The last time he came to Indiana, Liu Mang felt weird, and the Pacers fans booed their players.

It's just that at that time, the Hawks had just finished the sweet schedule and entered the devil's schedule that had been opened since the Christmas War, and how could the Pacers be in the mood to care about the affairs of this team on the edge of the top eight in the East, when the Hawks were in a 26-game winning streak, and the Suns were overturned, how could they put the Pacers in their eyes, and the Hawks still regarded this as a joke at that time, and finally ended the winning streak.

Although this time...... Or watch it as a joke......

If you have to say, Reggie Miller, who has been sticking to the team for 18 years, was ruined by a fight in the year with the greatest hope of winning the championship, and I feel very sorry as an opponent, because Reggie Miller was not eliminated in the playoffs with a full team lineup, or even because the team had many injuries, it was completely a natural disaster.

Pacers fans hate the three best players on their team now, Artest, Stephen Jackson, O'Neal Jr., the three players are in the top 10 in their respective positions, but the Pacers fans just don't want to see them, they ruined Reggie Miller's last chance to hit the championship, although the final result is that the Hawks are invincible in the East, and the Pacers don't have much chance to win the championship even if they don't have that fight, but they don't even have the last chance to fight.

This is a matter of sympathy.

But...... Seeing the Pacers players being booed by their own fans, the Hawks can't sympathize with it! It's true...... It's funny......

Not just the Eagles, any team that comes here to play can't restrain that joke-watching mentality.

Liu Mang was the same, after feeling sorry for Artest, he couldn't help but smile in his heart.

However, Liu Mang now sees Artest, a little regretful, Artest is not as active as he was at the beginning, Artest not long ago, he disclosed that he has a psychological disorder, which affects his trade value and future contract, and also makes Pacers fans and general manager Big Bird more dissatisfied with him.

Liu Mang knows that Artest is a good person, and he will sell the championship ring for charity in the future, and he feels sorry for Artest, otherwise even if he fights, with his average performance data of 18 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 2.9 steals per game this season and such a good defense, the 4-year 24 million contract he signed in 03 expired in 07, and he was only 28 years old and had no problem getting a contract of 10 million, but for now, Artest may have the biggest contract in his entire career, which is the current contract.

Aside from the generally low salaries in the 80s, Artest was the worst of the best defensive players since the 90s.

Liu Mang looked at the ability evaluation of the Pacers, Artest 89's comprehensive ability evaluation, at the peak, 83 offense, 96 defense, 77 three-point shooting, 75 shots, 88 layups, 75 passes, 74 rebounds, 90 speed, and 94 strength...... What do you want, you can defend from the first position to the fourth position.

The peak Artest is still very powerful, although he does not have the ability evaluation of the highest 90 in the few games before the fight last season, as the strongest player of the team with a salary of 6 million, it is worth it too much.

Stephen Jackson, Ability rating 87, peak, offense 88, defense 84, three-point shooting 82, shooting 69, layup 91, speed 87, power 88...... He averaged 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks per game.

Jermaine O'Neal, Ability rating 86, offense 89, defense 81, three-point 46, mid-range shooting 91, layup 90, speed 78, power 92...... He averaged 18 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.3 blocks per game, along with 4.6 league-leading fouls per game.

No one would have thought that O'Neal Jr. was the first of the three stars of the Pacers to decline!

In just one year, he has collapsed from a top star to an ordinary first-class star.

But even so, Liu Mang feels that the Pacers have three first-class stars, and it shouldn't be such a record.

The reason is that Liu Mang feels that Jim Carrey, who has hair, is not a good NBA head coach.

Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle has once again lost control of his team.

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The Hawks fielded the starting lineup of Mang Liu, Maddy, Horry, David Lee, and Kwame Brown for today's game, while Prince and Rasheed Wallace were rested today.

The Pacers, for their part, fielded a starting lineup of Jamal Tinsley, Artest, Stephen Jackson, Jermaine O'Neal, and Jeff Foster.

Kwame Brown easily won the jump ball, and after Liu Mang received the ball, he advanced to the front court, and Artest came up to try to defend Liu Mang with strength.

The speed can keep up with the fast point guard, the strength can resist the inside, and Artest's defense at the peak is really buggy.

However, the Eagles had already prepared, Liu Mang went outside the three-point line, and when Artest was about to press up, he changed direction to the left, Artest wanted to keep up, but was blocked by David Lee's taller but thicker body than Artest!

After Artest was blocked, he forced himself to squeeze in front of David Lee and continued to chase Liu Mang, who distributed the ball to David Lee who cut in the middle after the block.

