The defensive end does not use defensive tactics, but only defends alone and double-teams under the basket. First, it eliminates Turkoglu, the organizer of the Spurs' positional battle. It does not use pressure defense and zone defense, so that Turkoglu's high-post support ability is lost.

Function, there is no area flanking attack at all, Turkoglu's passing and cutting ability cannot be used at all, forcing Turkoglu's role to become a three-pointer.

Stockton defended Charlie Ward's three-pointer, Korver defended Turkoglu's three-pointer, and Boozer just had to follow Horry. Horry's biggest problem now is that he is old and slow.

Liu Mang and Rasheed Wallace dealt with Ginobili together. If Duncan wanted to make a mid-range shot, he would let him. The Hawks did not want to widen the point difference at this time, they just needed to form a counterbalance.

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On the offensive end, Liu Mang deliberately used a similar speed to Ginobili to give Ginobili a chance to keep up with him, constantly consuming Ginobili, and on the other side, Stockton and Boozer used the pick-and-roll.

The off-ball pick-and-roll with Rasheed Wallace and Korver consumed Duncan.

The Hawks can go all out to carry out this kind of tactical play, but the Spurs cannot go all out. Their characteristic is stability, especially Duncan, who will not give up defense.

Duncan's defense was truly terrifying, suppressing the Eagles' offensive efficiency to an extremely low level. From the seventh minute of the first quarter to the seventh minute of the second quarter, the Eagles only scored 19 points.

However, just halfway through the second quarter, Duncan's physical fitness encountered a serious challenge. Originally, it was not a big problem for Duncan, who was 28 years old and at the peak of his physical fitness, to play the whole game, but when he played the whole game, he almost

I have never encountered such a situation. The opponent is not trying to open up the score or start a defensive battle, but the Eagles' purpose is simply to consume his physical energy!

By the way, Liu Mang's side also exhausted Ginobili. After Ginobili entered the inside and made a dunk, Liu Mang and Rasheed Wallace's attack became faster and faster, and Ginobili could only

Being able to rush to the basket with all his strength under Liu Mang's strict defense, and then distribute the ball, consumes a lot of physical energy.

The score between the two teams was very tense from the second half of the first quarter to the official timeout of the second quarter. The Hawks did not play fast breaks, but steadily ground their positions. It was no problem for the Spurs to have low offensive efficiency. Duncan was not the main player for the Spurs.

When holding the ball, the offensive efficiency is not high.

At the official timeout of the second quarter, the score between the Eagles and the Spurs was 33 to 31, with the Eagles still leading by two points!

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Liu Mang returned to the bench, took a shot of physical potion, and then drank Gatorade.

From the second half of the first quarter to the official timeout of the second quarter, Liu Mang kept running with Ginobili. The Spurs did not dare to make substitutions. The only person who could keep up with Liu Mang, except Parker, was Ginobili.

Billy might be able to keep up, but if Parker comes up, a weird defensive player like Liu Mang won't care about Parker's long-range shots at all. He likes to shoot or not, even if Popovich sees that the Hawks are

Even though Ginobili is being consumed, he doesn't dare to replace him easily, so he can only use Ginobili to death.

Liu Mang led Ginobili to run more and more vigorously. Especially after discovering that Ginobili's running speed was obviously declining, Liu Mang ran even more vigorously and actively lowered his speed so that Ginobili could

If you can keep up, then secretly inject a physical potion.

Although he scored 8 points in the first seven minutes, Liu Mang only scored 5 points in the next 12 minutes. Now there are only 5 minutes left in the half, and he only scored 13 points, but he saw that he was also soaked and walked back to the bench.

Ginobili, who was gasping for breath with his head hanging down, and Liu Mang couldn't help laughing sinisterly while drinking Gatorade, and then... they choked...

"Cough cough cough cough..." Liu Mang was choked and coughed crazily.

When Coach Kruger saw Liu Mang coughing wildly, he quickly came over and patted Liu Mang on the back: "Ace, are you okay? Are you tired?"

Even though Coach Kruger dislikes Liu Mang from time to time, he still treats this disciple very differently from others. The one he cares about the most is Liu Mang.

Others were frightened when they saw Liu Mang coughing crazily. Sports athletes have an injury that can be considered a disease. After strenuous exercise, the intake of oxygen is insufficient, resulting in problems with air bubbles in the lungs. Coughing like crazy can be considered a disease.

, can also be regarded as an injury. Of course, the probability of occurrence is not high, but it is still very scary for athletes, so vital capacity training is a very important link for athletes.

Liu Mang ran with Ginobili for so long, and even though Liu Mang left an amazing physical impression on his teammates, their teammates also felt that Liu Mang might be too tired.

Liu Mang almost choked himself to death with a sip of water. After he recovered, he said, "It's okay, coach. I just drank the water too fast and choked."

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"..."

The Eagles bench fell silent.

Coach Kruger chose to ignore this idiot. Really, how could he not be choked to death? Coach Kruger took the tactical board, ignored Liu Mang, and called out the players he wanted to replace: "Jason, Matt, Nazr

, Kwame, come on, Jason, you and Ace handle the ball together, we have to play fast! Bring up the rhythm!"

Liu Mang felt neglected and had to do something!

Seeing Ostertag in training clothes, Liu Mang rolled his eyes and had another bad idea...

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On the other side, on the Spurs bench, it's not that Popovich didn't see the Hawks' attrition tactics, but that there was nothing he could do about this "conspiracy" even after he saw it.

