From today on is the king

Chapter 583 582. Partner Stockton
19 points in a single quarter is not a big deal for first-class players, even quasi-first-class players.

And Mike James, a role player among role players, actually scored 19 points in a single quarter!
I have an impression of this man, Liu Mang, a very inspirational player. He was panning for gold in Europe before and returned to the United States at the age of 25. He lost the draft. In the 01-02 season, he was signed by the Heat as a trainer. The Oscars in the world were selected as one of the most inspirational sports figures in 3000. In the past summer, he signed a three-year 15 million contract with the Celtics as a backup point guard.

Who would have imagined that this player would suddenly explode in a game with such a big difference in strength!
The Eagles were stunned in the third quarter. After three quarters, the Celtics chased the score to a 78-78 tie!
Coach Kruger quickly replaced the main lineup with Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace and Ratliff.

However, after the start of the fourth quarter, the Eagles did not have the absolute advantage as in the first half. Liu Mang and Jason Terry's backcourt double wave maintained the Eagles' offensive firepower, but the Celtics' offense was completely missed. The short backcourt combination composed of Chucky Atkins and Mike James ran and played happily. Pierce played with confidence in the third quarter. When the Eagles opened up, they stood up and succeeded in mid-range singles, and then relied on the regular offense of Atkins and Mike James to bite the score.

The most important thing is that Rasheed Wallace was too hard on both offense and defense in the first half. His physical strength allowed him to concentrate on offense and defense throughout the game, even in overtime, but he did not have the ability to maintain concentration on both ends of the game. As a result, Ratliff had to guard against Mark Blunt, the desperate Saburo, and LaFrentz's air cuts in the interior, which made Ratliff too busy to take care of the end.

It's okay to say, the key is that LaFrentz has the ability to shoot three-pointers!

In the middle of the fourth quarter, with Pierce's step-back three-point jumper, the Celtics succeeded in leading the score by two points 95-93!

The Eagles called a timeout with 5 minutes and 32 seconds left, and the timeout became an official timeout.

Looking at Mike James, who has already scored the second highest score in the game with 26 points, Liu Mang is in pain, mainly because the Celtics' two speedy double point guards are too difficult to deal with!

In the first half, there was only one Atkins or Mike James who came off the bench. Both Liu Mang and Stockton could defend against it. But in the fourth quarter, Celtics coach Jim O'Brien sent both Atkins and Mike James on the field at the same time. He made it clear that he would give up the perimeter defense and attack. Liu Mang could defend one but not two!
And after trying it in the third quarter, Prince couldn't defend against Mike James or Atkins at all. The speed of the two was too fast.

"Don't worry! There are still 5 minutes left! Let's not worry, play slowly, Ace, John, you go on the court, defend the opponent's two point guards, Sharif, Carlos, your partner forwards, defend Pierce and LaFrentz, run up, start the offense, Theo... No, Kwame, go up, use your speed and confrontation to defend the basket!" Coach Kruger gave it a go.

Rasheed Wallace was obviously lacking in physical strength. Coach Kruger felt that there was a reason why Rasheed Wallace became a defensive loophole in the Trail Blazers. In that Trail Blazers, Rasheed Wallace was used to score from the inside, and Momonga was pointed to from the outside. Pippen was just an organizer, so it was too difficult to score at such an age.

After this game, Coach Kruger's coaching staff really understood the advantages and disadvantages of Rasheed Wallace. For the future, there is a clearer way to use Rasheed Wallace. But at this stage, Rasheed Wallace can only rest first. The goal now is to win.

And Ratliff felt as exhausted as he did against Kenyon Martin when facing the Celtics' two inside lanes. So coach Kruger replaced Kwame Brown, hoping that Kwame Brown, who played the best performance of his career in the previous game, could continue his good performance. When Ratliff rested in the second and third quarters, Kwame Brown performed well, scoring 7 points and 6 rebounds.

Stockton moved his body, what is he doing with the Eagles?Isn't it time to play at this time!He came to hold the lineup for the Eagles at a critical moment.

Kwame Brown is also very excited, this is the first time in his career to appear at a critical moment!

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After the timeout, the Celtics still sent Atkins, Mike James, Pierce, LaFrentz, and Mark Blunt in the second half and played a 56-36 frenzied chasing performance.

The Eagles attack, the frontcourt ball, Stockton receives the serve and organizes the offense, the Eagles set up a pick-and-roll offensive tactic, Liu Mang cuts to the basket without the ball.

Raheem came to the middle distance on the left side of the basket and took Pierce away. Liu Mang cut to the basket. Mike James followed him. Kwame Brown blocked Mike James in the interior. Atkins and LaFrentz both defended against Stockton. At the middle distance, Atkins couldn't prevent Stockton's mid-range shot, and LaFrentz couldn't prevent Stockton's breakthrough.

After Boozer gave Stockton a pick-and-roll, he made a very critical judgment. He didn't cut from the left to take away the defense of Atkins or LaFrentz, and he didn't help Stockton attract the defense to allow Stockton to make a mid-range shot or break through.Liu Mang just ran out from next to Boozer. At this time, Mike James, who was about to bypass Kwame Brown to chase Liu Mang with his speed, was blocked by Boozer!
Stockton, who was caught in the double-team, did not panic, clearly judged the running position on the field, and sent the ball to Liu Mang at the moment when Liu Mang took advantage of Boozer's second pick-and-roll and there was a gap.

Liu Mang caught the ball outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle, adjusted it, and threw the ball decisively!
The tactical movement is perfect, the shooting opportunities are perfect, and the shooting rhythm is perfect. Both the sharpshooter level 5 and the pick-and-roll master level 5 are triggered.

Amidst the boos of the audience, Liu Mang's three-pointer was hollow!
The basket didn't even touch the basket, and there was a burst of net flowers after entering the basket!
This seems to be the first time Liu Mang has partnered with Stockton in an official game. The feeling of catching and shooting is great!
However, Liu Mang's three-point attempt to snipe the Celtics' morale didn't seem to have much obvious effect, and the Celtics were still in full swing!
(End of this chapter)