From today on is the king

Chapter 978. 977. The Ugliest Layup in History

Immovable as a mountain, this word is a good interpretation of Tim Duncan.

Once again, Kwame Brown snatched the jump ball over his head. Duncan didn't respond and retreated quickly.

Liu Mang received the jump ball and immediately dribbled towards the frontcourt.

This is to speed up?
Ginobili originally wanted to retreat to the free throw line to defend, but coach Popovich said in the team meeting that the Eagles may speed up the battle of Tianwangshan, and they have already arranged a way to suppress the rhythm.

Ginobili stopped his backward steps and came to the center line to block Liu Mang's accelerated sprint.

Liu Mang met Ginobili, took a step to the left, and continued to advance from the middle of the center line.

After Ginobili was freed, McGrady, who was running to the right of the center line, chased after him, hindering Liu Mang from accelerating his sprint. Ginobili's task has been completed, and the next step will be handed over to Parker.

When Ginobili went up to block Liu Mang, Parker came to the top arc and guarded the second checkpoint. Liu Mang's direct acceleration had been destroyed by Ginobili. Now that the re-acceleration has lost such a large sprint distance, it is not so difficult for Parker to defend Liu Mang's breakthrough.

Liu Mang crossed the center line from the middle, and was two steps away from the three-point line. Seeing Parker stepping on the free throw line, Liu Mang did not take his time as in the previous two games, and directly broke through two steps away from the three-point line!

"Ding... the strongest first step is triggered at level 5, and the speed of the host will be +5 within two seconds of breaking through this time..."

Liu Mang accelerated his breakthrough towards the left!
too fast!
After Parker entered the NBA, he was only disappointed by the speed of three people. The first one was Iverson in his rookie year, the second was TJ-Ford of the Bucks, and Liu Mang in front of him was the third one!

That explosion speed is too scary!

Parker's speed is also very fast, but he and Liu Mang exploded to 99's acceleration breakthrough, and still couldn't keep up with two steps away!
However, Robert Horry's first supplementary defense came in time, and Parker's defense was also very fast, rushing towards Prince, and the Spurs' high-speed defensive rotation!

Liu Mang didn't pass to Prince, but continued to rush towards the basket. Seeing Liu Mang rushing so fast, Huo Li covered his crotch with both hands, ready to hit.

Just when the two were about to collide, Liu Mang's speed seemed to be unstoppable. The referee put the whistle in his mouth and was about to blow the whistle. Suddenly, Liu Mang grabbed the ball, kicked his left foot on the ground, and bounced it to the right!

With his own strength raised to 87, plus the explosive bonus of Wade's star card, Liu Mang is not afraid of the pressure on his knees and ankles, and he forcibly changed direction from the free throw line to leave Horry aside!
After Liu Mang made a big change of direction, he took a step inside the free throw line. Duncan had blocked him and blocked the space for Liu Mang to pass Kwame Brown to the basket!
The Spurs did a good job of defending against breakthroughs and points. Horry and Duncan blocked Liu Mang within one step of the free throw line together!
However, after Liu Mang's right foot landed, his left foot made an awkward movement, twisted his body forward to the right, and took another step. The footsteps were quite strange. When Huo Li saw Liu Mang lifting his left foot, he thought Liu Mang was about to take off and make a strong shot.
Liu Mang took three slow steps to change to the right side of the three-second zone. His movements were extremely ugly. With his distorted body and the ball in his hand, he took off directly when his left foot landed, and threw the ball towards the basket in a big loop throw with his body sideways...

Spinning and jumping with my eyes closed...

Liu Mang hit the rim with a few directional breakthroughs and then a few toss shots. He bounced and fell into the rim fortunately!
This guy, good luck!
Ginobili watched Liu Mang score all the goals, but he thought that Liu Mang would look for McGrady, so he stuck to McGrady on the three-point line and refused to give McGrady a chance to catch the ball.

This kind of ball has been scored, and Liu Mang ran back after landing, while making a gesture of listening.

The fans at the scene were marveling at Liu Mang's unbelievably soft touch. Seeing Liu Mang's action, they immediately responded to Liu Mang. The boos from the audience were all given to Liu Mang.

The Spurs defended well, but with Liu Mang's posture, crossing his feet, making moves to separate Duncan with his left hand, and his right hand changing direction from the right, grabbing the ball on the left waist and swinging it to the right, all the ugly movements threw the ball in. It was not a problem of defense at all, but bad luck.

This does not affect the confidence of the Spurs players, on the contrary, it makes them more confident. The opponent will only shoot in this way when they have pushed the opponent to a dead end.

