On March 24, Liu Mang arrived at the stadium more than an hour in advance and less than eight o'clock in the morning before the training plan arranged by the team, just to avoid the media.

Recently, there have been a lot of reporters in the Hawks' home games, and most of the time they have to be interviewed, after all, they have just beaten the Kings, Mavericks and other teams.

In today's game, Liu Mang felt troublesome before he played, in addition to Duncan being a super big trouble, and the difference between this game and the previous games against the Kings, Mavericks, Pacers, and Pistons, the Hawks are about to play, and it is a real super team, the defending champion Spurs!

It's time for the playoffs, and the Spurs, who have always been strong in the playoffs, will theoretically decline without Bowen, but they have the peak Duncan, and everything is not a problem.

Duncan is undoubtedly the most popular interior player in the United States other than O'Neal, and if it weren't for the Spurs' reputation, it would not be difficult for Duncan's popularity to compete with O'Neal.

Playing with such a team, coupled with the great grievances between the two teams, Liu Mang thought that there would be many reporters, so he hid.

But when the teammates arrived, the team training began, except for the fact that the court station was going to broadcast the game live today to find a few Eagles players to do an interview, and it was just an ordinary routine interview, there was nothing else.

There are no interviews with big TV stations in the United States, and there are no open-ended interviews......

Generally speaking, in the national live broadcast game, the coaching staff of each team will use it to motivate the enthusiasm of the players during the team meeting, and when the training is over and the team meeting is held, Liu Mang knows that this second match with the defending champion is not broadcast live in the United States......

As the defending champions, the Spurs have broadcast a total of 11 scheduled national live broadcasts this year, plus 14 additional broadcasts, which is very different from the treatment of the Lakers in previous years......

The game between the team with the first record in the league and the defending champion was not broadcast live in the United States, which made Liu Mang feel that the Spurs were really too unpopular, and by the way, even his own side lost an opportunity to broadcast live in the United States.

Who doesn't want to show their faces in the live broadcast in the United States, Liu Mang also wants to show his face more, and the hooligan value will rise even more.

Fortunately, there is still a live broadcast in China, which is a little comforting.

……

How can you find a way to play Duncan badly? Liu Mang studied the Spurs game video while studying the problem.

This guy is a bit bit, today Ratliff and Rahim are going to take turns off, and the two best candidates to pinch Duncan will not play, which will have a great impact on Liu Mang's abusive plan.

If they can sweep the defending champions in the regular season, the United States may not pay much attention to the Spurs, but the domestic side will definitely be able to increase a lot of hooligan value, which is still very important.

Of course, it's more important to win this game! It's important to deal with Duncan.

The tactical training and team meeting in the morning, the arrangements of the coaching staff are very normal, they are all made in accordance with the best lineup that can play now, and the tactical arrangements are very reasonable and normal.

The arrangement of the coaching staff is understandable, after all, it is just the regular season, the team can win the best, and the outcome of this game really has nothing to do with the overall situation, the Eagles' current record pressure is not as dangerous as when Liu Mang just shouted out to win 68, after 15 consecutive wins, the Eagles' goal of 68 wins has become relatively easy.

But Liu Mang wants to win!

Although the Lakers are the Finals opponent that Liu Mang is looking forward to, what if the Spurs win? With Duncan here, it's hard to say, Bowen has never guarded Kobe Bryant in the playoffs, and Kobe Bryant has played the title of the king of the Western Finals, in case of changing to Marrick Rose, it is not necessarily said.

However, as the MVP of Lianzhuang in the past two years, Duncan's strength is too strong, and it will be the peak of the strongest to pass, it is after 05 years that Duncan's plantar fasciitis completely broke out, and after that, Duncan is still at the supergiant level, this guy has always been difficult to deal with and can never be taken lightly.

When Stockton came to the lounge after his lunch break, he saw Liu Mang looking at the TV screen with a sad face, and was very puzzled, would Liu Mang still be anxious?

"Ace, what are you worried about?" Stockton asked curiously, this guy is going to win MVP, what are you anxious about?

"John, oh......" Liu Mang sighed, "I'm trying to figure out a way to deal with Duncan, Theo and Sherif don't fight today, it's not so easy to deal with Duncan." ”

"Against Duncan?" Stockton's tiger body was shocked! The relationship between him and Malone has reached a point where it is not just teammates, it can be described as a relative, Duncan has only played for a few years, and he has snatched the title of Malone's all-time number one forward, Stockton doesn't like Duncan very much, just like Malone would rather risk OK infighting to go to the Lakers than to go to the Spurs.

