Chapter 981 980. Let’s Play Ball!

"Jason, you should have better judgment when switching defense. You should go here at this time... There was no one here just now? You should go even if there was no one! If you didn't go, wouldn't Josh cut in from here? If you went there, wouldn't he be unable to cut in? Josh, like Wells, doesn't have a mid-range shot. When you switch to there, just block his open cut route. His open cut route is very simple..." Mike Woodson was directing the defensive training, dealing with the details of several players who were not good at defense again and again.

Jason Terry was scolded the most, but he didn't complain.

This is the good thing about him. He is very serious about things he is not good at.

The fifth game was won, but the atmosphere of the Hawks' team training became more tense. After returning to Atlanta for a day of rest on the 10th, the Hawks took the training on the 11th more seriously than the previous four rest days, without any relaxation.

It is good to be confident, but winning the game does not rely on confidence, but on the strength of the team, as well as repeated training day after day, studying the opponent's offensive tactics, conducting targeted defense, studying the opponent's defensive tactics, and conducting targeted attacks.

Today's training is not very intense. Tomorrow is the sixth game of the finals against the Spurs, so all the training is tactical training, two training sessions in the morning and afternoon, each training session is 40 minutes.

Although there are few training sessions, the training is very serious. Everyone is involved. They all want to win the championship immediately after returning to the home court, and they can't give the Spurs a chance to drag the game into a tiebreaker.

The players are particularly passionate. They lost to the Spurs in the third and fourth games. They know that the Spurs have the strength to beat them, so they are all very serious and motivated. They train hard during training, and watch videos to check for omissions during training breaks. They are all very hard.

At 3:30 pm, the second training session in the afternoon ended. Several pitchers practiced two more sets of shooting, regardless of whether they had a chance to play or not. Just like in the fifth game, Korver was the only pitcher to play. Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, and Jason Terry occupied most of the playing time in the three positions of the outside line. Iguodala and Persson didn't get a minute of playing time, but they are still training hard so that they can contribute when they play.

Kwame Brown, Mourning, and Rasheed Wallace continued to study how to defend Duncan, Muhammad and Josh Smith were studying how to defend Bonzi Wells, Liu Mang and Prince were studying how to defend Ginobili...

Everyone was working hard for tomorrow's game.

At half past six, everything was ready. After eating a nutritious meal, Coach Kruger drove the players back to rest and wait for tomorrow's game!

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"Dina, take good care of your mother and teacher, and don't run around..." Liu Mang warned seriously.

Today, the three girls insisted on coming to the scene to watch the game. Liu Mang was very happy, but he was more worried. According to the Atlanta Daily, hundreds of thousands of fans from all over the United States gathered in Atlanta, and more than 100,000 fans took flights from other countries and regions outside the United States to Atlanta. Since the past few days, they have been running at high speed. Nearly one million people have poured into the entire Atlanta metropolitan area in a few days. Now the streets of Atlanta are almost all tourists and police. The army has also been dispatched, and the police force is really insufficient.

The governor of Georgia was exhausted and hadn't had a good sleep for a few days. With more tourists, there were more troubles. The key was to deal with criminal acts, and to assist the US diplomatic department in communicating with embassies and foreign ministries of other countries.

However, the senior government officials of Georgia were very excited. It was a once-a-year opportunity to generate revenue for the entire Atlanta metropolitan area and promote tourism resources in various parts of Georgia. They were both happy and sad. This was a political achievement!

During this period, the three girls must come to the scene to watch the game. Liu Mang could only shamelessly ask for a box in the stadium, which had multiple screens and windows to watch the game directly. Let the three girls, mainly the pregnant Alexia, and the fans who were now in a frenzy squeeze in the audience to watch the game. Liu Mang felt too uneasy.

When Liu Mang went to the finance department to ask for a private room, the finance department asked him to go to the boss Steven Price. Liu Mang saw Steven Price's painful expression. The private room in the finals might not be bought for tens of thousands of US dollars.

As for paying for it... Liu Mang said why should he spend money if he can get it...

Little Lolita listened obediently to Liu Mang's mumbling like a mother-in-law. After Liu Mang finished speaking, Little Lolita spoke: "Uncle... I got the finals MVP and trophy today..."

