"Dinah, you have to follow Christine, don't run around,"

"Got it, Dinah isn't a child anymore." Little Lori rolled her eyes.

"Yes yes yes ......"

After instructing Little Lori, Liu Mang said to the bodyguard Christine Wagner: "Christine, Dinah is handed over to you." ”

Christine Wagner nodded.

After Liu Mang finished speaking, he went to the home team's training ground to prepare for the evening game.

The two-day break passed quickly, and on May 31, the Hawks will have the second game of the Finals against the Spurs at half past eight tonight.

The team that won the first game and still felt that the schedule was not good for them was probably the Eagles.

After two days of rest, the losing side has enough time to adjust, and the winning side has to play three away games in a row after the first two games, bearing huge psychological pressure, and not daring to lose a home game.

Of course, most of this pressure is on the coaching staff, in front of the players, Coach Kruger and others have maintained a confident appearance, giving the players confidence, the players have enough confidence, winning the first game, getting off to a good start, and the coaching staff can't affect the players' emotions because of their own worries.

After the warm-up session, the Eagles entered the stadium and felt the enthusiasm of the fans in attendance, and the players were excited.

After the players of both teams entered, they did not go to greet each other, and each warmed up in their own half.

The Hawks are very motivated, the Spurs are also full of fighting spirit, the first loss is not much psychological pressure for the Spurs, they only need to win one of the two away games, and the return home is three consecutive home games, as long as they win one away game, the championship has hope.

At the end of the pre-game warm-up time, Stockton, the offensive assistant coach, and Mike Woodson, the defensive assistant, emphasized the tactics on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and finally Coach Kruger summed it up: "Tempo! It's about getting the rhythm of us, and then it's about defending, and we've been doing it well on the offensive end, and the defense and the rhythm are the focus, so let's go! ”

Coach Kruger gave the order, and the five starters all came up to do their own opening moves.

Prince swayed the dance steps of fascination, Maddie went to communicate with the referee, accompanied by Kwame Brown's clapping of magnesium powder, the lights dimmed, and after Rasheed Wallace roared and triggered the Devil's home court, Liu Mang scattered magnesium powder into the air, and the game was about to start.

The fans waited for two days, they were going crazy, they really wanted to watch the second game, and the feeling of anticipation but worry made the fans feel crazy!

It's hard to guess exactly what the Eagles' game will look like!

Today's game has higher ratings than yesterday, and the fans on the Internet say that they won't watch the Eagles anymore, but the body is still very honest to buy the ratings of the game.

Amid the cheers of the audience, Liu Mang came to the free-throw line position in his own half of the court and waited for Kwame Brown and Duncan to jump to the center circle.

When Duncan came on the court, the system prompt came.

"Ding...... Talent Skill: Born King Level 5 Trigger, Characteristic: Absolute Calm Trigger, Spurs players are affected by the temperament of the team's soul and are in an absolutely stable state, from Tim Duncan. ”

Duncan is even more serious today than the last one!

Liu Mang can understand Duncan's mentality, the Spurs have no home court advantage, so although they made changes in the first game, the Spurs, who have always been known for their calmness, will not hold the mentality that they must definitely win the first game, the first game is just that, before they are desperate, they are not the Pistons team that has already been defeated by Liu Mang, they are the winners of two championships in the past six years, in terms of confidence, they are more confident than the Hawks.

After the first game, Popovich studied the Hawks' Finals play, and this game made targeted preparations, and the second game was the one they had to win desperately!

The Eagles coaching staff also emphasized this point, and Liu Mang also knew it well and was fully prepared.

The Spurs switched back to their regular lineup today, with Parker, Ginobili, Horry, Duncan, and Nesterovic starting lineup.

There were no changes on the Hawks' side, with Liu Mang, Maddy, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown in the starting lineup.

