without saying a word. The main point guard battle between him and Fisher had already intensified in the regular season, but Mr. Chairman was old and cunning and had a good relationship with everyone. Even if he wants to get the other party's things, he will still not make the other party hostile before he gets it, and even if he gets it, he will let the other party send blessings, so this is a healthy competition between the two of them. Whoever plays well will have more time.

Liu Mang saw the obvious dissatisfaction on Payton's face but didn't say anything. Thinking of all the gossip news from the wealthy team, he could only lament that the noble team is the noble team. Mang saw that the guy who was replaced was the second-generation star Luke Wharton? Except for Kobe, O'Neal, Malone, Wang Zhizhi, Fisher, and a few middle-class people with almost bad contracts, there is really no one available for the Lakers!

Devin Brown made 0 of 5 three-pointers in the last game, and was suddenly robbed of playing time by a rookie.

After receiving the ball thrown by the referee, Liu Mang concentrated his thoughts and steadily made an extra penalty.

7 to 4, leading by 3 points!

It's the Lakers' offense again, this time... it's Kobe who advances! And after Kobe reached the frontcourt, he handed the ball to Luke Walton!

Liu Mang followed Fisher to the bottom corner on the right side of the basket, and Fisher stopped moving and just waited there.

Liu Mang returned to observe the opponent's offense, Malone went to the middle distance on the left, O'Neal was outside the three-second zone on the left side of the basket, Kobe came to the middle distance on the right and leaned against Prince... In this position, the triangle offense is back?

After Payton and Malone joined the Lakers, the Lakers didn't play the triangle offense for almost the entire season. With the Big Four, what kind of triangle offense is there? Even if he is willing to sacrifice, he can't play the triangle offense.

Moreover, the most important thing is that there is no player who can pass and shoot at the small forward position. The future movie superstar is completely old and can't play anymore. Horry can play small forward, shoot and pass. In the 01-02 season When Rick Fox was seriously aging, he averaged a career playoff high of 3.1 assists per game in the playoffs and made 38% of his three-pointers, supporting the support point of the small forward. The Lakers The triangle offense can only be played, but Horry has been sent away as the backer who was eliminated by the Lakers in the second round last season. The Lakers have not played the triangle offense for a long time.

Wharton waited until his teammates settled down, then hit the ground and passed the ball to Kobe, who was leaning against Prince. Kobe turned around sharply with his back against Prince, snapped Prince aside, and pulled up to shoot!

Raheem made up the defense at the first time, Kobe jumped up and passed the ball back to the top arc, and Luke Wharton from the top arc made a three-pointer!

Although Luke Wharton did not inherit his father's physical fitness, he has inherited his golf quotient perfectly, and he can do everything, such as shooting, breaking through, and organizing offense. In addition to his poor physical fitness, he is also very accurate for open three-pointers. Stage fright, the first time I stepped on the stage of the finals, I made a three-pointer as soon as I came up!

Where did this guy come from!

Raheem didn't expect this guy to score a three-pointer!

7 to 7 tie.

Liu Mang felt something was wrong, the person who supported the top arc could score a three-pointer, the Lakers' triangle offense was about to explode! Moreover, Liu Mang just saw that it was not Kobe, O'Neal, Malone or even Fisher who commanded the running position, but that rookie Wharton! Little Walton, who is called the best coach on the field by the little blacksmith, has a really high golf quotient! The first thing to do is not to play the triangle offense, but to put O'Neal in the waiting position in the triangle offense, so that O'Neal can get a chance to rest while still maintaining an offensive threat.

However, Luke Walton played small forward... Sure enough, after Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he saw Kobe defending him... Then the question came, what exactly is the triangle offense?

For example, the teammates who are currently standing in the designated positions under Liu Wei's command have played many times, but they have never understood this problem.

Liu Mang commanded his teammates to set up in the top arc. Kwame Brown took a big step outside the three-second zone on the right side of the basket and was ready to hit the basket at any time. O'Neal could only follow. If he was rushed by the opponent, he would be very afraid of Kwame. - Brown's physicality.

Rasheed Wallace went to the bottom corner on the left, Prince went to a 45-degree angle on the right, and Raheem took a step outside the three-second zone on the left side of the basket, leaning on Luke Walton for the ball!

"This is?" Kobe looked at Liu Mang in surprise.

Liu Mang raised his eyebrows at Kobe and lobbed the ball to Raheem.

Open up the space, stand in a position suitable for air cuts and three-point shooting, and have a space directly connected to the singles point, so that the singles point has a perfect singles opportunity, and at the same time let the singles point and the basket responder, and the top The arc support points form a triangle position, which is the simplest triangle attack!

After receiving the ball, Raheem slammed into Luke Walton directly. Luke Walton couldn't hold it even a step. , turned around and bullied him, moved Luke Wharton to his side, and faced the basket!

O'Neal immediately made up from the right side of the basket, Raheem stepped into the three-second zone, waited for O'Neal to come in front of him, and threw the ball to the right side of the basket from O'Neal's waist, Kwame Brown received the ball and raised his hands in a step The ball needs to be buckled when it jumps!

