Chapter 740
"Sorrowful Soldier: When the opponent with grief and indignation reaches the extreme despair, concentrate your strength and fight to the death."
Liu Mang felt that the other party had a mentality of "it's the last match anyway, it's a big deal".
Even though most of the home court was occupied by the opponent's fans, and their own fans did not come to watch the game, the Nets players did not feel shaken or dissatisfied or angry because of this incident.
It seems that they just want to play this game well!
For the Eagles, Liu Mang and Boozer hugged and walked onto the court. They stood on one side of the halfway line and looked at Kidd who came over and stood on the other side of the halfway line. The two looked at each other without any verbal communication.
From Kidd's eyes, Liu Mang felt a completely different feeling from the previous games and the games they had played against.
There is not much desire exposed in the eyes, Liu Mang only saw a kind of firm eyes, that feeling, the opponent just wants to win! Just trying to win.
For a moment, I felt that Kidd had a simple "I want to play basketball" sense of sight, which had nothing to do with self-confidence. Liu Wei didn't see any confidence in the eyes of the players of the Nets. It's not that the team has regained their confidence, but that they really want to simply play this game.
However, Liu Mang felt that this was too much!
How good would it be to be eliminated honestly and go back to fishing? You have to make trouble for the young master!
Such an opponent, kill him! Kill them all!
Liu Mang didn't dare to be careless, sometimes this kind of mentality that doesn't think too much can explode with great strength!
Liu Mang and a few teammates who were about to start the pre-match moves after shooting warm-ups looked at each other. When the teammates saw Liu Mang's eyes, they all had a tacit understanding, knowing that they should not underestimate the enemy!
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Kidd came to the center line and looked at Liu Mang, then stepped back to the free throw line on his side. Originally, he wanted to say something to Liu Mang, but he saw that Liu Mang was not slack, careless or complacent. , Proud expression, feel that there is no need to say something.
On yesterday's rest day, Kidd and Carter, two older players on the team, called their teammates together for a meeting.
It's not about motivating the fighting spirit of the teammates. They are behind 0 to 3, that is, they have to win four games in a row to beat the Eagles. They couldn't win four games in a row last season, let alone this season.
Kidd and Carter called their teammates together mainly for one thing. Kidd and Carter told their teammates, don’t think so much, just treat this game with the original love of basketball, it has nothing to do with winning Lose, play the last game well, play the demeanor that your side should have, don't let the opponent underestimate them, and don't underestimate yourself, if you fail this year, you can start again next year!
After getting rid of Mutombo's big contract and the expiry of some middle-class contracts of the Nets next season, only Carter and Kidd have an annual salary of more than 3 million players. Richard Jefferson's rookie bonus still has one year left , The future of the Nets is still very bright.
After Carter and Kidd lost the third game to the Eagles with a big score of 0 to 3, everything seemed to be clear!
Jason Kidd, he admits that he is not a good person, he holds grudges, suppresses newcomers, excludes the head coach, has an infinite desire to control the team, and is jealous of his teammates because of women, which leads to the collapse of the team... But he also recognizes that Playing cleanly on the court, he is one of the rare players who was selected for the defensive team but did not make any small defensive moves. On the way to the championship, he has done his best.
He has witnessed many changes in the times. When Jordan first retired, he entered the NBA and saw that Olajuwon seemed to be about to establish a dynasty, but immediately Jordan returned. At the critical moment of the Olajuwon dynasty, Let the Rockets make a wrong feeling, the whole team changed N for one, the Rockets failed to make it to the finals, and Jordan's dynasty with 6 championships in 8 years was born.
Jordan retired for the second time, and Duncan reached the top. Duncan seemed to be the number one power forward in NBA history since his rookie season. Kidd felt that another NBA ruler was coming, but O'Neal and Kobe immediately established a dynasty.
Originally just one of the Dallas Three Musketeers, Kidd was not too persistent in his belief in becoming the strongest player in his early years. At that time, he didn't shoot well, made many turnovers, and his defense was average in the first few years of his career. At two o'clock, the league average.
But after seeing so many ups and downs and completely unexpected changes in the NBA, Kidd woke up!
Before Jordan retired for the first time, Olajuwon was considered to be forever under the pressure of Jordan, but Olajuwon also won two consecutive championships and became the rare consecutive championship MVP in NBA history. He came back after retiring once, and was eliminated by Anfernee Hardaway and O'Neal in the playoffs. Everyone thought Jordan was old, but he started his second three-peat at the age of 33.
Afterwards, the combination of Duncan and OK won the championship in turn...
The NBA in the 1980s and 1990s was a unified situation. In the 1980s, the Magic Birds only won the championship twice, and the two of them won 8 times. In the 1990s, except For Jordan and Olajuwon, only the Pistons got it once and Duncan got it once.
But at the end of the old century and the beginning of the new century, the stars who entered the NBA in the 1990s won consecutive championships.
