"Mourning Soldiers: When the opponent with grief and anger reaches the extreme of despair, concentrate his strength and fight to the death."

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

Even if the home court is occupied by the opposing fans, and their own fans don't come to watch the game, the Nets players don't feel shaken or dissatisfied because of this incident.

It seems that I just want to play this game well!

On the Eagles' side, Liu Mang and Boozer hugged and walked onto the court, standing on one side of the middle line, looking at Kidd who came over and standing on the other side of the middle line, the two looked at each other and did not communicate verbally.

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

There wasn't too much desire exposed in his eyes, Liu Mang only saw a determined look, that feeling, the other party just wanted to win! Just trying to win.

For a moment, I actually felt that Kidd had an unearthly sense of "I want to play basketball", which had nothing to do with self-confidence, Liu Mang didn't see any confident performance in the eyes of the Nets players, the Nets didn't regain their confidence, but, they really just wanted to play this game.

However, Liu Mang feels that this is very excessive!

How good is it to be honestly eliminated and go back to fishing? I have to make trouble for my master!

Such an opponent, let's die! Kill them all!

Liu Mang didn't dare to be careless, sometimes it was often this mentality of not thinking too much, but it could burst out with great power!

Liu Mang and a few teammates who were ready to start doing pre-game actions after the shooting warm-up looked at each other, and the teammates saw Liu Mang's eyes, they were very tacit and knew that they could not underestimate the enemy!

……

Kidd came to the middle line and looked at Liu Mang for a while, then retreated to his own free throw line, originally he wanted to say something to Liu Mang, but seeing that Liu Mang was not lax and careless or complacent and proud expression, he felt that there was no need to say anything.

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

It's not like it's trying to motivate your teammates or anything like that, being 3-0 down, which means winning four games in a row to beat the Eagles, and they couldn't have won four games in a row last season, let alone this season.

Kidd and Carter brought 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 of basketball, regardless of the winner or loser, play the last game well, play the style that you should have, don't let the opponent underestimate them, don't underestimate yourself, fail this year, you can start again next year!

After getting rid of Mutombo's big contract and the expiration of some middle-class contracts of the Nets next season, there are only two players with an annual salary of more than 3 million, Carter and Kidd, and Richard Jefferson's rookie bonus is still one year away, and the future of the Nets is still very bright.

After Carter and Kidd fell behind 3-0 in Game 3 to the Hawks, it was as if everything had been seen through!

Jason Kidd, who admits that he is not a good guy, holds grudges, suppresses newcomers, excludes the head coach, has an endless desire to control the team, and is jealous of his teammates for women and causes the team to collapse...... But he thinks he is also recognized as playing cleanly on the court, and he is one of the few players who has been selected for the defensive team, but there is no small action in defense, and he has done his best on the way to fight for the championship.

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 build a dynasty, but immediately Jordan came back and pressed Olajuwon under his feet and rubbed it.

Jordan retired for the second time, Duncan ascended to the top, and Duncan's strength as if he had been the No. 1 center in NBA history since his rookie season made Kidd feel like another NBA ruler was coming, but soon O'Neal and Kobe Bryant founded the dynasty.

Originally just one of the three Dallas musketeers, Kidd didn't have too much faith in becoming the strongest player in his early years, when he didn't shoot well, made a lot of turnovers, and had average defense in the first few years of his career, with a defensive efficiency of just over 2.00 in the previous years, which was average in the league.

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

Before Jordan's first retirement, Olajuwon was considered to be forever pressed by Jordan and couldn't hold his head up, but Olajuwon also won two consecutive championships and became a rare consecutive champion MVP in NBA history, Jordan returned after retiring for the first time, and was eliminated by Anfernee Hardaway and O'Neal in the playoffs, everyone thought Jordan was old, but he started the second triple championship at the age of 33.

After that, Duncan and OK won the championship in turn......

In the 80s and 90s, the NBA was a unified situation, in the 80s, the Magic Bird War, except for them, other teams only won the championship twice, and the two of them won 8 times, and in the 90s, in addition to Jordan and Olajuwon, only the Pistons got it once and Duncan got it 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 seeing Duncan and O'Neal win championships in 1999 and 2000, Kidd broke the stereotype that the championship team was the ruler of the league because of the NBA that was unified in the 80s and 90s, and he also had the urge to "why not stand up for himself", and after coming to the Nets, he and Kenyon Martin almost seamlessly fit together, just like the future Kobe met Gasol, and the two led the team to the Finals at once.

