Chapter 1125 1124. A Comforting Hug

On one side is the Hawks who are trying their best to get revenge, and Liu Mang who is frantically delivering ammunition to his teammates and using the opponent's disorganized defense to boost his teammates' offense.

On the other side is the Pacers whose three first-class stars only know how to play singles and whose three leading stars are ready to leave.

It seems normal that no TV station broadcasts this revenge game of the Hawks.

Just as the Hawks coaching staff expected, they are pressing the opponent.

The Pacers are not not fighting, they are all desperately brushing data.

Artest is thinking about pressuring steals, Stephen Jackson only dares to use his height to force a three-pointer against Liu Mang, and O'Neal is brushing points and blocks, with a hit rate of more than 30%, and he got 20 points and 4 blocks.

But even though O'Neal Jr. blocked as many as 4 shots in the third and a half quarters, he basically did not have any substantial interference with the Hawks' offense. To be honest, he only blocked five or six shots in the whole game, which did not fully reflect the role of the seventh-highest block average in the league. The top six players are all defensive gate players.

Usually, when Liu Mang organizes offense, he rarely holds the ball in his hands like a certain player who is obsessed with sewers and waits for teammates to have direct scoring opportunities before passing it out, but Liu Mang did that today!

Because as long as teammates run more and use more off-ball pick-and-rolls, it is easy to get the opportunity to directly attack the basket or shoot in open space. Liu Mang played for 37 minutes and held the ball for 14 minutes! That is, during the time Liu Mang was on the court, the Hawks held the ball for nearly 20 minutes, and Liu Mang's ball holding rate exceeded 70%...

More triple-double king than triple-double king!

Liu Mang took very few shots today. He played for 37 minutes and only shot 11 times. He made 4 of 11 shots, all of which were three-pointers. He couldn't shoot inside shots, but he couldn't pass the ball. He made 4 of 6 three-pointers and 4 of 6 free throws, scoring 16 points.

But he had 21 assists!

He didn't hide his assists at all, and he got 21 assists on the Pacers!

In the fourth minute of the fourth quarter, the Hawks opened the score to 107 to 85, a 22-point difference, and the Pacers surrendered.

Coach Carlisle didn't want to call a timeout in the second half, and it was useless to call it, but Coach Carlisle is indeed a good coach. He knows that players want to be traded to a better new team and need data, and he didn't angrily replace the players, but silently suffered losses. Maybe this is why he can cooperate with Cuban, who is known for his humanity, for more than ten years in the future.

In this game, Artest scored 23 points, O'Neal scored 20 points, Stephen Jackson scored 18 points and made 5 three-pointers, which is more than Liu Mang.

It seems that the "Big Three" scored 61 points together, which is pretty good.

However, Artest made 7 of 17 shots, O'Neal made 7 of 19 shots, Stephen Jackson made 6 of 16 shots, and 5 of 14 three-pointers...

Liu Mang kept brushing assists with the ball, and his appearance was not as ugly as these three brothers.

Even the news about the Hawks' seven consecutive wins after the game did not mention that Liu Mang's assists were brushed. People always need to be set off by their peers...

Liu Mang played 37 minutes and scored 16 points, 21 assists and 3 rebounds, raising his average assists per game to 11.5 times, strongly surpassing Steve Nash's 11.3 assists!

McGrady scored 12 points, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 steals, Iguodala scored 11 points and 1 block, Kwame Brown scored 13 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks, David Lee scored 16 points, Jason Terry scored 12 points, Korver scored 11 points, and Josh Smith scored 20 points and 6 rebounds...

Seven players of the Hawks scored in double figures, and they easily avenged the Pacers with a score difference of 120 to 99, 21 points!

After the game, Artest looked at the stadium. He knew that his playing time in this stadium was getting less and less. Even after the game was over, there were still fans booing and scolding him on the sidelines. Artest was used to it.

This season, after every home game, Artest would stay in the stadium to watch the stadium where he played at his peak. He knew that since that fight, everything could not go back.

The Pacers management needs to give an explanation to the fans. Larry Bird's current ruthlessness is to satisfy the team. Artest is actually very thoughtful.

No teammates communicated with Artest. The Pacers' bad situation now is because of Artest. At the beginning of last season, Artest, Stephen Jackson, and O'Neal seemed to be the perfect future of the Pacers. Now the three have not communicated for almost a year.

Moreover, because of the label of "violent element" on Artest's head, not many opponents paid attention to him, except Marbury, Odom... these players who were born in New York and entered the NBA at the same time.

Amid the boos of his own fans, Artest glanced at Reggie Miller's retired jersey hanging above the court. He knew that he was sorry for this big brother, but there was nothing he could do. Things were already like this. After retiring, Reggie Miller refused to accept the recruitment of the four major championship favorites, the Spurs, the Lakers, the Hawks, and the Heat. He insisted on retiring and would never win the championship.