The Hawks' double-double play is powerful, especially when the Hawks give up zone defense and send out four three-pointers in Liu Mang, Stockton, Korver, and Rasheed Wallace, plus a domineering air cut.

Boozer's lineup, which is also very accurate in mid-range shooting, is definitely one of the strongest lineups in the league in offensive firepower. It is also the lineup with the strongest offensive firepower in the Hawks. It is impossible for Popovich not to guard him. With Duncan here, he can still

Can suppress the Eagles' offense. If Duncan rests, the point difference will definitely be widened by the Eagles. Their offense, without Duncan, will definitely be the last or second worst team in the league.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Faced with the Hawks' conspiracy, Popovich can only know that it is a trap and has to jump.

The most troublesome thing for Popovich now is that there is no back line that can guard Liu Mang and Stockton or Jason Terry at the same time. Malik Rose is the culprit, but he used to be

If you play power forward, it's not impossible to play small forward. It's okay to guard shooting guards, but it's a bit too much to ask him to guard point guards.

Moreover, Popovich was also troubled by the Hawks' irregular substitutions and tactical changes. In the last few minutes, he didn't even know how the Hawks would rotate. He couldn't guess! Most teams made substitutions.

Everyone has a track to follow, but the Hawks actually dared to put Stockton, Korver, and Boozer, three of the Hawks' worst defensive players, on the court at the same time. This kind of substitution method, Popovich

It feels like it has opened the door to a new world, and it has had a big impact on his personal coaching philosophy. It has had a big impact on him, but at this stage, it is useless to have a big impact.

Popovich looked towards the Hawks bench, his eyes lit up!

He saw Ostertag taking off his training clothes, moving his body on the court, jumping, twisting his waist, and running on the spot.

"This guy with a big forehead wants to take advantage of Tim being tired to fight at high altitude!" Popovich immediately 'understood' the Eagles' tactical strategy!

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Popovich couldn't help but stand on the sidelines with his hands folded. Popovich began to have white hair. His hair was flying when the air-conditioned wind just blew over the Spurs bench. The same hair was flying.

Nobili.

Popovich sent out the entire lineup of Parker, Ginobili, Malik Rose, Duncan, and Nesterovich, and continued to use the troika to death.

If he plays with a big lineup to grind out positions, Popovich won't have to worry about physical problems. In the first seven minutes of the first quarter, Duncan focused on position battles, but the consumption was very small, because the Spurs' slow-paced offense and defense in position battles were too strong.

Now that the Hawks are fielding a big lineup and playing position, Popovich is no longer worried about the physical fitness of Duncan and Ginobili.

It's just... this is Popovich's personal guess...

When the five players from the Hawks came out, Popovich once again had blood stuck in his throat.

Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Barnes, Muhammad, Kwame Brown!

The Hawks sent out the five players who are the best runners and the best offensive rebounders in the current lineup!

After seeing Ostertag put his training clothes back on after running and jumping, and then sat back on the bench, and it was Popovich who saw Ostertag wearing training clothes with his naked eyes, Popovich was almost angry.

die!

So treacherous!

Why don't you be so shameless?

There are so many tricks for different people? Are there any tricks for different people?

Popovich felt that it was insidious enough for him to allow Bowen to do bad things, but he didn't expect that there would be another mountain higher!

Popovich bared his teeth and stared at Coach Kruger on the bench of the Hawks. Coach Kruger felt murderous intent and looked at the source of the murderous intent. It was Popovich. He was very confused. This league has the worst reputation.

This guy is one of the coaches. I don’t seem to have offended him, right?

Popovich's current reputation is not very good, mainly because Bowen, Coach Kruger and Popovich have a very normal relationship, there is no hostility, but there is not much communication.

Seeing Popovich gnashing his teeth, Coach Kruger was confused...

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The timeout ends and the Eagles have the ball.

Start running!

Unlike the previous 19 minutes, when the Eagles were slow to play positional battles, this time the Eagles really started running!

As for the Spurs, because the Hawks have been "fake fast breaks" for more than one quarter of the game, they have a fast break counterattack posture every time and then slow down the speed. Now the Spurs players are a little slack in defending fast attacks.

Already.

Especially the Hawks were really fast. Liu Mang and Jason Terry, who was serving, both rushed to the frontcourt. Parker and Ginobili failed to block them immediately. Liu Mang advanced to the three-point line at full speed.

Stepping into the three-point line, Parker and Ginobili blocked him, and Liu Mang immediately passed the ball to Jason Terry.

Jason Terry received the ball and burst from the three-point line on the left side of the basket.

At this time, Parker and Ginobili, who discovered a defensive conflict, were "in sync" again. Both thought they were going to make up for it, and both rushed toward Jason Terry. Liu Mang took advantage of the situation and cut from the center.

Jason Terry immediately passed the ball to Liu Mang, who entered the three-second zone in the middle.

Duncan is going to curse!

Those two bastards on the outside, how on earth can they defend against this!

Seeing Liu Mang burst in, Duncan had to take a step forward to cover up the defense. Liu Mang received the ball and made a spot-up mid-range shot. The Spurs did not dare to let go.

When Liu Mang saw Duncan coming up, he jumped to the right and took a step forward. Nesterovich also took a step ahead. He had a good defensive awareness of positional warfare and blocked Liu Mang's attempt to change direction and return to the basket.
To be continued...