From Today it is the King of the Basketball

The Pistons, Nets, Hornets, and 76ers collectively expressed their contempt for the Celtics ’useless group of guys.

Actually let the Hawks find the feeling like that?

Too useless!

Especially for the Pistons, they had seen the Hawks feel cool. Even if they finally switched back to the previous style of play, there must be some influence, such as Jason Terry, who had originally got the ball, and lost. Liu Mang, who may not be suitable for a while, and the overall cooperation of the Hawks may be affected.

Originally saw the Eagles have two more defensive teams to play against the Celtics and Pacers in the last four games. The Pistons were pleasantly surprised and felt that they could give the Eagles more stumbling blocks.

Who would have thought that the defensive Celtics were screened by the Hawks, and how could the feelings of the four teams that are likely to play in the playoffs with the Hawks be expressed in a slot?

The most tragic thing is that a team that is about to play against the Hawks and ranks third in the East but is neglected by people-the Pacers, when the major media are giving the Hawks a possible playoff match, The Pacers, who have sat firmly in the third place in the East with 48 wins and 31 points, have not taken into account. They haven't even entered the Hawks opponent shortlist.

Instead, the Milwaukee Bucks, ranked seventh in the East, were included in the ranks of possible strikes. On the night the Celtics lost to the Hawks, the Bucks won the game and climbed to the sixth in the West. Payton can play in the postseason.

In fact, the sixth and third in the east, the difference is 5 wins, not to the point where there is no difference.

Seeing the public opinion in the media as if he has been eliminated, and Payton is really fierce in the playoffs. In March, he just got the best in the Eastern Month. The Pacers are the same as the Celtics who have been targeted by the Eagles. Feel the full maliciousness of this world ...

After the game between the Eagles and the Celtics, the style of the major media wall heads was shown most vividly.

When the Eagles were 1 win and 3 losses, the media were attacking coach Kruger's wrong decision, let him close it quickly, finish this season first, and then adjust those moths next season, extremely optimistic about the improvement of the Eagles Most media even said that because of this change, the Hawks had already successfully paved the road to the playoffs.

But after winning a Celtics and showing the ability to seamlessly switch between the two ball-handling cores, the trend of public opinion changed abruptly.

"New Generation Famous Teacher"

"The Cardinals of the Eagles"

"Another Phil Jackson"

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The major media are competing to tout coach Kruger. From the game, we can see that when Jason Terry held the ball, Liu Mang played significantly easier, and the two played their own characteristics of holding the ball. Afterwards, defense is beyond defense.

This change has made the media hold Coach Kruger up to heaven, and they are embarrassed to read newspapers and online news.

Fortunately, the next day there was the first card battle between the King and the Spurs. In the afternoon, they attracted the media ’s attention, otherwise coach Kruger would be touted.

Although Coach Kruger knew that he could n’t be prouder and could n’t be floated, although the Hawks were praised by the media, they were all blown up in the playoffs and they had to go all out in the playoffs, but Coach Kruger knew that the road was very difficult. There is no advantage. No matter who plays, the team starts away. The team is still in the most unfavorable situation, just after winning 41 wins and locking up the playoff seats.

But this does not prevent coach Kruger from being happy, seeing Liu Mang can't help but be happy, and Liu Mang is grinning ...

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The Eagles have three games left, while the Magic have only two games left. Moreover, the Magic have 38 wins and 42 losses, the Eagles have 41 wins and 38 losses, and the playoffs have stabilized.

Boston is a good place, a famous academic city, the origin of the American-Israeli War of Independence, a city with highly developed biomedical technology, and various orchestras and stage theaters. It ranks eighth among the largest cities in the United States, and Atlanta is still one higher name.

Hawks did not leave the next day after playing the Celtics, but took a day off in Boston.

The main reason is that the time is awkward. The last three-player has two days off between the first two games.

Finished the Celtics on the 12th, rest on the 13th and 14th, the Pacers on the 15th, and finally the 17th and 18th, there is an away, home back-to-back heat, the regular season is about to end.

