During the warm-up before the game, Liu Mang was very active in practicing sniping, and his weird shooting posture attracted bursts of laughter.

But Liu Mang doesn't care so much. Generally speaking, the shooting rate of the sniper shot is not as good as that of normal shooting, but it is a shooting action that Liu Mang now has a strong offensive move.

If you can practice this trick to the point where Harden or Pierce can easily shoot the ball at their fingertips, your offense will be stronger.

However, it seems that the Spurs staff did not prepare many balls before the game. The Hawks only had a few balls. Liu Mang could only throw them once, then pick them up and continue to throw them. It was awkward.

Those who drive tractors are stingy! Alexander, who is still the poorest boss in the league, will not begrudge this little money.

Liu Mang kept shooting, and one shot hit the basket and bounced high. Liu Mang ran in to catch it...

He grabbed the rebound with one big hand, then turned around and hit the board with a long-range mid-range shot.

Huh? When will our team have an inside guy who can shoot mid-range shots?

Liu Mang turned around and looked, Damn! Poker face!

Duncan saw Liu Mang staring at him, raised his right hand and waved, as if to say hello.

Liu Mang didn't react. This was his own half. Why did this poker face come here? He subconsciously waved his hand.

At this time, Rahim came over and directly pushed Duncan out of his own three-point line: "Go back to your side for basic skills!"

Raheem is no longer muddling along like before. Now his love for basketball is getting stronger and stronger, and he pays more and more attention to the difference between opponents and teammates!

Basic Skills is Duncan's nickname in the United States. Since entering the NBA, Duncan has basically mastered all skills except free throws and three-pointers, and he is proficient in them, including dribbling from the outside and organizing offense.

Then, Duncan just walked back without saying anything or showing any expression.

Liu Mang looked at the Spurs. It turned out that not only did they have fewer balls, but the Spurs didn't have enough balls either!

Because the Spurs' home stadium is not their training facility. They have always rented an NFL stadium. They started raising funds for their own stadium in 1993 and only started to repair it last year. It will be put into use next season. So, probably, this is the only stadium here.

Prepared a dozen balls!

Since he didn't talk much, his teammates probably didn't know that Duncan wanted to practice shooting, and he probably couldn't grab the ball if he wasn't given the ball. So, Duncan ran to the Hawks to rub the ball.

Liu Mang watched Duncan go back to the left and stand there, no one paid attention to him. He swayed to the right and still no one passed the ball to him. He didn't know what to say... As expected, tractor drivers are too stingy!

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A team's playing style and temperament are likely to affect a team's external image, and it will also be affected at the same time.

The Spurs play like an army, and the players themselves have also developed an inaccessible temperament, giving others a feeling that they are not easy to mess with. Popovich and others are not loved by the media at this stage, except for San Antonio.

Except for reporters and reporters from Atlanta, there was surprisingly no media from other TV stations or magazines to interview me.

It is completely different from the future team composed of a group of guys who are not doing their job properly and will be chased and interviewed by the media every day.

Just like that, the pre-game activities ended and the game began.

The Eagles continue to field a combination of Dean Grove, Jason Terry, Raheem, Muhammad, and Ratliff.

The Spurs fielded a lineup of Tony Parker, Steve Smith, Bruce Bowen, Tim Duncan, and David Robinson.

Just looking at this lineup, I really can’t tell how they got such a good record. Parker averaged 7 points and 3 assists per game, Steve Smith averaged 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists per game, and Bowen averaged 7 points and 3 rebounds per game.

Guard Robinson averages 12 points and 8 rebounds per game.

Except for Duncan, who averaged 26 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 2.7 blocks per game, the other four players only looked at statistics and were surrounded by the Hawks.

Just look at it this way, even if the Spurs have Duncan, the favorite for regular season MVP this season, the Hawks will not be afraid of the Spurs.

But the Hawks still dare not slack off at all, and are even preparing to be more serious and arduous, because so far this season, the Spurs have 10 players averaging 7 points or more per game!

Popovich's team of role players did not only exist in the later fast break era, but existed from the beginning! Popovich will only change the tactical system according to the changes of the times. From the beginning, Popovich

Qi is a master at finding substitutes, but at this stage, the Spurs' record is scary, and Duncan feels ridiculously strong, but the game is ugly and not so many fans are paying attention.

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the sky.

David Robinson, who is known as the lucky version of Howard who is seven or eight centimeters taller, can jump better than Ratliff even at the age of 36, and can easily win the jump ball.

Then the Spurs started to press the pace.

Parker slowly controlled the ball, advanced slowly, and crossed the half court under the eight-second violation.

After waiting for thirteen or four seconds, the first ball was handed to Duncan, who took the ball and hit Muhammad alone.

Everyone opened up and Duncan played in isolation. This was the Spurs' first tactic.

Although David Robinson scores a lot in the paint and is strong at the basket, he is a master of mid-range shooting. Muhammad was seven or eight centimeters shorter than him when he was guarding him, so Ratliff had no choice but to pull him out.

Then, I saw Muhammad being knocked into the basket by Duncan three or two times and then dunked from behind!

So cruel!

Duncan, who has not yet been seriously injured, is known as the flying devil who came out of Wake Forest University! The perfect combination of strength, speed, explosive power and jumping!

He looks expressionless and doesn't seem to be doing anything big, but what he does is like a beast!

Muhammad felt like he had met O'Neal again, and the feeling of a head-on confrontation was even scarier than meeting O'Neal!

When playing against O'Neal, you knew he was going to knock you in and dunk, but when playing against Duncan, you didn't expect that he would do this at all, and then you were knocked flying!

Liu Mang's mouth turned into an O shape again on the sidelines. Last time it was O'Neal, this time it's Duncan!

In Liu Mang's impression, Duncan was the evil devil who stood still and jumped up to dunk and was blocked by the basket. He touched Ginobili's head and absorbed the young life of his teammates to replenish himself.

"Look at Duncan's abilities."

"Ding...Tim Duncan, ability value 105, speed 85, strength 99, mid-range shot 85, layup 95, blocks 89..."

"Ding...Tim Duncan's passive talent skill detected: Born King Level 5 (not unique)."

"A born king: a player who is destined to become the king of basketball. His basketball dominance will accompany him throughout his career. Until he retires, he will be the number one player in his position."

"Ding... Tim Duncan's nature detected: Buddha nature."

"Buddha nature: an absolutely calm player. It comes from Tim Duncan who majored in psychology in college and received a bachelor's degree in psychology. Characteristics: excessive calmness."

"Excessive calmness: Being too calm makes it difficult for the team led by Tim Duncan to have emotional changes. If it encounters an opponent whose strength is stronger than his team, it is difficult for the weak to defeat the strong."
Chapter completed!