166. Born King
In the warm-up before the game, Liu Mang was very active in practicing sniping, and his strange shooting posture attracted bursts of laughter.
But Liu Mang doesn't care so much, the sniper shooting rate is generally not as good as normal shooting, but it is a shooting action in a strong offensive move that Liu Mang has now.
If you can practice this move as easily as Harden or Pierce, who can shoot the ball at any time, his offense will be stronger.
However, the Spurs staff didn't seem to have many balls prepared before the game, and there were only a few on the Hawks' side, Liu Mang could only throw it, and then pick it up and continue to shoot, which was awkward.
To drive a tractor is to slam the door! Alexander, who is still the poorest boss in the league, will not spare this money.
Liu Mang threw and throw, iron one, hit the basket and bounced high, Liu Mang ran in to catch it......
A big hand took the rebound down, then turned and hit a long-range mid-range shot.
Well? When will our team have an inside line that can shoot in the middle of the shot?
Liu Mang turned his head and looked, damn! Poker face!
Duncan saw Liu Mang glaring at him, raised his right hand and waved, as if to say hello.
Liu Mang didn't react a little, this is his own half, why did this poker face come over? Subconsciously waved his hand.
At this time, Raheem came over and directly pushed Duncan out of the three-point line on his side: "Go back to your side!" ”
Raheem is not as comfortable as he used to be, but now he has a growing love for basketball and a growing emphasis on the difference between his opponents and his teammates!
Since entering the NBA, Duncan has basically been able to do anything except free throws and three-pointers, and he is proficient in the kind of attack, even including outside dribbling to organize offense.
Then Duncan walked back like that, without saying a word or expression.
Liu Mang looked at the Spurs, it turned out that not only did they have fewer balls on their side, but also not enough balls on the Spurs' side!
Because the Spurs' home stadium is not their training gym, they have always rented the NFL arena, their own arena has been raising funds since 1993, and it was only repaired last year that it will be put into use next season, so, probably, there are only a dozen balls prepared here!
Since he didn't talk much, his teammates probably didn't know that Duncan wanted to practice shooting, and he probably couldn't grab the ball if he didn't give him the ball, so Duncan ran to the Hawks to rub the ball.
Liu Mang watched Duncan go back and stand on the left and no one paid attention, and after shaking on the right, no one passed the ball to him, and he didn't know what to say...... Sure enough, the tractor driver is too picky!
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The temperament of a team's playing style is likely to affect the external image of a team, and at the same time, it will also be affected.
The Spurs play like an army, and the players themselves have cultivated that kind of unapproachable temperament, giving others a bad feeling, Popovich and others are not loved by the media at this stage, except for reporters from San Antonio and Atlanta, there are no other TV or magazine media to interview.
It is not the same team at all as the team that will be chased and interviewed by the media every day in the future composed of a group of unscrupulous guys.
And just like that, the pre-game event ended and the game began.
The Eagles continue to field a combination of Dean Grove, Jason Terry, Raheem, Mohammed, and Ratliff.
The Spurs, for their part, fielded the starting lineup of Tony Parker, Steve Smith, Bruce Bowen, Tim Duncan, and David Robinson.
Just looking at this lineup, I really can't see how it got such a good record, Parker averaged 7 points and 3 assists per game, Steve Smith averaged 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists per game, Bowen averaged 7 points and 3 boards per game, and David Robinson averaged 12 points and 8 boards per game.
Except for Duncan, who averaged 26 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 2.7 blocks per game, the other four brothers were surrounded by the Hawks in all directions just by looking at the data.
Just look at it this way, even if the Spurs have Duncan, the biggest favorite for MVP in the regular season this season, the Hawks are not afraid of the Spurs.
But the Hawks still don't dare to slack off, and are even more serious and arduous, because the Spurs have 10 players who have averaged 7 points or more per game so far this season!
Popovich's team of role players didn't just exist in the later fast-break era, but from the very beginning! Popovich will change the tactical system according to the changes of the times, from the beginning Popovich is a master of digging substitutes, but the Spurs at this stage are frightening in addition to the record, Duncan makes people feel ridiculously strong, but the game is ugly, not so many fans pay attention.
The referee blows the whistle for the start of the game and throws the ball into the sky.
David Robinson, who is known as the lucky version of Howard, who is seven or eight centimeters taller, even at the age of 36, can jump better than Ratliffe and win the jump ball easily.
Then the Spurs started to press the tempo.
Parker slowly controlled the ball, pushed slowly, and stepped on an eight-second foul to cross the halfcourt.
After thirteen or fourteen seconds, the first ball was given to Duncan, who took the ball and singled out Muhammad.
Everybody pulled away, Duncan singled, and that's the Spurs' No. 1 tactic.
Although David Robinson scores a lot on the inside and is strong at hitting the basket, he is a mid-range shooter, and Muhammad defends him by seven or eight centimeters shorter, and Ratliff can only pull out.
Then, I saw that Muhammad was knocked into the basket by Duncan three or two times, and he was directly dunked!
It's so brutal!
Duncan, who has not been seriously injured, is known as the flying devil from Wake Forest University! Power, speed, explosiveness, and bounce all come together!
The expressionless face doesn't seem to be a big deal, but what it does is simply a beast!
Muhammad felt like he had met O'Neill again, and the feeling of going head-to-head was even more terrifying than meeting O'Neill!
Hit O'Neal knowing he was going to knock you in for a dunk, and hit Duncan, you didn't expect him to do it, and then you were knocked into the air!
Liu Mang's mouth once again became O-shaped on the sidelines, last time it was O'Neal, this time it was Duncan!
Liu Mang's impression of Duncan is the evil demon king who has a big windmill on the spot, jumps up and dunks and is hated by the basket, and has nothing to touch Ginobili's head to absorb the young lives of his teammates to replenish himself.
"Look at Duncan's stats."
"Ding...... Tim Duncan, Ability 105, Speed 85, Power 99, Shot 85, Layup 95, Blocks 89......"
"Ding...... Detected Tim Duncan's passive talent ability: Born King Level 5 (not the only one). ”
"Born to be the king: A player destined to be the king of basketball, and basketball dominance will stay with him throughout his career, until he retires, and he is the first player in the same position."
"Ding...... Tim Duncan trait: Buddha nature detected. ”
"Buddha Nature: An absolutely calm player who comes from Tim Duncan's college days where he majored in psychology and earned a bachelor's degree in psychology. Characteristic: Overly calm. ”
"Too calm: Too calm makes it difficult for Tim Duncan to lead the team to have mood changes, such as against an opponent who is stronger than him, it is difficult to win the strong with the weak."
Give me the ball and I'm going home! Liu Mang said he wouldn't play anymore! In addition to Nima's 106 ability value of O'Neal in a violent state, Duncan is simply invincible!