Chapter 979 978. The Background Emperor's Self-Cultivation

Each mountain is higher than the other!

Even his teammates believed Liu Mang's lifelike movements!

Rasheed Wallace, the irritable young man, and Josh Smith, the young man, rushed forward immediately. Duncan quickly hugged Rasheed Wallace, and Bunchy Wells, the thorn in the side, missed Josh Smith. He was as tall as a head and pushed forward without fear.

Only McGrady, an eighth-year veteran, didn't get angry and went up to ask Liu Mang if everything was okay. The little prince still stood there like a quiet ugly man.

The referee quickly went up to separate the two sides. Ginobili was stunned. Didn't he move a little more fiercely and wanted to push Liu Mang back? What does this painful look mean?

Seeing that the conflict was about to break out, the referee motioned to the technical desk to watch the replay.

If Ginobili's "elbow hit" hits the waist with such force this time, it will be a flagrant foul.

And the boos on the scene were already rising. The Spurs' offensive foul caused Ginobili to lose the ball that he had just regained after the foul, and the Spurs also lost the opportunity to immediately narrow the point difference to no points.

Many fans at the scene saw Ginobili's previous flop, but the referee who called the call did not see it because he was in a blind spot. Moreover, it was beneficial to the home team, so it was not released on the spot. This time it was against the away team. If it is beneficial, it must be shown to the home fans.

When the referee watches the slow motion, the big screen is synchronized.

Judging from the video, the action is very obvious. Ginobili couldn't squeeze in when he walked in front of Liu Mang, so he bent his waist and walked in front of Liu Mang, and "hit" Liu Mang's waist hard with his arms, especially It is a picture of a fast elbow swing that returns to normal speed after slow motion. It looks like the feeling of "inch Jin", it is a cruel move!

Ginobili was stunned when he saw this scene.

The conscience of heaven and earth! When his elbow touched Liu Mang, he turned his wrist and prepared to hold Liu Mang's waist, but his elbow only touched him! But before he even grabbed Liu Mang's waist, the guy fell down as soon as he made contact!

Based on the Spurs' lagging point difference, the fact that the Spurs have always given people the impression of being a dirty team, and the fact that Liu Mang has already scored seven points in a row at the beginning, he will definitely be targeted by the Spurs, and even the Spurs have acted like abolishing Carter. In addition to Ginobili's malicious action of "elbowing Liu Mang" on the waist, the referee decided the penalty and gave Ginobili a technical foul.

Ginobili committed a Level 1 flagrant foul when he played against the Suns. Another flagrant foul would bring him to two Level 1 flagrant fouls in this year's playoffs, and he would be automatically suspended. However, the referee's call was not too harsh.

The final penalty was an offensive foul for Ginobili's offensive elbow swing, plus a technical foul for malicious actions.

Liu Mang was a little regretful. If it was a bad offender, it would have been two free throws plus the ball. Now one free throw plus the ball is okay.

Even the Hawks players were deceived, and the Spurs players were also deceived. Popovich had nothing to say. There is a video! How to argue with this?

Ginobili doesn't even know how to explain it. This acting skill is much better than that of an Argentinian. When he commits a foul, he basically takes advantage of the fact that the referee who can directly see his actions is not in sight, and deceives the whistle of the referee who is blind to his vision. This guy can't even see any flaws in the high-definition video playback!

Seeing Liu Mang holding his waist and twisting at the free throw line to soothe the joints and pain in his waist to gain sympathy, Ginobili felt a little emotional: Too cheap! They play so well in private, but what about the friendly friendship between two novices who play games and peck each other regardless of who wins or loses? Didn’t this guy give you a rebounding foul? You actually tricked this bald technical criminal into adding a fine!

Liu Mang made a free throw and scored 1 point, 8-2. The Eagles were 6 points ahead and still had the ball!

Popovich did not call a timeout. The short timeout in the first quarter had already been used. There were still five long timeouts in the first half. Popovich took Liu Mang's elbow from Ginobili seriously, so he would not call it. The 100-second pause allowed Liu Mang to slow down and continue the game.

The Eagles served from the center line and Josh Smith sent the ball to McGrady.

Liu Mang continued to get the ball in the middle distance on the left side of the basket.

Ginobili didn't dare to go around anymore, this guy was too despicable.