"Okay, okay, it's all yours, just listen..."

"Uncle is the best..."

Looking at Little Lolita's trophy control, Liu Mang was helpless. Speaking of the honor room, Liu Mang also thought it was pretty good. Every time friends came to his house, Little Lolita would take them to see it.

Thinking of the scene where some people were envious and some people were excited, Liu Mang was quite happy.

Liu Mang himself hadn't thought about how to place those trophies, so he just gave them to Little Lolita.

On June 12, 2005, the sixth game of the finals arrived as scheduled.

Liu Mang asked the staff and team security to send the three girls and bodyguard Christine Wagner to the box, and then walked to the player tunnel. The pre-match preparations were about to begin. After the pre-match warm-up training, Liu Mang gave the three girls some instructions and prepared to enter the field to start the game.

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The whole city is going crazy. Most of the fans who have not bought tickets are stationed in bars in Atlanta and cities around Atlanta. Tens of thousands of people are now gathered in the plaza of the Phillips Mall outside Phillips Arena. fans, waiting for the live broadcast of the game on the big screen.

Those who were able to watch the game were naturally even more enthusiastic. When the Spurs players came on the stage, everyone received courtesy from the Eagles fans, and the boos at the scene almost hurt their eardrums.

When the Eagles players came out, the scene immediately turned into cheers.

It didn't take Rasheed Wallace to arouse the enthusiasm of the fans. When the players from the two teams entered the stadium, the atmosphere was already explosive.

Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar... and other superstars in the 1980s received invitations from the Hawks to watch the game.

Michael Jordan now sees Liu Mang and Kwame Brown, no matter how he likes them, Kwame Brown has been recognized by the media and fans, and has been selected for the All-NBA Team, which proves his "vision" and makes him famous. After a fight, when Liu Mang and Kwame Brown went to say hello to him, Boss Qiao patted Kwame Brown on the back and said, "I knew you were great back then, but it's a pity that I'm too old. If only I could be like Ace Just let me grow up with you slowly..."

Hearing this, Liu Mang looked at Kwame Brown and then at Jordan. He always felt that the two looked really alike... but he didn't dare to say it. Otherwise, let alone Jordan, even Kwame Brown would be the same. He is desperate...

Anfernee Hardaway, DeBeacon Mutombo, Shaquille O'Neal... many of these former superstars and superstars who entered the NBA in the early 1990s came to watch the game to see how the Spurs lost. O'Neal was very excited. Miami is not far from here anyway, so he made a special trip to Atlanta to watch the game live.

O'Neal desperately doesn't want Duncan to win a third championship, because then the number of championships between the two will be tied.

Neal, the outside player, can't control it, but inside, especially Duncan, who has been competing with him for so many years, O'Neal doesn't want Duncan to catch up with his number of championships.

There are also some celebrities from the entertainment industry who come to watch the game, and it is very popular and has been featured in live broadcasts in the United States and nearly 200 countries and regions around the world. It has a great effect on them, and it can be featured on the home page of entertainment news.

However, none of these people spend the most time locked by the cameras among the celebrities who come to watch the game. The one who gets the most shots is Bill Russell, who goes to the best position on the sidelines to watch the game every year after the finals reaches the match point. you!

Bill Russell's hands are full of rings, and one of them can't be worn anymore. He wears two championship rings on his index finger, which is so coquettish.

Together with several teammates, he greeted celebrities, players, and other celebrities. Liu Mang went on the court to practice shooting and the final warm-up. The game was about to start in about ten minutes.

After a day of rest, a day of preparation, and a day of pre-game preparation, Liu Mang was fully prepared.

Although it is said that people make plans and God makes things happen, but planning, preparation, and hard work are the most critical aspects. Otherwise, if God gives you a favor and you don't work hard, it will be in vain.

But now the opportunity to win consecutive championships is right in front of us. We have already beaten the total score to 3 to 2, and we have two home court advantages. We have the right time and location. In terms of players, our team is no worse than the Spurs. The team structure is No, relying on strength to work hard, being harmonious is no problem, and with full preparation, everything that needs to be done has been done. Next... let's play basketball!

