Chapter 760
"ah……"
Liu Mang was slapped on the floor, screamed and got two free throws.
There are performances that make the picture exaggerated, but his screams are not all exaggerated.
Just now Liu Mang used Boozer's pick-and-roll to get to the basket with great difficulty, and also used Kwame Brown's threat to trick O'Neal away, but O'Neal slapped Liu Mang on the right shoulder without a chance to block the shot , directly destroyed Liu Mang's coming up, and even slapped Liu Mang on the ground.
That is to say, this person is Liu Mang, and the other people were slapped like this on the floor with small painful injuries. I guess there is no way to treat them. I can only use ice compresses to restore the slight bruises, and I can only bear the pain .
When Liu Mang was slightly injured, he immediately cured the injury with primary injury medicine and 500 superstar points.
However, Liu Mang's performance was exaggerated, but this is the Lakers' home court. Although O'Neal's actions were a bit excessive, the referee still only gave a shooting foul.
Liu Mang could only hold Kwame Brown's hand to stand up and walk to the free throw line without cheating malicious or technical fouls.
Seeing Liu Mang who was screaming miserably just now, but immediately looked like a normal person, the fans booed a lot.
It’s not that Liu Reck doesn’t want to continue playing miserably, but that he has tried several times. The referee’s preference for the Lakers is the same as before. Liu Reck hasn’t received many home whistles at home. Fair, and in the away game, it may still be considered fair, but the rough actions of the Lakers, the referees are all just ordinary fouls!
Liu Mang's current thinking is to cheat if he can get a heavy penalty, and let it go if he can't. Adjust his mentality and body, and take free throws well.
Now the Eagles are only supported by his free throws!
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From the very beginning of the game, the way the Lakers played made the Eagles' preparations like fools.
The Eagles have defensive expert Mike Woodson, tactician Ron Kruger, future tactical library Liu Mang, and 20-year-experienced playmaker John Stockton.
On the Lakers side, there is also a group of outstanding coaching staff, and the most outstanding of them is the nine-time coach who is tied for the first in NBA history, Phil Jackson!
It's not that there is something wrong with Coach Kruger's conservative tactics, but that Zen Master has too much experience. In the case of being behind 0 to 2, at the beginning of the third game, the head coach who took the lead in giving up his advantage is probably Zen Master One dares to do it alone!
With a 2-0 lead, coach Kruger prepared to use defense to make conservative tactical choices in the third game. There is no problem. If it was Zen Master ten years ago, he would do the same, and he really did it. , and did so with a 2-0 lead away from home.
The 1992-93 season was the most difficult championship for the Bulls' first three consecutive championships. Their record in that season was only third in the league, with 57 wins, while the opponent Suns in the finals had 62 wins, but the Bulls relied on The fierce offense, relying on Jordan's 31+7+5 in the first game, Pippen's 27+9+5 in the first game, and the fierce offense brought by Jordan's 42+12+9 in the second game, won two consecutive away games.
Zen Master, who returned to the home court at that time, chose the same conservative strategy as Coach Kruger, playing defense, but he completely miscalculated. The Suns won two of the three home games, and the only one he won was Jordan God. Going down to the world, he scored 55 points in the finals. He brought the average score of the finals to more than 40 points, and won a home game. point.
But the current Zen master already has a wealth of experience in winning championships, and he can easily judge the strategy that Coach Kruger will choose.
Coach Kruger wanted to use defense to deal with the Lakers, but the Lakers didn't play offense from the very beginning, and the Lakers' starting lineup was mobilized by Zen Master to make it look like there were five little blacksmiths on the court. Defensively, Coach Kruger wanted to use defense to deal with the Lakers, but his offense was first destroyed by the Lakers!
The shooting percentages of the players of the two teams were extremely low from the very beginning. In the first half, O'Neal's shooting percentage was only 43%, and the shooting percentage of the entire team of the two teams was less than 40%.
Under such circumstances, even if O'Neal started to decline in physical fitness after hitting a few bad shots, and couldn't spend too much effort on the offensive end in order to maintain defense, they had Kobe!
Defeating opponents with rich blacksmithing experience, Liu Mang is not as good as Kobe in this regard.
The two teams had been defending in the first half. At the end of the half, the Eagles only scored 31 points, but the Lakers were not particularly good. With 33 points, the two teams added up to less than 70 points in the half. ! It's not at the same level as the first two games!
With the shooting percentage of the two teams falling below 40% due to defense, Kobe's 38% mid-range shooting percentage in the first half today is amazing!
