On the 25th, after Li Liang returned home from a day's training, the house was already lit up, and the Christmas tree was green and beautiful.

Today is Christmas Eve, and the Christmas war will start tomorrow at 1 p.m.

It doesn't matter if you don't have family with you, it's the same with friends in a foreign country.

Wei Dazhi installed a wine cabinet at home and bought some red wine, gin, and sherry wine to put in it.

Li Liang usually doesn't drink, and during the holidays, he drank two glasses of gin together.

Zhu Shu and Bai Xiaoting were busy and made a table of good dishes.

The four of them drank, chatted, watched movies, and spent a peaceful and peaceful Christmas night.

Li Liang went back to his room to sleep, but instead of falling asleep directly, he entered the system to finish the last part of [Pistol's Last Wish].

I thought about ruining Duncan's debut before, and hesitated for a moment, let's do this first, this is more fun.

It's already cold in Los Angeles in December, but going into the mission, the temperature in Boston in May is rising.

On May 4, 1980, the last game of the Eastern Conference Finals, Game 7, a battle of life and death.

The Celtics, who fell behind 1:3, won two games in a row and dragged the series into a tie-break.

Li Liang came to the locker room of the Garden Square Arena, which was as broken as it was twenty years ago.

A tense atmosphere permeated the locker room, and everyone let go of the first two games to chase the series back.

Now, when it comes to the time to eliminate the opponent, it is still at home, but it is a little nervous.

Everyone was sitting there and head coach Bill Fitch was mobilizing before the game.

General manager Auerbach walked in and the players looked at him.

Compared to 20 years ago, Auerbach has more gray hair and a brighter brain.

Auerbach motioned for Fitch to continue, then walked over to Li Liang and sat down beside him.

Auerbach didn't speak, he just took out a cigar from his inner pocket and handed it to Li Liang.

Li Liang said: "I don't smoke, quit." “

Maravich used to smoke and drink heavily, and he quit all the year.

Auerbach said: "Keep it, I hope it can be used after the game." ”

Then Auerbach and the others waved and left the locker room.

Li Liang took the cigar and put him in the locker.

Twenty minutes later, Li Liang and the whole team stood on the floor of Boston Garden Square.

The atmosphere was incredibly warm.

Boston fans arrived more than an hour early.

Before the game started, I don't know who took the lead, and took the lead in shouting the slogan "Beat-LA".

The Los Angeles Lakers have taken the lead in reaching the Finals.

These two teams, no matter who makes it to the Finals, are going to play the Lakers.

This slogan came two games later than in history.

The Lakers are really lying down and getting shot, you guys are shooting you well, what's the matter with me?

The opening shocking Beat-LA made Li Liang's scalp tingle.

Lao Tzu is still a Lakers player, and it's weird to run the Celtics to listen to Beat-LA.

The players on both sides looked serious, and Dr. J. Owen crossed his waist and pursed his lips.

Ben came to the victory in hand, but it was dragged to the seventh game?

It's that Maravich, who suddenly hit a three-point shot that made the 76ers doubt his life.

During this time, the newspaper headlines were full of "Maravich exploded", "Maravich's three-point miracle", "should the NBA introduce a three-point line" and so on.

CBS was originally scheduled to record the entire series, but decided to broadcast it live because of the tie-break.

Before the start of the game, Li Liang returned to the bench, but the TV camera was aimed at him.

Now he is Maravich.

The game began, and both sides played very tightly at the beginning, and all kinds of shots were not scored.

The battle of life and death will make anyone feel nervous.

Larry Bird hit a jumper to break the deadlock.

The fans cheered.

It was just the first goal, and who knows how long they'll be cheering tonight.

The biggest problem for the Celtics against the 76ers is their offense.

The lineup as a whole is seriously aging, especially the frontcourt, which is completely suppressed by Dr. J, Dawkins, and Jones.

Bird is too young, ML Carl and Maxwell have done their best, and Cowens is really old.

Before Li Liang came to this series, the Celtics had scored more than 100 points in none of their four games.

You know, they averaged 113.5 points per game in the regular season, and in the 1980 season, all 22 teams in the NBA averaged hundreds of points per game.

As a result, when it comes to the Eastern Conference Finals, you can't do it over 100, how can you win?

The help brought by Li Liang's three points was huge, completely changing the tactical face of the court.

