Liu Mang rushed to the inside, and outside Jason Terry used Iguodala's pick-and-roll to get into the open space. After Liu Mang attracted a double-team from Bowen who was guarding Iguodala, he distributed the ball to Jason Terry.

Jason Terry took a step to the mid-range to avoid Parker's cover shot and scored two points.

Looking back, Ginobili passed the ball to Bunch Wells. The big stick was carrying Josh Smith and he squeezed Josh Smith away. He took a step to the basket and used Duncan to block Mourning's throw.

Two points down.

The point difference still remained at 5 points, and the Spurs steadily maintained an advantage between 3 and 6 points.

In the second quarter, the Spurs sent out a lineup of Parker, Ginobili, Bowen, Bunch Wells, and Duncan.

The lineup sent by the Hawks is Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Mourning.

Originally, the Eagles wanted to play with one senior and four juniors, but relied on the impact of Liu Mang and Jason Terry to take the lead in the second quarter.

Unexpectedly, Popovich actually put Bunch Wells at the power forward position!

This is the first time this season that the Spurs have placed Bunchy Wells at the power forward position. The Eagles coaching staff has studied all the games the Spurs have played against strong teams this season and has never made such a substitution.

Bunch Wells used to play small forward with the Trail Blazers and shooting guard with the Grizzlies.

Putting a 1.96-meter player at the power forward position, Popovich faced the most rogue head coach in the world and played an even more rogue game.

And it worked wonders!

Bunch Wells beat Josh Smith one by one, and the rebounds even flew up.

The Eagles sent out such a lineup in order to play fast and speed up the fast break, but the Spurs were able to keep up with the defense after putting on this lineup!

The main reason is that the Spurs took the lead in the first quarter, and the Hawks were very passive. The new players added to the Spurs have been playing for half a season. Popovich will not allow instability factors to remain for such a long time.

For example, the big dog two years ago was still arrogant, so he was immediately DNPed. It was very decisive, so the Spurs' lineup has been well integrated.

In addition, the Spurs play a stable style and have three cores. One person can take turns as the tactical core for 16 minutes. The other two will not be dissatisfied because they don't have the ball. Whoever is in good condition can control the ball more.

This is the scariest thing about the Spurs, their selflessness on the field!

Ginobili is in good condition today, so Ginobili holds the ball more often and does not hesitate to have the ball. When the role players perform well, he gives it to the role players.

When the Eagles attack, the Spurs quickly return to defense and try to defend as much as possible. In this lineup, Duncan is working as a blue collar for Bonchy Wells, wiping the defensive holes of Bonchy Wells in the paint.

, surprisingly, one person covered the threats of Josh Smith and Mourning at the basket.

On the offensive end, the Spurs require stability. No matter how fast the Hawks increase their offensive speed, when they attack, they must play steadily and achieve success.

Originally, this style of play was not a good strategy for the Spurs when they met the Hawks, but Popovich did not expect that Ginobili would go on a rampage so early today. Although Ginobili's statistics are average this season,

But he often goes berserk, and every time he goes berserk, his performance is at the MVP level, but it doesn't last long, and there is a clear gap between him and a real superstar. He is like a super neurotic knife, the big brother among neurotic knives.

But some advantages were established at the beginning, so Popovich, who believed that winning by one point was enough, changed the lineup and ensured the rhythm.

However, a very interesting thing about the Spurs' encounter with the Hawks this time is that Bowen is only responsible for the three-pointers from the corner on the offensive end, and the defense does not guard the Hawks' two top scorers, but makes up the defense inside.

The work of assisting defense.

Liu Mang is also famous for being "evil" in the NBA. Whoever wants to plot against him or do evil things to him will suffer the consequences.

Although Bowen can still play now, he only plays a "deterrent" role on the court. Of course, his defensive awareness and enthusiasm allow him to do a good job in assisting defense and double-teaming to supplement defense.

Seeing Wells score another ball, Liu Mang took a deep breath and called a timeout.

So stable!

Mourning and Kwame Brown are both good at dealing with O'Neal, but there is really nothing they can do against Duncan. This guy is too stable.

Just like Duncan adjusts his style of play every year as his abilities change to maintain the stability of his strength, the Spurs have a star like Duncan, and Popovich has a guarantee in his heart, so he can follow the current team situation.

Reinforcements were made around the troika to achieve stable performance as always.

There were 3 minutes and 17 seconds left in the second quarter, 46 to 51, and the Eagles were still 5 points behind.

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The Eagles began to adjust their lineup. Coach Kruger replaced Mourning with Rasheed Wallace, but Kwame Brown also did not replace him.

So far in Mourning's career, he has never gotten any advantage from a match with Duncan. In his rookie season, Duncan always played according to the situation when he met Mourning.

In the late 1990s, both of them were superstars, but there is still a big difference between superstars and superstars. Some people get 100 points because they have the ability, and some people get 100 points because they only have one test paper.

percentage……

After playing the first six years of his career, Duncan was almost unshakable as the number one power forward in history, but there is a huge gap between Mourning and Duncan.

Kwame Brown was also defeated when he met Duncan. Duncan is so powerful. At the age of 37, he can beat Howard for free. Against Kwame Brown, who has similar offensive methods, Duncan completely suppressed Kwame Brown.

Coach Kruger discussed with Liu Mang and Mike Woodson and used Rasheed Wallace to play center and Josh Smith to stay on the court.

On the outside, Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Tracy McGrady, Josh Smith, and Rasheed Wallace played together.