However, when the Eagles encountered a completely unexpected situation, there were also problems with the choices they made. During the intermission, Coach Kruger chose to give up the previous strategy and sent Stoke in the third quarter. The offensive combination of Dayton, Liu Mang, Prince, Boozer, and Kwame-Brown.
However, the Lakers still maintain a high-intensity defense, and because of the presence of Malone and Payton, the two returned to the home defense to show off. The pick-and-roll cooperation between Stockton and Boozer on the Eagles was restricted. up.
On the other hand, the Lakers were relying on Kobe and O'Neal. Although the Eagles' defense was above the league's average level, compared with the league's best defense in the first half, it was far worse. Far away, Kobe was liberated at once, and O'Neal was given enough rest time to single out the Eagles.
On the Eagles side, Liu Mang was forced to swing his arms to the inside to cause damage. The outside line was defended. The Lakers wanted Liu Mang to enter the inside line. I can throw myself into the air again and again.
At this stage, the Eagles can barely rely on the scoring threat Liu Mang played in the second game, giving Liu Mang many chances to draw fouls.
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Liu Mang stood on the free throw line, ignored the boos and insults from the fans next to the basket, and made two free throws steadily, scoring 14 points in a single quarter.
The Eagles barely managed to open the gap in the first eight minutes of the third quarter. Liu Mang scored 14 points in the first eight minutes of the third quarter. With 12 points and 4 assists, helping the Lakers get 24 points, the Eagles are already 50 to 57, seven points behind.
Then in the last four minutes, O'Neal had a halftime break and these eight minutes only needed to be responsible for the defense and the catch and dunk after Kobe broke through and attracted the double-team. He finally regained his physical strength, and the sharks began to wreak havoc!
In the last four minutes, O'Neal resumed the madness at the beginning of the first quarter on both ends of the offense and defense. He sent three blocks in four minutes, and crushed Ostertag, who was replaced by the Eagles when Liu Mang made a free throw, and made a strong dunk. , a catch and dunk, two hooks, and scored 8 points in a row!
The Lakers only scored 8 points in the last four minutes, but relying on O'Neal's madness, the Eagles only scored 4 points. After three quarters, the Eagles were 54 to 65, 11 points behind!
The Eagles, like dominoes, have control over the game. From the very beginning, they made a wrong move, lost every step, and retreated step by step.
Seeing the 11-point difference, Liu Mang endured it, but still did not choose to use the random star card of Iverson or the strongest point guard of the era.
My side has been completely suppressed. At this time, if I force a wave, there is a high probability that I will not be able to reverse the current situation. From the beginning of the game, the Lakers' OK momentum and unexpectedly fierce defense have already put me in this position. It is suppressed, and the use of the star card also depends on the timing. If the timing is not right and you insist on using it, it is very likely that a precious superstar star card will be wasted.
When Liu Mang played for the Nets last season, he had already learned a lesson. He did not grasp the timing of the use of star cards, which led to waste. When he needed to use them, there was no suitable star card available.
As Liu Mang expected, O'Neal, who hadn't shown enough power in the last four minutes of the third quarter, was angry with the loss of the first two games. Kobe also suppressed his wild shot because of the loss of the first two games. The heart, stubbornness, has not been triggered, and he has devoted himself to the defensive end. When he needs him to make waves, he starts to wave. When he doesn't need it, he resists the desire to shoot with the ball.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, O'Neal scored 6 points in a row, and the Lakers continued to maintain a defensive pressure. On the Eagles side, the momentum of the game has been knocked out, and they were led by the nose throughout the whole process. After a 6-0 score, the point difference was stretched to 17 points.
In this regard, the Lakers won the game. The Eagles themselves did not stick to their defense in the third quarter and were opened up by the Lakers. Now they want to tighten up, but there is no way. Won the first victory in the finals, supporting their defensive momentum.
In the fourth quarter, Liu Mang could only rely on himself to play singles. He made 4 of 13 in a single quarter and had no chance of three-pointers. The opponent let him break through. He also scored 12 points in a single quarter. Dunk, plus 4 of 6 free throws, but the Eagles only scored 15 points in the final quarter. Except for Liu Mang, everyone else's open shots were blocked too much in the first three quarters, and the touch was gone.
The Lakers maintained a 15-point lead to the end!
In the end, Kobe scored 26 points with 39% shooting and O'Neal scored 31 points with 44% shooting. The key is that he made 9 of 14 free throws today. "Terrible", the Lakers finally tied the big score 84 to 69 to 1 to 2!
There will be another chapter in a while, friends who want to sleep, you can watch it tomorrow morning~