From today on is the king

Chapter 756 755. OK Furious, the new blacksmith is here!

Raheem and Kwame Brown were surprised when they stood still, and O'Neal thought of them when he ran.

However, the boss of the team has already gone to thank them, and the two also returned to the bench to move their bodies. Half of their bodies were almost numb after being hit by O'Neal just now.

After re-strengthening the basket, the referee confirmed that there was no danger and the game resumed.

The two teams did not rotate, and they were still in the beginning of the test. Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt.

After Payton found his defensive feel in the last game of the Western Conference Finals, although the offensive end is still not good, but the defensive end has found the feeling of last season. Although there is a certain gap with the best defensive team, it is also at a first-class level.

Seeing that Raheem was fighting with Kobe in hand-to-hand combat, the little blacksmith was really capable of both offense and defense... No, he was able to attack and defend. Raheem, who was seven or eight centimeters longer than him, was not at a disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat. We can't expect Raheem to put some defensive pressure on O'Neal when the opponent has no real small forward rushing inside.

Liu Mang beckons Kwame Brown to come out for a pick-and-roll. Malone immediately switches defenses with O'Neal.

Malone is good at pick-and-rolls, and he is also good at defending against pick-and-rolls. Liu Mang used Kwame Brown to block Payton and took a step to the right. Seeing that Payton was about to bypass Kwame Brown, Malone also rushed up.
O'Neal was a step too late to return to the three-second zone from the bottom line on the right. When he rushed forward, Liu Mang's mid-range shot had already been shot, and he swiped into the frame and scored two points!
On the other side, Kwame Brown helped Liu Mang block Payton twice in a row, and immediately cut to the basket after blocking, helping Liu Mang take away the defense.

The pitcher feels good today!While returning to defense, Liu Mang was thankful that he hadn’t slackened in the training of mid-range shots in the past three years. Even though mid-range shooting efficiency is the lowest shooting choice in the regular season, the characteristics of mid-range shooting are like this.

However, in the playoffs, for players with the ball, three-pointers are mainly used as a diversionary weapon to attract the opponent's defense. Especially in this era, the efficiency of three-pointers dribbling and shooting is terribly low, and the lethality is not enough. If you can't make a three-pointer, there is no way to counter it.

The CIC is different. The characteristic of the CIC is that the regular season is also the playoffs, and the efficiency will not change significantly. The regular season seems to be inefficient. In the playoffs, when the three-pointer and the defensive pressure at the basket are heavy, especially in the finals, the CIC still has a shooting percentage in the early [-]s.

When it was the Lakers' turn to attack, Payton came up to give the Lakers more versatility on the defensive end. Although they couldn't defend against Liu Mang's mid-range shots, because mid-range shots have always been an unsolvable problem.

But on the offensive end, Zen Master wanted to use Payton to organize the offense and liberate Kobe’s idea of ​​being suppressed when facing Prince on the offensive end, but it was directly stifled. In Zen Master’s view, Payton is a point guard after all.

There was no other way, O'Neal could only shake his arms and throw the ball into O'Neal's hands. O'Neal struggled to carry Kwame Brown and smashed the ball into the basket.

It looks easy, but O'Neal is not easy either. Kwame Brown's explosive power is beyond O'Neal's expectations. He secretly sighs that he is worthy of being the first pick among high school students. His physical fitness has nothing to say, except that he is too light, but he is only 22 years old. He has been playing for three years... O'Neal despises the small owner of a certain new team in his heart.

Seeing Kwame Brown's pitiful appearance, Liu Mang felt sorry for him for a second, then received Kwame Brown's serve and pushed forward.

When Payton saw Liu Mang pushing forward, his heart was cold, and he secretly hated that he was not in his prime, otherwise why would he be afraid of this little devil.

After Liu Mang came over, he continued to find Kwame Brown for pick-and-rolls to increase the area that O'Neal had to defend. With Kwame-Brown's pick-and-rolls, Liu Mang broke through from the left again.

Payton and Malone really had no choice but to block Liu Mang's three-pointer. After blocking the three-pointer, they couldn't prevent Liu Mang's consecutive pick-and-roll breakthroughs at the same position. They could only pin their hopes on O'Neal.

