The first ball is not very obvious, but the second ball is seen by the fans.

Then the fans took a breath when they thought of the two strongest inside players in the league today.

It’s not because of this defensive strategy, but because... Popovich can’t do this strong shameless style!

The first ball in the game started, and it really made Popovich unable to do it!

My head coach is from Georgia Tech Jackets. Everyone is familiar with the style and will definitely not do this.

So……

Looking at the rookie who doesn’t blush or breathe... Fortunately, it’s own!

Liu Mang and the Hawks wanted nothing but how badly Duncan was. After sending three shots and fouls, the Hawks stopped staring at them. It would be okay to try such things as chopping Sharks, but it was Shi Lezhi as a conventional tactic.

At the beginning, Old Nelson created this tactic to force the opponent to not dare to hold the ball if he plays strong in singles, and to limit O'Neal's tactics invented.

Although McHale and Rivers used Capela and Jordan to cut off Capela and Jordan in later generations, there was no tactic available for one blindly hitting the coach and one chicken soup coach. They could only chop sharks with each other, and did not show the main purpose of the shark-cutting tactics at all.

The inventor of the Shark-cutting tactic is Old Nelson, but the one who used the most was Popovich in the early 2000s. He mainly relied on using Shark-cutting tactic to destroy the Lakers' offensive rhythm. Although his rhythm was disrupted, the Spurs' tactic at Duncan's peak was Duncan singles. No matter what rhythm or not, he was just right, but forget it, he won't have much chance of winning anyway, as long as he could make the Lakers unhappy.

The Sharks are not cut to win, and there is really no team that can beat O'Neal in a series by cutting to win, mainly to make O'Neal unhappy.

This is also the purpose of Liu Mang and others. Duncan cannot be defeated!

Coach Kruger felt an evil look. Coach Kruger looked at Popovich, and the two coaches looked at each other, and both groaned arrogantly and separated their eyes.

A person who curses despicable in his heart and a person who curses despicable in his heart will indeed meet a more shameless person one day.

The Hawks are not all deliberately trying to cut Duncan. Although Duncan's free throws are not good, they are still better than O'Neal. Sixty-one percent is better than fifty-five percent. And it's really like Popovich giving O'Neal more than 30 free throws in a game, or the Magic giving Howard 39 free throws, how much revenge is! It's not necessary.

As long as Duncan is not shooting, the Hawks will defend normally. Even though Parker begins to show his talent, he cuts on both sides with David Robinson very sharply after pick-and-roll, and the Hawks also play normally.

It just doesn't make Duncan feel good.

On this general's old and sports car-boyed Spurs, he pointed at Duncan and dug out double-teams on the offensive end, and the others took the opportunity to score.

Duncan, who had no expression, was heartbroken at this moment. This tactic is too shameless! He successfully took action once after half of the first quarter! Two of the other six free throws were made.

This is a very difficult problem for the Spurs to solve. In recent years, the Spurs encountered the Lakers' tragedy in the playoffs. The main problem is that they do not have a second point at the star level!

But the biggest difference between Duncan, O'Neal and Jordan Jr., Capela is not only the ball skills, but more of the ball dealer. After Duncan was restricted from taking a foul by Sharks, he did not continue to ask for the ball, but went to pick-and-roll without the ball and support him at a high position. With David Robin and Parker, two who can hit the basket and pass the ball, the Spurs' offense is pretty good, not that bad.

The Spurs' defense is really strong, with Duncan inside, assisting defense with generals, and Bowen on the outside. Fortunately, Raheem is quite unsolvable for the Spurs. They can play back and fall to the low post with mid-range shots, and it is difficult to defend from the middle and close range. Jason Terry, who has been terrifyingly accurate in the recent shooting, the Hawks started 16-11 in more than half a quarter.

Leading the Spurs at the beginning 5 points!

The Spurs were the first to call the timeout. Just as the time came, the referee turned the timeout into an official timeout that lasted longer.

