Duncan stepped to the free throw line, perhaps out of nervousness, and missed both of his usual free throws. He made both free throws, and O'Neal Jr. guarded the defensive rebounds.

In Duncan's free throws, he basically only made one of the two free throws. The efficiency of the extra free throws was a bit higher, with a hit rate of about 70%, which means the hit rate of the first free throw was quite high.

After the start of the second half, the Hawks committed the first four fouls. Except for Gortat's excitement at the beginning, the next three fouls were committed by Gortat or O'Neal when Duncan reached the scoring area and was about to take a shot.

In other words, the Hawks committed four fouls and the Spurs not only played four offenses. When Parker or Ginobili took a shot or passed to an open shooter, the Hawks were playing normal defense.

This made Duncan's uneasy feeling dissipate a lot. The other party just didn't want him to make a successful move.

From a tactical perspective, Duncan's feeling is indeed one of the goals Liu Mang wants to achieve. Duncan's reduction in touching the ball will inevitably have an impact on the Spurs' offense.

However, Liu Mang underestimated the influence of Duncan without the ball. Just like Liu Mang could easily get 10 assists under Rondo's care without holding the ball, as the number one player at the point guard and power forward positions, he

A strong candidate, if the two of them appear in a certain area without the ball in their hands, the opponent's defensive focus will shift towards that area.

Just like Liu Mang just runs around the basket to the left, if the point guard is not Rondo, McGrady or Jason Terry can easily play one-on-one in the high post on the right without worrying about being double-teamed. Duncan appears on both wings.

Due to the distance, the Spurs also made good use of the shift in the Eagles' defensive focus.

At the fifth minute of the third quarter, O'Neal Jr. fouled Duncan who was cutting in. After the Eagles' fourth foul in a single quarter, Liu Mang felt he had to do that!!

72 to 73, the Hawks are still one point behind. If they continue to be anxious like this, it will be too difficult to beat the Spurs with their stability!

Liu Mang felt the power of perhaps the strongest head coach in history. The Eagles pioneered certain styles of play, but Popovich used them and used them no worse than the Eagles!

Duncan continued to make one of two free throws, and made the first free throw again, but missed the second free throw. Liu Mang guarded the defensive rebounds, handed the ball to McGrady, and ran with Battier without the ball.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Liu Mang took advantage of McGrady's hand-off pass and took advantage of the pick-and-roll. Battier directly went around to block a three-pointer. Liu Mang stepped into the three-point line and took advantage of McGrady and Battier again.

Separated, facing Ginobili's defense, he shot a mid-range jumper...

Hit!

Liu Mang's mid-range touch was hot today! The Spurs did everything they could to defend three-pointers, but the mid-range defense could only be said to be okay. When they met the Three Eagles, their defense was really bad.

After Liu Mang made the shot, he clapped his hands and made a "five" sign. Gortat and O'Neal felt very ashamed. They had never done such a thing before, but the coaching staff all agreed. They could only do it in shame.

Prepare.

74 square meters!

With more than 6 minutes left in the third quarter, the two teams have already scored 74 points!

The Spurs scored 74 points without finishing three quarters, which shocked fans who were watching the Spurs play for the first time this season.

However, the position of the Eagles' players after the goal made fans even more confused... O'Neal Jr. and Gortat did not retreat!

The moment Duncan handed the ball to Parker and walked into the court, Gortat immediately went up and gave Duncan a loving hug.

In the last round, Duncan still had a fluke mentality, thinking that the Hawks just didn't want him to have a chance to shoot, so they fouled him when he received the ball and made a shooting motion. Now that Gortat was hugging him like this, Duncan immediately understood.

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here we go again!

Since the 2003-2004 season, Duncan's free throw shooting percentage has not exceeded 65%. Last season, it was 62%. This season, it is 61%. Duncan has always had a good mid-range shooting percentage.

, this season has reached a mid-range shooting percentage of 44%... However, Duncan's mid-range shooting point is between 30 degrees and 60 degrees based on the baseline, and 60 degrees to the front of the free throw line.

His shooting ability is mediocre, and his free throw shooting percentage is among the top insiders, only better than O'Neal.

But generally speaking, the head coach of the current team is very concerned about face and will not use shark-cutting tactics against DeAndre Jordan, who is just a pie-eating man, as he did 10 years later. Kwame Brown rarely encounters it.

Intentional fouls, the same goes for Duncan. At the beginning of the shark-cutting tactic, Nelson came up with a way to deal with O'Neal. Didn't anyone before Nelson think of committing a tactical foul on O'Neal? Obviously not, it's just that no one can lose that face. It's just that

Nelson set the precedent. Occasionally, teams will cut O'Neal, but it is not very common to cut O'Neal in the playoffs.

Cutting off Duncan is even rarer. There is only one team that doesn't care about these things at all and cuts them off whenever they want...

Moreover, this is not the first time that the Eagles have done this, there have been two precedents before!

The fans at the scene were stunned for a moment. This action was too obvious and shameless...

However, it is so normal for our own team. Although the fans at the scene feel ashamed, they are very excited. As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, but a concubine is worse than a steal... The key point of this sentence is "stealing". This does not only refer to that aspect, but

It refers to the additional "stolen" benefits that are most likely to make people excited when there are already good objective conditions.

If you can gain additional advantages by relying on shark-cutting tactics, this will certainly make fans excited.

The Hawks will directly defeat the Sharks in their first game of the season. Even a savvy player like Popovich would not have predicted this situation. Popovich would not have done this when the Lakers were at their peak.