Although Coach Cunningham is powerful, unless he is a god, how can he find a solution in three games?

The morale-boosting Celtics played hard against the 76ers in the first half of the first quarter.

They really fight, although the offense is still not good, but they can fight defensively.

The offenses of the two sides were not disciplined, they could not play tactics, and the physical confrontation was extremely fierce.

The referee's whistle kept blaring, and the game was played in tatters.

Both sides had four fouls early on, and if they fouled again, they were about to make free throws.

At this point, Bill Fitch decided to make a substitution, replacing Leean Maravich on the field.

At the moment when Li Liang appeared on the stage, the entire Boston Garden Arena burst into joy.

This is the hero of their first two games, the magic pistol – and now the Bostonian has given him a new name, "Mosin Nagant."

This is the famous rifle of the Russians during World War II, and it is as famous as the 98K.

Malavic's ancestral home is Slavic, and it is not enough to describe his three points with such a long rifle.

Mosin Nagant was on the pitch and the whole 76ers were on high tension.

Cunningham responded immediately by making a bold substitution, using rookie Clint Richardson to play against Leung Maravich.

There's no way, a dead horse is a live horse doctor, and the newcomer is working harder in defense, and using him to stare at him may have an effect.

Li Liang looked at Richardson, a very young black player, and his eyes kept rolling.

It can be seen from the movements of his running on the field that he is also nervous.

Cunningham can put such a heavy responsibility on a rookie in such an important game, which is enough to see his boldness, worthy of a generation of famous coaches.

But being bold doesn't mean you can succeed, and Li Liang's style of play is not something that can solve the problem by sending a rookie to bite it.

He can shoot threes not because he has a blast, but because he is a product of the modern basketball system.

It's like the British soldiers beat the Qing Dynasty soldiers, is it because the British soldiers are super invincible and brave?

No, the Qing army was also very brave, but the modern military system had a generational effect on the feudal military system, and no matter how brave it was, it was useless.

After Li Liang came on the court, he began to take on the responsibility of planning, and Maravich passed the ball very well.

Li Liang just doesn't know how to dribble, so he always takes the ball and responds on the outside.

Richardson kept his eyes on it, but the 76ers' dense defense was leaky.

Since the founding of the NBA, joint defense has not been allowed.

But the bag grip on the ball carrier has always been okay and is a very important defensive tool.

If there is a joint defense, to deal with Li Liang's situation now, keep 1-4, and just keep an eye on the four.

It can't be combined, so it's not allowed.

One-on-one defense, five people on the field, must maintain a reasonable distance and formation, in order to make the bag timely and effective.

That's how the 76ers strangled Bird before, and the 76ers have a strong front.

Li Liang pulled Richardson out alone, and the two people in the three-point line suddenly became a lot empty.

5-5 at half-time and 4-4-4 at half, it feels completely different.

Bird ran a simple zip line tactic, cutting inside and then back to the baseline.

Li Liang passed the ball to Bird, and Bird received the ball and threw it!

This pass and catch is too smooth, there is no interference, can Bird not score?

Score two points!

Then, the 76ers also scored a goal.

Coming back, it was Li Liang who took the ball, hit the ground in the counterattack, and Cowens cut inside to catch the ball and made a layup.

At the end of the day, Cunningham felt bad and underestimated Maravich's pass.

If this defense is broken down and Celtic can play a cross-cutting combination, the game will be difficult and difficult.

In the first quarter, Li Liang contributed three assists and did not make three-point shots.

In the second quarter, Cunningham saw that the situation was not good, replaced Richardson, and finally took out his killer weapon - Bobby Jones.

This famous white forward of the 80s, a fierce man on the defensive end, and the perfect sixth man.

He can tirelessly scramble and fill in on the defensive end, and has super physical strength and strong willpower.

He was the representative of white blue-collar forwards of his era, and Cunningham's most trusted player.

Originally, he was used to deal with Bird, but now he is going to be used against Li Liang.

Of course Li Liang, the name of Bobby Jones, has heard of it, will Li Liang be afraid?

Of course, Li Liang is not afraid, not that he looks down on Jones, but he knows that although Jones is a great, great defender, he will not defend three-point shots.

Because in this era, no one understands how to defend three-point shots.

Before playing in the 60s and 70s, although Li Liangyuan was there, there was no three-point line!

