From today on is the king

Chapter 752. 751. The Goal of the Advanced Dissension Card (Seeking Monthly Pass for Subscription)
"Combination: Good at checking and balancing the contradictions between superstars, using the available resources and current situation, unite superstars, and let them play the strongest strength to fight together."

This damn chicken soup coach!

Sloan, Pat Riley, and Liu Mang have only seen these two head coaches with coaching abilities that can be embodied as skills by the system, that is, they have their own specialties in certain aspects, which can be judged as skills by the system.

Sloan is his connection with Shuangsha, and Pat Riley is the deterrent force of the iron-blooded head coach he played in the 90s. These two men are undoubtedly very powerful coaches. One has changed the pick-and-roll from a tactical supporting role to the focus of each team's tactics. Before the 80s, the game was always singles.

Pat Riley created several eras.

As for the Zen master, just a bowl of chicken soup to go to the end of the world...

Liu Mang was already ready to go up and try to widen the point difference, and his mentality became more relaxed, at least the first half was safe, but he didn't expect such a sudden thing.

Glancing at the opponent's bench, he found that the little blacksmith and the Chicken Soup Man were not there. Liu Mang cursed secretly, and ran to Mike Woodson, who was setting up defense.

"Mike, that Kobe guy may not be alone for a while, you have to rearrange your tactics." After Liu Mang finished speaking, he subconsciously looked at the opponent, and the opponent actually called a long timeout, and then called the Lakers players together.

Mike Woodson followed Liu Mang's line of sight, saw this scene, and then saw the Lakers call a long timeout, and understood it all at once.

"How did Phil convince Kobe? It's a headache." Mike Woodson said helplessly.

"Oh? Mike, do you know about this?" The coach Kruger next to him was a little confused about what happened to Liu Mang's words, but when he heard Kobe was persuaded, he knew that Liu Mang and Mike Woodson's previous defensive and verbal attacks against Kobe seemed to be resolved by the opposing coach.

"Yeah, at this time three years ago, I was still in the 76ers. I helped the 76ers win the first game. Kobe was already forced to do it alone in the second game, but he was persuaded by Phil's words." Mike Woodson obviously had a headache for Phil Jackson.

……

The official timeout was followed by another long timeout. This timeout was long enough that the referee was about to vomit blood.
The timeout ended, and the Eagles, which happened to be the last 4 minutes of the half, replaced all the starters, including Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff.

On the Lakers side, the starting lineup was also replaced, Fisher, Kobe, Devin George, Malone, O'Neal.

51 to 39, Kobe looked at the score on the big screen, gritted his teeth, picked up his jersey and ran to the frontcourt.

Seeing Kobe's appearance, Liu Mang, who was standing outside the three-point line, did not dare to relax a bit.

Seeing Fisher advancing, Liu Mang went straight to the center line.

Seeing Liu Mang coming, Fisher immediately passed the ball to Kobe, and then ran to the right corner. Liu Mang did not chase to death, but joined Raheem on the strong side with Prince, who defended Kobe alone, and defended a zone defense against Fisher and Devin George on the strong side.

Rasheed Wallace on the left side of the basket is followed by Malone who is on the weak side and ready to respond. The Lakers today have a solid mid-range and long-range shot. Except for Kobe, it is Malone. It’s just that Kobe didn’t pass the ball to him before. It’s hard to say now. Mike Woodson, who has seen Kobe ignored by Iverson in 01 after being poured into chicken soup by the Zen master, dare not let go of Malone, who is most likely to have a defensive loophole.

Kobe thought that the opponent would definitely let Malone out, but he didn't expect that the opponent would also focus on Malone's point. Although there was room for O'Neal inside, O'Neal couldn't move for a while. In the first half, he and O'Neal scored.

No way, Kobe still wants to show a wave of passes, but he can only play singles!

"Ding...Talent skill: Black Mamba bite level 4 trigger, comprehensive ability evaluation +4, from Kobe Bryant."

here we go again!The blacksmith!
Liu Mang immediately moved towards the upper line, and when he saw Kobe rushing to the right, Liu Mang immediately flanked him.

Kobe Bryant had expected this situation a long time ago. During the march, he swung the ball with his right hand behind his back, moved laterally to the left, dribbled behind his back to get rid of Prince, and at the same time used Prince to block Liu Mang's pincer attack.

Although Kobe does not have Liu Mang's ability to ignore the difference in handedness, his left hand has also developed some basic skills in dribbling and shooting!

However, Prince has defended this kind of breakthrough many times in the past few days, and he is too familiar with it. Kobe's behind-the-back dribble is too obvious, and Kobe was blocked by Prince's pre-anticipated defense!Kobe's change of direction to the left is not as fast as his change of direction to the right.

