Chapter 345

According to the Boston Globe, on the night of April 10, 2002, in a nightclub not far from Boston, the head of the Eagles Sherif Raheem and Jason Terry had an argument because of a woman, and it spread to the nightclub. There was a quarrel over the status of the team, and another quarrel occurred during the team training, which caused a team conflict and was suspended by the team for one game.

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Pierce clenched his fists angrily when he saw the news, that rookie!

"Oh... what luck! After winning the Eagles, the next three opponents will be easy to fight. Paul, we have a chance to come to second place!" Walker said excitedly.

"..." Pierce was instantly discouraged, looking at Walker, are you really stupid or... well, really stupid.

Being regarded as a gunner to deal with someone else's strongest opponent is really uncomfortable, but Pierce can't help it. His strength is not as good as his opponent, so he can only be led by the nose by his opponent.

And even if the fans know it, even the Celtics fans, not only may they not be angry, but they will also thank the Eagles.

Those who are familiar with the inside story of the Eagles team, for example, those who saw the tactics set up by Liu Mang at the All-Star Weekend and the two teammates on the same team played supporting roles, had little playing time and did not complain, all know that this kind of thing is wrong. possible.

The local fans in Atlanta will not believe this kind of news. Everyone knows how interesting the Eagles' home game is and how united the local fans are.

But this is not the era of abundant information in the future. If a coach or player of a team opens his mouth to tease a player in the team, it will be regarded as a quarrel like the Bucks, because there are not many channels at this time. You can get to know the players and how an event happened. There are not even many live broadcasts of the game, and the media sometimes adds fuel to it.

Therefore, the news that many places usually see is the internal discord of the Eagles, Liu Mang's various competitions for the ball, and the lone wolf's style of play. Liu Mang is notorious outside of Atlanta.

Like Raheem and Jason Terry, they now score about the same, and Jason Terry ranks first in the Hawks in terms of shots, averaging 18.6 shots per game, compared to Raheem's 16 and Liu Mang's 13.2.

Celtics head coach Jim O'Brien believed it.

In fact, whether Coach O'Brien believes it or not, it doesn't make much difference. Some head coaches go for the championship, and some just want to cling to the coaching position.

Coach O'Brien, who just took over the Celtics last year, only won 24 wins in his first season. He can be called Alexander. Who knows that this year will turn around, and the third place in the Eastern Conference is as stable as Mount Tai. The 76ers collapsed as soon as they said it. His handsome position The situation is stable, if he can get the second place in the East in the regular season, the next contract will be settled.

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It's time for the game to start again, Pierce is dribbling the ball and thinking, who can recruit in the summer, O'Neal? Garnett? Duncan?

The three brothers with the top three active players in the NBA all had contracts that expired in at least 2004, O'Neal expired in 2005, and Duncan expired in 2007.

Garnett's contract that led to the suspension of the NBA was as high as 28 million in the final year of the 03-04 season, second only to Jordan's salary. Pierce felt stunned when he thought about it.

"Hey, Paul..." Liu Mang reappeared beside Pierce just in time.

"Bastard, go away!" Pierce reacted very quickly this time, and angrily pushed Liu Mang out of his side.

The fans at the North Shore Garden Stadium couldn't help laughing when they saw this scene. Celtics fans said it was a relief today. The two strongest players on the opposite side were suspended. They can say that they have a good hand in this game. It is very easy to use mentality watching the game.

Heck, Liu Mang went back to his own half court to practice shooting, and he couldn't even chat for a day. He deserved to spend a few years in the lottery every year.

The fans were even more delighted to see Liu Mang shooting the ball resentfully, and then they were even more delighted to see the two men in suits with sullen faces on the sidelines. They had a chance to be second in the Eastern Conference!

Raheem and Jason Terry were sombre and silent on the sidelines, reassuring Celtics fans that the Hawks' infighting was real.

Celtics fans are even imagining that if the Eagles kill the Raptors or Pacers in the first round, beat the Pistons in the second round, and then lose to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, they will be able to join the Lakers in the finals and reproduce the golden age. The glory of the Green War.