After playing the Celtics, the Hawks stayed in Boston, mainly because the Indianapolis area really couldn't compare with Boston. The Eagles are ready to play easily in the next three games. In the past few months, the players with few opportunities to play, it is not important to win or not, even if all the remaining three games have been won, only 44 wins, the Celtics and the Bucks can not lose all the remaining games, even they All wins are possible, the Hawks have little chance to climb to sixth, and the seventh is the devil rankings that all Eastern Conference playoff teams want to avoid. The Hawks do n’t expect the Celtics and Bucks to complete the rest of the game. Losing, if really accidentally climbed to sixth, the tragic is the Eagles themselves.

In the morning, the Hawks trained for two hours in the rented stadium of Boston University, mainly to consolidate the game of yesterday. Personal training in the afternoon, people who want to go out to visit the historic city of Boston in the United States can also Go shopping.

Liu Mang chose to go to various universities in Boston with Rahim, who has an inexplicable desire for learning and looks forward to his son becoming a scholar in a prestigious school.

Boston is a gathering place for famous colleges. In addition to Harvard and MIT, two well-known colleges and universities that are familiar with Lanxiang, there are three colleges that are also top universities. The Eagles have rented the private colleges of Boston University. Tufts University, one of Ivy League ’s 25 joint universities, and Brandeis University, a top academic university with less than 5,000 people known as the Jewish version of Harvard, are known as the top five universities in the United States.

In addition, Boston also has seven first-class academic universities, such as Northeastern University and Massachusetts University ... three first-class financial management schools ... If you want to count various second- and third-rate universities, including Pheasant University, Boston this There are only more than one hundred universities in a city of more than two hundred square kilometers ...

This is also the key reason why Boston is the most densely populated city in the United States after San Francisco. There are too many universities. Universities are the best business gathering places. A school can drive a lot of economic income.

Liu Mang first went to Boston University with Rahim, and then went to Northeastern University nearest to Boston University with Rahim. Not to mention, Liu Mang's memories of past life and memories of this life are all Very touching.

The experience of leaving university with dreams and entering the society was finally crushed by reality, and the feelings of graduating another university graduation made Liu Mang very touched.

On April 19, Liu Mang ’s graduation ceremony for their college was advanced to April 19, the day the Eagles regular season ended.

The original normal graduation ceremony should be in early May, but because Carter missed the training and preparation for the seven-game tiebreaker with the 76ers two years ago, Carter performed abnormally in that game, only 6 of 18 shots, The Raptors defeated the 76ers 87 to 88 and missed the team ’s first chance to reach the final. Carter was criticized and North Carolina was once caught in the whirlpool of public opinion. The Dragons lost because the graduation ceremony was different from getting a diploma and degree certificate. It was just a ceremony before graduation.

Of course, this ceremony is very important for many students, such as Carter who promised that her mother must take her to the graduation ceremony.

So now the major schools with NBA active stars will decide the time of the graduation ceremony according to the situation. After all, an NBA star can be said to be the glory of the college or even the entire school. More than 400 NBA players are college students, and they insist on If you have enough credits to graduate, it is estimated that both hands can be counted. At the same time, if you can reach the playoffs in the year of graduation, it is estimated that you will encounter it once in ten years.

Like Rahim, because his family is only close to middle-income but less than middle-income income, but there are 5 younger brothers and sisters who are only up to 7 years old. He began to bear the pressure of family life after he finished reading and chose to enter the NBA early. It was a pity that he failed to become a graduate student at the University of Detroit like his third younger brother, nor did he get a college graduation certificate, so he placed his expectations on his children.

Special things and special treatment. Although Liu Mang didn't get a degree certificate, but he had the qualification to graduate. When the people of Georgia Institute of Technology contacted him, he realized that he was about to graduate from college in this world.

Looking at the college students full of youth, Liu Mang and Rahim spent the sightseeing trip, although not fun, but both of them felt very good.

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One day later, the Hawks came to the Indiana Pacers' home court to challenge the Pacers away.

The Pacers lost to the Celtics in the previous day's game and became 48 wins and 32 losses, completely losing the hope of the Pistons beyond 50 wins and 30 losses, regardless of playing the Celtics or the Bucks. It's almost the same for them, they won't win both teams in the regular season.

