Game 5 of the finals has arrived as scheduled.

Liu Mang walked into the court, and this time, the Lakers fans began to boo again.

Lakers fans are scared! This time they are really on the verge of elimination.

However, the Lakers all looked unwilling and unable to accept defeat, which still made many Lakers fans very excited. Lakers fans have a "fanatic sense of security", which is pretty good for fans.

A mentality that always looks forward to the future of the team very optimistically.

When Liu Mang saw the expressions of the Lakers players, he was secretly glad that his side was also very motivated and there was no possibility of slacking off. Whether it was the temptation of the championship or the boss's bonus, it was the players' motivation.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the Eagles have acquired Liu Mang's character. If he can avoid trouble, he will avoid trouble. If he can solve the game in five games, he does not want to drag it to the sixth game.

The best thing that Jackson did in the last game was that he decisively chose to give up. Therefore, the physical fitness of the Lakers today is much better than in the previous game. Except for Kobe, who had explosive physical fitness, other Lakers players felt the condition

not bad.

Therefore, the Lakers players are all determined to fight against the odds.

However, it looked like they were going to fight. Liu Mang and Boozer walked onto the court after hugging each other. It was time to jump the ball, but they still didn't hear the prompt.

The OK trend is still not triggered!

It seems that the Lakers players are determined to fight. Of course, they really want to fight. Neither Kobe nor O'Neal has the intention to cooperate!

Even if Zen Master tried his best to use psychological tactics to drive the two of them, the relationship between Kobe and O'Neal has been completely broken and irreparable!

On the Lakers side, it is still the combination of Payton, Kobe, Devin Brown, Malone, and O'Neal.

For the Eagles, the lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown has not changed.

Although Kobe and O'Neal can no longer work in the same direction, the motivation of every Lakers player has really increased.

O'Neal beat Kwame Brown on the jump ball for the first time, the basket fell into Payton's hands, and the Lakers attacked first.

Payton is in charge of the ball, and Liu Mang is defending him. The little blacksmith still leaves it to Prince to defend him.

Kobe didn't take the initiative to ask for the ball this time, and suppressed the urge to solve the game by himself. He knew that he had to use O'Neal's unsolvable attack at the beginning to hit two first, otherwise it would be a waste of the fat man's physical energy.

As for his off-ball end, Prince did a good job of guarding him. His excellent movement blocked the space for Kobe to reverse run. Payton directed his teammates to move. The purpose was obviously to suppress the rhythm. O'Neal got stuck in the low post.

position, and then Payton went over and lifted the ball steadily into O'Neal's hands.

O'Neal, probably the one with the worst physical fitness among the current Lakers players, couldn't eat well or sleep well after having an argument with Kobe the day before yesterday. He felt like he had lost two ounces of weight.

But as long as O'Neal's physical fitness is sufficient, he is the most unsolvable weapon in the NBA.

If he couldn't stop it, he couldn't stop it. O'Neal took the ball, turned around, pushed Kwame Brown away, and smashed the ball directly into the basket.

The Lakers didn't play fast and wanted to press the tempo, but the Hawks didn't do that. Liu Mang tried to speed up the tempo, hoping to use the fast pace to wear down the Lakers' heavy fat man.

Almost at the first moment when O'Neal's offense was completed, Rasheed Wallace immediately picked up the ball, exited the baseline and served directly. All five members of the Eagles, including Kwame Brown, counterattacked the fast break!

The Eagles' strategy was very direct. They tried their best to defend and play up the tempo. When the Lakers ran back to defend, the Eagles were already about to go down.

Rasheed Wallace was so brave. He threw the ball towards the center line with a group of people rushing forward, and Liu Mang actually caught it! Only with two brave people could he do it

Think of a quick attack like this.

Liu Mang received the ball at the midline and rushed to the top of the arc outside the opponent's three-point line. He seemed to be chasing a three-pointer. Malone and Kobe double-teamed him. At this time, Kwame Brown made a cut and rushed in from the left. Liu Mang

Throw the ball towards the basket...