O'Neal Jr. chased after him, didn't put pressure on his body, and thought about blocking from behind, David Lee had good kung fu in his hands, received the ball and didn't dribble, and stopped after two steps in a row, O'Neal Jr. immediately flew up to get a block, and after David Lee bent down to dodge, he got up and threw the ball in Foster's head.

The Hawks have made targeted responses to the Pacers' defense, the last time they lost to the Pacers, mainly because Iguodala and Josh Smith, the two catch-and-shoot points or response points, are too physical, and when they have the opportunity to attack the basket, they are all straight, good physical fitness is very important, but occasionally there will be trouble, like these two are only sophomores, and the experience is too poor.

Moreover, compared with David Lee, these two have not played as much time as adults as David Lee, a rookie who has played in four years of college, and David Lee University is known for his good skills, averaging 25 points per game in four years of college.

The physical fitness is a little worse, but he will pay more attention to some details.

Offense and defense switched, and the Pacers attacked.

Artest received the serve, didn't care about Tinsley, dribbled to the front court by himself, and singled Maddie!

Maddie's task today is to fight against Artest with Iguodala, who is playing as a substitute!

The last time I played the Pacers, Maddie didn't play, Iguodala gave Artest some restrictions, but Iguodala couldn't hold on to the whole game, and the Hawks couldn't give Artest continuous restrictions, this time it's different!

Artest broke through to the basket in a tank-style style, and forced a layup was interfered with by Maddie's long arm, and did not score, Maddie guarded the rebound, handed it to Liu Mang, and then ran to the front court to open up space.

Liu Mang protected the ball under Artest's defense, came to the front court, borrowed David Lee's block, and broke through to the inside!

Liu Mang burst into the basket, and Foster, who is mainly responsible for coaching, plays well, can be a lifelong Pacers, and help Paul George become a top star in the future, his attitude of always focusing is very important.

Liu Mang jumped to the inside line, Foster and Artest, who caught up, both jumped towards Liu Mang, Liu Mang distributed the ball to Kwame Brown behind Foster, Kwame Brown clicked the ball in the air, and the ball fell into the basket!

It's so easy!

Liu Mang feels that the Pacers have no defensive discipline at all!

In the last meeting, although the Pacers still played their own games on the offensive end, they still cooperated on the defensive end, but now, there is no cooperation at all!

The Pacers' single defense is okay, from the No. 1 position to the No. 4 position, the single defense is very good, but there is no communication! They all defend their own defenses, and they don't change their defenses when they encounter blocking, but continue to chase their own defenders.

Since January, Artest announced that he has a mental disorder, and the Pacers' conflict has intensified.

Seeing that the Pacers had no communication throughout the whole process, the three major stars played singles one by one......

This is also relying on the Pacers to have more stars in order to continue to maintain playoff hopes......

Liu Mang knew why James was so depressed yesterday and was beaten by such a team......

At this stage, there is a very obvious gap between James's defense and Maddie, James was beaten by Artest for 31 points the day before yesterday, and today Artest did not score consecutive shots under Maddy's defense, Artest will do everything on the offensive end, but nothing is fine, even James's type of crushing breakthrough is half-baked.

O'Neal Jr., in the face of Kwame Brown's single defense, the single was capped 3, Kwame Brown's assistance defense is average, and Rasheed Wallace can't be compared, but the single defense is very strong, in the case of Ben Wallace and Duncan's decline, Kwame Brown is almost the best single defense player in the center.

Stephen Jackson was stunned when he met Liu Mang, and he looked down on Liu Mang when it came to fighting, and he couldn't talk about playing...... What impressed Liu Mang the most was the "flying" feeling he experienced in his rookie year......

Compared to the last time after a 26-game winning streak, the Hawks rested Maddy and Kwame Brown in rotation, Rashid Wallace on the inside was singled out by O'Neal Jr., only Iguodala on the outside could carry Artest, Prince was blown up by Artest, the Pacers still maintained the defense that was ranked in the top 10 in the league at the time, and Iguodala and Josh Smith gave O'Neal Jr. 5 blocks...... And so on, the Hawks were worn to death by the Pacers.

The Hawks coaching staff was fully prepared for this game, with Maddy and Iguodala on the defensive end fighting Artest, Kwame Brown on the inside to defend O'Neal Jr., who was past his prime, and the Pacers' own defense was already in a mess, with players waiting to be traded, and there was no cooperation......

The Eagles had an absolute lead from the start!

Liu Mang began to brush assists!

In today's game, he is going to surpass Nash's average assists per game!