After Liu Mang broke into the inside line, he saw O'Neal rushing over with his arms waving, blocking the passing space between him and Rasheed Wallace. Malone also rushed to the bottom line to block Rasheed Wallace's air cut route. It was really difficult!Mainly O'Neill, this time the defense is obviously faster than before!Liu Mang felt that his jumper from the free throw line was likely to be blocked.

So, when Liu Mang stepped on the free throw line, he grabbed the ball, leaned forward, and threw the ball to the right!

Kwame Brown!He cut in from the right side after the pick-and-roll, Malone went to block Rasheed Wallace, Payton couldn't stop Kwame Brown, and was squeezed away!
O'Neal really deserves to be the most talented player at the center position in NBA history. With such a huge body, he suddenly stopped in the middle of the move, turned around to defend against Kwame Brown who just rushed to the basket from behind him, and blocked Kwame Brown!
But when O'Neal saw that Kwame Brown had no ball in his hand, he knew it was bad!
"Beep..."

The referee whistled, and O'Neal turned his head to see that Liu Mang was already sitting on the floor and slipped out of the baseline. The ball fell into the basket from the right side of the basket lightly, and Kobe on the left side of the three-second zone raised his hand helplessly.

The fans at the scene were cheering, and most of the players didn't see what happened, they could only look up at the replay on the big screen.

On the big screen, after Liu Mang passed Payton in a pick-and-roll, he entered the three-point line from the left. At the free throw line, because O'Neal's block was too fierce, he chose to pass the ball to Kwame Brown on the right while making an air cut.

This is not over yet, because Liu Mang broke through from the left. Raheem was near the baseline and immediately ran to the line at a 45-degree angle to open up space for Liu Mang, but Kobe just chased Raheem to the extension of the free throw line.

but!When the space was blocked for a layup with his right hand and his body was knocked off balance by Kobe, Liu Mang switched the ball to his left hand and tried his best to throw it towards the basket. His body also completely lost his balance due to the twist, and he sat on the ground and slid out of the baseline.

Kobe not only fouled, but also scored!Facing the front and rear blocking defenses of the OK combination, Liu Mang scored 2+1!

Liu Mang got up from the ground, luckily the ball went in, this little blacksmith, murder!
After slandering and rubbing his sore buttocks, Liu Mang walked to the free throw line.

At this time, the Lakers made a substitution, and it was Payton.

In this year's playoffs, Payton completely exposed his old age, that is, the gap between him and those era-level superstars. He is not injured or sick, and his state has completely collapsed. The average of 7 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in the entire playoffs is not the key. The data looks good, but the field goal percentage in the early 30.00% and the three-point shooting percentage in the early 20.00%.

Originally, the defensive end that Zen Master was looking forward to relieved Kobe, but he couldn't do it. He didn't have Kobe's enthusiasm for biting like a mad dog.

After Payton was replaced, he walked to the bench without saying a word. The main point guard battle between him and Fisher had already intensified during the regular season, but Mr. Chairman was very cunning and had a good relationship with everyone.

Liu Mang saw the obvious dissatisfaction on Payton's face but didn't say anything. Thinking of all the gossip news from the wealthy team, he could only lament that the noble team is the noble team.Except for Kobe, O'Neal, Malone, Wang Zhizhi, Fisher, and a few middle-class people with almost bad contracts, there is really no one available for the Lakers!

Devin Brown made 5 of 0 three-pointers in the last game, and was suddenly robbed of playing time by a rookie.

After receiving the ball thrown by the referee, Liu Mang concentrated his thoughts and steadily made an extra penalty.

7 to 4, leading by 3 points!
It's the Lakers' offense again, this time... it's Kobe who advances!And after Kobe reached the frontcourt, he handed the ball to Luke Walton!

Liu Mang followed Fisher to the bottom corner on the right side of the basket, and Fisher stopped moving and just waited there.

Liu Mang returned to observe the opponent's offense, Malone went to the middle distance on the left, O'Neal was outside the three-second zone on the left side of the basket, Kobe came to the middle distance on the right and leaned against Prince... In this position, the triangle offense is back?
After Payton and Malone joined the Lakers, the Lakers did not play the triangle offense for almost the entire season. With the Big Four, what kind of triangle offense is there? The main reason is that Malone has a good range but no three-pointers and average mobility.

