According to a report by the Boston Globe, on the evening of April 10, 2002, at a nightclub in Boston not far from the store, Hawks stars Sharif Raheem and Jason Terry had a verbal altercation over a woman in a nightclub, which then spread to a quarrel over the status of the team, and another quarrel occurred during team training, causing a team conflict and being banned by the team for one game.

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Pierce clenched his fists angrily when he saw the news, that rookie!

"Oh...... Good luck! Win against the Eagles, the next three opponents will be easy to play, Paul, we have a chance to go to second place! Walker said excitedly.

"......" Pierce was instantly deflated, looking at Walker, are you really stupid or ...... Well, it's really stupid.

It's really unpleasant to be treated as a gunslinger against someone else's strongest opponent, but Pierce can't help it, his strength is not as good as his opponent, so he can only be led by the opponent's nose.

And even if the fans know, even if they are Celtics fans, they may not only not be angry, but they will have to thank the Hawks.

People who are familiar with the inside of the Hawks team, such as those who saw that the tactics were arranged by Liu Mang in the All-Star Weekend and the two teammates on the same team did not complain even if they were supporting roles and had little playing time, knew that this kind of thing was impossible.

Atlanta's local fans won't believe the news either, and the Eagles know how fun and united the local fans are at home.

But this is not the era of advanced information in the future, if the coach or player of a team talks about a certain player in the team, there is a chance that it will be regarded as a quarrel like the Bucks, because at this time there are not many channels to understand the players, understand what happened to an event, and even the live broadcast of the game is not much, and the media sometimes adds fuel and vinegar.

Therefore, the news that I usually see in many places is the discord within the Hawks, Liu Mang's various competitions for the ball, and the lone wolf style of play, and Liu Mang will be notorious outside of Atlanta.

Like Raheem and Jason Terry, the score is about the same now, and Jason Terry ranks first with the Hawks, averaging 18.6 shots per game, while Raheem only has 16 shots and Liu Mang has 14.2.

Celtics head coach Jim O'Brien is convinced.

In fact, whether Coach O'Brien believes it or not, it doesn't make much difference, some managers are going for the championship, and some are just holding on to the position.

Coach O'Brien, who just took over the Celtics last year, only got 24 wins in the first season, which can be described as Alexander, who knows that this year's operation, the third place in the East is as stable as Mount Tai, the 76ers said that it collapsed, and his position was stable all of a sudden, if he can get the second place in the East in the regular season, the next contract will be settled.

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It's time for the game to start again, and Pierce dribbles the ball and thinks, who the hell can recruit in the summer, O'Neal? Garnett? Duncan?

The top three active brothers in the NBA all have at least 04 years of contract expiration, O'Neal expires in 05, and Duncan expires in 07.

Garnett's contract that led to the NBA's suspension was as high as 28 million in the final year of the 03-04 season, second only to Jordan's salary, and Pierce felt smacked when he thought about it.

"Hey, Paul......" Liu Mang popped up next to Pierce at the right time.

"Bastard, go away!" Pierce reacted extremely quickly this time, and angrily pushed Liu Mang out of his side of the half.

The fans of the North Shore Garden Stadium couldn't help but burst into laughter when they saw this scene, and the Celtics fans today called a relaxed, the two strongest players opposite were suspended, and they could be said to have held the handle in their hands in this game, and watched this game with a very relaxed mentality.

Cut, Liu Mang went back to his own half to practice shooting, he couldn't talk all day, he deserved a few years of annual lotto.

The fans watched Liu Mang shoot stupidly, and they were even more happy, and then looked at the two men in suits with gloomy faces on the sidelines, and they were even more happy, and they had a chance to be second in the East!

Raheem and Jason Terry kept their faces gloomy on the sidelines and didn't speak, reassuring Celtics fans that the Hawks infighting was real.

Celtics fans are even imagining that the Hawks can meet the Lakers in the Finals and recreate the glory of the yellow-green battle by taking out the Raptors or Pacers in the first round, beating the Pistons in the second round, and then losing to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals.