Kwame Brown made a violent alley-oop! Returned one!

O'Neal has just entered the three-point line! This time the Hawks' counterattack was so fierce that the Lakers, who had adapted to the slow-paced and grinding style of play in the first two games, suddenly couldn't adapt!

In particular, Rasheed Wallace actually dared to pass the ball into the crowd. No one on the Lakers team expected it.

In the first round of the confrontation, the two teams played two completely different rhythms.

Faced with such a fierce counterattack by the Hawks, the Lakers were overwhelmed and resolutely followed Kobe's instructions to lower the tempo. On the defensive end, Kobe was still very capable. After all, he was the youngest defensive team. The Hawks' fast break just now

It's really amazing.

The Lakers' offense is still on the back foot this time, and the two giants on the inside continue to attack. The last time it was O'Neal, this time it was Malone's turn. Malone has a huge weight. He still maintains such a heavy weight at the age of 41, and he can still maintain his condition. Facing

Rasheed Wallace took on such an opponent without hesitation. After playing the first four games, he already had sufficient experience in guarding against Malone.

Just when Rasheed Wallace was worried about Malone's iron elbow, Malone suddenly turned over and made a floater. The basketball circled around the basket and hit!

In the last meeting, the Eagles were caught off guard by a counterattack. This time, the Lakers retreated very quickly. The enthusiasm mobilized by Zen Master allowed the Lakers players to do a good job in returning to defense at the beginning. They just didn't expect it just now.

When Rasheed Wallace actually passed the ball into the crowd, they paid great attention to this point of defense when they returned to defense. Rasheed Wallace didn't stupidly want to do it a second time. He was honest.

After actually passing the ball to Liu Mang, the Eagles also fell into a positional battle.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! If you have a chance, counterattack to speed up. If there is no chance to counterattack, just play steadily to maintain a certain success rate. It doesn't matter if you strike hard, the opponent will be stronger. The main thing is to reduce the error rate.

To deal with the Lakers who are fully defensive, the Hawks have gained rich experience in the past two games. That is to say, they can only use more fierce defense to fight against the Lakers, and cut their heads on the offensive end to compete with the Lakers.

Already.

On the Lakers side, although Kobe did not take the initiative to organize the offense today, he did not grab the ball and shoot blindly. Although they still played one by one, when Malone, O'Neal and even the substitute Wang Zhizhi had the opportunity to play in singles, he

Don't rush to take action, let them fight first, and when they are tired, Kobe will come again.

However, it doesn't matter whether Kobe is willing to organize the offense well or unwilling to organize the offense well, whether Kobe wants to steal the shot or return the shot to his teammates.

Even in the only game the Lakers won, Kobe played well and organized the offense well. The Lakers' offense was not much better. It's just that Kobe played well and allowed the OK team to keep scoring. But the Lakers as a whole

The offensive efficiency is still very poor, because the Hawks' defense is no worse than the Lakers.

Today, the Lakers maintained the same defense as in the previous two games. Kwame Brown tried his best to consume O'Neal, and Kobe attacked with the ball from the outside. They conducted the most ferocious defense against Kobe. The Lakers' offensive efficiency was in addition to O'Neal and Malone scoring consecutively in the beginning.

Three goals away, the back fell straight down.

And when the Eagles attacked, finally, in this finals, it was the Eagles' turn to break out!

After Malone hit a floater, Prince relied on Liu Mang to attract double-teams from Payton and Kobe at the beginning. Prince made the first three-pointer in the finals!

From the beginning of the Eastern Conference Finals, Prince's three-pointers were ridiculously poor. It was also one of the important reasons why the Eagles couldn't open up the offensive end in the first two games when the Lakers were very active on defense. It was even the most important reason.

One of the reasons.

