Chapter 824 823. Shot While Lying Down

"People in high positions are always worried that someone will take away their position, even if the gap seems like a chasm, as long as someone approaches this chasm, they will be targeted. Challenger series mission: The jealousy of the strongest team in history is triggered."

"The jealousy of the strongest team in history: As long as the host's team is in the defending championship season, the Celtics will regard the host's team as a thorn in the eye. The host must lead the team to defeat the Celtics. Mission reward: Every time you defeat the Celtics, you will be rewarded with 3,000 superstar points. Failure penalty: Every time you lose to the Celtics, 9,000 superstar points will be deducted."

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It was so awesome that Liu Mang thought it was a very difficult and rewarding mission, and he was a little excited.

Who knew that after watching for a long time, the superstar value reward for winning a game was only 3,000! Does it mean that the regular reward for a normal game with good data is doubled!

Moreover! The failure penalty is a three-time superstar value deduction, which is a bit too much!

It is not a big problem whether or not to get the 3,000 superstar value. Of course it is good to get it. No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. Moreover, this season, the Celtics may become playoff opponents. If you can beat the Celtics eight times at most, it will be more than 20,000 superstar value.

But the 20,000 superstar value is not the key. The key is not to lose! If you lose one game and win all the remaining three games against the Celtics, you can only break even.

And Liu Mang has always lived in this world with the mentality that if you don’t make a profit, you will lose!

Paul Pierce, ability rating 91 (peak), offense 94, defense 85...

Antoine Walker, ability rating 83, offense 89, defense 65...

Delonte West, ability rating 72, offense 68, defense 79...

Gary Payton, ability rating 77, offense 75, defense 79...

Riff LaFrentz, ability rating 73, offense 77, defense 70, three-pointer 80, mid-range 68, layup 82...

This lineup was very good in the Eastern Conference in previous years, but it is not good enough this season, all relying on the two forwards.

Liu Mang looked at the ability ratings of the opponent's five starting players and decided to torture the opponent to death.

It's okay to be hated by the opponent. Even if their players may not have any special ideas, the fans of the Celtics are also considered Celtics. Liu Mang said to McGrady next to him: "Tracy, do your best to beat them today!"

"Huh? Oh." McGrady didn't ask more questions, and responded twice to show that he knew.

Kwame Brown and Reeve LaFrentz came to the center circle for a jump ball.

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air. Without suspense, Kwame Brown won 13 consecutive jump balls at the start!

When Kwame Brown jumped up, the Hawks had already started to play fast! McGrady ran quickly towards the empty bottom corner on the right. After Liu Mang jumped up and received the ball from Kwame Brown, he did not stop the ball and threw it to McGrady the moment he landed.

"Are they really playing a run-and-gun game? They are more aggressive than the Suns!"

The Celtics players were shocked and rushed towards McGrady who had just received the ball at the 45-degree three-point line on the right. After receiving the ball, McGrady continued to run to the bottom corner on the right, and slowed down, attracting Pierce, Payton, and Delonte West, who were the first to retreat from the Celtics. McGrady jumped at the bottom corner, not shooting, but throwing the ball into the basket!

Liu Mang jumped half a step inside the free throw line, stretched out his hand and just received McGrady's pass, and gently lifted it into the basket!

After getting two points easily, Liu Mang quickly retreated. McGrady had already retreated after throwing the ball. He was very happy with an assist.

The two big men of the team actively retreated, and the other players of the Hawks also understood what was going on and quickly retreated.

The Celtics players were stunned, just like the Rockets who saw the Hawks play like this for the first time. Although they heard that the Hawks played very unrestrained, they didn't expect it to be so unrestrained!

Back in the backcourt, Liu Mang waited for Payton to advance.

After Payton advanced to the frontcourt, he saw that Liu Mang was about to retreat to the free throw line, and gritted his teeth and passed the ball to Pierce instead of himself.

Payton was no longer qualified to compete. He saw that the kid on the opposite side had never taken him seriously since he entered the NBA!

