979. Popovich's despair

Steve Nash 2004-2005 Edition, Ability Rating 96, Offense 98, Defense 70, Three-Point 92, Shooting 91, Layup 90, Speed 93, Strength 77, Endurance 99, Passing 100...... Passive Skill: Children of the Wind. 100% matching, duration: 10 minutes of match time. ”

"The host has a provisional ability rating of 97, 92 three-pointers, 91 shots, 93 layups, 94 speed, and 87 power after using the Steve Nash star card...... Temporary Talent Skill: Son of the Wind, Talent Skill: Left and Right Fight ......"

Nash is not just passing, but can infect teammates what to do, how to run, Nash is his own and his teammates under D'Antoni's run-and-bomb system tacit understanding allows him to do such a thing, and the system will be Nash's ability star card, to Liu Mang's here, it is Liu Mang who arranges tactical command, teammates' execution is improved, and the tacit understanding increases, infecting teammates from this aspect, achieving the same effect as Nash to improve the ability of his teammates.

After the start of the second quarter, the Eagles began a defensive counterattack under the command of Liu Mang.

A point guard who shoots well and can pass the ball, a physical-flowing inside, a three-point interior with excellent three-point fitness, and two three-point shooters on either side to open up space.

Liu Mang and Josh Smith and Rasheed Wallace started a positional battle from the high position, with a simple and rough style of play, after Liu Mang used Nash's star card and played a three-person offense like the Suns with his teammates, although the Hawks scored points, their efficiency increased suddenly! .

And the offensive efficiency of the Spurs, when they meet the Suns and other teams without defense, can play the performance of more than 110 points per game in the series against the Suns, playing the Hawks from the second game, Ginobili is not as strong as the first game, and after the Hawks deal with Duncan and Bunch Wells more sandwiches, their offensive efficiency will come down, similar to the regular season, more than 90 points per game.

The efficiency of the Spurs in the first quarter was not as good as usual, and after the start of the second quarter of the game, although the Hawks could not lock the Spurs' offense as well as in the first quarter because of Parker's absence, the single defense of Liu Mang and Maddy plus the help of Korver and Josh Smith made the Spurs return to normal offensive efficiency.

And the Eagles themselves also played with the offensive efficiency they deserved!

When it came to the Hawks offense again, the Spurs were very active in retreating and did not give the Hawks a chance to play a fast break.

Liu Mang held the ball in the top arc and continued to find Rashid Wallace to block and dismantle.

Liu Mang got rid of Ginobili with Rashid Wallace's block, and then took advantage of Josh Smith's second block, going around to a 45-degree angle on the left side, Josh Smith and Rasheed Wallace rushed to the basket together, Liu Mang made a direct three-point shot when Punch Wells pounced!

It's so decisive and it's so wave, Liu Mang shot quite resolutely, the ball bounced on the basket and fell into the frame!

Liu Mang made the second three-point shot in a single quarter, played more than 8 minutes, and in the second quarter, Liu Mang had already made 3 of 6 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, and scored 10 points with two free throws! There are also 5 assists!

23 points and 8 assists, with more than 3 minutes left in the half, Liu Mang has already played the data of the previous three games!

Under the leadership of Liu Mang, Rashid Wallace and Josh Smith are not just empty cuts, the Spurs outside face Liu Mang accurately sent the ball to the two interior hands after blocking and dismantling, Popovich had to arrange a pinch tactic on the inside during the timeout, Josh Smith and Rasheed Wallace can give the ball to the two bottom corners, there are more than 3 minutes left in the second quarter, the Hawks scored 25 points in eight minutes, and the efficiency and the first quarter have not changed!

That is, the defense of the Spurs completely failed in the second quarter!

On the Hawks' side, they insisted on defense-oriented, and relied on Liu Mang's style of play on the offensive end, which successfully limited the Spurs' offensive efficiency to normal performance, and the Spurs scored 17 points in more than 8 minutes.

With Liu Mang's three-point shot, the Eagles have a 16-point lead at 54-38!

The point difference was stretched to more than 15 points, the largest point difference in the entire finals so far, and Popovich called a timeout again!

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Popovich has a headache right now, and if he pinches Liu Mang, the Spurs' interior defense will not be able to maintain, and Josh Smith and Rasheed Wallace will play Duncan twice and one against Duncan...... It's nice to have Duncan in the background.