There is no three-point line, you run so far to score two points, aren't you mentally disabled?

With a three-point line, there is Li Liang's lifeline.

In the second quarter, Li Liang first cooperated with Bird after a block, and made a quick shot at 45 degrees on the outside and hit three points.

Jones didn't expect the ball to be thrown like this, so he reached out and watched the basketball go into the basket.

Then, Li Liang stood two steps outside the top of the arc, received the frontcourt rebound from ML Karl, and took the ball and shot directly into three points.

Again!

From the moment he entered this task, Li Liang felt that his hand was explosive.

It must be Maravich's strong belief that makes the feel so good.

With this kind of three-point shooting that is two steps away, it can be shot with the intensity and tension of the playoffs, and Li Liang finds it difficult.

But the ball just went in, the feeling came, and it couldn't be stopped.

Boston Garden Square is going crazy, where have you ever seen a shot like this?

I don't know who led the scene, and began to chant "Mosinna", and the sound was higher and higher.

Opening Beat-LA, now Moscina, the pressure is mounting on the 76ers.

When Li Liang was about to end the second quarter, he ran to catch the ball, shook off Bobby Jones, hit a three-point shot, and caused a foul, and scored four points, Cunningham slammed the tactical board on the sidelines!

Don't play anymore! How to play this?

The basketball is playing well, and the opposite side suddenly hangs up, how can this be played?

Is there still a royal law? That's how you play the three-point line?

Cancel cancel cancel, cancel the three-point line, kill the individual.

The Boston fans didn't care, they desperately applauded Leon Maravich, and the cheers grew louder and louder.

In this free throw, the Celtics were already 66-51 in the first half, leading the 76ers by as many as 15 points.

They have one foot in the door of the finals and are about to complete a big comeback from 1:3 down.

The last time this happened was back in 1968, when the Celtics came from 3-1 down in the playoffs to make a comeback — against the 76ers.

Between the 76ers and the Celtics, it is really a blood feud.

At half-time, the Celtic dressing room was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

The teammates all came up to hug Li Liang, but Li Liang refused, saying, "It's not time yet, boys, it's not time yet." ”

Bill Fitch nodded, it's really not the right time, any carelessness will make everything fall short.

Pack up your mood, in the second half, the whole Celtics team played like chickens, with a 15-point advantage, as if they were behind.

The mentality of the 76ers completely collapsed, and in 1977 they took a 2-0 lead in the Finals and were reversed.

Now that I'm leading 3:1, it's hard not to collapse at this point.

Dr. J Irving is a great player, but his style of play is destined to be difficult to turn the tide.

Li Liang didn't hit another three-pointer in the second half, and he didn't need it anymore.

As soon as he played, the 76ers' defense was a mess, and the interior was full of gaps.

Bird cut to the basket to score a dozen points, which was unthinkable in the previous games.

At the end of the game, the scoreboard showed 116:98, and the Celtics defeated the 76ers at home, completing a big comeback from a 1-3 deficit and successfully reaching the 1980 Finals.

At this moment, the fans of Boston Garden Square rushed into the stadium like a flood of bursting banks, surrounding all the Celtics players in the center of the field.

The 76ers players wanted to get off the court and couldn't even find their way.

Li Liang's No. 44 jersey was about to be torn by the people around him, and Boston fans were simply crazy.

In a very difficult situation, Li Liang and his teammates finally returned to the locker room, and Bird stepped forward to hug Li Liang, not wanting to let go at all.

Li Liang walked to his locker and took out the cigar that Auerbach had given him before the game.

Li Liang took the cigar into his mouth, and Auerbach stepped forward to light a cigarette for him.

I took a hard breath, and the choking smell of smoke filled my mouth, and I coughed it out at once.

"There are four games left." Li Liang said to everyone.

[Mission completed, "Pistol's Last Wish", task reward: strong three-point ability +5, anti-interference ability +2, critical moment ability +1, skill 'zero second shot' level increased by 1, current level LV2, you can slightly increase the speed of shooting.] 】

The series mission was finally completed, and the three-point shot increased by 15 points to 35 points.

The level of the key [Zero Second Shot] skill has also increased, and his three-point ability has become stronger.

But that's the end of the mission, has Maravich fulfilled his dream of winning the title with Celtic?

Li Liang didn't know either.

The black technology system of the ball master