From today on is the king

Chapter 740 739. I just want to play (please subscribe, there are two more chapters)

"Sorrowful Soldier: When the opponent with grief and indignation reaches the extreme despair, concentrate your strength and fight to the death."

Liu Mang felt that the other party had a mentality of "it's the last match anyway, it's a big deal".

Even though most of the home court was occupied by the opponent's fans, and their own fans did not come to watch the game, the Nets players did not feel shaken or dissatisfied or angry because of this incident.

It seems that they just want to play this game well!
For the Eagles, Liu Mang and Boozer hugged and walked onto the court. They stood on one side of the halfway line and looked at Kidd who came over and stood on the other side of the halfway line. The two looked at each other without any verbal communication.

From Kidd's eyes, Liu Mang felt a completely different feeling from the previous games and the games they had played against.

There is not much desire exposed in the eyes, Liu Mang only saw a kind of firm eyes, that feeling, the opponent just wants to win!Just trying to win.

For a moment, I felt that Kidd had a simple "I want to play basketball" sense of sight, which had nothing to do with self-confidence. Liu Wei did not see any confidence in the eyes of the Nets players. The Nets did not regain their confidence, but that they really wanted to play this game purely.

However, Liu Mang felt that this was too much!
How good would it be to be eliminated honestly and go back to fishing?You have to make trouble for the young master!
Such an opponent, kill him!Kill them all!
Liu Mang didn't dare to be careless, sometimes this kind of mentality that doesn't think too much can explode with great strength!

Liu Mang and a few teammates who were about to start the pre-match moves after shooting warm-ups looked at each other. When the teammates saw Liu Mang's eyes, they all had a tacit understanding, knowing that they should not underestimate the enemy!

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Kidd came to the center line and looked at Liu Mang, then retreated to the free throw line on his side. Originally, he wanted to say something to Liu Mang, but seeing that Liu Mang's expression was not slack, careless, complacent, or proud, he felt that there was nothing to say.

On yesterday's rest day, Kidd and Carter, two older players on the team, called their teammates together for a meeting.

It's not about motivating the fighting spirit of the teammates. They are behind 0 to 3, that is, they have to win four games in a row to beat the Eagles. They couldn't win the Eagles four games in a row last season, let alone this season.

Kidd and Carter called their teammates together mainly for one thing. Kidd and Carter told their teammates, don’t think so much, just treat this game with the original love for basketball, it has nothing to do with winning or losing.
After getting rid of Mutombo's big contract and the expiry of some middle-class contracts of the Nets next season, only Carter and Kidd have an annual salary of more than 300 million. Richard Jefferson's rookie bonus is still one year away. The future of the Nets is still very bright.

After Carter and Kidd lost the third game to the Eagles with a big score of 0 to 3, everything seemed to be clear!

Jason Kidd, he admits that he is not a good person. He holds grudges, suppresses newcomers, excludes the head coach, has an infinite desire to control the team, and his teammates are jealous of women, which leads to the collapse of the team... But he also recognizes that he plays cleanly on the court.

He has witnessed a lot of changes in the times. When Jordan just retired for the first time, he entered the NBA and saw that Olajuwon seemed to be about to establish a dynasty, but immediately Jordan came back. At the critical moment of the establishment of the Olajuwon dynasty, the Rockets made a mistake.

Jordan retired for the second time, and Duncan reached the top. Duncan seemed to be the number one power forward in NBA history since his rookie season. Kidd felt that another NBA ruler was coming, but O'Neal and Kobe immediately established a dynasty.

Originally just one of the Dallas Three Musketeers, Kidd was not too persistent in his belief in becoming the strongest player in his early years. At that time, he didn't shoot well, made many turnovers, and his defense was average in the first few years of his career.

But after seeing so many ups and downs and completely unexpected changes in the NBA, Kidd woke up!

Before Jordan retired for the first time, Olajuwon was considered to be forever under the pressure of Jordan, but Olajuwon also won two consecutive championships and became a rare consecutive championship MVP in NBA history.

Afterwards, the combination of Duncan and OK won the championship in turn...

In the 80s and 90s, the NBA was in a unified situation. In the 80s, except for the Magic Birds, the other teams only won the championship twice, and the two of them won 8 times. In the 90s, except for Jordan and Olajuwon, only the Pistons won once and Duncan won once.

But at the end of the old century and the beginning of the new century, the stars who entered the NBA in the 90s won consecutive championships.

After watching Duncan and O'Neal win consecutive championships in 1999 and 2000, Kidd broke the inherent impression that the championship team was the ruler of the league that he once had because of the unified NBA in the 80s and 90s.