However, he really had no choice. In the finals a few months ago, he already had a shadow in his heart...

After Payton passed the ball, he ran to the right corner. Liu Mang came to the right mid-range and defended with Prince.

Pierce received the ball, and Prince immediately defended him.

Pierce saw that Liu Mang was about to double-team at any time, and immediately judged the Hawks' defensive strategy.

The Celtics' offense is very similar to the Knicks', with two stars constantly playing one-on-one. The Celtics' new head coach fully magnified the role of the stars, mainly because Doug Rivers couldn't think of any other way.

Therefore, Liu Mang was responsible for assisting defense on the Hawks side, while Prince and McGrady were responsible for defending Pierce and Delonte West. As for Payton... he had no mid-range shots or three-pointers. His career three-point shooting ratio was less than 15%, his career mid-range shooting ratio was less than 20%, and his close-range and under-the-basket shooting ratio was as high as more than 60%. After he got old and lost his explosiveness and back-to-the-basket opportunities, he could only use his strong body to cut into the air on the offensive end, and he was defeated when he met opponents with strong athletic ability in the interior.

Pierce saw this and pointed at the basket towards Antoine Walker, signaling Antoine Walker to cut to the basket. Rasheed Wallace couldn't keep up with Antoine Walker.

But Antoine Walker seemed to have misunderstood and immediately raised his hand to catch the ball.

"I want you to cut to the basket! Are you waiting to be blocked by shooting a three-pointer against the power forward?"

Pierce had no choice but to do it himself and rushed towards Prince. He was confident that he could play one-on-two against Prince and Liu Mang in the mid-range.

But when Pierce squeezed Prince to the mid-range, he found that McGrady rushed towards him! Liu Mang switched defense with McGrady in the mid-range and went to defend Delonte West!

Liu Mang rushed over to Delonte West, and Antoine Walker stood still waiting to catch the ball. Only Payton was open!

Pierce immediately passed the ball to Payton.

After Payton received the ball, Prince immediately rushed towards Payton. Payton received the ball and saw McGrady immediately go around Pierce. The skinny LaFrentz, who weighed only 109 kg, was pressed down by Kwame Brown and was almost pushed out of the three-second zone.

Payton saw Prince rushing over and got anxious, so he took a three-pointer!

The three-pointer from the bottom corner was almost missed, which was only possible by the two best defensive players in NBA history. The ball hit the basket but did not bounce up and fell to the basket, where Liu Mang who rushed back to the basket grabbed the ball.

Counterattack immediately!

McGrady immediately went down, and Liu Mang immediately passed the ball to McGrady, and then rushed over.

McGrady used his threat again, rushed to the basket with defense, and then passed the ball back to the top arc!

Liu Mang received the ball from the top arc and took a three-pointer!

"Shua"

The sound of the ball passing through the net was clearly heard by Pierce who ran back to the basket with McGrady. McGrady received the ball from the basket and gently threw it to Pierce.

"Hey... should you be so serious!" Pierce looked at the contemptuous expression on McGrady's face. As an opponent for many years, he knew that McGrady was now going all out!

Among all basketball players in the world, only McGrady has that look of contempt for all talents!

Pierce is at best a third-team player, which is of course amazing, but compared with McGrady, who has almost no helpers around him and can get the scoring title and the first-team before the age of 23, he can only be described as "just".

Now Pierce is 27 years old and has entered the peak stage, reaching the level of a top star, but after his ability becomes stronger, he can better understand how difficult it is to reach the first team!

Especially in the forward position where the double 21 dominates!

From the Hawks' two attacks and one defense, Pierce saw that the Hawks were playing them as the Lakers!

Is it that serious? This is just a regular season game!

Liu Mang's attitude, McGrady fully supports it. The attitudes of Liu Mang and McGrady represent the attitudes of the Hawks. The Hawks began to run wild!

Pierce and his teammates had no idea that the fans would boo the other team and they would go crazy.

Is that necessary!