The Spurs were very clear at the beginning, that is, they used strong points to score the ball, and the Hawks had problems with their tactical strategy at the beginning, not because the tactical strategy was not good, but because the opponent's defense was too good.

Coach Kruger wants to capitalize on the team's overall strength, and that's true, but against the Spurs, this strategy is problematic.

In the finals, the scale of blowing penalties is large, the physical contact is large, and the role players have received a lot of physical confrontation through running, blocking and other procedures, and the feeling has plummeted, so the empty shots have repeatedly not entered.

The one who can maintain a stable score under such a high confrontation is not a role player, but a star!

Liu Mang's quick shot around the block continued to drive the rhythm, and the Spurs players felt like they were back in the last series.

Horry picked up the ball and sent it out, and the Spurs continued their fast-paced offense, with Duncan cutting in from the middle to score two points.

The Spurs' shooting options are still very steady, focusing on Duncan, Ginobili, and Bunch-Wells, just like playing the Suns, although the pace is fast, but the shooting is very stable! Played very steadily.

But after the stability was stable and the pace was faster, the speed on the Eagles' side also increased.

And compared to the Suns, the Spurs have more difficulty defending against the Hawks!

When the Spurs play the Suns in a fast-paced offensive and defensive manner, they mainly block the basket and three points, but Liu Mang and Maddy both like to hold the ball in the middle distance, forcing the Spurs to block the middle distance, especially after Liu Mang went around the block and threw the middle shot, they did not dare to let go of the space in the middle distance, and the Hawks had the opportunity to cut in on both sides and score continuously.

At this time, the loss was that the Spurs' side played really well offensively, and Duncan performed well and clenched the score.

At the end of the first quarter, the Hawks scored 31 points in a single quarter, the Spurs scored 28 points, and the Hawks played an efficient scoring performance.

At the intermission, Popovich finally had time to scold properly, the official timeout just now was not enough for him to scold, and the players went up and soon the rhythm was up again.

The Spurs have only two days off from the final game of the 25th Western Conference showdown, and the rhythm of the game against the Suns is still affecting them.

After Popovich finished scolding, he spat to emphasize the pressure rhythm.

On the Hawks' side, Coach Kruger also understood that playing a game with a team like the Spurs can only rely on stars and use the most simple and direct tactics.

It's a simple tactic...... Naturally, it's a triangular offense! Is there a simpler and more straightforward tactic that works well for the Spurs?

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At the end of the break, with a 3-point lead, Liu Mang and Maddy, Jason Terry, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown came on the court.

On the Spurs' side, Bunch Wells is great, but his physical fitness doesn't seem to be good, and this player seems to dislike training and was replaced in the second half of the first quarter.

The reason why Popovich's official pause only emphasizes the rhythm and emphasizes the defense, and does not say anything related to offense, is because of this, after the moment when Bunch Wells played, if the Spurs were in their own rhythm, it would be okay to grind the defense steadily, but at that time it was not in their own rhythm, and they couldn't suddenly press the rhythm immediately, otherwise the Spurs players themselves would not be used to it.

Coach Popovich thinks about stability, and he plays a high score at a fast pace, which is also stable, but in the second quarter, Coach Popovich changes the rhythm again, and there is no problem.

It's a psychological thing, the players always have a feeling, and after a quarter, there's a feeling of a new game.

On the Spurs' side, the troika continued to play, and Nesterovic also came on to defend the basket and free up Duncan's ability to complement the defense, and the other player was ...... Bruce Bowen! This guy can still play for more than ten minutes in a game, and too much will not work.

When the enemy met, his eyes were extremely red, and Bowen came up with an expression of wanting to eat Liu Mang.

In the second quarter, the Spurs attacked first.

Liu Mang felt the evil gaze from the bottom corner, and ignored him, so if he wanted to be completely reimbursed, he would come.

Bowen doesn't hate Liu Mang is fake, he was originally a middle-class player, and now with a basic salary, it is impossible not to be hostile to Liu Mang.

But now he only dares to show a vicious expression, he doesn't dare to do anything, that kid is poisonous in his eyes! Anyone who wants to hurt this kid will all become worse by themselves.