For Popovich, the most troublesome thing is one thing - the unexpected!

Although the Hawks scored 29 points in the first quarter today, the overall style of play was still within Popovich's expectations, but Liu Mang walked 4 minutes and scored 8 points during the time when the difference widened, but overall, the Eagles' style of play in the first quarter did not change much, but Liu Mang's breakthrough efficiency here surged, bringing the Hawks up.

But after the start of the second quarter, the Hawks played a completely different style of play, and the Spurs were suddenly stretched to such a large point difference.

The Spurs' defense in this round of the Finals has been very stable, and the Hawks' defense is equally stable, with such a big point difference, it is almost impossible to catch up!

When playing the Suns, the Spurs can play the offense so well, in addition to the Suns' poor defense, Popovich made a plan to play the Suns long before the start of the playoffs, and the Spurs did a lot of training against the Suns after the second round.

And this time, it's completely unexpected!

The Spurs have won two games in a row and are already very accustomed to the rhythm of this series, and the Hawks suddenly played a completely different style of play than the previous four games and the first quarter of this game, plus the Hawks can still defend, Popovich can't find an immediate solution.

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Now Popovich has no choice but to continue to strengthen the defense and re-replace the lineup of Parker, Ginobili, Horry, Duncan, and Nesterovich.

On the Hawks' side, Maddie and Korver were replaced, and the combination of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Maddy, Mohammed, and Mourning was replaced.

Coming back from a timeout, the Spurs attacked.

After Parker advanced to the frontcourt, he was sudden, but he still couldn't get rid of Liu Mang's defense, and was pressed to the bottom line, Parker dribbled for a long time, and the 24-second offensive time was coming, but there was still no chance to break through, and the pass was passed to Horry.

Thanks to Horry's three-point shooting in this round of the Finals, he was as powerful as ever, receiving a pass from Parker and hitting a three-point shot from Jason Terry.

When it came to the Eagles' offense, after Liu Mang advanced to the front court, he continued to find his teammates to block and dismantle, Muhammad came out to help Liu Mang block Ginobili, and Ginobili and Duncan came up directly to pinch Liu Mang!

There is Nesterovic under the basket, Muhammad cuts into Liu Mang and is not easy to pass, and the Spurs' strongest defensive lineup has a sudden defensive effect.

Liu Mang was trapped, Jason Terry took Parker out to receive the ball, dribbled a step, and forced a three-point shot against Parker's block......

Hit it too!

Jason Terry is like that, no matter how long he's on the bench, if he needs to wave up, he can wave it out of the sky!

Popovich was expecting the Hawks to have a bad pitcher, Liu Mang didn't give him a chance, Liu Mang, Maddy, and Jason Terry's strongest singles combination came on the court, and he took the ball when he went up!

Continue to hit each other unexpectedly!

The Spurs' lineup, the defense is up, but the offense is paralyzed! It's back to the state of the first quarter where you can only score 20 points in a single quarter.

You can't take care of the head or the end, and that's the case with Popovich right now.

On the Hawks' side, Liu Mang judged that Popovich would definitely strengthen his defense and arranged a single strategy, and he and Maddy and Jason Terry felt that whoever was coming would shoot, just defend well.

More than 3 minutes before the end of the half, the Hawks were defended by the Spurs for three minutes and only scored 7 points, and the efficiency plummeted, just like the last three or four minutes of the first quarter, the efficiency went down, but the Spurs' offense was even worse, and only scored 4 points in the last 3 minutes!

64-45, at halftime, the Hawks led by 19 points!

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After leading by 19 points at halftime, Liu Mang stopped in the second half and handed over the tactical board to Coach Kruger, so that Coach Kruger could arrange a tactical strategy to keep the score difference safely.

To be able to play like this, in addition to the core idea of seeking change, Liu Mang also took advantage of the stability that the Spurs had played in the previous two games, if the Spurs did not win these two games, the Spurs players did not believe in their team's tactics so much, not so stable, Liu Mang could not take advantage of this.

Success is also stable, defeat is also stable, the 20-year history of the Spurs' Duncan era has always interpreted this, if the opponent's strength is equal to theirs, and there can be changes, it is difficult for them to win, and when they win, almost all of them have a huge advantage in strength throughout the whole process.