In the transition between offense and defense, the Spurs pressed the rhythm, and Parker slowly advanced to the frontcourt.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Parker lobbed the ball to Duncan, and Liu Mang immediately flanked Duncan in the low post with Rasheed Wallace.

Duncan no longer passed the pass to the open Parker. He turned around, carried Liu Mang on his back, and forced a close-range shot against Rasheed Wallace's block...

Miss!

Kwame Brown overwhelms Nesterovic to grab a defensive rebound!
If you can't score, you can't score, and the Spurs quickly retreated.

Liu Mang received the ball from Kwame Brown and continued to advance rapidly. The rhythm of the Eagles was driven by Liu Mang to become faster.

However, the Spurs' defense did a good job, and the Eagles quickly came to the frontcourt and did not get a chance to play a fast break.

Liu Mang got two steps outside the three-point line, looked at Ginobili, and continued to speed up his breakthrough!
Manu Ginobili couldn't keep up with Liu Mang's breakthrough, but the Spurs already had experience in defending Liu Mang's breakthrough. Although Liu Mang's explosive power improved, they still blocked Liu Mang in the middle distance.

Didn't make it this time.

The Spurs guarded the defensive rebounds, and when the Spurs attacked, they were still singles. Ginobili rushed to the right side of the free throw line against Liu Mang's defensive throw and missed.

Still the same as the previous two games, the two teams continued to rely on their stars, with strong defense, slow rhythm, and inaccurate shots... The whole game was quite dull.

In the first four attacks, apart from Liu Mang's amazing and ugly big loop, the two teams had no other goals for nearly 2 minutes.

The Spurs fans at the scene have long been accustomed to this ugly style of play. The uglier the game, the better for them, but the fans in front of the TV are desperate.

David Stern, who is watching the game, already hates the Spurs and Popovich, even the finals with the Eagles can be like this!
According to the situation of the first two games, the fans seemed to see another ugly defensive battle coming.

Just then, an accident happened!

After advancing to the frontcourt, Liu Mang continued to use the strongest first step to speed up and break through Ginobili. After breaking through one step inside the free throw line, Horry and Duncan's pincer attack came again. Liu Mang played horizontally this time.

Huo Li originally had a strength advantage over Liu Reck, mainly due to his strong static power, and his explosive power declined as he got older, but the static power brought by his height and weight became stronger, but this time Huo Li couldn't hold Liu Reck, and was squeezed away by Liu Reg!
Liu Mang slammed Horry away with a sudden burst. From Horry and Duncan's pincer, he took a big stride with his left foot to the left side of the three-second zone, and bounced to the right. The explosive power bonus brought by Wade's star card made Liu Mang stronger in this kind of confrontation!

put the basket!

When the ball was thrown, Duncan turned his body sideways and waved his hand on Liu Mang's arm. Liu Mang had already thrown the ball, and Liu Mang was knocked down by Duncan. Duncan quickly hugged Liu Mang and did not let Liu Mang fall flat on the ground.

At this time, Liu Mang's basket fell into the basket!

The referee whistled, the goal was valid, and Duncan fouled!

He actually went deep into the basket and scored!

It also scored 2+1!

The fans who were scolding for turning off the TV just now became high all of a sudden, the happiness came so suddenly!I just thought today’s game would be like this, and it was the same as the previous two games. I could only watch the performances of the stars on both sides. In addition, this is the home of the Spurs, and the scale of defense is large, so the Eagles didn’t play that well.

But I didn't expect Liu Mang to rush to the basket and cause damage!
It's all scored!
Duncan's eyes widened, but he immediately put away his strange expression. No one noticed his emotional change. He supported Liu Mang to stand on the ground, and then walked to the right side of the three-second zone to wait for the free throw.

McGrady looked dumbfounded, could this rush in and cause damage?It also scored 2+1!

The threat at the basket that I hadn't seen in two games, came out again!
The others are fine. Parker, who felt that Liu Mang was going to show his power from the very beginning, wants to cry now... Although he is not Liu Mang being defended by him, this feeling is too hurtful, a rookie of the same class!This feeling of being compared together but completely incomparable is too painful.

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line, twisted his body, moved a bit, received the ball, and made an extra free throw!

The start is 5 to 0!

It was so sudden!
This is raw!

When it came to the Spurs’ offense, be steady, be steady first. The Spurs still played like that. Being behind 0 to 5 didn’t affect them. Parker passed the ball to Duncan and ran to the middle distance, but he didn’t dare to enter the basket.

