Chapter 522 521. You Are Targeting the Truth!

Jason Terry was still a little nervous when he played, but after a successful cooperation with Liu Mang, he seemed to have an epiphany.

In fact, I just want to understand that I am really not suitable for that kind of brain work. What do I want to do so much? Just play out my own characteristics. To take the blame, the key is to be smart.

Let Liu Mang do this kind of brainstorming, Jason Terry decided to play according to his own heart!

Liu Mang retreated to the bottom line, Jason Terry asked Raheem to pull outside the three-point line on the right, opened up all the space, and then beckoned Boozer to come out for a pick-and-roll!

After putting aside those miscellaneous thoughts, Jason Terry's head is easy to use. Since the opponent blocked his way of breaking through and organizing the offense, let's pick and roll! That kid does it when he can't open it.

Moreover, Raheem came beyond the three-point line, Eric Williams dared not come out, and Boozer came up to Jason Terry to block Delk. This pick-and-roll is much stricter than Liu Mang's pick-and-roll, Jason Terry went around the pick-and-roll and rushed to the free throw line. Delk got rid of Boozer and chased Jason Terry. Antoine Walker, who followed the chase and defended, almost missed!

At the same time, Boozer ran to the left corner to help Liu Mang block Pierce, Liu Mang cut inside, Jason Terry was blocked on the right side of the three-second zone, Ratliff stepped into the basket, Jia Sen Terry wants to pass to Ratliff and take advantage of Ratliff's height and wingspan to hit Vin Baker, but he feels that Ratliff is a bit unreliable when playing high and high, and Vin Baker's size looks Scary, a circle thicker than Ratliff, Ratliff is not necessarily crowded - Baker.

So Jason Terry voted himself! When the shot was made, he yelled a rebound!

Jason Terry saw that he was pinning his hopes on Boozer, expecting Boozer to cut to the basket at this time.

But when the shot landed, seeing Boozer entangled with Pierce in the bottom corner, Jason Terry felt cold, and he would have passed it to Ratliff if he knew it! At least Ratliff is tall enough, although unreliable, but at least stronger than himself and reliable...

Sure enough, the ball bounced on the neck of the basket. Ratliff pushed Wen Baker, but he didn't push it. Suddenly, Ratliff saw a figure rushing in, so Ratliff turned around without hesitation Antoine Walker and Delk stop.

Vin Baker was still fighting against Ratliff, but Ratliff withdrew his chair and nearly fell down. Thanks to his large tonnage, he just lowered his center of gravity and stood still, not as deadly as Ratliff. Pushing the opponent hard, he stood firm. At this time, Wen Baker was ecstatic, and he was about to accept another rebound happily!

Just when Vin Baker had judged where the ball landed, was about to take it down with his hand, and was looking at the basket eagerly waiting for the ball to fall, a figure appeared in his sight and directly pushed the ball back to the basket basket!

Liu Mang!

Liu Mang used Boozer's off-the-ball pick-and-roll to rush into the inside without hesitation for a supplementary dunk!

The Celtics called a timeout again, and Coach O'Brien felt something was wrong!

I can't help it!

It happened to be the official timeout time, and Coach O'Brien quickly called a timeout.

Liu Mang came up to high-five Boozer, and then ignored Jason Terry. Liu Mang opened his arms, imitating Jason Terry's signature move after scoring a goal, the jets started, and he ran to his bench.

The boos could not be heard at the scene, but the voices of hundreds of Liu Mang's fans covered up the temperless boos of nearly 20,000 people!

Like Coach O'Brien, Celtics fans are feeling bad.

Their own fans know the characteristics of their own team best. The characteristic of the Celtics is to widen the point difference at the beginning, grind the defense in the middle, Pierce and Antoine-Walker continue to play singles, and are slowly caught up by the opponent or even overtake. Towan Walker was basically useless, and Pierce went up to solve the game.