As the referee blew the whistle and threw the ball into the air, the excited Kwame Brown once again won the jump ball from Duncan's head, Liu Mang received the ball, did not pass the ball directly, but rushed to the middle line and was blocked by Ginobili, sideways to avoid Ginobili's steal and advance to the top arc, and then immediately passed to Maddie, who ran to a 45-degree angle on the right, and began to run without the ball, running to the middle with Ginobili.

Ginobili tried hard to follow Liu Mang, but he was not completely thrown away, but Liu Mang accelerated and was already in a position parallel to the bottom line with Ginobili!

When Liu Mang began to cut in the air, Maddie, who had just received the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right side and faced Horry's immediate action, made a move to pass the ball back to Liu Mang, and Horry quickly pounced on it to block Liu Mang at the free throw line.

At this time, Maddie took the ball back and shot a three-point shot before Ginobili, who had switched from Liu Mang's defense, was in place......

"Huh"

Maddie hit the first three-pointer of the opening game again!

Maddie's decisive shot added an assist to Liu Mang!

This is too unexpected for the Spurs, and they are still playing like this!

The point is to go in again!

The Spurs expected that the Eagles would use Liu Mang's breakthrough and air cutting advantage to deal with them at the beginning, but they didn't expect the Eagles to be so simple and rude, the kind of opening wave shooting style used to open up the situation in the last game, this game is still coming!

Coach Kruger applauded on the sidelines, but fortunately it was in!

Playing the Spurs, Coach Kruger's judgment is very accurate, and he can't play regular with the other side.

Traditionally speaking, there is a guy like Liu Mang, who scored 23 points in a single quarter by breaking through in the last game, and he should take advantage of this strong point at the beginning.

But the opponent is the Spurs, so you can't play regular with them, and you can't play regular with them, and in the past six years, except for the Lakers, who have won against them a few times, all other teams have lost.

Because the Spurs are the most stable team in the league, there is no one, and they must play in a way that does not follow the routine, and they have to play so that the opponent can't adapt to it.

Maddy's three-point shot once again gave the Hawks a bit of the initiative in the opening game.

After Maddie made the shot, the Eagles quickly retreated.

After receiving the serve, Ginobili pressed the rhythm and pushed to the frontcourt, crossed the halfway line and looked at Liu Mang who was waiting for him to come over, Ginobili stabilized the heart that couldn't hold back and wanted to fight Liu Mang.

In the second quarter of the last game, Ginobili had a rare "defeat" mood this season, and Liu Mang scored 23 points in a single quarter, and his mentality was a little explosive, and he finally adjusted after two days.

Ginobili waited for Duncan to land on the right side of the basket and hoisted the ball towards Duncan.

Just as Ginobili hoisted the ball towards Duncan, Ginobili saw Liu Mang and immediately let go of him and struck towards Duncan.

"Watts?" Ginobili didn't expect that he was empty, Popovich deliberately let him hold the ball and advance, just to let Liu Mang defend him, but he didn't expect the other party to even let him go!

Just when Ginobili was ready to catch the ball and shoot, Prince, who was originally defending Parker, switched to him, and Parker, who was in the bottom right corner, was empty!

Or put Parker!

And it's not just to empty Parker, it's in this way!

After Duncan received the ball, he was sandwiched by Liu Mang and Rasheed Wallace, and immediately distributed the ball to Parker, who received the ball in the bottom corner and felt full of humiliation!

It's too much!

Let's let it go, and I actually play the way of rotation defense to let it go, first use Liu Mang to defend Ginobili, and then use Prince to rotate to defend Ginobili to empty him!

This feeling of being completely despised is so humiliating for Parker!

However, he didn't know how to deal with the ball in the vacant position.

"Hurry up and vote, don't you want to give you a chance?" Liu Mang said that he had moved to the middle distance of the baseline and was ready to defend Parker at any time.

The Spurs have a lot of veterans, a steady core, a short big forward who has played hard for money this year, and the strongest player on the outside is a difficult player to move confidence Even if his hair begins to thin, he still has long hair and hides his baldness, only Parker is the most vulnerable.

Not every young person is so calm!

Parker hesitated for two seconds when he received the ball, and when he heard Liu Mang's words, he pulled up a three-point shot......