But O'Neal's defense at the basket is too strong, and now he is very active again, turning around and jumping, Kwame Brown felt his head was completely covered, and quickly changed from a dunk to a layup, but... his hand slipped... the ball fell to Kwame -Brown pops out of bounds on his own leg.

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Kwame Brown felt a bit of embarrassment, and the fans, Lakers, and Eagles were all speechless.

Liu Mang covered his face, turned around and ran back, the referee gave the Lakers baseline ball...

This little boy's skating characteristics are too exaggerated!

However, the connection between Raheem and Kwame-Brown forced O'Neal to switch positions quickly, and had to turn around and jump hastily, which consumed O'Neal's energy.

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Just like Liu Mang forcibly stated that he was not losing money, O'Neal's defensive tasks were increased. Sure enough, O'Neal's offensive opportunities decreased. After Luke Walton came up to mobilize the offense at a high position, O'Neal became the supporting player. The offense has shifted from the inside to the outside. Kobe's singles are used as the starting point of the offense. Compared with O'Neal's singles when he is physically fit, the efficiency must be much worse. But in the triangle offense, Kobe has a perfect singles. The team's offensive efficiency is still very strong.

On the Hawks side, Liu Mang and Raheem, one played pick-and-roll and the other played low post. When the Lakers' offensive efficiency declined, the Eagles' offensive efficiency also declined, but it was not a big problem. At the seven-minute official timeout, the Hawks trailed by just one point, 16-17.

At the beginning, both teams wanted to play in a different way, and wanted to deal with the defense. Unexpectedly, the other team had the same idea, which made the two teams play an offensive confrontation at the beginning!

When it came time for the rotation, the Eagles took Stockton, Jason Terry, Prince, Boozer, and Ratliff.

After the Lakers lost the first away game, the second game was actually not as urgent as the Eagles, because they had three consecutive home games waiting behind. -George, Ma Long, Wang Zhizhi.

As expected by the Eagles, the Lakers' rotation time is about to start the defense again!

After returning from the timeout, the Lakers began to play Malone and Kobe in turns on the offensive end. The Eagles started the pick-and-roll offense of Stockton and Boozer. , the confrontation has become very much, the outside shot can't be made, and can only break into the inside or the inside face-up singles. The Lakers back to the basket is because of the existence of Ratliff. It is very difficult to play back to the basket. It's not easy to deal with Boozer, and it's not easy to meet Malone.

From the exciting offensive confrontation between the two teams, to the inefficient offense of the two teams picking and rolling, singles, and mid-range shots, it is as simple as one substitution.

And this situation continued until the middle of the second quarter.

After the official timeout in the second quarter, when the two teams switched to the starting lineup again, O'Neal on the Lakers side started to chisel, and after O'Neal chiseled two, he began to play the triangle offense again.

Liu Mang's shooting was good on the Hawks side today, forcing the Lakers to switch to an offensive lineup. It's useless to strengthen Payton's defense. He is no longer the best defensive player in the past. The Lakers have to doubt life.

After the first game, the two teams had an understanding of the opponent's regular style of play, and both teams wanted to play different styles of play. As a result, both teams could not defend the opponent, and the main lineup could only fight for offense. The Lakers can only rely on Kobe's strong shots and Malone's strong shots. The Eagles can only rely on Boozer and Stockton's pick-and-rolls and Jason Terry's strong shots. The scoring performance of both teams is very bad. .

This anxious situation lasted until the third quarter, but it still didn't change.

The scores of the two teams rose staggeredly, and there was no chance to completely widen the gap. Just leading by two points, one accidentally fell behind by one point. From the beginning of the game, until three minutes left in the third quarter, The Lakers called a timeout.

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69 to 65, the advantage of the Eagles' lineup depth, as the game entered the tug-of-war, it gradually began to show this advantage. In the case that there is no way to suppress the opponent, the advantage of the Eagles is obviously greater. a little! Before the two rounds just now, the two teams were tied at 65, but in the two rounds just now, the Lakers did not score, and the Eagles scored two goals in a row. Seeing that they were about to widen the point difference, the Lakers hurriedly called pause.

After returning from the timeout, Liu Mang continued to play. Except for the 10-minute break from the first quarter to the second quarter, Liu Mang has been on the court since then. The other four teammates are Jason Terry, Prince, Raheem, and Raheem. Tliff.

For the Lakers, Fisher, Kobe, Luke Walton, Wang Zhizhi, and O'Neal played.

O'Neal has already scored 9 points in the third quarter, 29 points in three quarters, and almost 10 points in every quarter, but he also consumed enough. Facing the consumption of Kwame Brown and Ostertag in turns is really great. That's enough, I don't dare to continue singles now, just rely on my body to contain Ratliff's defense in the interior.

Liu Mang wanted to stabilize the point difference at this time, and then win in the fourth quarter.

But as soon as he played, Kobe exploded!

When Liu Mang came on stage, he heard the system prompt!