And the way to win this game, the Celtics fans and the Celtics coaching staff have the same idea, which is to use the pain of the Eagles' running-in period at the beginning to widen the point difference, but now, 6 minutes, 18 draws , Failed to suppress the Eagles at all!

Even, they were able to draw 18 with the Eagles, relying on Antoine Walker's very good start, and then relying on offense to tie the point difference!

Boozer watched Jason Terry chasing Liu Mang, who was playing the Jets, to beat Liu Mang but he couldn't catch up. Boozer couldn't help sighing, the little boss is amazing!

Boozer had accurately predicted the situation just now. He knew that he would be a mess on the inside if he rushed in with his size. Jason Terry didn't have Liu Mang's good pick-and-roll awareness, otherwise he just It can directly pass back to Boozer who is one step inside the three-point line.

So Boozer went to pick and roll for Liu Mang and let Liu Mang have a free time. Liu Mang yelled for the ball and Jason Terry would definitely give it to him, but he, a rookie, Jason Terry, didn't care.

I have to say that Boozer's judgment is correct. Jason Terry never thought of passing the ball to Boozer. If he didn't think of the offensive rebound at the end, he would have forgotten Boozer. , just like Liu Mang’s early rookie season was ignored, and Boozer is obviously far inferior to Liu Mang’s performance in his rookie season. There is still a clear gap between the performance of historical rookies like Liu Mang who averaged 20+ per game.

But Boozer didn't expect Liu Mang to rush in to make up the dunk! I didn't expect Jason Terry to vote like that!

For this ball, only Liu Mang understands Jason Terry. Boozer is very impressed with Liu Mang's understanding of his team's players!

At this moment, Boozer thought of many things, such as Liu Mang's emphasis on his mid-range shot, giving him the opportunity to play low singles, and trusting his one-on-one defense inside...

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During the official timeout, Jason Terry saw that his signature move was stolen by Liu Mang. He fought with Liu Mang for a while, and then returned to the bench to listen to the next tactical arrangement.

There must be a substitution. Ratliff is the key to the Eagles' start. A few minutes before Jason Terry was replaced, he relied on Ratliff's position advantage and used the second offense to score a lot of points. .

Now is the time for a replacement.

It's mainly about the defensive arrangement. It's the same as what the Celtics are worried about. Coach Kruger is worried about defense, and he thinks the same. They scored 18 points, and their opponents also scored 18 points. We have to find a way to limit the fat Toutuo will do.

The name Fat Toutuo, and other members of the Eagles also use this nickname to call Antoine Walker in private. It’s all because of a certain second-year player who used the nickname Fat Toutuo to call Antoine Walker during the team meeting. -Walker, others thought it was really vivid, and then followed suit.

Toutuo, that is, practicing monks.

Monks are not necessarily bald, but Chinese monks who come to the United States to spread teachings, that is, monks, must be bald. People from European and American countries have great influence, so in the eyes of European and American countries, monks are equal to monks, and monks are equal to bald heads.

It was a coincidence that Antoine Walker happened to be bald, and the rest of the Eagles thought that Liu Mang was a spoof of Antoine Walker and took this nickname.

Mike Woodson, the assistant coach in charge of defense, saw that Liu Mang was back, discussed with Liu Mang, and quickly made a decision to replace him.

Jason Terry and Liu Mang continued to partner at the back line, Prince and Raheem partnered at the front line, and Boozer went to the center position and played a small lineup.

Muhammad was not replaced because Boozer has a large tonnage, and the opponent has Wen Baker inside, and Muhammad must not be able to guard against it.

Muhammad didn't complain about his fewer roles. His statistics this year have dropped a lot, averaging 8 points and 8 rebounds per game, but he never complained. Instead, he taught Boozer a lot of rebounding skills and skills. Card position skills.

Muhammad has always been a player who puts the interests of the team first. Otherwise, the Thunder would not have given him a contract at the age of 40 and let him go back to guard the locker room. His personality does not match his appearance at all. He knows how to consider his teammates. Yes, he clearly saw that Boozer was far superior to his talent, so he didn't complain about the reduced playing time. It is his personality that can keep the statistics in the future. In the case of a championship team, the reason why they can still get a contract of more than 5 million for 10 consecutive years.

