Liu Mang didn't even listen to the prompts from the system, so he immediately chose treatment, consuming 1 primary injury potion and 500 superstar points to cure this minor injury, which might not be a problem except for soreness after a good sleep.

Although the injury was healed, the pain from being hit, which was not even a minor injury, was still there. Seeing Ma Long's back, Liu Mang seemed to be cursing him. This bastard really didn't hold back at all!

The key is that the referee didn’t call it!

Stockton picked up the ball, sent it to Liu Mang, and said: "Be careful, Karl will not show mercy."

Nodding and pushing forward, Liu Mang never thought that Malone might be the key point that affects the game, because Kobe didn't even pass the ball to him. Just now Boozer also shrank in, but he couldn't follow.

Following Kobe's footsteps, Kobe didn't pass to Malone, but Malone continued to pick and roll for Kobe.

As Liu Mang pushed forward, he watched Malone and Boozer huddle together expressionlessly, using his strong body to press Boozer, putting aside the idea of ​​using a card to separate Malone and Kobe, and even put aside anything related to Malone.

Putting aside the pairings, someone who is willing to leave the team he has stayed with for 18 years for the sake of the championship can probably endure no matter how aggrieved he is.

Now Ma Long can endure the humiliation, but Liu Mang can't!

If you get elbowed, you will naturally want to come back!

When Kobe saw Liu Mang coming, he was ready to run with Liu Mang. After two matches this season, he determined that Liu Mang's offensive method to deal with his defense was without the ball. He was very confident in his defense.

Liu Mang seized this opportunity, took a step outside the three-point line, suddenly pulled up and shot directly!

The pain in his chest stimulated Liu Mang's nerves, and his mind was extremely clear due to the pain. Kobe immediately reacted and rushed forward. However, the distance was a little far away, and he could only scare Liu Mang, but could not cover him at all!

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The King of Pull-ups is triggered at level 5. It ignores the impact on the shooting rhythm. It is cold-blooded and ignores Kobe's pounce. Liu Mang faced Kobe's block.

He made a pull-up three-pointer in a blocked move.

13 to 12, the Eagles took the lead by one point!

"Hey, the one holding the thigh has two thighs." Liu Mang patted his chest, which was still a little painful, and turned around to defend himself.

The meaning is too obvious, it is saying that Malone's mobile pick-and-roll just now became Kobe's scoring thigh.

Obviously Kobe understood it immediately. After the angry Kobe came over, he continued to play singles. Prince defended Kobe very hard on the outside and did not give Kobe any outside opportunities. Kobe could only choose to break through and pressure Prince to the bottom line.

When he suddenly stopped, Prince was ready to block Kobe's layup. He couldn't prevent it last time. This time he was confident, but Kobe stopped, and he could only stop. At this time

Kobe turned his body sideways, turned his back to the basket, and pushed toward Prince.

Prince lowered his center of gravity and tried to block Kobe's low post shot. Kobe suddenly took back his action and turned over for a jumper...

Kobe's bottom line reflex jump shot was hollow.

Kobe returns one!

It was the Eagles' offense again. After Liu Mang passed halftime, Kobe immediately came up to him. Liu Mang directly passed the ball to Stockton, and then used Kobe's pressing action to pass by Kobe, rush inside, and take the opportunity to get away.

Kobe took a step, Kobe was also very fast, with a speed of 92, but he was thrown away by a step, and the slight speed difference was also a gap. He was thrown away by Liu Mang, Liu Mang came around from the baseline, Ostertag and Boozer successively gave him

Liu Mang ran a pick-and-roll without the ball. When Liu Mang ran to the left corner, Stockton's pass just came after the pick-and-roll. Liu Mang caught the ball and shot a three-pointer...

Still on target!

10 points! Liu Mang made 4 of 5 shots and scored 10 points!

16 to 14!

Leading by two points! Liu Mang began to feel that he had a chance to slowly open up the score.

At this moment, the system prompt came!

"Ding... Kobe time is triggered at level 4. For the rest of this quarter, Kobe Bryant is feeling hot."

"Ding... Stubborn Level 5 trigger, every time Kobe Bryant makes a shot, he will definitely take the next shot, and every time Kobe Bryant misses the shot, he will definitely take the next shot."

Finally, Liu Mang scored two three-pointers in a row, and finally succeeded in stimulating Kobe's iron heart!

When the Lakers attacked, seeing Kobe receiving the ball and continuing to beat Prince in isolation, Liu Mang immediately put aside Devin George and chased Kobe. He spiraled to avoid Malone's iron elbow and came to the top arc to flank Kobe.

But Kobe was Kobe, and he reacted very quickly. Before Liu Mang pounced on him, he directly chose to face Prince's defense and shoot a three-pointer...

The key is to get in!

17 to 16, Kobe gave Liu Mang no chance to open up the score!

Finally, Liu Mang also started to hit the iron, but was interfered by Kobe, who was chasing even more closely after making a three-pointer, and missed the three-point shot.

But Kobe made another mid-range shot, and the Lakers pulled the score to 3 points!

19 to 16!

The Eagles called a timeout and went directly to the official timeout.

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The tempo was too slow, and it looked like the two teams had a high score. However, they were constantly engaged in a positional battle, and the tempo was very slow. It was just that the two teams were shooting very efficiently.

And from such a position, it is the Lakers who benefit.

Liu Mang played well, but everyone else was heavily guarded. Liu Mang was able to score relatively easily because of his fast speed, just like when the 76ers beat the Lakers. Iverson was fast alone and could score.