However, the defensive end can't keep up with the footsteps, and the black feet are worried that their feet will be further injured and the ball can't be played. Playing the Suns averaged 10.3 points per game, he was the only player in the Spurs who scored double-doubles except for the troika and Bunch Wells, and he averaged 2.9 three-pointers per game in the Western Conference finals, which was a great threat.

After Parker advanced to the frontcourt, Duncan leaned on Kwame Brown on the inside to ask for the ball.

With 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter, Duncan played like a small forward, and he played very comfortably in that kind of fast pace, scoring easily, and did not consume much physical energy.

Bunch Wells was still resting on the sidelines, so it became Duncan who got off to a good start in the second quarter.

Duncan got close to Kwame Brown on the inside, and Parker hoisted the ball to Duncan.

Duncan took the ball, tilted his head sideways and looked at the waiting Kwame Brown, and just when he was about to directly eat Kwame Brown, he felt that his hand was slapped heavily, and the ball came off!

Duncan reacted very quickly and snatched the ball back and held it in his arms.

At first glance, it's Liu Mang!

Liu Mang still directly let Parker go!

The Spurs are playing slowly, and there is also a problem, that is, Parker's outside shooting is too iron! The reason why Duncan didn't press the rhythm in the second half of the first quarter is because as long as Parker is there, they are equal to 4 to 5 on the offensive end, and the current Parker is too tender compared to Ginobili, and Parker, who has just turned 23 years old in the West Finals, is a few months older than Liu Mang, but his maturity is not as good as Liu Mang's.

Duncan is Duncan, he was slapped by the hand, and he ignored Liu Mang expressionlessly, and turned around directly to want to carry Kwame-Brown high.

However, Duncan underestimated Kwame-Brown's hard work, and also underestimated Liu Mang's strength, and the two stuck to him one after the other, hanging on him like two koalas, and Duncan was strong...... Can't get up......

Duncan could only throw the ball out, Parker received the ball outside the three-point line, and saw Liu Mang immediately let go of Duncan two meters away from him in the middle distance, Parker still did not hesitate, and continued to shoot three points......

This time it wasn't so lucky, the three-pointer hit the front of the basket and bounced back, Maddy scurried the ball back, turned around and began to run towards the Spurs' half.

Just now, the Spurs played fast-paced ball for a while, and they were very used to it, but during the intermission, Coach Popovich repeatedly emphasized the rhythm of pressing, so Duncan used to press the rhythm of the inside back singles, and the Spurs were not used to it!

Maddie advanced to the middle line, Liu Mang ran through the middle line faster, and Parker and Ginobili defended Liu Mang.

After Liu Mang attracted the defense, he passed back to Maddie, who followed up in the middle, and Maddie jumped up after rushing to the free throw line, and scored two points with a rather stretched dunk.

33-28, the Eagles extended the margin to 5 points for the second time!

Simple and rude, the Eagles continue to use stars to score, at most they cooperate with each other, and role players can play a role, and it is normal if they don't, Liu Mang made this clear.

The Spurs attacked, Parker didn't dare to hold the ball, and it became Ginobili who advanced.

Parker only scored 3 points in the first quarter, 1-of-3 from three-point range, and had 3 assists, which is good, but it was a pass to Ginobili and Duncan in a fast-paced manner, not because of his good organizational skills, but because these two ran well, and his usual breakthrough shots were difficult to play.

Liu Mang followed Parker, who was without the ball, and heard the system prompt.

"Ding...... Traits: Demon Knife level 5 trigger, unpredictable weird scorer dispatch, from Manu Ginobili. ”

Spurs ...... This kind of team with three stars is simply enough!

Bunch-Wells came first, Duncan came in another wave of counter-attacking scoring, and now it's Ginobili's turn.

The Big Three with different positions and willing to sacrifice are like this, one is tired and changes the other, and one can be replaced if the other is not playing well.

Ginobili pushed into the front court and started to play alone, Maddie's defense was very good, and he did a good job, forcing Ginobili to burst into the free throw line and take a step inside the free throw line, Ginobili would be caught in the middle of Maddie and Rasheed Wallace, Ginobili could only make a horse archery move.

Maddie was afraid of fouls, so when Ginobili made this move, he could only raise his arms without jumping, trying his best to block Ginobili's view.

However, Ginobili is too demonic! The upper body sticks to Maddie and throws the ball, and the ball falls into the basket hollow!