As a perennial substitute player, and a player who averaged 26 games and 5 minutes per game in the first three years of his rookie contract, and was waived before finishing the fourth year of his rookie contract, he can play 18 seasons and earn nearly 70 million With a salary of US dollars, Muhammad can be regarded as a miracle!

Who doesn't like a teammate like this?

Seeing that he was not replaced, Muhammad did not show any dissatisfaction, but cheered for his teammates loudly.

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Back from the timeout, the Celtics replaced Eric Williams with Kedrick Brown to strengthen their defense. The Celtics' lineup became Delk, Brown, Pierce, Antoine Walker, Wen Baker.

The Eagles lineup is Jason Terry, Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, and Boozer.

The Celtics are attacking and continue to find Antoine Walker. Taking advantage of Antoine Walker's good condition, they want to continue to beat him.

Raheem was ready to suffer the ravages of Antoine Walker inside, but Antoine Walker didn't go inside! Instead, ask for the ball directly outside the three-point line!

"NO..." Coach O'Brien couldn't help exclaiming in a low voice on the sidelines. Since the scene was loud, no one heard his cry, but his heart was about to collapse.

It's only been a few minutes of serious typing, and you feel tired?

As coach O'Brien thought, Antoine Walker was indeed tired.

I hit Boozer twice just now, and I made 1 of 2 shots. It looks pretty good, but Antoine Walker feels too tired playing inside, so why bother.

And the official timeout just now was long, Antoine Walker ran to the technical desk to look at his statistics, hey, he already had 3 assists, and he made 4 of 6 shots, but only 1 of 3 pointers, hit The rate is so high, vote more!

When Delk saw Antoine Walker asking for the ball, he immediately passed it. Antoine Walker received the ball and made a three-pointer without hesitation.

Raheem didn't expect Antoine Walker to be so decisive, and the defense was not timely. Antoine Walker really felt really good in this game, and he directly hit a three-pointer.

Antoine Walker scored 12 points in a single quarter!

Raheem was so depressed. He finally understood why Liu Mang asked Mike Woodson to put him in the power forward position. It was obvious that Boozer was more confident in defending Antoine Walker inside. This was expected!

Raheem hammered his chest, indicating that the ball was his problem.

The Eagles attacked, Jason Terry picked up the ball and sent it to Liu Mang, and then ran forward to let Liu Mang advance.

Jason Terry saw that the Celtics were very strict with him. Although he scored in the first two offenses, he did not necessarily have such good luck every time, especially the second goal. It was really luck. Well, Liu Mang actually got another top-of-the-best tip-off, so Jason Terry simply went to open up the space honestly, and played like the original today, he doesn't have to hold the ball himself , The game, of course, is how to play effectively.

When Liu Mang was discussing with Jason Terry during the timeout just now, when he heard Jason Terry's analysis, he gave Jason Terry a thumbs-up, saying: "Tea egg head cover The guy with the hairband has brains too!

Then he was "beaten" by Jason Terry on the bench. The key point is that not only no one came to help Liu Mang, but someone secretly attacked him and got hit on his butt.

Seeing Liu Mang advancing with the ball, the Celtics are going crazy again!

They just made a targeted arrangement for Jason Terry's sudden inspiration. They still double-teamed Jason Terry and then defended the pass. They replaced Brown for a better defensive rotation, but they didn't expect , The Eagles seem to have switched back to their previous style of play!

Unscientific and unreasonable!

He has just worked out a new style of play, shouldn't he play more! Shouldn't you get used to it more! How do you say that you can change your style of play if you change your style of play, don't you want to be so willful!

Brown followed Jason Terry, Delk went to defend Prince's open catch, and Pierce defended Liu Mang.