It's relatively easy, but others can't. Even if it's a pick-and-roll between Boozer and Stockton, because Malone is there, the two of them have no good scoring opportunities. They can only rely on Liu Mang, and it's hard to guarantee offensive rebounds.

Originally, the reason for changing to the current lineup was to compete with O'Neal's singles, but I didn't expect that O'Neal said he wouldn't play if he didn't want to play. That was called a decisive move. Kobe started playing, which made the Hawks' prediction error.

The prerequisite for Prince to be able to defend the outside is that he only needs to be responsible for outside defense. There is an inside line behind him to defend the basket. Otherwise, if an outside line, especially one with a large number of outside shots, has a shooting percentage of more than 40%, the defense will be fine.

Consider it a failure.

Obviously, Prince, who scored 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting from Kobe in the opening game, had no way to defend against Kobe without the help of the inside line. He had to defend both shots and bursts.

That is to say, the lineup just now relied on Liu Mang to score 10 points to compete with Kobe's score, but it allowed O'Neal inside to rest for less than half of the game!

Coach Kruger can only use the tactics he used against the Lakers in the regular season.

…

After the timeout, the Eagles made another large-scale rotation. Except for Liu Mang, everyone else was replaced. Barnes, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown came on.

The Lakers only replaced Fisher and Devin George with Payton and Rick Fox. Except for Payton, whose performance this year was far below expectations, the other three giants, in the case of a tight score, lost their ability in the first quarter.

It must be filled up.

Master Zen immediately became nervous when he saw the Eagles' lineup. He had seen this lineup before in the regular season!

Sure enough, after the game restarted, when the Lakers started attacking, the Eagles started to defend the zone!

Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown began to take turns consuming O'Neal's physical energy, taking turns to defend individually and use high-speed rotation defense on the outside to block the offense of the Lakers' outside players.

The main thing is to block Kobe's offense!

Kobe also had to pass to O'Neal, but Malone didn't pass it if he didn't want to. Fox, the future movie star, averaged less than ten minutes per game in this year's playoffs, and his three-point shooting percentage has increased from 3% during the three consecutive championships.

Seventeen's shooting percentage plummeted in the playoffs, and he was not far away from retiring. His three-point shooting percentage was only more than ten percent, not to mention Payton's three-pointers. Fox had a time when he was good at three-pointers. Payton once

He shot a 6.7% field goal percentage in the series. Crucially, he averaged 2.5 shots per game in that series...

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When Jackson changed to this lineup, I thought the Hawks would continue to play pick-and-roll, just a slight personnel adjustment. Unexpectedly, they started to defend the zone after they said they were defending the zone. This time it was their turn.

The Lakers were caught by surprise.

No one can open up the space, so the Hawks' zone defense only needs to do three things: consume O'Neal, block air cuts, and Kobe will double-team to release Payton and Devin George with the ball.

O'Neal was taking a walk on the court just now, but he had regained some physical strength. He hit Kwame Brown hard twice, and he also scored in double figures in a single quarter.

As for the Eagles, the offensive end started to run!

Regardless of whether O'Neal scored or not, the Eagles immediately started to speed up. Kwame Brown, who was about to fall apart after being hit by O'Neal, immediately picked up the ball and passed it to the nearest teammate. The teammate then passed the ball to Liu Mang or Rahim, who could pass the ball.

Never dribble, attack quickly.

Coach Kruger made a very right choice this time, changing the team's rhythm from extremely slow to extremely fast, and Liu Mang is obviously the biggest beneficiary!

As long as he sees Raheem, Barnes, and Kwame Brown, the three fastest teammates, appearing on both sides of him, Liu Mang will receive the ball and throw a three-pointer after halftime, allowing his teammates to follow up and hit the rebound.

ball.

When O'Neal can score, anything can delay the Hawks' counterattack and reduce the Hawks' success rate. But when O'Neal doesn't score, the Hawks' four defensive players who are very good at offensive rebounds can catch

Counterattack immediately after rebounding.

Fighting and fighting, when O'Neal's energy was slowly exhausted by Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown, the Lakers' success rate began to decline, and the Eagles' counterattack success rate began to increase!

After the first quarter, the Hawks successfully overtook the Lakers again, 34-31, ending the first quarter with a 3-point lead.

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After the break, the Eagles moved Rasheed Wallace to the center position, sent Muhammad out to play power forward, replaced Raheem with Prince on the outside, and moved Barnes to the center position.

At the power forward position, Liu Mang continues to play.

On the Lakers side, Fisher was replaced. Whether it was offense or counterattack, Payton had no effect in front of Liu Mang. He couldn't open up space and couldn't keep up with the counterattack. He was not as good as Fisher.

It's easy to use. Wang Zhizhi replaced Malone and Devin George replaced Rick Fox. The reason is the same. Players who can open up the space were replaced. O'Neal and Kobe continued to play.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Eagles had the ball.

After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he played a pick-and-roll with Muhammad and broke into the basket. Wang Zhizhi defended Liu Mang.

Seeing two Chinese players face to face on the stage of the finals for the first time, the domestic commentators were excited, and the Chinese fans watching the game also started cheering.

But Liu Mang didn't give Wang Zhizhi face. He pierced his crotch and swatted the ball from Wang Zhizhi's crotch. It passed by Wang Zhizhi like lightning. Kobe rushed to chase Liu Mang, and Muhammad on the other side was left alone.
To be continued...