From today on is the king

Chapter 1181. 1180. The Scary Three Points

but!

Liu Mang wants to open the way for the Eagles to catch up with the Lakers and Celtics!
This can be said to be an unrealistic dream, but Liu Mang set the goal as an almost impossible goal. If the small goal is just three consecutive championships, then this year will be completed, and there will be no dreams at all.

After winning the regular season championship for three consecutive years, the fans at the scene were crazy, and the Eagles players were also very excited.

There is a sense of pride that has been accompanied by the Eagles’ trade rumors this year, and some media’s so-called analysis of the Eagles’ future planning, either purely or purposefully provoked, has not affected the Eagles players. It is because of this pride.

They can't control what the future will be like. They have been in the NBA for so long and understand what the NBA is all about. Even a star of McGrady's level can't control their own fate. There are only a few players in the NBA who can control their future. Since they can't control their own future, they should do what they should.

Liu Mang was excited for a while because of the team's new version of the regular season championship banner. Hearing Price's passionate announcement that this year's playoffs will be a dynastic journey, Liu Mang suppressed that surging emotion and faced the game!

The Pacers, a team of three first-class stars, if the Pacers were not full of trade rumors throughout the season, the three leaders who fought in the Palace of Auburn Hills incident complained to each other about the previous fight, and the Pacers' own team did not like these three players, resulting in ups and downs of the Pacers players and less and less cooperation. Their strength is not just as simple as the eighth in the Eastern Conference.

And their head coach, Rick Carlisle, is not an ordinary coach.

……

At 08:30 in the evening, with Rasheed Wallace's roar, the audience was detonated, the starters of the two teams came to the field, and the game officially began.

The Eagles sent Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown to the starting lineup.

On the Pacers side, Jamal Tinsley, Stephen Jackson, Artest, O'Neal, and Jeff Foster were sent to the starting lineup.

Kwame Brown easily wins a jump ball over Foster, who is mainly in charge, and the Eagles go first.

After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he immediately encountered Artest's rough defense. As soon as Liu Mang took a step outside the three-point line, Artest directly pushed forward and hit Liu Mang with his chest.

Good guy!This strength made Liu Mang almost dribble the ball out of his hands, so he quickly grabbed the ball with both hands.

The referee didn't blow his whistle!

From the first defense, the Pacers brought the rhythm into the playoff mode!

Liu Mang was forced to stop the ball. After standing still, Liu Mang immediately swung a big loop, trying to take this opportunity to cause Artest to foul.

Artest reacted very quickly, with his hands clamped around his waist, and his arms were not stretched out, so as to avoid being fouled by Liu Mang.

Awesome!
It is indeed the defensive champion who is second only to Kirilenko in overall defensive efficiency this season!

Liu Mang was so forced that he couldn't make a move!
Fortunately, it was at this time that Mai Di came up to meet Liu Mang.

Liu Mang passed the ball to McGrady, and McGrady received the ball from the top arc, speeding up and rushing!
Stephen Jackson is very active in defense, but McGrady is not something he can defend against. Although McGrady's first step is not the fastest, he has long legs and takes a big step, directly behind Stephen Jackson, and the second and third steps are getting faster and faster. When Stephen Jackson reacts, McGrady has already entered the free throw line!

The Pacers' defensive discipline is nothing to say, and in the playoffs, they didn't get upset with each other like they did in the regular season and stopped defending. Jermaine O'Neal pressed up and flanked McGrady.

McGrady's beautiful catch made the audience cheer continuously. McGrady played a little high and played the first ball. Facing Jr. O'Neal and Stephen Jackson who were blocking the pincer, McGrady grabbed the ball and took two steps to the left. When he reached the bottom line on the left side of the three-second zone, he turned right 180 degrees. In the situation that Jr. O'Neal didn't expect him to make such a posture, he turned his back to the baseline and faced the big hook of the basket sideways...

The action is beautiful and the posture looks very chic, but this is not Maddie's job!

McGrady was just playing, he missed the hook!
The ball hit the basket and bounced to the right side of the three-second zone, and it was rebounded by Foster who was recovered to grab a rebound.

"Your hook is really bad!" Liu Mang complained when retreating.

McGrady retreated with a smile. Indeed, the sideways hook with his back to the baseline was a bit too rough.

Skyhook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would not hook like that!
But if you enter, you will be handsome. McGrady regrets that he didn't succeed in being handsome.

When it came time for the Pacers to attack, Tinsley first handed the ball to O'Neal in the low post. After receiving the ball, O'Neal wrestled with Rasheed Wallace in the low post and collided to find a shot space. It took more than three seconds. Finally, when the five-second violation was about to be violated, he found a chance to make a shot. He turned over and leaned back for a close shot...

hit!