The Eagles players opened up, Rasheed Wallace took Bunchy Wells to the right corner, Prince took Parker to the left corner, and Josh Smith prepared on the right side of the three-second zone. Attack the rim.

McGrady came to the top arc and passed the ball to Liu Mang who was about to reach the position at a 45-degree angle on the left.

After Liu Mang received the ball, Ginobili, who was in a state of rage, rushed forward fiercely.

Liu Mang felt Ginobili's defense, turned around and said softly: "Hey, Manu, do you want me to teach you how to improve your acting skills?"

When Ginobili heard this, this bastard really acted! It sticks tighter.

"Ding... The high-position back-up skill is triggered at level 5. The host's high-position turn and breakthrough will increase the speed by 5 for two seconds..."

Liu Mang took advantage of Ginobili's close contact and turned right to the line. He started so fast that Parker in the bottom corner couldn't even change defense quickly!

Duncan didn't even expect Liu Mang to turn around so quickly in the high position. In the past, Liu Mang's back position in the high position had relatively few opportunities to break through, and he didn't have such a good chance to turn around from the baseline.

When Duncan made up to the left side of the three-second zone, Josh Smith, who was pulled to the mid-range, was completely exposed. Before Liu Mang and Duncan came into contact, he quickly passed the ball to Josh Smith. Josh Smith dribbled one step, and Bonzi Wells in the bottom corner made up for it. Josh Smith did not force a mid-range shot, but passed it to Rasheed Wallace in the bottom corner. Rasheed Wallace shot a three-pointer from the bottom corner...

Hit!

Rasheed Wallace's three-pointer from the bottom corner is still stable in this round of the finals, but he didn't have so many opportunities.

11 to 2!

The Hawks led by 9 points!

It was so unexpected!

Finally, he couldn't help it again. Popovich called a timeout again. After only 4 minutes, the opponent scored 11 points!

Popovich expected the offensive situation on his side. The opponent's defense would be very hard, but he didn't expect the opponent to score 11 points in 4 minutes!

The Spurs' defense was fine, and their execution was very good. Except for the fact that Rasheed Wallace made a three-pointer just now because Ginobili did not stick to the defensive strategy of not giving the opponent such a good breakthrough opportunity, Liu Mang's first 7 points out of 8 points were all beyond expectations!

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Liu Mang scored 8 points in 4 minutes, and played the best offensive performance in this finals except for the first game when he used the Jordan star card. He did not expect this.

The key is that the Spurs had learned their defense in the first two games, and knew how to use the advantage of the home court to defend the Hawks when the "three-headed eagle" played their respective duties, and they had formed a defensive habit. It was mainly because they had formed a defensive habit. Liu Mang's sudden outbreak made it impossible for the Spurs, a team that was not good at dealing with explosive players, to quickly find a new way of defense.

The 9-point difference was the largest difference between the two teams in the finals except for the third game. The players on the Hawks side, who were originally anxious because of Liu Mang, were now completely excited.

After the timeout, Liu Mang continued to play singles with Ginobili in the high post. After being scolded by Popovich, Ginobili began to defend against breakthroughs. Liu Mang missed a mid-range jump shot.

When the Spurs attacked, the Spurs relied on Bonzi Wells to cause Josh Smith to foul and made two free throws.

Then Liu Mang continued to play singles with Ginobili in the high post, and the mid-range shot with a lateral jump step finally went in!

Liu Mang scored 10 points in a single quarter!

The Hawks continued to maintain a 9-point lead with 13 to 4!

After Liu Mang opened the mid-range shot, although he only made one hit, the situation was already open!

When the Spurs attacked, Parker took advantage of Duncan pulling to the mid-range and Bonzi Wells' low post back to attract Liu Mang's double-teaming, and came to the free throw line to make a one-step shot, helping the Spurs score the second field goal of the game.

When the Hawks attacked, Liu Mang continued to ask for the ball in the high position. As soon as he received the ball, Parker came up and double-teamed Liu Mang on the left side of the free throw line with Ginobili. Liu Mang had anticipated this and immediately passed the ball to Prince in the bottom corner. Prince's first three-pointer unfortunately did not go in, but Horry's three-pointer on the Spurs side also missed.