Stockton instantly became interested: "Ace, I'll help you, how do you want to deal with Duncan, let's figure it out together!" ”

Stockton, who is one of the core duo of only team other than OK to have beaten Duncan in the playoffs in the past six years, has a knack for dealing with Duncan.

Duncan has won two championships in the past six years, except for the one time he was reimbursed for the playoffs when he was killed by the Suns and is not counted among the number of defeats, and the only ones who have beaten him in the playoffs are Stockton and Malone, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal.

Seeing Stockton so positive, Liu Mang remembered, didn't he have an experienced teacher on his side? Rashid Wallace didn't have a good way to Duncan, Liu Mang asked, which is equivalent to asking in vain, Rasheed Wallace was swept by Duncan in the sophomore year, but Stockton and Duncan's playoff record is 4-1, and he easily took out the Spurs' peak twin towers, although Stockton defeated Duncan in his rookie year, but Duncan is different from ordinary rookies, he entered the NBA is the strongest power forward, and Malone, who just won the first MVP of his career in the 96-97 season, is at the same time. In the first year of entering the NBA, it was a second-defense, and the second-defense was still squeezed into the second-defense by Malone, who performed slightly better on the defensive end.

As a result, Liu Mang and Stockton, the sinister master and apprentice, began an evil plan to "slaughter Buddha......

The more the two discussed, the more intense the teammates then came to the stadium two or three hours early after the lunch break to prepare for the evening game, and after coming to the lounge, they heard a pair of bad masters and apprentices in the corner laughing sinisterly from time to time, and felt that the temperature of the entire locker room had dropped a lot......

……

……

The Eagles' home game against the defending champions is about to begin!

Fans elsewhere in the United States are not interested in this game, and if it weren't for Duncan, the Spurs would have been expelled from the NBA by the Spurs for their actions of abolishing so many stars over the years.

But Atlanta fans take this game quite seriously!

The Eagles' enemies on the road to the championship are the enemies of Atlanta basketball fans!

Now for the Hawks, the biggest obstacle on the way to winning the championship is only the Nets, Spurs, and Lakers, as the defending champion, the Spurs, it seems that the strength is not as strong as the Lakers, but the Hawks fans still pay attention to it, and when the Spurs fans enter the court, the scene is full of boos!

In addition to being one of the three biggest enemies, there is also the contradiction between the Hawks and the Spurs, the last time they met, Bowen's malicious stepping stomped and scared the Hawks fans, fortunately, Liu Mang is fine, Bowen is also a wicked person and has evil retribution and is now scrapped, otherwise Atlanta fans are not just hostile to the Spurs!

When it came time for the Hawks players to play, the fans immediately turned into cheers, and the fans tried to suppress the morale of the Spurs with their own voices.

After Liu Mang came out, he saw the troika of the Spurs, compared to when Liu Mang met the Spurs in the first half of the season, the troika was obviously about to take shape! It is not far from the troika reaching the peak of its strength next season!

Ginobili, with an ability rating of 89, is 27 years old and is almost at his peak, just one step away from the top stars.

Parker, with an ability rating of 84, is not far from a first-class star, and Parker is only 22 years old, and the future is limitless.

Duncan, with an ability rating of 99, beats O'Neal, Garnett, and Maddy, and is the highest-rated player among more than 400 players in the league.

These three guys, except for Duncan, who is the ironclad champion, the other two are low-pick rookies, and Popovich's vision is amazing!

If Duncan is the basis for Popovich to have the opportunity to make mistakes, then Popovich's own low-pick Taobao vision is the best way for Popovich to make up for those mistakes on the basis of Duncan's mistakes, if it weren't for the two rookie bonuses of Parker and Ginobili, even if there is Duncan's existence so that Popovich can make mistakes, last season, the Spurs had three middle-class salary players who couldn't sit and couldn't play, at most the strength of the second and third rounds of the playoffs, and there was no possibility of reaching the Finals. relies on Parker and Ginobili's combined salaries of only 2 million in the past two years.