It was the Hawks attack again, and Liu Mang continued to rush forward. After passing Ginobili with the first step, he continued to use his explosive power to squeeze Horry away. This time Duncan did not foul, but followed Rasheed Wallace with excellent awareness and chose an air cut. Nesterovic ran back to the basket and couldn't help reaching out to cover Liu Mang.

Another two free throws!

Liu Mang walked to the free throw line. After the first free throw was made, Popovich called a timeout!

6 to 2, another penalty was scored, and another 5 points difference.

The Spurs made personnel adjustments, replacing Nesterovic with Bunch Wells in advance to enhance defensive mobility.

The Eagles also followed suit, replacing Kwame Brown with Josh Smith.

Both teams are one big and four small.

Back from the timeout, Liu Mang also hit the second free throw, scoring 7 points in a row at the start, helping the team play a wave of 3-7 in the first 2 minutes!

No matter how unreasonable it is, just score!

Liu Mang's consecutive scoring gave the Eagles a 5-point lead at the start.

The Spurs have a characteristic. As long as Popovich calls a timeout, the players will stabilize their emotions. Although there are occasional times when they are too cautious after calling a timeout and the opponent plays against the sky, this kind of stability is more likely to allow the Spurs to win the game.

The Spurs attacked, and after Ginobili advanced to the frontcourt, facing Liu Mang's defense, it was really painful. The Eagles' defense was really targeted. Whoever dribbled, Liu Mang defended, defended the first offensive point, and then put Parker in the back to attack.

Ginobili's one pass was very aggressive. The left-hander's breakthrough was awkward but sharp, but Liu Mang, who can also be regarded as a left-hander, was not thrown away. Before Ginobili got mad, he couldn't get rid of Liu Mang.

Miss!

Rasheed Wallace struggled to squeeze Duncan, Liu Mang jumped high to receive the defensive rebound, turned around and advanced quickly...

"Beep..."

The referee's whistle is blowing!
Who fouled?Or who grabs a rebound and pushes someone?
Liu Mang looked at the referee and found that the referee raised his elbow and pointed at him!

The referee called Liu Mang's elbow foul!
Liu Mang looked down, Ginobili fell to the ground!

According to Liu Mang's understanding of Ginobili, there is no need to think too much, this guy flopped!

Liu Mang is sure and sure, this guy flopped!

There was no replay at the scene, but there was a replay on the live TV. Ginobili took advantage of the referee's attention on the pushing action after grabbing the rebound at the basket, and when the referee noticed that when McGrady led Parker to go down, there was only a blind spot for the referee on the other sideline.

This is the home court of the Spurs, and the referee gave the whistle!
Seeing Ginobili covering his head and getting up, looking like he was hurt by the beating, Liu Mang really wanted to go up and give him a real elbow!

Liu Mang went up to explain to the referee, saying that he did not throw his elbow, but the referee ignored it. At this time, even if the referee reacted, it was useless. The foul cannot be changed.

The referee pointed to the front court, and the Spurs still had the ball.

Back to the clock for 24 seconds, the Spurs regained a 24-second offensive opportunity.

Liu Mang was so angry, but fortunately, the cold-blooded feature had an effect, and he didn't explode in mentality, so he gritted his teeth and continued to defend.

Horry served the ball from the sideline, Parker received the serve and continued to Dior Duncan, Duncan received the ball, Liu Mang went up to double-team Duncan.

Parker took a step inside the free throw line, Duncan passed the ball, Liu Mang returned to Parker immediately, Parker did not dare to shoot, at this time Horry pulled up from the bottom corner, Duncan went up to block McGrady who was chasing Horry, Horry circled to the left of the free throw line, Parker quickly passed it, Horry made a mid-range shot and helped the Spurs stop the bleeding.

Liu Mang received the ball from Rasheed Wallace and moved towards the frontcourt. After arriving in the frontcourt, he observed the Spurs' defense, and there was an obvious tendency to shrink. Liu Mang did not continue to rush, and passed the ball to McGrady who came up to meet him. Then he went to the left side of the free throw line, leaning against Ginobili to take a position.

To high singles!

In the mid-range attack, you have to start to look at the touch to eat.

Ginobili tried his best to move forward, not giving Liu Mang a chance to catch the ball, and actively squeezed Liu Mang and McGrady's passing route, trying to stop Liu Mang behind him.

Ginobili, who usually couldn't squeeze Liu Mang, suddenly found himself pulling Liu Mang behind him with his hands, and actually squeezed past him!
All of a sudden, he pushed Liu Mang behind him...

"Beep..."

The referee's whistle blew again!
This time it was Ginobili's turn to be stunned, and the referee pointed at him!
What did you do?

Ginobili looked back and saw Liu Mang lying on the floor with his hands on his waist!

(End of this chapter)