From today on is the king

Chapter 942 941. First place in the regular season!

Tim Duncan was discovered because he stole the alcohol in the team president's suitcase before training in the afternoon. He performed poorly in training and was discovered. Team president Popovich imposed a two-game suspension on Duncan with pay in the team as punishment.

Ginobili and Parker clashed in the afternoon's practice because of a dispute over whether the left-handed shot was more accurate or the right-handed shot was more accurate. They were "hidden" and asked them to wear suits to calm down.

Popovich even deceived his own players during the rest. In the interview before training in the afternoon, he also said that this game is a preview of their finals and must be won.

Then when the 12-man roster was submitted in the afternoon, the troika of Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker were not on the activation list!

When Liu Mang entered the arena and saw the troika in suits, he felt overwhelmed!
The Eagles fans are fine. They love to watch their own stars. The Eagles are unable to start and make their debut with a full lineup after two months. The fans are already very satisfied, and the Eagles fans watching the live broadcast are also very satisfied.

But those neutral fans who want to watch the fierce game, and the fans who want to watch the two teams face each other, see that the three core members of the Spurs are all wearing suits, and they are already cursing!The Internet is crazy!

The first to get the news was David Stern.

The Spurs submitted the activation list without a troika, and league officials contacted him right away.

And Popovich offended not only David Stern, but also a large number of fans!
Spurs fans are almost concentrated in San Antonio, which means that Popovich has offended all basketball fans except Hawks fans.

Even fans who didn't watch the game joined in the fun and scolded Popovich.

Although the Eagles also take turns, the Eagles have notified the media in advance when they want to take turns, and even the fans can judge for themselves which of the Eagles' four starters and the sixth man will take turns in which game.

Moreover, the Eagles still have a conscience even if they take a rest. Liu Mang has played all of the first [-] games. This season, he has not encountered any fights or been suspended.

Popovich is so insidious. During training in the afternoon, he still set off smoke bombs to make the Eagles fully prepare for the game against them. When it was the game, he said that they would take a day off today, making the Eagles waste their efforts, just to make the Eagles unhappy.

And the last time the two teams played against each other was a few months ago, and Popovich didn't want the Eagles to know more about their current style of play.

After two days of hard work by the Eagles, it felt like a punch in the cotton!

I can't even use my strength!

Popovich is taking revenge for the biggest tragedy in history caused by the Eagles in the last game!
Moreover, Popovich is very confident in the team's stable strength. If Liu Mang and McGrady hadn't exploded in the last game, they had the best bench lineup in the league and the strongest and most compatible inside and outside trio. Popovich believes that the Eagles are not their opponents.

For the Eagles, seeing the pure rotation lineup of Benno Udry, Brent Barry, Glenn Robinson, Robert Horry, and Sean Marx sent by the Spurs as the starting lineup, they were all out of breath!

The Eagles have a record of 66 wins and 14 losses, and the Spurs have a record of 57 wins and 23 losses.

It has been less than 60 wins, and there is a reason why Popovich made such a decision. Anyway, if he can't get 60 wins, there is not much difference between second or third in the Western Conference, and it can give the Eagles an unpleasant feeling.

Popovich's approach angered the Eagles players. After the game started, the Eagles started a fierce attack.

But unexpectedly, the Spurs' pure bench lineup played really well!

Udrih is a very powerful backup point guard, very accurate three-pointers. Barry was the playmaker of the Sonics last season, and also the playmaker of the Spurs bench this season, and both of them have a 40.00% three-point shooting rate. They are the two cores of the Spurs' bench bandits.

Glenn Robinson really wants to give him the ball. Although he is 32 years old, he is still very good. The key is that he is playing with hatred for the Eagles. This season, he only played 29 games, averaging 18 minutes per game, scoring 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. It’s just that he is a bit unlucky. He lost most of the games he played, because his style of play and core style of play are the same as the Mavericks after they got Crawford.

But this time the Spurs put on a pure bench lineup. Although Bunch Wells and Nesterovic were on the active list, they did not play. Glenn Robinson and Barry were the core players. Glenn Robinson's singles ability and Barry's passing and three-point ability were brought into play. The Spurs did not lose too much in the first quarter!

After the first quarter, the Eagles and Spurs scored 33 to 31, and the Eagles only led by two points!
This shocked the fans in front of the TV who cursed and said they would not watch the game anymore!

The Spurs scored 31 points in a single quarter relying on pure substitutes!