However, the Hawks had open shots, and they would always go in if they took more shots. Although the Spurs had Horry and the troika plus Bonzi Wells, there were always defenders in front of them. Their biggest problem was the point guard. Parker had speed and switching defense but no shooting; Udrih had shooting and running but no speed and no defensive effect.

As the game went on, the Hawks gradually stabilized their advantage of more than 10 points.

Calling a timeout is useless. Liu Mang now has the advantage of breakthrough. He uses this advantage to play singles in the high position. The opponent is strict in defense of breakthrough, so he keeps playing singles in the mid-range facing or back-to-basket. The Spurs can only use early double-teaming. Liu Mang double-teams when he receives the ball. The Hawks will always have the first open position to tear open the Spurs' defense.

Liu Mang, who has a mid-range shot, uses Wade's 04-05 season star card. He is still pressed by Liu Mang to improve to a star card of Wade's 04-05 season that is a little better than the original breakthrough. He plays the peak feeling of Wade with a mid-range shot in the 05-06 season!

And with Wade's threat under the basket, although it is a weakened version, Liu Mang has three-pointers, which is more threatening.

The Spurs were also tenacious. By the end of the first quarter, they gradually got used to the Hawks' offense and increased their interference with the Hawks with faster switching. The Hawks' outside shooting was limited to a point. In addition, Duncan scored 5 points at the end of the first quarter. At the end of the first quarter, the Hawks led the Spurs by 8 points with 29 to 21.

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After the first quarter, Liu Mang scored 13 points and 2 assists. The assists were not many, but he made the Hawks play alive!

During the intermission, Popovich began to make targeted arrangements for the Spurs' relatively successful play in the last two minutes of the first quarter.

On the Hawks side, during the intermission, Coach Kruger was about to respond to the Spurs' relatively successful play in the second half of the first quarter, and made arrangements for the Spurs' tactical play that relied on Duncan to score five points in a row to keep the score difference within 10 points. He just knocked on the tactical board to attract the attention of the players, and suddenly, his hands were empty!

Liu Mang took over the tactical board.

There is no need to think about it. Coach Kruger must be thinking of a safe tactic at this time when he is leading by 8 points, but Liu Mang does not want a safe tactic!

The teammates are used to it and surrounded Liu Mang to watch his tactical arrangements.

Coach Kruger tried his best to squeeze into the crowd and finally squeezed in.

Coach Kruger was a little dizzy when he saw Liu Mang's tactics, but he couldn't think of this tactic when he was the head coach of the Spurs, and it has been proven that this style of play is actually effective for the Spurs...

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After the intermission, the Hawks sent out a combination of Liu Mang, McGrady, Korver, Josh Smith, and Rasheed Wallace.

This lineup was requested by Liu Mang and was related to his next style of play.

On the Spurs side, Ginobili, Brent Barry, Horry, Bonzi Wells, and Duncan played.

The Spurs wanted to strengthen their offense and defense. They had a good system. Although they were missing Parker, they could still hold on. The main reason was that their offense was too bad, while the Hawks played too well, so they had to strengthen their offense.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Spurs attacked first.

Liu Mang scored 13 points in a single quarter!

Ginobili only scored 5 points in the first quarter, feeling extremely humiliated. He was at a disadvantage against Liu Mang for almost the entire series.

Ginobili was originally unwilling to use a fake fall when facing Liu Mang, whom he thought was his strongest opponent in his life, but he was forced to use a fake fall, and the opponent's fake fall was better than his!

At the beginning of the second quarter, Ginobili took the ball and rushed to the inside.

Liu Mang was very focused on defense and did not lose his position. Liu Mang relied on his familiarity with left-handed people to force Ginobili to change direction to the middle when he changed direction when he changed direction. Josh Smith came up to interfere in time.

But!

When he was forced by Liu Mang and Josh Smith to have no passing angle or shooting angle, he turned his back to the basket, broke free from the double-teaming of Liu Mang and Josh Smith with his left hand, and threw the ball high with his back to the basket.

Josh Smith had already jumped very high, but Ginobili's ball was like an anti-aircraft gun, and when it fell, it went into the basket hollowly!

The demon sword is the demon sword! This kind of ball actually went in! Liu Mang and Josh Smith could only smile bitterly at each other.

It was already the best defense.

After looking at each other, Josh Smith immediately turned around and picked up the ball to pass it to Liu Mang. The Hawks players were almost off the court!