The Mavericks and Lakers are strong because of their deep pockets, and the Spurs owners rely on Popovich and Duncan to sell tractors.

Giving a thumbs up to the troika, Liu Mang turned around and went to practice the hot hand of the middle shot, in today's game, the middle shot is the key!

Every time Ginobili sees Liu Mang, he will feel the "warmth" of this world, because every time Liu Mang looks at him, he is full of appreciation, and seems to have a little sympathy, Ginobili doesn't know what he deserves sympathy, so he thinks it's wrong, and he only thinks that Liu Mang admires him very much.

This made Ginobili happy.

Parker saw that Liu Mang was very cowardly, because he was afraid of being abused, and no one in the 01 class saw that Liu Mang was not afraid.

Ginobili watched Liu Mang go to practice and shoot, and wanted to chat with Liu Mang, although they are all NBA players, speaking of an employee of a large company, but the number of times Ginobili talks to Liu Mang a year, just a few times, this year, counting the All-Star Weekend and Liu Mang met three times, plus this time and the last time, Ginobili has only seen Liu Mang five times.

However, Popovich forbade the Spurs players to talk to the Hawks players before the game, nothing else, Bowen's vendetta, Popovich wrote it down!

Just when Ginobili was a little regretful that he couldn't chat with Liu Mang due to the team's regulations, a big hand stroked Ginobili's head.

Without looking up, Ginobili knew who it was and said, "Tim, who are more powerful, Ace or me?" ”

Ginobili is actually only a year apart from Duncan, Ginobili has entered the NBA for the second year, and his social relationship is no longer as cringe as an international player like last season's rookie, and he is very calm about communicating with Duncan.

As for who is stronger, himself or Liu Mang, Ginobili would love to hear the answer from Duncan, the best player in the world.

Duncan continued to stroke Ginobili's head like a child's head, Ginobili had objected to the action but was now ...... Get used to it.

Duncan didn't have any expression on his face, as if he was thinking about it, and then said, "Ace is a little bit better, he defends better." ”

This boss, don't you want to be so honest!

Ginobili was a little depressed, Duncan was not only sullen, but also honest, otherwise he would not have been exposed that he handed over his property to a high school classmate to take care of, even Popovich told Duncan that it was wrong, but Duncan was too honest, thinking that it was a high school classmate and would not harm him.

Looking at the other side of the court, Liu Mang, who was struggling to shoot in the middle of the pitch, Ginobili gritted his teeth and said, "I will be stronger than Ace!" I will definitely beat him! ”

Just after Ginobili said this, he saw that on the other side of the court, Liu Mang, who was practicing hot throwing, suddenly turned his head and stared at him with surprised eyes, and then, his eyes became full of banter.

Ginobili's heart suddenly burst out, and he had a feeling that he had heard bad things about people behind his back and was heard by the parties!

But it's more than ten or twenty meters away!

And the scene is so noisy!

The playful look from Liu Mang flashed away, and Ginobili saw Liu Mang turn his head back and continue to practice shooting.

"It's a delusion!" Ginobili comforted himself......

……

"Ding...... The King of the New Generation of Players series quests are triggered, and Manu Ginobili's challenge is triggered. ”

"Manu Ginobili's Challenge: 1. Limit Manu Ginobili to score less than 15 points in this game, and the task rewards Manu Ginobili 03-04 season star card. 2. Defeat Manu Ginobili's team in the playoffs, mission reward: Trait: Demon Knife. Defeat Penalty: Manu Ginobili's status is increased by 20% the next time he fights the host, until the host successfully completes the subsequent reassigned suppression task. (Note: If Manu Ginobili fails to reach the finals within three years, the host reaches the finals at least once, the mission is considered completed, and if Manu Ginobili reaches the finals within three years, the host does not reach the finals in the current season, the mission is considered a failure.) ）”

Ginobili's suppression mission is finally here!

Demon Knife This feature...... Liu Mang feels weird, when he is strong, he is strong, but when he is a father, he is outrageous!

That's it!

Always have to suppress Ginobili, the strongest outside line in the 02 session, although Ginobili was selected in 99, but he only entered the NBA in 02 and was divided into the 02 class of players, which is also the target of Liu Mang to suppress.

It's just that I didn't expect that in order to suppress Ginobili, I still need to beat Ginobili in the playoffs and beat Ginobili in the playoffs...... Isn't that the grand final?