The past two years have been Kidd's greatest moments, and he is eight 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 have to be done again.

If it was from scratch like he did when he was drafted by the Mavericks, Kidd would have had a mental explosion, but now that he has Carter by his side and Richard Jefferson, the future is bright.

Kidd and Carter chatted all night after the game, and the kind of "friendship" that was originally just a mutual use of each other's appearance was sublimated because they came to the point where they are now exhausted.

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

Carter is a person who is at ease with what he encounters, his sense of victory and defeat has not been very good, the original history, it was after his theoretical physiological peak because of Bowen's three steps that his physical fitness declined seriously, and he began to have a desire to win, and he originally liked to pursue performances to desire to win, but this kind of transformation was very late in his career, and he only began to have the desire to win after playing for twelve or thirteen years.

And now, with his teammates, he has experienced the glory of beating a 60-winning team in the next gram, but when he feels that he is about to climb to the top, he is ruthlessly crushed by the opponent 3-0, and that feeling stimulates Carter's deep desire to win by the psychology of enjoying the cheers of the fans who "show operation"!

0-3 is irretrievable, Carter and Kidd chatted all night, in fact, most of the time the two of them were silent smoking cigars and not speaking, but the two reached a consensus that it doesn't matter if they win this game or not, the main thing is not to lose their love for basketball!

Anyway, everyone, including myself, feels that they can't win, so it doesn't matter if they lose, play hard!

……

……

"Ding...... Equalization mode trigger, from Vince Carter, matched to Tracy McGrady. ”

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

What does this mean? Liu Mang stared at Carter and recalled for a long time, he didn't do anything! Why is the equalization mode triggered?

Moreover, this pair of slamming cousins really deserve to be cousins, and they always appear together!

The point is, what exactly did Carter change? And what is the big cousin that will be changed?

Carter had just come to the halfway side and stood with Prince, and now Carter was very relaxed, it didn't matter whether he won or not, it was more important to play well, but he felt a resentful look in his eyes.

followed that resentful look, and what I saw was Liu Mang!

Liu Mang has now evolved into a monster in Carter's eyes, a rookie who started to do things in a small way, and in the second year, he almost overturned the Eastern overlord Nets, and now he has turned over to become the new Eastern overlord.

Looking at Liu Mang's resentful eyes, Carter's heart suddenly changed, after letting go of everything and enjoying basketball, Carter's mentality became relaxed, and when he saw Liu Mang's eyes, he seemed to rush up and say: "Dude doesn't want to win, he just wants to play basketball, don't be so excited!" ”

However, Liu Mang was not excited, he just wanted to know what had been changed, but the system didn't say it, so it shouldn't be a big change, because there was no reward.

But this made Liu Mang even more curious!

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

Fuck it!

These cousins just love to cause trouble!

Carter saw Liu Mang's eyes began to become fierce, thinking of a few days ago, Liu Mang slashed 51 points, although Carter himself had scored 50 points in the playoffs, but he found that in a game like this between the two teams, let alone 50 points, it was difficult for others to score 30 points.

Now seeing Liu Mang's fierce energy, Carter feels that the chrysanthemum is cool......

……

The referee signaled that the game was about to begin, and Rashid Wallace and Jason Collins came to the center circle to jump the ball.

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

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

Rasheed Wallace won the jump ball in four consecutive games without suspense, the advantage was too great, and after Liu Mang received the ball, he was not in a hurry, and steadily controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

Seeing that Liu Mang had no change from the previous three games, steadily advancing, Kidd, who was defending at the three-point line, was quite happy, and felt that he was respected, he wanted to say to Liu Mang before the game started, they would go all out to make Liu Mang ready, but seeing that Liu Mang did not feel relaxed, he did not speak.

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

Liu Mang observed the opponent's defense while advancing steadily, not to mention, it actually looked even more oppressive than the first game!

In the first game, the Nets were overconfident because they had just beaten the Pacers, and then after being suppressed by the Hawks, their confidence completely collapsed, but now it feels normal!

Liu Mang came to the three-point line and saw that Kidd maintained half of the space, Kidd's defense was still very good, Liu Mang chose to cut half a step to the left, and sure enough, as Liu Mang expected, Kidd immediately pressed up to the right, and the threat of Liu Mang in the first game was too great.

Liu Mang immediately smashed the ball to the ground and retreated to the right rear in small steps, Kidd turned to chase, but turned around and saw the demonic smiling face of Rashid Wallace!

Kidd reacted quickly and immediately circled around Rashid Wallace.