"Ron."

When Artest was about to leave, he heard someone calling him.

Artest turned around and saw that it was Liu Mang. He asked in surprise: "Ace, what's the matter?"

"It's okay. I haven't hugged you today. Come, I'll give you a hug." Liu Mang opened his arms to Artest.

"Stinky boy, go to hell, you deserve a beating, right? I'm a terrorist who was banned for a season for fighting!" Artest laughed and scolded, and came up to hug Liu Mang.

There was not much communication. Liu Mang hugged Artest and left.

Liu Mang did not comfort Artest, but just gave him a hug.

Risking the hatred of the Pacers fans, Liu Mang did this. He felt that Artest might need this now, and Liu Mang might also need Artest in the future.

Liu Mang knew that the future NBA would be very different from the present and the past NBA, and it would never be wrong to have a good relationship with the stars.

Artest's strength was there, and the most important thing was that Artest's price was very cheap, and he was also a player who was very persistent in winning.

Artest watched Liu Mang turn and walk towards the player channel amid the boos of the fans who had not left the scene. He watched for a long time until Liu Mang's figure disappeared in the player channel, and then he turned and left.

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Liu Mang’s ball possession rate exceeded 70%, but it was not reported by the media. Instead, Liu Mang’s hug with Artest after the game was reported in the news.

Liu Mang looked at the rogue value brought by the hatred of more than 100,000 Indiana fans, and felt that Indiana fans really hated Artest!

Liu Mang didn’t care much about the criticism of him by the Indiana media. He didn’t care about that.

Before the All-Star Weekend, the Hawks still had 4 games, and Liu Mang was busy.

Moreover, the criticism was only responded by Indiana fans. ESPN, a media with a good relationship with Liu Mang, wrote something completely different, and wrote that Liu Mang’s hug with Artest after the game was close to caring for mentally retarded children...

The biggest news about this game was that Liu Mang averaged 11.5 assists per game!

Liu Mang's average score fell below 30 points. In recent times, Liu Mang's score has not been high, and his average score has dropped to 29.5 points. McGrady has a stable average of 20+ points. Liu Mang's assists have increased. McGrady's assists remain at 6 per game. McGrady averages 22 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists per game. Liu Mang averages 29.5 points, 11.5 assists and 6.9 rebounds per game.

The title of the strongest guard combination in history has become even louder!

The guard combination that takes turns to win the assist king is unique!

Many fans began to feel sorry for Nash. With an average of 11 assists per game, it seems that he may miss the assist king!

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The day after playing against the Pacers, the Hawks came to Milwaukee, where the Bucks, the last opponent of the four-game road trip, are located.

After a night's rest, the Hawks' away game against the Bucks will come soon on February 5.

There is not much time to prepare, just do it!

Compared to the Pacers' victory over the Hawks, the Hawks coaching staff also studied how to deal with the Pacers. This time, the Hawks played the Bucks with a pure hard fight!

There is really nothing noteworthy about the Bucks. The Bulls lost Eddy Curry, and the Pacers played so badly, but the Bucks still couldn't beat these two teams and were squeezed to ninth in the Eastern Conference.

Andrew Bogut, who claimed to be at the same level as Tim Duncan, became a target for all the inside players in the league.

Too arrogant!

Andrew Bogut actually regarded himself as a superstar of the era like Duncan, who squeezed Grant Hill and Scott Pippen to the second team in his rookie season!

The No. 1 pick is easy to be targeted, and Bogut is targeted even more. He averages 8 points and 7 rebounds per game now... A feeling of being neither water nor water permeates Bogut.

Kwame Brown and Mourning both showed their strength today. Kwame Brown played for 30 minutes and scored 22 points and 10 rebounds. Mourning played for 13 minutes and scored 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 blocks. Bogut didn't have much offensive means. He was miserably abused by Kwame Brown and Mourning, two defensive centers who targeted him... He played for 19 minutes and scored 3 points and 2 rebounds, and then never played again.

Reed watched Liu Mang play for 27 minutes and scored 30 points and 8 assists, and then went to rest. He felt so envious!

This season, Reed averaged 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game, entering his personal peak, but the team promised to choose a super powerful center for him. Reed looked at Bogut who scored 1 out of 6 and scored 3 points and 2 rebounds. Can this be called the Australian Duncan?

Even if Reed played 40 minutes per game, the Bucks' record was only 22 wins and 25 losses, the level of lottery champions.

In this game, Reed tried very hard, making 10 of 23 shots in three quarters, scoring 30 points and 6 rebounds, but the Bucks only scored 55 points in the first three quarters!