Liu Mang just came up for more than a minute, and Pippen was replaced after two fouls in a row......

Pippen is down, and the Trail Blazers' offense is mainly focused on the inside of the rain man Kemp, who shows love when his physical strength is still good in the first few minutes of each game, and his single efficiency is good.

However, Pippen went down, Liu Mang stopped pressing the speed, and continued to counterattack, and the Hawks went 10-7 in a wave, stretching the difference to 13 points, and leading the Trail Blazers 35-22 after the first quarter.

……

The second quarter of the game began quickly.

On the Hawks' side, Liu Mang led the team, Jason Terry, Raheem, and Muhammad went to rest, and the other four sent were Emmanuor, Chris Crawford, Newbell, and Ratliff.

On the Trail Blazers' side, Pippen went on again, which made Liu Mang breathe a sigh of relief, and the other four were Steve Cole, Mitchell Butler, Zach Randolph, and Dale Davis.

The Trail Blazers attacked, Pippen advanced with the ball, and the Trail Blazers lineup was the best rotation they gradually found, using Pippen's playmaking ability to attack.

After two fouls were substituted in the first quarter, Pippen immediately returned in the second quarter, but finally calmed down.

Although his mind is still full of displeasure and hostility towards Liu Mang, his mind is much clearer.

His age is there, his strength will definitely not be able to fight, and he is not like so many small tricks of the other party, Pippen feels that he is already a good foul maker, and the biggest feature of his defense is to fake falls, but compared with the rookie in front of him, he finds that his acting skills are still not enough, so he will stabilize the situation steadily, bite the difference and wait for the opportunity to counterattack!

For the first time in two years, Pippen wanted to win so much, he wanted to beat that evil rookie!

After the start of the game in the second quarter, Pippen concentrated on organizing the offense, and the defensive end did not have too much physical contact with Liu Mang.

Pippen, who was fully organized to organize the offense, sorted out the Trail Blazers' offense, with Randolph's low post chiseling, Dale Davis' block and pick-and-roll cut, and Steve Kerr's open shot......

Pippen had three assists in just a few minutes, as well as a second pass to an open teammate.

The Trail Blazers' lineup is indeed very talented on the offensive end, even if Liu Mang keeps scoring outside the three-point line and in the three-second zone like a loose husky, after the half-quarter game, the Trail Blazers not only did not get pulled away from the score, but relied on the team's offense to suppress Liu Mang's individual offense, playing 17-15 in the first quarter, chasing the difference to 39-50, and the Trail Blazers trailed by 11 points.

Liu Mang scored 7 points in the first quarter, 12 points in the second quarter, and was about to break 20 points at halftime, but he was so desperate!

Although Pippen was still defending him, he only defended with his eyes.

Calm down and don't fight with Liu Mang, and want to use the game victory to defeat the opponent's Pippen, Liu Mang said that he couldn't make a foul!

……

In the second quarter, when there was an official timeout, Liu Mang was replaced, and Jason Terry and Raheem went up to attack with the opposing team.

After the old guys of the Trail Blazers are playing and feeling warm, it is difficult for the Hawks to defend it, so it is solved with offense, Jason Terry and Raheem are in good shape today, and they are not cowardly in attacking the Hawks.

Liu Mang looked at Pippen, who was drinking water on the bench next door, and was a little anxious.

This guy is truly a historical star! The mentality is really stable! If you say calm, you will be calm.

Although the strength of the team is superior, even if Pippen calmly organizes the offense, the Trail Blazers are on par with the Hawks' offensive firepower.

Liu Mang didn't have much to worry about the outcome of the game, except for one Bunch Wells, no one else had the ability to open the situation in the stalemate, and Bunch Wells didn't have much to do when he met Rahim, Rahim had the ability to suppress Bunch Wells in all aspects.

Randolph is still a rookie, he can't make it in the rookie game, the flying squirrel is old, the rookie is at his peak, Rasheed Wallace can score in regular time, and there are definitely not so many open shooting opportunities at critical moments.

As long as the Eagles survive this period of hard work for the Trail Blazers, and when the Trail Blazers are trying to overtake, it is not a problem for the Eagles to win.

But Liu Mang was worried that the spirit of the Trailblazers would be worn out after halftime, and what should he do if he played a few minutes in the second half and saw that there was no hope of surrendering?

It's not that Liu Mang underestimated the Trailblazers' competitiveness, but that the Trailblazers still have back-to-back games to play soon, if this one loses steadily, and the opponent next is the Hornets, even if Liu Mang himself is the head coach, he will think about the trade-offs.

……

In the 10th minute of the second quarter, looking at the score of 45-56, an 11-point difference, Coach Maurice Cheeks felt that there was still hope, he wanted to narrow the gap to within 10 points before the end of the half, so that the burden on the second half was not so great.

Don't look at the difference between 9 points and 10 points, just like when you buy something, you just feel that 998 is not 1000 yuan, 9 points make players feel that they are only behind single-digit points, and they may catch up after two or three times, while 10 points give people the feeling that it is a double-digit point difference, and they look at it with the psychology of 19 points, and they feel that it is too difficult to chase.

The Trail Blazers brought on flying squirrels, Ruben Patterson, Pippen, Rasheed Wallace and Dale Davis in the final two minutes before halftime.

Coach Kruger on the Hawks' side saw that the opponent called a timeout, and he also knew that the opponent wanted to fight before halftime, and the same Hawks also wanted to keep the difference above 10 points, so they also replaced the five main players.

Liu Mang understands very well that he should make fouls as soon as possible!

It is impossible for him to make the game scorching in order to complete the task, which is not in line with his character, he wants to win, he has a chance in this life, he doesn't want to lose again.

Let him deliberately lose the game for the sake of a star card?

Inexistent.

So take advantage of the last two minutes of the first half and the beginning of the second half!

Originally, Liu Mang planned to use the manic potion on the referee, but he didn't expect Pippen to be less active in defense, which is too different from Payton, Pippen is really calm, this is where Pippen is stronger than Payton, and it is probably the key to Pippen's championship.

As a teammate with a big troll like Jordan, can you not learn to be calm?

"System Boss, use manic potions on Pippen!"

Since Mr. Batman, you are not active, then the master will help you be positive! Gives you motivation!

At this moment, Liu Mang seemed to feel that he had a pair of wings behind him, like an angel to give people motivation, and silently felt his pretense alone......

However, even if you pretend to be forced in your heart, you may be struck by lightning......

"The host uses a manic potion on Scott Pippen, and Scott Pippen's physical fitness is temporarily improved, and he enters a state of euphoria, and enters a state of irritability, and according to Scott-Pippen's physical talent, the effect of the manic potion is at the highest level. According to calculations, Scott Pippen returned to the state of the rocket period. ”

"Ding...... Scott Pippen (Manic Status): 85 Stats, 81 Offense, 87 Defense, 63 Three-Point Range, 81 Shots, 87 Layups, 89 Speed, 89 Power......"

！！！！

Liu Mang was stunned!

Nima!

What a situation!

Liu Mang instantly fell from the highest point of self-worship in his heart!

Is this the effect of this manic potion on the players?