You have to shoot when you have an open position, which is a sign of the Spurs' resolute execution, and then ...... Parker made a three-point shot from the bottom corner over the bridge!

Kwame Brown blocked Nesterovich, Rasheed Wallace blocked Duncan from rushing to grab the offensive rebound, the Spurs quickly retreated, and the Hawks counterattacked to speed up, but well, it disappointed the Spurs again, Liu Mang flew in to grab the defensive rebound and then protect the ball, slowly advancing, not in a hurry at all.

After his teammates were in place, Liu Mang just passed half the court and immediately passed the ball to Maddie at a 45-degree angle on the right side.

Maddie received the ball, Horry felt a tingling scalp, and immediately pasted it on Maddie, this guy is too accurate!

Maddie took a step back, and Horry was about to continue sticking up, but Maddie's long legs stepped out to the right, abruptly!

Maddie is getting faster and faster step by step, taking advantage of the gap in the breakthrough exposed by the opponent's defensive shooting, the league's fastest first three steps throw Horry away at once!

The Spurs' interior defense began to adjust, with Duncan having Nestrovic under the basket and Duncan following Rasheed Wallace to the bottom right corner.

At the same time as Maddie broke through, Liu Mang, who was leaning on Ginobili in the left middle distance, suddenly turned around and cut inside from the left side of the basket.

Duncan let go of Rashid Wallace and pounced, one Medinestrovic could barely make up for the defense, and another Liu Mang, Duncan had to take it back.

Maddie immediately passed to Rasheed Wallace in the bottom right corner, and Rasheed Wallace received a three-pointer...... The Spurs' change of defense was really fast, and when Duncan rushed in, Horry, who was chasing Maddy, immediately pounced on Rasheed Wallace, who was interfered with and missed a three-point shot!

Nesterovic originally blocked the space under the basket because Kwame Brown opened the space under the basket and blocked the left side of the three-second zone to prevent Maddy from making a layup while preventing Kwame Brown's pass, Liu Mang ran back, he was forced to block Liu Mang to cut the ball in the air, and Kwame Brown rushed into the basket from the left side of the three-second zone and grabbed the offensive rebound!

Kwame Brown's offensive rebound!

To get up again, you have to deduct ......

"Smack......

After Duncan pounced on Maddie, he jumped up and down, and pressed his side on the ball that Kwame Brown had lifted!

The ball hits Kwame Brown's head and bounces out of bounds, Spurs possession!

Maddie wanted to try his three-point threat and Liu Mang's open cut threat to play a dozen team offenses, and the effect was not bad, but Duncan was a little too strong, and Kwame Brown was hated.

Fortunately, he was abused by O'Neal, and Kwame Brown was used to being abused, so he quickly retreated.

When it came to the Spurs' offense, Parker advanced to the frontcourt and saw that the defender had become Liu Mang!

The Spurs understood that no matter how it dropped, it was to put Parker!

When Parker doesn't hold the ball, he uses rotation defense to let go of Parker, and uses Liu Mang, who can slightly prevent Ginobili from breaking through, to defend Ginobili who holds the ball.

Parker becomes the guinea pig being pinched and played!

Liu Mang restrained Parker too much, unlike the psychological restraint of playing Arenas, Liu Mang's style of play directly restrained Parker, and Parker didn't even have the ability of Arenas to explode desperately!

Parker passed the ball to Ginobili, who came up to pick it up, and as soon as Ginobili received the ball, Liu Mang and Prince struck Ginobili together.

At this time, Parker is not a hollow cut, and he can't attract the defense when he pulls away!

Compared with the Spurs' defense against the Hawks, the Hawks' defense against the Spurs is simpler, the Spurs' two interior shooting ranges are not far, Duncan's farthest is the free throw line distance, Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown can stay in the three-second zone, Parker does not hold the ball to break through the air cut is basically not!

Ginobili was caught between Liu Mang and Prince, and forced to break through to the basket and missed!