Moreover, the most important thing is that there is no player who can pass and shoot at the position of small forward. The future movie superstar is completely old and can't play. Horry can play small forward and can shoot and pass. He has been sent away as the backer who was eliminated in the second round of the Lakers last season. The Lakers haven't played the triangle offense for a long time.

Wharton waited until his teammates settled down, then hit the ground and passed the ball to Kobe, who was leaning against Prince. Kobe turned around sharply with his back against Prince, snapped Prince aside, and pulled up to shoot!

Raheem made up the defense at the first time, Kobe jumped up and passed the ball back to the top arc, and Luke Wharton from the top arc made a three-pointer!

Although Luke Wharton did not inherit his father's physical fitness, he inherited his golf quotient perfectly, and he can do everything, such as shooting, breakthrough, and organizing offense. In addition to his poor physical fitness, he is also very accurate for open three-pointers.
Where did this guy come from!
Raheem didn't expect this guy to score a three-pointer!
7 to 7 draw.

Liu Mang felt something was wrong, the person who supported the top arc could score a three-pointer, the Lakers' triangle offense was about to explode!Moreover, Liu Mang just saw that it was not Kobe, O'Neal, Malone or even Fisher who commanded the running position, but that rookie Wharton!Little Walton, who is called the best coach on the field by the little blacksmith, has a really high golf quotient!The first thing to do is not to play the triangle offense, but to put O'Neal in the waiting position in the triangle offense, so that O'Neal can get a chance to rest while still maintaining an offensive threat.

However, Luke Walton played small forward... Sure enough, after Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he saw Kobe defending him... Then the question came, what exactly is the triangle offense?
For example, the teammates who are currently standing in the designated positions under Liu Wei's command have played many times, but they have never understood this problem.

Liu Mang commanded his teammates to position in the top arc. Kwame Brown took a big step outside the three-second zone on the right side of the basket and was ready to hit the basket at any time. O'Neal could only follow. If he was rushed by the opponent, he was really afraid of Kwame Brown's physical fitness.

Rasheed Wallace went to the bottom corner on the left, Prince went to a 45-degree angle on the right, and Raheem took a step outside the three-second zone on the left side of the basket, leaning on Luke Walton for the ball!

"This is?" Kobe looked at Liu Mang in surprise.

Liu Mang raised his eyebrows at Kobe and lobbed the ball to Raheem.

Open up the space, stand in a position suitable for cutting and shooting three-pointers, and have a direct connection with the singles point, so that the singles point has a perfect singles opportunity, and at the same time let the singles point form a triangle position with the basket support player and the top arc support point, which is the simplest triangle attack!

After receiving the ball, Raheem slammed into Luke Walton directly. Luke Walton couldn't take a step. Raheem took advantage of Luke Walton being knocked back and couldn't stand still. He turned around and bullied him. With one step, Luke Walton was pressed beside him, facing the basket!
O'Neal immediately made up for it from the right side of the basket. Raheem stepped into the three-second zone, waited for O'Neal to come in front of him, and threw the ball to the right side of the basket from O'Neal's waist.

But O'Neal's defense at the basket was too strong, and now he was very active again, turning around and jumping, Kwame Brown felt his head was completely covered, and quickly changed from a dunk to a layup, but... his hand slipped... the ball fell on Kwame Brown's own leg and bounced out of bounds.

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"..."

"..."

Kwame Brown felt a bit of embarrassment, and the fans, Lakers, and Eagles were all speechless.

Liu Mang covered his face, turned around and ran back, the referee gave the Lakers baseline ball...

This little boy's skating characteristics are too exaggerated!
However, the connection between Raheem and Kwame-Brown forced O'Neal to switch positions quickly, and had to turn around and jump hastily, which consumed O'Neal's energy.

……

Just like Liu Mang insisted that O’Neal’s defensive tasks were increased. Sure enough, O’Neal’s opportunities on the offensive end decreased. The team's offensive efficiency is still very strong.