The feel of this close-up is also amazing!

This season, Ginobili's regular season shooting rate is 47 percent, as the team's second leading scorer, it can only be said that it is okay, Kobe Bryant and Iverson both have 46 percent shooting percentage.

But in the future, Ginobili's shooting rate has increased to 51 percent!

Especially the 67 percent shooting rate under the basket, the first from the outside!

30-33, the Spurs continued to bite the score.

The Spurs retreated steadily, returning to the rhythm of the defense at the beginning of the game, and bringing the game into the quagmire of positional warfare.

After Liu Mang received the serve, he advanced to the front court, no running tactics, and began to play singles.

In singles, the strongest in the Hawks team is Liu Mang, and Maddie and Jason Terry have to step aside.

Ginobili came up towards Liu Mang, trying to use a more mature body to guard against Liu Mang and suppress Liu Mang's start.

But ......

Liu Mang licked his lips at Ginobili and winked at Ginobili, making Ginobili chrysanthemums tight, Liu Mang suddenly exerted his strength and squeezed directly towards Ginobili!

Liu Mang's current strength is already stronger than Ginobili! If Ginobili is half a step back, it is still a little difficult for Liu Mang to crash into it, Ginobili is a tall guard weighing 93 kilograms, but this is next to the defense, Ginobili is too difficult to suppress Liu Mang.

Liu Mang quickly cut into the three-point line, Duncan had already taken a step to block the defense, Ginobili turned around and hurriedly pressed Liu Mang.

Liu Mang stopped suddenly, stepped back, and withdrew from the three-point line, Ginobili reacted quickly and wanted to make up for it, but was blocked by Maddie!

Liu Mang moved sideways and jumped, dodged Bowen, who was defending, and shot a long-distance three-point shot across the three-point line......

Finally, Liu Mang hit the first three points of the game!

Liu Mang didn't think about passing the ball in this ball, but the Spurs still guarded against him passing, so Duncan was prepared to make up for the defense in advance, wanting to cut off Liu Mang's connection with his teammates, and Bowen's save also wanted Liu Mang to have no chance to split up with Maddie.

But Liu Mang is playing very resolutely now, that is, to shoot, his actions and Maddie's blocking, as well as Jason Terry's reverse run, are all to create shooting opportunities for Liu Mang!

36-30, the difference was stretched to 6 points by the Eagles!

For the first time in this game, the difference in points has widened to more than 5 points!

Liu Mang's side hit a three-point shot, and the Spurs didn't stop scoring, and Ginobili began to wave!

Ginobili made a close-range shot, so that Maddie didn't dare to give Ginobili any offensive space, Ginobili began to break through to the basket, using Maddie's sticker to make various foot movements, Ginobili scored or passed the ball in a row.

Liu Mang did not show weakness and started various singles.

In the positional battle, Liu Mang and Ginobili fought on a par!

Ginobili Demon, Liu Mangwen, the two are on a par!

By the seventh minute of the second quarter, the Spurs called a timeout and went into an official timeout.

By the time of the official timeout in the second quarter, a little more than half a quarter, he had nine points and three assists, Jason Terry had four points, Maddy had three points, Rasheed Wallace made 1 of 2 free throws, and the Hawks scored 17 points in the first quarter.

But on the Spurs' side, Ginobili scored 10 points and 2 assists, Bowen made a three-pointer, Duncan made 2 of 4 free throws, and scored 15 points in more than half a quarter!

The Hawks are 48-43 and still have a five-point lead.

In the running style of play, both teams warmed up and maintained an efficient performance in the second quarter.

The managers of both teams are very painful, and they are playing very well, yes, but they just can't prevent it!

The fans were happy to see it, they thought it was a defensive battle, but they didn't expect to play Biao singles first, then quickly switch between offense and defense, and then turn into star singles after playing.

In the previous finals, they were all trying to break the opponent's defense, but in this year's finals, the two head coaches are trying to find a way to defend each other.

But I just can't prevent it!

Liu Mang and Ginobili are soaring!

David Stern and the executives of several major American TV stations were speechless and asked the sky: I really can't guess the Eagles! The Spurs are all sidelined!

Just when Coach Kruger had a headache that Prince and Maddie couldn't guard against Ginobili, Liu Mang went up and said, "Let me defend against that Argentine!" ”