Liu Mang is discussing with Coach Kruger, Mike Woodson, Stockton, and Maddie how to deal with each other.

I have long known that it is not easy to play spurs, and Liu Mang is ready to encounter obstacles.

But I didn't expect to encounter such a defense.

Popovich's defense, something!

And the Spurs' offense is stable, which is also a troublesome problem, the opponent plays slowly, but the success rate is high.

Sometimes the more you hate something, the easier it is to think about how to deal with it, Popovich is extremely disgusted with three-pointers, and he really plays with three-point defense.

In the Spurs' starters, Finley is for the championship, Sprewell is looking forward to getting a contract in the summer in order to perform well this year, otherwise he will be completely unemployed, Oberto is a famous tough guy in Argentina, Duncan is now playing center, guarding the basket, and the Spurs are doing a better job of defending the basket and three-point points than before.

Especially in the game between the Hawks and the Spurs, the Spurs' defense was particularly outstanding.

"We need a more consistent shooter, so that Kohler can get on, and the ball is more consistent, and Ace, you don't play the block, you can drop the high and low post." Offensive assistant coach Stockton is more space-oriented.

"Rashid can play center, he can shoot and open up space, Kwame's help defense is a little worse, Rashid can do it, Josh can go up and play power forward." Defensive assistant coach Mike Woodson made changes on the defensive end.

'We don't have to chase their movement too much, they're pressing the tempo, they're not going to shoot so early, we're going to force them to run faster, but the focus should be on when they shoot, and the finish is clear.' Maddie also made her own suggestions.

The head coach and the master-apprentice combination of the tactics board responded: "Okay." ”

There are many people and there is a lot of strength, and this time several of the main tacticians of the Eagles have seen that they are not doing well on their side and the other side is doing very well, in fact, the more targeted the attack and defense, relatively speaking, the more breakthroughs can be found, because the intention of the approach is very clear.

In this case, Liu Mang is ready to start from the middle distance.

Coach Kruger's idea is the same as Liu Mang's, originally thought that the Spurs were a group of old-fashioned players, and they could quickly transfer the ball from the outside to play, but he didn't expect the opponent's ability to block three points to get stronger and stronger.

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After the timeout, both teams rotated their personnel.

On the Hawks' side, Liu Mang, Maddy, Korver, Josh Smith, and Rasheed Wallace played.

On the Spurs' side, although Duncan's playing time has decreased a lot this season, he has not reduced his playing time when he plays a strong team, mainly because the Spurs have been very bad at abusing vegetables this season, and they are no worse than the Hawks, but the Hawks treat teams except for the strongest teams as rookies, even if they are ordinary playoff teams.

The Spurs fielded a lineup of Parker, Ginobili, Sprewell, Duncan, and Muhammad.

When Mohammed came on the pitch, there was a small cheer from the audience, and some fans wearing the No. 2 jersey of the Mohammed Eagles were shouting Mohammed's name.

Not only Liu Mang has a deep affection for the teammates of the first championship, but also the Eagles fans, and it is estimated that it will be the same in the future, as long as Liu Mang is still playing in the Eagles, and the Eagles are still Liu Mang's era, then the fans will deeply remember those who won the first championship.

Mohammed was impressed, and then went on the pitch to beat his old club.

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line, took a deep breath after receiving the ball, and steadily scored the ball, 12 draws!

Three free throws did not miss, Liu Mang hit all three free throws, and the score was overtaken to 14-12.

Offense and defense transition, Spurs offense.

Parker didn't have the ball in his hands, and he was the only one who didn't score in the Spurs' start, and Oberto scored two points.

Parker ran with Liu Mang without the ball, feeling Liu Mang's clinging pursuit as if he was attracted to the same sex, Parker had a feeling of running in the sunset - this life is destined to be restrained!

After Ginobili advanced to the frontcourt, Maddie defended it, Maddie defended Ginobili, and his palms were a little sweaty, and in the finals last year, this guy scared him enough.

However, unexpectedly, Ginobili did not single, but waited for his teammates to run!

Still grinding against time, with 10 seconds left on the offensive clock, Duncan came to the left high post of the free throw line and leaned on Rashid Wallace to ask for the ball, and Ginobili hoisted the ball over.

Before Liu Mang could reach the high position first, Duncan came first!

In the first half of the quarter, Duncan has been blocking people and catching shots, basically no consumption, playing very smart, and when it comes to the rotation stage, Duncan begins to hold the ball.

Duncan high back singles! The shoulder squeezed the old opponent and failed to open the position, but it had already allowed Rasheed Wallace to lower his center of gravity, and Duncan turned quickly to break through the line!

Rasheed Wallace quickly turned to follow, at this time Josh Smith, who was attracted by Duncan's turn and cut under the basket, came to the baseline to make up for the defense, Duncan passed the ball inside, and Muhammad received the ball and dunked to score two points.

14 draws!

After the Spurs scored, they quickly retreated, and the Hawks attacked.

Liu Mang sent the ball to Maddie, and when he arrived in the front court, he came to the same position as Duncan and leaned on Sprewell to ask for the ball.

Maddie passes the ball to Liu Mang and then cuts inside to the inside.