After watching Duncan and O'Neal win consecutive championships in 1999 and 2000, Kidd broke the inherent impression that the championship team that was once owned by the unified NBA in the 1980s and 1990s was the ruler of the league. He also had the impulse of "why not become the king on his own". After coming to the Nets, he and Kenyon Martin almost seamlessly fit together perfectly, just like the future Kobe met Gasol. He led the team to the finals in no time.
In the past two years, when Kidd was at his most brilliant, he was only 8 points away from the coveted O'Brien Cup.
However, today, the glory of the past two years has become a thing of the past, and everything will start all over again.
Kidd would have exploded if he started from scratch like he was drafted by the Mavericks, but now he has Carter and Richard Jefferson by his side, and the future is bright.
Kidd and Carter chatted all night after the game. Originally, they were just a kind of "friendship" that used each other to take advantage of each other.
Carter likes this feeling. In the Nets for more than half a season, Carter originally just wanted to use Kidd's organizational skills to make himself play well, but now, he likes playing with Kidd.
Carter is a person who goes with the flow, and his determination to win or lose has never been very good. In the original history, it was when he was at the theoretical peak of his physiology that his physical fitness declined seriously due to Bowen's three steppings. Then he began to seek victory Desire, from the original love of pursuing performances, to the desire to win, but this kind of transformation is at the very end of his career, and he only started to have the desire to win after playing for 12 or 13 years.
And now, together with his teammates, he experienced the glory of defeating a 60-win team, but when he felt that he was about to climb to the top, he was ruthlessly crushed by the opponent 3-0. That feeling stimulated Carter deep in his heart The desire to win suppressed by the psychology of enjoying the cheers of the fans in the "show operation"!
0 to 3 is irreversible. Carter and Kidd chatted all night. In fact, most of the time, the two were silent and smoking cigars, but the two reached a consensus. It doesn’t matter if you win this game. My love for basketball!
Anyway, everyone including myself thinks they can't win, so it doesn't matter if they lose, just play well!
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"Ding...Equalization mode triggered, from Vince Carter, matching object Tracy McGrady."
Liu Mang was thinking about how to play this game, and what kind of changes the opponent would have in his style of play. Suddenly, a system prompt came, and Liu Mang immediately stared at Carter.
What does this mean? Liu Mang stared at Carter and recalled it for a long time, but he didn't do anything! How to trigger the balance mode?
Moreover, this pair of stingy cousins really deserves to be cousins, they always appear on camera together!
The point is, what exactly did Carter change? Big cousin and what will be changed?
Carter just came to the side of the center line and stood with Prince. Now Carter is very relaxed. It doesn't matter whether he wins or not. It is more important to play well, but he feels a resentful look in his eyes.
Following that resentful look in his eyes, what he saw was Liu Mang!
Liu Mang has now evolved into a monster in Carter's eyes. A rookie who started making troubles in his rookie year and made troubles in his second year almost toppled the Nets, the overlord of the East. Now he has turned himself into the new overlord of the East.
Looking at Liu Mang's resentful eyes, Carter's heart swelled. After letting go of everything and enjoying basketball, Carter's mentality became more relaxed. Seeing Liu Mang's eyes, he seemed to rush forward and say: "Dude, I don't want to win. I just want to play basketball, don't be so excited!"
But Liu Mang is not excited here, he just wants to know what has been changed, but the system didn't say so, it shouldn't be a big change, because there is no reward.
But this made Liu Mang even more curious!
After a few minutes of waiting for the start of the game, Liu Mang became more and more resentful...
Fuck it!
These cousins just love to cause trouble for others!
Carter saw that Liu Mang's eyes became fierce, and thought of the picture of Liu Mang scoring 51 points a few days ago. Although Carter himself scored 50 points in the playoffs, he found that in such a game between the two teams, Among them, let alone 50 points, it is very difficult for others to score 30 points. After Carter tried and failed in the second game, his mentality collapsed in the third game.
Seeing Liu Mang's ferocious energy now, Carter felt the chrysanthemum cool...
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The referee signaled that the game was about to start, and Rasheed Wallace and Jason Collins came to the middle circle to jump the ball.
The lineups of the two teams have not changed in the four games. The other four starters on the Nets side are Kidd, Carter, Richard Jefferson, and Aaron Williams.
The other four starters for the Eagles are Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, and Ratliff.
Rasheed Wallace won the jump ball in four consecutive games without any suspense. The advantage was too great. After receiving the ball, Liu Mang did not rush, and steadily controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.
Seeing that Liu Mang has not changed from the previous three games, Kidd is very happy to be on the three-point line. He feels that he is respected. Going forward, let Liu Mang get ready, but seeing that Liu Mang didn't feel relaxed, he didn't speak.
Now, seeing Liu Mang continue to maintain the steady style of play in the first three games, Kidd is very active in defense.
Liu Mang watched the opponent's defense while advancing steadily. Not to mention, it looked even more oppressive than the first match!
In the first game, the Nets were overconfident because they just defeated the Pacers, and then after being suppressed by the Eagles, their confidence completely collapsed, but now they feel normal!