When Liu Mang advanced to the center line, he saw Pierce with a dignified expression. Liu Mang accelerated from the center line and sprinted to the left!

Pierce quickly crossed the three-point line and blocked it to the right. At this time, Liu Mang made a large horizontal pull and changed direction, easily breaking through from the right side of Pierce!

It's not that Pierce doesn't know that Liu Mang will go to the right in the end, but he really doesn't have enough speed! If he didn't follow up, Liu Mang rushed in from the left side, what could he do?

Liu Mang rushed to the inside, attracted Antoine Walker to defend and gave the ball to Raheem, Brown immediately recovered and Vin Baker pinched Raheem, Raheem gave it to Jason Terry, Jason-Terry Terry made a long two-pointer!

20 to 21, the Eagles are only 1 point behind!

It’s time for the Celtics to attack again. Antoine Walker continued to shoot from the outside. Seeing Raheem defending, Antoine Walker did not choose to break through, but kept feinting. Raheem was not fooled , Rahim put his left hand on his waist, ready to prevent a breakthrough, and raised his right hand high, ready to block the interference.

Antoine Walker saw that the opponent didn't hesitate, but his confidence came up. He scored 12 points with 2 of 2 three-pointers. He took a shot, moved laterally to the right, and grabbed the bouncing ball for a three-pointer. shot!

Raheem's main defense this time is Antoine Walker's three-pointer, relying on Antoine Walker's better bounce and excellent wingspan than Antoine Walker, forcing Antoine Walker to adjust back in the air .

Antoine Walker was greatly disturbed and missed a three-pointer!

Boozer relied on his excellent rebound prediction to beat Fatty Wen-Baker and scored a defensive rebound! It was thrown directly into the hands of Raheem on the left side of the top arc. At this time, Liu Mang and Jason Terry were about to get off, and Prince followed closely behind!

The cavalry company is dispatched!

Raheem tosses the ball to Jason Terry, who drives inside with Brown and Delk and passes back to Liu who slows down after seeing Terry catch the ball In Mang's hand, Liu Mang catches the ball from the top arc and shoots a three-pointer...

It's a pity that such a good opportunity didn't score, but Prince followed up and hit the ball over Brown's head with his wingspan into the basket!

22 to 21, the Eagles overtook the score again!

Next came the Celtics offense. Antoine Walker missed a mid-range shot. Raheem's single-defense defense made his shooting rate plummet. He missed a mid-range shot and was grabbed by Prince. Defensive rebound, but this time did not give the Eagles a chance to counterattack, the Celtics quickly returned to defense, and Wen Baker, who was still physically strong, was in place.

Liu Mang received a pass from Prince and pushed forward. The Celtics' defense changed. Brown, a tall guard in the 2001 class who was good at defending the ball, came to defend Liu Mang. After halftime, Liu Mang saw this fellow The No. 11 pick in the first round of this year's defense is much faster than Pierce. Although the offense is basically non-existent, except for the catch and dunk, there is only counterattack, but the defense is really good, and the physical fitness is excellent. It is much more difficult to beat him than Pierce. , Liu Mang slowed down the speed of advancement, Jason Terry saw that he was defending himself and changed back to Delk, Pierce went to defend Prince for a three-pointer, Jason Terry decisively came to the right of the three-point line Asking for the ball, Liu Mang took Brown to the bottom corner.

Jason Terry calls Raheem out for a pick-and-roll, Raheem blocks Delk for Jason Terry, Jason Terry comes with confidence, rushes to the free throw line, and throws fat at Antawn Walker The meaty pull-up jumper...none...but Boozer hits the offensive rebound, and Raheem rushes in just in time to catch the rebound and slam it into the basket against Vin Baker.

Coach O'Brien, who was on the bench for the home team at the Celtics half, sighed and sat on a chair with a "boom".

The tide is gone!

I saw that the Eagles have not only adapted the new style of play, but also switched freely between the old and new styles of play... In other words, there is no so-called old and new style of play, but the Eagles already have a new style of play!