O'Neal's one-on-one low-post short-range turnaround jumper is really good, and he made the first goal when he came up.

When the Eagles were on the offensive, Liu Mang received Kwame Brown's serve and pushed through the center circle. He was still about one and a half meters away from the three-point line, and Artest was still on the three-point line, waiting for Liu Mang to close to the three-point line.
Super long-range three-pointer!
Liu Mang suddenly made a shot from a position more than one meter away from the top arc!

The fans at the scene exclaimed!

Artest defended very hard today, and was very focused on judging Liu Mang's offensive intentions, but he didn't expect Liu Mang to make such a shot!
Liu Mang's shot was right!However, the strength was a little stronger, and it hit the backboard, but fortunately bounced into the basket!
Liu Mang's ultra-long three-pointer!
McGrady first turned on the wave ratio mode, and Liu Mang followed suit.

If you want to play, let's play together!

Jermaine O'Neal made a quick five-second low-post violation and took a lot of effort to score a two-pointer. Liu Mang advanced for five seconds, threw the shot into the basket for more than a second, and the three-pointer was achieved!

Less than seven seconds!

Easily offset O'Neal's low singles.

This kind of three-pointer that is more than one meter away from the top arc with the longest distance from the three-point line makes the Pacers players feel too uncomfortable!

Especially Artest, how to prevent this?
Pasted so far away?Don't be killed suddenly!

The key is to be able to invest!

Artest didn't know what to do.

After the first ball, Liu Mang made the Pacers players feel very depressed. The atmosphere at the scene made them feel irritable, but now they are even more depressed.

As for the Eagles, Liu Mang made all the shots, so everyone felt relieved and started playing!
Artest kept yelling at his teammates, telling them not to be scared by each other.

The Pacers played very steadily in the playoffs. Although they were overwhelmed by Liu Mang's first three-pointer, they were already an absolutely inferior team. No matter how crazy the opponent played against them, they thought it was normal, but Liu Mang's three-pointer's confidence and accuracy were too scary.

The Pacers are still playing steadily, and they will focus on whichever position has an advantage.

The Eagles are playing very easily, and some shooting methods and movements that they would not normally use have all started to play.

Fighting, at the end of the first quarter, the Eagles were 23 to 24, one point behind the Pacers!
In the second quarter, the rotation lineup came on the field. After the lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Mourning came on the field, the game became even more exciting. Liu Mang and Jason Terry shot three-pointers one by one.

It's just that the efficiency of the two-wave combination is not high, and the three-pointers are too casual. On the Pacers side, Artest and Tinsley are doing better and better three-point defense against Liu Mang and Jason Terry.

The Eagles have been behind by one or two points, and they haven't fallen behind too much, so they didn't care. After grabbing an offensive rebound, Iguodala even wanted to directly dunk O'Neal, but O'Neal dribbled the ball and pressed it down.

Since the point difference is not big, the Eagles didn't take it seriously. The players on the Eagles bench were still laughing at Iguodala, and Iguodala was also licking his face and laughing non-stop.

At the end of the half, the Eagles were 45 to 49. They played casually in the first half and were still only four points behind.

During the intermission, the Eagles didn’t make too many adjustments. Liu Mang felt good. He made 8 of 3 three-pointers in the half and scored 11 points and 2 assists. Jason Terry also made two three-pointers and scored 8 points. Except for a little wavering and loose defense, the Eagles seemed to have no other problems.

But in the second half, after the start of the third quarter, the situation changed suddenly!
Artest first made a three-pointer, Jason Terry responded with a three-pointer and missed, and then Stephen Jackson faced McGrady's defense and hit a three-pointer from the left baseline. The Pacers came up in the third quarter and played a wave of 6-0!

Coach Carlisle observed half of the game and confirmed that the Eagles' problem today caused their offensive players to start a wave of onslaught.

In 1 minute, the Pacers played a wave of 6-0, turning the score into 55-45, leading the Eagles by [-] points!
Coach Kruger wanted to call a timeout, but seeing the lineup of Korver, David Lee, and Rasheed Wallace led by Jason Terry and McGrady on the field, he still looked very confident. He temporarily stood still and let the players on the field solve the problem.

The Eagles attacked. After McGrady went to the frontcourt, he broke into the inside line, avoided O'Neal's supplementary defense, turned around and scored two points with a one-handed dunk, helping the Eagles stop the bleeding.

However, the Eagles' slack defense, and McGrady's random offense after a dunk, were beaten by the Pacers 14 to 4 in the next period of time!

Halfway through the third quarter, the Eagles were 51 to 69, 18 points behind the Pacers!

Coach Kruger had to call a timeout!
(End of this chapter)