Liu Reck came outside the three-point line and saw that Kidd kept half of his body space. Kidd's defense was still very good. Liu Reck chose to cut half a step to the left. As Liu Reck expected, Kidd immediately pressed up to the right, the threat Liu Mang played in the first game was too great.
Liu Mang immediately smashed the ball to the ground and took small steps to the rear right. Kidd turned to chase after him, but when he turned around, he saw Rasheed Wallace's magical smiling face!
Kidd reacted quickly and immediately circled against Rasheed Wallace.
With the help of Rasheed Wallace's defense, Liu Mang was going straight to the basket, but in Liu Mang's eyes, Aaron Williams was like a stake. Fuck this guy.
However, Carter came to the defense at the first time, and Kidd turned around Rasheed Wallace, not to bypass the defense, but to go around Rasheed Wallace to get close to the basket and block Rasheed -Route that Wallace cuts while sticking to Rasheed Wallace, not allowing Rasheed Wallace to catch and shoot!
Liu Mang was caught between Aaron Williams and Carter within the three-point line of the top arc. Aaron Williams and Carter relied on the league's strongest bounce to threaten Liu Mang's strong shooting space. Facing this The two attacked, Liu Mang really didn't dare to vote, so he had to pass it to Prince.
Prince didn't hesitate to receive the ball, and made the first three-point shot...
In!
Prince's three-pointer gave the Eagles the first to get the first attack.
But even though they scored, the Eagles felt the pressure. The Nets' defense today was too resolute and decisive, and they judged very well!
In the first three games, Prince started with a good touch, but in the process of defending against Carter, his touch also declined due to the constant physical contact with Carter. He was 2 of 4 in the first quarter, and his shooting percentage was almost 30%.
This point seems to be targeted by the Nets!
When Prince made a three-pointer, except for Raheem who was rushing to grab the rebound, everyone else on the Eagles retreated.
The Nets had no chance to counterattack, nor did they rush forward like a reincarnation like the previous games, and slowly advanced.
Liu Wei saw the formation of the Nets advancing. At this moment, the Nets are very similar to them in the past two years, and this is also their true strength. The strength of defeating the Pacers when they beat the Pacers is just that they are probably defeated. Since two years ago, I have been pressing harder and harder year after year until the strength of the first two rounds of this year's playoffs made me lose my composure and was completely suppressed. Of course, the loss of confidence is also one aspect .
After Kidd advanced, Liu Mang went up to press, but saw Kidd pass the ball to Carter, and Kidd pulled himself to a position at a 45-degree angle outside the left three-point line.
This Liu Mang didn't understand, let Carter play singles?
But Carter's singles against Prince did not work well!
In the first two rounds of the playoffs, Carter shot 49 percent from the field and 65 percent from the basket. But in the first three games of the Eastern Conference Finals, he shot 38 percent from the field and 65 percent from the basket. Thirty percent, the shooting percentage at the basket was directly cut in half.
Since it was Carter playing singles, Liu Mang followed Mike Woodson's defensive strategy, followed Kidd, and moved to the middle of the line between Kidd and Carter, blocking the connection between Kidd and Carter, and was ready at any time. It's better to go up and flank, and while flanking, split the passing lane between Kidd and Carter.
Liu Mang kept staring at Carter, Carter slowly dribbled the ball to the top arc, Liu Mang kept moving, and subconsciously glanced behind... Damn! Kidd actually secretly wanted to leave his back, and Richard Jefferson ran up from the bottom corner to block himself!
Kidd saw that Liu Mang found out that he wanted to run away secretly, so he ran faster. Liu Mang immediately chased after Kidd. Richard Jefferson wanted to block Liu Mang, but was slapped by Liu Mang. Move around and continue to catch up with Kidd.
Although Richard Jefferson did not block Liu Mang, he allowed Liu Mang to move laterally, which has helped Kidd create space for receiving the ball. While Kidd made an air cut, Carter was strong under Prince's defense. Raheem followed Richard Jefferson. Unexpectedly, Richard Jefferson was going to pick and roll Kidd. Kidd ran to the edge of the three-second zone to catch the ball. When the ball was unguarded, Ratliff had no choice but to block it. Kidd made an exquisite inside pass and passed it to Jason Collins. Collins.
However, Prince is really not suitable for supplementary defense. His strength lies in area flanking, mainly single defense. He is very active in supplementary defense and assistance defense, but his judgment on this aspect is too general. I did not see Rashid -Wallace has rushed in and missed Carter instead!
Jason Collins received the ball from the player and threw it into the air. After Prince left, Carter dived into the water like a dragon and ascended to heaven! Half a step inside the free throw line, take off directly on the spot, with incredible bounce speed and jump height, catch the ball in the air, and when it falls, smash it into the basket!
Carter roared and high-fived Jason Collins and Kidd. They were completely relaxed and played an exquisite cooperation!
Kidd held the ball for less than a second! But it played a perfect tactical coordination!
Liu Mang watched as Kidd passed the ball immediately after receiving the ball, and Jason Collins did not stop the ball. Three passes were alley-ooped within three seconds...
Carter + Kidd, it seems that from the tactical level, the cooperation between the two has been sublimated!
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