Liu Mang used Kwame Brown and Rashid Wallace to block people and defend defensive rebounds!

When it came to the Hawks' offense, Maddie advanced to the front court and passed the ball to Liu Mang, Liu Mang made a strong layup and gave it to Rashid Wallace, who was forced to squeeze under the basket, and Rashid Wallace received the ball and made a lucky shot.

Then the two teams began another wave of iron journey, and the two teams began to compete with each other on defense.

In this kind of defensive game, the Eagles have a slight advantage, with Liu Mang and Maddie, two who can shoot suddenly, especially strong shots, against Ginobili alone, and slowly began to take some leads!

It's useless for the Spurs to call a timeout, the Hawks just grind defense and grind to death.

Popovich didn't expect the Hawks to play like this, the Hawks obviously had an offensive advantage in the last game, but in this game, they actually took the initiative to give up those offensive advantages, grind defense with them, and then use Maddie's comprehensive skills, and Liu Mang to kill under the basket steadily to deal with them, completely using the existing advantages to create opportunities for other teammates, disrupting Popovich's plan!

The Spurs' defense is not about how strong the individual defense is, Parker, Ginobili, Horry, and Nesterovic are not very good in individual defense, they are strong in the execution of zone defense and defensive rotation.

That is, speed and height are required!

Parker and Ginobili's speed is the key to the Spurs' rotation defense, Duncan and Horry's height is the key to the zone defense, and it is not possible to replace any other bench, Parker is very important in the Spurs' defensive system, the Spurs' lineup is their best defense, and Coach Popovich, who seeks stability, cannot replace Parker at the beginning.

By the time of the official timeout in the seventh minute of the first quarter, the Hawks were 12-8, leading the Spurs by four points!

The Hawks only scored 12 points in seven minutes, which was already miserable, and the Spurs only scored 8 points in 7 minutes! Five of those points were also two free throws from Ginobili for a three-pointer and a basket for a foul on Prince!

The pace is so slow that it feels desperate!

Even the Spurs didn't expect to be able to play to this extent!

All of this is due to the defensive strategy discussed by Liu Mang and Mike Woodson.

This strategy is the method that Liu Mang came up with from the original seven Finals battles between the Pistons and the Spurs in 2005, and chatted with Mike Woodson, who immediately drew inferences from this strategy.

In the original time and space of the 2004-2005 season, Mike Woodson has gone back to his teacher Larry Brown, 03-05 The Pistons defense is so good that it is inseparable from Mike Woodson, and most of the defense is supported by him, and the same is true for the 76ers in 01.

Liu Mang's stable basket killing, 5 points and 2 assists in the first 7 minutes, Maddie scored 5 points, Rasheed Wallace hit a layup, just three people scored, it was grinding to death!

This style of play was something that Popovich did not expect, and the Eagles started the game quite successfully!

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After the official timeout returned, both teams made personnel changes, and the Spurs fielded a lineup of Udry, Ginobili, Brent Barry, Bunch Wells, and Duncan.

The Hawks sent Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Korver, Josh Smith, and Mourning.

Popovich changed to such a lineup, he was ready to save the offense, and the offense played too badly.

The Spurs possessed the ball, this lineup, the Hawks began a rapid rotation defense, Liu Mang and Korver's ability to assist defense and rotation defense was brought into play, and Jason Terry's enthusiasm was also reflected to a certain extent, similar to the Spurs' use of Parker, using the high-speed rotation defense learned from the Bulls and Mavericks to deal with the Spurs.

Under Ginobili's breakthrough point, the Spurs had a certain chance for three points, but there were not many opportunities, and the offense improved slightly, and it was not to the point where it could overtake the score.

On the Hawks' side, Liu Mang and Jason Terry started the planned play in the tactics, Liu Mang broke through to seek stability and kill, and Jason Terry made waves outside!

Mostly Jason Terry Lang!