And Coach O'Brien felt that his team was the most tragic team. The Eagles didn't even think about how to play the new style of play against weak teams, but when it came time to play against them, they suddenly got the hang of it!

It's still knitting! Didn't even gain an advantage in the starting lineup, and compete with the Eagles for the bench?

Coach O'Brien only feels that the general situation is over!

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The Celtics called a timeout again, replaced Antoine Walker with a bunch of defensive players, allowing Pierce and Vin Baker to single-shot on the offensive end and slam the defense on the defensive end.

But the Eagles are on the upswing. Whether it's Liu Mang's singles or pick-and-roll, or Jason Terry's own ideas, the Celtics are not good at defending.

As long as there are too many changes, in the last round and the next round, the Eagles gradually found the feeling of choosing the offensive method according to the opponent's defense.

This feeling is the kind of tactical change coach Kruger wanted at first, but he fell into a misunderstanding in the first few games, only focusing on letting Jason Terry hold the ball, only focusing on drawing tactics, and did not consider Jason Terry Can Liu Mang's work be completed? Now, Liu Mang and Jason Terry are discussing the fight by themselves, but they succeeded!

In turn, the Celtics' offense became Pierce's singles and Wen Baker's singles, and Wen Baker's singles finished Pierce's singles.

Pierce is not an efficient scorer. He is a standard scorer of this era. He shoots high, maintains a good shooting percentage, and has a stable output, but he is not at the level of Kobe who can make the Spurs feel desperate. So his offense can barely support the team.

What actually made the Celtics fight the Eagles hard in the second half of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter was Wen Baker's unresolved fat singles. 12 points in 14 minutes.

But in the middle of the second quarter, Vin Baker couldn't move anymore, and his physical fitness was completely exhausted. The Eagles played a wave of 17 to 7 in the second half of the second quarter, pulling the point difference to 12 points. The Eagles 67 at halftime 12 points ahead of 55.

In the third quarter, Pierce played Antoine Walker again. Antoine Walker was a madman in the first quarter this season. With 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, the second and third quarters added up to 7 points and 1 assist. He kept hitting the iron and turned the original super high shooting rate of 5 of 7 into 8 of 22.

If it is against an ordinary opponent, it is fine. Relying on Pierce's tenacious support of the situation and defense against the opponent, the Celtics can control the point difference within 10 points at the end of the three quarters, and finally Pierce reaps the game. .

However, the Eagles played happily today! Everyone is working hard on both offense and defense. The team is finally getting back on track. How can they not be excited?

After three quarters, 96 to 75, the Eagles opened the point difference to 21 points!

Coach O'Brien is no longer struggling. Instead of wasting energy for this near-impossible hope, he would rather focus on the remaining three games.

Seeing that the Celtics announced their surrender in advance, and replaced Pierce, Antoine Walker and even Delk, the Eagles accepted the opponent's surrender and asked Dean Grove to bring Prince, Barnes, Chris Crawford, and Wesley played, and the game entered garbage time.

Pierce, who was sitting on the bench, was so depressed. He felt that Liu Mang was targeting him! He didn't get used to playing against other teams, but when it came time to play against his Celtics, he suddenly figured out a way to get used to it all at once, and he was targeting him!

The Celtics fans completely died down, and hundreds of Liu Mang fans were almost hoarse, seeing the main players put on their training uniforms and continuing to cheer loudly.

Although Liu Mang didn't feel good today, he scored 4 of 14 and only scored 12 points and 5 assists, but he may be the happiest one! Pulling Jason Terry to the front of the technical stage, he made a gentlemanly bow to the fans behind the technical stage.

In the end, the Eagles beat the Celtics 116 to 102, ending their two-game losing streak!

After the game, Liu Mang accepted an interview. He said bluntly: "The fans who came to the scene to cheer for us this time are really great. I am so grateful to them. Every time we hear their cheers, we are immediately motivated. They have given us a good performance. transport!"

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