On the Hawks side, Liu Mang and Raheem played pick-and-roll and the other played low post. While the Lakers' offensive efficiency declined, the Eagles' offensive efficiency also declined, but it was not a big problem. When the official timeout came in the 7th minute, the Eagles were only 16 point behind 17-1.

At the beginning, both teams wanted to play in a different way, and wanted to deal with the defense. Unexpectedly, the other team had the same idea, which made the two teams play an offensive confrontation at the beginning!
When it came time for the rotation, the Eagles took Stockton, Jason Terry, Prince, Boozer, and Ratliff.

After the Lakers lost the first away game, the second game was actually not as urgent as the Hawks, because they had three consecutive home games waiting behind. O'Neal took a rest and sent Payton, Kobe, Devin George, Malone, and Wang Zhizhi.

As expected by the Eagles, the Lakers' rotation time is about to start the defense again!

After returning from the timeout, the Lakers began to play Malone and Kobe alternately on the offensive end. The Eagles started the pick-and-roll offense of Stockton and Boozer. The offensive efficiency of both teams declined sharply. Dragons don't work too well either.

From the exciting offensive confrontation between the two teams, to the inefficient offense of the two teams picking and rolling, singles, and mid-range shots, it is as simple as one substitution.

And this situation continued until the middle of the second quarter.

After the official timeout in the second quarter, when the two teams switched to the starting lineup again, O'Neal on the Lakers side began to chisel, and after O'Neal chiseled two, he began to play the triangle offense again.

Liu Mang's shooting was good on the Hawks side today, forcing the Lakers to switch to an offensive lineup. It was useless to strengthen Payton's defense. He was no longer the best defensive player ever.

After the first game, the two teams had an understanding of each other's conventional style of play, but both teams wanted to play different styles of play. As a result, neither team could defend the other.

This anxious situation lasted until the third quarter, but it still didn't change.

The scores of the two teams rose staggeredly, and there was no chance to completely widen the gap. Just leading by two points, one accidentally fell behind by one point. The game continued from the beginning until three minutes left in the third quarter, when the Lakers called a timeout.

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69 to 65, the advantage of the Eagles' lineup depth gradually began to show their advantages as the game entered a tug-of-war. With no way to overwhelm the opponent, the advantage of the Eagles is obviously greater!Before the two rounds just now, the two teams were tied at 65, but in the two rounds just now, the Lakers didn't score, and the Eagles scored two goals in a row. Seeing that they were about to widen the point difference, the Lakers hurriedly called a timeout.

After returning from the timeout, Liu Mang continued to play, except for a 10-minute break from the first quarter to the second quarter, after which Liu Mang was always on the court. The other four teammates were Jason Terry, Prince, Raheem, and Ratliff.

For the Lakers, Fisher, Kobe, Luke Walton, Wang Zhizhi, and O'Neal played.

O'Neal has already scored 9 points in the third quarter, 29 points in three quarters, and almost 10 points in each quarter. However, he has consumed enough. Facing Kwame Brown and Ostertag's turn consumption is really exhausting. Now he dare not continue to play alone. It is enough to rely on his body to contain Ratliff's defense in the paint.

Liu Mang wanted to stabilize the point difference at this time, and then win in the fourth quarter.

But as soon as he played, Kobe exploded!

When Liu Mang came on stage, he heard the system prompt!
"Ding... Black Mamba bite level 4 trigger, Kobe time level 4 trigger, from Kobe Bryant."

Kobe's Kobe time started directly!

Coming up, Kobe relied on Prince to turn around and shoot a jumper, ignoring Liu Mang who was defending past, and hit a mid-range shot.

Liu Mang gritted his teeth and fought against the superstar, and fought back. After a pick-and-roll with Ratliff, he threw off Wang Zhizhi and rushed to the basket. O'Neal could only reach out, and Liu Mang scored two points for a layup.

But when the Lakers were attacking, Kobe moved to the frontcourt, pulled up a three-pointer and shot it!

Scored two goals in a row!

