618. The Great War of the Gods!
Liu Mang returned to the bench surrounded by his teammates, whether it was the domestic imperial court, . The close-up of T's TV camera was given to Liu Mang's left foot, and Emmanuol, who had grown more bally, helped Liu Mang remove the ice pack on his ankle, and the swelling on the inside of Liu Mang's left ankle was quickly congested after the ice pack was removed, and the fans in front of the TV couldn't help but be moved.
The shameless little rascals are once again gaining fans.
The big screen at the scene also gave a close-up of Liu Mang's feet, and the scene sounded a real exclamation.
Coach Kruger looked at Liu Mang's swollen ankle frighteningly, although Moron Wiley had said that Liu Mang was okay before, but he still asked worriedly: "Ace, it's okay, right?" ”
"Minor injury, no problem." Liu Mang put on the shoes handed over by Mo Long Willy, then stood up and jumped, indicating that he was fine.
Fans are always the loveliest, except for a very few people who really have problems with their mental skills, most of the people at the scene were moved.
When Liu Mang shook his head and stood up and jumped, many Spurs fans at the scene spontaneously burst into applause.
No love or hate, just for this passion for basketball.
This time Liu Mang was surprised, he didn't expect that as a player of the away team, he could actually make those Spurs fans who were very angry by himself give applause!
"Ace, is it really okay?" A rare episode of Jason Terry's hypocrisy.
"There's a problem, a big problem!" Liu Mang gave a blank look at 'abnormal' Jason Terry, "You useless guys, I'm not here, master, you're being beaten like this, let me see, I seem to be more than ten points ahead when I leave...... Eh, I was wrong, can't I pretend to be forced? I'm wounded, I'm wounded! I've shed blood for the team, I've contributed to the team, Ya Yan ......"
Liu Mang, who was slapped, was pressed on a chair by his teammates and beaten in a group, his foot was injured, and it was okay to slap his face.
Seeing Liu Mang die again, Coach Kruger made sure that this kid was fine, and with a decisive wave of his hand, Stockton, who had lasted for a quarter, was replaced, and Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown played!
On the Spurs' side, Popovich saw that Liu Mang was back, and he also replaced all the main forces, Parker, Ginobili, Turkoglou, Duncan, and Nesterovich.
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The timeout ended and players from both teams came on the field.
The Eagles attacked, and when Liu Mang received the serve in the backcourt, the applause at the scene turned into boos.
The applause just now is the respect for Liu Mang's feet to come back and continue the game after his feet were injured like that, and the current boos are also respect, out of respect for the opponent!
The boos made Liu Mang feel a little more normal, and the Spurs fans applauded him, and they really didn't feel comfortable.
Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, and Ginobili defended Liu Mang.
Bowen is not there, Ginobili is the best defensive player on the outside of the Spurs, Ginobili looked at Liu Mang's frighteningly swollen ankle, and felt that Liu Mang, who had an injury to his foot, should be easy to defend, right? Ginobili saw Liu Mang outside the three-point line, and immediately pressed towards Liu Mang, trying to suppress Liu Mang's injured foot.
This is basketball, Ginobili has a certain amount of guilt about Liu Mang's injury, after all, Bowen is his teammate, Liu Mang was injured by Bowen, but the game is the game, always towards the opponent's weakness and pain, guilt is guilty, but constantly attacking Liu Mang's injury, Ginobili did not hesitate to press up in the direction of Liu Mang's left shoulder, Liu Mang's left foot is injured, in Ginobili's view, Liu Mang can only use his right foot to accelerate the breakthrough from the left hand.
As soon as Liu Mang arrived outside the three-point line, he saw Ginobili pressing in the direction he was pressing, how could he not know Ginobili's thoughts?
Looking at Ginobili blocking his left hand, Liu Mang saw it at once, Ginobili wanted to bully himself with an injury to his left foot and didn't dare to exert his strength, and he mainly defended his right hand to break through, Liu Mang smiled, such a good opportunity is in front of him, how can he not take advantage of it?