Liu Mang was also taken aback, this is a bit like the future "Spurs system"!
Popovich has already started to think about Duncan's aging problem. Duncan will be 29 at the end of this month, and Duncan will be 4 in April next year. Popovich has begun to consider shifting the inside-centered play to the outside. Most of the reinforcements made last summer were outside. Ginobili's outbreak this season is inseparable from Popovich's tactical adjustments.

Although it is not as perfect as the future Spurs system, it has already begun to take shape.

Liu Mang scored 9 points in the first quarter, McGrady scored 11 points, and the two core players combined to score 20 points in a single quarter. They were only two points ahead of the purely substitute Spurs. Not to mention the two players, Coach Kruger was very upset. Who would be happy to be cheated by the opponent?The key is that the pure substitute on the opposite side is so slapped in the face!

In the second quarter, coach Kruger sent Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Tracy McGrady, Josh Smith, and Kwame Brown to the starting lineup. He didn't want to reveal too much about tactics, so he let the three wavers beat each other to death with wild shots!
As a result, the Eagles' outside double waves started a crazy impact under McGrady's pass, scoring 41 points in a single quarter!

The Spurs can rely on tactics to let these excellent three-point substitutes also play offensive firepower, but the strength of role players has an upper limit. They can score 31 points in a single quarter, which is already the limit. It is very difficult to replicate in the second quarter. 22 points!
With 53 points in the half, the Spurs played really well, but Duncan was not there, and the rhythm couldn't be suppressed. The Eagles threw 27 times in a single quarter and made 27 of 17 shots!
The Eagles led the Spurs 74 to 53 at halftime by 21 points!
Liu Mang scored 26 points in the half and 17 points in the second quarter!
In the second half, coach Kruger saw that even Liu Mang's 26 points would not affect his scoring average higher than Jordan's, and McGrady's 8 assists in the half would not affect McGrady's assists title.

Simple and rude singles points, throwing three-pointers and rushing for rebounds.

In the end, relying on Jason Terry made 29 of 17 shots, 9 of 4 three-pointers, 7 of 5 free throws, scored 42 points and 6 assists, scored 40+ for the third time in his career, and helped the Eagles beat the Spurs 133 to 101 by 32 points!
But it's not fun to kill them!
The opponent is a pure substitute!

Popovich saw the upset look of the Eagles, and knew that he was going to be scolded badly now, but his goal was achieved, and it was cool to pay back the Eagles' unhappiness!

As for the post-match press conference being attacked by the media, Popovich has had a bad relationship with the media since he won the championship in the season after the lockout, and he doesn't care at all...

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After defeating the Spurs, the Eagles took a day off and ushered in a game against the Pacers.

Before the game against the Pacers, the league issued a notice of punishment. Because of "basketball reasons," the Spurs were fined $[-] for their "immoral" behavior.

David Stern now regrets setting the upper limit of fines in this regard too low!

The Eagles also felt that it was too low, and they couldn't express the bad breath in their stomachs at all!
In the last game against the Pacers, the Pacers have been actively losing in the last few games. Starting from the penultimate game, they have completely lost hope of advancing to the playoffs, with 36 wins and 45 losses.

In the last game of the Eagles, except for Liu Mang, all four starters rested. Liu Mang led the lineup of Iguodala, Korver, Muhammad, and Mourning to play three quarters, scoring 31 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. After three quarters, they clocked out. After three quarters, they had an 81-52 lead by almost 30 points. The Pacers showed no signs of struggling.

Seeing Reggie Miller wearing a suit with despair in his eyes, Liu Mang also felt that it was very miserable. Although this guy had a poisonous mouth, he had fought for his beloved cause for so many years, but in the end he lost his last chance to win the championship because of a fight. It was really miserable.

And although Reggie Miller is about to be 40 years old, he played very well this season, averaging 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists per game. He is a perfect pure three-point shooter and has the best season in three years.

I don't know if Reggie Miller still wants to play for another year. The addition of Persson made Liu Mang feel the role of a veteran again, but after this season, Persson wants to retire no matter whether he wins the championship or not. He will have to find a veteran again next season, but Miller probably has little hope.

111 to 79, the Eagles slaughtered two consecutive games, ending the regular season tour of the season.

The Eagles have finished all the regular season, with a record of 68 wins and 14 losses ranking first in the league!

Next, wait for the remaining 16 games to be played on the 9th, and the top eight rankings in the East and West will be completely locked. On April 4, the playoffs will officially kick off!

(End of this chapter)