From today on is the king

Chapter 342 340. Shameless!
The Boston Celtics, one of the two strongest teams in NBA history, has the most 16 championships in NBA history.

After nine years since Larry Bird and other superstar teams retired in the 80s, the Celtics returned to the top four in the Eastern Conference.

Now with 10 games left, as the new core of the Celtics, Pierce looks at the second place in the East, but it seems out of reach.

The schedule is too tough!

The Celtics have no chance to be the one to challenge the opponent. They have to fight every remaining game to have a chance to regain 9 wins after 50 years, and it seems that it will not be easy to win six games in the remaining ten games!

Almost all opponents are playoff teams. The Celtics were not a seeded team at the beginning of the season. When it first arrived in the summer, the top four seeded teams were the Magic, Raptors, Nets, and 76ers. Before the start of the season, Grant Hill was reimbursed for the season.

Who knows that the Eastern Conference has changed suddenly this year, the Raptors and the 76ers have collapsed, the Celtics, who were ninth in the Eastern Conference last year, are firmly in third place, and the Pistons are tenth in the Eastern Conference last year.

Now that they have reached this position, it is impossible for Pierce to give up the second position.

Try to win every game!

Came to Atlanta for a night of rest. Pierce got up early this morning to watch the video of the recent Eagles game. After eating at noon, he rented a gym in the hotel and rented out the gym to perform training without the ball.

There was no national broadcast of this game, but in Georgia, there was Time Warner Cable's live broadcast. After the NFL season ended, Time Warner's live broadcast focus shifted to the NBA. Their biggest feature is that they like live broadcasts of regional games.

The game between No. [-] in the East and No. [-] in the East is very interesting for fans. Time Warner decided to broadcast the game live in Massachusetts and Georgia.

The game started at 06:30 in the evening. At [-]:[-] pm, Pierce went back to his room to pack his sneakers and other things. The jerseys were cleaned by the team. He was going to the Phillips Arena to warm up before the game. He habitually turned on the TV and cut off the sports news.

Seeing that the host on TV happened to be talking about the news about the Eagles, Pierce was stunned.

"According to the latest news, many people in the Atlanta Hawks suffered from acute gastroenteritis, which is said to be related to the food they ate during the celebration after the last game against the Trail Blazers. According to sources, Sharif Rahim, Jason Terry, Nazr Mohammed, Theo Ratliff and many others of the Eagles were unable to participate in the game against the Boston Celtics..."

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Seeing that four of the five starters of the Eagles were talking and laughing behind the bench in suits, Pierce was very angry!
A deeply humiliated feeling!

Pierce was not stupid, he was very smart. He was a little skeptical at first, but seeing the guys in suits from the Eagles with black faces, how could he not guess what the Eagles were thinking.

To be used as a gun, to be used as the gun to snipe the Nets!

But this kind of thing, Pierce can't refuse, they need this victory very much!
Angry, unwilling, but resigned to fate...

"Paul, do you think you are sure to win? Heh heh, it's not that easy with me around!" Liu Mang suddenly appeared from beside Pierce.

Pierce was startled, looked left and right, where did this guy come from?

The relationship between the two is not bad. They were comrades-in-arms in the All-Star Game and played Kobe together. It was the first time for both of them to enter the All-Star Game, just like winning the championship for the first time. The feeling similar to the friendship of classmates may be different from many partners in the All-Star Game later.

"Why, Ace, you didn't suspend due to illness?" Pierce said jokingly.

"They didn't ask me to go to the party. I was isolated. It's not like you don't know." Liu Mang was so angry!
This group of guys will not take him to play during their breaks!
When Liu Mang said this, the expression on his face was genuine, because it was true. Coach Kruger said that it would be good for the starters to rest. Liu Mang can go up and hone his ability to lead the team alone.

Liu Mang also wants to take a rest!
The two major scorers are not there, go up by yourself, can't you be defended to death by the opponent!I have to keep scoring average!What if you don't get 20 points?
What Coach Kruger wanted was to let Liu Mang go up to fight, and the loss might not be so ugly...

Looking at Liu Mang's expression of teeth itching with hatred, Pierce wondered if he had made a mistake?

Pierce's head was a little messed up, and he said with a rare smile: "Isn't this just right? They can't even fight, Ace, you can start."

"Starting? No, no, no, I'm still on the bench." Liu Mang ran back to the Eagles' bench to practice shooting in the half court after finishing speaking.