The fans on the scene were so excited!

Leading the Spurs at the beginning 5 points!

Since the 1997-1998 season, the Hawks have lost eight consecutive games against the Spurs. Except for the two teams who only met once in the 1998-99 season, they lost two regular season games in each season and were swept every year.

Not only that, he even led the Spurs in these games in very few times. He was abused every time. It seems that he was having a headache today!

...

Popovich's face was gloomy. Before the three troikas, his tactics were all centered around Duncan. Duncan pulled to a high position, had good mid-range shot ability, pulled the basket empty, and supported his teammates to shoot. The effect was also OK, but compared with the Hawks' two All-Star forward and guard combinations that can break through and shoot, it is not so effective.

The main reason is that there is no one. Popovich has not yet developed the later Spurs system, so he pointed at Duncan alone.

At this time, Popovich really couldn't think of any good way to do the offensive end. It was only five or six years since Popovich was the head coach, and it was far from the future famous coach. At this time, he began to hint the players: "You must play more angry! Improve the confrontation! Don't let the opponent approach the basket so easily! Defensive! Improve the defensive confrontation!"

If a team plays dirty, it has a lot to do with the head coach!

...

On the Hawks, Coach Kruger saw that he had a 5-point lead and had to keep it!

Then you have to do something different, something that the other party would never expect, and you would not expect...

Close the door! Let the rogue go!

In fact, there was no need for coach Kruger's instructions. When it came to the timeout, Liu Mang ran to the court to find the ball and shoot the ball to find the feel.

Coach Kruger had an unfathomable expression, but he was actually thinking... how Liu Mang would fight today...

He didn't know what Liu Mang would do when he went up, so he was very confident that his opponent would never think of how he would fight next.

...

Popovich replaced Steve Smith and David Robinson.

Steve Smith, the Spurs failed to sign last summer. The All-Stars aged too quickly that year, and they averaged 15 points per game last year, and only 10 points per game this year. It is said that Popovich's low-priced contracts will be very good in the future. They are all experienced in the early years of the dividends brought by Duncan. In the past few years, the Spurs have given garbage contracts a lot.

The replacement of David Robinson as power forward was Marik Ross, one of the Spurs' double dirty tricks. He was the second round pick of the 96 Golden Generation. He was selected by the Hornets. After the first year of the rookie contract in 1997, due to the first year of the game, he often had conflicts with his teammates during training due to the style of the game. The Hornets refused to execute the team options. No one wanted him and he was attracted by Popovich. Later, he won three championships with the Spurs and made great contributions. After winning the Spurs in 2005, he got a five-year, 40 million contract from the Knicks, and only played eight minutes in eight minutes per game. In the last year before retirement, Durant played a substitute for a year and taught Durant a lot of defensive skills.

The replacement of Steve Smith is Antonio Daniels, the Grizzlies' parallel number 4 position in 1997. After playing for a year, the Grizzlies used a second round pick to send away this four-year, 10 million contract. Although they didn't make any name, they were very popular with Popovich with their fierce defense.

Marik Ross, Bowen, Daniels, and the three of them came on the court. If they were old opponents of the Spurs, they would immediately start to feel bad when they saw this combination.

The Hawks replaced the regular rotation lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Rahim, Newber and Mohammed.

Pause back.

When Duncan saw Liu Mang coming up, he was like seeing his relatives!

The Hawks hate it so much. Duncan's only player with a good impression of the Hawks is Liu Mang.

The reason is because of Liu Mang's words before the game...

“Big-brother-Deng”

Liu Mang called Duncan this way before the game. It was translated into Chinese as Brother Deng, and the English brother means Big Brother.

Although he does not have the aura of his elder brother and does not have the airs of his elder brother, Duncan still has a heart for his elder brother!

The timeout comes back and the Spurs attack.

Parker pushed forward and Liu Mang took action.

"Oh, Tony, long time no see!" Liu Mang greeted warmly.

Parker is so embarrassed, do you want to answer?