As for the three-year period, it is probably the last year of the task of the king of the new generation of players, that is, before the end of the 05-06 season, the players who are at the same time as Liu Mang are probably the players of the five years from 01 to 05, and the interval of more than five years belongs to another generation of players.

Limit Ginobili to 15 points or less......

This is not a difficult thing in normal times, although Ginobili is the second strongest player in the Spurs, but his data this year is average, averaging 13+4+4 per game, but it is not that Ginobili only scored so many points, but conventionally speaking, as the best sixth man favorite who has more substitute appearances than the number of starts, Ginobili does not need to score so many points, his organizational ability is an important part of the Spurs, and he and Turkoglu alternately play substitutes to lead the second team is important for the Spurs.

Ginobili really wants to score, twenty or thirty points is not a difficult thing, and his weird style of play is difficult for all teams in the whole league to defend.

Liu Mang felt more pressure, but found it more interesting! Fighting against strong enemies always makes people's blood boil!

……

The game was about to start, and Popovich looked at the Hawks' starting lineup on the big screen, a mouthful of old blood in his throat.

The Eagles sent Liu Mang, Korver, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Ostertag.

After Liu Mang and Stockton's strong advice, Coach Kruger and Mike Woodson rearranged the defensive strategy, and as for the offense, with Liu Mang and Stockton and Jason Terry, there is no need to worry so much.

Looking at the inside combination of Ostertag and Rasheed Wallace, Popovich was so angry that he felt targeted!

However, the person concerned, Duncan, did not have a big reaction, his expression did not change, and it is difficult to say whether there is a change in his heart.

The starting lineup sent by the Spurs is Parker, Ginobili, Marrick Rose, Duncan, Nesterovich.

With Rashid Wallace snorting, the scene boiled again, and Liu Mang and Boozer hugged and came to the court.

Old rivals, Rasheed Wallace and Ostertag both went to shake Duncan's hand and say hello, and they were not allowed to say hello before the game, and the Spurs players couldn't care so much during the game.

Although Duncan is sullen, doesn't know how evil he is, and likes to touch people's heads, he is still a very good person, and Rashid Wallace and Nestrovich have not had a bad relationship with Duncan, often fighting each other, and they are also very familiar.

It's really an exaggeration to see Oster Tag's body shape that is much thicker than Duncan standing in the middle circle and shaking Duncan's hand!

When Duncan and O'Neill stood together, it seemed that the gap in floor space was already exaggerated, and the picture in front of them was even more exaggerated!

Ostertag was excited to see Duncan, he knew that the only role he had for coming to the Hawks was to play against the best two interior players in the West, and now it was time to deal with Duncan, and he felt that it was time to prove his worth!

Jump Ball!

Rashid Wallace and Duncan stand in the center circle ready to jump the ball.

The referee blew the whistle and Rasheed Wallace jumped up first and flicked the ball to the back.

Liu Mang immediately wanted to rush forward quickly after receiving the ball, and Ginobili appeared in front of Liu Mang for the first time, and was already ready to defend Liu Mang to start the fast attack.

"Cut." Liu Mang made a disdainful voice unabashedly, controlled the ball, slowly advanced, and waited for his teammates to settle down.

Ginobili blocked Liu Mang's rapid advance, immediately stepped back, and took a step inside the three-point line to wait for Liu Mang to advance.

After Liu Mang crossed the halfway, he saw Ginobili waiting for the three-point line defense, not much of a surprise, Marik Rose defended very well, but not enough speed, he was better at defending mid-range singles, and Ginobili was stronger when he broke through.

Liu Mang dribbled outside the three-point line, waiting for his teammates to run, while looking at Ginobili's defense, his feet were very good, and his defensive position was also very good.

Ginobili is not good at defending without the ball, his attention is all on the ball, and it is easy to be embarrassed, but he is still very good at defending the ball, at least he will not lag behind.

Liu Mang dribbled and dribbled, and suddenly accelerated to the right!

Ginobili defended Liu Mang very seriously, and immediately moved half a step to the left to go up, he didn't think about blocking Liu Mang, his defensive goal was very clear, he just wanted to suppress Liu Mang and enter Duncan's supplementary defense area.