Of course, the Pacers are still very confident in themselves, and take all their pessimistic words as motivation, but they can't beat the Pistons. Their goal is to lead them only one game in the Nets!

So before this game today, the Pacers made a lot of plans, such as how to deal with Ratliff's basket defense, how to deal with Rahim's low singles and bottom line jumpers, how to cut off Liu Mang and Jason-Te The duo in ...

But when it came to the starting list of the two teams announced before the game, the Pacers found that it was not the case at all!

The starting lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince, Boozer, and Metola, Rahim and Ratliff, Muhammad directly truce, completely breaking the Pacers' expectations.

The Pacers completely overestimated the importance of this game to the Hawks, and felt that the Hawks would work hard to win a few more games and take the last few games. Who thought that the Hawks simply wanted Liu Mang and Jason Tritto played those kinds of cooperation, and cooperated with different teammates, so let the three top starters collectively take a break to give the role players more performance opportunities.

It's also at the end of the season. Like Mottola, it may be finished this season. It is difficult to stay in the Hawks next season. There may not be any chance to play in the playoffs. Kevin Willis is much easier to use and the deal is After Kevin Willis, Mottola had little playing time, so in the end the airport let Mottola also play, proving that he can play in the NBA, where the Eagles will not be able to control next season, but in order to reflect The team's humanity, after determining the playoff rankings, the Hawks gave them more opportunities to perform.

After the game started, the Hawks thought more about it, not how to score and how to win, but to try to make Liu Mang and Jason Terry create opportunities for power center Metola.

This is simulating the game of Ratliff's presence. Although Ratliff basically has no skills at the offensive end, such a tall height and such a big chunk are still very threatening in the weak eastern inside. Standing there It was a threat. If he could enter a few, the other party would not dare to let him go easily.

In addition to Metola, there is also the cooler Newber, one of the short liners who has reduced a lot of playing time after the Boozer has Boozer, and Chris Kee, who has played sharply after having Prince. Lawford and others all got a long playing time.

In addition to embodying the human touch of the team, allowing them to adapt to the team's style of play with no small changes is also one of the reasons. They have played the old style of play for two seasons and are familiar with it. Incorporate into it, but the new play is not necessarily.

Adapt more and adapt, in case of a foul crisis in the playoffs, or when the soldiers need to rescue the team, they will not be unable to join the team.

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However, the course of this game was always unexpected. The Pacers saw that the Eagles' strongest players and defensive pillars were all truce. The players in the heart-stuffed people can start to wait for the playoffs so moisturizing. It is inevitable for the Eagles. After despising a lot, Artest couldn't find anyone in a melee fight, so sorry, the desire of the brain dominated by muscles was nowhere to vent.

But after the game started, Boozer threatened O'Neal more than O'Neal imagined. A rookie's cut-in, pick-and-roll awareness, and mid-range shot all surprised him. This was much stronger than when he was 21 or 12 years old. In particular, Boozer's consciousness of cut-in after the pick-and-roll and the low footsteps of Xiaolu's sharp edge surprised O'Neal.

The defensive combination of Ratliff and Mohammed is hard enough to deal with. Fortunately, both of them are not attacking. As one of the best power forwards in the eastern defense, O'Neal is not as irritable as Ratliff, but he hit In the three years since the start, the average blocks per game have been 2.8, 2.3, and 2.4.

But I didn't expect the Hawks to be a substitute rookie. With the main tactical status, the Hawks have a new threat in the offensive inside.

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The Pacers couldn't defend from the inside at the beginning. After Boozer attracted the defense, Mottola got a lot of opportunities to hold high and hit high. He scored 6 points in a row. After the Pacers took care of the inside defense, the Eagles' outside line was cut. And the three-pointer gave the lighthearted Pacers a big heel.

Prince and rotation of Chris Crawford aggressively hit the rim, Liu Mang and Jason Terry shot and pass the ball after a pick-and-roll match, Artest followed Prince and Chris- Crawford was running dizzy, he wanted to guard against Rahim! He wanted a fierce bouncing bouncing bouncing ...