The Hawks are playing like gamblers, using the threat brought by Liu Mang's air cut or breakthrough to create opportunities for Jason Terry, Jason Terry is not necessarily a catch-and-shoot after receiving the ball, he is very different from ordinary pitchers, when he receives the ball and the opponent pounces on him to block, he will dribble twice and don't care whether he can shake the space or not, he just wants to dribble and then throw.

It's a rhythm that Jason Terry makes it difficult for opponents and teammates alike to get used to, but as long as it's accurate, it's terrifying!

And when it comes to the finals, Jason Terry, the king of the substitutes in this big scene type, comes up very accurately!

In the second half of the first quarter, the Hawks scored 13 points in 5 minutes, 10 of which were scored by Jason Terry! The other three points were Korver's three-pointers who hit a corner catch.

Although the Spurs were a little more efficient in the last 5 minutes, relying on Ginobili's point and Bunch Wells' single, the Spurs scored 10 points in 5 minutes, but the Hawks went on a 13-10 run!

At the end of the first quarter, the Hawks were 25-18, leading the Spurs by 7 points!

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Rao is Popovich's head, and he can't turn it around, is this kind of gambler-like style of play a team that won the first game and played some advantage points should have?

The Eagles, who took the initiative at the beginning, became more and more determined to play, and gradually became more and more comfortable.

After the start of the second quarter, when the Spurs replaced Duncan as a center, and the lineup of Parker, Ginobili, Horry, and Bunch Wells was ready to be used to deal with Jason Terry and Liu Mang's singles, the Hawks replaced Jason Terry, who had played an MVP-level performance in the previous 5 minutes, and continued to grind defense with the lineup of Liu Mang and Maddy, Prince, Josh Smith, and Rasheed Wallace.

One move is restricted, and everywhere is restricted, which is what is now Popovich.

The time spent on the Eagles' side in the past two days has not been in vain!

Coach Kruger was under a lot of pressure and after gambling to take the lead at the beginning, it worked!

The Eagles are very unfavorable in terms of schedule, so they can only bet that the second game must be won, otherwise it will be too difficult to play three consecutive away games, lose one at home, and lose all away......

Fighting with the Spurs to play steadily, with the kind of play that the regular team has found an advantage to seize the advantage of playing, except for OK, I haven't seen any team win Duncan after the second year in the playoffs, so in order to win, you have to bet!

This gamble now seems to be the right one!

The Eagles' tactics are to use defense to stabilize the situation, Liu Mang on the offensive end to seek stability, Maddie to seek perfection, and Jason Terry to wave, to reflect the advantages of the three in the first game, from the details, and switch back and forth between the three playing styles, which is the Eagles' approach to this game.

As for the data, Liu Mang, Maddie, and Jason Terry are at this time, who cares about the data? Winning the game is more important!

Jason Terry can score 10 points in 5 minutes and then go to rest off the court willingly, Liu Mang can reduce the right to shoot, and there are no steals and blocks on the defensive end, Maddie is willing to give up the highly regarded and efficient play in the regular season, and it doesn't matter if the assists are reduced, try to use the breakthrough to send a pass to his teammates, and it doesn't matter if his teammates pass or shoot, it is to play this ever-changing rhythm.

At halftime, the Hawks were 46-37 and had a 10-point lead!

Liu Mang scored 11 points on 3-of-8 shooting, 1-of-1 three-pointer, and 4-of-5 free throws in the half, which was the fewest halftime scoring in the seven finals in two years, Jason Terry scored 14 points, and Maddy scored 11 points and 2 assists on 4-of-13 shooting, helping the Hawks lead by 9 points at halftime!

The atmosphere at the Eagles scene is still very hot, as long as they are ahead, the Eagles fans in front of the TV are okay, their own team is ahead, but other fans feel that they have been deceived by the Eagles again!

Judging from the commentator's analysis and their own naked eye, this game was so ugly, it was all caused by the strange change of formation on the Hawks' side!

However, a tactic that can take advantage is a good tactic!

