Raheem's bold words made the Eagles' attention suddenly increase.

It's the coaching staff who have a headache, and it's the management who is happy.

How long has it been!

Except for relying on Liu Mang to occasionally enter the front page of the news page, how long has it been since TV stations and news newspapers have made headlines everywhere.

However, when it comes to the game, it is based on strength to speak, if Rahim can resist, then this "opportunity" created by Liu Mang is that Rahim has gone from being unknown and has excellent data, but his popularity and fan evaluation have always been average, to a real first-line top star whose real fame and status can match his strength and data!

Liu Mang just inadvertently created an opportunity for Rahim, not that he did these things, Rahim became a superstar, this is just that Rahim has this opportunity.

It's the same as the equilibrium model mentions that it will give a contemporaries who don't have the opportunity to show their talents or can't fully use their talents because of injuries, it's a chance, not to make sure they can stand up, the opportunity is there, and it's up to you whether you can stand up or not.

At seven o'clock in the evening on January 9, 2002, the Hawks started the first game of a three-game travel row.

The lineup fielded by the Pacers is Jamal Tinsley, Reggie Miller, Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal, Jeff Foster.

The lineup of the Pacers is actually one more Artest, but it seems to have undergone a drastic change!

Jamal Tinsley, the little prince of streetball, is a 24-year-old rookie who didn't have much chance to perform at the beginning of the season, but now that the Pacers have begun to build a defensive system, he is good at steals, excellent speed, and excellent one-on-one defense, and he has been the main team, averaging 6 points and 8 assists per game in the last half month, as well as 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 steals, and the side effect is that it is accompanied by 4.1 fouls and 3.7 turnovers, a double-edged sword.

However, Jamal Tinsley has recently entered the top 10 of this season's rookie list, and it is estimated that this development is promising.

Reggie Miller's three-point shooting is still excellent, O'Neal Jr.'s mid-range shooting and defensive area are really tough, Foster ...... Mainly responsible for the handsome.

On the Hawks' side, Dean Grove, Jason Terry, Raheem, Mohammed, and Ratliff are still on the field.

Jump Ball!

On the Hawks' side, it's the Ratliff jump ball, and the Pacers don't jump the ball from the center, but O'Neal Jr.!

As the opening whistle blew and the referee tossed the ball into the air, O'Neal Jr. flicked the ball to Jamal Tinsley with a brilliant bounce.

They are all called O'Neill, but little O'Neill is not the kind of giant fat man with a bloated body, and he is not even a floor stream in his later years, but a brisk thin man who can jump and jump!

After Tinsley pushed over, it was not O'Neal Jr. who fell into the low position, but Artest! O'Neal Jr. was mid-range on the right, and Reggie Miller was constantly on the move.

Tinsley passes the ball to Artest, who fights Rahim's hard chisel!

What kind of play is this? Coach Kruger looked at the smiling assassin on the Pacers bench, which was ...... Looking for death?

Artest is strong and powerful, but Rahim can really play power forward, well, just looking at his size, Rahim has to be bigger.

Raheem was undaunted to resist the flat-headed guy in front of him who seemed to be very violent.

Just when Rahim thought that Artest was a brute and only knew how to play with his body, Artest took advantage of Raheem's full strength to carry it, and suddenly made a deft turn and wiped it into the inside line!

Beasts also have a lot of work!

The Eagles' interior Mohammed went back to help defend it, Artest gave it to O'Neal Jr., who scored two points on a mid-range jumper.

This is the legendary one with a tiger in his heart, sniffing the rose?

Looks like a reckless man, but has such a little trick!

Liu Mang looked at Artest, and knew that this guy couldn't be a pure reckless man, how smart he would be to play with the Rockets and Lakers in the future, that kind of intelligence can't be a sudden enlightenment, it must have been there from the beginning, but the early Artest still had a violent side, not the one who began to recognize himself after being banned for seventy or eighty games, but the intelligence must have always been there, otherwise he would not be regarded as one of the MVP favorites before the start of the 04-05 season.

Offense and defense switch, Eagles offense.

Raheem sat down in the low position against Artest and wanted to fight back!

Raheem is the forward beast of the 96 golden generation, Artest is the most famous beast player in the first decade of the 21st century, and the two beasts who entered the league three years apart have a one-on-one head-to-head confrontation!

is full of muscle collisions, unlike Kobe Bryant's contempt when he faced Artest as the main player for the first time, the current Artest has become famous after preventing Kobe from scolding his mother, Rahim attaches great importance to it and goes all out.

A tough and tough showdown!

Raheem resisted Artest, beat Artest with a more mature body, and squeezed to the edge of the three-second zone and half-turned a throw to score two points.

That's what Raheem is good at, his own body!

Raheem's position at small forward is similar to Garnett and Duncan's size advantage at the power forward position, Garnett and Duncan should play center based on their height, and they are also doing center work on the court most of the time, but they are facing power forward most of the time.

Raheem's height, arm span, and strength not inferior to Artest, the advantage is too obvious!

It's time for the Pacers to attack again, Artest is asking for the ball with his back in the middle of the distance, Raheem thinks about it, and retreats to the edge of the three-second zone, do you like to shoot or not!

Bad learning!

Rahim, a thick-eyed and big-eyed one, also learned Liu Mang's defensive strategy.

This year, the opponent will fight, even if the opponent really can't shoot, he will generally not let go of the shot.

And Liu Mang is an outlier, which is why Francis was angry when he met Liu Mang, he had never encountered this kind of single defense and let him shoot.

Raheem remembered the scouting report, this Artest is a player who relies on a muscle to chisel in and score more than 10 points per game, with a shooting rate of just 40 percent, and his jump shot is extremely poor, and even the free throw shooting rate is only about 60 percent.

In this case, do you still have to fight against the death to consume physical strength?

Raheem is now focused on basketball, not to maintain the toughness he already has, and to play smarter, no longer only relying on physical talent as before, of course, he can make an All-Star only by relying on physical talent, and now he has learned to use his eyes to see the situation on the court, and use his brain to judge how to deal with opponents!

Artest didn't expect that the opponent was not guarding, how could he complete the task of creating opportunities for the outside line with a strong opening game ordered by the coach?

Artest is kind stuffed, this guy doesn't play according to the routine!