Kobe wanted to change direction again, but Liu Mang had already pressed up, and a strong shot was not advisable. Before the continuous timeout, he had been defended several times by the Eagles' pincers.

Fisher knew that he was not good at long shots today, and now his mind is very clear, he did not act recklessly, but rushed inside with the ball. Rahim immediately went up to block Fisher. At this time, Kobe cut in from the weak side on the left side of the basket. Malone came up to help Kobe block Prince who was chasing him. Fisher passed the ball to Kobe.

hit!

It is too easy for Kobe to catch the ball and shoot directly, especially for Kobe who is trying to prove his ability now!

So accurate in the mid-range shot?What if you can't make a shot without defense?Liu Mang felt that he had met a fake little blacksmith!This product's off-the-ball running position selection is also great!I don't know how to give him a point guard who can pass the ball.

The Lakers retreated quickly after scoring a goal. Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt. Kobe stayed firmly outside the three-point line and did not expand to defend.

After halftime, Liu Mang slowed down his advancing speed and observed the Lakers' defense. Surprisingly, the Lakers actually started to defend the zone!
Counterpoint defense!

Different from the 3-2 zone defense commonly used by the Eagles and the 2-2-1 zone defense used by the Lakers, the zone defense used by the Eagles is called a station zone defense, which is a defense that specifically blocks inside or outside lines.

Counterpoint defense is rare in the current NBA. As far as Liu Wei knows about this defense, it is mainly used by international basketball. In the NBA, few teams use it now.

To be straightforward, it is a defense with infinite rotation and active oppression!

When Liu Mang didn't reach the three-point line, Kobe stayed inside. As soon as Liu Mang reached the area where he could shoot one step outside the three-point line, Kobe immediately posted it.

Sure enough, after Liu Mang and Kobe made contact, they immediately took a step back, and Kobe immediately retreated to the three-point line.

Calmness, composure, and not rushing are the keys to matchup defense. The Rockets in the future will belong to the defense that they did not expect D'Antoni to play defense at all.
Liu Mang beckoned Rasheed Wallace to pick and roll, brought Malone over, and used Rasheed Wallace to block Kobe. Sure enough, the Lakers immediately switched defenses, and Rasheed Wallace cut inside.

The defensive execution of the Lakers suddenly became very strong, and Liu Mang secretly sighed that they deserved to be a three-peat champion team.

Liu Mang watched the muscular Ma Long stand in front of him with a ferocious expression, and knew that this old man's ferocity was not just pretending to be scary, he was really that ferocious!

However, Liu Mang is even more excited, the previous revenge has not yet been repaid!

It is Liu Mang's personality that he must retaliate!
fuck him!

Liu Mang raised his foot backwards, Ma Long thought that Liu Mang was going to take a long shot across the space, so he immediately stepped up, Liu Mang raised his foot back and kicked the ground, and accelerated towards the right front!
Ma Long came up and grabbed the jersey on Liu Mang's stomach, trying to use the pull to block Liu Mang's breakthrough.

However, why is it difficult for Kobe to defend against Liu Mang's breakthrough?It's not because he can't defend against breakthroughs, but he was selected for the first defense because he relied on oppressing the opponent's breakthroughs, but because he didn't dare to reach out to touch Liu Wei when he was defending against Liu Wei.

Seeing Ma Long's outstretched arm, Liu Mang grabbed the ball with his left hand, made a left-handed run and shot, and hit Ma Long's arm!

"Beep..."

As soon as Liu Mang's arm collided with Ma Long, the referee's whistle sounded immediately!

"Ding... Triggered by Master Pengci at level 5, ambiguous whistleblowing is beneficial to the host."

Who the hell knows how to run and shoot from the three-point line, and still use his non-dominant hand!
However, the referees can't do anything about it, the rules are like this, and Liu Mang does attack with his left hand, and he has scored 51 points in the playoffs and 60 points in the regular season. This incident even surprised the referees in private.

As soon as Liu Mang heard the whistle, he was overjoyed. Suddenly, a huge force came from his pressed arm!
Liu Mang was still in the process of making a shooting posture and shaking upwards, but was directly pressed down by the force from his arm, lost his center of gravity, and fell to the ground.

Another Karl Malone elbow!

Liu Mang raised his head angrily, and saw the smile on the corner of Ma Long's mouth. The effect of the cold-blooded characteristic came, and Liu Mang immediately calmed down.

This guy wants to have a Tian Ji horse race and exchange himself against the pair!

Liu Mang made a push-up posture, exerting force on his elbows and abdomen, jumped up from the ground and said, "Old guy, your little trick is useless to me. Although today is not the weekend, the postman should retire."