In the past two years, when Kidd was at his most brilliant, he was only 8 points away from the coveted O'Brien Cup.

However, today, the glory of the past two years has become a thing of the past, and everything will start all over again.

Kidd would have exploded if he started from scratch like he was drafted by the Mavericks, but now he has Carter and Richard Jefferson by his side, and the future is bright.

Kidd and Carter chatted all night after the game. Originally, they were just a kind of "friendship" that used each other to take advantage of each other.

Carter likes this feeling. In the Nets for more than half a season, Carter originally just wanted to use Kidd's organizational skills to make himself play well, but now, he likes playing with Kidd.

Carter is a person who goes with the flow, and his determination to win or lose has never been very good. Historically, he began to have the desire to win after Bowen’s three steppings caused a serious decline in his physical fitness during his theoretical peak period. He changed his original love of pursuing performances to his desire to win. However, this change came very late in his career.

And now, together with his teammates, he experienced the glory of defeating a 60-win team, but when he felt that he was about to climb to the top, he was ruthlessly crushed by the opponent 3-0. That feeling stimulated Carter's desire to win, which was suppressed by the mentality of "show operation" to enjoy the cheers of fans!

0 to 3 was irreversible. Carter and Kidd chatted all night. In fact, most of the time they were silent and smoking cigars, but the two reached a consensus.
Anyway, everyone including myself thinks they can't win, so it doesn't matter if they lose, just play well!

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"Ding...Equalization mode triggered, from Vince Carter, matching object Tracy McGrady."

Liu Mang was thinking about how to play this game, and what kind of changes the opponent would have in his style of play. Suddenly, a system prompt came, and Liu Mang immediately stared at Carter.

What does this mean?Liu Mang stared at Carter and recalled it for a long time, but he didn't do anything!How to trigger the balance mode?

Moreover, this pair of stingy cousins ​​really deserves to be cousins, they always appear on camera together!
The point is, what exactly did Carter change?Big cousin and what will be changed?
Carter just came to the side of the center line and stood with Prince. Now Carter is very relaxed. It doesn't matter whether he wins or not. It is more important to play well, but he feels a resentful look in his eyes.

Following that resentful look in his eyes, what he saw was Liu Mang!
Liu Mang has now evolved into a monster in Carter's eyes. A rookie who started making troubles in his rookie year and made troubles in his second year almost toppled the Nets, the dominant player in the Eastern Conference. Now he has turned himself into the new Eastern Conference leader.

Looking at Liu Mang's resentful eyes, Carter's heart swelled. After letting go of everything and enjoying basketball, Carter's mentality became more relaxed. Seeing Liu Mang's eyes, he seemed to rush forward and say: "Dude, I don't want to win, I just want to play basketball. Don't be so excited!"

But Liu Mang is not excited here, he just wants to know what has been changed, but the system didn't say so, it shouldn't be a big change, because there is no reward.

But this made Liu Mang even more curious!

After a few minutes of waiting for the start of the game, Liu Mang became more and more resentful...

fuck him!

These cousins ​​just love to cause trouble for others!

Carter saw that Liu Mang's eyes became fierce, and thought of the scene of Liu Mang scoring 51 points a few days ago. Although Carter himself had scored 50 points in the playoffs, he found that in such a game between the two teams, let alone 50 points, it was very difficult for others to score 30 points.

Seeing Liu Mang's ferocious energy now, Carter felt the chrysanthemum cool...

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The referee signaled that the game was about to start, and Rasheed Wallace and Jason Collins came to the middle circle to jump the ball.

The lineups of the two teams have not changed in the four games. The other four starters on the Nets side are Kidd, Carter, Richard Jefferson, and Aaron Williams.

The other four starters for the Eagles are Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, and Ratliff.

Rasheed Wallace won the jump ball in four consecutive games without any suspense. The advantage was too great. After receiving the ball, Liu Mang did not rush, and steadily controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

Kidd, who saw that Liu Mang had no change from the previous three games, advancing steadily and defending from the three-point line, was quite happy and felt respected. He wanted to tell Liu Mang before the game that they would go all out to prepare Liu Mang, but seeing that Liu Mang didn't feel relaxed, he stopped talking.

Now, seeing Liu Mang continue to maintain the steady style of play in the first three games, Kidd is very active in defense.

Liu Mang watched the opponent's defense while advancing steadily. Not to mention, it looked even more oppressive than the first match!
In the first game, the Nets were overconfident because they just defeated the Pacers, and then after being suppressed by the Eagles, their confidence completely collapsed, but now they feel normal!