Ginobili felt a little wrong when he saw Liu Mang's smile, but he still pressed in the direction of Liu Mang's left shoulder and bullied Liu Mang for having an injury to his left foot
Liu Mang waited for Ginobili to press in front of him, and when his left shoulder came into contact with Ginobili, he kicked his left foot on the ground, wiped it in front of Ginobili, and rushed straight into the three-point line!
Ginobili was just about to press on Liu Mang's left body, and suddenly pounced, rushing out of the three-point line, and then turned his head and watched Liu Mang sprint at full speed in horror.
Is this still human?
Not worried about your injured foot at all?
Ginobili was taken by one step, the Spurs' interior defense was caught off guard, and when Liu Mang rushed into the interior, Duncan was still in the reasonable collision area, so he could only step forward and hug Liu Mang, and Liu Mang threw the ball to the basket.
The feeling did not cool down because of the break for almost half an hour, the ball hit the rebound and bounced into the basket, 2+1!
Liu Mang broke free from Duncan's arms with one arm, and listening to the boos on the scene again, Liu Mang felt great! High-five and celebrate with your teammates who rushed over, then walk to the free throw line!
The Spurs players were stunned, is this what it looks like to be injured?
Duncan looked at Liu Mang like a nobody, but the swelling on his feet couldn't deceive people, he had a similar injury back then, which directly led to his defective defense season in the playoffs, and now the injury on the sole of his foot also made his state drop significantly compared to the previous two years, he felt really incredible, and her face, which had few expressions, showed shock!
Liu Mang received the ball thrown by the referee and took a deep breath, now, it's time for the real show!
Without the threat of always thinking about how to get rid of the guy who is better than his own attack, Liu Mang wants to enjoy his last chance to feel the strength of a superstar!
Liu Mang also added a penalty, 47-41, and the difference was once again stretched to more than 5 points!
When Liu Mang made free throws, Coach Kruger replaced Jason Terry with Rahim, and from Liu Mang's all-out attack without scruples, Coach Kruger understood that this kid was going to do something on the offensive end.
Coach Kruger tacitly helped Liu Mang replace the iron-blooded defensive combination, and if it weren't for Ratledge's physical problems, he would even have to replace the strongest defensive lineup.
When it was the Spurs' turn to attack, Parker felt a kind of despair in his heart when he saw Liu Mang coming back with such a violent full-speed spurt, and he didn't have any fear of making a strong layup in the face of Duncan.
The kind of desperation he had when he played the playoffs for the first time in 2002 and faced Kobe!
This year's Kobe is not easy to say, he is about to play the feeling of being the first person in the league, both offensive and defensive ends are the best among the league guards, even if he has to take a plane to Colorado once or twice a month to go to court, the state is affected, Kobe is dominating the guard line at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, Parker does not dare to say that Liu Mang can reach the level of Kobe this year, but compared with the Kobe of the OK combination of the invincible tail two years ago, Parker feels that Liu Mang is more terrifying!
Seeing that Liu Mang didn't care about his ankle injury at all, and pressed up on him, Parker, who had already been abused by Liu Mang many times, immediately passed the ball to Ginobili.
You're a brother! I don't play anymore, okay! Parker immediately ran around with Liu Mang, expecting that Liu Mang's foot injury would affect Liu Mang's continued running.
However, Parker looked at Liu Mang who was following him like a shadow, and completely fell into despair: Coach, you are a liar! Okay, this guy is injured, just target his injury, you lie!
On the other side, Ginobili holds the ball and faces Prince, who is more unlucky than Parker, Prince may be the best outside line in the league this year, he doesn't have Bowen's kind of defensive threat, nor does he have Artest's ability to help the team build a defensive system like the best defensive player, but if it's just a single defense, this year's Prince may be the league's No. 1 outside defense master!
Prince's perfect sense of single defense, brisk footsteps, super long height and arm span, suppressed Ginobili outside the three-point line, Ginobili was going crazy, he thought Liu Mang was the best player on the outside defense of the Eagles, but he didn't expect it to be the player with the lowest presence in the Hawks' starters and his class!