Duncan is probably nervous. Of course, the main reason is that his free throw ability is really bad. Other players who have a 40% shooting rate in mid-range shooting basically have a free throw shooting rate of over 80%. Kobe, Yao Ming, Anthony, Iver

The same is true for Sen, Nowitzki, Liu Mang and others. Even O'Neal and Tracy McGrady have a free throw shooting rate of over 70%. Duncan alone has a free throw shooting rate of over 60%.

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Duncan seemed to have expected that he would miss the second free throw this time. The moment the ball hit the basket, Duncan jumped into the paint and wanted to take the shot himself, but O'Neal reacted quickly and swatted the ball away.

, the ball came into the hands of Jason Terry. At this time, Liu Mang rushed out from the position of grabbing the rebound like an arrow. Jason Terry passed the ball to Liu Mang.

The Spurs returned to defense very quickly. Parker and Battier caught up with Liu Mang. Jason Terry quickly came down, followed by Ginobili. Liu Mang rushed into the three-point line, and Battier and Parker compressed.

After reaching the free throw line, throw the ball to the right at a 45-degree angle...

Maddie has arrived!

McGrady caught the ball and shot a three-pointer...it went in!

77 to 74, the Eagles went ahead by 3 points!

The Spurs call timeout!

Popovich reacted quickly, but he has never been good at dealing with this kind of sudden reversal of the situation. All he can do now is to replace Duncan. Duncan also played half of the third quarter and played 21 in the first half.

minutes, which has exceeded the time the Spurs used Duncan in the first three quarters this season.

But if Duncan goes down...the Spurs system is half broken!

The Spurs' system, which is still immature, can play so well largely because of Duncan's containment.

Ginobili was racing for half of the first half of the second quarter. He is not the kind of player with great stability and often only races for a certain period of time in a game.

So, in the second half of the third quarter, the Spurs relied on Parker to carry the team alone...

For the Hawks, Liu Mang did not expect Popovich to be so decisive in replacing Duncan, but he did not miss the opportunity and replaced Marion and Kwame Brown, leading the team to a 15-9 victory.

A scoring blast in the first half of the game.

After three quarters, the Eagles led the Spurs by 9 points, 92-83, heading into the interquarter break!

The Spurs scored 83 points in three quarters, which is already surprising. The Hawks scored 92 points in three quarters against the Spurs...

Eagles fans have been enjoying the fun of "new era basketball", but when the fans in front of the TV saw this scene, they felt that the future was really coming, and even the Spurs were really focusing on offense!

Soon, the inter-quarter break ended, and the players from the two teams took the field to start the fourth quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, substitutes Brad Miller and Scola immediately started fouling Duncan.

In the third quarter, there was still a little bit of face to worry about, but they had already begun to use shark-cutting tactics, and they were losing face. The Eagles had no idea of ​​covering up, and just went straight to it!

With a strong sense of shame and excitement, the Eagles insider continued to send Duncan the warmest hug...

If Popovich is given time to prepare... Faced with this shameless behavior, there really is no good way to do it. Unless Duncan can maintain a free throw shooting rate of at least 70%, this situation is quite unsolvable.

What's more, Duncan's shooting percentage today was not to mention 70%. After Duncan stepped to the free throw line for the first time in the fourth quarter, he made another two free throws. He had already made 4 of 15 free throws!

Duncan is not good at leading the team to comebacks, especially relying on free throws, which he is least confident in, and he is even less confident in free throws.

What Popovich faces is a dilemma. Replacing Duncan will greatly damage his strength. Duncan is just like Liu Mang. I don’t know what the Hawks will do without Liu Mang, but the Spurs will be without Duncan.

They already experienced this in the playoffs of the 2000 defending season, falling directly from the championship team to being brutally beaten by the Suns.

With Duncan on the court, the opponent kept attacking. The key was that the opponent had too many insiders, and even Grant Hill and Finley, who came on the bench, were not ashamed to have close contact with Duncan.

It's easy to crack the Shark Cut. Duncan can be as accurate as O'Neal in making free throws at critical moments, but Duncan can't...

The shark tactic really stopped the rhythm on the court. Popovich also considered the shark tactic to counterattack, but when the Hawks used the shark tactic, they didn't substitute Kwame Brown or Rondo for two free throws.

For players with a low shooting percentage, Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady or Jason Terry alternately play unlimited singles in pairs. It is true that the efficiency is low, but at least it is more efficient than Duncan's free throw shooting...

At the fourth minute of the fourth quarter, Popovich was angry and stopped playing! The point difference was only 14 points. The Hawks led 103 to 89 by 14 points, but Popovich directly replaced the troika. He was so willful.

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In the end, the Hawks relied on Liu Mang's 28 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists, Tracy McGrady's 20 points, Jason Terry's 18 points, Scola, Finley, O'Neal Jr. and Grant Hill.

Scored 30 points, and the Hawks ended the Spurs' 9-game winning streak with a score of 123-108, a 15-point difference!

Duncan's performance in the first half was 15 7 4. His performance was very good, even surpassing Liu Mang's performance in the first half. However, he finished the game with just 22 points and 10 rebounds... There was not a single assist at the beginning of the third quarter... Duncan

8 of 24 free throws also blinded the titanium alloy eyes of nearly 20 million fans watching the live broadcast...

People have always known that O'Neal is bad at free throws and often performs like this. They have not noticed that Duncan also often performs like this. They have not noticed that he often makes 1 of 7 and 2 of 8 free throws. When this free throw shooting rate increases to 24 free throws,

When I was in 5th grade, I was particularly eye-catching...

When Liu Mang heard the final whistle, he was just about to show off when he suddenly heard the system prompt...
Chapter completed!