Then the Lakers lost their fighting spirit after two consecutive championships, and were killed by their Celtics.

The script Celtics fans have thought about it, and they are happy.

What are the two eaglets of the Eagles thinking at this time?

Jason Terry: "Why is this rookie able to go up? It would be great to change buddies to go up and brush data! This rookie is so good, you can't get a few points for him with unlimited fire."

Raheem: "Damn! Brother, my salary is very high, okay! One hundred and thirty thousand yuan a game! Can you think of a better reason! Just for the Nets?"

Yes, the Nets, who were watching the national live broadcast at this time, were extremely happy!

It's just that ESPN is desperate. They see that this is one of the key battles between the Celtics and the Nets for the second place in the Eastern Conference, so they put the two games between the Eagles and the Celtics and the day after tomorrow against the Nets. It was overbroadcast, and as a result, the two Eagles were suspended for infighting!

ESPN's sad reminder and the very excited Nets are on their own. For the Eagles, Liu Mang started a difficult journey to score points.

In the opening game, the Eagles mainly played defense. Dean Grove, Emmanuel, Chris Crawford, Muhammad, Ratliff, this lineup was worse than the original starting lineup without Raheem's single defense Points, but the team defense is similar, Ratliff and Muhammad are good at defending the basket and actively assisting in defense.

The score was 7-9 when Liu Mang played halfway through the quarter, and the Eagles trailed by two points, giving the Celtics no chance to easily open the score.

Muhammad and Ratliff played today. After Liu Mang came on the field, the pick-and-roll breakthrough and his own scoring were a little easier. At the beginning of the game, he played three consecutive shots. Points go to Muhammad who cuts in, Ratliff blocks Tony Batty under the basket, and Muhammad dunks with an air cut to score two points.

Afterwards, it became more difficult for Liu Mang to score. The opponent began to shrink. Liu Mang passed to Emmanuel and Chris Crawford. Crawford is called cheating, a big white guy with a lot of tendons and a heart that white people can fly, but he doesn't have Barry's precise shooting.

The Eagles' offense began to stalemate, and they could only rely on Liu Mang's strong shots and second rebounds at the basket to slowly score points.

But the Celtics are not much better. Although the Eagles are going to lose strategically, they can't lose too badly. It definitely won't work like last time. After all, all three main players have played, so They are defending very carefully. Since the Celtics defended so tightly, the Eagles fought back. Chris Crawford went to fight Pierce, and Emmanuel went to stick to Antoine Walker. You can shoot three-pointers against the defense, and you will be surrounded by a bunch of people when you enter the paint. Liu Mang went to follow Kenny Anderson, a point guard shooter.

This game turned into a defensive battle! A lot of physical contact, a lot of physical friction.

The referee is especially cautious about the Eagles game. There is a rookie who has nothing to do all day long, so fouls are played very tightly.

In this way, even though the Eagles have been at a disadvantage, falling behind by four or five points, Liu Mang is happy! Keep getting to the free throw line.

After three quarters, the Eagles trailed the Celtics by seven points 59-66.

Liu Mang scored 24 points and 5 assists. Except Liu Mang scored 14 points for fouling, made two three-pointers, hit two layups, and shot 4 of 12. The score is obtained by relying on the teammate's desperate rush to the basket and grabbing offensive rebounds for the second offense.

At the end of the quarter, Liu Mang wanted to go up to score 30+, but was pressed on the bench by coach Kruger, and sent a group of defensive coolies to fight hard.

Liu Mang is a little sad, the coach's play is still not good! No matter what, we have to act until the end! Is it easy for the young master to get 30 points!

In the end, the Eagles lost 77 to 87 away to the Celtics, and the "regret" of the five-game winning streak was ended.

After the game, coach Kruger blushed and said: Some people in the team are too ignorant, and they are thinking about some unknown things every day.

This criticism, this flushed face, people thought it was talking about Raheem and Jason Terry, that coach Kruger was angry because of the loss of this game and the conflict within the team...