Liu Mang had already observed his teammates when he received the ball, Mohammed was taken to the right 45-degree angle by Rashid Wallace, Korver pulled Parker in the bottom left corner, the space in the high post was very open, and when Maddie cut in, Liu Mang leaned on Sprewell, slammed the ball to the ground, and sat up.

Sprewell was knocked back half a step!

The two Nezha braids on Sprewell's head are about to hairy, where did this kid get so much strength!

Sprewell lowered his center of gravity, ready for the next impact, Liu Mang's goal was achieved, he slammed the ball behind him with his right hand, and quickly turned right to go to the bottom line!

That's right! It's exactly the same style of play as Duncan, and he wants to return it!

But!

Ginobili, who defended Maddie, immediately struck at Liu Mang after Maddie cut in, Liu Mang immediately distributed the ball to Maddie outside the reasonable collision area, Maddie received the ball, Duncan stretched out his arm to interfere with the shooting space, Maddie jumped up and passed the ball to Josh Smith on the right side of the three-second zone, Josh Smith began to show his explosive physical fitness, took off directly outside the right side of the three-second zone, jumped on the spot and smashed the ball to the ...... of the basket.

However, this time Maddie jumped up and passed the ball without deceiving Duncan, who turned around and pressed it, reached out and stabbed the ball!

Duncan is a lot slower, jumps a lot shorter, and both offense and defense are career lows, but that is relative to Duncan himself, this season's Duncan, in addition to comparing Garnett and Nowitzki, even if Duncan is a career-low performance, is better than any other big forward!

Five or six top power forwards at the beginning of the century, except for Garnett and Nowitzki, who has entered his peak in the past two years, other power forwards, including Webb, are not as strong as Duncan, the weakest in this season, even in the most peak season!

Duncan himself took the rebound that flew into the air!

It's been guarded!

Maddie and Josh Smith tried to counter-steal, and Josh Smith pulled Duncan's arm and was whistled for a foul.

Liu Mang gritted his teeth and clapped his hands, and retreated back to the backcourt.

I originally wanted to use Maddie to cut in to attract Duncan to defend, but I didn't expect Duncan to only defend the basket after playing the center now, so strong deterrent and so good defensive effect! The Spurs can have a duo to wrap him up and Duncan to guard the basket alone.

It's tricky! Liu Mang's head is a little big now!

Then it is only possible to fire at medium distances?

But Kwame Brown is not there, Rasheed Wallace opens up space, and offensive rebounding is a big problem!

Just when Liu Mang was returning to the defense with a headache, he heard a whistle......

What's going on?

Liu Mang saw that his teammates were running in front of him, could it be ......

Liu Mang turned his head to see that Duncan was pinching the ball and looking at the referee with wide eyes.

Liu Mang obviously saw that the referee clenched the whistle, and took the whistle down with trembling hands, obviously his body wanted to blow another one, but reason made him hold back.

What did Duncan do again?

Except for Liu Mang, everyone else was also puzzled and looked at the big screen.

Screen replay: Duncan was fouled by Josh Smith, the referee went up to ask for the ball, and the serve after the dead ball had to pass the referee's hand first, but now Duncan, who is starting to let go of himself, actually gave the ball to the referee, and when the referee had reached out to catch the ball, Duncan took the ball back and played a crotch pass against the referee......

And then...... Duncan was whistled for a technical foul.

“……”

Seeing Duncan's innocent look, Liu Mang was speechless and scolded, "Should!" ”

Liu Mang had just run over the halfway line and had to run back to make free throws......

However, being by Duncan like this, Liu Mang's original painful mood relaxed a lot.

It's only the first quarter, and you don't need so much trouble, just play slowly.

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line and hit the free throw with a technical foul.

15-14, again leading by one point.

Duncan ate the technical foul and continued to come to the high post as the starting point of the attack.

When the Eagles attacked, Liu Mang also launched an attack at a high position, but after suffering a loss, Liu Mang began to roll over and jump on his own.

Overall, the performance of the two teams in the second half of the first quarter was similar, and Liu Mang's high-level mid-distance singles continued the team's score.

The Spurs are really stable! The third-highest shooting percentage in the league, or the shooting percentage of grinding positional battles, is hard to shake their efficiency.

Although the Hawks focused on the opponent's slow-paced style of play and focused on the opponent's final shot to defend, the Spurs except for Muhammad could share the ball with all four, and the Hawks still couldn't really limit the Spurs.

In the second half of the first quarter, Duncan showed Liu Mang the correct way to use his high back!

With 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, Duncan, as the core of the organization, took care of the team's offense in an orderly manner.

Liu Mang's side, high-level back-to-back singles and organized offense, Liu Mang used it many times last year, and he is also using it this season, which is a good look, but now Liu Mang finds that there is no end to learning!

After all, Liu Mang is a guard, and his high post is mainly used to score, not pass, and he is not as powerful as a high post strategy master like Duncan.

Liu Mang thought of another No. 21, and the high-level strategy was also a beep.

Liu Mang has an idea that he thinks is weird, when will he find two No. 21 students to learn high-level strategies?

In the first quarter, the two teams were inseparable, Liu Mang scored 11 points in a single quarter, but only had 1 assist, and Maddie and Rasheed Wallace's scores were almost all forced by themselves.

The Hawks were 25-24 at the end of the first quarter, relying on a free throw from Duncan to let himself go, and led by one point!