Liu Mang had just accelerated a step, and suddenly stopped suddenly, and Ginobili secretly screamed that it was not good! The last time they met, Liu Mang's breakthrough on the left shocked the world! Ginobili immediately wanted to retract his sideways steps, and suddenly, seeing the smile on Liu Mang's face, he felt that he had been tricked!

Liu Mang uses the opponent's defensive prediction! The opponent will definitely be jealous of his left side, especially the Spurs team who personally experienced his breakthrough on the left side, and he took advantage of the gap between the opponent's prediction and his own strength!

Liu Mang stopped a step in a hurry, immediately got up quickly, and continued to break through!

Ginobili's ability to change direction is really not covered, the demon knife is the demon knife, and when he almost lost his center because of his continuous change of direction, he stabilized his body and pasted it towards Liu Mang.

However, Liu Mang's breakthrough is not only this one routine!

Rasheed Wallace came out to block Ginobili, Ginobili crashed into Rasheed Wallace, and he was about to lose his center of gravity, and he fell to the ground with his ass!

Liu Mang borrowed the block and dismantle, and the block and dismantling master level 5 triggered, and the speed skyrocketed to 102, and he rushed into the inner line like lightning!

Watching Liu Mang rush in, Duncan still had that expressionless face, coming up to make up for the defense, his defensive experience was really good, he didn't block it like other defensive players, but stayed in the three-second zone, as for Liu Mang's possible shot...... The Spurs can't prevent mid-range shots.

As Duncan expected, Liu Mang did not shoot after the block, Liu Mang's speed was too fast, the emergency stop jump shot was not a good choice, Liu Mang rushed straight into the inside, Duncan took a step out to make up for the defense when Liu Mang was about to enter the three-second zone, blocking Liu Mang's direct attack on the basket's route.

Liu Mang suddenly changed from extremely fast to extremely slow!

The human creep essence footsteps are coming! took a step sideways to avoid Duncan, and then took another step out, and when Duncan jumped up and blocked, Liu Mang's second step fell to the ground, changing direction and taking off towards the basket!

This changes from the speed of taking off the rabbit everywhere, and it is enough for Duncan to be guarded against!

But I have to guard against it, Liu Mang's stride shooting ability to pick up the ball and throw it out at any time is second only to Iverson in the league, and the rhythm is too weird!

But Duncan dared to jump like this because he had someone behind him!

Nestrovich!

In the fast-paced era in the future, Nesterovic's mid-level contract will become another garbage contract signed by Popovich, but now, Nesterovich's interior defense role is prominent in this slowest pace year!

Nesterovich's broad body blocked in front of Liu Mang, and after relying on Duncan's delay, Liu Mang's speed was not so fast, blocking in front of Liu Mang.

It's a perfect inside pinch! Liu Mang's shot route was blocked!

And Duncan, who was behind Liu Mang, also caught up after landing, mainly blocking Liu Mang's pass to Rashid Wallace.

Duncan had no expression on his face, and he was so happy in his heart that as long as Liu Mang dared to make a move, he would fan the ball away!

However, Duncan and Nesterovich saw Liu Mang fly up and fall to the ground again.

Moreover, Liu Mang ran out of the bottom line immediately after landing, the key is that Liu Mang has no ball in his hand!

This is......

Duncan secretly screamed that it was not good, and immediately wanted to bypass Nestrovich and Liu Mang to make up the defense, but it was over!

Nesterovich felt a huge force coming from behind him, he couldn't control the body that was originally pressing forward to block Liu Mang, and pounced, almost pounced on a!

At the moment when Liu Mang changed direction after Duncan jumped up, when Liu Mang jumped up in the third step, he had already thrown the ball out of the crotch of Nesterovich who stood up, and the passing speed was so fast that Nesterovich and Duncan were deceived!

Ostertag received the ball and threw his huge body and ran two steps, without dribbling, flew up and jumped directly to smash the ball into the basket!

The impact of Ostertag's huge tonnage not only knocked Nesterovic out, but Duncan, who actively bypassed Nesterovich to make up for the defense, also became the background!

Duncan's action of reaching out to cover it, coupled with his expressionless face, and his habitual hand that is still outstretched after the cap, looks so bleak and desolate......

Liu Mang saw Duncan's action as if it had been frozen, ran to Duncan, jumped up, and high-fived Duncan.

“……”

The fans at the scene were cheering, but at this moment, the scene fell silent......