Then the Lakers won two consecutive championships and had no fighting spirit, and were killed by their Celtics.

The script Celtics fans have figured it out, Meizizi.

What were the two eagles thinking at this time?

Jason Terry: "Why is this rookie on board?" How nice it would be to change buddies to brush data! This rookie is so vegetable, he can't get a few points for him to fire infinitely. ”

Rahim: "Damn! Big brother, my salary is very high, okay! 130,000 yuan in one game! Think of a better reason to do it! Just for the Nets? ”

Yes, the Nets, who were watching the nationwide live broadcast at this time, were very happy!

It's just that the desperate ESPN, they saw that this was one of the key battles between the Celtics and the Nets for second place in the East, so they broadcast the two games between the Hawks and the Celtics, the day after tomorrow and the Nets, and as a result, the two people on the Hawks' side were banned!

ESPN's sad urging and the very excited Nets went their own way, and on the Hawks' side, Liu Mang began a hard journey to brush up points.

In the opening game, the Hawks focused on defense, Dean Grove, Emmanuor, Chris Crawford, Mohammed, Ratlive, this lineup did not have Raheem's single defense is a little worse than the original starter, but the team defense is similar, Ratliff and Muhammad are very good at defending a basket and an active defense.

In the middle of the quarter, the score was 7-9 when Liu Mang came on the court, and the Hawks trailed by two points, not giving the Celtics a chance to easily open the score.

Muhammad and Ratliff played today, Liu Mang played a little easier after blocking and splitting the breakaway and scoring a little easier, playing three times in a row at the beginning, once outside the three-point line directly blocked and hit a shot, once to cut in Muhammad, Ratliff blocked Tony Barty under the basket, Muhammad dunked and scored two points.

After that, Liu Mang's scoring became difficult, the other party began to shrink, Liu Mang passed to Emmanuol and Chris Crawford, the former was okay, but he had a shooting rate of about 30%, Chris Crawford was called a pit dad, a big white man with tendons and flesh, and a heart that white people could fly but did not have Barry's accurate shooting.

The Hawks' offense began to reach a stalemate, and they could only rely on Liu Mang's strong shots again and again and the second rebounding attack under the basket to slowly grind and score points.

However, the Celtics are not much better, although the Hawks are strategically going to lose, but they can't lose too badly, like last time, it definitely can't, after all, there are three main forces on the board, so they are very careful in defense, since the Celtics are so tightly defended, the Hawks are still in color, Chris Crawford went to fight with Pierce, Emmanuol went to cling to Antoine Walker, Walker wanted to shoot three points against the defense, and was surrounded by a bunch of people when he entered the interior, Liu Mang went to follow Kenny Anderson, the point guard pitcher.

This game turned into a defensive battle! Lots of physical contact, lots of limb friction.

The referee was especially cautious about the Eagles' game, and there was a rookie who had nothing to do all day, so the foul was blown tightly.

In this way, although the Eagles have been at a disadvantage, and the score difference has been four or five points behind, Liu Mang is happy! Keep walking to the free throw line.

At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks trailed the Celtics by seven points, 59-66.

Liu Mang got 24 points and 5 assists, except for Liu Mang's foul making and 14 points, made two three-pointers, hit two layups, and shot 4 of 12 shots.

In the last quarter, Liu Mang wanted to go up and make up 30+, but he was pressed on the bench by Coach Kruger and sent a group of defensive coolies to fight hard.

Liu Mang is a little sad, the coach's play is still not good! Anyway, I have to play it to the end! Is it easy for the master to get 30 points!

In the end, the Hawks lost to the Celtics 77-87 on the road, and the five-game winning streak was "regrettable" ended.

After the game, Coach Kruger blushed and said: Some people in the team are too ignorant, and they are using their brains every day for some things that they don't know.

The criticism, the flushed face, was thought to be about Raheem and Jason Terry, and that Coach Krueger was angry because of the loss and internal conflicts in the team......