The final preparation time before the game was over. The referee was indeed professional, but he did not smile. He blew the whistle to signal that the two teams were about to start the game and were ready to take the field.

Liu Mang, who was full of heart, hugged Boozer, who was also full of heart, and walked onto the stage!

Although the Eagles caused a farce at the beginning, the game was about to begin, and the players from both teams immediately got into shape.

The Eagles sent Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff.

The Spurs sent Parker, Ginobili, Bowen, Duncan, and one of their two most important signings this summer, former Timberwolves Slovenian Rasu Nesterovic.

Rasheed Wallace and Duncan came to the center circle.

Liu Mang looked with disdain at Duncan, who insisted on saying that he was a power forward in order to avoid being named MVP and not being an All-Star.

Duncan felt that Liu Mang was looking at him strangely, and he was curious about what this guy wanted to do. But he didn't have the time to worry about this. It was more about Rasheed Wallace's jump ball.

Duncan has been rivals with Rasheed Wallace for many years. Duncan attaches great importance to Rasheed Wallace. In the 1999 playoffs when Duncan won the championship for the first time, the two faced each other in the Western Conference Finals.

-Wallace beat Duncan to death. While Rasheed Wallace averaged 20 points per game, he and Sabonis guarded the second-year Duncan to an average of 16 points per game. In one game, Duncan even only scored 5 points.

Fortunately, David Robinson was still at the tail end of his peak that year. When Duncan was heavily guarded, he took the opportunity to break out and lead the Spurs to sweep the Trail Blazers.

Rasheed Wallace also attaches great importance to Duncan. This is the first time he has truly faced off against the top players in the league since he came to the Hawks. How difficult is it to guard Duncan? His contemporaries

Players at the same position who entered the NBA know best.

Two guys who insist that they are not centers in the West and insist on being squeezed into the power forward position are ready to jump the ball.

The referee blew the whistle and threw the ball into the air. When the ball reached its highest point, both Rasheed Wallace and Duncan jumped up hard and reached for the ball.

Rasheed Wallace pushed the ball backwards with a slight advantage over Duncan.

Liu Mang, who had been prepared for a long time, jumped up to catch the ball. When he landed, he rushed forward and ran towards the frontcourt. However, the Spurs were already on guard against Liu Mang, Duncan and Rasheed Wallace.

In the jump ball, the Spurs players knew that the chance of winning was only 50/50. Parker was already prepared to prevent Liu Mang from stealing the ball at the beginning, and the entire Spurs team was also prepared to immediately return to defense.

When Liu Mang rushed through the midline, he saw Bowen waiting outside the three-point line, and Nesterovich was one step outside the free throw line.

Liu Mang was a little regretful that he didn't have a direct fast break opportunity. He controlled the ball and waited for his teammates to get into position.

Watching his teammates running into the three-point line, Liu Mang continuously crossed his hips and dribbled the ball forward. He slowly approached the three-point line while changing hands and dribbling with his hips.

The fans at the scene looked at Liu Mang's action, which was like playing street ball. Their emotions, which had finally calmed down after a long time, exploded and they booed fiercely towards Liu Mang.

Bowen looked unhappy as he watched Liu Mang dribbling, not because of Liu Mang's arrogant actions, but because he was unhappy with every opponent who was talented and had good offensive abilities.

The rest of the Eagles saw Liu Mang's action and worked tacitly to open up the space. Raheem went to the left mid-range to take Ginobili away. Prince went to the left corner to take Parker away. Raheem

De Wallace went to the right corner to take Nesterovich away, and Ratliff moved to the edge of the left three-second zone to join Duncan.

When Liu Mang saw his teammates pulling away, his forward speed suddenly accelerated and he accelerated towards the left!

Bowen reacted quickly and took a step towards the right rear, leaving room to make up for the position on the left. He had not fought against Liu Mang once or twice, and he had done a lot of research on Liu Mang's habits.

, knowing that as long as Liu Mang puts a little pressure on his left hand, Liu Mang will change direction and walk to the right. As a top defensive player who has been the best defensive second team in the past three years and a popular defensive first team this year, Bowen's defensive predictions are very good.

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When Liu Mang rushed in front of Bowen, he stopped for a moment. Bowen saw Liu Mang stepping on the three-point line and making a cross step. Bowen quickly moved to the left in advance. His physical fitness was not good, so he almost couldn't defend.

It’s all about predicting and taking action in advance.

but!

After Liu Mang crossed his steps, he accelerated towards the left again!

Bowen screamed inwardly, and quickly wanted to turn around and make up for it, but his physical fitness was too average. He was only 86 kilograms at a height of 2.01 meters. Not only did he have no explosive power, he also had enough muscles to support medium and high-speed changes of direction.

None, my waist was still jumping towards the left, my head and steps were trying to change direction to the right, but my center of gravity was unstable and I fell to the ground!

Seeing Bowen being knocked down by Liu Manghuang, the boos at the scene suddenly stopped. The fans at the scene looked at this scene with disbelief. Liu Mang suddenly stopped and changed direction, knocking Bowen down.

Yes! And it’s without any physical contact!

Liu Mang dribbled the ball with his left hand toward the inside from the left side of the three-second zone. Ratliff turned around Duncan and cut from the baseline to the other side of the three-second zone to help Liu Mang open up space.

Duncan took a step back and stepped on the left edge of the reasonable collision zone. His inside defense was so good. While guarding Liu Mang, he also blocked the connecting route between Liu Mang and Ratliff. He had a strong sense of defensive space.

It's suffocating!

Liu Mang stunned Bowen. He didn't expect this at all. Now he was so excited that he only had one thought in his head. After knocking his opponent over, of course he had to dunk on the opposing center!

Liu Mang rushed to the left edge of the three-second zone, jumped towards Duncan, grabbed the ball with his right hand and smashed it towards the basket!

Just when Liu Mang jumped up, he saw Duncan jumping up too, and with that height, wingspan, and defensive anticipation, Liu Mang found that all the shooting space for his right hand was blocked!

Liu Mang quickly switched the ball to his left hand in the air, avoiding Duncan's block. He deftly hooked the ball with his left hand. The ball spun and hit the backboard, bounced off the basket, spun around and fell into the basket.

Liu Mang took a deep breath after landing. He almost took a risk. This damn facial paralysis was actually prepared this time. Where is the man with the strongest background that he promised?

Liu Mang immediately returned to defense after scoring the goal. He didn't even look at Bowen who got up from the ground. It only took two seconds from knocking Bowen over to making a layup. The Eagles players were all excited when they returned to defense.

Those who came to give Liu Mang a high-five, those who slapped their butts, and those who slapped their heads. The Eagles players on the sidelines and the cheering group composed of people from their own logistics department behind the Eagles bench all jumped with excitement.

Knocked Bowen down!

Moreover, the movements were done in one go without any physical contact. There is no doubt that this pass will be recorded in the annals of NBA history! Even after ten or twenty years, this scene may be remembered by people!

On the other hand, the Spurs were angry and embarrassed at the same time. Bowen was their first defensive lineman! He was knocked over at the beginning!

Duncan was still expressionless, and Parker secretly sighed that this opponent in the same class was too strong, getting stronger year by year, and this match was much better than last year! He is indeed the strongest opponent of his generation, and he is worthy of it.

He is second in the scoring list.

Ginobili felt that Liu Mang's emergency stop was too familiar, but he didn't know where it was familiar to him.
Chapter completed!