In the original time and space, except for the 2005 Finals, Popovich met a head coach who would not change more than him, Larry Brown, and it was not for Ginobili's peak performance in the Finals, and the Pistons almost lost in a seven-tie break.

The Spurs' original four championships in '99, '03, '07, and '14 were all crushed in the finals.

Relying on the memory of opening the eyes of the sky, the changes brought about by the use of star cards, and the deep lineup of the team, which can play any tactics, although Liu Mang used a top star and a superstar star card, but by the end of the third quarter, the Hawks were already 88-67, 21 points ahead of the Spurs!

If you can win Tianwang Mountain, you can get closer to winning the championship, two star cards, use it!

In the end, the Hawks defeated the Spurs with a score difference of 114-93, 21 points, and won the battle of Tianwang Mountain!

Liu Mang shot 10-of-22, 4-of-10 three-pointers, 12-of-13 free throws, scored 36 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists, and helped the Hawks beat the Spurs by 21 points!

Maddie scored 18 points and Jason Terry had 12 points, both of which were normal performances.

The key point was that Rasheed Wallace and Josh Smith combined for 15 points in the second quarter to open up the deficit all at once.

Although Duncan scored 21 points and 15 rebounds as always, Ginobili scored 15 points, Parker scored 13 points, and Horry also scored 12 points, but he couldn't beat Liu Mang's capriciousness!

3-2, the Eagles regained the lead by a big score!

And the next two games will be back at home, both games will be played at home, and the situation will suddenly turn from a moment of crisis to an absolute advantage!

As long as you win one of the two home games, this year's championship will be in hand!

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"Ace, do you think I have a chance to win the MVP? I think so! You see, I step up to help every time at a critical time...... Eh, Ace, don't go, listen to me......"

Jason Terry saw Liu Mang walking quickly to his car with Iguodala, so kindly, the former little brother ignored him!

After Iguodala helped him put his suitcase in the car, Liu Mang left Iguodala and drove away quickly.

Ask who is not good, to ask Liu Mang about the MVP, Jason Terry will not look at the face at all.

Winning the fifth key game, the Eagles players regained their self-confidence, not the kind of morale that Liu Mang forcibly brought up before the start of the fifth game, but really relied on the game to bring back their confidence.

Early on the morning of June 10th, the Hawks returned to Atlanta, the Southeast Division and the Southwest Division, that is, across a mountain and river, are very close to each other, and the closest home stadium to Atlanta is New Orleans, and San Antonio is not particularly far away, arriving at Atlanta Airport at 10 o'clock in the morning.

From the plane, Jason Terry was looking forward to whether he could win the MVP, averaging 18.9 points per game in four games, second only to Liu Mang's 30.4 points per game and Duncan's 20.4 points, and Ginobili averaged 18.9 points per game.

If the Spurs win the Finals, the MVP is basically the competition between Duncan and Ginobili, and if the Hawks win, Liu Mang has the greatest chance, and Jason Terry may have a chance, ranking fourth, which is also a chance.

Liu Mang is not afraid that Jason Terry will snatch his MVP, as long as the Hawks win, he will average 30.4 points per game, basically an ironclad MVP, mainly because he is afraid that he can't help but hit Jason Terry's confidence.

Liu Mang is very happy that the team has regained its self-confidence, and only with self-confidence can he do great things.

Compared with the self-confidence on his side, Liu Mang's biggest gain was that in the second half of the fifth game, Ginobili scored 3 points in the half, and his mentality completely exploded.

Liu Mang obviously felt that Ginobili was about to collapse, and he was about to give up treatment with Parker.

It's getting closer and closer to suppressing Ginobili and suppressing the 02 generation of stars!

In this way, after winning the championship and suppressing Ginobili, only James and Wade of the 03 generation are left, and they can complete the task of suppressing the stars of their contemporaries, and the second talent skill can be expected!

After Liu Mang felt the dual talent skill of having a complete Nash's son of the wind and his own talent skill of fighting left and right, he looked forward to the dual talent skill that really belonged to him.

One strengthens itself, the other drives the team, and when the teammates are talented enough to play various tactics, it is not difficult to play according to the Spurs! The least thing Liu Mang worries about is the team's lack of talent.

Moreover, when the Spurs were full of confidence to win the home court, they gave the Spurs a head-on blow! Liu Mang could feel the helplessness of the Spurs in the second half, which was of great help to the team in the next two games!