Quickly speed up!

Liu Mang received the free throw and ran to the frontcourt. Josh Smith was also very fast. It took only 4 seconds for the Hawks to reach the frontcourt collectively.

However, the Spurs retreated quickly and did not allow the Hawks to counterattack quickly.

After Liu Mang arrived at the frontcourt, he came to the top arc. Ginobili defended steadily. Now he didn't dare to play any tricks against Liu Mang. He just defended honestly. If he got another technical foul, he would be sent off.

The counterattack did not come out directly. The Hawks began to fight in position. Korver went to the left corner and took away Barry. McGrady went to the right 45-degree angle and took away Horry. Josh Smith was on the right side of the three-second zone, squeezed together with Bonzi Wells.

Rasheed Wallace came out with Duncan to help Liu Mang block Ginobili.

Liu Mang made a pick-and-roll and prepared to break through. Ginobili went around the pick-and-roll to prevent Liu Mang from throwing a three-pointer. Duncan took a step back to prevent Liu Mang from breaking through. The Spurs defended the pick-and-roll like this, giving a long two points, blocking three-pointers and breakthroughs, and preventing the opponent's center from attacking the basket after the breakout.

Ginobili just went around from outside the three-point line and prepared to block Liu Mang's three-pointer. He would rather give Liu Mang a long two points, but just as he got around Rasheed Wallace, Ginobili was blocked by Josh Smith!

Liu Mang took a step sideways, left the position of the two, grabbed the ball and made a move to shoot, and Bonzi Wells made up for it.

Duncan reacted faster. He judged that the ball might be passed inside. Rasheed Wallace had already rushed into the inside. Duncan quickly retreated to the reasonable collision area to block Rasheed Wallace.

As expected by Duncan, Liu Mang threw the ball directly to the basket without leaving the ground.

Duncan was very steady. He didn't make a move to jump up to intercept. Instead, he stuck Rasheed Wallace tightly, preventing him from jumping up to catch the ball. The height of the ball thrown to the basket could not hit the basket and the backboard. Duncan was sure of this.

Just when Duncan stuck Rasheed Wallace, tilted his neck and looked up to watch the ball fly out of bounds, he saw a guy wearing a No. 6 jersey rushing towards him...

"Bang"

"Bang"

The ball was caught by the flying No. 6 in the air and then raised high into the basket, hitting Duncan's head!

Duncan was hit by the ball and had no expression. Looking at Josh Smith who landed, he still had no expression. He looked down at the ball that hit his head and bounced to his feet. He stayed for a second, bent down to pick up the ball, and walked out of bounds to prepare for the serve.

This offense made Popovich on the sidelines dumbfounded!

The play style has changed too fast!

In the last two minutes of the first half, the Spurs were 12 points behind. In the end, they changed this lineup and played a 5-1 wave, finding a way to deal with the Hawks.

According to common sense, the advantageous style of play should be maintained. Popovich is like this. His style of play has always been very stable. If the offensive style can be used, he will mainly adjust from the defensive end. Popovich did this in the two games he won. Their defense is indeed good. Not only the Hawks, but even the OK combination at its peak, can only rely on O'Neal and Kobe to break them with absolute strength. There is basically no need to consider tactical changes. That won't work.

But in the new quarter, the Hawks gave up the effective style of play that scored 29 points in the first quarter, and suddenly became a small ball! That is, run and gun!

Popovich saw it at a glance. This was the tactic of the Suns when they played against the Suns in the Western Conference Finals and the Suns won them in the fourth game!

Use the three-point threat of the strongest three-point shooter to conduct double pick-and-roll, completely interfere with the mid-range pass, and let the power forward attack the basket.

The Suns used Nash's three-pointer and Stoudemire's empty cut to let Sean Marion attack. The Hawks played a similar tactic!

Just when the Spurs felt that they had found some ways to deal with Liu Mang in the first quarter, they were ready to deal with Liu Mang during the intermission. In the second quarter, Liu Mang suddenly changed his style!

Steve Nash's 10-minute superstar star card!

I will update 5,000 words first. I will go to Happy Valley with my sister at 5 o'clock. I guess there will be no update in the evening. I will take a group photo and send the training certificate tomorrow morning. After lunch, I will end this course. Friends, please bear with me. I will resume normal updates tomorrow night~