"Ding... Black Mamba bite level 4 trigger, Kobe time level 4 trigger, from Kobe Bryant."

Kobe's Kobe time started directly!

Coming up, Kobe relied on Prince to turn around and shoot a jumper, ignoring Liu Mang who was defending past, and hit a mid-range shot.

Liu Mang gritted his teeth and fought against the superstar, and fought back. After a pick-and-roll with Ratliff, he threw off Wang Zhizhi and rushed to the basket. O'Neal could only reach out, and Liu Mang scored two points for a layup.

But when the Lakers were attacking, Kobe moved to the frontcourt, pulled up a three-pointer and shot it!

Scored two goals in a row!

The combination of stubbornness and Kobe time is perfect and terrible!

In the last three minutes of the third quarter, Kobe scored 5 goals in a row and scored 13 points in three minutes! Two three-pointers, one mid-range shot, two breakthrough layups, even fouls were useless, and Kobe even scored a 2+1!

Kobe, who only scored 13 points in most of the first three quarters, scored the same score as in the previous 33 minutes in these three minutes!

Although Liu Mang tried his best to score 7 points in the last 3 minutes, with an efficiency as high as 3 of 5 shots, Kobe scored 13 points in a row! What a monster!

After three quarters, O'Neal scored 29 points, Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, and Malone scored 9 points. At the end of the three quarters, the Lakers overtook the Eagles by two points 78-76!

O'Neal and Kobe both scored more than 70% of the Lakers' points!

With O'Neal playing seriously, the entire Lakers team scored more easily. Coupled with Kobe's sudden outburst, the Lakers overtook them at the end of the three quarters!

For the Eagles, Liu Mang scored 28 points and 6 assists in three quarters, and he only scored 28 points by scoring 7 points in a row against Kobe at the end.

Watching Kobe return to the bench, O'Neal took a towel from the water dispenser manager Brian Cook and threw it at Kobe. Liu Mang felt that the two were unpredictable!

Run away if you say runaway!

At the end of the critical third quarter, Kobe scored 13 points to overtake the score. This was a big blow to the morale of the Eagles!

The break between quarters is less than three minutes, and with some miscellaneous time, it can add up to 200 seconds at most. The morale of the Lakers has obviously improved, but Liu Mang feels that his teammates are a little low.

Have no idea! O'Neal can't deal with it, and Kobe exploded even after a disagreement. After O'Neal rested, Kobe was still so accurate. It seemed that the game was going to be impossible!

no!

Liu Mang can't guarantee it. Now that O'Neal is playing seriously, and Kobe and O'Neal are making good use of each other's containment power, the Lakers will win an away game and return to the home court. It's hard to say what will happen if the score is played three consecutive away games!

Looking at the low morale of his teammates, Liu Mang knew that the start of the fourth quarter was the key. If he could perform well in the fourth quarter, his morale would return. If he was still suppressed by the opponent, it would be over.

I can only throw a big move!

Liu Mang walked onto the court with the ball in his arms, and while shooting the ball to maintain his touch, he opened the star card section of the system panel, Marbury and his younger cousin...forget it, the superstar point guard of the era... It seems like before the 21st century The superstar point guard of the era was not good at shooting. It would be okay if he got an Isaiah Thomas. If he changed to an organizational type, the morale of his teammates would be low, and he didn't know if it would work.

Or use those two!

Kobe or Iverson.

In the end, Liu Mang decided to keep Iverson on the road as a blacksmith, so...

"Boss of the system, use Kobe's star card!"

"Ding... the host uses Kobe Bryant's 03-04 season star card, the time limit is 10 minutes, the ability evaluation is 95, the three-pointer is 82, the mid-range shot is 91, the layup is 96... the strength is 87, the speed is 91... the talent skill Heiman Ba's Bite Level 4, Feature: Kobe Time Level 4, Feature: Stubbornness Level 5...Matching rate is 75%, ability bonus calculation..."

"Ding... After the host's bonus, the ability evaluation is 93, the mid-range shot is raised to 89, the layup is raised to 93, the overall strength is raised to 85, the waist and abdomen strength is greatly improved, temporary talent skills: Black Mamba's bite level 3, temporary Ability: Bryant Time Level 3, Temporary Ability: Stubbornness Level 5..."

With such a high degree of matching, Liu Mang felt that it was enough. Do he have such a high degree of matching with this little blacksmith in Milan?

And, the most important point, why are all the other skills dropped by one level because of the 75% match rate, but this stubborn one is still at the full level?

The most important thing is that now that Liu Mang is holding the ball, he really wants to throw it towards the basket!

Kobe's own playing personality made him keen on shooting, and Liu Mang was affected by the system because the system systematized Kobe's character traits into characteristics!

Liu Mang felt his desire to throw and throw, and felt that he had a good birthday...

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Kobe just scored 13 points in a row. He looked at Liu Mang and wanted to find a chance to provoke him. Finally, he had a chance to get angry with him. Suddenly he saw Liu Mang turning his head to look at him, and holding his jersey in his mouth!