Although Prince is only a catcher and pitcher on the offensive end, when the catcher and pitcher cannot make a shot, the opponent is equal to 5 defenses and 4 defenses, just like the Eagles ignored Payton's 4 defenses and 3 defenses against the Lakers except O'Neal.

The other three players on the field are the same.

Finally, after getting the match point, Prince's touch came!

After Malone hit a floater, Prince scored a three-pointer. After O'Neal hit his second single hook shot, Prince scored two three-pointers in a row, forcing Payton to go back and defend Prince.

When Liu Mang couldn't be double-teamed, the Lakers' defense was good, but it couldn't stop Liu Mang and Kwame Brown from playing pick-and-rolls!

Prince can make the shot, and the Hawks' offensive movement comes alive. Liu Mang and Kwame Brown play pick-and-rolls, and Malone is naturally the one to defend the pick-and-roll. O'Neal has to move back and forth between the baseline and the basket.

Consume physical energy.

In the third and fourth games, O'Neal lasted so long on the defensive end because he didn't have to run back and forth from the bottom line and the basket like he did in the first and second games. Payton and Kobe flanked Liu Mang, and Liu Mang couldn't beat him.

The pick-and-roll makes O'Neal's defense relatively easy.

But this time, O'Neal can only run. In this way, either Rasheed Wallace has a three-point chance, or Kwame Brown has a chance to cut and dunk. If Devin Brown actively

Shrinking, Rahim also has mid-range shooting opportunities and air-cutting opportunities.

Although the Lakers still maintained their defensive enthusiasm in the first two games at the start, Liu Mang and Kwame Brown's pick-and-roll increased the Eagles' offensive success rate by four to five percentage points, which will make the Eagles

The team's shooting percentage reached 40%.

But that's enough!

In the third game, the Lakers had Kobe Bryant who played well. In the first half, when the Eagles also struggled to defend, they could only lead by 3 points at the end of the half. The offensive efficiency of the two teams in the first half was

Almost the same, the strength of the two teams is about the same. Of course, this is when Kobe plays a reasonable performance.

Now, when the Eagles faced the Lakers' defense that was similar to the first half of the previous two games, they increased their shooting percentage to 40%. On the Lakers' side, when O'Neal was in good physical condition at the beginning, he made a few hard shots and ended up with it.

After that, the offensive efficiency suddenly plummeted, and even the shooting percentage in the first two games was less than 356%. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers' shooting percentage was only 34%!

A shooting percentage of six percentage points does not seem like a lot, but as the game progressed, the Eagles gradually opened up the score bit by bit.

After the first quarter, the Eagles led the Lakers by 6 points, 24-18!

Finally, the Eagles scored in a single quarter in the first quarter, and finally returned to normal performance! Liu Mang didn't do well in scoring in the first quarter. He didn't have any good scoring opportunities in the past two games. In the third game, he

He was able to score more than 30 points all by taking shots and throwing himself into the air and committing early fouls. In the past two games, the Lakers' defense against him was very successful. In the last game, they only lost to Kobe.

Leading by six points in the first quarter, Liu Mang was replaced and had a rest. Coach Kruger wanted to change the rhythm in the second quarter. After the first quarter, the opponent gradually became accustomed to the current rhythm. Coach Kruger now takes the initiative.

I don’t want the other party to get used to the rhythm.

Coach Kruger replaced Stockton and Boozer, changing the pick-and-roll rhythm from Liu Mang and Kwame Brown's basket attack style to a shooting style.

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After the break, the rotation lineups of the two teams came on. The Lakers, who were only 6 points behind, were still very motivated to make a comeback. Seeing Stockton and Boozer coming up, the Lakers' thoughts and ideas

Like Coach Kruger, he thought the Eagles were going to start shooting first.

However, Stockton played this game completely as the last game of his career. In the second quarter, Boozer, Prince, Barnes, and Ostertag came on the field.

The first ball came up, and he rushed to the basket and caused O'Neal to foul!
To be continued...