This is Prince, who has the least words, does no less dirty work than Rashid Wallace and Rahim, but has the lowest presence, and the other four of the original Pistons Five have been selected as All-Stars, and he Prince is forgotten alone, but he is the most lethal point of outside defense.
Raheem has height, confrontation, momentum but slow speed, Liu Mang has speed, confrontation, momentum but not enough height, and Prince combines the advantages of the two, height, speed, confrontation and terrible arm span, at the peak of this hand-check era, the outside single defense, is his world!
Ginobili wanted to pass the ball, but Duncan on the inside line was now difficult to catch by Rashid Wallace, who is now very active because of Liu Mang's "return of the king", Duncan is the first time to meet Rasheed Wallace who plays this style, he has studied Rasheed Wallace this year, and knows that Rasheed Wallace has become a defensive player, but he didn't expect it to become so thorough, and the single defense is so strong, completely beyond expectations! This is also the most surprising thing for fans and the media after the transformation of Rasheed Wallace, Rasheed Wallace actually changed from an offensive player to a defensive player without any discomfort, and there is no so-called pain in the connection process, and he has directly become the top defensive titan in the league's big forward!
Ginobili protected the ball and looked at Nesterovic on the other side of the basket, and then saw the physical fitness of Kwame Brown under the basket, Kwame Brown has been popular recently, double 20, playing Rockets and China's Yao Ming, who has recently become popular, Nestrovic can't beat Kwame Brown at a glance, Ginobili can't take care of himself anymore, and he can't create opportunities for his teammates, he is still a little short of the peak, Parker was chased by Liu Mang, Ginobili can only pass the ball to come up to answer Tekoglu.
Tekrug has no advantage in single-handedly Rahim, the height is about the same, and the strength Rahim is the real master who can play the No. 4 position, although he has lost a little weight, but it is still not something that Tekoglu can beat.
It is difficult for Turkoglu to get into the three-point line in the face of Rahim's defense, so he can only step on the three-point line to meet Rahim's defense and shoot on the outside.
Tekoglu's three-point iron!
Liu Mang, who just chased Parker who was running back, came to the left side of the basket and jumped up to collect the rebound, and immediately counterattacked!
Liu Mang was completely high, and when he rushed to the frontcourt, Parker and Ginobili had already caught up, but Liu Mang ignored the two and smashed the ball into the basket!
Cut 5 points in a row!
49-41, as soon as Liu Mang came back, the Eagles were about to stretch the difference to more than ten points again!
It's time for the Spurs offense again, with the strongest outside defense of Mang Liu, Prince, Raheem and Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown possibly the second-best interior defensive combination in the league, pinching GDP like a meat grinder.
Liu Mang and Prince directly locked Parker and Ginobili, and Rashid Wallace and Kwame Brown on the inside took turns to fight hand-to-hand with Duncan, forcing Turkoglou and Nesterovic to become the main point of attack, the Hawks' strategic goal is clear, regardless of physical strength, regardless of whether the offense has or not, is to prevent GDP, even if the two role players of the Spurs break out, they will not pose a threat to the Hawks, because they have Liu Mang!
Liu Mang turned on the individual offensive mode, and the other four were responsible for defense, and the offensive end just opened up space to receive the ball and shoot and impact the offensive rebound.
Liu Mang first rushed towards the inside line, when the Spurs began to shrink, Liu Mang was in the middle and long distance wave throwing, Liu Mang learned a little trick from a certain daughter lover, when the team has an advantage in rebounding, there is difficulty to shoot, no difficulty to create difficulty to throw, to the death of the shot, it is best to attract the bag so that teammates have a better time to grab the rebound before throwing.
Liu Mang maintained a mid-to-long-range shooting rate in his early 40s, and he threw crazy waves.
On the defensive end, the Hawks blocked the Spurs' offense on the outside, especially Ginobili and Parker, Liu Mang defended Parker, Prince defended Ginobili, both of them were difficult to break through, and even dribbling was a problem, Liu Mang and Prince, who broke out because of Liu Mang's return to the fighting spirit, gave great physical contact, and the referee did not give the home whistle, as long as it was not an obvious foul, in this year when the defense could reach its peak, there was no whistle.