Ma Long, who planned to provoke Liu Reck, was ready to be beaten by Liu Reck a few times and then scuffled with Liu Reck, and was ready to be sent off. Seeing Liu Reck's unusually calm appearance, he felt regretful and relieved, but when he heard Liu Reck's words, especially the last sentence, Ma Long felt his heart was stabbed...

Ma Long couldn't do anything, so he turned his head to grab a rebound, and he would be pissed off talking to this kid.

Malone is no longer the young and energetic Malone. He joined the Lakers and has put down all his dignity.

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line, a bit regretful, only made two of three free throws, and missed the second free throw.

But it also offset Kobe's mid-range shot just now.

It was the Lakers offense again. Except for O'Neal, the Lakers became more active because they could catch the ball. This time Malone got the chance to catch the ball when facing the basket from the free throw line, and it was Kobe who gave him the ball!

Kobe broke through directly to the left this time. He didn't want to play any tricks. He avoided being flanked and broke through directly from the weak side. Malone came to block Liu Mang who wanted to follow up and chase.

After Ma Long received the ball, he slapped Liu Mang on the block like a slap in the face, and made a firm shot from the free throw line.

Also hit!

The Lakers' offense became smoother after Kobe started passing the ball!Really integrated the ability of the third giant into the offense!

The Eagles' offense was in some trouble.

The biggest feature of the Lakers' current positional defense is to block the opponent outside the three-point line, enter the inside line, and then shrink the defense. When the pass is passed, the opponent's defense will immediately expand. When the ball is inside the three-point line, the pass will be cut off.

The Lakers have Kobe Bryant, Fisher, and Devin George who are all very defensive outsiders. Although Malone is 41 years old, his defensive efficiency this season is 4.3. In the 97-98 season when he won the MVP and was selected as the first defense, his defensive efficiency was also 4.3. He was able to force Garnett to take long shots from the outside. The defense is evident. At the age of 41, this state is really exaggerated.

Under such a defense, the Eagles' offense became a bit at a loss!

It is really good to have a chance to play singles, but it is not good to be forced to stay outside the three-point line to play singles. Liu Mang was double-teamed when he broke through, and passed the ball to Raheem inside.

In other words, Liu Mang can only choose to play singles outside the three-point line, and the pick-and-roll is not easy to use when encountering a switch defense. It is not as good as Kobe singles from the outside...

Under the current rules, when a team can defend like this, the power of this defense is greater, because the confrontation is stronger and the suppression of three-pointers is greater!
Facing this kind of defense, the best solution in the future is Kevin Durant. With his height and wingspan, he almost ignores this kind of defense. Klay Thompson, who waits for open shots and shoots high, is also a good way to deal with this kind of defense. James Harden and Stephen Curry, who are not tall enough and play offensively with the ball, always play mediocre when encountering this kind of defense.

Moreover, this kind of defense brings a lot of pressure. It's good to be able to make shots from the outside, but if you can't make shots, the sense of oppression is too strong!Because, if you dare not play one-on-one singles, as a core, it will definitely affect the morale of the team.

Therefore, Liu Mang didn't care so much, just started to shoot wildly at Kobe, and the Eagles were used to this style of play anyway.

There is no good strategy to deal with this kind of defense. The Lakers have Kobe as a defensive player, O'Neal as a behemoth who can block the entire three-second zone under the basket, and Malone as a veteran of the best defensive team level even at the age of 41. Fisher and Devin George are also active defensively, with unlimited rotations, which curbed the offensive of the Eagles.

The offense of the Lakers, after Kobe played reasonably, became smoother. Although the mid-range shooting percentage is not high, they have a better opportunity. When they can participate in the offense instead of being pure shooters, the enthusiasm of the Lakers players is also higher.

At halftime, the Lakers managed to narrow the point difference to within 10 points, 57 to 49. The Eagles only scored 4 points in the last 6 minutes, while the Lakers scored 10 points!
……

During the intermission, the Eagles did not come up with a good solution. Liu Mang, Mike Woodson, Stockton, Coach Kruger, Ratliff, Raheem and other defensive players or defensive assistants discussed with the head coach and discovered a conspiracy on the Lakers side.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Eagles tried a lineup of Stockton, Liu Mang, Prince, Boozer, and Rasheed Wallace, Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Raheem, Mohammed, and Kwame Brown. When Neil has physical strength, he will go hard. When he is tired, he will jog and squat under the basket. He doesn't move much near the three-second zone. He is purely scary. He is scary on both ends of the offense and defense.

When the Eagles switched to a defensive lineup, the Lakers also firmly defended the zone defense, forcing Liu Mang or Jason Terry who replaced Liu Mang to play singles, using Kobe's defense as much as possible to reduce the scoring efficiency of the two, and then suppressing the Eagles. Offensive efficiency.