Pierce looked at Liu Mang in astonishment, with 1 question marks in his head: What is this guy doing here?

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After the start of the game, the Eagles sent a super drinking fountain lineup of Dean Grove, Emmanuel, DeMar Johnson, Reggie Slater, and Hannah Mottola, and three players guarding the drinking fountains started.

After the opening, the Eagles defended and defended the basket.

Not to mention, it's rare for the water dispenser manager to get a stable playing time, so he has to defend himself desperately. At the beginning of the game, many fans who were disappointed because the star couldn't play were brightened.

However, as the game progressed, after the Celtics became familiar with that kind of active confrontation, the gap in strength came out.

Antoine Walker's outside shooting, Pierce's stable singles, and Gemini's indiscriminate bombardment firmly controlled the initiative.

The Eagles called a timeout.

Let four start, this is the established strategy for losing, but in the game, we still have to do our best to win!

Coach Kruger replaced Liu Mang, Emmanuel, Chris Crawford, Newbell, and Strickland, trying to send out the strongest lineup.

Liu Mang's goal today is to score at least 20 points, and if he can score 27 points, it would be nice to let the average score exceed 20, but this situation is really hard to say.

The Celtics also put their new mid-season aid, Rodney Rodgers, on the field.

As the best sixth man in the 1999-2000 season, he used to be a giant. Last summer, he got a 2-year 1000 million contract from the Suns and went to the bench for Penny Hardaway. He couldn't fit in at all. Then he was robbed by the Celtics and came back. Of course it looks like a robbery.

But even after seeing Joe Johnson's performance in the Suns, the Celtics are not at a loss at this stage. Rodgers has returned to the peak feeling when he is in the Celtics, averaging 13 points and 5 rebounds per game to support the bench.

It seems that 13 points and 5 rebounds are not many, but in fact, Rodgers averaged 13 points and 5 rebounds per game in the season when he won the best sixth man. These years, the so-called sixth man, even the best sixth man, will not play too much time, because most starters have extremely high playing time, and the stars are scattered. There are very few star players who can spare to play as substitutes.

Just like now, Rodgers replaced the Celtics' false starter Eric Williams, Antoine Walker topped the power forward position, Kenny Anderson, Rodgers, Pierce, Walker, Tony - Batty appeared together, Pierce and Walker continued to average more than 40 minutes per game.

After the two sides rotated their lineups to play, Liu Mang worked hard and saddenedly on the court, shooting and scoring points with less than [-]% of his shots.

Coach Kruger did not stop Liu Mang from shooting. Instead, he kept calling timeouts to set up tactics for Liu Mang. Everyone gave Liu Mang a pick-and-roll.

But there is a gap between people, and there is a gap between teammates.

Liu Mang's current strength is definitely far behind Isaiah Thomas, even if he triggers the bench bandits.

Teammates are not on the same level either.

What Liu Mang is best at is to use the restraining force of his teammates to shoot in singles or pass the ball after attracting defense in singles. The prerequisite is to have one-on-one opportunities.

This whole team's pick-and-roll style of play... Liu Mang thinks it's pretty good, if he has the ability of Isaiah Thomas, and he is so high, it's not safe to be the scoring champion. The key is that he doesn't have that strength.

After more than two quarters, halfway through the third quarter, after the Eagles trailed the Celtics by 51 points 71 to 20, coach Kruger said that we can't take it anymore, let's surrender!
Therefore, Liu Mang left the game with 25 shots in over two quarters, 7 shots, and 22 points.

If it weren't for the shameless rush in and licked two fouls in the third quarter, 20 points would be suspended.

Seeing Liu Mang's resentful end, Pierce was so angry!
It is agreed that you are thinking that winning is not so easy?Dude fought so hard, why did you surrender like this?

Depend on!
Pierce really wanted to score [-] or [-] points. He knew before the game that the Eagles were resting on purpose, and he was ready to play easily. But when the game was about to start, the rookie ran over and said that this game would not be so easy for them to win, and he became vigilant.

Although the opponent lost four starters, it seemed that the Celtics would have no problem winning, but Pierce was still very serious. Walker made a lot of shots, and he went in to hit the rebound.

but……

That rookie surrendered just like that!

Shameless!
　I don’t know if the 400 monthly ticket is available at this time. If it is 400, I will add an update after get off work in the afternoon~ This chapter was written yesterday and is ready to be updated.

　　
　
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