The Spurs' offense continued to be blocked in the second half of the second quarter, with Duncan occasionally getting stuck in the middle of Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown to get the ball to hit one, but Duncan had to play alone all the time in this confrontation...... O'Neal may not be able to play a few now, and fitness is always a problem for the center.
And the Hawks' side completely opened up the offense under Liu Mang's wave throwing, forcibly opening the situation and messing up the Spurs' team defense.
Popovich looked at the situation on the court and stopped yelling, he was thinking about a question - what happens when Duncan's form slips?
Duncan has been using it for seven years, and has had a major injury before, and now Duncan's plantar fasciitis is also a problem, but it is not yet time for a complete outbreak.
This game is going to be played against the Eagles?
Seeing that Liu Mang is playing more fiercely than Kobe Bryant in the previous two years, Bowen can still rely on Bowen's defensive threat to limit Liu Mang, but even if it is Bowen's defensive threat, it doesn't have much effect on Kobe Bryant, who has won three consecutive championships, not to mention that now this looks stronger than Kobe Bryant, who has no dead ends in his left and right hands?
As for creating another point of defensive threat?
Come on, Popovich acquiesced to Bowen's blackfooting, but he is a famous head coach, he can't really ask a player to go up and down blackfoot, it's just that Bowen likes to do that, and he doesn't object to expressing his opinion, if he really takes the initiative to create a group of blackfoot machines, the rest of the league is expected to force the Spurs to fire him, just like the future 76ers forced the process to rot regardless of the rules of the game.
The main thing is that now that there is a rumor in the league, maybe after the end of this season, there will be rules that are more conducive to team basketball, and the era of star invincibility is about to pass, so this year's hand-check is being used to the limit, and those defensive powerhouses must grasp the last glorious moments.
Popovich's original teacher was Nelson Sr., so he was very advanced, and he was already thinking about moving from Duncan's superstar basketball to team basketball, and promoting Parker and Ginobili and Turkoglou was his first step.
And now Bowen doesn't know what the injury is, an ankle dislocation is an extremely terrible injury for a player, and the defender needs to follow the opponent on the defensive end to make a big move, Bowen is already 32 years old and 33 years old, and it is too difficult to fully recover from this injury, Popovich has begun to think about the precipitous decline of many superstars that Duncan may have when he reaches the age of 30 in two or three years.
As for today's game...... What else can I do, try my best.
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Popovich's current style of play is dead grass Duncan on the offensive end, Parker, Ginobili, Turkoglu as the auxiliary, Bowen as the shot, and the defensive end is also the dead grass Duncan, plus the dead grass Bowen, the team defense is supplemented.
Now Bowen, the most critical link on the outside, can't play, and the Spurs have a tendency to collapse on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
The original Spurs, after Bowen's serious decline in the 2007-2008 season, the Spurs collapsed for two or three years and entered a transition period, which is a good proof of Bowen's value.
After Bowen was down by himself, Liu Mang was completely hilarious, after getting 13 in the first quarter, he scored 11 points in the second half of the second quarter, and in the third quarter, he scored 22 points in a fierce single quarter, and 46 points in the third quarter!
On the Spurs' side, they were the defending champions after all, and they did not choose to admit defeat, but kept persevering, and Duncan also returned a single quarter of 18 points in the third quarter, helping the Spurs to maintain the difference within 15 points.
At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks led the Spurs by 13 points, 78-65!
This gave Liu Mang the rare ability to have the strength not to lose to Duncan to the limit, and in the last quarter, Jason Terry, who was caught by Ginobili and Parker, and had been shouting for a long time on the side, forced his shot, and scored 19 points in the final quarter! The Eagles scored 23 points in the final quarter.
On the Spurs' side, Duncan couldn't get to the fourth quarter, and the Spurs only scored 20 points in the final quarter.
In the end, Liu Mang scored 65 points and led the Hawks to a 101-85 away victory over the Spurs!
Liu Mang returned once again and led the team to victory!