Liu Reck came outside the three-point line and saw that Kidd kept half of his body space. Kidd's defense was still very good. Liu Reck chose to cut half a step to the left. Sure enough, as Liu Reck expected, Kidd immediately pressed up to the right. The threat Liu Reck played in the first game was too great.

Liu Mang immediately smashed the ball to the ground and took small steps to the rear right. Kidd turned to chase after him, but when he turned around, he saw Rasheed Wallace's magical smiling face!

Kidd reacted quickly and immediately circled against Rasheed Wallace.

With the help of Rasheed Wallace's defense, Liu Mang was going straight to the basket, but Aaron Williams looked like a stake in Liu Mang's eyes. If he dared to stick up and press, Liu Mang dared to grab the ball and attack this guy.

However, Carter came over to defend the first time, and Kidd turned around Rasheed Wallace, not to bypass the defense, but to approach the basket around Rasheed Wallace, blocking Rasheed Wallace.
Liu Mang was sandwiched by Aaron Williams and Carter within the three-point line of the top arc. Aaron Williams and Carter relied on the league's strongest bounce to threaten Liu Mang's strong shooting space.

Prince didn't hesitate to receive the ball, and made the first three-point shot...

in!

Prince's three-pointer gave the Eagles the first to get the first attack.

But even though they scored, the Eagles felt the pressure. The Nets' defense today was too resolute and decisive, and they judged very well!
In the first three games, Prince started with a good touch, but in the process of defending against Carter, his touch also declined due to the constant physical contact with Carter. He was 4 of 2 in the first quarter, and his shooting percentage was almost [-]%.

This point seems to be targeted by the Nets!

When Prince made a three-pointer, except for Raheem who was rushing to grab the rebound, everyone else on the Eagles retreated.

The Nets had no chance to counterattack, nor did they rush forward like a reincarnation like the previous games, and slowly advanced.

Liu Wei saw the formation of the Nets advancing. The Nets at this moment are very similar to them in the past two years, and they are also their real strength. When they beat the Pacers, they have the strength to beat the Pacers. It is just that they have been completely suppressed by their own strength since two years ago, year after year, and the first two rounds of this year's playoffs.

After Kidd advanced, Liu Mang went up to press, but saw Kidd pass the ball to Carter, and Kidd pulled himself to a position at a 45-degree angle outside the left three-point line.

This Liu Mang didn't understand, let Carter play singles?

But Carter's singles against Prince did not work well!

In the first two rounds of the playoffs, Carter shot 40.00% from the field and 60.00% from the basket. But in the first three games of the Eastern Conference Finals, he shot 30.00% from the field and 30.00% from the basket.

Since it was Carter playing singles, Liu Mang followed Mike Woodson's defensive strategy, followed Kidd, and moved to the middle of Kidd and Carter's line to block the connection between Kidd and Carter.

Liu Mang kept staring at Carter, and Carter slowly dribbled the ball to the top arc. Liu Mang kept moving, and subconsciously glanced behind... Damn!Kidd actually secretly wanted to leave his back, and Richard Jefferson ran up from the bottom corner to block himself!
Kidd saw that Liu Mang found out that he wanted to run away secretly, so he ran faster. Liu Mang immediately chased after Kidd. Richard Jefferson wanted to block Liu Mang, but was bypassed by Liu Mang and continued to chase after Kidd.

Although Richard Jefferson didn't block Liu Mang, he allowed Liu Mang to move laterally, which has helped Kidd create space to receive the ball. The inside pass was passed to Jason Collins, and Prince, who defended Carter's retreat to the free throw line, actively defended Jason Collins.

However, Prince is really not suitable for supplementary defense. His strength lies in area flanking, mainly single defense. He is very active in supplementary defense and assistance defense, but his judgment on this aspect is too general. He did not see that Rasheed Wallace had rushed in, but Carter missed it!
Jason Collins received the ball from the player and threw it into the air. After Prince left, Carter dived into the water like a dragon and ascended to heaven!Half a step inside the free throw line, take off directly on the spot, with incredible bounce speed and jump height, catch the ball in the air, and when it falls, smash it into the basket!

Carter roared and high-fived Jason Collins and Kidd. They were completely relaxed and played an exquisite cooperation!

Kidd held the ball for less than a second!But it played a perfect tactical coordination!

Liu Mang watched as Kidd passed the ball immediately after receiving the ball, and Jason Collins did not stop the ball. Three passes were alley-ooped within three seconds...

Carter + Kidd, it seems that from the tactical level, the cooperation between the two has been sublimated!

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