At first, the Hawks tried various offensive methods, and the feeling was quite good. They beat the Pacers unexpectedly and started with a 22-9, which scared the Pacers and Indianapolis fans.

This Eagles is too strong! With three missing starters, it's still so strong!

However, after playing, the Pacers adapted and adjusted the defense, only to realize that it was like that, but with a little more tricks, less of the defense defensive point of Rahim, Artest regardless of Chris Crow Ford, but after an active assist defense, the Hawks' offense started to be misfired. At the end of the half, the Hawks were not only overtaken, but also fell behind by 7 points, ending the half with 51 to 58.

In the second half, Jason Terry got into trouble again. When he went up to play with the bench, he spoiled himself and scored 14 points, hitting the Pacers 14 to 8, almost overtaking the score.

The Pacers also want to replace the bench to practice the ball, but the Hawks are playing so fiercely, with a posture to win, they are still competing for the playoff rankings and want to have a home advantage in the second round. Head coach Isaiah Thomas had to change the starter again.

After Artest came to defend Jason Terry, Jason Terry decisively admitted, passed the ball, played tactics, and trailed 8 points after 76 to 84 in three quarters.

In the last quarter, coach Kruger put Liu Mang on the running tactic again. Liu Mang did not have Jason Terry's leisurely effort to score a wave. He came up and planned to run a few minutes to give Dean Grove the rest of the tactics. , But the Pacers do n’t believe that the Hawks will admit defeat so easily, and continue to put the main force on, in case Liu Mang makes a difference if he does n’t agree.

Then ... Liu Mang really ran a few rounds of tactics and was replaced ...

Isaiah Thomas is going crazy, he can't figure out what the Eagles are thinking!

The Pacers players were almost tortured by Isaiah Thomas, they were close to the point difference, and the head coach was scared like that ...

In the end, the Hawks lost to the Pacers 99 to 108, and the Hawks players did not lose very much. Mertola, who got 17 + 5, set a new season high and was very happy.

Mertola didn't know if this was the last time he scored a double-double in his career. He was the second-round pick selected by the Hawks in 2000. Because he is a power center, he is much more valuable than a defender like Liu Mang and signed 2+ 1 basic salary contract, but the rookie averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds per year. The second grader averaged 4 points and 2 rebounds. This year, he averaged only 4 points and 3 rebounds. With a career high of only 14 points, he once got a double-double, 12 points and 12 rebounds. Before leaving the NBA, he set a new personal scoring high. It is also a good memory for Metola.

Chris Crawford is not the same as Newbell. They are of great strength, especially Newbell. They switch teams and return to the familiar small forward position. Maybe they can still start, and they are also the same as the Hawks. There is a contract, but the Eagles are now strong and strong. They have fewer opportunities to perform. The Eagles need more experienced veterans. Because of the joining of Prince and Boozer, the strength is there, and the experience and veteran experience are lacking.

All three are likely to leave the Hawks next season. For this, the more the players understand the more they get to the end of the season, because they have become more and more marginalized.

But leaving is not necessarily a hassle. The Hawks ’lineup will not give them a chance to perform. If they do n’t have a good performance next season, they may give other teams a stunning impression in the 01-02 season. After being erased, it may be more difficult to find a job after one year of contract completion.

Out of consideration for the team's salary and the signing of the summer, Chris Crawford and Newbell are almost certain to be traded away, because Boozer must have more playing time in the second grade. A player who also plays a small forward position must leave.

However, the management of the Hawks is still quite human. It is mainly because Liu Mang has a deep affection for his old teammates. If he sells at random, it may affect Liu Mang ’s renewal of the contract. We have to play the rest of the game well and perform well. After the season and before the draft, we will try to send them to the team they want to go to.

Because I did n’t expect any good returns, mainly to free up salary space and position, to show the humanity of the team as much as possible, so that Liu Mang, a Chinese player who attaches great importance to humanity, has improved the satisfaction of the team, at least not guaranteed Will be disappointed with the team because of this matter, they are willing to spend more time to do these things.