Liu Mang took advantage of Rashid Wallace's defense and was about to go straight to the basket, but Aaron Williams was like a stake in Liu Mang's opinion, daring to stick up and press, Liu Mang dared to grab the ball and slap it on this guy.

However, Carter came over as soon as possible, and Kidd turned around Rashid Wallace, not to bypass the defense, but to approach the basket around Rashid Wallace, blocking the route that Rashid Wallace cut into, and at the same time sticking to Rashid Wallace and not letting Rashid Wallace catch and shoot!

Liu Mang was sandwiched by Aaron Williams and Carter in the top arc three-point line, Aaron Williams and Carter relied on the league's probably the strongest bounce to threaten Liu Mang's strong shooting space, in the face of these two people, Liu Mang really didn't dare to shoot, so he could only pass to Prince.

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

Entered!

Prince's single gave the Hawks the first offense.

However, although it was entered, the Hawks felt the pressure, and the Nets' defense today was too resolute and decisive, and it was well judged!

In the first three games, Prince started well, but in the process of defending Carter, the feeling also declined because of the continuous physical contact with Carter, all of which were 2 of 4 in the first quarter, and the full-court shooting rate was almost 30%.

This point seems to be targeted by the Nets!

When Prince made a three-point shot, except for Raheem, who rushed to grab the rebound, everyone else on the Hawks' side retreated.

The Nets didn't have a chance to fight back, and they didn't rush to the rhythm of rebirth like in the previous games, and slowly advanced.

Liu Mang saw the formation of the Nets' advancement, the Nets at this moment, like them in the previous two years, are also their real strength, the strength of the Pacers, but they were probably made to lose their normal heart by their own side from two years ago, year by year, step by step to the first two rounds of sweeps in the playoffs this year, before they were completely suppressed, of course, confidence was also broken.

After Kidd pushed in, Liu Mang went up to force it, but saw Kidd pass the ball to Carter, and Kidd pulled himself to a 45-degree angle outside the left three-point line.

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

But Carter's single-play on Prince didn't work well!

In the first two rounds of the playoffs, Carter shot 49 percent from the field and 65 percent from the basket, but in the first three games of the Eastern Conference finals, he shot 38 percent from the field, 30 percent from the basket, and half of the shooting rate from the basket.

Since it was Carter's singles, Liu Mang followed Mike Woodson's defensive strategy, followed Kidd, and moved to the middle of the straight line between Kidd and Carter in front of Kidd, blocked the connection between Kidd and Carter, and was ready to go up and attack at any time, and split the passing route between Kidd and Carter while smashing.

Liu Mang kept staring at Carter, Carter slowly dribbled to the top arc, Liu Mang kept moving his footsteps, and subconsciously glanced behind him...... Depend on! Kidd secretly wanted to get out of his back, and Richard Jefferson ran up from the bottom corner to block him!

Kidd saw that Liu Mang found out that he wanted to run away secretly, so he hurriedly ran faster, Liu Mang immediately chased after Kidd, Richard Jefferson wanted to block Liu Mang, and Liu Mang bypassed it with a sideways move and continued to catch up with Kidd.

Although Richard Jefferson did not block Liu Mang, but let Liu Mang move sideways, he has helped Kidd create space to receive the ball, while Kidd cut in the air, Carter broke through the inside line under Prince's sticking defense, and passed to Kidd who had a little space, Raheem followed Richard Jefferson didn't expect Richard Jefferson to block Kidd, Kidd ran to the edge of the three-second zone and received the ball when no one defended, Ratliff could only block it, Kidd's exquisite inside pass was passed to Jason Collins, Defending Carter, Prince retreated to the free-throw line and aggressively defended Jason Collins.

However, Prince is really not suitable for supplemental defense, his strength lies in the area pinching, mainly single defense, he is very active in supplementing and assisting defense, but the judgment of this aspect is too general, I didn't see that Rashid Wallace has rushed in, but left Carter out!

Jason Collins received the ball and threw it into the air, and Carter entered the water like a dragon after Prince left! Half a step inside the free throw line, jump directly on the spot, bounce speed and bounce height against the sky, catch the ball in the air, and smash it into the basket when it falls!

Carter yelled and high-fived Jason Collins and Kidd, and they played a wonderful match with a completely relaxed mentality!

Kidd held the ball for less than a second! But it was a perfect tactical match!

Liu Mang watched as Kidd received the ball and passed the ball, and Jason Collins did not stop the ball, and the two passes in three seconds were empty......

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