Fortunately, Liu Mang and Jason Terry felt pretty good today. The scoring time of the two in the third quarter, mainly Jason Terry’s scoring time, kept the Lakers’ offense at bay. When the official timeout of the third quarter was reached, they still had a 5-point lead, 70 to 65 by 5 points, but when the Eagles scored 13 points, the Lakers scored 16 points!This quarter played for six and a half minutes, and was chased by the Lakers for three points!
The attitude of the Lakers following in the footsteps of the Eagles and ready to take a bite at any time gave Liu Mang a terrible feeling!

Kobe became the core of the Lakers team, just like Kobe's personality, like a idiot tailing behind... No, it's a poisonous snake, waiting for the opportunity to sneak a bite, and slowly inject the poison into the Eagles.

Both teams want to win the series for the first time, because the current schedule of the finals is very interesting, it is 2-3-2, that is, the team with a good record first plays two home games, then three away games, and then two home games.

This competition system makes home court advantage less important. In the past 80.00 seasons, more than [-]% of the teams that won the first finals have won the championship. Whether it is a team with a better record or a team with a worse record, as long as they win their first victory, the chances of winning the championship are extremely high!Among these teams, there are many teams with good records who lost the second game after winning the first game, but still won the championship in the end, because three consecutive away games are not friendly to teams with good records, so they have to fight, and home court advantage is not so important.

Only the Pistons failed in a tiebreaker, the Jazz once collapsed after Tianwangshan was killed by Jordan, and then Iverson's shocking performance in the finals. In the other 17 seasons, the team that won the first victory in the finals all won the championship.

Therefore, the first victory becomes extremely important.

……

Liu Mang's side is going to explode on the spot, and I don't know what the flower monk KFC coach said to the little blacksmith to make him play so honestly. Although he lacks a bit of energy, but with the Lakers having two stars, O'Neal and Malone, especially O'Neal, who is a sharp star, Kobe's energy is suppressed, which makes the Lakers more balanced and has the sense of stability of a three-peat championship team.

Moreover, the Lakers' tactical choice was also very correct. They stabilized the situation, slowly eroded the point difference, and played with the safest tactics, which made Liu Mang feel a little bit.

Zen master, the head coach, has more than just chicken soup!This guy's tactical ability under the cover of chicken soup is very strong!It seems that he has never been too nervous or too active, but he has seen everything through. Even when the Lakers were killed by the Spurs in the second round last season, Liu Mang watched the TV screen of the live broadcast of the game.

And now, the Lakers are playing so well, it shows that Zen Master believes that this round of the series can be played!

Such strength comes from the OK combination!

OK combination...

Thinking of this, Liu Mang saw O'Neal, who had scored 23 points, and Kobe high-five, his eyes lit up.

Kobe's current style of play seems to be the boss' style of play, scoring by himself and creating opportunities for his teammates. After Kobiken passes the ball, his teammates are willing to serve Kobe, even O'Neal.

However, O'Neal doesn't seem to have the idea of ​​giving way, that is, now, O'Neal is because of Zen Master's use of his tongue to check and balance the grievances of the stars of this team.

Liu Mang remembered that the relationship between O'Neill and Zen Master seemed to be very good...

Such a good relationship, how about taking advantage of it?
Very interesting!

Liu Mang had always wanted to drive a wedge between O'Neal and Kobe, or between Malone and Kobe, but judging from past experience and the judgment of this game, it seemed that it didn't work out.

And because this is the only last divorce card, and it is the only stock in the special items of the newcomer period, it will be gone after it is used, and there is no way to try it, so we can only find the best use object at the right time.

Now, Liu Mang found that if Kobe, the source of the contradiction, was put aside, and Malone who put everything aside, the two most important people in the Lakers team were O'Neal and Zen Master...

When such a thought appeared in Liu Mang's mind, he couldn't control it at all...

The official timeout is coming to an end. For the Eagles, due to the Lakers’ style of play, O’Neal played relatively easily. Originally, he had a lot of rest because of Kobe and Malone’s performance in the first three rounds of the series. Tag enters.

Seeing the opponent's lineup of Payton, Fisher, Kobe, Wang Zhizhi, and O'Neal, who are also rotating their lineup and preparing to survive these few minutes and prepare for the decisive battle in the fourth quarter, Liu Mang's eyes flickered...

"Boss of the system, use the advanced alienation card to target that fat man and that KFC grandpa!"

"Ding... The host uses advanced alienation cards, targeting Shaquille O'Neal and Phil Jackson. Due to the importance of the finals, the intimacy of the target relationship and other comprehensive reasons, the impact during the finals is average, and the impact after the event cannot be estimated."

This is enough!A little influence is fine, as long as you win the first victory!As for how eloquent the Zen master will be next, Liu Mang can't care about it, this game is the key now!

　The game is over in the next chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)