From today on is the king

Chapter 156. 155. Two consecutive defeats

"Hey, system, let's chat."

"This system does not provide this service."

"...Then let me ask you some questions."

"Host, please, this system can answer questions about occupations."

"I want to ask how can I get the attribute value? Your host is too miserable for me!"

"Train hard to complete the training mission objectives."

"Is there no shortcut?"

"There is a [-]% chance of drawing attribute points in the low-level rogue value lottery draw, a [-]% chance of drawing attribute points in the mid-level rogue value lottery draw, and attribute points can be specified in the high-level rogue value lottery draw."

"100 million rogue value?"

"Yes."

"That's no different from having no shortcuts, it's better to train hard!"

"It seems that the host is not particularly stupid."

"..."

……

Liu Mang is very depressed today.

Just finished the second consecutive back-to-back.

Unlike the easy back-to-back games against the Bulls and Jazz, this time the opponents are two tough players.

First played the Indiana Pacers, who had almost transformed after Ron Artest, and then played the Detroit Pistons who came to Atlanta with anger.

Four games in 5 days, and two days ahead, plus the game against the Grizzlies, this is 7 games in 5 days!
No human rights schedule!

When it was the last back-to-back before Christmas, the Eagles couldn't hold back.

Totally tired!

From Dean Grove, a pragmatic point guard who doesn’t have much possession or presence, and a mediocre offense and defense, to the Jets’ Jason Terry, to Raheem, who doesn’t talk too much, and seven-foot center Ratliff, four of the starting five have obviously declined in physical fitness. In the last two games of the seven-day five-game battle, they finally couldn’t hold back. This back-to-back, most of the Eagles players were obviously fatigued.

It can't be said that there is no butterfly effect brought by Liu Mang. Running and bombing tactics require physical fitness. The Suns who will fight running and bombing in the future will not have the physical fitness of track and field athletes.

The novel cavalry tactics gave the Eagles a good strategy to deal with opponents in twos and threes when they abused food, and to beat strong teams by surprise, but after all, it was the first time to play this way, unlike the Suns who started to improve their physical fitness since D'Antoni became the head coach in the summer.

Although the Eagles players are young, it doesn't matter if they run and play most of the time. If they have a longer rest period like the playoffs, there will be no problem at all, but the problem of 7 games in 5 days will come.

Playing against the Pacers, the Pacers were almost empty-handed, and they got Ron Artest. They used to be tough in the playoffs, but now they have Ron Artest, a tough guy who has brought qualitative changes to the team's defense. The strength may not improve significantly in a short period of time, but they also have the strength of the playoffs!The most important thing is to have unprecedented vigor!
This season's Most Improved Player favorites Jermaine O'Neal, Reggie Miller, Ron Artest, the core structure of the Pacers' second rise after winning the Eastern Conference Championship in 2000 has been completed!

When people mention those famous groups, they are always willing to give the evaluation of "a match made in heaven" to those championships, at least those groups that have won many honors together, such as the OK group, Splash Brothers, Miami 361, Blacksmith couple, etc., or the Utah Shuangsha, and it is rare for a combination that did not win the championship to be remembered.

But speaking of it, Reggie Miller, Artest, and O'Neal in their twilight years can really be called a match made in heaven, and they called immediately. At the beginning of the game, the Hawks, who were already tired and didn't pay much attention to the opponent in the Eastern Conference, were beaten repeatedly.

The power forward O'Neal's defense is too strong. He can resist the low post, especially the supplementary defense.
The Bulls don't pay much attention to his defense and regard him as grassroots, but the Pacers' general manager Larry Bird and head coach Isaiah Thomas treat him as a baby!

Two big villains in the 80s began to educate Artest in the direction of a little villain...

The Eagles were stunned as soon as they started, and the opponent seemed to have changed into a different team!
The offensive end is still the same. Like last season, Reggie Miller from the outside and O'Neal from the inside opened the mid-range shot. Anyway, it is a shot, and Artest digs in. Now Artest, who has not learned much from Bird in general skills, is not a big threat on the offensive end.

but!

The Pacers' defensive end has undergone a qualitative change!

Artest was on the outside and O'Neal was on the inside. The two formed a terrifying inside and outside defensive gate!With coolie center Jeff Fortes, the Pacers' defense feels too aggressive!
And it's not just a feeling, it completely beat the out-of-state Eagles powerless!
Liu Mang originally wanted to play against Reggie Miller today, but after more than four minutes the team was outscored 9-1 and only relied on Raheem to make two free throws to score 1 point. He was replaced early and then started to play against Artest...

In fact, if Raheem and Jason Terry can perform normally, Liu Mang will still have to fight with the restraint of the two, but in this game, both of them have been cheated, and Liu Mang will deal with each other alone...

Ever since, the entire Eagles team was in a downturn in this game, and they were defeated by the Pacers 91-80 without resistance.

Although the loss to the Pacers was not much, the scene looked really miserable. After losing to the Pacers, the Pistons came aggressively before the Eagles could recover.

As the saying goes, the enemy is extremely jealous when they meet, and the Pistons will not be polite about things like this. They led the Eagles to kill them when they were exhausted in four consecutive games. With the whistle at the end of the game, the Eagles faced another disastrous defeat against the Pistons for the second time this season.

Generally speaking, the big wins of the eastern teams are not big, and the points are extremely low, 75 to 83. After the Eagles won three consecutive victories, they suffered two consecutive losses!
With 18 wins and 9 losses, the Eagles, who were about to overtake the Pistons, suddenly "sit firmly" in fourth place in the Eastern Conference.

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After suffering a two-game losing streak, the coaching staff discovered the fatigue of their players and hurriedly took a holiday. Christmas Eve on the 24th and Christmas on the 25th were off, and training resumed on the 26th and 27th.

The league has never been sympathetic to non-popular teams like the Eagles in arranging the schedule. It is a way to save face by giving an easy schedule at the beginning. Obviously, there are only two games left in December. There are only two games in eight days on the 12th and 24st.

No human rights!
There is no game on Christmas Eve, the entire NBA is on holiday, and the Christmas game has nothing to do with the Eagles, so the coaching staff gave the players a holiday, have a good year, rest, and the New Year is coming soon.

Before this back-to-back, Liu Mang was quite satisfied with himself, and his rookie year goal was approaching step by step.

But after facing Artest, Liu Mang felt his own shortcomings.

Yes, this year's goal is the best rookie and the best sixth man. Both awards are now very popular, but they are still not enough!

If Kobe, James, Wade, etc. are the ones who encounter such a situation where all teammates are exhausted, they will definitely throw their arms away and do it!

But I don't have this kind of strength.

Very melancholy and sad, Liu Mang felt that he had to work harder!

After complaining to the system, Liu Mang tried to calm his mentality. Kobe played as a substitute for two years, James was selected as an All-Star in the second year, and made the playoffs in the third year. Everyone has to go through this.

If you don't try to despair, how can you know how much you have?

(End of this chapter)