The combination of stubbornness and Kobe time is perfect and terrible!
In the last 3 minutes of the third quarter, Kobe scored 5 goals in a row and scored 3 points in 13 minutes!Two three-pointers, one mid-range shot, two breakthrough layups, even fouls were useless, and Kobe even scored a 2+1!

Kobe, who only scored 13 points in most of the first three quarters, scored the same score as in the previous 3 minutes in these 33 minutes!

尽管刘莽最后3分钟尽力的拿到了7分，效率高达5投3中，但是科比连拿13分！简直是怪物！

After three quarters, O'Neal scored 29 points, Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, and Malone scored 9 points. At the end of the three quarters, the Lakers overtook the Eagles by two points 78-76!
O'Neal and Kobe both scored more than 70.00% of the Lakers' points!
With O'Neal playing seriously, the entire Lakers team scored more easily. Coupled with Kobe's sudden outburst, the Lakers overtook them at the end of the three quarters!
For the Eagles, Liu Mang scored 28 points and 6 assists in three quarters, and he only scored 7 points by scoring 28 points in a row against Kobe at the end.

Watching Kobe return to the bench, O'Neal took a towel from the water dispenser manager Brian Cook and threw it at Kobe. Liu Mang felt that the two were unpredictable!
Run away if you say runaway!

At the end of the critical third quarter, Kobe scored 13 points to overtake the score. This was a big blow to the morale of the Eagles!
The rest period between festivals is less than 3 minutes, and with some miscellaneous time, it can add up to 200 seconds at most. The morale of the Lakers has obviously improved, but Liu Mang feels that his teammates are a little low.

Have no idea!O'Neal can't deal with it, and Kobe exploded even after a disagreement. After O'Neal rested, Kobe was still so accurate. It seemed that the game was going to be impossible!

No!

Liu Mang can't guarantee it. Now that O'Neal is playing seriously, and Kobe and O'Neal are making good use of each other's restraint, the Lakers will win an away game and return to the home court. They will play three consecutive away games with a big score of 1 to 1. It's hard to say what will happen!

Looking at the low morale of his teammates, Liu Mang knew that the start of the fourth quarter was the key. If he could perform well in the fourth quarter, his morale would return. If he was still suppressed by the opponent, it would be over.

I can only throw a big move!

Liu Mang walked onto the court with the ball in his arms. While shooting the ball to maintain his touch, he opened the star card section of the system panel. Marbury and his younger cousin... Forget it, the superstar point guard of the era... It seems like the superstar point guard of the era before the 21st century. His shooting was not good. It would be okay if he got an Isaiah Thomas.

Or use those two!
Kobe or Iverson.

In the end, Liu Mang decided to keep Iverson on the road as a blacksmith, so...

"Boss of the system, use Kobe's star card!"

"Ding... The host uses Kobe Bryant's 03-04 season star card, with a time limit of 10 minutes, ability rating 95, three-pointer 82, mid-range shot 91, layup 96...strength 87, speed 91...talent skill Black Mamba Bite level 4, feature: Kobe time level 4, feature: stubbornness level 5...matching rate 70.00% five, ability bonus calculation..."

"Ding... After the host's bonus, the ability evaluation is 93, the mid-range shot is increased to 89, the layup is increased to 93, the overall strength is increased to 85, the waist and abdomen strength is greatly improved, temporary talent skill: black mamba bite level 3, temporary characteristics: Kobe time level 3, temporary characteristics: stubbornness level 5..."

With such a high degree of matching, Liu Mang felt that it was enough. Do he have such a high degree of matching with this little blacksmith in Milan?
And, the most important point, why are all the other skills dropped by one level because of the 70.00% match rate, but this stubborn one is still at full level?

The most important thing is that now that Liu Mang is holding the ball, he really wants to throw it towards the basket!
Kobe's own playing personality made him keen on shooting, and Liu Mang was affected by the system because the system systematized Kobe's character traits into characteristics!
Liu Mang felt his desire to throw and throw, and felt that his birthday was beautiful...

……

Kobe just scored 13 points in a row. He looked at Liu Mang and wanted to find a chance to provoke him. Finally, he had a chance to get angry with him. Suddenly he saw Liu Mang turning his head to look at him, and holding his jersey in his mouth!

(End of this chapter)