The Spurs replaced Udrih, Ginobili, Barry, Bunch Wells, and Duncan.

With the two major shooters, Ginobili and Duncan, and the big stick Bunch Wells, the Spurs maintained strong offensive vitality and defensive mobility.

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Liu Mang received McGrady's serve and advanced to the frontcourt. Jason Terry and McGrady took turns playing singles for more than a quarter and a half. Facing the Spurs' aggressive defense, their physical fitness began to decline. Now they mainly help Liu Mang lead the way.

On defense, the two are the Eagles' biggest threats besides Liu Mang.

Liu Mang played 21 minutes and scored 18 points. This time he was responsible for the offense.

After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he observed the Spurs' defense and couldn't help but sigh that a team has a great impact on a player's defense, just like Jason Terry's defense improved after Liu Mang joined the Hawks.

He is more and more active. Although his defensive effect is average, he is active and can at least help a little, allowing his teammates to have the opportunity to attack his weakness of poor defense.

This is the case for the Spurs. Barry is okay. He can't defend alone, but he is similar to Korver. He is highly motivated and has excellent assist defense ability. But when Bunchy Wells came to the Spurs, although his defensive ability is not good, he is very active in switching defenses. Udrih

He doesn't play like a rookie at all, and he's still directing defensive moves on the outside.

This is the so-called team culture, and the Eagles have been building a culture in this area so that new players who join in the future can be immediately affected by the culture.

Liu Mang's strong mid-range shot today was average. He had Duncan at the basket. If he shot a three-pointer from the outside, his shooting percentage was okay, but the chance of being interfered with and not scoring was still high. Ginobili's height was there, and he was in the paint inside.

There is no advantage in rebounding when Kwame Brown is away.

Liu Mang chose to use a pick-and-roll and waved Josh Smith to come out to block Ginobili.

Just when Liu Mang caught Josh Smith's pick-and-roll and was about to go inside, Bunch Wells appeared in front of Liu Mang.

When Josh Smith saw the opponent's defense switch, he immediately cut inside and took Ginobili away.

Liu Mang faced Bunch Wells and had to ask a question in his head: "Hey, you are so good, your salary must be at least 10 million, right? I am getting more than 12 million this year."

"Ten million?" Da Bangzi's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Liu Mang saw that Bunch-Wells was absent-minded, and saw that Bunch-Wells' body was slightly tilted to the left to prevent him from breaking through on the right. Liu Mang kicked his right foot and rushed in from the left, from Bunch-Wells.

Wells rushes into the center from the right!

Rasheed Wallace saw Liu Mang's breakthrough and immediately pulled out to the outside, trying to take away Duncan. However, the Spurs' defense was very organized. Duncan stuck to the basket, and Bunch Wells came to his senses and came at him.

Rasheed Wallace made up for it and blocked Rasheed Wallace from catching the ball and making a mid-range shot. Ginobili saw Duncan going to block Josh Smith and immediately turned back to guard Liu Mang.

A nearly perfect defensive rotation! It made Mike Woodson on the Eagles bench draw a pen on the board.

Liu Mang couldn't pass the pass to Josh Smith, so he could only accelerate to the inside and get into the basket. Ginobili and Duncan attacked together. There was no chance to pass the ball from the outside, and he couldn't get in from the inside. His footsteps were blocked by two people.

When it didn't work, Liu Mang got angry and threw himself into Duncan's arms. He leaned on his left shoulder and waited. He grabbed the ball with his right hand and faced the basket sideways. He used his left foot as hard as possible to take off on one foot...

"Ding... the golden rooster is independently triggered at level 4. This time the host takes off on one foot to reduce resistance to interference, and the jumping height of one foot increases by 20%..."

Liu Mang did not expect that the effect of the golden rooster being independently digitized by the system and added to his body could be used at this time!

The feeling of this jump was so good, just like the feeling when Kwame Brown did not dare to make too much physical contact during training. Liu Mang swung the ball with his right hand from bottom to top and threw it towards the basket.

Little sky hook!

The inside skills Liu Mang learned from Magic’s star card in the summer!

Just when Liu Mang felt very good throwing the ball, and the sound of the ball hitting the basket and falling into the net was heard, a crisp slap came...

The fans at the scene were booing Liu Mang. Seeing this scene, a group of people seemed to have guns stuffed into their mouths, and the scene suddenly became quiet.

Liu Mang looked in astonishment at the nosebleeds spurting out of Duncan's nose, who looked expressionless as if he wasn't in any pain at all, and the blood on the palm of Ginobili's left hand...

A master at catching bats can be equally powerful when slapped in the face!

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Just now, Duncan and Ginobili were ready to cooperate defensively, but Duncan didn't dare to take action, so he used his body to hold Liu Mang up and let Ginobili, who was extremely physical, block the shot. Ginobili also jumped up.

, but the hand that slapped out slapped Duncan's face from top to bottom, hitting the bridge of his nose!

At this moment, Liu Mang saw that Duncan's nose was bleeding, but his face had no expression, as if he was not the one who was being beaten.

Is this still human?

Stone monster!

The referee's whistle sounded. It was not a foul or a timeout, but the league's new rules since Magic Johnson's illness. When encountering open wounds, vomiting blood, or nosebleeds, the ball needs to be stopped for treatment and blood stains removed.

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The team doctors came up and took Duncan to the side to stop the bleeding. The bridge of his nose was not broken, but the capillaries were broken, and it stopped quickly.
To be continued...