In addition, there are Dean Grove and Emmanuel who are about to expire soon and basically lose their NBA abilities. They are not far away from the team. They really have no place in the NBA. Ability.

The team ’s long-term plan cannot be a temporary intention. The playoffs have not yet started. The Hawks are already planning for the pre-draft trading period. The Hawks can basically have a 14th overall pick in the first round in 2003. This draft year, this draft thief is valuable.

Choose talent? The Hawks are not very happy, the talent is about to explode, and they have to trade and trade again in a few years, otherwise Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Rahim, Boozer, Prince, and Ratliff The salary of the core players is going to explode! What the Eagles want is to increase their combat strength. Before the salary explodes, they strive for a championship. Otherwise, Liu Mang doesn't make any sense here.

After playing the Pacers, the Hawks players came to the restaurant that was packaged in advance. Everyone gathered together. There were players who had good relationships with the Pacers. Some players called the Pacers.

Rahim called O’Neill. Muhammad and Al Harrington were the same friends. When Liu Mang saw Muhammad and Al Harrington, he thought it was Mu Hammud's good temper makes him a friend of such an arrogant Al Harrington character.

After the regular season, in order to prepare for the playoffs, the coaching staff will definitely not give them time to gather, maybe they will directly curfew in the playoffs, so just gather at this time, things in the playoffs are not easy to say, in case of the season Lost in the playoffs, you may not even want to get together.

Liu Mang also went. Liu Mang and Jason Terry had an appointment with Artest and Tinsley. Liu Mang did n’t drink. The Eagles were after all a visiting team. The whole team was in collective activities. Many local police turned outside the restaurant. Going back and forth, I was afraid that this group of wealthy uncles would cause trouble or have an accident. At that time, their director only had to blame and resign. With so many policemen nearby, Liu Mang, who was regarded as a "model" by the alliance, did not drink or go to nightclubs The "image spokesperson" naturally did not secretly drink alcohol.

Liu Mang also knows the end of these teammates, which is a bit sentimental, but also knows the team's arrangement for them. For example, Emmanuel and Moron-Willie have a good relationship and may leave the team as a trainer. After all, it ’s a professional athlete. When training as a partner, it ’s not bad. The salary is a lot less, but at least he will go bankrupt without retiring. Liu Mang is very much comfortable with this. Emmanuel is Liu Mang ’s first friend on the team. Although he did n’t have a sense of financial management, how much did he spend more than 2 million in salary after a six-year career combined with taxes, when he was poor, he followed Rahim or Jason Terry to rub the girl, but aside the money The thing is indeed a good friend.

Watching Dean Grove drink up and talk about his dream of becoming a painter in the future ~ www.readwn.com ~ Listening to Emmanuelle ’s eloquent words, saying that one day he will steal Moron-Willie just from Callaghan Uncle took over the position of vice president and then was intimidated by Moron Willie to make him responsible for picking up the ball every day. Seeing that Mottola decided to go back to college to finish college, and then went to open a gym. Liu Mang took a drink. Milk in 2003, I thought, this is probably life!

"Aise, are you sad?"

Tie Han, who can be compared with Boozer in terms of appearance and criticism at the current stage, came to Liu Mang and asked.

"No, Ron, I'm happy for them, it is a good thing to have my own plans for the future, isn't it?" Liu Mang smiled.

"Yes, compared to many players, they are lucky, there is such a boss for you." Artest felt he was worried, he saw Liu Mang's melancholic expression, and thought Liu Mang was leaving because of his teammates. Sad.

Artest seems to be carefree, but his heart is very soft, just because he grew up in the chaotic place in Queens, where he can only be tough, otherwise it will become food for others.

"No, no, I am not the boss, Sharif is the boss." Liu Mang quickly rejected this title.

Some of his teammates called him Little-boss in private, he could still accept, but in front of outsiders, he did n’t want to wipe Rahim ’s face, Rahim is the team ’s boss, the team ’s symbol, although Rahim It may not be because of this, but Liu Mang cannot but understand.

Artest smiled and said nothing, replaced wine with milk, drank a glass with Liu Mang, and then returned to the ranks that had advanced from drinking to bragging to gambling ...