Liu Mang is so enthusiastic that he is quite easy to talk to during the All-Star rookie game. Parker and Liu Mang have a bad relationship, but they are not bad either.

But this is during the game, it’s so embarrassing to say hello... Hey! I’ll go!

Parker quickly protected the ball, and just as he was thinking about it, Liu Mang reached out to steal.

Parker was still in control of the ball. Liu Mang watched Parker protect the ball and returned to the defensive position in disappointment. This French sports car was so alert!

So despicable! Parker has a clearer understanding of Liu Mang.

"Tony Parker, ability value 70, offense 79, defense 60, three-pointer 57, mid-range shot 69, layup 88, speed 95..."

Seeing Parker's increasingly stable style of play and making great progress after half a season, Liu Mang is so resentful. These geniuses have really made too fast progress!

Very unhappy, Liu Mang pressed towards Parker and pressed to defend!

"Don't do this brother!" Parker was startled by Liu Mang's sticking defense and quickly passed the ball to Daniels.

Although Parker's speed was a little faster than Liu Mang, he was definitely not as fast as Liu Mang's ball. Facing this guy who could score 50 points in the All-Star rookie game, he immediately passed the ball out.

Daniels can't play, but it's still OK to play as a substitute. In the future, when he plays as a substitute for General Arenas, he is at his peak, averaging 10 points and 4 assists per game.

Good physical fitness and good skills. This is why Daniels was selected at the No. 4 position in 1997, except that he played a bit erratic...

Daniels made two steps and couldn't get rid of Jason Terry, facing Jason Terry's mid-range emergency stop and jump shot!

"Clang"

There was not much suspense anymore. Duncan was entangled by Mohammed and Newber, and did not fight. He turned around and returned to defense. Raheem beat Marik Ross and grabbed a defensive rebound.

The counterattack could not be fought. Except for Marik Rose, who was hitting the rebound, everyone else had already returned to defense. The goal was clear, so he left Marik Rose, who had strong rushing ability, to delay the counterattack of the Hawks to win the rebound. Others, including Duncan, had no chance to hit the offensive rebound and returned to defense immediately, so that the Hawks' small lineup would not be allowed to fight the counterattack.

Liu Mang received the ball from Rahim and slowly advanced, and looked at the stinky face of Popovich who was owed a million to him on the sidelines. This old fox.

Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, Rahim was in good shape recently. With his increasingly strong offensive ability to restrain defense, he had more and more assists. He wanted to hand it over to Rahim, but Rahim did not have an advantage in competing for the position with Marik Ross! Marik Ross was like fighting, fighting against Rahim.

Foul, this is! And it's a double foul!

Liu Mang watched Raheem and Marik Ross use their arms to hit each other's necks, but the referee ignored it...

Well, Liu Mang came outside the three-point line, and Daniels came over, and another fierce face. As soon as Liu Mang reached the outside of the three-point line, Daniels touched it up. Liu Mang took the opportunity to rush to the right and wanted to use the opponent to stick it too tightly. Suddenly, his stomach hurts sharply, his legs are weak, and the ball is almost snatched away by the opponent. Hurry up and protect the ball and take it back!

This bastard!

Liu Mang looked at Daniels' hideous face as if he was smiling, and he wanted to punch him!

This disgusting guy, when Liu Mang was pressing him tightly and was about to speed up, he punched Liu Mang in the stomach while the two of them were pressing against the referee's visual blind spot!

Margot!

You can't fall into the trap! The other party just wants to anger yourself by replacing the other party!

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Liu Mang waved to pick-and-roll, and took advantage of Daniels being blocked by Newber and rushed straight into the inside.

Can’t you afford to offend? Playing ball doesn’t depend on your body and the dirt, but your brain is also very important.

Liu Mang entered the inside, Rahim and Jason Terry pulled out after Liu Mang came in, and Muhammad also reached the middle distance of the bottom line and was ready to rush in to get an empty pickup at any time.
To be continued...