Just when Liu Mang was practicing his shooting, a paralyzed man wearing the No. 21 jersey came to Liu Mang's side. If Liu Mang made a shot, he would make the same shot.

Liu Mang glanced at the idiot next to him, "Good guy, he's really accurate!" Liu Mang competed with player No. 21, and the two shot for 5 consecutive minutes...

Of course, the accuracy of No. 21's mid-range shooting at this stage is not as accurate as it was after 2006 when the mid-range hit was a big success and he averaged three or four mid-range hits per game. He was defeated by Liu Mang. After losing, No. 21 had nothing. He said, silently holding the ball and returning to his own half.

Facial paralysis No. 21 was always nervous every time he met Liu Mang, and the Eagles players did not drive him away. He held the ball every time he was driven away, as if someone had bullied him.

The fans at the scene are also used to it, but the fans in front of the TV rarely see this kind of thing. After all, the Spurs have few live broadcasts. Their defending champions do not broadcast more than ten times in the season. It is rare to have such a second-rate performance. Fans We discovered that besides being strong, Duncan’s personality seemed to be different from what they imagined...

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At 8:29 p.m., with Rasheed Wallace roaring, Liu Mang sprinkled magnesium powder into the air, and Game 6 of the 2004-2005 NBA Finals officially kicked off!

The Eagles continue to send out the starting lineup of Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown.

On the Spurs side, Popovich really doesn’t know how the Hawks are going to play. They focus on stability and start with the strongest defensive combination of Parker, Ginobili, Horry, Duncan and Nesterovich. .

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air. Kwame Brown, the jump ball master, easily won the jump ball. Tim Duncan had to lament his serious injury five years ago. Since then, His bounce has dropped a lot. I think back then he was also a physically fit man with an invincible jump ball.

After Duncan habitually lost to Kwame Brown in a jump ball, he quickly retreated and sighed.

The calmest player in the Spurs is Duncan. He has already achieved success. After winning the second championship in 2003, he has already established the title of the best power forward in NBA history. Even if he retires immediately, there is no power forward in NBA history who has a stronger career honor than this epic superstar who was selected to the first and second defense in his rookie year. Duncan feels like he is letting himself go.

The key is that he is only 29 years old. With his talent, hard work and basic skills, he now feels that his dynamic physical fitness has begun to decline sharply due to the serious injury five years ago. It is easy for him to change his playing style. He is not worried about his future at all. His psychological adjustment ability is probably the strongest in the NBA, without a doubt. He will not be shaken by falling behind 2 to 3, or being eliminated in the playoffs or finals.

The main thing is that Duncan knows that he is only 29 years old and has a long future. He does not have the anger he had when he lost the championship to Kawhi Leonard in the sixth game of the finals at the age of 37. At that time, he felt that he might not have another chance, but now, Duncan knows that he has many opportunities in the future.

Of course, the more he knows about his current situation, the more focused and calm Duncan is. He knows that he can't rush and must play at his best.

Duncan followed Rasheed Wallace to the right corner, ready to defend the middle at any time. His mentality is stable and his playing style is stable.

However, Duncan's stable mentality does not mean that other Spurs players can be so calm.

After Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt, Ginobili retreated to the three-point line to defend. He was about to collapse because of Liu Mang's breakthrough. This was the main problem in the last loss.

Liu Mang took a step outside the three-point line and saw Ginobili standing inside the three-point line. He did not give the ball to McGrady. He followed the momentum of the advancement without hesitation and shot directly outside the three-point line!

"Ding... Level 5 of the sharpshooter is triggered. The host has a perfect shooting rhythm this time..."

Before the game, Liu Mang practiced shooting with Duncan. He is in a good touch now. In the sixth second of the game, he threw a three-pointer and hit it!

The game had only started for 8 seconds when the ball went into the basket. Liu Mang, who did not play a fast break, scored 3 points in 8 seconds!

There is one more chapter, it will probably be early in the morning, my friends don’t have to wait, I will go to bed after I finish writing, good night~ By the way, it’s a new week soon, please vote~