Some fans who are sophisticated about tactics are surprised by the endless tactical changes of the Eagles, Eagles fans are used to seeing their own team's non-stop tactics, most fans actually don't understand tactics, and non-Eagles fans will usually watch the Eagles in tactics not much, and for the first time I found that the Eagles' tactics are so good! What surprised them even more was that the Eagles' tactics worked wonders against the Spurs!

The Spurs are so stable that it's hard for them to make any difference to that situation themselves.

In the second half, the Hawks did not relax, and under the leadership of Liu Mang, Maddy, and Jason Terry, they continued to play with this rhythm change, grinding to death on the defensive end, and relying on three people on the offensive end.

In the third quarter, the Spurs tried to use Ginobili's demon to counterattack, Ginobili scored 12 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, which did play some role, and Jordan was still very powerful in 20 minutes, helping the Spurs score more than 20 points in a single quarter for the first time in this game, and scored 24 points in a single quarter.

However, the Eagles have the strongest wave ratio on the surface!

Jason Terry scored 11 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, and Liu Mang scored two goals in this quarter, both of which were three-pointers, and the two combined for 17 points to lead the Hawks to 25 points in a single quarter!

At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks had a 10-point lead at 71-61!

Duncan brought stability to the Spurs, because Duncan and the Spurs were strong enough, so they had an advantage in the playoffs, and they had never lost since Duncan's sophomore year, and when they were stronger than the OK Lakers in the 02-03 season, the Lakers were almost swept by them.

However, the Hawks' performance in this game is obviously stronger than that of the Spurs!

At this time, Duncan brought stability to the Spurs, but it had the opposite effect, even Ginobili couldn't get rid of the Spurs' team characteristics, and he couldn't be as fierce as Jason Terry!

In the fourth quarter, with Liu Mang or Maddie as a stable containment point, Jason Terry continued to perform efficiently in the fourth quarter, shooting 5 of 13 in a single quarter, shooting 65 percent of the Hawks' shots in the fourth quarter, scoring 12 points in a single quarter and helping the Hawks score 21 points in the final quarter.

On the Spurs' side, although they scored more points in the first single quarter than the Hawks in the final quarter, they continued to single in the final quarter with Ginobili, Duncan, and Bunch-Wells, and the three of them combined to score 22 points to help the Spurs score 25 points in a single quarter, but the Hawks relied on the lead laid in the first three quarters to grind defense and survive to the end!

At 92-86, the Hawks beat the Spurs by six points and led 2-0.

Liu Mang's score today set a new low in the Finals in two years, just 20 points, which disappointed many fans who wanted to see his performance, and Jason Terry scored 31 points today, stealing the show.

Fans are like this sometimes, so ruthless that even their own star teammates are black.

But when the data came out after the game, people were surprised to find that in addition to Liu Mang scoring 20 points on 7-of-17 shooting, he also grabbed 10 rebounds and 12 assists unconsciously!

The two teams played too anxious and dull, the data on the website was not updated fast enough this year, and the data on live TV was not often displayed, unconsciously, Liu Mang relied on the Spurs defense to compress him, using the ball passed to Jason Terry, and the pass to the basket when he broke through, and unconsciously, the assist was already double-doubled in the second half of the fourth quarter!

And Liu Mang was very impactful when he grabbed rebounds at the beginning, Kwame Brown and Mourning suffered a lot in the face of Duncan's rebounding, Liu Mang saw it in the last game, so he took the initiative to increase the initiative to grab rebounds in this game, and grabbed 4 more rebounds than in the previous game! There were two or three rebounds in each quarter, and Liu Mang grabbed the defensive rebound by relying on Duncan's last missed shot, and the rebounds also went double!

After winning the game, the fans in the stadium are partying regardless of whether they look good or not, because they won!

And Liu Mang looked at the data on the big screen, and he was also shocked!

The coaching staff already knew that Liu Mang was about to have a triple-double, but in order to avoid this brush from delaying the win because of the data, they didn't tell him, Liu Mang was stunned at this time, just like the fans who saw the data on the big screen in front of the TV and at the scene!

20+10+12, although there were 5 mistakes, but three doubles!

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